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| My sister and I bought additional tickets since tickets were only selling in sets of 4 and there's only 2 of us thus, there are 2 remaining tickets. And I was wondering if anyone who want to go to HB (Hollywood Bowl) this year and wants to buy the tickets. The tickets are Garden Box (very good seat), Section GB05, Box# 822. The ticket price is $185 each or $350 for both ***we can negotiable too***. If anyone is interested, you can contact me at vangsoua84@hotmail.com or my sister at msv_news@yahoo.com. If you want more information, you can go to my sister's website: http://shorty-esca.xanga.com/
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| OMG so have you ever felt so homeless.....well as of the moment i am homeless, and for the past couple of days i have been house hopping from one place to another..... so this is what's been going on.... so we finally and i say finally finish clearing out our old place by 4 am in the morning on sunday night, and we went to sleep at the hotel that night for 1.5 hours and then left to stockon for a friend's grad praty on Monday. so Monday night i sleep at my ex housemate's place behind the Nugget, which is very very far for me... because i don't have a car! then yesterday night i sleep at another friend's place with my old housemate. so tonight i'm still thinking of where i am going to sleep, and the same thing goes for tomorrow night.... and finally.....finally.... friday i will move in at 12:15 pm ...... then i will not be homeless any more.....hahahaha...update later on where i am going to sleep......?????
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| hey ya... it been a while since i been here on my xanga... i'm moving again and there is a lot of moving and packing to be done... so later ya i'll blog again once i finish and all. later.
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Thethunder roar in the background as the waves hit the side ofthe ship. Kat, looks out the window of her small room to see anotherwave raising high into the air. She thought back to the just the otherday she had told her grandpa that she want to see more actions from theocean. But little did she know, the ocean seem to have heard what shesaid and just like that the sky turn from sunny clean blue sky into agrumpy gray sky, the winds pick up and the waves began to grow biggerand bigger. Smiling to herself, she thought of how powerful words canbe. Closing her eyes against the waves, she turn back and went back tobed. Within minutes Kat feel asleep.
Kat was pull out of herdreams with a huge crushing of the wave sending ice cold water into herroom, the waves hit her window. She look at the already broke window.she didn't know when it happen, other then there was water everywhere.Her room was flood with water. She go to her feet and push her wayaround the flowing things. The moment she open her door, she saw hergrandpa rushing to her side. The water in her room rush out on to thehallway.
"We have to pull ashore soon grandpa" Kat said
"We can't, not in this rain and wind, it will blow us away" he said.
"Then what are we going to do?" Kat ask
"Wait it out, it is the best thing we can do now that the weather is like this." he answer.
"How close are we to the main land?" Kat ask
"we are close, just can't ride into the harbor" he said.
Kat nodded to her grandfather and let him take her into another room.
"I'llhave the other help move your things into the other room. Until we areable to fix the window and clean your room, you need to stay in thisone."
Kat nodded again and went into the room. Within minutes, therewas a knock on her door, and her things were being brought into theroom. After the two guys, left, she quickly change and head to bed.
Katdidn't know how long she have slept, but when she woke up, they sky wasclear, there was no traces of any storm or dark cloudy. but the breezethat was left behind from the storm is still lingering in the air. Katsat up in her bed and throw her cover back and head to one of herchest. She open the chest and pull out something to wear. Afterdressing she head to the deck and went looking for her grandfather. Toher surprise when she come on to the dock, she saw that their ship haddock in the harbor. The breezes that come rushing at her make hersmile. she turn her head and glances around to see what the crew mateare doing. To her left she saw Tom, one of her grandfather's right handman, and wave to him. She walk over to Tom and ask where hergrandfather have gone. Tom look up from what he was doing and turn hishead and point to the other side of the ship. Her grandfather washelping the crew mate pull up some of the material from the boat below.
As she approach her grandfather, he turn and smile at her.
"Good Morning sunshine" he said.
"Good morning Grandpa" she answer. "Is there anything I can help with?"
"There nothing, unless you want to run to the market with Tom, Harry and the Cook." he said.
