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CHAPTER TWENTY-FIVE: "Uh oh?"
Well, I didn't really care about anything due to the fact that I was sleeping. But thanks to a giant explosion (on television...), I shot up looking around the best I could (hey, do you see good when you jump out of your sleep? lol). I fumbled with the television clicker remote thing and turned off the TV. After that, I threw it to the floor and rested my head back on my temporary pillow – Jack's shoulder.
Would've fallen asleep, but a few motorcycles zoomed by practically shaking the house... It was dark and sort of late, and I was tired... I looked across the room. On the couch was a sleeping Will with Lindsay and Elizabeth on either side of him sleeping as well. I looked up above me and saw Jack asleep along with Jessica on his other side. I smiled back up at Jack, but then frowned... fun and games were almost over...or maybe not?
I jumped up and ran into the kitchen to see the clock on the stove... or microwave...let's go with the microwave...I like it better. It was a quarter past ten. Ok, so forty-five minutes and no more ruby. I ran into the living room (after half killing myself by slipping on the rug) and saw Elizabeth and Jessica sitting up.
"What time is it?" Jessica asked.
"They've got forty-five minutes," I said.
"Oh crap!" Jessica screamed. She grabbed the pillow she was laying on and started biffing Jack in the head with it. This girl really needs to stop with the sugar... "Get up! Hurry!"
PUMF
"Jessica, calm down," I said. "You don't gotta kill him." Jack sat up clutching his head. Elizabeth walked over, and Will and Lindsay were now just waking up.
"Why is the rum gone?" Jack muttered sleepily.
"What rum?" I asked.
"Me rum from the island..." Jack continued on.
"You're not on the island," Elizabeth said.
"Yo ho, yo ho, really bad eggs for me... rum..." Jack murmured. He was still muttering weird crap as Lindsay and Will came over. We watched him for a minute longer, and then Lindsay hit him with our computer manual.
"Wake up, Dopey," Lindsay said. Jack snapped up staring forward.
"Wouldn't that be Sleepy?" I asked.
"I want rum," Jack said.
"There's no rum, now get up," Will said.
"I want rum," Jack said again.
"You always want rum!" Jessica said. "You're obsessed!"
"Don't even get into that again!" Lindsay said.
"Jack! This isn't Burger King! You can't always have it your way!" I said. "Now up!" We helped him to his feet, and he finally straightened up.
"Where we going? Battle?" Jack asked.
"No, battle's over, you won. Time to go home!" Elizabeth said. "You miss the Black Pearl, right?"
"Right! Shove off!" Jack said firmly. He seemed a bit drunk, but he was just tired like the rest of us. At least I don't think he had rum lately...
"So let's take the ruby and go home now," Elizabeth said. "May we have the ruby please, girls?" I sighed and looked over at Jessica and Lindsay. Why did they have to leave? Just when everything was getting good!
"Wait, we want to give you something," Jessica said.
"We do?" I asked.
"Sure, why not?" Jessica said. "Something to remember us by!" So, we made our way down into the basement (Jack, being half asleep and all, almost rolls down the stairs) and into my little room. Jessica and Lindsay went rummaging through their bags and I looked around thinking of something to give them.
"Here," Lindsay said, pulling out some Winterfresh gum. "Notice how it isn't Big Red?" Jack and Jessica smiled at the memory of the car ride as Lindsay handed Elizabeth the gum. "Watch them," she told Elizabeth. "This is not to be given to pirates, although it does help with the bad breath."
"I'm sure they'll take it anyway," Elizabeth said.
"Oh, don't swallow that stuff!" I said.
"Yeah, or give it to chipmunks..." Jessica said.
"Uh...why?" Will said.
"Well, if you swallow it, it takes seven years to digest," Lindsay said. "And if you feed it to a chipmunk, its head'll blow off."
"Really?" Jack asked.
"Yeah..." I said with a smile.
"I could've used this to kill! I should dominate with...with..."
"Gum," Lindsay said. "And here! Have an old shirt!" she said, handing Elizabeth an old T-shirt. "Start a new trend without corsets!"
"Oh, and some jeans," I said, giving her an old pair of mine. "They go great together."
"Thanks," Elizabeth said.
"Wait..." Jessica said. "You guys need toilet paper!" Jessica chucked a roll or two at them and Will caught them shakily.
"Toilet paper?" Will asked.
"Yeah! And if you don't know how to use it, that's your problem..." Jessica said. "Have a mummy wrapping contest! That's always fun..." I saw Jack look over at Will and Elizabeth. They were so lost and confused. Jessica has a way with confusing them greatly; it confuses me even (-head spins-)...
"And have a DVD!!!" Jessica said.
"Hey! I paid twenty bucks for that!" I said. "Besides, they don't have electricity or DVD players!"
"So give them yours!" Jessica said, tugging mine off of the bookcase.
"Jessica!" Lindsay said. "They – don't – have – electricity! Get ears!"
"I have ears...oh! Have earrings! Pirates need earrings!" Jessica said.
"Stop!" I said. "Jessica, if you wanna help and be hyper at the same time, go upstairs and bring me the red folder on the computer desk."
"Aye!" Jack said drunkenly. "Savvy?!"
"Aye, aye, mon capitain!" Jessica said, saluting him. She ran out of my room, and Jack ruffled his brow.
"That was French, right?" he asked.
"Yes..." Lindsay said.
"No wonder the lass is going bonkers..." Jack said. I looked over at him. I'd love to know where he picks up all these words...bonkers, schizophrenic... Little Mermaid theme song (-glares at Lindsay and Jessica-)...
"I speak French!" Lindsay said. "J'adore le fromage!"
"I know what that means!" Jack said.
"Really?" Elizabeth asked.
"No..." Jack said. "But I'm a pirate! I don't have to know it if I don't want to!" Boy, this guy knows how to live a life...
