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He chuckled to himself and whispered, "payback, remember." With that he pulled away the cold air rushing to replace the warm air that was just there, I shivered from the cold. By the time I had opened my eyes he was gone leaving me wanting more.
I skipped dinner that night I wasn't in the mood to be around anyone especially if Mr. Todd was there. I told my "escort" that I hadn't gotten my sea legs yet and I didn't want to eat anything that would cause me to throw up, as it wasn't very lady like of me. He left without a fight, which was nice, but of course, Antony knew much better then the new crewmember. After supper he came to my room with a plate of food in hand. He knew me a little to well. The conversation was short he had asked me what was wrong and I simply explained that I had some things that needed to be done such as bathing and finding homes for all my belongings.
He had blushed ten different shades of red when I told him I was bathing. Soon after I had said that he rushed out of the room claming that he had some things that he needed to attend to as well. He didn't say good night or anything he was too flushed to say much of anything. After all we were no longer children and he had his "needs". I know that I'm an attractive woman; please don't take this as me being conceited I know this because I have been asked to courted by many men after I had developed more lady like features, so I just figured that my dear friend Antony was having some trouble with those developments.
I ate the food he brought to me only so that I wouldn't need food latter and sat in bed hoping to get some form of rest. I didn't sleep much and if I did I was soon awaken by an image of Mr. Todd standing over me staring at me with such an intimacy that I still felt it long after I had woken up.
It was past four in the morning when I decided to give up on sleeping and take a walk around the deck. That is where I find myself now. Walking about the deck without much thought. I went to visit the men on their watch for a while they didn't feel much like talking at the time so it only lasted for a few minutes. I prop my arms on top the rail and lean over looking at the waves washing away from the ship. One wave would start to break and the next would start to chase after the first as if it were it's unreturned love. The water that was disturbed was glowing slightly. It was a mix of purple, blue and green. I could see fish under the water their scales reflecting the pale magical light as if they were welcoming me back to the open sea.
My father once told me that the light was from tiny creatures in the water that glowed when they were disturbed. I believed differently I thought that the glow was from the stars. I made up a story that the sea was jealous of the stars ability to shine as brightly as they wished. One night there was a group of stars that decided to grant the sea's wish so they fell from the sky and kissed the sea. During the kiss some stardust shook off of the stars and the sea caught it. Now the sea shows all the sailors that it too can glow.
The story made me smile I couldn't help but get caught in the memory. I closed my eyes and let the smell of the sea fill me up and surround me and in a way complete me. A small smile tugged its way to my lips and my lower lip made its way in between my teeth. I started humming and swaying with the ship. I slipped my feet onto the inner rail that sat about a foot over the main deck and rolled onto my toes. Leaning over the rail even more as if taunting the waves to get me I balanced my weight on my upper thighs against the upper rail. I started laughing and leaning over even more just to see how far I could go. I was the child I used to be all over again and I didn't want it to end.
Apparently what I wanted didn't matter because just as I started to pull myself back to the safety of the ships deck someone roughly grabbed my waist and pulled me away from the railing with more force then needed. This just ruined the mood I was in so I did the first thing that came to mind fight. I started struggling and thrashing everywhere in the hope that my "rescuer"; as he would call himself, would let go and die in a corner. I felt one of his arms release my waist but it soon grabbed one arm and pinned it to my side he quickly repeated the process with my other arm and held fast. Though my frustration and anger I could hear him cooing soft soothing words into my ear it started to work and when I started to calm down he sighed.
"That's my girl," he whispered, "breathe in and release, breathe in release. Feeling better."
I heard him chuckle the rumbling warm sound came vibrating through his chest and his exhaled air hit my skin. It was all too much but everything seemed to be going wrong. When I looked up I saw Mr. Todd was the man holding onto and laughing at me. I gave out a defeated huff as child would and it only seemed to encourage his laughter. A few long minutes latter he calmed down enough to control his laughter.
He turned me around and looked at me in the face. Searching for something I have no idea what because I was too distracted to figure it out. The distraction was his eyes the held emotion to the first time. They were bright from laughing but held so much concern at the same time. I couldn't believe what I was seeing his eyes seemed to change color right before me from the dark black that had haunted my dreams to a warm rich chocolate brown. His skin gained some color and was now almost human looking.
The emotions in his eyes kept coming and leaving so fast that they were impossible to read finally they slowed and a look of relief entered his eyes and he smiled it was one of the most beautiful sites I had ever seen. His white teeth reflected the moonlight making them even whiter then they should his color like skin was so smooth and soft looking I was just begging to be touched. His eyes lit up like there was no tomorrow. I couldn't do anything I was just too shocked my mouth hung open and my eyes were wide in surprise.
His hands were lightly on my shoulders and they tightened slightly as if to make sure I was okay. The next thing I know my face is buried in his chest and his arms are surrounding me in a tight embrace his scent wafted through my nostrils setting all my senses into an alert state. I felt his lips caress the top of my head and he inhaled the scent of my clean hair. The hot air that hit my scalp made the rest of me feel cold. He pulled back enough to look into my eyes and lean down. I closed my eyes in anticipation our breath mingle for the second time in one night. This time I feel the slightest feather light kiss.
Like everything he seemed to do once it starts it gone. He pulled away. I looked at him in confusion his face was back to the pale color it normally was his eyes were the dead black as I remember them. There was no emotion in the face of the man who had just kissed me. He turned his head to look at the doors that lead below I fallowed his gaze to see the first of the crew making their way towards us to start the first day out at open sea.