Ummm laughs nervously I'm really sorry that it's been sooo long since I updated. I guess I've been really busy. Last Thursday was my last day of ninth grade. I only had to take 3 exams. Emily (u suck!!) didn't have to take any because she's really smart. Blah! Anyway, wow, it really has been a long time, hasn't it? Well, I got put on probation for a while because I wrote a story about real people in history, and apparently that's not allowed. I guess I should go back and read the rules again. sigh oh well. Oh, Emily, I was going to call you earlier this afternoon but your phone was off and I didn't want to leave a message because I know how your phone gets. We should get together and do something later this week. I am SO bored here at home. Anyway, I guess I'll just shut up now and go on with the story because I know that you're all probably pretty darn pissed off at me right now for going sooo long without posting. Kk, shutting up now, I promise………
It took them about five minutes to get the sixteen teenagers loaded comfortably into the speedboat, and then the two rescuers sped away to the cruise liner. They attached the boat to the davits (AN. Okay, I am totally not up-to-date with cruise liner technology, so I'm just using some old stuff I remembered from really old ships. So, if my facts aren't a hundred percent correct, don't kill me!! makes puppy-dog face) and the speedboat was lifted up to the deck level. There were curious tourists lining the rails, and they were shocked and surprised to see the sixteen scantily clad and dirty teenagers come on board. Much less, one of them was holding a child that could not be more than a year old.
The captain approached the two rescuers and the rescued teens quickly as stewards herded the curious vacationers away.
"You picked up all of them from that one island?" He demanded incredulously of the two rescuers. They glanced at each other and nodded. "I've had a couple of rooms set up for you kids to clean up in and rest. The stewards are asking passengers if they'll donate clothes for you to wear. The police are going to meet us at the next harbor. We'll be there in about forty-eight hours. We'll get your names at dinner this evening, all right?"
"Yes sir." Star said submissively, bowing her head.
"As soon as you get cleaned up, you'll be taken to the ship's doctor to be checked out." The captain continued. "John here will show you boys where you can stay, and Shanna will take you ladies to your rooms."
"Thank you." They all murmured as they followed their guides away to opposite sides of the huge cruise liner.
The maid, Shanna, led the girls to two luxurious staterooms. They split up into their usual groups and closed themselves up for a long afternoon of cleansing.
"God it feels so good to finally bathe." Star sighed, perching on the end of the bed in a complimentary terry-cloth bathrobe and combing through her hair. She seemed to be in a very good mood.
"What will we say to the cops when we get into harbor?" Minx asked worriedly, gently washing Charlie in the sink.
"We'll worry about it when the time comes." Star said firmly, finishing with her hair and setting her comb aside.
"Are you sure?" Apple didn't quite agree with her friend's laid-back attitude. "Shouldn't we go ahead and get what we need to say straight?"
"We'll talk about it at dinner." Star said distractedly, getting up.
"Hey, these beds are so bouncy!" Fidget exclaimed cheerfully from where she was jumping on one of the twin beds. "I'm going to sleep so well tonight!"
Just then somebody knocked on the door. Star hurried to open it. Shanna the maid stood there with a large stack of clothing. "The captain told me to bring you these donated clothes. We've already washed them, so they're clean." She deposited them onto the bed that Fidget wasn't jumping on. "I'll be back in about half an hour to take you to the doctor's." And with that she excused herself, shutting the door behind her.
The girls distastefully rifled through the stack of clothing. Most of it was too large for them, but they figured that beggars couldn't be choosers.
"It feels so weird to actually be with civilized people again." Apple said, standing in front of the mirror and adjusting the sundress she was wearing. It was her size, though slightly short. She was pulling her auburn hair back into a half-ponytail.
"Hey, we're civilized." Minx objected good-naturedly, fidgeting with the black and pink pleated miniskirt she'd gotten that had probably belonged to a fat eleven year old. Somebody had donated a few baby-outfits, so Charlie was dressed like a normal baby for the first time in his life.
"You know what I mean." Apple rolled her eyes, playing with Fidget's brown hair. Fidget was dancing around the room wearing a pair of baggy khaki shorts that ended below her knees and a white ribbed tank top that showed off the lime green straps of the bra she was wearing.
"Of course I did." Minx rolled her eyes.
Somebody knocked on the door once more. Star, wearing a pair of tight blue jeans and a collared Tommy Hilfiger red and white tank top, hurried to answer it. It was Kitty, Jewel, Link, and Rogue. They all looked odd wearing their donated clothes, but nobody mentioned it.
