One Last Journey (Completed)

Propose day

Silence.

In the late hours of night, when you can't sleep. You lie in you bed with dead silence in the room. There is no wind outside, no sound of the leaves rustling, it is so quite that you can hear your heart pounding in your chest.

The same silence was spread in the whole room. The only sound was that of the captain pacing from left to right in the whole room, deep in thought as to what to do next.

2 Hours ago.

Toby arrived at my room at sharp 8:10. He didn't go to his room for a change because we didn't wanna waste any more time. Reethe's shift also ended at 8 and if we made it there on time we could catch him before he went for the carnival.

We made our way towards deck 3 and were mostly quiet. Like yesterday my anxiety levels were sky rocketing and I was very nervous. Toby tried to clam me down but it was no good. I was worried about two things.

Firstly, will he be there?

You know the feeling when you work your ass off all the year round and at the end your boss gives the promotion letter to some other employee who probably did not deserve it? Well thats exactly what I felt yesterday. I worked so hard to find out on which ship he worked, I had to ask for so many favours. And then do you have any idea how much it costs to book a cruise on the last minute? A lot. When we went there yesterday somewhere deep down inside I was happy from the thought that I would be able to see him again. But all I got was nothing. So naturally I was worried about what would happen today.

Secondly, what will I say?

Although I had thought of this like a zillion times from the moment I booked my tickets up till now, but whenever the possibility of coming face to face with him came in my mind I had absolutely no idea about what to say. I had thought of so many ways to start and so many things to say but every time I thought about it, it felt like it won't make a difference to him. That somehow he will have a reason, an answer for my every question. That somehow he will leave me, again. That somehow I will have to go through all of it, again.

"Julia." Toby said shaking me out of my chain of thoughts, "It will be ok. Don't worry. Everything will be fine."

I simply nodded. I was happy that through all this I had found a new friend. Although I didn't knew much about him, but he was risking his whole career for me. The least I could do was call him my friend.

We turned right in the corridor where Reethe's room was. Toby paused for a brief second and looked at me, waiting for some kind of signal that I was ready.

I didn't look at him, instead I was looking down, at my shoes.

I was scared. I was afraid. I was nervous. I was confused.

I was feeling so many different things at that moment. I was scared because I had no idea how he would react on seeing me. I was afraid because I didn't know if he would be there. I was nervous because I didn't know what to say to him. I was confused because now I was starting to question whether it was all worth it or not.

But I didn't get to time to decide and answer because just at that moment my luck took a full 180 degree turn.

"Marshall."

Both of us turned around at the exact same time to look at the source of the voice. And there with his hands crossed across his chest stood none other than the captain himself.

He was old, maybe 55-60 years. He had fair skin and a lot of wrinkles on his face. His hair was white. But I recognised him because of his uniform. There was no doubt. A quick look on his epaulettes confirmed it.