August, 2003.
Either the Nina, the Pinta, or the Santa Maria.
Shawna and the Umbrella were standing in the small basket atop the mast, also known as the "crows nest." They were gazing at the moon.
"It's so beautiful, Umbrella," sighed Shawna.
"I quite agree," the Umbrella pompously remarked. He/it sighed to himself/itself. Sooner or later, this all had to end. The Umbrella felt that he/it actually had stronger feelings for Elizabeth . . . And there was something else. "Shawna?"
"Yes?"
"Remember when we met for the second time-like, six hours ago?"
"Is that all? It seems like such a long time. Umbrella, I need to tell you something."
"Tell me as soon as I'm done with this."
"Okay. Continue."
"Well," the Umbrella thought about how to word this. "When I told you my full name-do you remember?"
"Yes. It was so dreamy . . . and sexy . . . ." Shawna sighed. It had been dreamy and sexy, as dreamy and sexy as the past six hours had been. She had received her first kiss from the Umbrella. Somehow. Umbrellas really didn't have lips, but it had been dreamy and sexy all the same.
"Lord Egbert Ethelwulf Ethelbald Ethlbert Ethelred Alfred Edward Athelstan Edmund Edred Edwy Edgar Canute Harold William Henry Stephen Richard John James Charles George Black London Umbrella XVI."
"I remember . . . But it's just so thrilling to hear you say it . . . Say it again . . . And hurry up, I need to tell you something really very important."
"Right. Well, my surname is Black London Umbrella, you know? And your surname is Black . . . I think we're related to each other. We could never share our love the right way."
Shawna burst into tears. "Oh-oh!" she cried. "W-well, I-I n-needed to t-t- tell you s-s-s-something really important, any-anyway."
The Umbrella longed to hug Shawna and tell her it would be okay, that he/it would always be there, but he/it couldn't . . . Not after he/it had just declined her honest love. Plus it would be anatomically incorrect. "You wanted to say something?"
"Oh, it d-d-doesn't matter now! It was j-just that . . . ."
"What?"
"I need to go to the bathroom."
Shawna and the Umbrella were standing in the small basket atop the mast, also known as the "crows nest." They were gazing at the moon.
"It's so beautiful, Umbrella," sighed Shawna.
"I quite agree," the Umbrella pompously remarked. He/it sighed to himself/itself. Sooner or later, this all had to end. The Umbrella felt that he/it actually had stronger feelings for Elizabeth . . . And there was something else. "Shawna?"
"Yes?"
"Remember when we met for the second time-like, six hours ago?"
"Is that all? It seems like such a long time. Umbrella, I need to tell you something."
"Tell me as soon as I'm done with this."
"Okay. Continue."
"Well," the Umbrella thought about how to word this. "When I told you my full name-do you remember?"
"Yes. It was so dreamy . . . and sexy . . . ." Shawna sighed. It had been dreamy and sexy, as dreamy and sexy as the past six hours had been. She had received her first kiss from the Umbrella. Somehow. Umbrellas really didn't have lips, but it had been dreamy and sexy all the same.
"Lord Egbert Ethelwulf Ethelbald Ethlbert Ethelred Alfred Edward Athelstan Edmund Edred Edwy Edgar Canute Harold William Henry Stephen Richard John James Charles George Black London Umbrella XVI."
"I remember . . . But it's just so thrilling to hear you say it . . . Say it again . . . And hurry up, I need to tell you something really very important."
"Right. Well, my surname is Black London Umbrella, you know? And your surname is Black . . . I think we're related to each other. We could never share our love the right way."
Shawna burst into tears. "Oh-oh!" she cried. "W-well, I-I n-needed to t-t- tell you s-s-s-something really important, any-anyway."
The Umbrella longed to hug Shawna and tell her it would be okay, that he/it would always be there, but he/it couldn't . . . Not after he/it had just declined her honest love. Plus it would be anatomically incorrect. "You wanted to say something?"
"Oh, it d-d-doesn't matter now! It was j-just that . . . ."
"What?"
"I need to go to the bathroom."