Karen and I continued our drink at the bar. I ordered us a small snack plate, it was getting late, too early for a dinner. I looked deeply into her eyes, gazing deeply into her soul. As I looked, a familiar reflection crept up from behind me; Karen changed expressions. I spun around to see...

"Cliff!", I said happily.

"Hey, what are ya'll doing here?", He asked.

Cliff has been my friend since day 1. He came by my farm when I moved in to help set up home and clear some of the weeds from the field. He kept me company when I knew no one in the town. We even thought up plots against Kai, before I solved the problem myself. Yes, a good friend was he, and he had some secrets that I knew. He had this major crush on Ann. He stays in the Inn , where we are now, in town most of the times, but he'll crash at my house on the weekends. Anyway, Ann is a waitress here at the Inn, and since he moved in, he has had this crush on her, admiring her from a distance. I eventually convinced Cliff to meet up with Ann, and boy did the fireworks fly. They seem to be made for each other, a match made in heavan. Nowadays, Cliff isn't a lazy bum, he took over Kai's shack after he "left town." It is more successful now than ever, Karen and I will eat there often.

"Um...Jack? You alright?" asked Cliff.

"Yeah, I am fine, I just kinda was daydreaming there for a minute." I said looking at Karen. She looked back at me. She truly likes me. I thought. I continued,"I was sitting here cooling off from harvesting some tomatos, when Karen came up to me, only a second ago. You really know how to interupt a moment, don't you Cliff!" I said sarcastically.

Ann walked up behind Cliff, it was her day off, and we all had a double date planned, so we decided to start here before heading off. It was around 8 PM, we all had some wine and snacks. After we finished snacking and catching up, we went out to the beach for a night swim. We stipped down to our swim suits. Karen stood there, in her bikini, she looked GORGEOUS!

3 hours later...

We all lay there in the sand on our beach towels staring at the stars. Cliff brought out some burgers from the beach stall, the trash still sat in a pile up the beach a bit. There was no cloud in the sky, just a bunch of bright specks on the black velvet sky. I turned my head to the left a little to see Karen asleep beside me. She looked so content there in the sand, sound asleep, dreaming. Could she be dreaming of me? I thought as I sleepily drifted off.

Cliff's movements startled me, as I awoke, I noticed the moon, full, above me. I glanced at my watch that was lit by the moonlight. It was midnight, and a calm one at that. The waves pushed up smoothely against the beach, bringing waters from far away. I glanced at Cliff, that was half-awake, and motioned to him that we should take Karen and Ann home. We gently picked them up to take them off to home, we left our stuff there, as no one would take it. Cliff and I departed at the crossroads, I headed for the supermarket's back entrance. Karen's parents did not mind me bringing her home late, but I did not feel like disturbing the peacefulness of the sleeping shop. I layed her down in her bed on top of some beach blankets, she had dried off some in the walk home, so she will be ok. I glanced at some of the decorations of her room, it was very unique. She had some posters of bands, I thought that was cool. She had intersts in the same music. Also, on the dresser sat a couple of stuffed bears, which gave me an idea for a later present ;). I left and gently closed the door behind me, meet up with Cliff, and headed home.

FANFIC BY KLARK THE WEBMASTER