"Amen," Lindsay said. "And it means I love cheese." "I like chesse... very delicious," Jack said.
"We know," Lindsay said.
"They should call you Cheddar Jack," I said. Lindsay smiled, and we
went back to hunting for little things to give them. I smiled and looked at my bookcase in the wall. There should be some junk on here they could have... I could start with that old basket filled with candles. I heard Jessica stampeding down the stairs as I emptied the basket.
"Here, let me see the folder," I said as Jessica came flying into the room and slammed into my bed headfirst. I looked through it with Lindsay until I found a few things they might like.
"These are the words to your pirate song!" Lindsay said. They took the paper with interest and looked it over.
"Really bad eggs!" Jack yelled happily.
"Yo ho!" Jessica said, sitting up on my bed. "And here! Have some black hairspray! You'll look so cool!" She threw them the can from her bag and smiled. "Graffiti!"
"Um... how about cheese?" Jack asked.
"We'll get that in a second," I said. I looked through my stuff for some more things to give them. A flashlight, a few perfumes I didn't like, some old jewelry, magazines, my parrot beanie baby (Mr. Cotton's parrot has a friend now!), a bouncy ball, magic eight ball...
"Wow, what is that?" Will said, catching sight of the magic eight ball.
"Um, you ask it a question, shake it, and your answer comes up!" I said, handing him the eight ball. Will dropped all his things and Elizabeth and Jack leaned in to see it.
"Go ahead, ask," Lindsay said.
"What do I ask it?" Will asked.
"Any yes or no question," I said. Will nodded, and spoke his question.
"I'm sorry, but this has been in the back of my mind for a while now," Will said. "Did anything happen between Jack and Elizabeth on the island?" he shook the eight ball with a furious Elizabeth looming over him.
"Signs point to yes," Jack read. Oh boy... Will looked up at Jack who smiled weakly and then gulped. Will jumped at him, but Elizabeth caught him.
"You actually thought I did something with him?!" Elizabeth said.
"Well, I've been to Tortuga with the man..." Will said. "He does have his charms..."
"People!" Lindsay screamed. "It's a little inaccurate fortune teller game. Don't read too much into what it says. It's for fun!"
"Yeah, lighten up, mate," Jack said, patting Will on the back. "It's not like I got that far anyway..."
"WHAT?!" Will yelled.
SMACK
"Shut up, Will!" Elizabeth said, hitting him. "Now, do you trust me or Jack? He's just putting you on... I never went near him."
"Or," Jack said. "You were so drunk you don't remember getting that close to me." I saw Elizabeth sneering... about to pounce on Jack. I don't think Jack knows when to stop.
"You take that back," Elizabeth said dangerously.
"And you take back what you said," Jack said.
"What?" Elizabeth asked.
"That you love Will! Ye said I was the only one...How could you forget?!" Jack said.
"Ok! Stop it now!" I said before Elizabeth would pull a knife on him.
"Not til I get cheese," Jack said. I sighed.
"Give us two minutes," Lindsay said. She and Jessica helped me continue to put the basket together of all these little things. I threw in the eight ball so that would stop that, a few old Mardi Gras beads, a few boxes of Nitro Snappers (hehe... evilness... "Make sure you use these on Gibbs," I said, showing Jack and Will a box.), and few other less important things they could probably dazzle and amaze other people with.
"Ok, this has a lot of junk in it from us," I said, handing Jack the basket. "I'm sure you'll find weird and scary uses for them (yep, I tried to imagine what they'd do with a strand of glow in the dark stars... probably kill someone...)..." They looked through the basket a second, and then we decided to go upstairs and get them some food to take (that would also be a sight to see).
"Let's go," Lindsay said. "Up to the kitchen."
"Is that where we –"
"Yes, you get cheese already!" Jessica said, cutting off Jack. We walked up the stairs and sat in the living room again.
"Maybe you and Will should change back to normal," Lindsay said to Elizabeth. "You can't go back dressed like that."
"I guess," Elizabeth said. Lindsay handed her her dress that she arrived in two weeks before, and Jessica gave Will his clothes.
"Just pick a room and make sure you close the blinds," I said. They went back into the hallway and split off – Elizabeth to my parent's room, Will to my sister's. I frowned. I was never good at this goodbye stuff, and -
"Cheese!" Jack yelled suddenly. I turned around and saw Lindsay handing him a bag of cheese curls. This was gonna be hard to say goodbye, but at least I'd have a chance at eating cheese again in my own house.
"Share the wealth," I said, plunging my hand into the bag of cheese curls. Jack watched me proceed to eat, and Lindsay and Jessica soon started to follow my lead. Jack ripped the bag away.
"Get your own," he said.
"No, get Jack," Lindsay said. I smiled. The three of us slowly grabbed some pillows and advanced. Jack backed away and pulled out his pistol. We stopped and dropped the pillows.
"Yeah, that's what I thought..." Jack said with a smile. He sat the cheese curls on the couch beside him and his gun was again returned to its holster. He walked up towards us (still shaking a bit from the gun pulling thing...lol), and he looked at us.
"What?" Lindsay asked. Jack just continued to look at us. Lindsay looked over at me afraid Jack was getting ideas...
"WHAT??" Jessica bellowed. Jack didn't move, but he raised an eyebrow to her. He's still didn't seem wide awake, but he smiled.
"I've been stuck with ye' how long?" Jack asked us.
"Two weeks on the stroke of eleven," I said.
"Whoa..." Jack said. "I'm amazed I've survived." We smiled and Jack did, too. It is a miracle we all survived two weeks together.
"You gotta go?" Lindsay asked. "We've got three weeks left to do whatever! It'll be boring with you guys gone." Yeah, I was thinking the same... it was too good to last forever, but then again, good things never do last, huh?
