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This is to Anna: I'm basing the characters from Homer's book but I am going to see the movie and this is based on the parts that I have seen. I know it's stupid but the weekend is almost near, than I will see it!

Um, most of the first chapters will be on the ship. I am saying that the ship voyage is about 6 days long (7 chapters). Over that period of time, Achilles and Briseis will get closer and probably by chapter eight (or earlier) the romance will be on! Okay, here is Chapter Two.

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Chapter Two

Achilles didn't sleep well that night. With Briseis right next to him and a cold breeze going through the room made it quite difficult. She barely moved that night which made Achilles nervous when he woke up the next morning. Her hair was messy and her eyes were shut as Achilles dressed and watched her from the corner of his eye. She was still dressed in her torn dress which made him wonder how bad those guards treated her. Achilles, himself, was dressed in his brown, torn sleeves shirt and his skirt (tell me what that is called!). His sandals were comfy and his hair was left down.

He sat on the bed slightly and rubbed his thumb over Briseis's wounds on her arm. The burns seem to have healed but it looked like it hurt, a lot. "What'd they do to you?" He asked Briseis's sleeping form as he adjusted the covers to swathe her body that was shivering slightly. He looked up and saw the daylight streaming through the wood slight separations. He looked back over to Briseis who was still asleep and left her to go upstairs. It seemed to be about noon since the sun was directly over the ship. Achilles looked around and saw the man from downstairs. He was still stumbling around and it took the jaws of life to keep him from going and beating the hell out of him for what he tried to do to Briseis.

He looked out to the sea that was completely open, not a scene of land in sight. "Achilles, sir." A meek voice said behind him. He turned to see a small man, not small, but shorter than his 6'4 frame. "We will be arriving back in Greece in another 5 days or so. I see there is a female staying in your room. We do not permit prostitution." Achilles looked at the man, what the hell is it with this girl and being associated with being a prostitute. "She isn't a prostitute, she's my slave and I didn't want her in those unbearable conditions with a guy who likes to harass women." Achilles said, eyeing the drunken man.

"Okay sir." The man said as he backed away slowly from Achilles. He looked back to the doorway to his bedroom. He looked around and walked towards the door and opened it quickly, expecting Briseis to still be asleep. She wasn't; "What the hell!" Briseis screamed as she covered herself quickly. Achilles had walked in on her dressing. He was wrong about her figure; long, lightly tan legs that lead to a thin stomach. She was not pretty, she was breathtakingly beautiful. She backed away from him, still covering her intimate areas. "I'm sorry but I can't stay up there. I won't look." Achilles said as he laid on the bed, looking towards the window. Briseis nodded and let her sheet fall to the floor as she continued dressing. Achilles looked over his shoulder slightly and saw Briseis's back, her pale back. She slipped her top on and looked back over to the bed where Achilles was.

"Why did you help me last night. I would think you would be like my other masters. Not care about a damn thing." Briseis said as she sat on the bed, away from Achilles. She looked so distraught and like no one had ever given her any love before. He was like that too but he had war, as his substitute to love. "I helped you because, even though I'm a warrior, I believe that a man should love his woman and give respect to any other girl…woman he meets." Briseis nodded and shrugged her shoulders. "Do you have a woman?" Achilles looked up at the question and sighed. He did have a woman, a long time ago. She meant nothing to him now. "No I don't. You have a man probably, knowing how beautiful you are." It slipped, he hadn't meant to say that. "Why would a slave have a man?" Briseis said, trying to ignore the compliment he gave her. Internally, she smiled at it.

"Do you go to war a lot?" she asked as she toyed slightly with the silk sheets. Achilles met her eyes as he nodded. "I only fight for pay and sometimes, because I need to get away. Don't think I'm all good or anything. I've killed a lot of men." he said as he laid on the bed. Briseis had been around a lot of men in her life, not many had made her feel as comfortable as she was at the moment. A knock at the door made Achilles get up in a frenzy and run to it. Briseis looked at him and followed his stride to the door. He opened the door and the same, shorter man was standing there. "Sir, is your companion named Briseis?" Achilles nodded. "That man," the shorter man said, pointing to the drunken man from before, "requests her company to lunch, in the lower decks, with all the other men, other than you and a few."

"Don't. Please don't make me go." Briseis said, her voice breaking and starting to tear up. Achilles turned back to the man, "You heard the woman." he shut the door and went to Briseis. She looked surprised and wiped her tears hastily. "I thought, I thought that you would be happy to be rid of me." Achilles looked to her and frowned as he touched her shoulder slightly. "Don't think like that. We have another 5 days on this ship before we're in Greece. I'll be back. Stay in the room and lock the door." Achilles said as he let go of her shoulder and left her alone. Briseis smiled and walked to the door and locked it. She smiled again and went to make the bed.

Thetis smiled as she looked through the well. "Aphrodite, this girl is beautiful." Thetis said, admiring Briseis's beauty. "I think he may marry her someday." Aphrodite smiled…

Shorter chap than yesterday but it will get better. You can tell that Achilles and Briseis have a crush on each other. In the next chapter, I will tell what Achilles does and another day on the ship. Romance is coming soon! The first kiss may be in the fourth or fifth chapter! Review! Review! Review! Thanks to the following people:

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