Shem and Ila After The Ark

by gabbygrl247

This is the story of Shem and Ila and their family. My story is based off a first draft of a script so not all of it correlates with the film. The characters of Shem, Noah, Ham, and Japheth are all from the biblical story Noah and Ila, Naameh, and Na'el are all Darren Aronofsky's characters.

30. Chapter 27

We had been on the ark for about ten days. It was beginning to get unbearable. There were people that we still alive and you could hear their screams for help. Noah was impossible to speak to and was convinced to not let us help them. He had told us his beliefs, mankind was to die and the beasts were to be the only ones to roam Earth. It was too unbearable to think about and no one had spoken about it since.

Shem and I had been lying together ever since our time in the woods; we would wait until we knew everyone was asleep. Being intimate had shed a light on our relationship that neither Shem nor I knew was missing. We had stopped fighting, since we had nothing to fight or be frustrated about anymore, and we were even more in love.

Mother had picked up on this and one morning, she pulled me aside and asked me to help her with breakfast.

"Is everything alright mother?" I asked her.

"Of course daughter." She replied quickly. "How are things with Shem? No more lovers' quarrels I see."

"Everything is fine mother." I told her, a blush creeping onto my cheeks.

"I heard things last night." She told me.

"Shem and I were lying together." I mumbled quickly.

"That is what I thought." She replied. "You have that look on your faces."

"Please do not tell Shem I told you mother." I pleaded. "He would be so mad."

"I do not wish to discuss this with my eldest son Ila, some things are best to be kept amongst us women." She responded.

That night, when the light from the fire pit went out, I felt Shem place a hand on my hip.

"Shem we need to be more quiet." I told him as he nibbled on my neck.

"I thought we were being quiet my love." I replied. "Is something the matter?"

"No, I just don't want anyone to get too curious. And think of poor Ham and Japheth who have no one." I lied.

"Japheth is too young and Ham will get over it Ila." He said, his hands roaming my body.

"Something is different about him Shem. I am worried." I told him.

Shem sighed and moved so that he was looking straight into my eyes.

"Ila I am worried about him too, as I worry about Japheth and mother, and even father. But the person whose happiness is most important to me is you." He confessed.

"I love you." I told him.

"I love you more. Tonight we will just sleep." He said.

Even with the people's cries and the terrible images and thoughts going through my head, I closed my eyes and fell into a blissful sleep, wrapped in Shem's strong arms.