One week later after Captain Liz sets sail.
A nock came from the door of my closet."When will you come out from there? You only have one thing where." Said Adam. Could she really be the Elizabeth that my aunt always talking about, Adam thought?"I know but I have this cool hat I get to where," I said. I got the hat from captain hook before I went off his ship. I thought that I looked good in the hat when I looked at it in the mirror. I settled on a position of the hat."Ok now I am ready," I said to Adam and opened the door."Wow, you look... " He trailed off."Like a real captain?" I guessed."Yeah," He said."Let's go," I said going to the door to the rest of the ship. Adam opened the door for me."Thank you," I said, "Mr.Smithy! Come here right now!""Yes mam," Jeff said sliding down from the nest up above and coming towards Adam and me."You are in change when I am gone, ok?" I said."Yes mam," He said."Adam, let's go find you a job," I said heading towards the plank and Adam close behind me. "No, mister," he said. He had been watching me and had seen my expression change from one of surprise to one that said he knew I wasn't ready. So he just said "mister", as if he had no idea who was.I was not ready to leave the ship, not for a while. Not for any job, really. That was my job to find a place to stay, to make sure that my mother and father were ok with it, to take care of them. It was the least I could do for them, so I did what I needed to do. A nock came from the door of my closet."When will you come out from there? You only have one thing where." Said Adam. Could she really be the Elizabeth that my aunt always talking about, Adam thought?"I know but I have this cool hat I get to where," I said. I got the hat from captain hook before I went off his ship. I thought that I looked good in the hat when I looked at it in the mirror. I settled on a position of the hat."Ok now I am ready," I said to Adam and opened the door."Wow, you look... " He trailed off."Like a real captain?" I guessed."Yeah," He said."Let's go," I said going to the door to the rest of the ship. Adam opened the door for me."Thank you," I said, "Mr.Smithy! Come here right now!""Yes mam," Jeff said sliding down from the nest up above and coming towards Adam and me."You are in change when I am gone, ok?" I said."Yes mam," He said."Adam, let's go find you a job," I said heading towards the plank and Adam close behind me. He didn't know what to say. The first time he'd seen me, it had all been in his head. And now he wasn' t even sure who I really was, what was I supposed to be doing? He was so used to being the captain, that he didn't even know what a captain was anymore? And I didn' know who he thought he knew. But he couldn't help himself, his heart was beating so hard. So hard that his chest hurt. My
A few hours later.
We were at a bar where they said they had jobs open.
"I am looking for a job." Said Adam.
"Follow me," Said the person behind the counter. Adam tocks a nervous glance towards me. I nodded to him to reassure him. I mouthed ' you're going to nail it.' And a quick thumbs up and a smile. The person led him to a room off to the side of the tavern. I set my hat down on the counter. There was the person in front of me behind the counter.
"I would like an ale," I said. He nodded and went to work. He slides me an ale a caught it with my hook.
"What is the story with the hook?" The bartender asked trying to make small talk.
"Well, it is the same story as Captain Hook losing his hand." I said, "a boy named Peter cut off my hand with his sword"
"Was there a fight?" He asked.
"Yes, their was. My family and his family had some bad things between us like jealousy. The story's goes something like this." I said trying to pass the time, "when we were teens we were arguing about not getting a far changes at something. So I said 'let's settle it with a dual between us.' So it was set for one evening in the summer. You know, we practice everyday tile that evening. When it came around, we fought and fought. We slashed, jumped and rolled around in that field. Tile he cut my hand off with my sword in it. I went to bend down to get it avoiding his sword. I got it and went up, getting him in a position where he could not get me. 'This is the last chance to get out of the fight.' I said and he said 'you beat me' after he says it I stabbed him in the heart." Once I finished the story, people stared at me.
"Damn," the bartender said, "I don't think that I would mess with you when you are angry."
"After that, I dropped him on the ground. And felt good about winning and having blood on my hands" I said. Now people were definitely staring at me with surprise looks on their faces, I liked that part. Now, people will be asked why I have a captain uniform on, I thought.
"So, how did you become... " He trailed off thinking about what he will say. I drank one nice, long sip of my ale. The ale was sweet and tart at the same time, it was refreshing.
"Ok, you definitely got my respect." He said and walked away from me. A child came up to me and said: "were you scared to dual your opponent ever?"
"Yes I was, some of them were even twice as big as me," I said to her. Her eyes widened.
"Were you extra scared when you fought those people?" She asked.
"Yes, I was," I said.
"One more question, are you a real captain?" She asked.
"Yes I am a real captain of a ship," I said.
"What!" She said. The mother came up.
"Hun, it is time for us to leave." The mother said.
"Ok," The girl said.
"She always wanted to be a captain someday." The mother said to me, "you encouraged her to be like you."
"Your welcome, I am just here for a friend." I lied, I was here for my brother. My brother came out with an apron on he smiled and two thumbs up. I thumb up to him. He came over to me.
"So I have the job. YAY!" He said.
"Good for you. I am going back to the boat and take off again. Bye" I said.
"Ok, bye," He said. I went out of the tavern and went to the boat.
"Why did you leave Jeff in charge?" Edam Lambert said.
"Because I knew him longer than you," I said.
"Fine," He said and he left. I went to my captain quarters.
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YOU ARE READING
The Scent Of Trouble
Historia Corta"Hello captain" Said someone behind me. I whipped around and looked at the person. He was tall and had brown and white hair. (This is my first book)
