(A/N – Alright! I feel pretty good about the last chapter. It was good to hear from some reviewers!!! Thanks a bunch! Well, I'll stop gabbin', but you've been warned – after this chapter, it'll get a bit more serious...but only for chapter 19! It's gonna have lots of info in it you'll need for the future, but for now, just enjoy this one!

Riddle-Me-That – Sorry to say you won't hear much on the dinner, but the chapter will bring you a few good laughs! =))

Arsinoe Selene – Raise my self-esteem! lol... If you enjoyed the last one, I hope you'll like this one! =P

°Thanks, reviewers! Have a candy bar! lol...°

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CHAPTER EIGHTEEN: "Rematch!"

It was the greatest night of our lives, and we'll never forget it, especially the band. They saved our skins on numerous accounts that night, and here a just a few examples: Jack and Will got into another 'welp' fight on the tour bus. Jack was about murdered by Will who attempted to throw him out the tour bus window.
At dinner (Eat 'n Park! – yum! -), we saw a more vicious side to Elizabeth. It was worse than when she tried to kill Lindsay over that game of Truth or Dare... Well the waitress kept hitting on Will... believe me... at the end when she brought out the bill, Elizabeth pounced on her.
Those are just two examples. We aren't including the time Jack had the urge to drive the tour bus, or the time Jessica jumped onto stage during the concert. But there were a lot of good things that happened, too... We got autographs, we had an arm wrestling competition (Will won... 'No! Welps can't win!' Jack yelled, thoroughly disappointed in losing.), Jessica played on one of the guitars while Lindsay worked the drums, and the picture...
Fourteen people were in that picture. Five teenagers, three pirates, and the six awesome band members. It was easily our favorite picture from that night, and we had that picture framed, put in lockets, hid in diaries, and all that good stuff... But now that the night was over, it was Monday morning as we rode home in JP's van eating some Burger King breakfast. I looked down at Jack (who's on the floor – no more seats! Haha...), and I kicked him.
"Hey! Hands off my o-j!" I said.
"It's rum! I know it is!" Jack protested.
"You've got problems," Will said from beside me. Jack dropped his French toast stick and glared at him...
"What problem would that be?" Jack asked slowly.
"How about rum obsessions?!" Jessica yelled from the back seat behind us.
"I agree..." Will said.
"A little rum can't hurt..." I said quietly. Jack snapped his fingers and pointed up at me.
"Thank ye', luv!" Jack said. "It's better than Parsley, that's for sure..."
"Hey! Pepsi's good!" Lindsay said from the front.
"Yeah, what do you got against it, Jack?" Elizabeth asked. "It's really quite good..."
"You people make me sick..."Jack said. "Ye're all addled in yer minds..."

"Who you callin' crazy?" Lindsay asked in offense.
"Ahh.... Shut up or I'll string ye' to a gibbit," Jack said. "Hey, Blondie!" Holly, being the only blonde besides Elizabeth, looked up from between Jessica and Elizabeth.
"What? Me?" she asked.
"Aye... how was that weird looking grog?" Jack asked her.
"You mean the smoothie?" Holly asked.
"Yes, yes, the ruby... how was it?" Jack's eyes widened after he realized what he had said. "Ho! Ye' drank a ruby and didn't tell me?!" Jack jumped up and ran to the back of the van. Will and I tried to stop him, but it was a little late... Jack pried Holly's mouth open and peered inside.
"Give me me ruby! I saw it first!" Jack yelled.
"Help!" Holly tried to say. Jack's hand dived into her mouth, and she kinda couldn't breathe...I'm sorry, but this was hilarious...
"I want that ruby!" Jack said again. Lindsay had jumped into the back to catch some of the action as well. Holly was now looking quite pale, however... She managed, though... Jack let out a moan, pulled his hand out of her mouth, and waddled back over to his spot on the floor.
"Mints! Hurry, before I die!" Holly yelled. She quickly searched for some mints in her purse, and Jack sat down. After Holly was done coughing, she talked.
"Take...-cough-...that..." Holly said with an attempted smile. Jack's expression drooped.
"God have mercy on yer husband," Jack said. Holly smirked, and We came to her defense.
"Well, you had your arm in her throat!" Lindsay said quickly. Holly made a sound of thorough disgust, and then, Elizabeth helped us out.
"She couldn't breathe.... What did you want her to do?" Elizabeth said.
"Hit another body part!" Jack said immediately. "And I wanted that ruby! It's important!" We rolled our eyes and looked at Jack.
"It was a smoo-thie," Lindsay said. "Not a ru-by." She leaned away, and Jack realized his error. He shrugged.
"Oh, well! How about a chantey?" Jack asked us, sitting up more. "OOOooo.... Ninety-nine bottles of rum on me ship, ninety-nine bottles of rum! Ye' take one down, pass it around – "
"Shut up!" Elizabeth said after shoving some of her sandwich in Jack's mouth. "You're giving me a headache!"

