"Hmm?" Isabella uttered as she sat up from the cushion in confusion.
"We're at Greece ma’am." the engineer repeated.
"Oh, thank you kind sir." she said through the door. She felt the ship shake as the large man walks to the next door.
Isabella rolls over off the cushion, and grips the seat of her porcelain toilet and heaves her body upward. She waddles over to her attires and slips on her largest custom made white dress. She sets her hands on her stomach and says,
"We're here my babies, you can come now."
She grips her belongings and leaves the little room. As she walks out onto the deck, she looks around. She spotted a crowd of Greek people. She slowly tilts her head, not understanding why they're standing at the pier.
"Everyone move away, and let the folks move off the boat." yelled the engineer. Isabella climbs onto the Greek dock and migrates over to a little village nearby.
"Hello" she said clearly.
"Umm, hi ma’am." the lady looked around some more.
"Mother!" she shouted. A middle aged woman walks over to Isabella and the lady.
"Jesse calm your voice" scalded the woman. She turned to Isabella and extends her arm to shake Isabella's hand.
"Hello ma'am, my name is Athena. Wow! Aren't you a big one!” The woman spun around and spoke to her daughter,
"I haven't been that big since I was pregnant." Athena spins around again.
"Are you pregnant?" she asked
"Yes." replied Isabella.
"Oh good, I would have been worried if I'd invited you to dine with my family." Athena chuckled, "That reminds me, do you what to dine with my family at my barn?"
"That sounds very pleasant Athena" said Isabella.
"Jesse, get the carriage ready to go" shouted Athena, "Oh ma'am, I didn't catch your name...”
"Oh, my name is Isabella."
"Beautiful!" Athena said
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"Alright, here it is my barn!" Athena shouted with excitement."Oh I forgot to ask, are you afraid of dragons?" Jesse interrupted
"Umm, I don't think so; I've never encountered one." Isabella uttered.
"Well they’re really nice at our barn, you'll love em'" Jesse’s voice faded as she ran around to the other side of the barn.
Isabelle gulped, not knowing what to say next.
"She's going to get one for you to see." Athena said as she picked the house lock on the door.
Jesse comes running around the corner of the barn, nearly out of breath.
“She’s coming’ mam!” A large red dragon with little purple dots on its skin and a very long neck with a large floppy belly, flops around the barn corner.
“That’s tipsy!” Athena exclaimed.
“I see” said Isabella
The whimsical dragon waddled up to Isabella; she was extremely friendly and very cuddly. “Come on in Isabella, not you Tipsy!” shouted Athena. The large beast smile deviously, she was definitely a trouble maker.
“Isabella, meet the rest of the family, you’ve met Jesse, she’s 17 years old, then there’s Jake my 2nd oldest son, he’s 10 years old. Then there is my 3rd oldest son, Kaiden, he’s 8 years old. Then there is my youngest daughter, Alex, she’s 4 years old and such a sweet heart. Oh yes and my oldest Son, he’s out right now, but his name is Connor, he’s 26. I know what you might be thinking, and yes I was very young when I started having kids, 15 exactly, I was already married to Daniel, my husband. Oh and Jesse is getting married in 2 weeks,” Athena lowered her voice and said, “I have been trying to talk her out of it but she won’t budge.”
“Oh, yeah I was married when I was 14.” Isabella said.
“Are you still married, do you have a house in Greece?” Athena said, being nosey.
“Umm, no, my husband sacrificed his life for the dying people in Pompeii, and I just move here to Greece, I kind of don’t have a house.” Isabella said in a miserable tone
“Ohh, I’m sorry to hear all that, and since you have faced such a tragedy, I will let you stay here in my humble abode.”
“Oh, no, I couldn’t intrude”
“Non-sense, you’re not intruding, don’t be silly!” Athena said trying to cheer up Isabella.
“Oh, thank you, can I repay you in any way.”
“Stop, it’s our pleasure.” Athena said, “All you need to do is be yourself and you’ll fit in perfectly, now go get cleaned up for dinner.” Athena rushed her words before Isabella could say anything else to contradict her.