"OhI would love that. I need to get something before we head out." shesmile back to her grand father and head towards the kitchen to findCook. On her way to look for Cook, she stop and look around at theharbor, then something behind the water catch her attention. At firstshe thought that it was just fish swimming in the harbor water, but shewas not sure. The water was too dirt with rotend meat and other foodand trash that it was hard to say what it was. As she bend over therail to get a closer to look at the animal in the water, to hersurpirse, it rises its head out of the water and scare her. The sharkrises its head towards her, she saw the long jaw line and huge teeth,as the shark open its mouth. It scary Kat, and she quickly pull backand strighten herself. A cold chill fell down her back as she ran intothe dircetion of the kitchen. Within minutes Kat ran into the Cook andtalk him into talking her to the market with them.
Thetrip tothe market took longer then what Kat and the rest thought. There was somany things to buy and so little time to buy them. After three hours,the shopping list was complete, and they had their material and thethingssend to the ship. But the time Kat, Cook, Tom, and Harry got to theship, some of their things was already there and ready for them to loadit on to the ship. As Kat walk from the street to the dock, she noticesthe huge shark swimming in the water, she glance at Cook and he heldout a hand to help her. They walk on to the dock and the to the samllerboat that the food and material were being load on. Harry, Tom and Katgot in the boat and Cook said that he would wait for the rest of theirthings to come. Kat nodded and got into the boat. As the boat reach theside of the ship, Tom clam up the side and began to lower one of theside so that they rest of the crew can help unload the things. As soonas Tom reaches the ship and began to lower, the plage, the rope thatwas tight to the boat, came undone and swing towards Harry. It hitHarry hard in the stomach and Harry lost his balances and went plunginginto the water. Harry surface, but went back under. He surface enoughto yell for help and then went under again. Kat took one look at therope and knew that Harry was being pull under becasue of the rope, itwas tangle with Harry's leg. Kat look around long enough to see fourshark swimming their way. Kat know that if she was fast enough, shewould be able to loosen the rope and help Harry out of the water. Tomand the rest of the crew saw what happen and before any one can doanything, Kat yell "I'm going" and grab her dragger from her shoes andjump into the water.
The water was dirt and hard to see, Kat swim down under Harry and tryher best to looseing the rope. She use her dragger and try cutting therope, but it did little help. After one minute, Kat surface to get air,and again went under to loosen the rope. As Kat tries to loosen therope, Harry keeps trying to stay afloat and yell for help. Withingminutes, Harry saw, two huge shark apporching them. At the moment Katcut loose the rope and surface, harry kick and they swan back to thesmall boat. Kat help Harry up to the boat with little strength that shehave felt and as Harry got up and bend over to help pull her up, Katfelt the shark swimming past her legs. She scream and lost her grip ofHarry's hand and went under the boat. It took only a couple of secondsfor Kat to resurface. This time Harry bend farther over the boat andgrab her arm. As two other crew mate rushes down from the ship to helpher and Harry. Kat grab Harry's hand and half way from the water, Katfelt a sharp pain from her right side, pain spreading through her body.She look down to see the sharp white teeth sinking into her skin. Theshark's face next to her and his jaw sanking harder into her rightside. The look of fear appear in her eyes as the pain increase, as theshark began to pull her skin away, Kat felt like someone was pullingher apart little by little. She let out a loud horrific scream. BeforeKat black out, she hear someone yell "hit the nose" and then a clearloud shot. What ever happen next, Kat didn't know. As she felt hergrandfather's arm around, she knew that she was safe from the shark.
It was two week later, when Kat woke up to the quiet room, she didn'tknow where she was. The room was dress in white cloth and the chair andtable in the room was beauiful set. It looked like a room made for aqueen. For a slight minute Kat, though she have die and gone to heaven"Could this be Heaven?" she wishper to herself.
"I'm afriad you are mistaken my dear." A voice came from right side of the bed.
She turn her head to see her grandpa. He smile and go up from the chair he was sitting at and came to her side.
"What happen, why are we here?" Kat asked.
"Don't you remember at all?" He asked shock at her question.
"I do, but what I was asking is why are we here in this place and not on our way back home."
"Ohmy dear, it's just like you to worry about something you can't control.You see your accident had delay us from heading back home any timesooner then we like." He said.
"How long have I been here?" she said
"No longer then two weeks" he answer.
