The Terrible Demise of Tortuga

Chapter fifteen.

After the funeral they went home. As soon as they had all gotten inside their house Arianna began to berate them. “What were y’all thinking?!” She exclaimed angrily. “Talking during A FUNERAL!!” “We MUST honor the dead with RESPECT!” She yelled. Jay and Jack cowered in the wake of their mother’s anger. “Sorry mom.” They whimpered together. Arianna glared at them. Aragorn put a hand on his wife’s shoulder. She took a deep breath. “I’m sorry I’m just very stressed.” She said to the boys. “I better go make lunch.” She told them, hurrying off to the kitchen. Thirty minutes later the food was done. They all sat down at the table and after they prayed they began to eat. “Um I have a question. Why exactly do we wear black at funerals?” Asked Jack. “Yeah,I hate wearing these stiff black dress clothes, they make me so hot.” Jay chimed in. “You wear black at funerals to honor the dead. And it’s not that bad wearing all black.” Aragorn told them. Jay smirked. “That’s because YOU wear black ALL the time.” Jay told his father. Aragorn have him a disapproving look but the corners of his mouth twitched. “I don’t mind wearing black but I’d rather wear a lighter color, like white.” Emma remarked. “You mean like on your wedding day?” Jack asked. Emma turned almost as red as her hair. “No! I don’t want to marry.” She said. Jack and Jay gave her unconvinced looks. “Ok enough.” Arianna said, rising from the table. “Josephina, Emma do you want to help me with the dishes while we do our music lessons?” Arianna asked her daughters. (The Peterson family taught their kids stuff they didn’t learn in school so basically everything except the history of the arks.) “Oh yes mommy!” Josephina squealed. “Sure mom.” Emma said.

Arianna washed the dishes(nope, no dishwashers) in the sink while Josephina dried them and Emma put them away. As they worked Arianna taught them, which since it was music class they sang: “Grander earth has quaked before, moved by the sound of His voice.” Arianna began. “And seas that are shaken and stirred, can be calmed and broken for my regard.” Emma sung. “—and through it all-through it all my eyes are on you. Josephina sang, struggling sort of because she was still learning the song. “And it is well, with me.” Emma sang. “Far be it from me to not believe, even when I can’t see. And this mountain that’s in front of me will be thrown into the depths of the sea.” Arianna finished. “—and through it all through it all…my eyes are on you, and through it my eyes are on you and it is well…” Josephina sang softly. They continued like this until they had finished the song and the dishes. The boys did not participate because they didn’t prefer singing. “Yay!” Josephina said once they had finished, clapping her tiny hands. “Im glad y’all liked that.” Arianna remarked. “Mommy? Why doesn’t daddy sing?” Josephina asked. Arianna smiled at Emma then scooped up Josephina. “We’ll honey, daddy is a m a n and he doesn’t sing anymore.” Emma cocked her head. “What do you mean “anymore”?” Emma asked her mother. “Well, when your father was young he used to sing a LOT. In fact he and a couple of friends made a “band”.” Arianna said, smiling at the memory. “Wait! I have a picture of it! Here hold your sister.” Arianna said, then handed Josephina over. She hurried down the hall into her room then back into the kitchen. “Here.” She said showing it to them. “See?” Sure enough on the photo was a younger Aragorn holding a guitar. He was with the guy with dark brown hair and brown eyes and…the guy from her dream? Ugh, not again. This guy just kept popping up. He was younger and was playing the drums while the other guy (other than Aragorn) was on the electric piano. “Who are they?” Emma asked. She pointed to the two other teenagers. “That is Cole.” Arianna said pointing to the guy on the piano. “He was one of your father’s best friends .” She added. “And who is that?” Emma asked about the guy from her dream. “Oh him? That is your father’s brother Tom. He’s your uncle” …..

Hope y’all enjoy cliffhangers! Just joking nobody does. Anyway…next chapter coming soon!

-SunnyFox57.