Angela's POV

It was my second summer on Waffle Island and I have made a lot of friends.

Renee was my first friend. I was staying at her ranch when I first moved to Waffle Island, and I would help out both on her ranch and on the farm that Craig and Ruth owned. Renee taught me everything I know about farm animals. I remember one day when we were walking into the Ganache Mine District and told me that I was too quiet. I agreed because I knew I was shy, but I didn't know that she would put me through social life boot camp. That's pretty much the story of how I met more people and became more talkative. With the help of Renee.

My next friends were Owen and Luke. Owen watched out for me like I was his little sister while Luke always hit on me. At least Luke stopped hitting on me now because I threatened to scalp him if he did again (I was PMSing, and hungry at the time. People need to know not to anger me when I'm hungry or PMSing). I couldn't really tell who they fancied, nor did I really care. It was their business, not mine. Even if I enjoy playing match maker in heaven.

My best friend though, is Cathy. She and I automatically got along! I proclaimed one day that we must have been sisters in another life and she agreed. We always tease Renee about her crush on Toby, but it always ends up how I *ahem*kissed him first because he looked like he had passed out and stopped breathing (WHAT WAS I SUPPOSED TO DO? I was certified for CPR and first aid so I couldn't just let him "die" per say. I just forgot to check his pulse and if he actually was breathing...), which leads to both Renee and I telling Cathy to shut up. When Cathy and I are done with our shenanigans, we head to the Sundae Inn where she works as a barmaid and I occasionally help out.

I was and still am a farmer. Right now my fields contained corn, tomatoes, and other random crops. I also had two trees growing. I chose an apple tree and an orange tree. Apple, because it's just plain awesome, and orange because when I get sick I refuse the nasty cold medicine and just eat a whole bunch of them. I had one cow named Melrose, and a sheep named Carmen.

Now that you know my background, we shall start from the time right now, summer first.

After finishing my work on my ranch, I headed towards the mine district to go pester Luke. He always had some weird dream to share with me, although I felt sorry for the guy. He has a pretty messed up mind to dream about the Harvest Goddess spanking him, and then there was that one dream where he was up in the woods and he saw the weasel and a cat getting freaky with each other. I shook my head trying, but not succeeding, in getting the smirk off my face.

"What are you smiling about Angela? Did you finally have a weird dream and hope to beat my freakiness?" I looked up from the ground to see the strong build of the blue haired carpenter/lumberjack.

"Nah, nothing can beat the disturbing images in your twisted mind. And I was smiling about the rainbow that appeared on the island the other day." Thank Goddess for my great acting skills. I then realized that the rainbow was still shining, "Have you noticed that it hasn't stopped showing itself?"

"Yeah! Thats really weird." He was about to go on to say more when his stomach interupted him. As a reflex he twisted his face into his embarrassed smile and put his hand on his tummy.

I looked at my watch and saw that it was already noon. Almost on cue, my own stomach growled in hunger. Luke laughed.

"Let's get Owen and head to the Inn. I bet he could eat a horse!" Luke said while he took a break from his raucous laughter.

I punched Luke's arm hard and lead the way towards the blacksmith's, "I bet he could too, but probably wouldn't because he likes big animals too much."

We could see Owen's frame once we headed down the hill from the carpenter's. Owen was breaking up material stone when we finally made it to him.

"Hey, Owen!" Luke said in his normal loud, happy, over-excited voice, "lets get our grub on at the Inn!"

Owen swung his hammer down to his side and wiped the sweat off his brow, "Sounds like a good idea to me. Let me go tell my uncle first."

Luke and I didn't argue, we knew that Ramsey was a nice guy, it's just he didn't look like one. Another reason we didn't argue is partly because Ramsey and Owen didn't quite see eye-to-eye, so they got in to yelling contests with each other.

This time we didn't hear any yelling so Ramsey must have been, A) in a good mood B) was told that Luke and I were outside most likely listening (which we were) or C) answer B and told Owen to bring Chloe along

Owen walked with a smile on his face. Ramsey was in a good mood!

I hadn't realized that I had been holding my breath until I took a breath of air in relief. Chloe, although I loved her to death as if she were my little sister, had a tendency to annoy Owen until he was angry enough to punch a wall.

All three of us headed to the Inn with smiles on our faces and hunger in our bellies.

Chase's POV

I had finished culinary school and hopped own the first boat for Waffle Island. I could have gone on for greater things, but Waffle Island was my home ever since I had first ran away there.

The boat ride was about two hours long. The whole journey going back to the small island brought back the memories of when I was 14 running away from the city where my parents loved their jobs more than me. I might sound conceited saying such things about the people that brought me into the world, but it's true. They were always too busy for me. I was three when I had to start taking care of myself properly without their help.

I made the meals, cleaned the house, did my school work, and drew my own baths. I didn't realize that this wasn't how families were supposed to be.

I started saving up money to get as far away as I could from the cold, unhappy memories of having to practically live alone when I was 13. I had saved up enough to buy the cheapest ticket there was when I was 14. That ticket was the key to my possible future happiness. That ticket lead me to Yolanda, the best chef I have ever known.

Yolanda and her family took me in. When I saw her cook I asked if I could help and she actually allowed me to add in the ingredients and fix it up completely. I was so enthralled with happiness of cooking. Never before had I been so happy when I had fixed meals at my old home. She noticed my talent and and love of cooking, she proclaimed that I would be her protege.

Yolanda taught me everything she could until I turned 18. She took me aside one day and said that I should go to college and learn more about culinary arts. I denied at first, but she kept on pushing me, saying that I should go and that I would learn more dishes that I could teach her. I finally agreed and went to college.

I'm about to turn 22. I graduated in the top 5 of my class, and I'm heading back to continue what I enjoy most.

I hadn't realized that my thoughts had kept me so preoccupied during the two hour boat ride that I barely realized that we had docked until my old friend Toby came aboard looking for me.

He found me sitting by the main cabin just staring into space. Tapping my shoulder he brought me out of my trance.

"I got your letter!" he exclaimed, which is extremely rare for the laid back fisherman, "That's awesome how you graduated 3rd in your class! Yolanda will be impressed." He mused.

"Thanks," he had caught me off guard with all his enthusiasm, "I want to tell Yolanda as soon as possible. Can we head to the Inn?" I said as he helped me up to my feet. He might have been lazy, but he was still really strong despite how he looked.

"Sure thing, Chase." he said, "And on our way, I'll get to tell you about how much has changed."

Surprisingly a lot had changed, as I listened to Toby talk about all of the events that had happened.

We entered the Inn and I went straight to the kitchen and saw Yolanda. She turned around and automatically came up to me and gave me a hug.

"I graduated third in my class!" I said as soon as she let me out of the hug.

"I'm so proud of you Chase! See, aren't you glad you went to college now?" I nodded my head in agreement. Yolanda couldn't resist giving me another hug.

I then felt more people coming in for the hug.

It was the rest of Yolanda's family.

I stiffened when I heard the doors to the Inn open and close.

Yolanda looked at me and said in a motherly manner, "These are your first customers." and she held me at arms length and let me go. The rest of the family all smiled at me and I relaxed.

Maya took her place as the waitress and took their orders, I sneaked a peak at who our customers were and I only recognized two of the three there. Owen and Luke were talking while the girl looked up at me and waved. She ignored Maya (almost purposely it looked) and came up to me and said the most simple sentence ever.

"Hi, my name's Angela." her voice was as sweet as the taste of an orange. Her hair was a light brown and rather feathery looking. She looked at me expectantly with soft brown eyes.

What do you say when someone introduces themself? Why did she have me tongue tied? I opened my mouth and said something I regret now.