Hmm...I think I might have made this chapter a bit to silly....ah, well I'm to lazy to rewrite it now.
Disclaimer: Vapirates (C) Justin Somper
The Tetua
Connor and Jasmine sat at a long wooden table in the mess hall. It was the second sitting of dinner and so wasn't as crowded as it normally should have been. Chatting as they munched away happily. The food was delicious, a large feast had been cooked to celebrate the arrival of the crew so Connor didn't expect they'd always be eating this well off, though it wouldn't stop him from hoping.
"So how did you find yourself here?" Jasmine asked as she swallowed the last of her roast dinner.
"I went with Cheng Li to Lantao to pick up the swords after I met he at Pirate Academy. She needed a crew and I needed a new Captain; not much else to say, really"
Jasmine rolled her eyes, "Your still not going to tell us what made you leave the Diablo, then?"
"I wasn't planning to" He said with a grin. He knew she had really wanted to know why he'd left his old crew in the beginning. He'd hoped she would be satisfied with his lame excuse but she wasn't one to be sidetracked.
"I could just ask Cheng Li, if you don't tell me"
"She might not know why I left"
Jasmine snorted, "Cheng Li knows everything and you're to predictable: you probably told her yourself why you left and even if you didn't she has contacts practically everywhere,"
He shrugged, "She wouldn't tell you even if you did ask" he answered before taking a sip of orange juice. Unlike some of these other pirates he wasn't to upset to learn Cheng Li wasn't allowing alcohol on her ship in case it distracted pirates from their duties.
"Why is it some deep dark secret? Like a hobby collecting shampoo labels or a third eye in your chest or something?"
He couldn't help but spit out the juice as they both burst into a fit of laughter.
"What's so funny?" Jacoby asked, appearing from what seemed like nowhere.
"Apparently I have three eyes and find hair products very interesting" Connor managed to answer as he caught his breathe before they burst into another round of uncontrollable laughter.
"You are two are psychotic, you know that, right?"
Jasmine managed to fight back the laughter and wiped the tears away from her eyes, "How come you managed to finish you latrine duty so early? We weren't expecting to see you for another hour or two at least"
He rolled his eyes as he grabbed the chair next to Jasmine, "I'll tell you in a minute, I'm practically starving to death" he said before loading his plate with a colourful assort of food, including some which Connor thought wouldn't taste good put together even if he'd been starving for a month. As soon as his plate was full he began cramming as much food in as he could,
"That's disgusting, Jacoby" Jasmine said looking away, Connor quickly followed suite.
"Hptmmtttmmddnnhhnnr"
"Swallow before you speak, please"
He rolled his eyes, before swallowing: "I said that it's not my fault I missed lunch and dinner, and Captain Li had be working all day which is completely your fault."
She giggled, "It's not my fault you started flirting with Mistress Li"
"You said I should tell all women that they look nice, no matter what"
"I didn't!"
"You did!"
Connor could feel an argument coming on and he thought it best to intervene sooner rather than later. "So how did you finish so early"
Jacoby took another, thankfully, smaller bite of his dinner. "Had a little extra help"
"Who from?" Connor asked quickly before Jasmine could make a rude comment or start up the argument again.
"Your sister actually, she was acting really weird -sorry- weirder" he corrected himself automatically.
"What do you mean?"
"Well first of all she offered to help in the first place which is just odd on it's own but I shrugged it off 'cause I thought it might be that she fancies me"
"-In your dreams" Jasmine muttered.
Jacoby shot an annoyed glance at her, "Anyway, she seemed really upset. Like you know…" he lowered his voice, "…when she nearly killed herself at pirate academy"
Connor couldn't compress a shiver. He did not want to be reminded of that, he never actually found out if she'd wanted to kill herself so she could join the Vampirates or if she just thought the ship would rescue her again, and he was afraid to ask her.
"You don't think she'd try something like that again, do you?" Jasmine asked, also speaking in a quite voice, the same as Jacoby, as if she was afraid of being overheard in the now empty mess hall. They both looked at Connor as she finished speaking, expecting an answer.
He shrugged, "I have no idea. I know she's upset but she hasn't told me what exactly 's happened and I don't think she's planning on telling me either"
"Maybe I could speak to her" Jasmine suggested, "like, if it's anything she doesn't want to talk about with you boys,"
Both boys grimaced.
"Suddenly I don't feel so hungry anymore" Jacoby said pushing away his now half empty plate.
"Uh, I don't think that's really going to help…I was kind of thinking she'd lost her mind rather than…well…"
"You said a while back you never grew up with a mother figure so maybe she just needs someone to talk to and girlie stuff you two won't know about"
Connor knew he was blushing like crazy. Jacoby too, looked like he wanted to laugh, hide and run away, all at the same time.
"I really don't think that's the problem"
She shot an annoyed glance at then both and stood up, "It's not wonder she doesn't talk to you if you have that kind of attitude. You 're about as mature as a pair of five year olds"
Jacoby sniggered.
"And I'll talk to her whether you like it or not!" The boys shared a knowing look as she flounced out of the room with an annoyed air. "This isn't going to end well is it?"
"Nope, but at least It'll be amusing"
