FOUR

I hold my arm and look down coming out of the kitchen then looked around at the crew then went up to the gaff and leand against the mainmast. I let out a heavy sigh and looked down at Jim cleaning the deck then Silver handing him more water, I look away and look at my hands rethinking about how nice he was to me at first, then how mean he turned. "I hate you so much" I put my knees in my chest and closed my eyes. I then flet a presance in frount of me. I look up and see Jim smirking at me all his hair in a pony tail, and a appren on. "What" "nothing" "I saw what happened with silver" "and it's non of your damn business" I put my hands behind my head and looked away from Jim. "Oh silver asked for you to help me" "me and him arn't on speeking terms" " I didn't say he needed you, I just said he told me to ask you to help me" "what ever" I started climbing down but slip "shit!" I close my eyes waiting to fall on the deck, but I look up seeing Jim holding my arm, he pulled me up and I let out a breath and put my hand on my chest, "thanks" I look over at Jim who was just smirking "what?" "nothing" "mhm, let's just get started so silver won't yell at us"

I leaned back stretching my back out then seeing Jim looking at me. "What?" I look at him as I put my arms down" "nothing" "why look at me while i'm stretching?" "I just noticed the scar on your arm" I put my hand over my arm and look away rubbing it, "it's non of your damn business" I look at him from the courner of my eye "jezz sorry" he backed off and leaned against the railing undoing the front of his hair he almost looked to perfect. "I-I don't mean to be snappy all the time but, silver and his crew always get on my nerves" "his crew?" "oh well um.. you see he found them all when they were in a low place in their life, and made them his personal crew, like a family I guess" "what about you?" "me?" I looked away remembering when silver first found me. "It's um, complicated" " is it really that complicated?" "I just don't like talking about it" he shrugs and I feel a hand on my shoulder and scream looking behind me seeing silver, "don't do that!" I let out a sigh and shake my head "you know I like messing with you" I cross my arms and look away, "anyway I am going to check the long boats" he walks away saying it in a playful tune "and go out there by yourself! no way!" I put my brush down grabbing Jim's arm and pull him down to the long boats.

We both teach Jim how to properly tie the long boats down then silver got in one as Jim pulled the lever to open the bottom, I look at him as his smile fades. I look away thinking Silver would just leave him here, but he came back and Jim jumped in and looked up at me holding out his hand. I smile and take his hand going in the long boat I sit at the end between them as silver showed him what to do, but he grabbed the brake pushes it down then we sailed foward at rapid speed. I flew forward but held on to the side, I smile and look at Jim as we go into a stream of star dust from a comet then pulled out of it then rushed foward, seeing Jim smiling, made something in me I haven't felt in a while.