"Sorry, luv," Jack said, resting his hand on Lindsay's shoulder. "But ye' know what Gibbs is probably up to. And Elizabeth and Will got a little one coming aboard here soon. But they might settle down in Port Royal and I hope they do. That little one shouldn't be in danger like that. Deserves proper upbringing... after all, its parents are landlubbers." We smiled...
"Well, Will's half and half!" Jessica said.
"Half and half?" Jack questioned confused.
"Yeah! Half sea, half land! He does have pirate blood after all..." Lindsay said. Jack sat down on the couch and we sat around him. I sat on the floor, Jessica sat next to Jack, and Lindsay stood beside me. It was getting hard to believe they'd be gone in less than an hour. It was hard to believe this had ever happened.
"I definitely thought ye' were all loony when I met ye'," Jack said. "But ye've all got good pirate abilities it turns out. Good ways of torture, too..." he said, looking at Lindsay and Jessica.
"Pirate abilities?" I asked.
"Of course!" Jack said. "This loud-mouthed rum hater, while usually against me, proves to be someone who'd threaten ye' into an accord very slyly. Takes aye as her only answer and is a bit too lively. Ye'd scare people into doin' stuff for ye'." Jack said about Jessica. Jessica smiled proudly and stood up.
"Ha ha! I am... err..." Jessica said. "Wait! Give me a cool pirate name!"
"How would I be doin' that?" Jack asked.
"Just make one up!" Lindsay said. "Give us all one!"
"Well, all right..." Jack said. He looked Jessica over. "Loud-mouthed rum hater will be...Mad Mary, savvy?" Jessica jumped up with a satisfied smile.
"I am Mad Mary! The Master of Destruction! Hoi ya!" Jessica said with a lame karate move. Yep, out of the three of us, it was no doubt Jessica was the destructive one.
"Aye...hoi ya..." Jack said, watching Jessica prance around the living room. He looked up at me and Lindsay, but we just smiled.
"And you," Jack said, pointing at Lindsay. She stood in front of Jack, as he looked her over.
"It better not be lame," Lindsay said.
"Let's call ye' Bloody Jane, hmm?" Jack asked Lindsay. Lindsay stood a minute considering (dude, I like that name! What's there to consider?), and she finally extended her hand.
"That's cool...Bloody Jane!" Lindsay said.
"Or we could always call you BJ!" Jessica said. Lindsay smirked and threw a pillow at Jessica (-misses- -hits Will who's coming around the corner with Elizabeth-).
"Oops..." Lindsay said. "Sorry Will. You ok?"
"Well, it could've been worse," Will said.
"Yeah, it could've been Jessica," I said. Jessica elbowed me (ouch...), and she turned to Jack.
"Erica didn't get a name yet! Who is she?" Jessica asked Jack. I sighed... I didn't need no silly pirate name... it's just a stupid thing... it better be a good name...
"I don't want a name," I said.
"Well, tough..." Jack said. "Ye're now known as Black Grace (sweet! That could mean evil beauty...hehehe...)." I smiled as Lindsay looked at me.
"I hate you," she said with a smile. "I'm envious! I like her name!"
"Shut up before I start calling you Olivia," I said. The look on Lindsay's face was priceless. She was so done...I had her.
"That's not funny," Lindsay said.
"Olivia! Olivia! Olivia!" Jessica chanted, jumping around us.
WHAP
"Shut up!" Lindsay said, hitting Jessica (Olivia is what she always hated being called because – WHAP Lindsay! Stop being so touchy feely! It's not that bad! I was gonna be Brittany!).
"Alright! Enough!" Will said. We shut up and looked at the pirates.
"Yes, Mr. Turner?" Jessica asked. We giggled a bit, but we zipped it seeing Jack stroking his pistol... wait? Stroking his pistol? Is it like a cat or something that evil people pet when they're plotting?? This isn't good...
"If you don't mind, we'd like to thank you for everything you've done for us," Elizabeth said.
"You're leaving now? This instant?!" Jessica said. "No, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no..." she laughed. "You still need that box of future food!" She looked over at us glancing frantically over at the kitchen.
"Oh! Yeah!" Lindsay said. "Let's go, Erica." Before I heard her finish the sentence, I was being dragged through the kitchen and into the dining room.
"What is all that about?" I asked. "They gotta go! Only fifteen minutes left!"
"But we don't want them to go!" Lindsay said. "They've made this the best two weeks of my life!"
"Lindsay, the best two weeks of your life will be when we're down in Cancun for spring break in a few years," I said. Well, that was so not true. I wasn't even going to spring break in Cancun...too many weirdoes...although we'd fit in perfect down there, I had to agree... these were the most exciting weeks I've ever had in a summer vacation.
"Well, let's just throw a few things in a box and spend our last few minutes with them having a great time like we did all this time," Jessica said.
"Well said," Lindsay said. "Now, let's hurry!" In no time flat, we were ransacking my kitchen worse than Jack, Will, and Elizabeth had done about five days ago looking for the ruby. We threw in cereal (Lucky charms!), bread, soup, cheese nips, oreos, and all this other good stuff. We carried it into the living room (heaviness!) and dropped it in front of the pirates just five minutes after leaving them.
"Here! Lots of good food to show the crew!" Jessica said. We also put the things we gave them in my room into the box, and they smiled at us.
"Lassies, this is goodbye I'm afraid," Jack said.
"But we don't want you to leave..." I said (no tears, please no tears...).
"We don't want to leave either," Elizabeth said. "But it's where we belong and this is where you belong." Yep, time to face the facts...
"Well, if you're leaving, is there a chance that this goodbye is a prolonged way of saying see you soon?" Lindsay asked. Jack, Will, and Elizabeth exchanged looks.