Shanna the maid returned as promised and she led them down the richly furnished hallways to waiting room. "The doctor will call you in one at a time." She informed them, then she left.
A steward led the boys in a few minutes later. The boys clothes looked like they fit all right because they wore them baggy anyways.
The doctor came out of the hospital room and looked them over. "Which of you is the oldest?" He demanded. He was a tall, thin, fit man in his late forties. His hair was dark and speckled with gray, and he wore glasses on his long, crooked nose.
X-ray looked at them all, then resolutely stood up. "I am, sir." He replied.
"All right son, come with me." The doctor led X-ray away from the others and into the room. "Have a seat." X-ray obediently sat down on the cold metal table. "What's your name, son?" The doctor used his stethoscope and began to listen to X-ray's heartbeat.
"X-ray." X-ray replied immediately. The doctor arched a gray eyebrow in surprise. X-ray blushed. "My real name's Rex. We all have nicknames, and nobody's called me my real name in years."
"How old are you Rex?" The doctor asked, moving the cold stethoscope around X-ray's muscular chest.
"I'm nineteen. I'll be twenty on the first of September." X-ray explained.
"Thinking about settling down?" The doctor asked conversationally, looking in his patient's ears and nose.
X-ray blushed. It was kind of a personal question. "Uh, yeah, actually, I am." He nodded.
"That's good, that's good." The doctor said absently. "All right, come over here and let me weigh you and measure you and then you'll be done."
After X-ray came out, Squid, ZigZag, and Kitty went in. Then the doctor came out and said, "Next." Star got up and walked back there.
"Have a seat, dear." The doctor said kindly. "What's your name?"
"St-I mean…Serendipity." It took Star a minute to remember her real name, and that made her feel slightly bad after what she and Squid had talked about.
The doctor took his stethoscope and started listening to Star's heartbeat. She'd forgotten how uncomfortable it was to have an old guy reach up your shirt with a cold metal thing. "How old are you Serendipity?"
"Um, I'm nineteen." Star said. "I'll be twenty in December."
"Wonderful, wonderful." The doctor fell silent as he continued with his examinations. Then he stopped. "Step over here for a moment." He said distractedly. "I need to take a couple of x-rays." Star obediently allowed him to take the x-rays.
"What's wrong?" Star asked worriedly as the doctor perused her x-rays.
"Are you married, Serendipity?" The doctor asked, not looking at her but still looking at her x-rays.
"Not by law, but in front of God I am." She replied defiantly. "There really weren't any priests around to marry us when we were stranded on that island."
"This may be a slightly embarrassing question, Miss, but have you been involved in any sexual activities recently?" The doctor asked.
"A couple months ago, yes." Star nodded.
"I'm afraid you're pregnant." The doctor showed her the x-rays. They clearly showed a baby in her uterus.
"I know I'm pregnant." Star nodded like it was no big deal, but she was very excited. "I wanted to get pregnant."
"Oh, I see." The doctor sighed heavily as though it was a sad thing. "I'll have to recommend that you go see a doctor at a hospital as soon as we reach land."
"I'll make a point of doing so." Star promised him blandly.
"All right, you may go." The doctor sighed.
Fidget's turn came last. She bounded in and hopped onto the table without waiting for the doctor to ask her to. "Hi. My name's Fox. That's my real name. I just turned sixteen today."
"Really, well that's special." The doctor said, and he proceeded with his check-up.
After they'd all been released, they went to the dining room for dinner. They sat at a round table and ate their fill of food they hadn't been able to eat in years.
"So, what are we going to tell the police?" Apple demanded once they'd started in on their desserts at the end of dinner.
"We'll tell them the truth." Star said firmly. "We'll tell them that the conditions were so horrible at Greenlake that we ran away, but the Warden and Mr. Sir tried to stop us by using a gun and they accidentally got shot. Then we got kidnapped by pirates. We stole all their loot and ran away. Then we were going to turn ourselves in when our plane crashed and we've been on that island ever since then."
There was a long pause.
"God, it doesn't even sound believable to me, and I KNOW that it really happened!" Magnet exclaimed, dropping his fork onto his plate with a clatter.
"But it's the truth." Star maintained. "We know it's the truth. We've got witnesses, kind of." She knew it was far-fetched but it was their only hope.
Though they were all exhausted, it took them a long time to go to sleep that evening.
