Chapter Seventeen

Bear

"Now what are you doing?" Peter asked when he saw me lying on the ground looking at the sky.

"Looking at shapes."

"What shapes? All I see is a bunch of clouds," he said looking up.

"Yes, they are just clouds, but they makes shapes. See, that on is a smiley face!"

"Ok?" He said lying down.

"What are you two weirdoes doing now?" asked a crewmember.

"Nothing. We just laying here. Lookin' at clouds," I said not wanting to explain anything else. Soon everyone but Jack asked then lay down.

"What is going on?" Jack asked seeing the whole deck was covered with people lying down. "You people are crazy! Why did I let you on my ship?"

"Well, you let me on because of my brother," Peter said.

"And you didn't let me on. I just showed up somehow," I said trying to annoy Jack.

"And you let all of us on because you needed help," said a crewmember speaking for everybody else.

Then Jack quickly slapped his forehead and walked off yelling, "Get back to work!" Then everybody got up and Peter and me just sat there. I have noticed that Jack doesn't make Peter work that much. I have been wondering if it was because I was here or if it is because he is Will's little brother.

"So," I said trying to start a conversation. "I will be right back! I want you to meet someone!" I ran off to my room to get Bear (he is my teddy bear if I haven't told you yet). When I came back Peter was by the railing. "Meet Bear!"

"What is he?"

"He is a Teddy Bear! Duh!" I said holding him up. "My sister gave him to me right before she died. He is all I have to remember her by, and I would never let him out of my sight!" Right then the wind blew and knocked Bear right out of my hands into the water. "BEAR!!!"

"Let him go, Lana."

"No! I will not let my last thing of my sister drown in the Caribbean Sea!" I said climbing onto the railing. This may sound stupid to you, but I loved my sister and this was the only thing that I had to remember her by. I needed Bear. I was about to jump but Peter pulled me back. "What are you doing? I need Bear!"

"You can live without him. I can't live without you."

This would sound REALLY sweet right now, but I needed to find a way to get Bear back. I tried pulling against Peter but he was stronger than I was. By now, even if I jumped to get him I would have to swim a mile minimum! So I just gave up and broke down crying. I didn't tell Peter about how my sister died, so I thought that I should tell him.

"…and that is how my sister died."

"I am so sorry," Peter said. He had let me go when I started crying so I was just standing there. We just sat there the rest of the day. And we did nothing else, but sit there.