Chapter 7:NOTHING IS IMPOSSIBLE

She opened her eyes slowly. Hardly could she see anything, everything was so blur, she couldn't see all faces around her bed. She heard someone said

"Oh my god! She woke up! Firouz! Firouz!"

"Make way, make way for the doctor, guys!" , the scientist now in the role of a doctor came to her bed. He checked up for her and then said

"She's ok!"

"Thanks Allah! Now let her rest", someone said but who was someone. She was so tired to open her eyes no more, she fell asleep and slept

Hours later, she woke up and saw someone was sitting beside her bed. She couldn't believe it, she closed her eyes and then opened them again to make sure she didn't mistake.

"Awake?"

The voice was so soft…His voice was full of care and love

"S…Sin…bad…Sinbad. Is that you?", she asked doubtfully, she couldn't believe in her eyes. "You're alive, you…"

"Aye, I'm not dead, sorceress!", replied Sinbad

"But…but I saw the beam hit you, and when I called you…you didn't answer me", she asked

"Yeah…I thought I'm done for…But thanks to you, Maeve. You saved my life…Remember the shirt you intended to give me for my birthday?"

"Yea…and what was it concerned with the reason why you're alive?", confused the red hair sorceress

"You didn't remember Maeve? You had put a spell of protection on the shirt. That's why I was saved, the spell protected me from being harmed. I fainted but woke up later and Dim Dim said that the shirt had saved my life." , he explained the whole story…"And at that time, everything was over. Beelzebub's death caused the death of his spell and his enemy. Dermott was freed. Now, everybody was in town to help clean up the battle field"

"I got it…but…wait…now I remembered. I did make a shirt for you, but the problem is I had never given it to you. In fact I hid it…under my bed. Sinbad, how could you…?", Maeve blushed

"I…I read your diary, found the clue you gave for the spell, then I went crazy searching for more clue and ended up with the box hidden under your bed…", he told her without realized her face was red.

"Sin…Sinbad…repeat what you had said", Maeve insisted

"I found a box under…"

"No! the previous!"

"I read the dia…Uh oh!... ", now Sinbad realized he had got into trouble

"My diary…Sinbad! You read my diary? Don't you know how to write the word "privacy"? ", She angrily said and threw her pillow to him

Sinbad dodged it just in time to receive another pillow to his face.

"Got cha!", she smiled

"Hey, it's not polite to throw stuff to people.", He complained

"Oh yeah! Then reading others' diary is SO polite, right?...You're lucky that I'm not in the mood to use magic other wise you'd be fried", She talked back

"Yeah! Lucky me" He smiled at her and came nearer to her bed. He sat down beside her and for a while they didn't know what to say to each other

"So…", she started. "you…read all of my words? Include the parts about my feeling for…you ", Maeve used all her courage to spoke the last word

"Aye…", he nodded

"Then…do you have anything to say to me now, Sinbad?", she asked, her face was redder

"I…Maeve… I.. knew how you feel about me…and trust me I have the same feeling for you…But…but we just can't go on…", He tried to say word by word

"Sinbad…I don't understand…what do you mean?", she was disappointed at what he had said. She had been waiting for so long to have enough courage to ask him about this. And just when she thought they had chance, he turned her down.

"Maeve…I know meeting me and the crew again bring back so many good memories…And somehow, it also brings back the feeling you used to have for me. But trust me, Maeve, it will pass soon, it's just memory at last. You have to treasure the family you're having right now, you have an adorable daughter, a trustworthy husband…", Sinbad didn't want to say those words but for the sake of Maeve, he had to help her realize that their story had ended two years ago. She had to write her new own story without him in it.

"Shut up! I said shut up!" , She shouted at him. " What got into you, Sinbad? What the hell are you saying? Who is my husband? Who is my daughter?...", She felt disappointed. She had never imagined that he would turn her down by such a nonsense reason.

"Maeve, now you're the one who confuses me. Sigrid is your daughter, Eyolf is your husband. Am I right?" , Sinbad answered, didn't know what he said wrong to make her mad

"No!", she said

"No?", young captain felt that he was lost in dark.

"Of course, who told you that I'm married? Or what made you have such a nonsense idea?", she looked into his eyes, waiting for a reasonable answer

"Well…"Though he was still confused, he couldn't hide the feeling that hope had not ended yet, something in Maeve's tone told him that if this conversation was to be continued, it would bring back hope. So, he said " didn't Sigrid call you "mama" and Eyolf "daddy"? Didn't you tell me that she is your daughter?"

Maeve laughed…She could never thought that the reason was that simple…It took her a minute to stop laughing

"OK? Don't wanna laugh no more? Now, are you willing to give me the answer sorceress?", Sinbad said feeling being made fun of.

"OK! OK!..I'm sorry…But I'm…", Maeve looked at his face and couldn't help laughing again.

"MAEVE!", now was the time for the captain to be angry, he didn't know why she laughed at him like this. All that he said was the truth and…very logic…then why…why…

"I…ok! I..Sinbad…Don't look at me like this, you're gonna make me laugh again."

Maeve requested and avoided looking into his face. She was so afraid of another laughing and that would drive him crazy.

