Chapter 7: My Immortal
They set sail the next day.
Spending most of the day underwater most of the crew took the chance
to clean their quarters up a little bit, take baths, or just talk.
Chell was putting everything in order that was messed up. After about
an hour she finally got done, then she sat down at her cherry wood
desk & began to write in her journal.
She wrote for about
five minutes when she got hungry & decided to go ask Jess if she
wanted something from the kitchen while she was there. As she neared
the bedroom door she heard something unusual, crying. "Jess, are ye
okay?" she asked timidly.
"No Chell. Me 'eart 'as been
broken…" she said & started to relay her little tale of
misery.
"Well I'd say next time, if any , you see 'im punch
'im." Chell said trying to make her sis feel better. Suddenly a
song popped into her head that would not be made for years to come.
She opened her mouth & her rich voice was heard throughout the
ship. Unbeknownst to her a maid began to record what she was saying
so they would have it later.
"I'm so tired of being here,
suppressed by all my childish fears,
and if you leave,
I
wish that you'd just leave," Chell sang, Jess looked up &
knew she was talking about Jack leaving. Knowing that Chell was out
of words she quickly made up more.
"Your presence still lingers
here,
& it won't leave me alone,
these wounds won't
seem to heal,
the pain is just to real," Jess left of there,
out of words. Then Chell came up with some.
"There's just too
much that time cannot erase,
when you'd cried I'd wipe away
all of your tear,
when you'd scream I'd fight away all of
your fears,
7 I've held your had through all of these years,"
she didn't have any more words, but Jess did. Jess also realized
that she had been talking about when they were kids. They'd always
helped each other through things like this.
"But you still have
all of me,
you used to captivate me,
by your resonating
light,
but now I'm bound by the life you left behind," Chell
picked it up there.
"Your face haunts my once pleasant dreams,
your voice, it chased away the sanity in me,
these wounds
won't seem to heal…" she said & Jess caught on singing with
her.
"The pain is just too real,
there's just to much
that time cannot erase,
when you'd cried I'd wipe away all of
your tears,
when you'd scream I'd fight away all of your
fears,
& I've held your hand through all of these years,
but you still have all of me," they stopped & Jess started
again.
"I've tried so hard to tell myself that your gone,
but though your still with me,
I've been alone all along,
when you'd cried I'd wipe away all of your tears,
&
I've held your hand through all of these years,
but you still
have all of me,
me, me…" they finished.
Jess looked up at
Chell & asked, "Why did you do that?"
"it popped into
me head. I originally came in 'ere, whoever, to ask if you wanted
anythin' from the kitchen?"
"Tha' sounds good. Lets go
together." Jess said & they started for the kitchen, following
the signs that read galley.
"What should we 'ave fer dinner?"
Chell asked.
"'ow bout… fried chicken, mashed potatoes,
rolls, gravy, green beans, & Blue raspberry tequila jello with
whipped cream." Jess said smacking her lips.
"Sounds good ta
me, Tasha get cookin'. We're 'avin' chicken tonight!" Chell
said with a big grin making Jess laugh which of course had been the
idea to start with.
"Gotta question while yer in 'ere cap'ns.
Who's gonna be on lunch detail?" Tasha & Kat asked at the
same time.
"Crissy, being new on board could use a job &
was our cook at home so she knows what we like." Jess said making
up her mind lightning quick.
"Aye, Onisha, go find 'er &
bring 'er 'ere." Chell said.
"Aye, cap'ns." Onisha
said backing out of the room.
