Head in the Stars

I'm Still Here

A/N. Hey people! Hope you guys like this chapter! Really quick, this chapter does include the I'm Still Here song up there, but it's not the part from the movie. It's just a video I found on YouTube, so credits to the original maker of it. Also, this chapter contains a lot, and I mean A LOT of long-ish paragraphs, not a lot of dialogue, and it's longer than the others, so be prepared for that. That's it for now, read on! -Anna

N/n- Nickname

EDIT: Thanks to oceansoulstudios  for informing me that I needed to replace the video. Hope the new video works and will last longer
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You and Jim swabbed the deck the rest of the day with Morph by your sides. He didn't seem too worried about you and Jim getting distracted, so he just watched iddly and turned into a small mop to help every now and then. As you cleaned, you and Jim reminisced about when you two were younger. How you two first met (you talking a teacher out of giving Jim punishment when a bully started a fight with him), your first time on a Solar Surfer (you fell and almost broke your nose), and yours and Jim's numerous escapades and escape stunts from the cop-bots(pretending to be an alien's grandchildren wasn't the best idea).

Jim wiped the sweat off his forehead as Morph shifted back to his normal self, and burped out bubbles.

"Well, this has been a fun day, huh?" Jim asked sarcastically. "Making new friends like that spider psycho."

Morph turned into a miniature version of Scroop, squeaking out, "Spider psycho! Spider psycho!"

You laughed along with Jim. "A little uglier," you told Morph.

Morph, still as Scroop, initiated crazy eyes while laughing maniacally.

"Pretty close," Jim told him.

"Well, thank heavens for little miracles," Silver suddenly said, coming up with a serving bowl. Morph turned back to his blobby self as Silver dumped the remains in the serving bowl off the side of the ship. "Up here for an hour and the deck's still in one piece."

Was he expecting you two to burn it or something?

Jim looked down as he absentmindedly mopped. "Um, look, I uh...What you did...thanks."

You nodded to show your apreciation to Silver for saving Jim.

Silver looked at you and Jim softly. "Didn't your paps ever teach you to pick your fights a bit more carefully?"

You snorted. "More like I try to teach him to not get into trouble." But you didn't answer the question.

Jim was quiet.

"Your fathers not the teaching sort?" Silver asked.

Jim was quiet for a bit longer before he answered. "No. It was more the taking off and never coming back sort." Jim didn't face the cyborg as he continued to mop the deck.

You placed a hand on Jim's shoulder as he stopped by the edge of the ship. Jim's father was a sensitive topic for him. He always resented his father for not paying enough attention to him, and leaving his mother and him. You thought sometimes that Jim was jealous of you and your father, since yours just disappeared and actually cared for you. Even still, your father was also a sensitive topic for you.

You shrugged. "My dad left on a business trip, and never came back. He just...disappeared. Nobody could find him."

This time Jim put a hand on your shoulder, and you smiled at him appreciatively.

"Ohh. Sorry lad, lassie," Silver said. You could tell in his voice that he was being sincere about it.

"Hey, no big deal. Doing just fine," Jim said nonchalantly as he put his mop to the side, and looked out at the Etherium.