"I…am…Sigrid's mother…"

"Now you admit…"

"Sinbad, I haven't finished. I am her mother…but "foster mother"…Don't you get it?"

"What? Then where did Sigrid get her red hair of you and the green eyes of Eyolf?", Sinbad tried to defend for his theory though he knew he shouldn't have.

"Well Sinbad,… I'm not the only one in this world got red hair. It's just a coincidence that Sigrid's real mother got red hair liked me too…All right! Sit down and I'll tell you the whole story.", she pointed him the place next to her.

"Good! Then let begin from the last time we met Eyolf. Didn't you remember? He became the captain and went back to his hometown. Months later, he got married to a red hair woman just liked me and she soon got pregnant. On his last trip, Eyolf and his crew included his wife got stuck in this island. I was walking in the beach when I found him and his wife. I took them home and helped deliver Sigrid. It just that his wife passed away giving birth to her daughter…So, I was asked to be the foster mother of Sigrid. Story ends", Maeve said.

"…So…you…and Eyolf…aren't married…?", he looked at her doubtfully

"Of course not…sailor. Though he did propose me, I turned him down for some reason…", Maeve blushed

"Then why didn't you tell me sooner? Don't you know that you had scared the life out of me for I thought that you were married "

"Sinbad, you should ask me directly, not keep quiet and think of some nonsense theory! Doubar and Firouz knew all, you're the only one who don't know anything about the relationship between Eyolf, Sigrid and me...", she fought back

Sinbad remembered Doubar and Firouz had tried to tell him something but he didn't give them chance. He laughed at his foolishness, if he had done it, he wouldn't have worried all the time

"How stupid I am!", admitted the captain

"Now you know all the story then I repeat the question "do you have anything to tell me, sailor?" ", Maeve asked him seriously

He smiled at her and gently said "I was such a fool for not telling this to you before you fell over board. I even blamed myself for not telling you sooner as I thought you had married another man…Now, I know If I didn't tell it, I would lose you…And I wouldn't risk it…" He took another breath, looked into her eyes and said

"I love you"

"And I love you too.", said her as she leaned over for a kiss. Just then, they heard someone's voice.

"Hey everybody! I'm home!"

"Uh oh!", Sinbad stopped and stood up.

"Sinbad! Where you going?"

"I'll be right back, Maeve. Give me two minutes"

Then he walked outside and came back two minutes later. He locked the door and came to his Maeve

"What did you do, sailor?"

"Nothing! Just to prevent any unwelcome guests…Now, where were we?"

They both smiled and kissed each other…

Later, Nomad crew found Firouz locked in a closet.

"What happened to you, scientist? Thief?", asked the big man

"No…" he gasped for a breath

"Monster?", Bryn suggested

"No…", Firouz tried to breath

"So…Who…?" Rongar signaled

"You wouldn't believe it. Doubar, it was your precious brother, our beloved captain who had locked me in the closet."

"What?", Bryn couldn't imagine Sinbad would be crazy liked that

"It's true! I just came home and I saw Sinbad. He smiled and signaled me to this room, then all of a sudden, he locked me in the closet said something about didn't want to be bothered.", Firouz angrily told the whole story. He couldn't think of any reason why Sinbad did that to his friend

"Then…I think I know the answer…Let's check if I am right". Big man lead the whole Nomad crew to Maeve's room. They found that someone had stick a paper in the door

"What is it?..."Don't bother, please". This is Sinbad's handwriting…", Doubar smiled and turned back to go upstairs while Firouz intended to knock on the door. Doubar saw it and stopped him before he made another mistake

"What are you trying to do, scientist?", Doubar whispered

"I want to ask Sinbad why? I need an answer", Said Firouz

"You still don't get it? Lad…" Sighed Doubar. "All right! Come with me and I'll tell you…"

The next morning, Sinbad and Maeve came out of her room just in time Doubar came out of his. Both the lovebirds turned red while Doubar laughed at them

"Hello little brother. Hello LITTLE SISTER.", he emphasized the two last words.

"Morning Doubar!", both said, they blushed and walked away

Sinbad said to Maeve as they were looking out of the window

"So…you will come back to the Nomad? Then how about your daughter and Eyolf?"

"Are you jealous, sailor?" She teased

"No…Just that I cared about my love and…her friends"

"All right! I will come back to the Nomad. But Dim Dim, Eyolf and Sigrid will stay here, they have considered this place home for the past two years. So they will help rebuild the village and live happily here."

"Sound ideal, huh?"

"Yeah…", she looked at him and brushed his lip for a kiss. Maeve said "I can't believe it, you found me the day before, yesterday we defeated the devil and today we are hand in hand…everything happened too fast."

"Yeah, just two days…what…two days? Oh no! Maeve! Pack your clothes, we gotta leave now.", Sinbad called others "Firouz, Rongar, Doubar, Bryn…Quick! Quick! Quick! We must leave now"

"Why Sinbad"

"If I don't come back in time I'll lose the Nomad", he said worriedly remember his words two days ago " For the next 2 days, if we don't come back, you'll set sail to Baghdad then sell the Nomad…"