HOPE

Paul

"Captain!"
"Oh, it's okay. You can call me Paul your my friend remember. 'captain' only works for the other ships you work on, not hear okay." Paul said with a warm smile.

"Okay then, Paul, I think you should take a break now. I'll handle the ship." Said Fred, who was the co-captain of hope.
"Oh, Fred thanks. I'll be back in the morning. Please take care of hope very well." Said Paul and went out to join the people having dinner.

"Oh finally! Paul!" Said Francisca, in a very loud voice so that he can hear her.
Paul turned around to see who was calling him and after a little struggle he founded her through all the crowds in the big room.
"Oh Francisca, I didn't know you would be hear. So glad to see you!" He said and gave her a big hug.
All the ladies gave him a little smile as he turned around to see them all.
"You must be Paul, Francisca talks a lot about you." Said one of the girls.
"Yes, that would be me. And I didn't know that she talks about me this much" he said and all of them laughed with him.
"Well now you know!"said Francisca and made everyone laugh harder.
"So he's my brother Paul."
Then all the girls smiled and said we know that Francs, except Kristin who had no idea what was going on.
"Ya I know that but Kristin doesn't. Right Kristin?"
"Yes"
Kristin said looking at Paul.

There was something that drew her to him. Something she wasn't sure of. Maybe it was how funny he is, or maybe the fact that he's well mannered, it might even be his uniforms, she just didn't know what it was. With out noticing it she was staring at him with much amazement in her eyes. Even though the girls didn't notice, Paul did. So he said
"Eeee... So your Kristin"
Kirstin had no idea what to say she just nodded with her head.
"You look like its your first time on a ship, if I'm not wrong?"
"No your right" she said. This was the first time she said anything since Paul came.

  Her voice was nothing like he has ever heard before. But it wasn't only her voice but there was something else about her. And just like Kristin he didn't understand what is it was. He tried hard to figure out what it was but he just couldn't. It could have been the way she was dressing which was nothing like any lady would wear on first dinner night on a ship. All the others were wearing long silk dresses mostly red,blue, white, black and golden colors. But she,Kristin, was wearing a normal regular days black skirt with a white shirt and a jeans jacket with a little red scarf on her neck that  showed how  cold she thought it would be. Or it might have been how freely she expresses her mind and how she doesn't care about what people think about her. Or maybe it was the way she smiled and the way she laughs putting her hands through her hair, that was a little messed up, black and kinda long hair that was lying on her shoulders hopelessly.And something about her made him talk a lot bringing up topics just to make her voice, the voice which he thought was amazing, to come out of her