Chapter 5: PARTY!
Oh, no!" Celeste sighed as she and Angelina stepped onto the deck of the Black Pearl. "I don't have anyone to go to the party with! I've got to find someone! I've got to!"
"Uh, oh... I jus' thought o' somethin'..." Angelina hesitated. "I don't 'ave a costume. Much less... any other clothes at all..."
"Well, you can borrow some of mine." Celeste assured calmly. "Come on, let's get ready." Just then, Jack came up on deck. "...Captain." she greeted coldly.
"I, erm--"
"Save it, I'm busy." she interrupted. She pulled Angelina past Jack, down the stairs, and into her room where they picked out dresses and all to wear to the party.
A little while later, Celeste go an idea into her scheming head.
"Angelina, stay here." she told her. "I'll be back in a minute." Celeste then went up on deck. Upon spotting Jack, who was standing at the side of the ship, looking at the sunset, she went and leaned on the railing next to him.
"Good evening, Captain." she greeted bitterly.
"Evenin', love." he greeted uneasily. "I, er, I wanted to say that I'm sorry for the, er, things I said earlier."
"No you're not." she replied. "You're just saying that to shut me up."
"That's not true, darling." he assured. "I am sorry. It's just... I am the captain an' all. I'm used to superiority..."
"Well, get un-used to it." Celeste commanded. "We are equal. I proved that to you. Get that straight."
"Okay, alright." Jack surrendered. "I'm sorry! You will forgive me, won't you?" Celeste stood for a moment in thought; she had a plan.
"Do you really want my forgiveness?" she asked.
"Aye, I do."
"Well, then, do me three favors." Celeste stated.
"This is always 'ow it ends..." Jack sighed. "Well, what are they?"
"One: you let Angelina come with us. Two: you treat me as your equal. And three..." she started, almost reluctantly, "you escort me the masquerade party at Lieutenant Williams's manor tonight."
Jack thought for a moment, his brow furrowed. He shrugged. "Sure. Done, done, done. Whatever I 'ave to do jus' so I don' invoke your bloody frightenin' anger."
"Knew you'd see it my way." Celeste said, resolute. 'Just as I thought.' Celeste thought. 'I can wrap you around my finger. All too easily.' she laughed to herself. 'Not to mention a fairly low-cut dress and a shipload of guilt that helped me along the way. This is just too easy.' she laughed to herself again. She cleared her throat.
"We should be getting ready for the party." she stated. "We should leave in about... an hour and a half (fashionably late, you know)." Jack nodded. They walked
down the stairs and came to Celeste's room. "Oh, and, Jack... Try to make yourself look a little more... presentable." she turned and went into her room and shut the door, laughing. Jack headed down the hall to his room grumbling.
* * *
A little while later, they all came out of their rooms and met up on deck. Celeste and Angelina wore pretty, feathery dresses that looked rather expensive. Celeste's was red and Angelina's was white. They had matching feathery masks on sticks that they held up. They both had their hair tied up; Angelina's in a bun, Celeste's the same, but with some strands of hair randomly hanging down. Jack seemed to be clad in his normal garb.
"Jack!" Celeste exclaimed. "This is a masquerade party! Where's your costume? You wear that every day!" she told him, with a slight wince at the fact that it seemed he did indeed wear that every day.
"Well, this is me costume." Jack explained. "I'm a pirate pretendin' to be a citizen pretendin' to be a pirate, aren' I? So this fit's the occasion. Interchangeable, o' course."
"Aha..." Celeste said. "Well then, shall we go?"
"Aye." Jack agreed. He held out his arm for Celeste. She grabbed onto it and they made their way to the gangplank. As they did so, Celeste noticed something different about Jack. What was it? She looked him over to try and notice what the change was. He glanced down at her through the corner of his eye, no doubt wondering what on Earth she was doing. She then realized it and returned her careful gaze to her feet as they descended the gangplank. She smiled, half amused, half flattered.
"Wow, Jack." she said to him. "Hygiene. I'm impressed." Jack scoffed at her. "You're a revolutionary pirate, you know. A real rebel." she held back her urge to laugh at his slight offense and continued to walk, now on the docks. Angelina walked behind them. Honestly, Jack didn't smell as unwashed and rum-full as before. His hair was basically a lost cause, but nothing at any time had ever lived in it like most pirates. Amazing. It wasn't filthy, in fact, it was nearly clean. It didn't look too clean, but apparently it was!
