Author's Note:
"Sorry my updates haven't been constant lately. I've been working on a project all week and have been exhausted. Here's Chapter 6, I'll try to get Chapter 7 up ASAP."
Chapter 6: Pascal Leaves
I sat beside Ariella and watched her se nervously.
Ariella had passed out cold last night. And I was going to be up when she came through.
"Bo?" she asked tiredly.
"Yes?" I asked, immediately by her side.
"Has Pascal, has he left yet?" she asked.
"No. He wanted to wait until we were sure you were okay." I answered as I held her hand.
"I-I need to speak to him, before he leaves." she said as she tried to sit up.
"Shh. Shh." I whispered as I made her lay back down. "It's only two in the morning. He's not leaving until seven. Get some rest."
She lied back down and looked up at me and said, "You need some sleep too."
I smiled and laid down beside her. She definitely had her father's sense of humor.
I woke up the next morning and quickly made breakfast. Pascal was up next.
"Hey Pascal." I said once I saw him walk in.
"Morning lad. It's a great day for sailing? Hey?" he said as he sat down at the table.
I handed him a piece of paper and he stuck it in his pocket. It was a list.
I had asked Pascal to get coffee, tea, and a chicken.
I was almost done with Ariella's chicken coop.
Once I had finished breakfast, Ariella walked in.
"Hey guys." she yawned.
"Morning Ariella." I said as I served her a plate.
"Morning lass." Pascal said.
We all quickly ate up and then went to the dock to say our good-byes.
"Bye Pascal." I said as I firmly shook his hand. "We're gonna miss ya!"
"Same to you lad." he said.
"Bye Pascal." Ariella said. Then she whispered something in his ear.
"Will do lass. Will do." he said.
"Come back soon, Pascal." she said as she gave him a hug.
"I'll only be gone for a week or two." he said, returning her hug.
He climbed on his ship and began to sail off.
Then, he remembered something.
He turned around and yelled, "I promise I'll find someone to live on the island before I come back!"
I could tell Ariella was excited. I was too. But this meant I had more work to be done before Pascal returned.
I sighed. Oh well. More work was a good thing, right?
I turned to Ariella and asked, "So what did you tell Pascal?"
Her face grew red and she turned away.
"I-I'm gonna go catch lunch." she said. "S-see you later!"
I sighed. What was she hiding?
I brushed it off and got back to work.
Ariella's chicken coop wasn't going to build itself.
***
"Hey Ariella!" I said once I got home with the fruit for dinner.
I had finished the coop just a few minutes before lunch.
"Hi Bo!" she said, looking up from the fire. "Man. I can't wait until I can cook this in an oven!"
"Sure beats sitting in the dirt over a hot bonfire." I said as I sat next to her.
I noticed that she had a strange look in her eye. She was hiding something. Something big.
"You okay?" I asked as I looked at her flushed face.
"The uh… Komona tribe… or at least one of them… came." she said nervously.
"What happened?! Did they do something to you?!" I asked.
"No. He uh… was in our house. He was… looking for something." Then she broke into tears. "He told me not to tell anyone. But I just had to. Bo, I… I'm scared."
I let her cry on my shoulder and I tried to calm her down. "It's okay. We're going to be okay."
At least, I hoped we would.