The wind blew through the trees making whispers, he remembered when his life meant something to someone. He broke down and sobbed quietly, what will happen when no one can remember him anymore. And will his stories be told.
He often went to the pub to talk to people, who looked alone and told them his story.
"I worked as a sailor for many a year," The person who was on a bar stool said nothing but listened intently.
"But this one time, I saw a beautiful yet strange woman, standing at the edge of the pier, wondering to myself why there was such a beautiful woman standing there when everyone else was busy running around with heavy loads. In spit of this the lady wore a long white dress, it looked wet although, her hair didn't seem wet at all. Her hair was a beautiful strawberry blond that was blowing in the wind, but I felt like there was something wrong, it was the stare in her eyes she looked sad and like she had lost someone close to her with a tear running from her eye. As my boat got moored we tied the boat alongside the berth and I jumped ashore and ran to the pier, but the lady was no longer standing there. She wasn't any where to be seen, as the harbour was small so was the pier where she was standing, she would of needed to run to stopping me from seeing her. Mostly men went to the harbour. So I asked around to find if anyone had seen a beautiful woman, I tried to describe her to them but they just shook there heads and said "No."
The guy on the bar stool had a shocked expression on his face and chugged some beer down his gullet. "Sorry, if that scared you, mate. I apologize where are my manners I didn't introduce my self my name is Jock MacTavish what's your name?" The other man said with a smile "My name is Stephen" they shook hands, Stephen had a slim strong figure you could see he worked out. The old man was curious and said "Why are you alone? If you don't mind me asking" Stephen looked upset "I had a fight with my wife, I'm a bit down but, I'm glad you came and chatted with me otherwise, I don't know what I would have done." The old man said, with a sad expression: "I know how that feels, but trust me it's better to talk to your wife and sort it out, my wife died 2 years ago, I miss her like crazy and wish I was nicer to her" with sad expression's on our faces we drank some more beer. "do you want to hear more stories??"
Stephen raised his head in excitement: "yes I would like to hear more stories." Jock raised his beer and said "then you better be prepared, as the story is of the woman that I saw at the harbour that one day" Stephen chugged his beer untill it was empty, "so as you know no one saw the woman that was standing at the pier, so I was crazy to ask but the woman made me wonder" Jock paused "wondered what Jock?" said Stephen "I wondered if she was a ghost I know it sounds crazy but that was the only thing that I could think of at the time. So I asked my good pals who worked on the boat with me if there was a lady who had died at the pier, they didn't know so I asked the people at the harbour and they said to talk to an old guy that always just sat and watched the people unload the fish so I introduced my self. Trying to be nice." Jock waved to the the bar man asking for another beer for himself and Stephen.
"When I got the courage to ask the old man if anyone had died he replied yes a really really long time ago before the harbour was even built, a woman had kids, and wanted to go to the seaside with them so she took them on a day trip to the beach that is now turned into a harbour. Everyone was having fun laughing and playing in the water, she only looked away for a second but when she looked back her kids had gone too far out she tried everything to get to them but when she did, they had already drowned" Jock looked down sadly into his beer "as she had lost everything she didn't have a husband as he died at sea now the kids had gone she couldn't take any more so she just kept going till she couldn't go anymore and drowned. now she shows up at the harbour because that's the place her kids died that is why she looks the way she does."
With a tear in Stephens eye says in a sad tone "thats really sad, so is she trying to look for them" Jock stayed silent "I think she was. I seen her more than just that once through, do you need to go back to your misses as she will be waiting for you and it's already midnight." Stephen looked at his watch "o God I should, she be getting really worried. But can I come tomorrow I want some more of the story."
"Yes I am always here as I love to tell stories something to pass the time" as Stephen rushed out Jock got slowly up from his chair and held his heart as through it was in pain and he left. The next day Jock sat on the seat at the bar and Stephen not soon after sat next to him. With a little smile on his face "so you made up with you misses," Stephen replied quickly "yes i did we are really happy it got sorted, thanks to you jock," "you don't need to thank me I just know what it's like. So you want more stories," Stephen replied quickly "yes please sir" with a smile on his face "ok so I will tell you how I met my wife today as I haven't really talked much about her, so in the 1955 I met my wife we where both 17 when we met so young.
I was at the harbour working for my farther, I was rushing around and accidentally nocked her I grabbed her as she was nearly falling to the ground and I held her in my arms and as soon as I looked in to her beautiful eyes I couldn't help but say beautiful she said what did you say I slowly put her on her feet and went shy she looked away from me and I could see redness in her cheeks so I nervous with my hand touching my neck said hi and told her my name. I'm Jock nice to meet you she reached out and shook my hand and said my name is Bella I said what a beautiful name for a beautiful woman she blushed even more. I told her I need to go now otherwise my farther will get mad at me.