I know it's short, but I'm really sorry. Okay, 200 reviews. I'll make it a lot so that by the time you reach the required 200, I should have the next chappy written. Yeah, yeah, I know I say that one a lot sigh I'm really sorry about all this not posting crap. I'll really try to do better about it. Okay, read, review, and love me crosses fingers all righty, shutting up now. Luvs, hugs, & kisses!!
It took them about five minutes to get the sixteen teenagers loaded comfortably into the speedboat, and then the two rescuers sped away to the cruise liner. They attached the boat to the davits (AN. Okay, I am totally not up-to-date with cruise liner technology, so I'm just using some old stuff I remembered from really old ships. So, if my facts aren't a hundred percent correct, don't kill me!! makes puppy-dog face) and the speedboat was lifted up to the deck level. There were curious tourists lining the rails, and they were shocked and surprised to see the sixteen scantily clad and dirty teenagers come on board. Much less, one of them was holding a child that could not be more than a year old.
The captain approached the two rescuers and the rescued teens quickly as stewards herded the curious vacationers away.
"You picked up all of them from that one island?" He demanded incredulously of the two rescuers. They glanced at each other and nodded. "I've had a couple of rooms set up for you kids to clean up in and rest. The stewards are asking passengers if they'll donate clothes for you to wear. The police are going to meet us at the next harbor. We'll be there in about forty-eight hours. We'll get your names at dinner this evening, all right?"
"Yes sir." Star said submissively, bowing her head.
"As soon as you get cleaned up, you'll be taken to the ship's doctor to be checked out." The captain continued. "John here will show you boys where you can stay, and Shanna will take you ladies to your rooms."
"Thank you." They all murmured as they followed their guides away to opposite sides of the huge cruise liner.
The maid, Shanna, led the girls to two luxurious staterooms. They split up into their usual groups and closed themselves up for a long afternoon of cleansing.
"God it feels so good to finally bathe." Star sighed, perching on the end of the bed in a complimentary terry-cloth bathrobe and combing through her hair. She seemed to be in a very good mood.
"What will we say to the cops when we get into harbor?" Minx asked worriedly, gently washing Charlie in the sink.
"We'll worry about it when the time comes." Star said firmly, finishing with her hair and setting her comb aside.
"Are you sure?" Apple didn't quite agree with her friend's laid-back attitude. "Shouldn't we go ahead and get what we need to say straight?"
"We'll talk about it at dinner." Star said distractedly, getting up.
"Hey, these beds are so bouncy!" Fidget exclaimed cheerfully from where she was jumping on one of the twin beds. "I'm going to sleep so well tonight!"
Just then somebody knocked on the door. Star hurried to open it. Shanna the maid stood there with a large stack of clothing. "The captain told me to bring you these donated clothes. We've already washed them, so they're clean." She deposited them onto the bed that Fidget wasn't jumping on. "I'll be back in about half an hour to take you to the doctor's." And with that she excused herself, shutting the door behind her.
The girls distastefully rifled through the stack of clothing. Most of it was too large for them, but they figured that beggars couldn't be choosers.
"It feels so weird to actually be with civilized people again." Apple said, standing in front of the mirror and adjusting the sundress she was wearing. It was her size, though slightly short. She was pulling her auburn hair back into a half-ponytail.
"Hey, we're civilized." Minx objected good-naturedly, fidgeting with the black and pink pleated miniskirt she'd gotten that had probably belonged to a fat eleven year old. Somebody had donated a few baby-outfits, so Charlie was dressed like a normal baby for the first time in his life.
"You know what I mean." Apple rolled her eyes, playing with Fidget's brown hair. Fidget was dancing around the room wearing a pair of baggy khaki shorts that ended below her knees and a white ribbed tank top that showed off the lime green straps of the bra she was wearing.
"Of course I did." Minx rolled her eyes.
Somebody knocked on the door once more. Star, wearing a pair of tight blue jeans and a collared Tommy Hilfiger red and white tank top, hurried to answer it. It was Kitty, Jewel, Link, and Rogue. They all looked odd wearing their donated clothes, but nobody mentioned it.
Shanna the maid returned as promised and she led them down the richly furnished hallways to waiting room. "The doctor will call you in one at a time." She informed them, then she left.
A steward led the boys in a few minutes later. The boys clothes looked like they fit all right because they wore them baggy anyways.