Soon, they had found a guard to ask directions from and he directed them to a large road that would lead them to Lieutenant Williams's manor.
They entered the yard and beheld the large, four story mansion.
"Wow, how rich is this guy?" Celeste asked, eyeing the mansion as well as the fully landscaped yard. Jack smiled mischievously. "Now, Jack don't you dare steal anything! We are guests here."
"Oh, come on, love. Takin' me in there's like takin' kid in a candy store."
"Jack, please!" Celeste pleaded. "I need to make a good impression. This man is high in the social chain. Please behave yourself!" she threateningly tightened her grip on his arm.
"I'll do me best, darling." Jack assured falsely. Celeste sighed and they all walked through the large white doors. A man wearing a white curly wig met them inside.
"Your names?" he asked them. They paused. "I must announce your arrival."
They were standing at the top of a tall, white, marble staircase with a red carpet that led to the bottom of it, to the dance floor.
"Jack." Jack said. "Jack--"
"Don't use your real name!" Celeste whispered casually.
"Oh, O-O..." he glanced around and spotted a nearby lamp. "O... Lantern..." Celeste and Angelina smothered their desire to laugh hysterically. The man looked at Celeste.
"Celeste..." she hesitated. She fidgeted and then blurted out: "Celeste Nichols-Esteroy-Gillison-Callister-Onical... the third..." she trailed off and smiled awkwardly. The man raised an eyebrow and looked at Angelina.
"Angelina..." she glanced down at the food tables by the dance floor, "Caviar!" she suddenly felt very hungry. 'Mmm... caviar...' she thought.
The man rang a little bell and got the large group of people at the bottom of the stairs' attention.
"Entering now is Mr. Jack O' Lantern, Miss Celeste..." he hesitated, "Miss Angelina Caviar." They hurried down the stairs, Celeste still on Jack's arm, and people started dancing again. Suddenly, Lieutenant Williams rushed over to greet them, one of them, anyway.
"Ah, miss... what was it?" he asked Angelina.
"Caviar. Angelina Caviar." she responded. Celeste held back laughter.
"Yes, Miss Caviar, come. I'd like to introduce you to some people." he took her hand (hardly giving Celeste and Jack a sideways glance) and started to lead her off. Angelina looked back at Celeste and gave her a desperate 'don't leave me' look, but Celeste just gave her a thumbs up and went with Jack to the refreshment table.
"Celeste?!" a girl's voice behind them exclaimed. Celeste let go of Jack's arm and turned around.
"Audra?!" Celeste squeaked. "You still live here?"
"Yes! What are you doing here?" Audra squealed. They hugged.
"I'm going to go after the bounty on Bartholomeu Santara." Celeste whispered.
"An' again I say, secrecy is you business, darling." Jack mumbled.
"Wow!" Audra exclaimed, impressed.
"I heard he'd passed by here lately." Celeste told Audra quietly.
"Aye, that he did." Audra replied. "Didn't come into town though, luckily. Just sailed on by. In a hurry, I'd suppose."
"Aha! I knew it!" Celeste quietly exclaimed. "Where was he headed? Do you know?"
"No." Audra replied. "Ask someone who sails a lot. Or a guard or something. Maybe Lieutenant Williams."
"Aye. Perhaps." Celeste sighed. "Anyway, I'm getting help from this man here." she gestured to Jack. "He's -- get this -- Jack Sparrow!" she whispered.
"Captain." Jack quietly corrected.
"What?!" Audra cried.
"Shh!" Celeste hushed. "Jack," she addressed, her voice returning to normal level. "This is my best friend ever! Audra Giles! Audra, Jack. Jack, Audra."
"Pleasure to meet you!" Audra said happily. She then leaned over and whispered to him: "I've always thought pirates are sooo interesting and exiting!" Celeste snickered slightly. "Especially the stories I've heard about you, Captain." Celeste scowled at Audra's words. Jealously? Why...?
"Thank you." Jack said to her, a little taken aback. "Pleasure to meet you as well, darling." he kissed Audra's hand. Celeste scowled again, fully disgusted and jealous.
