Chapter 10
Recruits and chores
As I looked up at the two, Silver looked down at me with a wide grin on his face before he started laughing heartedly and patted me on the back which ended up hurting a little since he was doing it with a bit more force than he should have.
"I didn't think you had it in ye lass. 'Specially considerin' how you looked when I asked ya about enlightening the spirits of the crew." I just glared up at the cook and I glanced over at Jim who had continued to stare at me then over at the two boys I was with. I shook my head clearing all thoughts of killing Silver later and looked over at Sam and Adam who were both staring over at my shipmates.
"Excuse me guys let me introduce you all. Silver, Jim these are my friends Adam Martinez and Sam O'Bryan we've been friends since we met in my home town." I looked over at Sam and Adam hoping they'd catch on. "Sam and Adam this is Silver and Jim they're on the R.L.S Legacy with me." The four men shook hands saying their hellos. Sam was the one who had offered some seats to the cook and cabin boy and much to my surprise Sam had given me as wink before he had Jim sit next to me. We all had a round of drinks which was kind of cool seeing how they didn't ask about our ages I only had half a shot if anything and offered the rest to Silver who I'm sure can hold his liquor. Eventually we had finished the drinks and we ended up having half an hour or so before we had to get back to the ship when that was mentioned I had told Sam and Adam that I'm sure Amelia wouldn't mind a few extra hands on the ship as long as they held their own with the daily duties. When they said it couldn't hurt to ask Sam had linked his arm with mine and practically dragged me outside of the tavern with the other three following right behind us.
"Come on Violet lets go to this shop. I am determined to get you to buy something and you know what I mean." My eyes widened before I started to try and pull away from him.
"Sam, no please don't! You know I don't like wearing dresses! Adam!" I had tried calling for Adam as I looked back he shrugged as if to say 'sorry you're on your own.' I glared at him as the group of three was following behind Sam and me when we had gone into a shop. Once Sam had spotted the dresses he immediately was pilling them on top of me saying that this would look cute or this is pretty or something like that. I hated dresses with a passion, I was never much of a girl when it came to dressing up all I would really wear is dress pants and a plan black button up top but that was rare. I had at least ten different dresses in my arms when Sam had finally said for me to go and try them on while pushing me into a small changing room that the opening was covered by a small ragged curtain.
"Sam I swear I will kill you. I don't know how and I don't know when but I will." I could hear Sam laughing and I heard the familiar clunking of Silvers leg and the mechanics that were holding his arm eye and leg together. Just as I had put on a dress over my head I had heard Adam hitting on a girl and I rolled my eyes Sam wasn't all that worried about Adam leaving him or anything they had that talk/understanding about that kind of situation. Anyway the dress I had on was, for lack of a better word, fluffy kind of like Cinderella's dress but it was a sickly pale looking color and it was strapless. I had to fix my hair since the fabric made my hair full of static and I sighed as I was started to step out of the dressing room.
"I am NOT getting this dress I feel like a total goof." I looked over at the small group of men as Adam did a wolf whistle from across the room as a slight blush appeared across my face and I huffed as I walked back into the dressing room where I quickly took off the dress and tossed it over the door where someone took it back and I sighed again before I put on another dress. The next dress was a simple black and white dress which hung off my shoulders and I was sure even with heels the dress would still reach the floor. I pushed back the curtain and stared over at Sam waiting for him to say something about it, while I was waiting I had looked over at Jim and Silver was looking everywhere else it looked like he was looking at some of the jackets they had for men. Jim on the other hand was standing pretty close to Adam I saw him glance at me and I swear I saw his just drop slightly I quickly looked away and turned my attention back to Sam. As I tried on the other dresses I either shook my head or stayed silent because of the distaste of even wearing the damn things. Sam ended up buying three different dresses. The first one happened to be a plain white dress that reached my knees and the sleeves ended up stopping at my elbows, the more I thought about it was actually pretty despite the color and it ended up looking like a dress from the Fullmetal Alchemist movie. The second dress was a bit more formal, it was a dark green dress that was taken up in the back to make it look more like a dress that would be more for a masquerade dance or something, the dress ended up having the criss-cross tie in the back and it ended up have thin straps to hold onto my shoulders. The last dress was a little black dress that clung to me (which I hated to death and Sam knew it) and only reached my knees and had long sleeves that ended up clinging to the sides of my shoulders. I told Sam he shouldn't have bought them cause there was no way that I was ever going to wear them, but my words fell upon deaf ears as he asked me to hand over some of the coins that I had to hold in my pockets.
