Narissa, Sister of Sinbad
Chapter 5
Heyo booklovers! How's life? Sorry it's taken me so long to update! Life's been crazy as hell, school stress and emotional stress (mom being rediagnosed with Stage 4 Breast Cancer). Anyhow, ON WITH THE CHAPTER!
We had stopped at an island to refuel and fix the ship, since Sinbad had been moaning and grumping about it for at least 2 days and, from personal experience, I knew he wouldn't shut up until he got what he wanted. He was terribly spoiled as a child. At least he had apologized to me about a day after the Sirens. That had been one interesting conversation, let me tell you.
I heard Sinbad and Marina snap at each other before she went off to get tree sap with most of the crew volunteering to go with her and Sinbad growling and mumbling and following, after telling us to stay with the ship. "Alright, spill. What's wrong?" Kale asked me and I cursed. He always knew whenever something was wrong with a member of the crew and he always managed to get whatever it was out of them. I sighed when he gave me a "spit it out already" look. "Marina's a lot different than I thought she would be. When we first met her at the party, I assumed her to be some daffodil who knew nothing about ships or pirates or anything like that. I was angry and jealous when Proteus told he was engaged and even more so when I met her. She was this girl who seemed poised and confident. She looked like everything I could never be." I said, then immediately hid my face in my hands, embarrassed at having said so much. He opened his mouth to say something, kindness in his eyes and something else? "Kale, Riss!" We heard Sinbad yell. "What the..?" I said as the island MOVED. The strip of land we were loosely anchored on turned out to be a huge fin! "KALE! RISSA! BRING HER AROUND ALREADY!" Sinbad yelled as they all jumped/ fell onto the ship. "Rat, tie it off!" Sinbad said to Rat as he jumped onto the deck next to, and Marina landed right on the other side of me. Sinbad snatched up a grappling hook and threw onto a small fin where it caught and jerked him off his feet. Marina and I both laughed and as he raised his head, he smiled at us, or Marina. I knew that look. I raced down the steps, jumping on him, running and balancing on the prow of the ship. "No fair, you took my spot! " He whined and I smirked and said "Gotta be quicker next time!"
It felt like forever when Kale told Sinbad that the men couldn't take much more of the giant waves and the constant jumps. Sinbad agreed and I cut the line and lost my lunch over the side of the ship. A hand rubbed circles into my back and handed me a cup of ale. It was Kale. "Thanks" I said and looked over at Marina and Sinbad talk. "It's nice for them to not be yelling at each other. I wonder what happened on the fish island." Kale said and I nodded in agreement. "Whatever it was, it brought them closer at least temporarily." I said and he chuckled.
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Yes, yes, I know it's a waaayyy shorter chapter than usual but my dad's giving me the "Are you seriously planning on staying up late AGAIN?" look and I'm tired. I promise that the next chapter will be longer! Peace out booklovers! I'm gonna try to upload a poll on to my profile. Check it out and vote!