Welcome to the crew

"Well after seeing that I think we can safely assume that James here can defend himself." Lucan says.

"Agreed, welcome to the crew." Chris says smiling.

"Atta boy!" The man who gave me the alcohol says lifting a bottle and chugging it.

"Get the guns!" Rick says with a huge grin jumping up and down like a little girl. Everyone scrambles grabbing different sized muskets and loading them giddily.

"This is his favorite part." Don says loading a stubby musket.

"Alright men! Get ready for the fires of celebration!" Chris yells holding a flintlock in both hands. The crew cheers and everyone who loaded a musket runs up to the side of the deck and aims to the sky. Chris fires both of his flintlocks and the rest of the guys with musket fire in unison with their gun size.

First was the long guns making a low crack then the short with a high one after the short came a crack a little louder than the short barrel but not much making a weird but satisfying symphony of gunfire.

It sounded like the orchestra the upper class men would play at the school concert only a lot louder.

"Hell yeah!" Don says when the gunfire stops. "Absolutely love that!" He says with a huge smile on his face hanging his gun up. The crew hangs up their guns and surrounds me putting me on their shoulders whooping and cheering.

"Haven't done one of those in a couple years." Lucan says. The rest of the night was a huge party with most of the crew getting wasted and passing out in the middle of the deck there was a huge buffet along with the food consisting of ramen, vegetables, fruits, chicken, beef an entire feast was prepared. I ate so much I was hanging over the deck railing puking my guts out.

"Thanks for becoming part of the crew." Someone says when I go down to the barracks to go to sleep. "Never had so much to eat and drink in one night it's great." He says turning in his bunk.

"Yeah no problem." I say confused the food is great here and is abundant so I don't know what he's trying to get at.

"Don't get me wrong the food is great and it fills you up but you're limited to how much you can eat based on body weight body fat percentage all that. It's always good when Chris is in a good mood and decides to throw a party."

"Huh I guess I never noticed that." I say getting on the top bunk and getting ready to go to bed.

"Yeah, hey these are good guys don't worry at some point you'll really become part of the crew." He says pulling the covers up and going to sleep. I pull my covers up and start going to sleep.

"Hello baby." A soft voice says. My eyes open in a little blurry mess I blink and it gets clear and I see a smiling face a face I haven't seen in a while.

"MOM!" I scream jumping out of my bed hugging her as tight as I could.

"Welcome home." She says hugging me back.

"I thought you died." I say crying.

"I love you James." She says. "I'm proud of you how much you've grown how much you've matured. I'll come back one day I promise." She says it looks like she's fading into thin air like a ghost.

"WAIT! DON'T LEAVE!" I scream trying to hug her tighter like it'll stop her from disappearing again. I wake up and see the dark wood of the ship hearing the creaking of the ship as people shift in their bunks and walking around the barracks. I lay in my bed trying to go back to sleep trying to get that dream back. But it'll never happen.