Jane and Val woke up that night because the train had stopped. Although she was curious, Jane didn’t go to the lounge when she noticed Daisy was talking to an unknown man.
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During breakfast, Daisy looked at Val and Jane and asked them if they had noticed the emergency stop during the night.
Val: “Oh yes, now that you mention it, we woke up but as there was no fire alarm, I went back to sleep”.
Jane: “Well, I didn’t sleep very soon and I thought I heard voices. Hey, I suppose that Mr. Field couldn’t sleep either after that stop because he still must be sleeping”.
Daisy: “I’m afraid I have some bad news”.
Both the twins looked up at Daisy wondering what that bad news could be.
“During the night I received a call through the official train communicator. They ordered me, in the name of the law, to stop the train in exactly 5 minutes. So I dressed and stopped the train.
A gentleman came on the train saying that he was an inspector and he showed me his police badge. I really was puzzled but the man was very nice. He asked me about the passengers and if I had seen something suspicious. After telling him ‘no’ he asked me to indicate Mr. Field’s sleeper.
He went there and I heard him say: ‘Well Chester, I promised you that I would lay my hands on you sooner or later’ and Mr. Field answered: ‘Don’t be so familiar with me; for you I’m Mr. Field’. Daisy smiled and added “Well you know how snobby he can be at times”.
Chester looked in a mean way and said: “I’m sure that this… underhanded Jane has to do something with it; I was right when I thought that I recognized her this afternoon!”
Daisy continued: “Then he called the other police man and told him to accompany Mr. Field to the police car. He gave me some official forms and told me that you should fill them in thoroughly; leave your telephone numbers so that they can reach you just in case you have to testify.”
Val asked if they accused him of robbery and Daisy answered: “Yes, they suspect that he is involved in some bank robberies in different towns and that he forms part of the simafia.” Now the expression on her face changed and she looked very angry when she added: “Besides that, he is a common lollypop thief and has made many children cry; at least, that’s what the Inspector said to me.”
The three of them were silent, thinking about the past events. Then Daisy cheered up and said: “Tomorrow morning we will arrive at the last possible train station. From there you will have to continue by plane or ship.”
Val started to panic and Jane tranquilized him saying that they would continue by ship but he said: “No Jane, I was just thinking that we have to leave Daisy alone.” Daisy laughed and said: “Oh no… don’t worry about me; I will have 5 passengers travelling with me to the station from where we started.”
Val and Jane spent the afternoon filling in the police forms, preparing their luggage and playing a match of chess.
Daisy had been working hard all day to prepare the sleepers for the next passengers and in the evening she came to the lounge to say that, as soon as the train would arrive at the station, she would go to the market to buy provisions. Jane said good-bye to Daisy. They wished each other lots of luck. Daisy looked at Val and said with a soft voice: “I will miss the fish” and Val answered: “I will miss the price you paid for them” and he quickly looked away because he felt that he started to blush.
Jane saw that her brother and Daisy were getting shy and she decided to give them a bit of privacy. She yawned and left the lounge to go to the sleeper.
Daisy: “Will you really miss that kiss on your cheek?”
Val: “What do you think?” He blushed again and said “I dreamed with you last night and I got bad humoured when I woke up”.
Daisy: “What was your dream about?”
Val: “I dreamt that you were so grateful for the fish that you gave me a very big tip”.
Daisy: “You mean a tip like this?” She tiptoed and gave him a kiss on the mouth. Now both of them blushed. Val put his arms around her and answered: “Yes, I dreamt that you gave me my first real kiss. In my dream it was fantastic but reality is better by far.”
She admitted that it was her first kiss as well. They just stood there holding hands while it was getting late. She said: “We should go to bed, tomorrow we have to get up soon”.
He asked if it wouldn’t be possible to continue ‘talking’ in the big-bed-sleeper and she said it would be no problem. So they passed the time talking and hugging while they were aware that they really had fallen in love.
Val felt his heartbeat skip when looking at her. He approached her and asked “May I do this to you?”
As an answer, Daisy put her arms around him and kissed him slightly in his neck. Val felt that his voice sounded harsh when he said: “I suppose you’re not a vampire… and if so… I wouldn’t mind at all.”
Passion melted their clothes away and fortunately the speed of the train was that high that nobody could see what happened in that sleeper. It was their first and last night together.
When Jane woke up, she noticed that her brothers’ bed was not used during the night. She suspected something when he wasn’t at the lounge. Neither was Daisy.
She left Val a note on the table telling him that she had gone to the pier to buy their tickets for the continuation of their travel and that she would be waiting for him there. She decided to take a walk.
They were still in SimItaly and the weather was nice.
She took a deep breath while looking at the beautiful ship and went on board to buy their tickets.
To be continued…
From Sims to Real Life 