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Kayla put on her cleanest shirt, it was their last pit-stop and Kayla was waiting nervously, they would stay there for a Day and a half. She never felt as much pressure to find her father as she did there. She watched as the driver steered the ship into the boating dock, Kayla was among the first off the ship unlike Jim Kayla dint have to help load the ship with more cargo. But Kayla got to go explore, but she never did, she always asked around for her father because she was going to find him no matter what…

Jim followed Kayla down the dock on to the cobbled street, and then he asked her "do you want to go gets something to eat"?

Kayla thought and said "don't you have to go re-load the ship",

"Nope" said Jim I get to hang this time.

Kayla dint want to tell Jim no, but she had too…

"No Jim, I can't go I got to do something else" Said Kayla

"What" he retorted back,

Kayla sighed then hesitated before exclaiming "remember me saying that I had to find my father? Well it's the last stop and well Jim, I gotta try….

Jim shut his eyes and rubbed his face with his hand as if what she said was too stupid for him to understand. After a silence Jim said,

"Geeze Kayla"! "I don't understand you sometimes, why do you think you're going to find your father, he left you"

The words hit Kayla like stones, cutting her deep she was stunned, he did not have faith that she would find him!? She felt herself madden she narrowed her eyes and said

"What do you mean I'm not going to find him",

There was no wait this time Jim mumbled something to himself then said

"Kayla, come on!? You need get over him, he left you! He's never coming back!? Why can't you understand that?"

Jim felt as though he had crushed all of her dreams…

A single tear welled up in Kayla's eyes,

"Jim, have you ever wondered what was going to happen after this trip is over? You'll go back to your parents and be fine, but I'll have no were to go, I'll go to my abandoned house that has no water, food, lights or, or money I'll starve and nobody would notice, I'd be by myself helpless" shouted Kayla!

"NO, Kayla that wouldn't happen with or without you father" he said

"How do you know" Kayla shouted

"I just do he said I know these things and I also know he's never going to comeback"

"Yes he is, and I'll prove it" Kayla shouted back hating Jim with every part of her brain,

"Get real" he replied "think of what you're saying"!

"You don't understand" Kayla shouted "he loved me"!

At this point she turned to run but Jim caught her wrist and said

"No, you can't run away from your problems!"

Kayla tugged and tugged to try to free Jim's grip until she finally freed herself. She ran down the street, her hair wiped behind her, tears running down her cheek .she ran and ran her feet pounding the ground one after another "how could he" she thought after everything…. Kayla's heart raced she was running so very fast suddenly Kayla tripped on her shoe lace and she banged the ground with her face, her cheek was cut she lifted her hand to her face and felt blood, her fingers were red and it dripped all over the ground, she glimpsed behind herself and saw Jim through the crowd, he was becoming closer and closer to her. Kayla jumped up, flakes of blood trailing behind her, not caring Kayla ran away and led herself into a small jumble of trees, in them was a cabin she ran to the door one thing was for sure it was abandon. she kicked the door many times shouting like a night in battle with every kick. The door gave in and she entered, there was a plank of wood on the floor she picked it up and through it across the room shouting every curse word that her mind possessed she grabbed a handkerchief out of her pocket, the one she carried everywhere with her, the one that had belonged to her mother…. She looked at its embroidered edges and placed it on her cheek cleaning up the rapidly gushing blood. She glanced around on a wicker chair nearby there was a blanket (a moldy blanket) she put it around her shoulders and lied on the hard floor holding back the tears, lighting a small fire in the stone fire place and falling asleep.

"Kayla" shouted Jim he wondered through the village looking for Kayla it was night time now, Jim had earlier returned to the ship but had gone back out looking for Kayla He had been a jerk to her and he knew it. He wandered through the un-filmier streets shouting for Kayla and each time there had been no response he was feeling nervous. He then walked to the end of the street and there was a small patch of trees he entered them feeling a bit uneasy for only a true brave person could go into these woods Jim thought taking his mind off the situation for there could be witches or kidnappers he smiled to himself feeling as though he were a kid again… then quite suddenly a cabin appeared a light flickered in the window he ran up the steps, the door which was rotten had been kicked upon many times. Jim's breath became ragged he glanced in the window and there was Kayla sleeping on the floor. He ran inside and knelt next to Kayla. He looked at her, her cheek was swollen and deeply cut, and he shook her and whispered

"Wake up Kayla",

Kayla opened her eyes and looked around it was Jim; she looked at him and backed up towards the wall and said what do you want?

"I thought you thought I was a stupid kid" she said crossly

"No" whispered Jim "I was wrong Kayla, and I'm sorry"

Kayla looked at Jims face and cried

"Then why? Why did you say that?"

She turned her back to him and looked out the window,

Jim walked closer to Kayla and put a hand on Kayla's shoulder and turned her around he said calmly

"because when I was your age, my father left me and my mom, I've forgotten what it was like to think he was coming back, and since mine never did I assume that Dads never come back, even though they do, if that makes since…",

Tears once again welled up in Kayla's eyes she looked deeply into Jims eyes and reached out and hugged him tightly and cried into his shirt, "at least you had your mom" thought Kayla as she gripped on to him. Jim looked at her and guided her face up to his and stroked her cheek with his finger and said "we'll have to get that looked at"

Kayla smiled and together they walked back to the ship arm in arm.