"Two weeks! Oh my god, why didn't anyone wake me up?" she yelled
"Calmdown, my dear, you are in no condition to be traveling anywhere. Notuntil you are well back on your feet, and until then we are not goingto go anywhere, do you hear me miss" He said.
Kat realized that heraccident had cause such a huge problem amoung everyone and she smileback to her grandpa and said "Yes sir."
After a full minute, she situp in her bed, and said "What about Harry?," as she said the word, thepain from her body increase. She close her eye to press away the pain,she felt her grandfather's hand helping her back on the bed.
"Harryis fine and as healthy as he ever will be." he said. Kat smile as sheopen her eyes and look at her grandfather. Smiling she close her eyesagain and went back to sleep.
It took another week before Katewas able to get out of bed and walking around again. As she wonderaround the masion that her grandfather have bought 30 years ago whenher grandfather bought for her grandmother, she smile. She remember theplace like the back of her hand. She spend half of her younger life atthe masion in the caribbean with her grandmother. Kat's parent die whenshe was five years old. She and her brothers move in with theirgrandparents. She don't really remember how her parents were like, buther brothers and her grandparents made up for the lack of her parents.Her grandmother made sure she know how much her parent love her and herbrothers. She recevied the love from her grandparent and brother andwas treated like a princess. Being the youngers out of five children,her four older brother were always proctive of her. Her grandmotherloves the warm weather and always insisted that she and her grandmaspend the winter in a warm place like the caribbean. But that was fiveyears ago. Her grandmother pass aways five years ago when she was ten.Her grandfather took the role of raising her and her brothers, by then,her brother were older enough to take on lifes of their own. Even sinceher grandmother past aways, Kat have not step foot in the caribbeanmasion. This was the first time in a long time. Kat wonder around thegradern that her grandmother and her plant, and pick some flowers, shehead someone behind her and she glance back to see what it was. Harrywas the one following her. For some reason, for the past two day thatshe was able to get out of bed, Harry has been following her around.She didn't know why, she made a mental note to ask her grandfather whenshe meet him later on that night. She nodded at Harry and went backinto the house. After dinner that night, she final was able to spendsome time with her grandpa, and final asked why Harry was following heraround.
"He wants to protect you, for saving his life" he said.
"But he doesn't have to" Kat said.
"He knew he don't have to, but he will do it no matter what. There is no way of talking him out of it" He answer.
"I'll just have to talk to him." she said and left the library to go search for Harry.
Shehad to go ask Tom, where Harry was at. Tom said he said Harry headingto the stable, and she nodded to him and head to the stable as well.Kat found Harry with the horse. Harry look up as she apporched him.
"Good evening Miss Kat" Harry said.
"Good evening Harry" Kat answer. "I have something I would like to ask you"
"Yes, go on ahead, I'll listen" Harry answer
Atthe age of 45, Harry looks very young for his age, Kat see him asanother older brother. Kat remember the first time she saw Harry, shewas five years old, it was the first week she came to live with hergrandparents. Harry was one of her grandfather's best crew mate, and hecoming around the house to help her grandfather with the shipping. Shetook a liking to Harry the first time she saw him. He was sweet andalways smiling when he was around her and he always was there to helpher when her grandfather was mad at her. She was very much like abrother to her, no matter how she think, he will always listen and giveher advices to make sure she didn't get in trouble. Kat smile and said"You know you don't have to follow me Harry"
"I know Miss Kat, butyou of all people save my life and I very honor for that. I'll dedecatemy life in protecting yours." Harry said.
"Harry you don't have to do that." she said
"Butyes, i do, you see, we crew, are always in debt to the one who safe ourlife, and for me you are that one. I will be there to help you when youneed" he smile back.
"Like a bodygurad?" she asked
"Yes, justlike one" he said "and there is no way you are going to make me goaway, that is only until you are fully marriage off to some gentlemen."he tease her.
She smile knowing that he mean what he said.
"Thankyou Harry for caring" she nodded and turn back to the house. Kat wentup the stairs and head towards her room. In her room, Kat undress, andlook in the mirror at the marks that the shark left behind. She thoughtthat she was death meat once the sharp took hold of her side. touchingher side she felt a cold chill down her back.
