Thomas had gone back upstairs to help Nathan set out the food when he'd seen Bella bounding up the stairs to join them. She instantly ran over to Fuzzy to help her set up some of the lighting, to help keep the deck lit as the party started. It brought him joy as he saw the necklace dangling around her neck, proudly displayed over her shirt. Even from a distance, he could hear Fuzzy asking her about it, but he turned his attention back to helping Nathan, a smile on his face.

When they'd been in the Moldor marketplace, he'd remembered the jewelry stand that he'd seen the last time they'd been there. He'd sent her up to the pastry shop so that he could see if they still sold the bluebird pendent, as it had reminded him so much of her. He didn't know exactly why he'd wanted to get it for her, and at the time he'd just thought it would be something cute for her to have. She didn't have many things on the ship that were hers, and he'd initially thought it could be just something for her to call her own. But he'd realized as he'd seen the look on her face when she'd opened her eyes, and had seen it in the mirror, that it was something to remind her of him. It was to remind her that he was there for her, and that he wasn't going anywhere.

She'd spent so much of her time there trying to keep everyone as far from her as she could, pushing all of them away. But he wanted her to know, in the only way he knew how to, without words, that he wasn't going to be pushed away. And if it took him years before she finally opened up to him, he knew that he would wait. Without even knowing it, he'd fallen in love with this girl. And he didn't care how long it took; he was going to make her fall in love with him too.

Morgan walked forward and held up his bottle. "Alright everyone! I'd like to say a few words real quick before we all start."

"Oh here we go…" Eduardo grumbled as he leaned against a table near Thomas.

Morgan elbowed Eduardo. "Everyone grab a glass, come on, this is a toast now after all!" Everyone laughed and went forward and poured themselves a drink from the table. Bella came over and stood next to Thomas, Fuzzy at her other side. As soon as everyone had a drink in hand, Morgan raised his bottle up, and waited for everyone to raise their glasses.

"I won't go on for long, this'll only take a second. I just wanted to say, to both Bella and Fuzzy, welcome aboard. You two girls have been a lot of fun, and life seems a little bit better with you two with us. I hope you both continue to stay with us, and I hope we all have many more adventures together." Morgan then held his bottle out further and clinked it against everyone's glass.

Bella smiled. "Captain, that was really nice. Thank you."

"Yeah Captain, that means a lot to us girls." Fuzzy added as Russell came over to stand next to her.

Morgan laughed. "No problem! Now, let's party! That's what we're really here for!" Grabbing his bottle up, he took a few slugs from the bottle and laughed.

Thomas stood next to Bella as they all talked and laughed. She seemed to enjoy herself as Fuzzy joked around with one another. Thomas was glad, she deserved to have some fun. He'd always gotten the feeling that she hadn't had much in her life, and was glad that she was now getting some much deserved fun in. The group snacked on the food that Nathan had prepared for them, happily munching on the sweet treats. The most popular attraction, however, was the couple of bottles of rum that Captain had sat out. While the girls and himself abstained from it, the rest of the boys eagerly gulped the liquid down.

Someone started playing music at one point, and they all attempted to dance. Fuzzy grabbed Bella and pulled her into the middle of the deck, dancing crazily and trying to get her to join. Bella was hesitant at first, but finally joined in with Fuzzy, mimicking her dancing awkwardly as they jumped about to the music. Thomas laughed as he watched the two. Fuzzy was good for Bella. She tried to pull her more out of her comfort zone than he did. Sometimes it worked, and sometimes it didn't. But just then, as he watched Bella's face light up, he knew that it had worked.

After a few minutes, Fuzzy released Bella from her dance death grip, and ran over to Russell, pulling him out onto the dance floor. He, as well as the rest of the crew, laughed as Russell clumsily tried to follow her lead, but failed miserably. Bella came over next to him and stood, laughing with him as they all continued to watch Russell attempt to dance. The sight itself was amusing enough, but as soon as Nathan and Christopher went out to join the dancing, the amusement factor increased tenfold. Thomas found himself almost doubled over laughing as the two drunkenly tried to dance alongside Russell and Fuzzy.

Thomas looked down at Bella, observing her smile and laughter as she watched everyone. He grabbed her hand and pulled her out onto the dance floor without giving it a second thought. Instead of resisting him, he heard her giggle as he pulled her up to him and attempted to dance as Fuzzy was trying to dance with Russell. It was quite strange to him, and he ended up just flailing his arms and legs about. He never claimed to be the most graceful dancer. But Bella laughed as she watched him, and soon joined him, her movements as awkward as his. He was having a blast, and from the looks of it, so was she.

In the distance, he could hear Eduardo groan. "Not these idiots."

Thomas stopped dancing to look over to where Eduardo was looking. He could see as the Rika began pulling up next to the Sirius. The music soon stopped and everyone looked over to see as the Rika tied itself down. Thomas pulled Bella behind him as he knew Captain Alan would soon board, and he was not in the mood for him to attempt to take Bella with him. In the corner of his eyes, he could see Russell pulling Fuzzy behind him as well, as he probably didn't want Alan to try to take Fuzzy back to his ship either. Couldn't the guy take a hint?

Alan stepped onto the ship, his usual cocky grin plastered to his face. "What'd you stop for? We came to join the party!"

Nathan rolled his eyes. "You weren't invited, that's why."

"Oh come on, that's not very nice!"

"What do you want Alan?" Morgan asked, his voice sounding annoyed.

"I just wanted to join in on the party! I've recently gotten a new crew member, and I told him all about the radiant Bella, and he just had to meet her. He was as excited about her as I am." Alan replied happily. As he finished his statement, a man stepped forward from behind Alan, his hands behind his back as he smiled at the group. He appeared better dressed than Alan, Thomas thought as he looked at the man beside Alan. His hair was slicked back, and stood well over a foot taller than Alan. He didn't appear to be a pirate, so what was he doing with Alan?

"Yes, I just had to meet her." The man purred, his voice sounding slightly arrogant as he looked down his nose at the group. He almost appeared to be some sort of naval officer, had he not been with Alan, Thomas would have thought he was.

Thomas glanced over his shoulder to look at Bella, who was still standing somewhere behind him. What he saw next, he could only describe as a look of pure horror on her face. The look almost took him aback as he looked at her face, her eyes wide and her face paled considerably. She looked like the ghost of the woman who he'd been dancing with before. But she wasn't looking at him. And as he looked to where her gaze was directed he realized that it was on the man standing in front of them. Why did she look so terrified? He went to ask her what was wrong, but stopped when the man spoke up.

"Bella, it's been a long time." The man said, slowly making his way towards her.

"J-Jeremy…" Thomas heard her whisper weakly, her shaking voice barely audible. Thomas looked back at Bella. She knew this man?