Chapter 3: New Plans

When I woke up the next morning, Bo was sitting straight up, eyes wide open.

There were huge dark circles under his eyes, so I could tell he didn't get much sleep.

He was wringing a small piece of rope in his hands. What had he been doing with it?!

"Bo?" I asked tiredly as I touched his arm.

"Ariella?!" he said excitingly, turning his attention towards me. "Thank God your all right!"

He grabbed me and pulled me close in a hug, and he did not let for a while.

Once he let go, I asked, "Bo?! What happened to you?"

He put his head in his hands, and ran his fingers through his hair.

"You know that threatening note you got yesterday?"he asked me. I nodded.

"Well, I saw who had sent it to you. Or at least, one of the tribe members." he said.

"You did?!" I exclaimed. Now we had a face to go with the crime!

"Yes. But not very clearly..." he said sadly. My heart sank.

"He... He tried to strangle me." Bo said, looking down at the rope. "I couldn't go back to sleep after that... And risk him trying to hurt you."

"Oh Bo..." I said as I gave him a hug.

"It's okay." Bo said. "Is Pascal up yet?"

"Aye. He is." Pascal said as he yawned. "You don't look like ya got much sleep last night."

"No I didn't." Bo said as he looked down at his hands.

Then Bo told Pascal about the night before and the threatening note.

Pascal's eyes grew wide.

"Oh my..." he said as he rubbed his eyes. "That is a problem."

"From now on. We'll have to keep watch. Pascal and I can rotate out by every hour or two. At least until I've built our new houses." Bo suggested.

"That there is a mighty fine idea!" Pascal said as he stood up. "Now let's get ourselves a quick breakfast and get to work!"

Bo and I went and collected bananas, oranges, coconuts, and grapes, and headed back to camp.

We all quickly ate, and Bo and Pascal went off to work, while I stayed back at camp.

I watered the herb garden, cleaned up from breakfast, straightened up the camp, and then went fishing for our lunch and dinner.

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"Wait for it... Wait for it... NOW!!!" I yelled as I felt the fish hook on.

"Gotcha!" I yelled. It was a big salmon.

"That should be enough for today." I said.

I picked up the bag of fish and headed for camp.

I cleaned the salmon and started a small fire.

I put the salmon in the pan and began to cook it.

I added a little salt, that was in a paper bag in the ship, and a few herbs.

I did the same for the other two fish, and once I was done, Bo and Pascal were there.

"That smells good!" Pascal said as he sat down and picked up a plate.

"I got some fruit to go with it too." Bo said as he sat down and handed me the an opened coconut.

We all ate and chatted.

"I'm nearly done with your house Pascal. It should only take me a few more hours to finish it." Bo said happily as he took a bite of an apple.

"That's a bit of good news there." Pascal said. "I've nearly finished my repairs on the ship. Should be done in a day or two."

"Great!" I said.

"Well I've got to get back to work." Pascal said as he stood up.

"Me too." Bo said.

Once they left, I began cleaning.

Once I had finished that, I began to cook dinner.

"Done." I said. "But... Where are Bo and Pascal?"

"Ariella." I heard Bo say.

"Yes?" I asked.

"Follow me. And close your eyes!" he said.

I closed my eyes, as he had commanded, and had Bo lead me.

"Okay. Open your eyes." he said.

I opened them.

And what I saw, was a big, beautiful home.