Will Solace walked out of his small cottage. He had to return a book to the library that he borrowed. Everyone thought he was odd. Partly it was that he had a higher education than most people and it was also his father, Apollo. They moved from a very rich town, Olympus, to start a new life here. It was just his father and him. His mother, Naomi, died from an unknown cause. Apollo never wanted to talk about it. As Will walked down the street, everyone else was waking up. They walked around saying 'bonjour' to each other. This was a very busy time and Will made his way through the town. He stopped by the bakery to get some bread.

"Good morning Miranda!"

"Hello Will!" Will made his way towards the library. The library was very small, the most books Will has seen on the shelf was ten. He loved books, couldn't get enough of them.

"Good morning Malcolm. Got any places to go?" Will smiled as he returned the book he had. Malcolm shook his head.

"I'm sorry Will, there aren't any more but you're free to re-read anything." Will just smiled kindly.

"It's fine. Can I just read this?" He picked up his favorite book. He's read it so many times but he didn't care.

"You've read that so many times."

"I know, it's my favorite book."

"Well if you love it so much you can have it." Will's face lit up. He smiled.

"Wow, thank you Malcolm!" He waved goodbye as he started to walk home. Little did he know that certain someone was spying on him.

Drew Tanaka was the prettiest girl in the village. She could have any man but she wanted a certain one in particular. She wanted Will the most because she thought he was 'hard to get'. No one in the town except his father knew that Will didn't like girls. Drew stood atop of a hill with her friend Luke.

"Look at him Luke. He is the prettiest man in the village. Almost as pretty as me." Luke looked away. He didn't exactly hate Drew but he didn't like her. He just had no one else that would befriend him.

"Drew, you could have any man in this village, why Will of all people? You have us" Drew laughed at his foolishness.

"Luke, it's those who are hardest to get that are the sweetest prey. Come on." She motioned for him to follow, which he did. They walked into the village. Drew immediately saw Will. He stood out considering his bright yellow hair. Drew quickly stopped by a flower stand. She hoped this would sweeten Will up.

"Hey give those back! You can't just steal those flowers." Katie Gardener, the local florist, yelled. She never liked Drew. Drew just ignored her comment as she raced after Will. Luke saw some guys stare at Drew. He quickly shook his head at them. Drew ran up to Will and shoved the flowers in his face.

"Good morning Will! Wonderful book you have there" She gave her best smile. It worked on all the guys.

"Um hi Drew. Have you read it?" Drew pouted like a little kid.

"You know, books. Care to join me tonight?"

"You know, I really should be going." With that he left.

"Hello Will!" Apollo was sitting on a table with a guitar. He was trying to write another song. Will came up and hugged his father.

"Hello Papa. What are you working on?" Will knew his father took pride in his work.

"Oh nothing much?"

"Papa, do you think I'm odd?" Apollo tilted his head to the side.

"What do you mean?"

"Well everyone talks about me and that I'm 'odd'. Am I odd Papa?" Apollo sighed. He's had this conversation with Will several times.

"You know this town, the people are small minded. I knew someone that everyone thought was odd until one day, everyone wanted to be like her."

"Tell me one more thing about her."

"Your mother was fearless. She was the kindest person I ever met." Apollo never told Will how she died. It was a story too sad to tell.

"Would she accept me as well?" Will always wondered if his mother would accept him for who he is.

"Will of course she would accept you. She would love you for who you who are. I know you've never met her but you would haved loved her." Will smiled. He sighed. Apollo's face lit up like he remembered.

"Oh Will! I'm going to a music concert tomorrow. I'll be back the next day. Do you want anything?" Will smiled. He knew exactly what he wanted.

"A rose please, if you don't mind." Will always loved roses. He just thought they were the prettiest flower.

"Every time I go out, you always ask for one." Apollo playfully smiled.

"And every time you bring one." Will returned the smiled. Apollo nodded.

"Of course I will get one for you. You have my word" Apollo sighed and hugged his son. "What did I do to deserve you?"

"Will! I hear you have trouble with the headmaster today!"

"I don't need help. I was just trying to teach a child to read."

"The only children you need to worry about are...your own." Will slowly backed away. He didn't know what to say.

"I'm not ready to have children."

"You need to face the facts."

"About...?"

"Us!" Drew squealed. Will suddenly seemed uneasy. He knew he had to marry someday for the sake of his family but if he was to marry a girl, he would rather it not be Drew.

"Us...?" Drew smiled and put her hands together.

"It's even better when you say it!" Will tried to walk in his house but drew stopped him. "Do you know what happens if girls don't marry off and get a husband." She didn't let Will answer. "They have to work and get paid less and eventually they'll starve. Do you want me to starve Will?" Will could honestly care less if she did but he wanted to be nice.

"No."

"Good. Just think about my offer okay?" She smiled kindly and walked off. Will just stood there, not knowing what to do. He knew Drew wouldn't stop until she had him wrapped around her finger. Will walked out the back of his hut.

"Ugh. Can you imagine? Drew Solace? No, never." He ran to the hill where he could see the little town. He often went there to think. He sighed and looked at the sky. He felt so out of place.

"I want adventure in the great wide somewhere." Will thought of all the books he's read and how the characters went on daring adventures. Will's life was boring. " It be nice for someone to understand. I want so much more than this provincial life."

A/N- Yay! Another chapter. Updates might get slow at some points because I'm writing my Doctor Who fan fiction. I tried to stay true to the plot of the movie so if I say the exact words in the movie, that's because I guess I have a good memory. (I might or might not have seen the remake about ten bajillion times) Have a great day my Precious Pineapples!