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Touchingher stomach where the shark bit her, she again felt the cold chills.Every time she think of it, she still feel the shark's teeth sinking into her skin. Kat look around the room, everything was still the same asshe left it four years ago after she had her shark accident, and everything will bethe same once she leaves to go back to England. She remember how shewoke up in this room four years ago after the shark attack. Hergrandfather, didn't want to risk her dying at sea, so the whole crewend up staying at his Caribbean mansion and end up staying there fortwo monthsbefore heading back to England because of the weather. The Caribbean isstill as beautiful asshe remember it. The only thing she didn't want to remember is theshark attack. "Has it been four years since I came back to theCaribbean" Kat thought to herself. She remember, she was sixteen whenshe was helping Harry out of the water and got attack by the shark.Four years, yes it has been four years, four long years. Nowthat she was 20, she want to see the Caribbean again, she miss theweather and everything in the Caribbean that England didn't have. Shesmile and started to pack her chest. She had told her grandpa that shewant to spend the winter season in the Caribbean and not in England.Her grandfather disagree, saying that she needs to settle down and getmarry. But she didn't want to hear of it, she told him that if he lether go, this one last time, she will come back to England and settledown. That conversation was four months ago. She spend Christmas withher family before she head out to the Caribbean. She came in earlyJanuaryand now it is late April. It was time for her to head back home toEngland and meet therest of the family.
In early April her grandfather follow herand told her that he had some business that he need to get done, soinstead of taking her back to England, he was going to stay there untilMay, and she was to head back with her brother Ethan, in his ship. Hergrandfather said that Ethan's ship was going to be docking tomorrow, atnoon, so she needs to be ready then. Ethan (23) has been three yearsolder than her, but whenever he was around her, he act like he was theyounger of their sibling. Ethan had a baby face, which many peoplewould mistaken him for the youngest of the five of them. Then there wasNathan (25), Jeremy (22), Sebastian (27). All her brother own ships,that they ride for most of the year, but Ethan was the one the callPirate. If Ethan was able to leave everything behind andstarted a new life, they were sure he would be a pirate, he love thewaters, not matter how hard it is he always, turn to the ocean toconfer him. Like their grandpa, Ethan was the one who took over theshipping business. Jeremy being the youngest of the four brothers, leftthe oceans and trip to Ethan and landed himself in the jewelerybusiness instead. He was excitement in his work, he having the supportof all his brother, went head into the jewelery business, and hard ahard time getting his self establish, but then one evening, he hitgold, and became rich over night. Some people say because it was luck,but everyone know that it was because of his smart and wise decisionthat landed him where he is. Nathan didn't turn to thesea, or land, he was always interest in horse and even without saying,he went straight to the horse business, and start breeding horse. Hishorse was the best. They are his life, he pretty much live int hestable along with his horse. But the family know that he is as passionabout his horse as he is about his family. Sebastian,unlike the other three, turn to his land to make his living. He investin wines and many new produce on his land. Other then his land, he alsoinvest in many stock that comes in and goes out of English. Sebastian ,made a name for himself, when he open his factory and went to work onhis fine wine, and like pure water, it was a hit to the people.Although they were a small group, their family ties runs very deep, andthey take extra steps to protect one of their own.
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Kat smile after she finish packing her things. It has been four months since she last saw her brothers, and she was looking forward to see Ethan.
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Eli's anger was still as high a taito wave, he could belief that his sister has disobey him and came to the Caribbean. He told her that she was going to have to wait until he make it back from his shipment trip in order to take her to see their aunt Mary and Uncle Georgie. They aunt and uncle has decided to go live in the Caribbean for the next 6 months, so Serena, Eli's sister has made up her mind to go with them. At the age of 17 Serena, want to travel the world and see the Caribbean. She was able to convinces her parents to let her go to stay there with her aunt and uncle for the last three months of their staying in the Caribbean. But Serena's mother said that she had to as her older brother Eli to take her. Serena was happy to have won the battle with her parents, but when it come to a battle with Eli, she hate to even ask him to take her anywhere. Eli being the oldest of two children, and Serena being the youngest of them, Eli was always very protective of Serena and her action. Eli always want to make sure she was safe from what she was doing before anythings is going to happen. Serena, hated having Eli always over her shoulder. One of the reason why she wanted to go to the Caribbean was because she want to be free from, Eli's protectiveness and society's rule of marry. Serena wanted to run away and spend some time to think about what she want to do. So instead of waiting for Eli to come home from his trip, Serena, thought that she will meet him half way. So she did the one think she know that she could do. She left England, after telling her parents she was going to meet Eli, and with her maid, she took off to the Caribbean, where her aunt and uncle was waiting for her. Eli didn't know about Serena being in the Caribbean, so when he dock, there to visit his aunt and uncle, he was very surprise to see his sister Serena there as well.