"It's about time we need to head back to the ship so we can ask Amelia if you can come with us although I'm sure since we're pretty good with instruments and since we have some money on us now to take care of anything extra that needs to be bought for the crew." I looked at the group while I was still in an irritated mood about the dresses. The group nodded and all began to follow Silver to where the R.L.S Legacy was at. I half smiled as we walked and soon we were at the gang plank that led up to the ship and Amelia was with Arrow in her state room. Silver and Jim both went back down to the galley putting up their jackets and setting things up for dinner. Sam and Adam followed me with their instruments and belongings in hand while trying to look professional/responsible, after I had knocked the door was opened by Arrow as he looked past me and at the two boys who were accompanying me.
"Evening, Mr. Arrow." He nodded slightly at me as I continued. "I'd like you and Amelia to meet a few of my friends." Arrow nodded and motioned for the three of us to come into the room as he shut the door behind us.
"Good evening Captain Amelia. I'd like you to meet a few of my friends from home. This is Adam Martinez and Sam O'Bryan." Amelia stood up from her desk and walked around her desk and shook hands with the boys.
"It's a pleasure to meet you two." Amelia then looked at me somewhat suspiciously
"Please let me explain ma'am. I was walking around the town before I went into a tavern to get some water or and I ended up finding these two. Well…I was kind of wondering…well…" I was so nervous about asking Amelia to make more favors for me but she seemed to catch on as a small smile graced her thin lips as she began to speak once more.
"I see where this is heading Ms. Clearwater the same rules apply to both of your friends." My ears had perked up and I was starting to be so happy that my friends would be joining me on this adventure. "You two will have to pull your own weight around and do as you're told by my first mate Mr. Arrow or myself." I looked at my two friends and they both nodded and did a slight bow which surprised even me. They both said of course and Amelia had asked me to give them a quick tour of the ship and of the sleeping quarters. I of course nodded in agreement and as I showed them the sleeping quarters, after that I had showed them the closet where my guitar was stored and told them to put their things in there especially since they know about the pirates aboard the ship.
"Okay guys now you know the rules we cannot change too much of the story line we could put people in jeopardy if we reveal too much too soon." I looked at the boys with serious face as they both patted my shoulders.
"Well duh Letty we're not that stupid despite what you think."I rolled my eyes and brushed their hands off my shoulders as I had also hung the dresses in the small closet after putting the leftover coins in Adams Keyboard cases pouch and locked it up while putting the key in my pocket. After everything was put away I led them back out onto the deck then on to where the kitchen was where we met back up with Jim and Silver. That evening Silver had the four of us do his cooking for the dinner and Adam being the little sneaky match maker he tried to be kept pushing me closer to Jim; but every time he tried I was able to evade it and it ended up looking like we were dancing in the kitchen. Jim seemed a little off he wasn't talking nearly as much to me as he used to, I couldn't figure out why though but I ended up talking to Sam a lot more often since we had to catch up on things. I had turned around after taking some dirty dishes down to see that Jim and Adam seemed like they were becoming friends. I had to smile about that since it seemed that Jim didn't really have that many friends from the movie and it was cool to see him get along with Adam and have a friend to talk to besides me, and I mean like stuff that Jim wouldn't want to talk to a girl about. After washing a ton of dishes Silver took Jim and I up to an observation port off the bridge of the ship telling us he was going to show us something, so we climbed up the small ladder with Silver following us. Who then proceeded to sit in front of where the ladder was AKA our way of getting out of the spot we were in.
When Silver had finally sat down I noticed at had several pieces of rope and threw both of us a piece. And when I say piece I mean rope that was long enough for both of us to reach the ground safely. We both just sat on our spots with a mix of relaxed yet irritated demeanor. Soon the man was talking about how he was going to teach us a special knot that everyone who is going to be on a ship should know. I didn't even bother with listening to what the name of it was 'cause for one thing I had already learned this a while ago and I know Jim knew how to created this knot. Jim made one while Silver was talking and I kind of just rolled my eyes and made the same knot and I hooked it away from Jims and we both descended onto the deck. Jim started walking along the railing where as I walked along the deck while trying to start up a conversation with him.