"Ye can bet ye're loud mouth on it," Jack said to Jessica. The three of us smiled. Ok, time for me to get all logicy on you... While we hoped that we'd always see them again, it seemed quite impossible...I mean, c'mon...even this thing was unbelievable and almost impossible (quoting Holly there...lol). How could this ever happen a second time?
I told them this, but they didn't seem to worry over it too much.
"We'll see you again even if it kills us," Will said.
"No way!" Jessica said. "If you die, I have no idol!"
"Sit down," Jack said to us. We obeyed at the fear of him pulling out his pistol and going trigger-happy on us. We sat on the floor, and they sat with us.
"We have things to give you, too," Will said. "To thank you." I saw Will pull out a shiny metal sun pendant from his belt. He pulled out a knife and carved something into it. Then he placed it around Jessica's neck.
"For me?" Jessica asked excitedly.
"Yeah... Little Turner," Will said.
"I swear ye act just like him," Jack said to Jessica. Lindsay and I leaned in to see the sun pendant with the letters LT carved into them.
"Where did you get the sun?" I asked.
"Remember our little trip to that Wall Art place?" Will said.
"WallyWorld," Lindsay said, correcting him.
"Yes, well, I found it there," Will said.
"And now it's my turn," Jack said, taking something from his hair. We saw him pull out what looked like a large wooden tooth. He took Will's knife and carved in it as well. We watched him fasten it onto a black string, and he gave it to me (freaking out at the moment...). I looked up, sorta speechless... ok, totally speechless.
"Why me? I don't even act like you!" I said. It made no sense...
"Because ye've earned me trust," Jack said. "I'm amazed ye've survived life with these two nuts," Jack said, motioning towards Lindsay and Jessica.
"Hey..." Lindsay said.
"You better watch that hat..." Jessica threatened.
"Those nuts are my best mates!" I said, throwing my arms around Lindsay and Jessica's shoulders.
"No," Jack said. "I love all three of ye', but she just seems to fit me best," Jack said. Ok, I felt thousands of waves of negative karma hitting me from Lindsay and Jessica. I felt sort of guilty... just a bit...
"Lucky..." Lindsay muttered.
"Yeah..." Jessica said.
"Oh, don't worry," Jack, said. He pulled two charms out from his hair and handed one each to Lindsay and Jessica. "A bead to remember me by," Jack said as Lindsay and Jessica smiled hugely. Ok, I felt no guilt anymore...
"And Little Swann," Elizabeth said, taking off her own silver heart locket. She mimicked Will and Jack with the carving thingy and put the necklace on Lindsay. That was a nice locket... I always wanted one... I'm not jealous... not in the least bit...hey, I've got a cool wooden tooth! Who needs a silver locket?
"Thanks," Lindsay said. I actually though this was perfect. Elizabeth and Lindsay were throwing each other glares of death when they first met, and now, everything was great between them.
With that, Jack, Will, and Elizabeth stood, and we jumped up to their sides as well.
"Let's go with them!" Lindsay said.
"I'd love to, but we got a lot of fixing up to do," I said. We all looked around the house. Three weeks and my family would be home again. I hope the roof-fixing dude can get here in that time span... a disappointed smile now loomed on each of our faces. Jack, Will and Elizabeth only smiled, but it was sadly.
"We'll miss you," Will said.
"But... but... now?" Jessica said.
"Only two minutes," Lindsay said, looking at the clock on the computer.
"Well, the ruby?" Elizabeth asked.
"I believe you had it, Mad Mary," Jack said. Jessica smiled and dug her hand into her pocket.
"Uh oh..." Jessica said slowly.
"Uh oh?" I asked. "Uh oh's are not good! There can't be any uh oh!"
"Just foolin'," Jessica said, pulling the ruby out of her pocket. Lindsay and I sighed with relief, and Jessica handed Elizabeth the ruby. Elizabeth stood between Jack and Will and we watched on. I did feel the urge to cry, but I held back as long as I could. Before I could blink, I saw Lindsay jump at them. She beckoned us into the group, and I went, reluctant to see them leave.
"Group hug," Lindsay said.
"I've never done that," Jack said.
"Grab everyone you can and squeeze!" Jessica said. We had a huge group hug (Will can hug... my back is officially broken), and I never wanted to leave. We should go with them... what would that hurt? Well, everything, really... In releasing us, the pirates sat on the box of food we gave them.
"Goodbye," Lindsay said faintly.
"Ditto," I said.
"Same," Jessica added.
"We will see you again," Jack shouted. "That's a promise!"
"Until then, always wear those pendants to remember us," Elizabeth said.
"We want an adventure worth while if you ever see us again!" Lindsay said.
"What are you talking about? Wasn't this enough to be called an adventure?" I asked her.
"Adventures only get better!" Jessica said. "It'll never be enough!" I smiled. These truly were the best friends I could ever have. I knew this, but after everything, there are more memories and laughs.
"Spoken like a true pirate," Jack said. Again with the smiling... "And if we do see ye soon, I'm getting the seahorse and toucan next," Jack said. Yep, more smiles back on the memories of the playground...
"Aye, aye sir," I said, saluting him.
"Oh, and by the way..." Will said. "What ever happened to the play we were supposed to be in?" Haha...ok people, no need to cower at the fear of Jessica's big mouth this time...
"Jonah and the Whale..." Jessica laughed.
"That's the one," Will said.
"It died," Lindsay replied.
"It died?" Elizabeth asked.
"Yep," I said. "Killed over just last night."
"Shame..." Jack said.
"Hey, did you ever take a liking to Pepsi yet?" Elizabeth asked Jack.
"Very funny, Elizabeth," Jack said. And that was the last thing we heard him say. We didn't expect them to just fly off like that, but we were at least happy about one thing – Jack got the squirrel.