He dock a four days ago, but his anger was still high. His aunt final talk to him and got him to clam down. Eli said that he will talk to his sister and get her to go home. But that was two weeks ago, thinking back, he shock his head, in thinking of a way to take his sister back to England.Eli and Jason, walk down the street to the little town market that was in the harbor. Jason was Eli's first cousin, they were born only one months a part from each other. Ever since childhood, they have been there for each other. Along with them, were their other four cousin. All six of them was a dashing sight to see when they are all together. There was Eli, the leader of the pack, being the oldest, of all of them. Then there was Jason, who is only a month younger then Eli. Next in line is Harry, who is two months younger from Jason. Then there was Sylvester who is the one month younger then Harry. Aside from them all, there is the twin, Michael, and Drake. The twin are the youngest out of their group. They were only two month younger then Sylvester, but all in all the twin are 6 months younger then Eli, but even since they were children, they were inseparable. everything they do they did it together, it was hard for one of them to get in trouble, and not have the other to blame as well.
"What are you thinking about old man" Jason said.
"Just thinking of a way to take my sister back home, with out telling her" Eli answer back.
"You can't just take her home, knowing Rena (that's what all six of them call her), she would not come without a battle" Jason said smiling.
"I know that much, any suggestion?" Eli smile back.
Just then Eli and Jason turn the corner and Eli walking right into a young lady, who was standing on the side walk. Kat felt something push her, she lost her balance and began to fell onto the street. She let out a grasp, and before she can do anything, a hand appear out of no where and pull her back. She landed on a solid chest, as a pair of arm came around and held her there. The chest felt like rock and she got the air knock out of her lungs. Kat final came to her sense and look up to see who help her. Kat set her eyes on a pair of eyes as dark and mystery as the night. One look into those eyes and she knows that many woman will fallen for him if he only just smile. She lower her eyes to his lips and like him reading her mind, he smile. Kat felt her heart beat faster, making it harder for her to breath. She was thankful that he was holding her or she would have fall down.
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The
thunder roar in the background as the waves hit the side of
the ship. Kat, looks out the window of her small room to see another
wave raising high into the air. She thought back to the just the other
day she had told her grandpa that she want to see more actions from the
ocean. But little did she know, the ocean seem to have heard what she
said and just like that the sky turn from sunny clean blue sky into a
grumpy gray sky, the winds pick up and the waves began to grow bigger
and bigger. Smiling to herself, she thought of how powerful words can
be. Closing her eyes against the waves, she turn back and went back to
bed. Within minutes Kat feel asleep.
Kat was pull out of her
dreams with a huge crushing of the wave sending ice cold water into her
room, the waves hit her window. She look at the already broke window.
she didn't know when it happen, other then there was water everywhere.
Her room was flood with water. She go to her feet and push her way
around the flowing things. The moment she open her door, she saw her
grandpa rushing to her side. The water in her room rush out on to the
hallway.
"We have to pull ashore soon grandpa" Kat said
"We can't, not in this rain and wind, it will blow us away" he said.
"Then what are we going to do?" Kat ask
"Wait it out, it is the best thing we can do now that the weather is like this." he answer.
"How close are we to the main land?" Kat ask
"we are close, just can't ride into the harbor" he said.
Kat nodded to her grandfather and let him take her into another room.
"I'll
have the other help move your things into the other room. Until we are
able to fix the window and clean your room, you need to stay in this
one."
Kat nodded again and went into the room. Within minutes, there
was a knock on her door, and her things were being brought into the
room. After the two guys, left, she quickly change and head to bed.
