King Kong/Jimmy

Jimmy

It had already been a week and all she had seen of the ship was the hold. It was too dangerous to go out on deck for even at night they had set a guard. The loaf of stolen bread had run out only two days after leaving port and her stomach complained loudly at the absence of nourishment.

Silya crawled carefully through the narrow alleys between the cages until she was under the stairs leading to the deck. she could hear her sister's voice softly reciting words to herself as she paced the deck practicing her lines. Silya was so caught up in her sister's voice that she didn't notice a presence at the top of the stairs. The light was blocked as a young boy made his way down the steps, she stifled a gasp trying to pull back into the shadows, but he had already seen her.

"What are you doing down here?" He asked "Who are you?"

"Cecilia Darrow, I stowed away because my sister was going to leave me behind" She replied standing and looking him directly in the eyes "Take me to the captain."

He looked slightly confused by the force of her words and found himself doing exactly what she had said. The rest of the crew watched as she marched head, held high after the boy to where the captain was standing.

"Captain Englehorn, I am a stowaway on your ship" she said clearly "My name is Cecilia Darrow and I would like to speak to my sister"

"Silya!" Ann cried in shock as she ran across the deck "what are you doing here?"

"I could ask you the same question Annie" She said bitterly "You had better have a very good excuse for leaving me behind!"

The whole thing was explained in as few words as possible and then Ann was off filming and the boy was tasked with showing Silya to her quarters. 

"What's your name?" She asked after a moment breaking the uncomfortable silence.

"Jimmy"

"It is very nice to meet you Jimmy. How old are you?"

"16 what about you Miss Darrow?"

"I'm 16 as well! and please call me Silya, Miss Darrow is my sister"

He smiled and opened a door at the end of a long hallway 

"This is your room, I'm afraid you'll have to share it with Miss Darrow"

"That is quite alright. Thank you Jimmy"

He left shutting the door behind him leaving Silya to take in the room, it was tiny and yellow with one bed and a small dirty mirror, it was much better than an animal cage in the hold. After stowing the few personal possessions she had managed to bring, she headed back up to the deck and found Jimmy whittling, she sat down next to him and watched as the piece of wood in his hand slowly transformed into a proud lion. He handed it to her sheepishly

"It's for you" 

"Thank you Jimmy it's beautiful" Silya said smiling as she examined it closely then leaned in kissing him gently on the cheek "I love it"

She bounced up to her feet and rushed off to find Ann her cheeks flushed. Jimmy just sat there mouth open watching her go, his hand came to his cheek gently touching the warm tingly spot where her lips had been for such a fleeting moment.

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