"So, now what?" Lindsay asked. Having just lost our three idols, that was rough. Coincidently, I know how to cure that.
"Pizza, anybody?"
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CHAPTER TWENTY-FIVE: "Uh oh?"
Well, I didn't really care about anything due to the fact that I was sleeping. But thanks to a giant explosion (on television...), I shot up looking around the best I could (hey, do you see good when you jump out of your sleep? lol). I fumbled with the television clicker remote thing and turned off the TV. After that, I threw it to the floor and rested my head back on my temporary pillow – Jack's shoulder.
Would've fallen asleep, but a few motorcycles zoomed by practically shaking the house... It was dark and sort of late, and I was tired... I looked across the room. On the couch was a sleeping Will with Lindsay and Elizabeth on either side of him sleeping as well. I looked up above me and saw Jack asleep along with Jessica on his other side. I smiled back up at Jack, but then frowned... fun and games were almost over...or maybe not?
I jumped up and ran into the kitchen to see the clock on the stove... or microwave...let's go with the microwave...I like it better. It was a quarter past ten. Ok, so forty-five minutes and no more ruby. I ran into the living room (after half killing myself by slipping on the rug) and saw Elizabeth and Jessica sitting up.
"What time is it?" Jessica asked.
"They've got forty-five minutes," I said.
"Oh crap!" Jessica screamed. She grabbed the pillow she was laying on and started biffing Jack in the head with it. This girl really needs to stop with the sugar... "Get up! Hurry!"
PUMF
"Jessica, calm down," I said. "You don't gotta kill him." Jack sat up clutching his head. Elizabeth walked over, and Will and Lindsay were now just waking up.
"Why is the rum gone?" Jack muttered sleepily.
"What rum?" I asked.
"Me rum from the island..." Jack continued on.
"You're not on the island," Elizabeth said.
"Yo ho, yo ho, really bad eggs for me... rum..." Jack murmured. He was still muttering weird crap as Lindsay and Will came over. We watched him for a minute longer, and then Lindsay hit him with our computer manual.
"Wake up, Dopey," Lindsay said. Jack snapped up staring forward.
"Wouldn't that be Sleepy?" I asked.
"I want rum," Jack said.
"There's no rum, now get up," Will said.
"I want rum," Jack said again.
"You always want rum!" Jessica said. "You're obsessed!"
"Don't even get into that again!" Lindsay said.
"Jack! This isn't Burger King! You can't always have it your way!" I said. "Now up!" We helped him to his feet, and he finally straightened up.
"Where we going? Battle?" Jack asked.
"No, battle's over, you won. Time to go home!" Elizabeth said. "You miss the Black Pearl, right?"
"Right! Shove off!" Jack said firmly. He seemed a bit drunk, but he was just tired like the rest of us. At least I don't think he had rum lately...
"So let's take the ruby and go home now," Elizabeth said. "May we have the ruby please, girls?" I sighed and looked over at Jessica and Lindsay. Why did they have to leave? Just when everything was getting good!
"Wait, we want to give you something," Jessica said.
"We do?" I asked.
"Sure, why not?" Jessica said. "Something to remember us by!" So, we made our way down into the basement (Jack, being half asleep and all, almost rolls down the stairs) and into my little room. Jessica and Lindsay went rummaging through their bags and I looked around thinking of something to give them.
"Here," Lindsay said, pulling out some Winterfresh gum. "Notice how it isn't Big Red?" Jack and Jessica smiled at the memory of the car ride as Lindsay handed Elizabeth the gum. "Watch them," she told Elizabeth. "This is not to be given to pirates, although it does help with the bad breath."
"I'm sure they'll take it anyway," Elizabeth said.
"Oh, don't swallow that stuff!" I said.
"Yeah, or give it to chipmunks..." Jessica said.
"Uh...why?" Will said.
"Well, if you swallow it, it takes seven years to digest," Lindsay said. "And if you feed it to a chipmunk, its head'll blow off."
"Really?" Jack asked.
"Yeah..." I said with a smile.
"I could've used this to kill! I should dominate with...with..."
"Gum," Lindsay said. "And here! Have an old shirt!" she said, handing Elizabeth an old T-shirt. "Start a new trend without corsets!"
"Oh, and some jeans," I said, giving her an old pair of mine. "They go great together."
"Thanks," Elizabeth said.
"Wait..." Jessica said. "You guys need toilet paper!" Jessica chucked a roll or two at them and Will caught them shakily.
"Toilet paper?" Will asked.
"Yeah! And if you don't know how to use it, that's your problem..." Jessica said. "Have a mummy wrapping contest! That's always fun..." I saw Jack look over at Will and Elizabeth. They were so lost and confused. Jessica has a way with confusing them greatly; it confuses me even (-head spins-)...
"And have a DVD!!!" Jessica said.
"Hey! I paid twenty bucks for that!" I said. "Besides, they don't have electricity or DVD players!"
"So give them yours!" Jessica said, tugging mine off of the bookcase.
"Jessica!" Lindsay said. "They – don't – have – electricity! Get ears!"
"I have ears...oh! Have earrings! Pirates need earrings!" Jessica said.
"Stop!" I said. "Jessica, if you wanna help and be hyper at the same time, go upstairs and bring me the red folder on the computer desk."
"Aye!" Jack said drunkenly. "Savvy?!"
"Aye, aye, mon capitain!" Jessica said, saluting him. She ran out of my room, and Jack ruffled his brow.
"That was French, right?" he asked.
"Yes..." Lindsay said.
"No wonder the lass is going bonkers..." Jack said. I looked over at him. I'd love to know where he picks up all these words...bonkers, schizophrenic... Little Mermaid theme song (-glares at Lindsay and Jessica-)...
"I speak French!" Lindsay said. "J'adore le fromage!"
"I know what that means!" Jack said.