'Wh-what am I getting so worked up over?' Celeste thought. 'Snap out of it! He's a scoundrel!' she straightened up.
"Oh, Jack!" Celeste exclaimed, then lowered her voice. "You know who would make a wonderful addition to our crew?"
"Oh, n--"
"With your permission, Captain." Celeste interrupted him. She took his arm again. "Please!" she looked up at him with big sad eyes. He opened his mouth to speak, but she cut him off. "Please, please!" she leaned up against him. "She can help us a lot! She's really smart! And she's rich! Please, please, pleeeeeease!"
Jack sighed. "Alright..."
"Yay!" Celeste cried, and then lowered her voice again. "Audra, how would you like to travel with us? Bounty. Treasure. Fun! Piracy..."
"Wow!" Audra cried, slightly shocked. "It's sudden, but... sure! Adventure! This'll be great! It's so boring here!"
"Do you think you can get permission to come?" Celeste asked.
"I'm an adult! I don't need to ask Daddy for permission!" Audra said. She paused for a moment. "Okay, so I do. But I'll be able to come! I'll just say I'm going on a very educational journey."
"Great!" Celeste said. "Have you seen that big black ship out there? The one with black sails docked in the port?"
"Yes."
"Good. That's where we are. Come there on Friday, okay?"
"I will!" Audra confirmed.
"Okay, Jack, why don't you just mingle? Audra and I have tons to catch up on." Celeste told him.
"Sure, darling." he took a plate from the table and started picking up food. Celeste and Audra walked off, talking.
Jack picked up a fork and knife and examined them. He looked over and saw a man wearing a brown wig across from him.
"Excuse me." Jack said to the man.
"Yes?" the man answered.
"Is this pure silver?" Jack asked.
"Oh, yes, some of the finest in Rosalia." the man replied.
"Ah, yes, I figured so." Jack added. "I 'ave some jus' like it at 'ome." he lied. He casually dropped the knife and fork on the floor. "Whoops." The man walked off. Jack bent down and retrieved the silverware, but instead of returning them to the table, he stuffed them in his pocket, still leaning over.
"So..." Audra started. "Jack. What's going on there?"
"Nothing! Nothing at all!" Celeste replied defensively. "He's a pirate and a despicable man!"
"So... he's free, then?" Audra asked.
"Er, yes. I don't really care." Celeste falsely dismissed, waving an uncaring hand around.
"Good." Audra returned. "He is rather charming, don't you think? Very good- looking."
"I-I don't know." Celeste blew off indifferently.
"Mmm... I think he's gorgeous." Audra purred. "What a trip this'll be! Real educational!" Celeste snickered. She took a deep breath and shook herself back to reality, reassuring herself that Jack is a rascal, a scoundrel, a villain, a knave! A devil, a black sheep, a really bad egg!
"Is it just me, or is this music really boring?" Celeste asked. Slow minuet music played in the background.
"Oh, no. I think it's boring too. Everyone our age here does." Audra replied. "This corrupted young generation."
"Hmm..." Celeste got an idea. The song ended and the band took a break. Celeste walked over to the conductor, Audra followed. "Hey, I'll give you ten shillings to speed up the next song a couple of tempos." The conductor watched her pull ten shillings out of her purse. "Deal?"
"Deal." the conductor agreed. He took the money and pocketed it. "We start in five minutes."
"Thank you so much, sir." Celeste thanked, and they walked away. "This'll be fun."
"I hope no one gets mad..." Audra said thoughtfully.
"Ah, who cares?" Celeste shook off as they made their way over to Jack who was now pilfering small items.
"Jack! Put those back!" Celeste whispered to him.
"Oh, come on, love. Me an' me crew've gotta eat." he reasoned.
"Put back whatever you've taken!" she quietly commanded. He pulled three small things out of his pocket and put them on the table nonchalantly. "Is that all?"
"Yes." Jack replied.
"Jack..." she scolded as if she were talking to a child who'd taken too many cookies.
"That's all!" he assured. She looked at him skeptically. She began to question him again, but the music began to play.
