Chapter 7: Fish kisses
Shyana started her new job one day later; she enjoyed working at such a beautiful place and appreciated the help that Landon was giving her. He was very careful with his words and actions and she started to like him a lot.
One day she was sweeping the outside of the store when Landon rushed outside and asked her if she wanted to go for a little boat ride. She said yes, thinking it would be on a large boat, motorized or being rowed by another person, but she was wrong. He climbed over the little fence beside the restaurant and jumped over the side into the little wooden boat.
"Come on!" he yelled.
"Landon are you sure this is safe? I mean I've just been working here for a week and I don't want to get fired, plus the boat reeks of fish." She noticed that there was some stuff lying inside the boat there was a net inside and a small cooler.
"We won't get in trouble, the boss wants me to catch some fish, and he says that you can help so you can learn how to do this when I'm promoted to being head frying man."
Shyana gave a small smile and tied her brown hair up into a ponytail.
"Will you catch me if I fall?" she asked.
He ran his hand through his sun-streaked blonde hair and thought for a second. Well might as well give it a try man he thought to himself. "I'm only going to catch you if you're falling for me!"
Shyana smiled and said, "Of course I am!"
So she climbed on the fence and let herself fall. Landon caught her just in time and held her for a second. He wanted to kiss her so bad, and she did say she was falling for him, but instead he held himself back, he didn't want her to think of him as someone who wanted to make a real steady relationship fast.
Shyana looked into his eyes; she wanted to be held by him forever. Now she was happy she knew Zack because if Shyana had never known Zack then she would have never met Landon. He twisted her ponytail with his fingers then turned away. "Ok I'm going to have to row us out there so you'd better get comfy, if it's possible." He smiled at her and she sat down, looking at the water, it looked murky and she was glad she had jumped into the boat and not made a mistake of falling into the water.
She tried to feel comfortable but the wood on the boat seemed to creak at her every move. Landon untied the boat from the hook it was tied to and took the oars and paddled out into the sea. Once they were somewhat in the middle of it all and the water wasn't as murky, Landon started hooking the net to the side of the boat.
"Want to do this part while I get the bait ready?" He stopped hooking the net and held it up to her.
"Ok but, why do you need bait if you're using a net?"
He turned around and grabbed something from the cooler.
"Because why would the fish come up to the net in the first place if they didn't have anything to come up there for?"
He opened the jar he was holding and Shyana realized it was full of chunks of fish meat.
"I thought fish ate worms."
He looked at her in a funny way and said, "You've never been fishing have you?"
"Nope I have never been fishing before, my dad isn't the fishing type, and he's more of the house cleaning kind of guy. Mom makes the money and dad cleans the house, but works part time at the grocery shop."
"Ok well, the bigger fish prefer the taste of meat, so the bigger the fish the better right?"
She nodded her head and started hooking the net to the little hooks on the side of the boat.
Landon threw the meat onto the little pouches in the net. 'So that's where it goes', Shyana thought.
"And now we just wait for a while."
"And you get paid for this?" Shyana asked.
"Yeah, and your being paid too, isn't it neat?"
He took out two sandwiches from the cooler. "This is also used as bait. Tuna fish sandwiches, fish love them, I hate them."
So he threw pieces of the sandwich into the pouches with the meat.
"So . . . my friend Tricia is coming over next week, do you think she could hang with us for a little while? She's only visiting for a little while and she just came out of a coma so what do you think?"
"Sure she can come, but do you promise that once in a while we could still have a day alone? You know just you and me hanging?"
Shyana seemed lost for a second. Does this mean he wants to be alone with me because he likes me or just because he thinks having Tricia over all the time would be annoying? She didn't want to disagree with Landon so she said okay. Landon turned his head from the water and walked over to Shyana's side of the boat and sat down next to her.
'Okay don't think just do', Landon thought. So he pretended to snore and laid his head on Shyana's lap.
She smiled at him and glanced at the net. Some fishes were starting to bite at the meat. She looked back down at Landon, who had closed his eyes and started to make snoring sounds.
She started to laugh and he opened his eyes.
He didn't say a word or make a face; he lifted himself up on his elbows and leaned in to kiss her. Shyana thought she would never feel this happy again. Neither of them stopped and suddenly Shyana fell off her seat and onto the floor of the boat, but neither of them pulled away until they heard the sound of at least a hundred fish flapping in the water. That's when they looked up. Landon started laughing.
"Today must be my lucky day." Then he went back to kissing Shyana.
Once they had stopped and went back to the restaurant, then given the fish to their boss; who was very pleased indeed, they were a mess.
Their boss, Mr.Perrar, let them off an hour early. Shyana was very glad because she didn't want her family to see her like this messy. So she rode home with Landon before her parents were able to go home.
When she reached her house and gotten out of the car, Landon walked her to her door and gave her a little present.
"I bought this for you the other day, I hope you like it."
He took out a small bag from his pocket and emptied it into his hand. It was a small ID bracelet.
"I love it!"
Shyana put it on and gave Landon one more long kiss. Then she went inside and leaned against the door. What a wondrous day she thought. Then she rushed upstairs to her room to take a long shower, because she still smelled like fish.
* * *
Zack had seen it all, he had been hiding behind a tree and watched Shyana kiss Landon. He felt so sad, but he couldn't let that stop him from liking Shyana. Janis had been angry at him earlier from smelling like moss and not paying attention to her and argued about him always talking about Shyana and how nice she was she said he was acting really fishy. He had to go home later on and his father threw a chair at him, so he had to stay with Janis in her room for a while. Her room was a trailer since she had so many siblings and wanted some room of her own, so Zack planned to stay there for a while. He had picked up his clothes from his house. Janis wanted him to be in love with her, but he wanted Shyana. And he wouldn't settle for anything less.