"Really?" Elizabeth asked.
"No..." Jack said. "But I'm a pirate! I don't have to know it if I don't want to!" Boy, this guy knows how to live a life...
"Amen," Lindsay said. "And it means I love cheese." "I like chesse... very delicious," Jack said.
"We know," Lindsay said.
"They should call you Cheddar Jack," I said. Lindsay smiled, and we
went back to hunting for little things to give them. I smiled and looked at my bookcase in the wall. There should be some junk on here they could have... I could start with that old basket filled with candles. I heard Jessica stampeding down the stairs as I emptied the basket.
"Here, let me see the folder," I said as Jessica came flying into the room and slammed into my bed headfirst. I looked through it with Lindsay until I found a few things they might like.
"These are the words to your pirate song!" Lindsay said. They took the paper with interest and looked it over.
"Really bad eggs!" Jack yelled happily.
"Yo ho!" Jessica said, sitting up on my bed. "And here! Have some black hairspray! You'll look so cool!" She threw them the can from her bag and smiled. "Graffiti!"
"Um... how about cheese?" Jack asked.
"We'll get that in a second," I said. I looked through my stuff for some more things to give them. A flashlight, a few perfumes I didn't like, some old jewelry, magazines, my parrot beanie baby (Mr. Cotton's parrot has a friend now!), a bouncy ball, magic eight ball...
"Wow, what is that?" Will said, catching sight of the magic eight ball.
"Um, you ask it a question, shake it, and your answer comes up!" I said, handing him the eight ball. Will dropped all his things and Elizabeth and Jack leaned in to see it.
"Go ahead, ask," Lindsay said.
"What do I ask it?" Will asked.
"Any yes or no question," I said. Will nodded, and spoke his question.
"I'm sorry, but this has been in the back of my mind for a while now," Will said. "Did anything happen between Jack and Elizabeth on the island?" he shook the eight ball with a furious Elizabeth looming over him.
"Signs point to yes," Jack read. Oh boy... Will looked up at Jack who smiled weakly and then gulped. Will jumped at him, but Elizabeth caught him.
"You actually thought I did something with him?!" Elizabeth said.
"Well, I've been to Tortuga with the man..." Will said. "He does have his charms..."
"People!" Lindsay screamed. "It's a little inaccurate fortune teller game. Don't read too much into what it says. It's for fun!"
"Yeah, lighten up, mate," Jack said, patting Will on the back. "It's not like I got that far anyway..."
"WHAT?!" Will yelled.
SMACK
"Shut up, Will!" Elizabeth said, hitting him. "Now, do you trust me or Jack? He's just putting you on... I never went near him."
"Or," Jack said. "You were so drunk you don't remember getting that close to me." I saw Elizabeth sneering... about to pounce on Jack. I don't think Jack knows when to stop.
"You take that back," Elizabeth said dangerously.
"And you take back what you said," Jack said.
"What?" Elizabeth asked.
"That you love Will! Ye said I was the only one...How could you forget?!" Jack said.
"Ok! Stop it now!" I said before Elizabeth would pull a knife on him.
"Not til I get cheese," Jack said. I sighed.
"Give us two minutes," Lindsay said. She and Jessica helped me continue to put the basket together of all these little things. I threw in the eight ball so that would stop that, a few old Mardi Gras beads, a few boxes of Nitro Snappers (hehe... evilness... "Make sure you use these on Gibbs," I said, showing Jack and Will a box.), and few other less important things they could probably dazzle and amaze other people with.
"Ok, this has a lot of junk in it from us," I said, handing Jack the basket. "I'm sure you'll find weird and scary uses for them (yep, I tried to imagine what they'd do with a strand of glow in the dark stars... probably kill someone...)..." They looked through the basket a second, and then we decided to go upstairs and get them some food to take (that would also be a sight to see).
"Let's go," Lindsay said. "Up to the kitchen."
"Is that where we –"
"Yes, you get cheese already!" Jessica said, cutting off Jack. We walked up the stairs and sat in the living room again.
"Maybe you and Will should change back to normal," Lindsay said to Elizabeth. "You can't go back dressed like that."
"I guess," Elizabeth said. Lindsay handed her her dress that she arrived in two weeks before, and Jessica gave Will his clothes.
"Just pick a room and make sure you close the blinds," I said. They went back into the hallway and split off – Elizabeth to my parent's room, Will to my sister's. I frowned. I was never good at this goodbye stuff, and -
"Cheese!" Jack yelled suddenly. I turned around and saw Lindsay handing him a bag of cheese curls. This was gonna be hard to say goodbye, but at least I'd have a chance at eating cheese again in my own house.
"Share the wealth," I said, plunging my hand into the bag of cheese curls. Jack watched me proceed to eat, and Lindsay and Jessica soon started to follow my lead. Jack ripped the bag away.
"Get your own," he said.
"No, get Jack," Lindsay said. I smiled. The three of us slowly grabbed some pillows and advanced. Jack backed away and pulled out his pistol. We stopped and dropped the pillows.
"Yeah, that's what I thought..." Jack said with a smile. He sat the cheese curls on the couch beside him and his gun was again returned to its holster. He walked up towards us (still shaking a bit from the gun pulling thing...lol), and he looked at us.
"What?" Lindsay asked. Jack just continued to look at us. Lindsay looked over at me afraid Jack was getting ideas...
"WHAT??" Jessica bellowed. Jack didn't move, but he raised an eyebrow to her. He's still didn't seem wide awake, but he smiled.
"I've been stuck with ye' how long?" Jack asked us.
"Two weeks on the stroke of eleven," I said.
"Whoa..." Jack said. "I'm amazed I've survived." We smiled and Jack did, too. It is a miracle we all survived two weeks together.
