The Pirate Prince (Continued)

“There’s no need to thank us. We are always happy to help people in need.” I assured him.

“You should rest. We will be around,” Grandmother Opal suggested, while gathering the empty bowls.

“Now that you mention rest, I do feel quite tired.” Zara yawned.

“We’ll let you rest then. Yell if you need anything,” I assured him while leaving the pitcher of water for him. We left him in the extra bedroom where I had placed him.

The days turned into weeks which turned into months that Zara, the pirate prince stayed with us. Once he had recovered from the elements he was able to gather the supplies to build a ship which is what took the longest. However, neither my grandmother or I minded that he was staying with us. He helped out around the house when he wasn’t working on his ship. We would talk while he was working on his ship or we would be silent and I would write. I’m not sure exactly when it happened but it suddenly felt like he had been living with my grandmother and I for years instead of just a couple of months. I think everyone forgot that he was going to leave once his ship was done.

On the day he put the final piece of wood on his ship was the day when it his me.

“Well, that means that all I need is to put the sails on it and she’ll be done,” he remarked taking a step back.

“Hopefully it doesn’t sink,” I teased with a smirk.

“I built my last ship and it sailed just fine,” he returned with a smile.

“Until it was stolen from you,” I winked unable to resist.

“Now that’s when it sank, but I assure you that had nothing to do with my building skills.” He chuckled, settling next to me.

“That seemed to be caused by you being a pirate prince with hidden treasure,” I added.

“Ah, now being a pirate prince just runs in my family. My great great grandfather was a king who was exiled from his home so he took his treasure and hid it. The only ones who know where it is are his decendents which mean that I am the last person who knows.” He replied, gazing off into the distance for a moment. “You can’t help what family you’re born into.”

“Very true,” I agreed. “My grandmother Opal is the one who has taken care of me my entire life. My parents-” my voice trailed off as the thought of my parents entered my mind. I cleared my throat, “Well, my parents drowned when I was six. Their ship crashed in a storm and they didn’t make it. My grandmother took me in and taught me about the forests and how plants can help heal people. She has lived here her entire life and is content to stay here. I’m the opposite. She says I have the same itch that my parents had and that one day I would have to stop ignoring it.” I spilled more than I meant to but it was so easy to talk to him that I didn’t mind.

He gazed at me so intensely for a moment that I could feel it on my skin, “Let’s go back into the house. I bet Opal has something amazing cooking for dinner.” He suggested while standing up. He turned and held out his hand to me.

I snapped close my notebook and grabbed his out stretch hand to pull myself up. “Lead the way,” I replied with a smile.

To be continued…

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