To be continued!
Shyana started her new job one day later; she enjoyed working at such a beautiful place and appreciated the help that Landon was giving her. He was very careful with his words and actions and she started to like him a lot.
One day she was sweeping the outside of the store when Landon rushed outside and asked her if she wanted to go for a little boat ride. She said yes, thinking it would be on a large boat, motorized or being rowed by another person, but she was wrong. He climbed over the little fence beside the restaurant and jumped over the side into the little wooden boat.
"Come on!" he yelled.
"Landon are you sure this is safe? I mean I've just been working here for a week and I don't want to get fired, plus the boat reeks of fish." She noticed that there was some stuff lying inside the boat there was a net inside and a small cooler.
"We won't get in trouble, the boss wants me to catch some fish, and he says that you can help so you can learn how to do this when I'm promoted to being head frying man."
Shyana gave a small smile and tied her brown hair up into a ponytail.
"Will you catch me if I fall?" she asked.
He ran his hand through his sun-streaked blonde hair and thought for a second. Well might as well give it a try man he thought to himself. "I'm only going to catch you if you're falling for me!"
Shyana smiled and said, "Of course I am!"
So she climbed on the fence and let herself fall. Landon caught her just in time and held her for a second. He wanted to kiss her so bad, and she did say she was falling for him, but instead he held himself back, he didn't want her to think of him as someone who wanted to make a real steady relationship fast.
Shyana looked into his eyes; she wanted to be held by him forever. Now she was happy she knew Zack because if Shyana had never known Zack then she would have never met Landon. He twisted her ponytail with his fingers then turned away. "Ok I'm going to have to row us out there so you'd better get comfy, if it's possible." He smiled at her and she sat down, looking at the water, it looked murky and she was glad she had jumped into the boat and not made a mistake of falling into the water.
She tried to feel comfortable but the wood on the boat seemed to creak at her every move. Landon untied the boat from the hook it was tied to and took the oars and paddled out into the sea. Once they were somewhat in the middle of it all and the water wasn't as murky, Landon started hooking the net to the side of the boat.
"Want to do this part while I get the bait ready?" He stopped hooking the net and held it up to her.
"Ok but, why do you need bait if you're using a net?"
He turned around and grabbed something from the cooler.
"Because why would the fish come up to the net in the first place if they didn't have anything to come up there for?"
He opened the jar he was holding and Shyana realized it was full of chunks of fish meat.
"I thought fish ate worms."
He looked at her in a funny way and said, "You've never been fishing have you?"
"Nope I have never been fishing before, my dad isn't the fishing type, and he's more of the house cleaning kind of guy. Mom makes the money and dad cleans the house, but works part time at the grocery shop."
"Ok well, the bigger fish prefer the taste of meat, so the bigger the fish the better right?"
She nodded her head and started hooking the net to the little hooks on the side of the boat.
Landon threw the meat onto the little pouches in the net. 'So that's where it goes', Shyana thought.
"And now we just wait for a while."
"And you get paid for this?" Shyana asked.
"Yeah, and your being paid too, isn't it neat?"
He took out two sandwiches from the cooler. "This is also used as bait. Tuna fish sandwiches, fish love them, I hate them."
So he threw pieces of the sandwich into the pouches with the meat.
"So . . . my friend Tricia is coming over next week, do you think she could hang with us for a little while? She's only visiting for a little while and she just came out of a coma so what do you think?"
"Sure she can come, but do you promise that once in a while we could still have a day alone? You know just you and me hanging?"
Shyana seemed lost for a second. Does this mean he wants to be alone with me because he likes me or just because he thinks having Tricia over all the time would be annoying? She didn't want to disagree with Landon so she said okay. Landon turned his head from the water and walked over to Shyana's side of the boat and sat down next to her.
'Okay don't think just do', Landon thought. So he pretended to snore and laid his head on Shyana's lap.
She smiled at him and glanced at the net. Some fishes were starting to bite at the meat. She looked back down at Landon, who had closed his eyes and started to make snoring sounds.
She started to laugh and he opened his eyes.
He didn't say a word or make a face; he lifted himself up on his elbows and leaned in to kiss her. Shyana thought she would never feel this happy again. Neither of them stopped and suddenly Shyana fell off her seat and onto the floor of the boat, but neither of them pulled away until they heard the sound of at least a hundred fish flapping in the water. That's when they looked up. Landon started laughing.
"Today must be my lucky day." Then he went back to kissing Shyana.
Once they had stopped and went back to the restaurant, then given the fish to their boss; who was very pleased indeed, they were a mess.
Their boss, Mr.Perrar, let them off an hour early. Shyana was very glad because she didn't want her family to see her like this messy. So she rode home with Landon before her parents were able to go home.
When she reached her house and gotten out of the car, Landon walked her to her door and gave her a little present.
"I bought this for you the other day, I hope you like it."
He took out a small bag from his pocket and emptied it into his hand. It was a small ID bracelet.
"I love it!"
Shyana put it on and gave Landon one more long kiss. Then she went inside and leaned against the door. What a wondrous day she thought. Then she rushed upstairs to her room to take a long shower, because she still smelled like fish.
* * *
Zack had seen it all, he had been hiding behind a tree and watched Shyana kiss Landon. He felt so sad, but he couldn't let that stop him from liking Shyana. Janis had been angry at him earlier from smelling like moss and not paying attention to her and argued about him always talking about Shyana and how nice she was she said he was acting really fishy. He had to go home later on and his father threw a chair at him, so he had to stay with Janis in her room for a while. Her room was a trailer since she had so many siblings and wanted some room of her own, so Zack planned to stay there for a while. He had picked up his clothes from his house. Janis wanted him to be in love with her, but he wanted Shyana. And he wouldn't settle for anything less.
To be continued!