"Oh, come on, let's dance!" Celeste grabbed Jack's arm and pulled him out onto the dance floor. People started to flock onto the dance floor as well. The music started off slow. They bowed to each other, as was custom, and got into dancing position. The music then started to speed up. Everyone but Celeste and Jack were confused and stepped back off the dance floor and just stood and watched.
Celeste and Jack danced faster with the music. Both surprised that the other could keep up. They stepped left then right then left a few times and then spun around several times. They repeated that numerous times, and then they danced down the floor, spinning
the whole way. He spun her and then returned to the original position. Audra watched them, amazed that they didn't get dizzy and fall over.
"You're not a bad dancer, Jack." Celeste told him as they continued dancing.
"I know." he replied. "It's all part o' me irresistible charm." he stated half jokingly. "You're not so bad yourself."
"Oh, I know." they kept dancing quickly. I suppose the quick footing that is needed to swordfight helps with the quick footing that is needed to dance! The crowd just watched half amazed, half saying, 'shame on you.' They danced back up the floor, spinning still. He dipped her and the song ended.
The next thing Jack and Celeste knew, they were being thrown out of the mansion.
"Why did we get thrown out again?" Jack asked her.
"Dancing too quickly." she replied in a mocking voice. "They think it's inappropriate. Come on! Live-in-the-now!" she yelled at the shut front door, stomping her foot. "Ugh!"
Just then, Angelina emerged from the mansion, rushing out.
"Hi." she greeted awkwardly.
"Yeah, hi." Celeste greeted bitterly, frustrated.
"I saw ya guys dancin'. Bloody brilliant! Too bad they didn't agree..." Angelina said.
"Oh, yeah, you know who I saw?" Celeste asked Angelina. "Audra!"
"Really?" Angelina asked. "I 'aven't seen 'er in a fortnigh'! Different sides o' society, ya know."
Celeste told Angelina about how Audra was going to travel with them.
"That sounds fun!" Angelina said.
"Stupid party." Celeste sulked and stomped off. Angelina and Jack followed her back to the Pearl.
That chapter was just fun for me to write! I know it strays from the story a little (except picking up a new character), but it was just too fun for me to leave out! Anyway, please review! Oh, yeah, by the way, this is the first fanfic I've ever really written!
Oh, no!" Celeste sighed as she and Angelina stepped onto the deck of the Black Pearl. "I don't have anyone to go to the party with! I've got to find someone! I've got to!"
"Uh, oh... I jus' thought o' somethin'..." Angelina hesitated. "I don't 'ave a costume. Much less... any other clothes at all..."
"Well, you can borrow some of mine." Celeste assured calmly. "Come on, let's get ready." Just then, Jack came up on deck. "...Captain." she greeted coldly.
"I, erm--"
"Save it, I'm busy." she interrupted. She pulled Angelina past Jack, down the stairs, and into her room where they picked out dresses and all to wear to the party.
A little while later, Celeste go an idea into her scheming head.
"Angelina, stay here." she told her. "I'll be back in a minute." Celeste then went up on deck. Upon spotting Jack, who was standing at the side of the ship, looking at the sunset, she went and leaned on the railing next to him.
"Good evening, Captain." she greeted bitterly.
"Evenin', love." he greeted uneasily. "I, er, I wanted to say that I'm sorry for the, er, things I said earlier."
"No you're not." she replied. "You're just saying that to shut me up."
"That's not true, darling." he assured. "I am sorry. It's just... I am the captain an' all. I'm used to superiority..."
"Well, get un-used to it." Celeste commanded. "We are equal. I proved that to you. Get that straight."
"Okay, alright." Jack surrendered. "I'm sorry! You will forgive me, won't you?" Celeste stood for a moment in thought; she had a plan.
"Do you really want my forgiveness?" she asked.
"Aye, I do."
"Well, then, do me three favors." Celeste stated.
"This is always 'ow it ends..." Jack sighed. "Well, what are they?"
"One: you let Angelina come with us. Two: you treat me as your equal. And three..." she started, almost reluctantly, "you escort me the masquerade party at Lieutenant Williams's manor tonight."
Jack thought for a moment, his brow furrowed. He shrugged. "Sure. Done, done, done. Whatever I 'ave to do jus' so I don' invoke your bloody frightenin' anger."