"So Jim what do you think of Adam and Sam?" I shrugged his shoulders. Seriously not even a verbal response from him. What in the fricken hell was the problem? But still, I kept on trying to make small talk.
"Um…So how did you learn about that knot?" he looked down at me seeing as he was higher than me at the moment.
"Well, when you need to sneak out it's a good idea to know what kind of knot is best." He walked on after answering my question and I sighed as I mumbled.
"What is your problem?" I turned and walked off down to the galley where I met with Sam and Adam who were talking and having a small bit of dinner. I smiled at them and told them they needed to clean their bowls and to head to bed soon since there is always a load of work needed to be done. They nodded and continued talking and eating as I walked down to the sleeping quarters and did my routine of unlocking the closet getting my clothes, changing in the bathroom and coming back out while putting my day clothes back into its bag and locking it back up. I then climbed into my hammock and as I laid there swaying slightly I began to drift off into a dreamless sleep but it seemed that I had just closed my eyes when I had heard a familiar cyborgs heavy steps. I was awake before Silver had even gotten to the last step and I was already walking over to the closet. Silver had decided to wake up Sam, Adam, and Jim and I could hear irritated groans of the three boys whose sleep was interrupted by the cook. I had changed into a deep red tank top, black Tripp pants that I changed into shorts which stopped just above my knees and finally my black boots and leather gloves. I ended up tying a bandana around my forehead which held back my bangs since, for some reason, I didn't want my bangs in my face today. After I applied my black eyes liner, dark grey eye shadow and black lipstick I went up on deck to find I wasn't the last one to meet up with Silver. Adam ended up being the last one, I might have guessed though that boy could sleep through an explosion. But eventually he came back up and Silver then had ordered us to start making breakfast where we just went with a chunky stew which would be filling and warm up the body when they wake up since it's somewhat chilly in the mornings. After the crew had eaten and we had washed the mountain of dishes Silver had ordered Adam and Sam to tend to a pile of rope that was going to be used for lifelines but they had multiple knots imbedded in them making both boys to furrow their eyebrows. As Adam and Sam tended to their duty Silver had ordered Jim and I to scrub the entire deck. That's right not mop but scrub and by deck I mean all of them top middle and lower. 'I guess I should have worn pants or something to protect my knees but too late to change that now' I yanked one of the scrubbing brushes from Silver, after he had given me a bucket of soapy water, I began to scrub the floor on my hands and knees. Jim was about to go to another deck but Silver ended up stopping him and told him he had to scrub the same deck as me. Damn the cook, the chore would have been quicker to take care of if he had let us separate on different levels.
I sighed as we continued to scrub the floor but suddenly a shadow had appeared over Jim and I, and we had looked up to see Silver. Jim stood up and in front of him glaring as Silver gave him another bucket while pointing out a spot we had 'missed'. So Jim grudgingly took the bucket and to poured in onto the wood floor. While scrubbing, I had my hair pulled into a low pony tail and talked to Jim about random things like his favorite music and colors and such trying to start a conversation but then again he got spacey and I knew that he was having some tough memories to try and push back. I wanted to comfort him about his dad leaving but I couldn't tell him how I knew about how his dad was at least from what I could tell from the movie. Soon the chore was done and it was already time for dinner and after the food had been eaten Silverhad started telling adventure stories to the crew in the galley while Jim, Adam, Sam and I listened in while we drank our mugs filled with hot chocolate and coffee. Jim smiled toward the end as Silver was demonstrating some sort of monster with his bionic arm. I could already tell he was thinking of Silver as a father figure. I had looked over at Adam and Sam and their hands were intertwined as they took a sip of their drinks and moved over to the table where Silver and the Crew were. I smiled at the couple think how happy they were even if at times I felt like I was a third wheel when we had hung out together but I never took it to heart they were in love.
I looked around and everyone was entranced with his story so I snuck away from everyone with my coffee and went up on deck. The cool air was refreshing as I felt my hair flow softly from a slight breeze. I descended to the sleeping quarters and grabbed my guitar case and brought it up on deck with me. I opened the latches and there was my black and red guitar glistening somewhat from the star light that was around.
