~Waiting, for a promise~
October 1837
It was a foggy night in Falling Star bay. The moon, jaundiced by the fumes of industry, reflected like a shimmering penny in the black sea of the channel, while the fog smothered silhouettes of warehouses stood out like tomb stones against the night sky.
It was a cold night and two young men, barely in their twenties, stood out on the bay's only dock. Shuffling from foot to foot and clapping their gloved hands together in an effort to keep warm.
"What are we doing her Chip?" one of the men said in a thick Scottish accent. "I'm freezing my tips off out here."
"I told you, we're waiting for her." Chip said keeping his eyes over the calmed water.
"I know that much, I just don't believe your, he said in a harsh tone, rubbing his arms vigorously. "What I do believe chip is that you are out of your mind if you think a woman's coming out of the bloody water."
Chip hit his friend on his shoulder with the back side of his chilled hand.
"Shut up Kal, you'll scare 'er away." he hissed through his teeth determined to see something emerge from the waters.
A few moments went by and Kal scoffed. "maybe you saw a seal? There's a ton of 'em around here."
"No, she's out there somewhere, I made a promise awhile back and I'm not going to be made out to be a liar." Chip snapped back.
"Oh .. So are you like in love or something with this so called mystery woman?"
A small smile creped across Chip's face. "Her and I shared a moment, that was absolute. She looked into my eyes at my darkest hour of my life and knew what I was thinking, then she comforted me in a way that took my breath away. I never knew that people like that even existed." he went silent, staring at the unmoving sea.
Kal stared at his intensity and felt them through his words.
"What the hell are you talking about?" he responded giving chip the evil eye. Sighing deeply Chip turned to his friend and rolled his eyes.
"I need to see her again, she's inside my head Kal… and so what if I'm in love."
"Only fools fall in love with imaginary women." Kal said sternly to make a point.
"Then dub me the fool." he said harshly and turned back to the sea, "You don't have to be here you know."
"Fine I'll leave your love sick ass." he turned walked down the dock and making it half way he stopped rolling his eyes.
Kal thought about it for a minute considering leaving his friend to wait on the dock and freeze half to death. Then he recalled all the times Chip had been there for him in his so called love tiffs. Groaning loudly, he walked back to his friends side.
"Alright, you win. We'll wait for your mystery girl."
Chip smiled smugly and crossed his arms proud of his friends loyalty.
" But you owe me a drink, many, many drinks" Kal said distraughtly only making Chip chuckle lightly. "And your sisters hand in marriage." he joked, joining in his friends laughter.
After a while the laughter ended and they waited, for something that may or may not happen.
A/N- Please Review, I know that its only the prelude but its still nice to know that you guys are liking it so far.