Later on after Moses had finished dealing with Henri and the tory boy, we all sat down to dinner. "So Sarah what made you change your mind to come back to America?" Henri asked as he scarfed down a roll.

I giggled as he asked, it was so good to be back with him. Henri always gave me a laugh. "Well I was shipwrecked after I left for England and was rescued by John Paul Jones who told me about his fight for liberty. I watched as his whole crew took down the HMS Seripis, and just knew that I was on the right side." I told them, thinking of where Captain Jones was now. Probably off fighting more of the British fleet.

"You must have been scared Sarah, fighting alongside with Captain Jonez." Henri said in his think French accent.

I laughed and explained to him of course that I did no fighting, just reporting. James looked over and laughed at Henri's remark as well then returned to eating. He's being awfully quiet tonight I thought to myself and I gathered the dishes and started to wash them. He sat quietly as Henri and Moses talked about the new ink they had to buy the next day. I wondered to myself what could be upsetting him?

I sat down across the table with a cup of tea I had prepared myself and just looked at him while he sat up and looked at me. A strange feeling came over me, but I brushed it off. "Sarah, I just wanted to talk with you about something." He said to me as sipped on my tea.

"Before you start James I have something to say to you." I put my hands together and looked down at the table, this would be a first for me, apologizing to James. "I thought about what I said to you that night, I've been thinking about it the whole time I was away and I wanted to say that I'm…I'm…" I started to sweat and my vision blurred. What was happening to me? "I'm sorry…" Were the last words to leave my mouth before I blacked out and fell to the floor.

"Sarah! Sarah!!!" James ran next to my side. "Moses!!! Moses something's wrong with Sarah!"

I woke up much later, in my room sweating. Moses, Henri, and James were all in the corner of my room while a man felt my head and held my wrist. "Smallpox I'm afraid." The doctor said as he got up.

"No… that can't be. I've been inoculated." I managed to say weakly.

"There is a new form of it, come down from Boston, perhaps you caught it while on a ship?" He told me as he packed his things up into his bag.

"From England…" I said as I laid back into my pillow, feeling sicker than I've ever been.

James quickly ran over, "There has to be something I can do! I can't let Sarah be like this." He looked down at me with concern on his face. I tried my best to smile, but couldn't, I was in too much pain.

"It has been cured of up in Boston, you could go up there and see about an antidote?" The doctor said as he walked towards the door, "But I fear that this form of smallpox won't be as forgiving as one's I've seen before." He added before closing the door behind him.

"It's settled then." James proclaimed as he stormed out to his room.

"James I'm coming with you!" Henri yelled as he chased after him.

Moses knelt down next to my bed as he wet a cloth and placed it on my forehead. "Sarah, I'll be here to take care of you, don't worry." He said kindly to me.

"Thank you Moses." That's all I could get out before coughing for a solid minute. But what was James thinking? He surely wasn't going to go all the way to Boston to get me medicine? I couldn't ask that of him.

Some time later James walked into the room with his satchel on his shoulder and his hat in his hand. He walked over to my bed and knelt down. I could not even open my eyes, but I could hear what he said to me. "Sarah, I promise that I will get you the antidote, no matter what." I couldn't move, nor did I want to. James thought I was asleep! What a chance to hear what he is really thinking! I tried to be as still as possible, still feeling sick.

He got close to me and put his hands together and started to pray. "Please God, watch over Sarah until I return. I don't know what I would do…" James said with a whimper at the end. My feelings about James changed in a matter of moments just then as I heard the care and devotion in his voice. Oh how I wanted to magically be well again and feel his arms around me, how I wanted his lips on mine!

He slowly got up and leaned over me, kissing my forehead. I swear that his kiss brightened my spirits, how I wanted to give him a smile but my body wouldn't let me.

"Goodbye Sarah. I'll keep you close to my heart, as always."

My eyes shot open just as James closed the door. Did James just say what I thought he said? So many thoughts ran through my head as I forced myself to smile. Does he feel what I feel?