The Herons Completed Crew... A Brotherband Chronicles Fanfic

The Storm

I had just come off of my turn at the helm, and I could've sworn that I saw my sleeping bag move.

Jesper saw me staring.

"What's wrong?"

"My sleeping bag just moved."

"Are you serious?"

He was making fun of me!

"It did!"

"Sure."

"I'll prove it!"

I punched him and walked over to my sleeping bag, and Ben popped out.

"Hi Cora!"

"Ben, what are you doing here?"

"You and bubby was leavin' me. I wasn't lettin' that happen. Not allowed."

"See Jesper, I told you my sleeping bag moved!"

"Well I guess I was wrong, now wasn't I?" Jesper grinned, sitting beside me and intertwining his fingers with mine.

I layed my head on his shoulder, and Ben just looked at us.

"I thought you were mad at him."

"He's me best friend, I can't stay mad at him forever."

"Sure you can! I am! "

"You're his brother."

"Oh yeah."

"Ben, you can get back into the sleeping bag so you don't blow overboard in this storm."

Jesper and I got an hour long break, in which I tried to sleep, but I couldn't.

When we eventually put to shore in what Hal called Shelter Bay, we were all relieved.

We got to work setting up a permanant shelter, and once that was done, we relaxed.

A few days later, Ulf and Wulf were fighting nonstop. Nothing new. What was unique was that Jesper and Stefan were fighting. Badly.

"Will you guys stop already? It's been three days! Give it up already! Stefan, your whetstone is right there!" I shouted, Ben covering his ears.

"Well you come up with something for us to do!!" Wulf retorted.

"Hey Cora, by the way, we figured out who the two guys that have chances with you are!!" Ulf exclaimed.

Everyone looked up at that. I guess they all wanted to hear this.

"Oh really now?" I teased as Jesper sat beside me.

"Yep." Jesper said, setting a hand on mine.

"Well, if you guessed anyone from the Wolves, you're entirely wrong. They are too normal." I smiled at the boys. There was no way they could figure this out.

"Nope. No one from the Wolves or the Sharks."

May face went white.

"Oh God, you really did figure it out, didn't you?" I said softly.

"We made her nervous! Well, we all know the first one is Jesper." Ulf said.

"I have to give you credit for that one. You're right. Just please don't say the other one. Please." I said.

"The other one is..."

"JESPER!! DON'T!!!!!" I exclaimed, covering his mouth.

He escaped, and before put him in a headlock, he got one word out.

"Stefan."

"JESPER YOU IDIOT!!!"

I punched him, and he was dizzy for a while.

"Stefan, the crush was three years ago. Not anymore." I exclaimed, going very red as I threw something at Ingvar who was laughing.

"Seriously? I had a crush on you three years ago too!! Like what the heck? Here i was for three years thinking I had no chance, and all that time..." he trailed of as Jesper began to glare at him. Stefan was rambling on too much, and Jesper thought he was going to ask me out. Stefan obviously did not get the hint that it was an old crush that i no longer had.

I just took Ben and we went outside, Jesper close behind.

We sat in the sand and talked.

"Jesper, how long do you think it'll be before we catch up to Zavac?"

"I don't know. We don't even know where he is. The storm set in as soon as he left, almost like he conjured it."

"I know. Everyoone is getting too bored. We need to train. We shouldget Thorn to train us, I mean, he was a part of Erak's best crew."

"Cora, I know he didn't mean it. He is your father, he would normally never say you were hopeless."

"Of course I am hopeless! I couldn't even wake you guys up!!!" I exclaimed, jumping up.

"You are not hopeless, neither will you ever be." he said softly.

He stood, slipping his arms around my waist and kissing me. I gave up, wrapping my arms around his neck and kissing him back.

"If you peoples are gonna be mushy, COUNT ME OUT!! GOOD-BYE!!" Ben exclaimed, going back inside.

Jesper and I jumped slightly apart, but he just kissed me again.