"What is THIS?" Wednesday asked, pulling a black THING out of one of her mother's shopping-bags the next day.
"It's a swimsuit, darling," Morticia said, trying to fend off Wednesday's curious nature.
"And it's legal to wear this in public?" Wednesday snapped. Indeed, against her better judgement, Morticia had bought her daughter a bikini.
"It's called a bikini, Wednesday. All the girls your age wear them." Morticia didn't quite see why Wednesday disliked the thing - it was black and the right size, so what problem could there be?
"Since when did I do what normal girls do?" Wednesday said, more sarcastic than ever before.
"I know you don't, darling, but I figured you might want to try it for once."
"The only way I'll wear that thing in public is if I get a guillotine after the trip."
"No, Wednesday, remember what we've said about that..."
"I don't care - no guillotine, no horrible swimsuit." Wednesday had very little control over her parents, so this was almost funny - ALMOST.
"Well then, I suppose you won't be swimming," Morticia sniffed.
"Yeah, because swimming is the whole reason we're going on this cruise," Wednesday muttered. "Don't worry, I'll have plenty of fun - WITHOUT getting wet."
Wednesday's idea of fun, Morticia decided after leaving the room, was exactly what the poor people running the cruise needed to be worried about.
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"Dad, can I learn to scuba-dive?" That may well have been the first intelligent question Pugsley Addams ever asked, and at the rate his sister was going, it would probably be his last.
"Why would you want to learn that?" Gomez asked. "It's risk-free, Pugsley - tanks and skin-suits, all the protective stuff one could wish for... Who would want that?"
"But Dad, Wednesday says if I don't take up swimming by Day Six, she'll use me as shark bait, and it sure sounded like she meant it."
"In that case, maybe you should learn diving." Gomez decided that it was high time for Pugsley to learn useful things, and defending himself against Wednesday was high on that list.
"Thanks, Dad," Pugsley said, running out of the room. This was going to be a lot of fun.
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A/N: Please review, and thank you to everyone who has. Next chapter should be up a few days after New Year's, unless I squeeze one more in before Christmas.