Kat
didn't know how long she have slept, but when she woke up, they sky was
clear, there was no traces of any storm or dark cloudy. but the breeze
that was left behind from the storm is still lingering in the air. Kat
sat up in her bed and throw her cover back and head to one of her
chest. She open the chest and pull out something to wear. After
dressing she head to the deck and went looking for her grandfather. To
her surprise when she come on to the dock, she saw that their ship had
dock in the harbor. The breezes that come rushing at her make her
smile. she turn her head and glances around to see what the crew mate
are doing. To her left she saw Tom, one of her grandfather's right hand
man, and wave to him. She walk over to Tom and ask where her
grandfather have gone. Tom look up from what he was doing and turn his
head and point to the other side of the ship. Her grandfather was
helping the crew mate pull up some of the material from the boat below.
As she approach her grandfather, he turn and smile at her.
"Good Morning sunshine" he said.
"Good morning Grandpa" she answer. "Is there anything I can help with?"
"There nothing, unless you want to run to the market with Tom, Harry and the Cook." he said.
"Oh
I would love that. I need to get something before we head out." she
smile back to her grand father and head towards the kitchen to find
Cook. On her way to look for Cook, she stop and look around at the
harbor, then something behind the water catch her attention. At first
she thought that it was just fish swimming in the harbor water, but she
was not sure. The water was too dirt with rotend meat and other food
and trash that it was hard to say what it was. As she bend over the
rail to get a closer to look at the animal in the water, to her
surpirse, it rises its head out of the water and scare her. The shark
rises its head towards her, she saw the long jaw line and huge teeth,
as the shark open its mouth. It scary Kat, and she quickly pull back
and strighten herself. A cold chill fell down her back as she ran into
the dircetion of the kitchen. Within minutes Kat ran into the Cook and
talk him into talking her to the market with them.
The
trip to
the market took longer then what Kat and the rest thought. There was so
many things to buy and so little time to buy them. After three hours,
the shopping list was complete, and they had their material and the
things
send to the ship. But the time Kat, Cook, Tom, and Harry got to the
ship, some of their things was already there and ready for them to load
it on to the ship. As Kat walk from the street to the dock, she notices
the huge shark swimming in the water, she glance at Cook and he held
out a hand to help her. They walk on to the dock and the to the samller
boat that the food and material were being load on. Harry, Tom and Kat
got in the boat and Cook said that he would wait for the rest of their
things to come. Kat nodded and got into the boat. As the boat reach the
side of the ship, Tom clam up the side and began to lower one of the
side so that they rest of the crew can help unload the things. As soon
as Tom reaches the ship and began to lower, the plage, the rope that
was tight to the boat, came undone and swing towards Harry. It hit
Harry hard in the stomach and Harry lost his balances and went plunging
into the water. Harry surface, but went back under. He surface enough
to yell for help and then went under again. Kat took one look at the
rope and knew that Harry was being pull under becasue of the rope, it
was tangle with Harry's leg. Kat look around long enough to see four
shark swimming their way. Kat know that if she was fast enough, she
would be able to loosen the rope and help Harry out of the water. Tom
and the rest of the crew saw what happen and before any one can do
anything, Kat yell "I'm going" and grab her dragger from her shoes and
jump into the water.
The water was dirt and hard to see, Kat swim down under Harry and try
her best to looseing the rope. She use her dragger and try cutting the
rope, but it did little help. After one minute, Kat surface to get air,
and again went under to loosen the rope. As Kat tries to loosen the
rope, Harry keeps trying to stay afloat and yell for help. Withing
minutes, Harry saw, two huge shark apporching them. At the moment Kat
cut loose the rope and surface, harry kick and they swan back to the
small boat. Kat help Harry up to the boat with little strength that she
have felt and as Harry got up and bend over to help pull her up, Kat
felt the shark swimming past her legs. She scream and lost her grip of
Harry's hand and went under the boat. It took only a couple of seconds
for Kat to resurface. This time Harry bend farther over the boat and
grab her arm. As two other crew mate rushes down from the ship to help
her and Harry. Kat grab Harry's hand and half way from the water, Kat
felt a sharp pain from her right side, pain spreading through her body.