"Knew you'd see it my way." Celeste said, resolute. 'Just as I thought.' Celeste thought. 'I can wrap you around my finger. All too easily.' she laughed to herself. 'Not to mention a fairly low-cut dress and a shipload of guilt that helped me along the way. This is just too easy.' she laughed to herself again. She cleared her throat.
"We should be getting ready for the party." she stated. "We should leave in about... an hour and a half (fashionably late, you know)." Jack nodded. They walked
down the stairs and came to Celeste's room. "Oh, and, Jack... Try to make yourself look a little more... presentable." she turned and went into her room and shut the door, laughing. Jack headed down the hall to his room grumbling.
* * *
A little while later, they all came out of their rooms and met up on deck. Celeste and Angelina wore pretty, feathery dresses that looked rather expensive. Celeste's was red and Angelina's was white. They had matching feathery masks on sticks that they held up. They both had their hair tied up; Angelina's in a bun, Celeste's the same, but with some strands of hair randomly hanging down. Jack seemed to be clad in his normal garb.
"Jack!" Celeste exclaimed. "This is a masquerade party! Where's your costume? You wear that every day!" she told him, with a slight wince at the fact that it seemed he did indeed wear that every day.
"Well, this is me costume." Jack explained. "I'm a pirate pretendin' to be a citizen pretendin' to be a pirate, aren' I? So this fit's the occasion. Interchangeable, o' course."
"Aha..." Celeste said. "Well then, shall we go?"
"Aye." Jack agreed. He held out his arm for Celeste. She grabbed onto it and they made their way to the gangplank. As they did so, Celeste noticed something different about Jack. What was it? She looked him over to try and notice what the change was. He glanced down at her through the corner of his eye, no doubt wondering what on Earth she was doing. She then realized it and returned her careful gaze to her feet as they descended the gangplank. She smiled, half amused, half flattered.
"Wow, Jack." she said to him. "Hygiene. I'm impressed." Jack scoffed at her. "You're a revolutionary pirate, you know. A real rebel." she held back her urge to laugh at his slight offense and continued to walk, now on the docks. Angelina walked behind them. Honestly, Jack didn't smell as unwashed and rum-full as before. His hair was basically a lost cause, but nothing at any time had ever lived in it like most pirates. Amazing. It wasn't filthy, in fact, it was nearly clean. It didn't look too clean, but apparently it was!
Soon, they had found a guard to ask directions from and he directed them to a large road that would lead them to Lieutenant Williams's manor.
They entered the yard and beheld the large, four story mansion.
"Wow, how rich is this guy?" Celeste asked, eyeing the mansion as well as the fully landscaped yard. Jack smiled mischievously. "Now, Jack don't you dare steal anything! We are guests here."
"Oh, come on, love. Takin' me in there's like takin' kid in a candy store."
"Jack, please!" Celeste pleaded. "I need to make a good impression. This man is high in the social chain. Please behave yourself!" she threateningly tightened her grip on his arm.
"I'll do me best, darling." Jack assured falsely. Celeste sighed and they all walked through the large white doors. A man wearing a white curly wig met them inside.
"Your names?" he asked them. They paused. "I must announce your arrival."
They were standing at the top of a tall, white, marble staircase with a red carpet that led to the bottom of it, to the dance floor.
"Jack." Jack said. "Jack--"
"Don't use your real name!" Celeste whispered casually.
"Oh, O-O..." he glanced around and spotted a nearby lamp. "O... Lantern..." Celeste and Angelina smothered their desire to laugh hysterically. The man looked at Celeste.
"Celeste..." she hesitated. She fidgeted and then blurted out: "Celeste Nichols-Esteroy-Gillison-Callister-Onical... the third..." she trailed off and smiled awkwardly. The man raised an eyebrow and looked at Angelina.
"Angelina..." she glanced down at the food tables by the dance floor, "Caviar!" she suddenly felt very hungry. 'Mmm... caviar...' she thought.
The man rang a little bell and got the large group of people at the bottom of the stairs' attention.
"Entering now is Mr. Jack O' Lantern, Miss Celeste..." he hesitated, "Miss Angelina Caviar." They hurried down the stairs, Celeste still on Jack's arm, and people started dancing again. Suddenly, Lieutenant Williams rushed over to greet them, one of them, anyway.
