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AN: From this chapter onwards, I will be sending a quote from the next chapter to those who review. So remember to review for your quote. I got a new story out. It is a christmas fic called 'Dear Santa' so if you have the time, you can check it out. Enjoy the story :)


Chapter 8

Bella's POV

Ever since Charlie hired Sam, our house has become a food provider for him and his friends. Charlie hired one, Sam brought three more. In return those three brought another bunch of them and these other bunch of them brought more people. So here I am now in the kitchen cooking up a meal to feed a whole group of hungry men. It didn't matter if they come once in a while for dinner. But, they come every single night without fail. They eat like they have never eaten before in a decades. Every time they come, I have to cook at least three to four portions of food for just one person! Never mind the fact that they eat a lot, they don't clean up after that and leave huge messes behind.

Although I try to overlook their large…eating habits because they make Charlie happy, but this is frustrating! Every single day, I go to the market after school to buy food to cook. After I get home, I rush to finish my homework then cook for my dad and crew, let's just called them Sam and co. after that, I have to clean up the place while they laze around watching the game with Charlie. Thank God for Jacob. Ever since that day, he has been coming early to our house to help prepare dinner and pinch food sometimes when I don't see it. After dinner, he stays and helps to clean up the mess. Though sometimes, like today, when he doesn't come and help out, the house suddenly seems so quiet without him.

At six thirty sharp, the table was set, Sam and Co. enters the place and starts ravishing all the food up polishing the table clean. After that, they proceed to hang out in the living room. However what made today more different from the other days were that today, Jacob wasn't here. For I don't know what reasons, Jacob isn't here for dinner tonight. All I got from him is a message saying that he wasn't coming early to help me prepare dinner. He didn't mention about not coming for dinner. As I was cleaning up the dishes after dinner, I saw Seth walked into the kitchen with a glass in his hand. I gave me a wave when he saw me look in his direction before walking forward.

"Hey Bella! Need help?" he asked while he filled his glass up with water.

"Its alright, I'm done anyway." I told him as I dried the last of the plates. He just nodded at me while he took a drink from his cup. We stood there in silence while neither of us making any movement. Seth was one of the youngest on the team. Not only that, he was one of the guys that bothers talking to me. Although I wasn't as close to him as I was to Jacob, I still enjoyed talking to him. He was always so cheerful.

"Seth," I asked after a while, "where is Jacob?" I said turning slowly to him.

"He has patrol duties today," he said, looking at me before taking another gulp of his water. I nodded as I fiddled with the cloth in my hands.

"He will be fine." Seth told me as he placed his hand over mine. "If you haven't realized it, Jacob is massive! No one will ever hurt him." He said trying to get me to ease up. Other than Jacob, Seth is the only one who knows about my discomfort at the patrol duties they have to go on. After a while, I excused myself to my room. He looked at me in the eye making sure I was alright before giving me a smile and walking off in the direction of the living room. I hurriedly ran up the stairs to my room. Moving to my bed, I sat down on it and placed my head between my legs. My stomach churned with discomfort as I let my imagination run wild with what could happen to Jacob at sea. Reaching out, I quickly dug through my bedside table and pulled out a pouch. Inside, there was a pale blue seashell. I clutched onto it and silently prayed for the safety of Jacob.

Night time patrol duties are the most dangerous ones. It is always around these times that people get hurt and tragedies happen. Quickly, I picked up my pen and paper and started to write a letter to the one person I knew and hope could protect him. The one who watched over the seas. The sea spirit.

Dear sea spirit,

Jake is out at sea today on patrol duty. Although Seth tells me it's going to be alright, I can't seem to worry about him. I know its part of his job and he has no choice but to do it but it seems so dangerous. Night patrols are the worst time. I can't help but worry about him.

The worst part of it is that he didn't even tell me about his patrol. I had to ask Seth about it. It hurts that I had to ask someone about where he went. I thought we were best friends and best friends tell each other what is going on.

No one around here seems worried about him at all. He is out there alone with a team of people sailing around the island doing patrols. Pirates out there are aggressive. Especially the people he is with. I have seen the team that goes on patrol. Honestly, they can't even hold a gun properly. I wonder how they even make it to the team. If Jake's ship gets attacked, I don't know how he can survive. Alright, I think that's enough of my ramblings. I'm so sorry you have to hear all this incessant useless talk every time. It's just that no one sees my point at all. Even if they listen, I know they will all think that I'm just a stupid little girl with useless worries. Only you think bother to listen to my thoughts or in this case read my thoughts. Thank you

Love,

Bella.

Quickly, I snuck downstairs and stuck my head into the living room. Everyone was focused on the television. No one seemed to notice me. Quickly, I put on my coat and ran out of the door letter in hand. Making my way down the street, I felt the cold breeze blow on my face making my eyes blink with discomfort. The biting cold winds were getting harsher by the second.

Suddenly, I heard footsteps behind me. But when I turned around, I saw no one. As the winds got harsher, I moved faster. By the time I turned into the forest, I was panting. I made my way carefully around the trees. But as usual, I kept on tripping over the tree roots. Once I found the right tree with the marking, I dropped to my knees and start digging out the box with my bare hands. Opening it, I quickly disposed the letter in the box before sealing the box up and burying it. Then, I heard it. The sound of feet shuffling against the dried leaves. Spinning around, I looked at the dark forest, but found saw nothing except trees in the distance. Then it came again. The shuffling sound. Slowly, I backed away while my eyes continued to dart around looking for whatever that might have been making those sounds.

All of a sudden, I felt myself falling backwards onto the ground. My mouth opened and let out a shocked scream as I tripped over a tree root. My head fell back and knocked hard against a tree.

"Oh no! Bella! Are you ok?" I heard someone shout as they ran forward to me. I felt my vision blurred as the person came into view. But by that time, all I could make out was just the shape of a person as he or she loomed over me in worry shouting something that sounded all mashed up together to me. I blinked a few times trying to clear my vision but to no avail as I gave into the darkness shrouding my vision.


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