"You gotta go?" Lindsay asked. "We've got three weeks left to do whatever! It'll be boring with you guys gone." Yeah, I was thinking the same... it was too good to last forever, but then again, good things never do last, huh?
"Sorry, luv," Jack said, resting his hand on Lindsay's shoulder. "But ye' know what Gibbs is probably up to. And Elizabeth and Will got a little one coming aboard here soon. But they might settle down in Port Royal and I hope they do. That little one shouldn't be in danger like that. Deserves proper upbringing... after all, its parents are landlubbers." We smiled...
"Well, Will's half and half!" Jessica said.
"Half and half?" Jack questioned confused.
"Yeah! Half sea, half land! He does have pirate blood after all..." Lindsay said. Jack sat down on the couch and we sat around him. I sat on the floor, Jessica sat next to Jack, and Lindsay stood beside me. It was getting hard to believe they'd be gone in less than an hour. It was hard to believe this had ever happened.
"I definitely thought ye' were all loony when I met ye'," Jack said. "But ye've all got good pirate abilities it turns out. Good ways of torture, too..." he said, looking at Lindsay and Jessica.
"Pirate abilities?" I asked.
"Of course!" Jack said. "This loud-mouthed rum hater, while usually against me, proves to be someone who'd threaten ye' into an accord very slyly. Takes aye as her only answer and is a bit too lively. Ye'd scare people into doin' stuff for ye'." Jack said about Jessica. Jessica smiled proudly and stood up.
"Ha ha! I am... err..." Jessica said. "Wait! Give me a cool pirate name!"
"How would I be doin' that?" Jack asked.
"Just make one up!" Lindsay said. "Give us all one!"
"Well, all right..." Jack said. He looked Jessica over. "Loud-mouthed rum hater will be...Mad Mary, savvy?" Jessica jumped up with a satisfied smile.
"I am Mad Mary! The Master of Destruction! Hoi ya!" Jessica said with a lame karate move. Yep, out of the three of us, it was no doubt Jessica was the destructive one.
"Aye...hoi ya..." Jack said, watching Jessica prance around the living room. He looked up at me and Lindsay, but we just smiled.
"And you," Jack said, pointing at Lindsay. She stood in front of Jack, as he looked her over.
"It better not be lame," Lindsay said.
"Let's call ye' Bloody Jane, hmm?" Jack asked Lindsay. Lindsay stood a minute considering (dude, I like that name! What's there to consider?), and she finally extended her hand.
"That's cool...Bloody Jane!" Lindsay said.
"Or we could always call you BJ!" Jessica said. Lindsay smirked and threw a pillow at Jessica (-misses- -hits Will who's coming around the corner with Elizabeth-).
"Oops..." Lindsay said. "Sorry Will. You ok?"
"Well, it could've been worse," Will said.
"Yeah, it could've been Jessica," I said. Jessica elbowed me (ouch...), and she turned to Jack.
"Erica didn't get a name yet! Who is she?" Jessica asked Jack. I sighed... I didn't need no silly pirate name... it's just a stupid thing... it better be a good name...
"I don't want a name," I said.
"Well, tough..." Jack said. "Ye're now known as Black Grace (sweet! That could mean evil beauty...hehehe...)." I smiled as Lindsay looked at me.
"I hate you," she said with a smile. "I'm envious! I like her name!"
"Shut up before I start calling you Olivia," I said. The look on Lindsay's face was priceless. She was so done...I had her.
"That's not funny," Lindsay said.
"Olivia! Olivia! Olivia!" Jessica chanted, jumping around us.
WHAP
"Shut up!" Lindsay said, hitting Jessica (Olivia is what she always hated being called because – WHAP Lindsay! Stop being so touchy feely! It's not that bad! I was gonna be Brittany!).
"Alright! Enough!" Will said. We shut up and looked at the pirates.
"Yes, Mr. Turner?" Jessica asked. We giggled a bit, but we zipped it seeing Jack stroking his pistol... wait? Stroking his pistol? Is it like a cat or something that evil people pet when they're plotting?? This isn't good...
"If you don't mind, we'd like to thank you for everything you've done for us," Elizabeth said.
"You're leaving now? This instant?!" Jessica said. "No, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no..." she laughed. "You still need that box of future food!" She looked over at us glancing frantically over at the kitchen.
"Oh! Yeah!" Lindsay said. "Let's go, Erica." Before I heard her finish the sentence, I was being dragged through the kitchen and into the dining room.
"What is all that about?" I asked. "They gotta go! Only fifteen minutes left!"
"But we don't want them to go!" Lindsay said. "They've made this the best two weeks of my life!"
"Lindsay, the best two weeks of your life will be when we're down in Cancun for spring break in a few years," I said. Well, that was so not true. I wasn't even going to spring break in Cancun...too many weirdoes...although we'd fit in perfect down there, I had to agree... these were the most exciting weeks I've ever had in a summer vacation.
"Well, let's just throw a few things in a box and spend our last few minutes with them having a great time like we did all this time," Jessica said.
"Well said," Lindsay said. "Now, let's hurry!" In no time flat, we were ransacking my kitchen worse than Jack, Will, and Elizabeth had done about five days ago looking for the ruby. We threw in cereal (Lucky charms!), bread, soup, cheese nips, oreos, and all this other good stuff. We carried it into the living room (heaviness!) and dropped it in front of the pirates just five minutes after leaving them.
"Here! Lots of good food to show the crew!" Jessica said. We also put the things we gave them in my room into the box, and they smiled at us.
"Lassies, this is goodbye I'm afraid," Jack said.
"But we don't want you to leave..." I said (no tears, please no tears...).
"We don't want to leave either," Elizabeth said. "But it's where we belong and this is where you belong." Yep, time to face the facts...