She waved at me when I was walking away and said bye i waved back, the next day she came back with some lunch her cooking was amazing for a woman that young." Jock had a big smile on his face "everyday she did it we talked when I ate the food that how we got to know each other more. I felt brave one day and asked her out on a proper date she said yes and that made us both smile." Stephen asked in a calm voice "how long did you wait to ask her on a date" Jock with a trying to remember face and counting on his fingers and said "about 2 weeks till I got up the courage to ask well actually she asked me" Stephen holding in laughter and says " well that's a surprise" Jock looked at Stephen and said "well did you ask your wife on a date" Stephen shook his head in a no.
"To tell the truth, I know my wife from one of my best mates, she was with them and I started talking to her, when she was around for a month then she asked me if I would like to go get dinner I said yes. That's how it leaded up to being married today."
Jock stayed quite till Stephen looked at him Jock jugged another beer down is gilet "that's a nice little story. I heard people nowadays do online dating" Stephen nearly spiting out his beer swallowed hard trying to get all beer to not be in his mouth as he needed to speak. "Yes that is true it's lucky I didn't need to use that, but it be good for you" Stephen looked at Jock.
Jock stayed quite looking at his beer like something was wrong Stephen said trying to comfort him "well dating online is for singles like you maybe not you through but I don't know what to say, people die and are born everyday" Jock looked at Stephen and said "I'm sad not because of the dating thing I'm sad I didn't have children. Who will remember me when I'm not here,
and tell my story, to his children I have no one left my heart hurts but also longs to be with my wife, so even dying would be ok as I will see my wife again with her smile." Stephen flustered said to Jock "would you mind if I wrote a book about you then everyone will know your story I'm a good writer and love writing stories" Jock looked at Stephen "you would do that for me."
Stephen spoke softly "of course I would I like you Jock and want the best for you so is that a yes" Jock looking excited grabbed Stephens had and started giving him a hand shake "yes please if you don't mind I would love that." A Phone started to ring from Stephen's pocket. Stephen picked up "hello" you could here faintly a woman speaking "ok I will be home now just wait for me" Stephen but his phone back in to his pocket "I'm sorry Jock my misses rang and said that the drain pipe burst Jock said "ok then you need to go otherwise she will be more mad" Stephen shook his head in agreement and put a hand on Jocks shoulder. As Stephen rushed home he stoped before he hit the door and looked back at Jock, Jock started to get up when he did he clutched his heart holding it tight.
as Stephen sore this he rushed back to Jock and asked if he's "are you ok Jock" pushed Stephen away and said "I'm fine leave me alone Stephen then asked the bar man if this happened before bar man shook his head "we are taking you to the hospital Jock right now" Stephen took out his phone but Jock grabbed it saying "no it's ok it's just indigestion from the beer" Stephen grabbed his phone back and rang a lady "hi honey I'm sorry but could you bring the car to the pub I told you about." After a few minutes the woman came in Jock was still holding his chest Stephen pointed at Jock. then they both grabbed him and put him in the car. The woman got in the driver seat and Stephen got in the passenger side the woman started to go as fast as she could.
We reached the hospital Jock feeling a little better than he was they got him in the doctors and asked "my friend keeps grabbing his chest in pain" the nurse at the front "ok I will tell the doctor to be expecting you down the hall to the right thats where all chest patients go" after she said that she grabbed the phone and rang as Stephen and Jock and the woman walked away. To the bit where the lady said to go we went in and went and sat on some seats that were over there, a few minutes went by that's when we heard "Jock. Jock MacTavish" Stephen replied "here" and put a gentle hand on Jock to stand him up Jock was refusing to go at first as he had a worried expression Stephen seeing this huged Jock and said to him " everything will be ok Jock" Jock nodded and went with the doctor when Jock enters the doctors office doctor tells Jock to "have a seat" Jocks sit down in a red chair with black arms.
Doctor says "so you been having some problems with your chest can you tell me where abouts the pain is" Jocks says the pain is on my left side" pointing to where it hurts the most, doctor says "yes it seem to be in the region of the heart but to make sure it is we will need to do some tests if that is ok with you." Jock answers "to tell the truth I'm a bit nervous but I will do it for my new friend Stephen as I owe him some stories other wise I would of never gone to the doctors" the doctor says in a calming voice "I understand and it's good that you have a friend that will look after you when you need him." As he listened to my heart beat and taking my pulse then the doctor checked blood sugar levels.
Doctor with a worried experience looks at me and says "with all the tests I have done right now I'm in fear you have angina we will do more test to double make sure as depending how surviver it is your might have to have a operation but if it's not that surviver then you can take some medication that will stop it from getting worse." Jock looking worried as he looks down at his hands asks "could I die from this" the doctor paused then said "I'm hoping we have caught it that you will be fine."