Chapter Seven
We made it back to the spaceport perfectly fine, though Captain Amelia was a very upset that Silver had escaped so easily. We landed and everyone got off. We had to call the police to come and get the pirates that had made it through the trip.
"It'll be good to get home," Jim sighed. He turned to me, expecting an answer, but I didn't say a word. I didn't have a home anywhere.
"What home?" I complained. Jim looked down at the ground, probably thinking up something.
"You know, it's strange. I spent my whole life searching for this treasure that I don't know what to do now that's it's gone forever," I sighed.
"You know, when I said I had plans, I mean it," Jim said. I looked at him funny, trying to figure out what he was going at.
"I'm going to make a lot of changes," he continued. I nodded, having nothing better to say.
"What about you? What are you going to make up first?" he asked, restating my words from earlier.
"There's nothing I can do," I said honestly.
"What about a home? How do you plan to make up for that?" he asked. I was beginning to think that Jim was just making fun of me.
"I don't know," I answered coldly.
"I think I do," said Jim. I raised an eyebrow, totally confused.
"You can have a room at the inn my mom owns, after we rebuild it," he offered. I felt my face light up.
"I mean, you could get a job there, we could both go to the academy, and-" he tried to talk, but I cut him off by running up to him and hugging him.
"Jim! Thank you so much!" I screamed with joy. I felt tears drop down my face, but they were good tears; tears of joy, not pain. Jim hugged me back, and we stood there for a moment, just holding each other. This was wonderful. I wouldn't have to live on the road anymore, and I didn't have to search for a reason to live. I had a life now, and a place to live it.
We finished construction on the new Benbow Inn almost immediately. I had my own room and everything. Morph and B.E.N. were now permanent residents too. Jim and I had been accepted in the Interstellar Academy, on Captain Amelia's request, and we learned everything there is to know about being a spacer. We continued studies and visited the Benbow every vacation we got. Amelia and the doctor got married and had four kids on their own. Everything was perfect. And all because of one legend which I strived to prove real. It all happened because I chased a dream, but I found more than the dream I was looking for. I found a whole bunch of dreams and fantasies, all put together to make my life worth living.
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A little corny, I kno, but I had 2 end it somehow. I plan 2 make a sequel someday…nd by that I really mean SOMEDAY. It'll have a different title, but I'll b sure 2 include this story's title n the summary. If u have written these yourself, u kno how much it means when ppl give a review, so please write something!! Thanx!
Luv,
Chrissy (the author, not the character! lol)
