Guess Who?

"Yes you are," Gil said, completely sure of himself. It wasn't often he got to be completely sure, but this time, he was. There was no way he was wrong. "You're King Ben."

Evie grabbed Ben's jacket and pulled him away, Carlos and Jay following. Then it clicked in Gil's brain. Uma would want to know that Ben was here. In fact, she'd be thrilled at the news. Just the thought of being the one who got to deliver the news to her made him smile. "Ooo, Uma's going to love this!" He clapped his hands and jumped as he ran to the Fish and Chip shop.

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"Uma, Uma!" Gil cried as he burst into the restaurant.

"What?" Uma asked in a bored tone, throwing a tray of food in front of a customer. Some of the rotten potatoes and fish guts splashed onto the man's beard.

Harry sat at the counter, watching Gil with idle interest.

"I have news!" Gil said excitedly, glancing between his two best friends. "Really good news."

"Yeah?" Uma asked, raising an eyebrow as she moved to stand by Harry. "What's this news?"

"You know how Mal came back to the Isle?" He asked.

Harry and Uma shared a look.

"No," Harry said sarcastically, answering for Uma. "That small, insignificant fact had already left our minds. Thank you for reminding us."

Gil ignored the sarcasm, either because he didn't get it or was too excited to pay attention to it. He leaned forward, eyes shining with excitement. "The others came here for Mal. Carlos, Jay, and Evie are here and…" He paused a moment, drawing it out. "Ben came too."

"King Ben?" Uma said, straightening. Normally her thought would be of course King Ben. What other Ben would come to the Isle of the Lost looking for Mal? But this was Gil she was talking to, and it was always best to make sure you were on the same page with him during a conversation.

Gil nodded excitedly. "He's here right now. I just saw him and spoke to him."

A dark and wicked grin spread over Uma's face, the one that Gil knew was Harry's favorite. She grabbed the lapel of Harry's red jacket and looked him in the eye. "Go get him," she ordered.

"With pleasure," Harry said, standing. "We can't have the Isle's premier pirate crew being remiss in giving our illustrious king his due welcome. And it was rude of him to not give his regards to our Isle's Queen first thing on his arrival."

Gil and Uma both watched Harry saunter out the door.

"I did good?" Gil asked once Harry was gone.

Uma smiled at him. It still held a trace of her wickedness, but looked more genuine to Gil. More like she was just happy and not scheming things. While Gil had nothing against scheming (everyone knew he'd be lost if he didn't have someone else's schemes to follow), this was his favorite smile of Uma's. The fact that he'd been the one to make her smile like this would make him happy all week.

Uma pushed Gil's cap off his head and ruffled his hair. "Yes, Gil, you did good."