"Ah, miss... what was it?" he asked Angelina.
"Caviar. Angelina Caviar." she responded. Celeste held back laughter.
"Yes, Miss Caviar, come. I'd like to introduce you to some people." he took her hand (hardly giving Celeste and Jack a sideways glance) and started to lead her off. Angelina looked back at Celeste and gave her a desperate 'don't leave me' look, but Celeste just gave her a thumbs up and went with Jack to the refreshment table.
"Celeste?!" a girl's voice behind them exclaimed. Celeste let go of Jack's arm and turned around.
"Audra?!" Celeste squeaked. "You still live here?"
"Yes! What are you doing here?" Audra squealed. They hugged.
"I'm going to go after the bounty on Bartholomeu Santara." Celeste whispered.
"An' again I say, secrecy is you business, darling." Jack mumbled.
"Wow!" Audra exclaimed, impressed.
"I heard he'd passed by here lately." Celeste told Audra quietly.
"Aye, that he did." Audra replied. "Didn't come into town though, luckily. Just sailed on by. In a hurry, I'd suppose."
"Aha! I knew it!" Celeste quietly exclaimed. "Where was he headed? Do you know?"
"No." Audra replied. "Ask someone who sails a lot. Or a guard or something. Maybe Lieutenant Williams."
"Aye. Perhaps." Celeste sighed. "Anyway, I'm getting help from this man here." she gestured to Jack. "He's -- get this -- Jack Sparrow!" she whispered.
"Captain." Jack quietly corrected.
"What?!" Audra cried.
"Shh!" Celeste hushed. "Jack," she addressed, her voice returning to normal level. "This is my best friend ever! Audra Giles! Audra, Jack. Jack, Audra."
"Pleasure to meet you!" Audra said happily. She then leaned over and whispered to him: "I've always thought pirates are sooo interesting and exiting!" Celeste snickered slightly. "Especially the stories I've heard about you, Captain." Celeste scowled at Audra's words. Jealously? Why...?
"Thank you." Jack said to her, a little taken aback. "Pleasure to meet you as well, darling." he kissed Audra's hand. Celeste scowled again, fully disgusted and jealous.
'Wh-what am I getting so worked up over?' Celeste thought. 'Snap out of it! He's a scoundrel!' she straightened up.
"Oh, Jack!" Celeste exclaimed, then lowered her voice. "You know who would make a wonderful addition to our crew?"
"Oh, n--"
"With your permission, Captain." Celeste interrupted him. She took his arm again. "Please!" she looked up at him with big sad eyes. He opened his mouth to speak, but she cut him off. "Please, please!" she leaned up against him. "She can help us a lot! She's really smart! And she's rich! Please, please, pleeeeeease!"
Jack sighed. "Alright..."
"Yay!" Celeste cried, and then lowered her voice again. "Audra, how would you like to travel with us? Bounty. Treasure. Fun! Piracy..."
"Wow!" Audra cried, slightly shocked. "It's sudden, but... sure! Adventure! This'll be great! It's so boring here!"
"Do you think you can get permission to come?" Celeste asked.
"I'm an adult! I don't need to ask Daddy for permission!" Audra said. She paused for a moment. "Okay, so I do. But I'll be able to come! I'll just say I'm going on a very educational journey."
"Great!" Celeste said. "Have you seen that big black ship out there? The one with black sails docked in the port?"
"Yes."
"Good. That's where we are. Come there on Friday, okay?"
"I will!" Audra confirmed.
"Okay, Jack, why don't you just mingle? Audra and I have tons to catch up on." Celeste told him.
"Sure, darling." he took a plate from the table and started picking up food. Celeste and Audra walked off, talking.
Jack picked up a fork and knife and examined them. He looked over and saw a man wearing a brown wig across from him.
"Excuse me." Jack said to the man.
"Yes?" the man answered.
"Is this pure silver?" Jack asked.
"Oh, yes, some of the finest in Rosalia." the man replied.
"Ah, yes, I figured so." Jack added. "I 'ave some jus' like it at 'ome." he lied. He casually dropped the knife and fork on the floor. "Whoops." The man walked off. Jack bent down and retrieved the silverware, but instead of returning them to the table, he stuffed them in his pocket, still leaning over.
