An Inch Of Infinity (Short Version)

CHAPTER 40~Congratulations?

  Coral and I help Lilly to a nurse tent. She went inside and we waited outside.

"Coral, I have to tell you something," I say. She looks up from the log we were both sitting on. I continue to tell her that faith had made dolls of us and then how she had stabbed them through the head. She gasped.

"I had a major headache earlier!" she exclaimed. I gasped, did it not work on me? Is there something I don't know?

Just then, the nurse came out. She had an emotionless face so we couldn't tell how bad the situation is.

"Your friend is going to be fine, I'm running some additional scans,and showing her a few educational videos to deal with her situation." she says calmly.

"What's wrong with her?" I ask her bluntly. She gives me a look like I should know.

"It is not my business to tell you. Come back in about an hour. She should be out by then. If she feels like you should know, she'll tell you." she replied plainly, and headed back into the tent. I can hear crying, so Lilly must not be happy with the situation.

Coral and I go and help build buildings. We have a school, three houses, an apartment, and with the help of Kadek, we have eleven lookout towers. They are well disguised with leaves, paint, mud or any other materials we could manage to find.

We also have been collecting wood. By the end of the winter, we will have an extra boat. It will be not even half of the size of our current boats but it would be a fishing boat that would go out and fish.

We are building the boat for the group that will be staying here. That way they can take their nets and go fishing. It will supply them with food. Other than bananas, which are available year round. They will have a lot to do, so they are going to be provided with many plants. Wheat will not grow easily here so we will have to build some advanced greenhouses to grow the necessary plants that will not grow naturally can be grown.

We will be leaving wheat,rice, and many other plants to be grown. We make sure to leave plenty of plants that will grow naturally there, and to leave enough temperature and humidity control devices for their greenhouses.

Coral and I volunteer to mend nets. It is a very time consuming job, but we are allowed to talk, and since nobody likes doing it, we get credits added to our name. All they have to do is tell a credit man or woman that we did this or that, and they will add it to our name. I'm Akari 1 and Coral is Coral 14. We have a computerized chart that only credits men and women can add or subtract from. We have to go to one of the vérificateur d'ordinateur, or computer checker. We have a lot of people who can speak french apparently.

Coral and I talk about what we would do if we woke up and we were royals.

"I would eat every rich food there is!" Coral laughs

"I would sell one of my islands and give one of my millions of adopted kids a car." I say

"World peace!" bursts out Coral. We laugh so hard we can't breath. Royals claim they have obtained world peace, but all they've done is obtain world fear. Some live like kings, and think they are kings and queens. Others are starving to death, scared and alone, in a wet cardboard box in an alleyway that few know exists.

I hate the royals. I know I've said this before, but I really mean it. Hate is a strong word, but I know some stronger words, but Lilly might sue me for using them. They are copyrighted by her. I think...

Lilly! It should be time to go see her.

"Coral, do you think we can go see Lilly now?" I ask. She nods and finishes her last section. We apologize to the man in charge of the nets for not being able to help more, and he nods understandingly. We rinse our cuts in clean saltwater. It stings but it kills the germs and helps it seal up faster. Our hands are red and raw and the water gets slightly red, but that's normal. Soon we take our hands out and dump the water over the wall. We don't care if it attracts sharks, in fact, that's fine because we have stronger nets that can catch smaller sharks and there is a weird fad about eating shark meat. The cooks don't complain, we are eating off the sea, and after the fad, shark meat will be even less popular than before! Already there is a new fad rising where you eat raw fish wrapped in spices, rice and seaweed. It's called sushy, or sishi SUSHI! Thats it. I think it looks really neet and it is actually really good, unlike shark meat.Shark meat is really gross tasting, and they have to clean it well because most sharks pee through their skin. Disgusting much?

We walked over to the tent where we left Lilly. She isn't out, but we can tell it can't be much longer. We sat on the log we were sitting on before.

"Where you serious about the whole thing with Faith?" asked Coral. I nod my head.

    "Dead serious" I say. I decided we would confront Lilly as soon as she gets out. Just on cue, she does. Lilly looks as white as a sheet. Or a water Lily, but that aside, I stand up.

"Lilly, did we do something to you, are you angry at us? Because I saw faith making voodoo dolls of us and stabbing them in the head, and Coral got a headache, so did you ask faith to?" I grill her accusingly. The look on her face was enough to tell me the answer. It wasn't Lilly.

"Sorry, " said Coral "So what's wrong? Are you sick?" she asks. Lilly shakes her head.

"Then what is it?" Coral asks her comfortingly. She walks up to her and pats her on the back encouragingly.

"You don't have to tell us." Coral says. Lilly gulps, and what she says I will never forget. It changed my life forever, and possibly ruined hers. No matter what though, we would never look at her the same.

"I'm pregnant." she croaked out.