She look down to see the sharp white teeth sinking into her skin. The
shark's face next to her and his jaw sanking harder into her right
side. The look of fear appear in her eyes as the pain increase, as the
shark began to pull her skin away, Kat felt like someone was pulling
her apart little by little. She let out a loud horrific scream. Before
Kat black out, she hear someone yell "hit the nose" and then a clear
loud shot. What ever happen next, Kat didn't know. As she felt her
grandfather's arm around, she knew that she was safe from the shark.
It was two week later, when Kat woke up to the quiet room, she didn't
know where she was. The room was dress in white cloth and the chair and
table in the room was beauiful set. It looked like a room made for a
queen. For a slight minute Kat, though she have die and gone to heaven
"Could this be Heaven?" she wishper to herself.
"I'm afriad you are mistaken my dear." A voice came from right side of the bed.
She turn her head to see her grandpa. He smile and go up from the chair he was sitting at and came to her side.
"What happen, why are we here?" Kat asked.
"Don't you remember at all?" He asked shock at her question.
"I do, but what I was asking is why are we here in this place and not on our way back home."
"Oh
my dear, it's just like you to worry about something you can't control.
You see your accident had delay us from heading back home any time
sooner then we like." He said.
"How long have I been here?" she said
"No longer then two weeks" he answer.
"Two weeks! Oh my god, why didn't anyone wake me up?" she yelled
"Calm
down, my dear, you are in no condition to be traveling anywhere. Not
until you are well back on your feet, and until then we are not going
to go anywhere, do you hear me miss" He said.
Kat realized that her
accident had cause such a huge problem amoung everyone and she smile
back to her grandpa and said "Yes sir."
After a full minute, she sit
up in her bed, and said "What about Harry?," as she said the word, the
pain from her body increase. She close her eye to press away the pain,
she felt her grandfather's hand helping her back on the bed.
"Harry
is fine and as healthy as he ever will be." he said. Kat smile as she
open her eyes and look at her grandfather. Smiling she close her eyes
again and went back to sleep.
It took another week before Kate
was able to get out of bed and walking around again. As she wonder
around the masion that her grandfather have bought 30 years ago when
her grandfather bought for her grandmother, she smile. She remember the
place like the back of her hand. She spend half of her younger life at
the masion in the caribbean with her grandmother. Kat's parent die when
she was five years old. She and her brothers move in with their
grandparents. She don't really remember how her parents were like, but
her brothers and her grandparents made up for the lack of her parents.
Her grandmother made sure she know how much her parent love her and her
brothers. She recevied the love from her grandparent and brother and
was treated like a princess. Being the youngers out of five children,
her four older brother were always proctive of her. Her grandmother
loves the warm weather and always insisted that she and her grandma
spend the winter in a warm place like the caribbean. But that was five
years ago. Her grandmother pass aways five years ago when she was ten.
Her grandfather took the role of raising her and her brothers, by then,
her brother were older enough to take on lifes of their own. Even since
her grandmother past aways, Kat have not step foot in the caribbean
masion. This was the first time in a long time. Kat wonder around the
gradern that her grandmother and her plant, and pick some flowers, she
head someone behind her and she glance back to see what it was. Harry
was the one following her. For some reason, for the past two day that
she was able to get out of bed, Harry has been following her around.
She didn't know why, she made a mental note to ask her grandfather when
she meet him later on that night. She nodded at Harry and went back
into the house. After dinner that night, she final was able to spend
some time with her grandpa, and final asked why Harry was following her
around.
"He wants to protect you, for saving his life" he said.
"But he doesn't have to" Kat said.
"He knew he don't have to, but he will do it no matter what. There is no way of talking him out of it" He answer.
"I'll just have to talk to him." she said and left the library to go search for Harry.
She
had to go ask Tom, where Harry was at. Tom said he said Harry heading
to the stable, and she nodded to him and head to the stable as well.
Kat found Harry with the horse. Harry look up as she apporched him.
"Good evening Miss Kat" Harry said.
"Good evening Harry" Kat answer. "I have something I would like to ask you"
"Yes, go on ahead, I'll listen" Harry answer
At
the age of 45, Harry looks very young for his age, Kat see him as
another older brother. Kat remember the first time she saw Harry, she
was five years old, it was the first week she came to live with her
grandparents. Harry was one of her grandfather's best crew mate, and he
coming around the house to help her grandfather with the shipping. She
took a liking to Harry the first time she saw him. He was sweet and
always smiling when he was around her and he always was there to help
her when her grandfather was mad at her. She was very much like a
brother to her, no matter how she think, he will always listen and give
her advices to make sure she didn't get in trouble. Kat smile and said"
You know you don't have to follow me Harry"
"I know Miss Kat, but
you of all people save my life and I very honor for that. I'll dedecate
my life in protecting yours." Harry said.