"So..." Audra started. "Jack. What's going on there?"
"Nothing! Nothing at all!" Celeste replied defensively. "He's a pirate and a despicable man!"
"So... he's free, then?" Audra asked.
"Er, yes. I don't really care." Celeste falsely dismissed, waving an uncaring hand around.
"Good." Audra returned. "He is rather charming, don't you think? Very good- looking."
"I-I don't know." Celeste blew off indifferently.
"Mmm... I think he's gorgeous." Audra purred. "What a trip this'll be! Real educational!" Celeste snickered. She took a deep breath and shook herself back to reality, reassuring herself that Jack is a rascal, a scoundrel, a villain, a knave! A devil, a black sheep, a really bad egg!
"Is it just me, or is this music really boring?" Celeste asked. Slow minuet music played in the background.
"Oh, no. I think it's boring too. Everyone our age here does." Audra replied. "This corrupted young generation."
"Hmm..." Celeste got an idea. The song ended and the band took a break. Celeste walked over to the conductor, Audra followed. "Hey, I'll give you ten shillings to speed up the next song a couple of tempos." The conductor watched her pull ten shillings out of her purse. "Deal?"
"Deal." the conductor agreed. He took the money and pocketed it. "We start in five minutes."
"Thank you so much, sir." Celeste thanked, and they walked away. "This'll be fun."
"I hope no one gets mad..." Audra said thoughtfully.
"Ah, who cares?" Celeste shook off as they made their way over to Jack who was now pilfering small items.
"Jack! Put those back!" Celeste whispered to him.
"Oh, come on, love. Me an' me crew've gotta eat." he reasoned.
"Put back whatever you've taken!" she quietly commanded. He pulled three small things out of his pocket and put them on the table nonchalantly. "Is that all?"
"Yes." Jack replied.
"Jack..." she scolded as if she were talking to a child who'd taken too many cookies.
"That's all!" he assured. She looked at him skeptically. She began to question him again, but the music began to play.
"Oh, come on, let's dance!" Celeste grabbed Jack's arm and pulled him out onto the dance floor. People started to flock onto the dance floor as well. The music started off slow. They bowed to each other, as was custom, and got into dancing position. The music then started to speed up. Everyone but Celeste and Jack were confused and stepped back off the dance floor and just stood and watched.
Celeste and Jack danced faster with the music. Both surprised that the other could keep up. They stepped left then right then left a few times and then spun around several times. They repeated that numerous times, and then they danced down the floor, spinning
the whole way. He spun her and then returned to the original position. Audra watched them, amazed that they didn't get dizzy and fall over.
"You're not a bad dancer, Jack." Celeste told him as they continued dancing.
"I know." he replied. "It's all part o' me irresistible charm." he stated half jokingly. "You're not so bad yourself."
"Oh, I know." they kept dancing quickly. I suppose the quick footing that is needed to swordfight helps with the quick footing that is needed to dance! The crowd just watched half amazed, half saying, 'shame on you.' They danced back up the floor, spinning still. He dipped her and the song ended.
The next thing Jack and Celeste knew, they were being thrown out of the mansion.
"Why did we get thrown out again?" Jack asked her.
"Dancing too quickly." she replied in a mocking voice. "They think it's inappropriate. Come on! Live-in-the-now!" she yelled at the shut front door, stomping her foot. "Ugh!"
Just then, Angelina emerged from the mansion, rushing out.
"Hi." she greeted awkwardly.
"Yeah, hi." Celeste greeted bitterly, frustrated.
"I saw ya guys dancin'. Bloody brilliant! Too bad they didn't agree..." Angelina said.
"Oh, yeah, you know who I saw?" Celeste asked Angelina. "Audra!"
"Really?" Angelina asked. "I 'aven't seen 'er in a fortnigh'! Different sides o' society, ya know."
Celeste told Angelina about how Audra was going to travel with them.
"That sounds fun!" Angelina said.
"Stupid party." Celeste sulked and stomped off. Angelina and Jack followed her back to the Pearl.
That chapter was just fun for me to write! I know it strays from the story a little (except picking up a new character), but it was just too fun for me to leave out! Anyway, please review! Oh, yeah, by the way, this is the first fanfic I've ever really written!