Silence

Chapter 13

Tom

Wag is going to be okay, I remind myself. I have to keep reminding myself that. I'm not abandoning him in a dangerous situation. If anyone's going into a dangerous situation it's me. Even if I've been assured by multiple people that I'll be fine, being the champion of Dianite going to an island full of Ianite followers, I feel less than safe. I can't back out now though, we've already set sail.

We haven't been sailing for long, not even an hour yet, but I already feel sort of homesick. I know I don't need to be, I can message Wag at any time since our communicators are still working (Capsize's face lit up when she realised that). Yet I still feel so nervous. I must look it too since Redbeard came over to check if I was seasick. I wasn't at the time but now I'm not sure. I don't think I'm the only person who's nervous though.

I'm not the only person who feels nervous though, at least I don't think I am. Capsize doesn't seem like she's been doing all that great. I understand if she isn't, she did almost get captured by Dianite by that thing (I still can't understand why he even wants to capture her). He did explain some reasons as to why, her closeness to Ianite, but it still doesn't make sense in my head. However, despite what happened, I don't think that's what's bothering her, not with how she's looking at Jordan.

It didn't take me long to notice she was out of sorts. Every task she starts doing is quickly taken over by Redbeard. She didn't even start off the trip like this, she only got distracted after she tried to talk to Jordan after we raised anchor. I don't know what he could've said but it was something. I'm surprised he hasn't tried to apologise yet since it obviously upset her. I'm surprised Sonja hasn't made him apologise. Maybe he's not feeling himself either since he was pretty close to dying today but he wasn't like this before we were on the ship.

I move when I see Capsize moving onto the main deck after another short conversation with Redbeard. While I hadn't talked to her all that much in the days she's been here, I want to make sure she's okay. Wag, despite what happened in the past, doesn't want her to get hurt or even be upset. As she sees me standing in front of her, she taps her communicator.

Are you okay? She messages me, frowning slightly and I realise she's probably as concerned for me as I am for her. It takes some effort not to laugh about this. Normally I would just laugh but right now it avoids the point of trying to make sure she's okay.

"I was actually going to check you were okay," I say. She looks shocked. She starts nodding her head but then stops, her face becoming downcast as she catches sight of something. I check to make sure but I didn't really need to, I could've guessed she'd caught sight of Jordan. "Did something happen between the two of you?"

He said something to me, I guess I was a bit forward. I freeze because that's the exact opposite of what I found would've happened. Why would Jordan, a man who is head over heels for Capsize, not want her to flirt with him? I know he's always worried about embarrassing himself but she thinks Jordan embarrassing himself is attractive (at least if what Redbeard said to Tucker was true). What's Jordan done to think otherwise? Red thinks I should get some sleep and take over the ship tonight. Hopefully, I'll be less distracted then.

"If you want, I can talk to Jordan for you and try to clear this up," She smiles, looking at me with so much joy in her eyes. If it wouldn't give everyone the wrong idea, I might hug her because of how happy she looks. She deserves to be happy like this all the time (like how I feel when I'm with Wag) and, hopefully, Jordan will help with that.

Thank you. She messages then she presses her fingertips to her chin before bringing her hand down towards me. Despite how I don't know what her signs mean, I'm sure from her expression she's thanking me in a way she feels more comfortable using. I can't confirm that though since she quickly disappears below deck. I could message her but since she mentioned sleeping I'd rather not bother her.

As I turn back towards the deck, for a moment I see Jordan's eyes on me. He quickly turns back to Sonja but something tells me he's feeling guilty, whether or not he should I'm not sure yet. Of course, I'm not going to ask straight away. Despite what I said to Capsize, the direct approach isn't going to be how I fix this. So instead of Jordan, I walk up to Tucker.

"Hey Tucker, you okay?" I need to make sure he isn't going to question me. While I'm definitely setting him up to do my dirty work for me, he doesn't need to know that. All he needs to know is Capsize and Jordan need relationships help and Capsize is going to be all alone tonight working the ship, he might not even need to know that much.

"Yeah, of course. What were you talking to Capsize about?" I smile, he's already asking the right questions. I do try and suppress my emotions though, he needs to think this issue is serious, the more serious the better. If he thinks it's serious, he'll make sure Jordan and Capsize talk and solve this themselves.

"Capsize was upset about some conversation between her and Jordan, said she was too forward. I think Jordan got flustered by Capsize flirting with him," Tucker's eyes widen. He looks towards Jordan for a moment then lends in closer to me as if Jordan could be listening from halfway across the deck. I do find it entertaining though, how quickly he's taking the bait.

"Do you know what she said that she thinks is forward?" I bite my lip to stop myself making anything up. After all, Tucker will end up helping regardless so I don't need to say anything I don't know for sure. As soon as I tell him about Capsize being alone tonight he'll do just what I need him to.

"No, I didn't want to keep her too long since she needs sleep. She's running the ship at night," Tucker's eyes widen and I know this is exactly what I need. He quickly looks between me and Jordan (and I have to thank the gods Jordan isn't looking at us). I can only blame myself though, Tucker was never going to be subtle with this.

"Tonight, she'll be running the ship tonight?"

"Yep, tonight," I have to bite my lip to stop myself laughing as Tucker immediately walks over to Jordan. I don't know what he says but quickly he's taking Jordan below deck somewhat willingly. I turn towards the ocean with a smile on my face. My work here is done.

A/N:

So this chapter sort of fun to write even if it wasn't what I'd originally planned for the chapter. Then again I just really want some friendship between Capsize and Tom so obviously I enjoyed writing this. Hopefully, everyone else enjoyed reading it.

If you have any questions feel free to ask and I hope you enjoyed the chapter :D