Arranged Hate

Chapter 6

I woke up to the gentle swaying of the boat and to someone knocking on the door.

"Tracy. Are you awake?" Uncle Falcon asked.

"Yeah" I said.

"Breakfast in 5" he replied.

"Ok" I said and got out of bed. I changed into a pair of shorts and a frilly white shirt because I can feel its going to be a hot day.

I walked into the dining hall.

"Morning" I chirped.

"Morning" they replied.

I sat down and a bowl of cereal was given to me by my uncle. I thanked him and he rolled his eyes.

"We making a stop just now and we are going to visit family" he said.

"Really?" I asked.

"Yes. Now hurry up and eat" he said.

I pulled my tongue at him then ate. He chuckled. We finished and went upstairs to the deck. The salty wind blew through my hair and the spray of the ocean wet me a bit when I went to the side of the boat. The sun baking on our backs. Uncle Falcon pointed to the island in front of us. The green trees and colourful birds flying in the air. We stopped at the harbor and Dylan fetched my horse and a horse for uncle. We road through busy markets until we went up the mountain. On to of the mountain there was three beautiful white cottages.

"Hide your face. I want to greet them first" uncle said.

I pulled my hat more forwards so it covered my face. A little boy ran out on of the cottages.

"Uncle Falcon is here!" He shouted joyfully.

Uncle climbed off his horse and lifted the boy up in the air then gave him a hug. An old man and woman came out the cottage in the middle and a little girl and her parents came out the one the boy ran out. I quietly climbed off my horse to try not gab their attention and petted my horse's head and using it to block my face even more.

"Falcon. There you are. I was getting worried" my grandmother said.

"The markets were busy today" he replied.

"Brother, how was you journey?" Aunty Jewel asked.

She looked close to my mother. Almost twins.

"Good as usual but I missed these two a lot" he replied picking up the little girl.

"Falcon, who's the girl? Isn't she a bit young for you?" My grandfather said.

"That's the surprise. Family meet Tracy. Sapphire's daughter" he replied.

The gasped and I moved away from my horse so they can see me.

"Hi" I said nervously.

"Kids this in your cousin Tracy I told you about" Aunty Jewel said.

They gasped with eyes sparkling. Uncle put them down and ran over to me. I bent down.

"Your pretty" Georgia said.

"Thank you and you look so cute" I said.

She blushed and giggled then ran back to her mother. Dan just stared at me.

"Hug?" He asked.

I giggled and picked him up giving him a big hug. I balanced him on my hip and looked back at the family. My grandparents came over with arms wide open. I let Dan go on the ground and hugged them.

"You look just like her" my grandmother said.

"A beauty" my grandfather added.

I blushed and thanked them. Out of the corner of my eye I saw uncle roll his eyes again.