"Harry you don't have to do that." she said
"But
yes, i do, you see, we crew, are always in debt to the one who safe our
life, and for me you are that one. I will be there to help you when you
need" he smile back.
"Like a bodygurad?" she asked
"Yes, just
like one" he said "and there is no way you are going to make me go
away, that is only until you are fully marriage off to some gentlemen."
he tease her.
She smile knowing that he mean what he said.
"Thank
you Harry for caring" she nodded and turn back to the house. Kat went
up the stairs and head towards her room. In her room, Kat undress, and
look in the mirror at the marks that the shark left behind. She thought
that she was death meat once the sharp took hold of her side. touching
her side she felt a cold chill down her back.
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Touching
her stomach where the shark bit her, she again felt the cold chills.
Every time she think of it, she still feel the shark's teeth sinking in
to her skin. Kat look around the room, everything was still the same as
she left it four years ago after she had her shark accident, and every thing will be
the same once she leaves to go back to England. She remember how she
woke up in this room four years ago after the shark attack. Her
grandfather, didn't want to risk her dying at sea, so the whole crew
end up staying at his Caribbean mansion and end up staying there for two months
before heading back to England because of the weather. The Caribbean is still as beautiful as
she remember it. The only thing she didn't want to remember is the
shark attack. "Has it been four years since I came back to the Caribbean" Kat thought to herself. She remember, she was sixteen when
she was helping Harry out of the water and got attack by the shark. Four years, yes it has been four years, four long years. Now
that she was 20, she want to see the Caribbean again, she miss the
weather and everything in the Caribbean that England didn't have. She
smile and started to pack her chest. She had told her grandpa that she
want to spend the winter season in the Caribbean and not in England.
Her grandfather disagree, saying that she needs to settle down and get
marry. But she didn't want to hear of it, she told him that if he let
her go, this one last time, she will come back to England and settle
down. That conversation was four months ago. She spend Christmas with
her family before she head out to the Caribbean. She came in early January
and now it is late April. It was time for her to head back home to England and meet the
rest of the family.
In early April her grandfather follow her and told her that he had some business that he need to get done, so instead of taking her back to England, he was going to stay there until May, and she was to head back with her brother Ethan, in his ship. Her grandfather said that Ethan's ship was going to be docking tomorrow, at noon, so she needs to be ready then. Ethan (23) has been three years older than her, but whenever he was around her, he act like he was the younger of their sibling. Ethan had a baby face, which many people would mistaken him for the youngest of the five of them. Then there was Nathan (25), Jeremy (22), Sebastian (27). All her brother own ships, that they ride for most of the year, but Ethan was the one the call Pirate. If Ethan was able to leave everything behind and started a new life, they were sure he would be a pirate, he love the waters, not matter how hard it is he always, turn to the ocean to confer him. Like their grandpa, Ethan was the one who took over the shipping business. Jeremy being the youngest of the four brothers, left the oceans and trip to Ethan and landed himself in the jewelery business instead. He was excitement in his work, he having the support of all his brother, went head into the jewelery business, and hard a hard time getting his self establish, but then one evening, he hit gold, and became rich over night. Some people say because it was luck, but everyone know that it was because of his smart and wise decision that landed him where he is. Nathan didn't turn to the sea, or land, he was always interest in horse and even without saying, he went straight to the horse business, and start breeding horse. His horse was the best. They are his life, he pretty much live int he stable along with his horse. But the family know that he is as passion about his horse as he is about his family. Sebastian, unlike the other three, turn to his land to make his living. He invest in wines and many new produce on his land. Other then his land, he also invest in many stock that comes in and goes out of English. Sebastian , made a name for himself, when he open his factory and went to work on his fine wine, and like pure water, it was a hit to the people. Although they were a small group, their family ties runs very deep, and they take extra steps to protect one of their own.
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