-- My House --

It was tied... neck and neck, they were. Holly and Will were racing on a quad game on our PlayStation 2. Holly was winning at one point, Will had made a terrific comeback, and I'm sick of commentating, so just read...
"C'mon, Will! Take the lead!" Jessica coached him.
"Aye, Will. Don't be a welp, mate!" Jack said. JP was also on Will's side, While Elizabeth, Lindsay, and I help Holly out. It was getting good... the finish line was only around two more bends. They were still tied, and why am I commentating again?!
"Loser buys lunch!" I said to Jack.
"Hope ye' got a chest o' doubloons, because I'll be eatin' me fill," Jack responded. "And let's not forget rum!" Suddenly, Holly jumped up screaming 'I won! I won!'
"Well, Jack?" Lindsay said. "What's for lunch?" We smiled, and Jack sneered.
"Rematch!" Jack said loudly. "Me against the big-mouthed rum hater!" We all looked at Jessica, and she tapped Jack on the shoulder.
"But I'm on your side!" she said. Jack waved her off and looked at us.
"Ye'...me bucko..." Jack said, beckoning me towards him. I approached him, and he handed me the black controller. "Loser buys rum and get thrown in the brig for the night."
"Deal," I said happily, shaking his hand. We sat down and began the race, and I'm not saying another word because I'll end up commentating again...

-- 6 PM --

Well, it's been about seven hours since I won the race (- huge grin -). Jack got pissed and held Jessica hostage in my sister's bedroom. She was freed and hour ago when Jessica pretended to hit on Jack. It was funny hearing it... haha...
Anyhoo, now we're in the living room playing Slap (my favorite card game!). Jack had won most of the rounds, and he and Will said that the crew of the Black Pearl would learn it as soon as they got back. This brought up and interesting topic for Holly and JP...
"How did you get here?" Holly asked. "I mean this is almost impossible."
"How is it almost impossible?" I asked.
"Well, they're here."
"And..." JP said.
"That's it." Holly said. "How did you get here?" The pirates exchanged looks.
"Can't tell ye', luv," Jack said, dealing us more cards. "Too risky."
"Why not?" JP asked. "We're cool with it."
"Sorry..." Jack said again.
"Tell us!" Jessica said, standing up. "Tell us! Tell us! TELL US!!! GRR!!!" Jack leaned toward me with an unsure look at Jessica.
"Ye' sure about her?" Jack whispered to me.
"Not all the time," I said, smiling.
"Anyone else here hungry?" JP asked. "I could go for some Mexican."
"Well, all the Mexican you can get around here is tacos," Lindsay said. "Unless you count those nasty chicken quesadillas they serve us at school."
"Haha... I'm so glad there's better food at the high school," Holly said.
"So, let's raid the kitchen for taco stuffs," I said.
"You mean it?" Will said.
"Well, yeah..." Before I got even that much out, Jack, Will, and Elizabeth were in the kitchen terrorizing it. The common clashes of pots could be heard, and we began to think this is just something that happened to you after being out at sea for too long. We ran into the kitchen, and Jessica whipped a pan out of Elizabeth's hand and cracked Jack in the head with it. They stopped dead in their tracks.
"What was that all about?" Jack asked, rubbing his head.
"Go in the living room and sit!" Lindsay yelled.
"Luv-"
"Now!" Jessica screamed.
"No!" Jack said. "I'm in charge of this threshold!" We widened our eyes, and I approached Jack.
"Jack, you know I'd agree with you, right?" I asked.
"Aye... then why aren't ye'?"
"Well, you see, Jack, there's one little problem with you being in charge..."
"What?"
"It's MY HOUSE!" I bellowed.
"Ear..." Jack said, shaking his head and hold his ear I had just blew the ear drum apart in.
"Besides!" I began. "You lost the bet. You need to go to the store, pick me up a bottle of rum, come back, watch me drink it, and sleep in the brig!"
"Don't ye' threaten me like that!" Jack said, drawing his sword.
"She isn't!" Holly butted in. "She won the race!"
"And the five rematches!" Jessica chimed in. Jack shot Jessica a look, and pointed his sword at her as he turned to go.
"We're dueling when I get back," he said quietly. He turned to leave the kitchen, and he instructed that Will, Holly, and JP go with him ("Hey! Don't touch my boyfriend!" Lindsay yelled after Holly.). He about walked out the door, when I caught up with him.
"Hey! You need loot!" I said, waving the money in the air. Jack snatched the money from me, obviously in a bad mood. "
"Make it a good year," I said with a smile. Jack rolled his eyes and slammed the door behind him. Touchy, touchy...

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-- Well, sorry that took a while to post. School's been hectic, and I'm trying to type as much as I can on any free minute I get. It may take a while for the post to come up now that summer's coming, but I promise your maximum wait would be a week. It's getting really busy here, and I feel bad that I can't put the story first all the time. In saying this, I hope you reviewers will bear with me and continue to read the story, and if you see no posts from me, take a look at my friend's story 'WHOA! Where Are We?' by LiTtLE TuRnEr. It's a parody, and you will laugh. It's short and stupid, but better than mine. Check it out! Make her happy! Cya in the next update (which will hopefully be soon)! --