The doctor came out of the hospital room and looked them over. "Which of you is the oldest?" He demanded. He was a tall, thin, fit man in his late forties. His hair was dark and speckled with gray, and he wore glasses on his long, crooked nose.
X-ray looked at them all, then resolutely stood up. "I am, sir." He replied.
"All right son, come with me." The doctor led X-ray away from the others and into the room. "Have a seat." X-ray obediently sat down on the cold metal table. "What's your name, son?" The doctor used his stethoscope and began to listen to X-ray's heartbeat.
"X-ray." X-ray replied immediately. The doctor arched a gray eyebrow in surprise. X-ray blushed. "My real name's Rex. We all have nicknames, and nobody's called me my real name in years."
"How old are you Rex?" The doctor asked, moving the cold stethoscope around X-ray's muscular chest.
"I'm nineteen. I'll be twenty on the first of September." X-ray explained.
"Thinking about settling down?" The doctor asked conversationally, looking in his patient's ears and nose.
X-ray blushed. It was kind of a personal question. "Uh, yeah, actually, I am." He nodded.
"That's good, that's good." The doctor said absently. "All right, come over here and let me weigh you and measure you and then you'll be done."
After X-ray came out, Squid, ZigZag, and Kitty went in. Then the doctor came out and said, "Next." Star got up and walked back there.
"Have a seat, dear." The doctor said kindly. "What's your name?"
"St-I mean…Serendipity." It took Star a minute to remember her real name, and that made her feel slightly bad after what she and Squid had talked about.
The doctor took his stethoscope and started listening to Star's heartbeat. She'd forgotten how uncomfortable it was to have an old guy reach up your shirt with a cold metal thing. "How old are you Serendipity?"
"Um, I'm nineteen." Star said. "I'll be twenty in December."
"Wonderful, wonderful." The doctor fell silent as he continued with his examinations. Then he stopped. "Step over here for a moment." He said distractedly. "I need to take a couple of x-rays." Star obediently allowed him to take the x-rays.
"What's wrong?" Star asked worriedly as the doctor perused her x-rays.
"Are you married, Serendipity?" The doctor asked, not looking at her but still looking at her x-rays.
"Not by law, but in front of God I am." She replied defiantly. "There really weren't any priests around to marry us when we were stranded on that island."
"This may be a slightly embarrassing question, Miss, but have you been involved in any sexual activities recently?" The doctor asked.
"A couple months ago, yes." Star nodded.
"I'm afraid you're pregnant." The doctor showed her the x-rays. They clearly showed a baby in her uterus.
"I know I'm pregnant." Star nodded like it was no big deal, but she was very excited. "I wanted to get pregnant."
"Oh, I see." The doctor sighed heavily as though it was a sad thing. "I'll have to recommend that you go see a doctor at a hospital as soon as we reach land."
"I'll make a point of doing so." Star promised him blandly.
"All right, you may go." The doctor sighed.
Fidget's turn came last. She bounded in and hopped onto the table without waiting for the doctor to ask her to. "Hi. My name's Fox. That's my real name. I just turned sixteen today."
"Really, well that's special." The doctor said, and he proceeded with his check-up.
After they'd all been released, they went to the dining room for dinner. They sat at a round table and ate their fill of food they hadn't been able to eat in years.
"So, what are we going to tell the police?" Apple demanded once they'd started in on their desserts at the end of dinner.
"We'll tell them the truth." Star said firmly. "We'll tell them that the conditions were so horrible at Greenlake that we ran away, but the Warden and Mr. Sir tried to stop us by using a gun and they accidentally got shot. Then we got kidnapped by pirates. We stole all their loot and ran away. Then we were going to turn ourselves in when our plane crashed and we've been on that island ever since then."
There was a long pause.
"God, it doesn't even sound believable to me, and I KNOW that it really happened!" Magnet exclaimed, dropping his fork onto his plate with a clatter.
"But it's the truth." Star maintained. "We know it's the truth. We've got witnesses, kind of." She knew it was far-fetched but it was their only hope.
Though they were all exhausted, it took them a long time to go to sleep that evening.
I know it's short, but I'm really sorry. Okay, 200 reviews. I'll make it a lot so that by the time you reach the required 200, I should have the next chappy written. Yeah, yeah, I know I say that one a lot sigh I'm really sorry about all this not posting crap. I'll really try to do better about it. Okay, read, review, and love me crosses fingers all righty, shutting up now. Luvs, hugs, & kisses!!
