Life in the Ocean Chapter 6: Routine

Chapter 6: Routine

Jenny and Charlie were sleeping in their new home. The tire was comfortable for them to sleep in, but it was never better than the cave in the MLI. At least the tire was better than sleeping in nothing.

Charlie shifted in his sleep a little before he woke up. His mouth gaped into a yawn. He then stretched, arching his back up like a cat. He saw his sleeping wife next to him. The male smiled and kissed her gently. Charlie's stomach growled. Hunger was seeking in fast. Since they were now in the ocean, finding food was going to be a little bit of a challenge for them. Luckily, they were next to a kelp forest, so they were fine.

Charlie swam to the kelp to get some breakfast. Once he got there, he grabbed some kelp. He started to swim back to the tire, but a fish bumped into him, which caused him to drop the kelp.

The fish gasped. "Oh my gosh! I'm so sorry!"

Charlie rubbed his head. "It's okay, it was an accident." Charlie began to pick up the kelp.

"I'll help you," the queen angelfish offered.

"Thank you." Charlie smiled.

"Again, I'm so sorry. I thought I saw a shark, so that is why I was swimming so fast," she explained.

"It's alright." Charlie then began to look a little scared. He never saw a shark before. He heard that sharks were one of the most dangerous predators back in the MLI.

"Are you okay? You look a little scared," the fish asked, concerned.

"Yeah, I'm okay. It's just I've never seen a shark before. I'm new to the ocean."

"Welcome to the ocean! And yeah, sharks can be scary."

Charlie smiled before he realized something. "Oh, I forgot to tell you my name. I'm Charlie."

"It's nice to meet you, Charlie. I'm Poppy."

"It's nice to meet you too, Poppy. I have a wife named Jenny. She's sleeping right now."

"Oh, that's nice. I have a husband named Samuel. We have 40 beautiful children."

"That's cool." Charlie's stomach growled again. He blushed.

Poppy chuckled. "Sounds like you need to eat breakfast."

"Yeah, I do. I'll talk to you another time. Jenny will love to meet you."

"Yeah, I'll love to meet her too! I'll come back tomorrow."

"Alright. Bye!"

"Bye!" Poppy swam away.

Charlie smiled and swam to the tire. He placed the kelp in front of the tire.

Jenny opened up her eyes. She yawned.

"Morning, Jenny," Charlie said.

"Morning, Charlie."

Charlie gave her some kelp. "I met a fish a few minutes ago. Her name is Poppy. She is really nice." Charlie grabbed a piece of kelp and ate it.

"That's neat. I'd love to meet her."

"She said she'll be here tomorrow," Charlie stated.

"Great." Jenny smiled and ate her kelp.

"So, are you ready to lay out shells?" Charlie asked.

"Yes, I'm ready. I'm so excited!" Jenny beamed.

Charlie giggled and continued eating.

After breakfast, Jenny and Charlie were getting ready to collect shells.

"You ready?" Charlie inquired.

"Yes," Jenny replied.

"Okay. Let's do it."

The couple searched for shells.

Later, they collected some shells.

Charlie placed the shells down. "Alright, let's make this shell path."

Jenny and Charlie made half of the shell path.

"This shell path looks good so far," Jenny said.

"I agree. We'll finish the shell path tomorrow."

"I really like this routine. This'll definitely bring Dory back to us," Jenny said.

"Yeah, it will." Charlie grinned.

"Hey, let's explore this place. I want to get used to it," Jenny suggested.

"Okay, honey. I want to know this place better."

Charlie grabbed Jenny's fin.

Jenny smiled. They began to explore the place, wondering what interesting things were in there.