"Well, if you're leaving, is there a chance that this goodbye is a prolonged way of saying see you soon?" Lindsay asked. Jack, Will, and Elizabeth exchanged looks.
"Ye can bet ye're loud mouth on it," Jack said to Jessica. The three of us smiled. Ok, time for me to get all logicy on you... While we hoped that we'd always see them again, it seemed quite impossible...I mean, c'mon...even this thing was unbelievable and almost impossible (quoting Holly there...lol). How could this ever happen a second time?
I told them this, but they didn't seem to worry over it too much.
"We'll see you again even if it kills us," Will said.
"No way!" Jessica said. "If you die, I have no idol!"
"Sit down," Jack said to us. We obeyed at the fear of him pulling out his pistol and going trigger-happy on us. We sat on the floor, and they sat with us.
"We have things to give you, too," Will said. "To thank you." I saw Will pull out a shiny metal sun pendant from his belt. He pulled out a knife and carved something into it. Then he placed it around Jessica's neck.
"For me?" Jessica asked excitedly.
"Yeah... Little Turner," Will said.
"I swear ye act just like him," Jack said to Jessica. Lindsay and I leaned in to see the sun pendant with the letters LT carved into them.
"Where did you get the sun?" I asked.
"Remember our little trip to that Wall Art place?" Will said.
"WallyWorld," Lindsay said, correcting him.
"Yes, well, I found it there," Will said.
"And now it's my turn," Jack said, taking something from his hair. We saw him pull out what looked like a large wooden tooth. He took Will's knife and carved in it as well. We watched him fasten it onto a black string, and he gave it to me (freaking out at the moment...). I looked up, sorta speechless... ok, totally speechless.
"Why me? I don't even act like you!" I said. It made no sense...
"Because ye've earned me trust," Jack said. "I'm amazed ye've survived life with these two nuts," Jack said, motioning towards Lindsay and Jessica.
"Hey..." Lindsay said.
"You better watch that hat..." Jessica threatened.
"Those nuts are my best mates!" I said, throwing my arms around Lindsay and Jessica's shoulders.
"No," Jack said. "I love all three of ye', but she just seems to fit me best," Jack said. Ok, I felt thousands of waves of negative karma hitting me from Lindsay and Jessica. I felt sort of guilty... just a bit...
"Lucky..." Lindsay muttered.
"Yeah..." Jessica said.
"Oh, don't worry," Jack, said. He pulled two charms out from his hair and handed one each to Lindsay and Jessica. "A bead to remember me by," Jack said as Lindsay and Jessica smiled hugely. Ok, I felt no guilt anymore...
"And Little Swann," Elizabeth said, taking off her own silver heart locket. She mimicked Will and Jack with the carving thingy and put the necklace on Lindsay. That was a nice locket... I always wanted one... I'm not jealous... not in the least bit...hey, I've got a cool wooden tooth! Who needs a silver locket?
"Thanks," Lindsay said. I actually though this was perfect. Elizabeth and Lindsay were throwing each other glares of death when they first met, and now, everything was great between them.
With that, Jack, Will, and Elizabeth stood, and we jumped up to their sides as well.
"Let's go with them!" Lindsay said.
"I'd love to, but we got a lot of fixing up to do," I said. We all looked around the house. Three weeks and my family would be home again. I hope the roof-fixing dude can get here in that time span... a disappointed smile now loomed on each of our faces. Jack, Will and Elizabeth only smiled, but it was sadly.
"We'll miss you," Will said.
"But... but... now?" Jessica said.
"Only two minutes," Lindsay said, looking at the clock on the computer.
"Well, the ruby?" Elizabeth asked.
"I believe you had it, Mad Mary," Jack said. Jessica smiled and dug her hand into her pocket.
"Uh oh..." Jessica said slowly.
"Uh oh?" I asked. "Uh oh's are not good! There can't be any uh oh!"
"Just foolin'," Jessica said, pulling the ruby out of her pocket. Lindsay and I sighed with relief, and Jessica handed Elizabeth the ruby. Elizabeth stood between Jack and Will and we watched on. I did feel the urge to cry, but I held back as long as I could. Before I could blink, I saw Lindsay jump at them. She beckoned us into the group, and I went, reluctant to see them leave.
"Group hug," Lindsay said.
"I've never done that," Jack said.
"Grab everyone you can and squeeze!" Jessica said. We had a huge group hug (Will can hug... my back is officially broken), and I never wanted to leave. We should go with them... what would that hurt? Well, everything, really... In releasing us, the pirates sat on the box of food we gave them.
"Goodbye," Lindsay said faintly.
"Ditto," I said.
"Same," Jessica added.
"We will see you again," Jack shouted. "That's a promise!"
"Until then, always wear those pendants to remember us," Elizabeth said.
"We want an adventure worth while if you ever see us again!" Lindsay said.
"What are you talking about? Wasn't this enough to be called an adventure?" I asked her.
"Adventures only get better!" Jessica said. "It'll never be enough!" I smiled. These truly were the best friends I could ever have. I knew this, but after everything, there are more memories and laughs.
"Spoken like a true pirate," Jack said. Again with the smiling... "And if we do see ye soon, I'm getting the seahorse and toucan next," Jack said. Yep, more smiles back on the memories of the playground...
"Aye, aye sir," I said, saluting him.
"Oh, and by the way..." Will said. "What ever happened to the play we were supposed to be in?" Haha...ok people, no need to cower at the fear of Jessica's big mouth this time...
"Jonah and the Whale..." Jessica laughed.
"That's the one," Will said.
"It died," Lindsay replied.
"It died?" Elizabeth asked.
"Yep," I said. "Killed over just last night."
"Shame..." Jack said.
"Hey, did you ever take a liking to Pepsi yet?" Elizabeth asked Jack.
"Very funny, Elizabeth," Jack said. And that was the last thing we heard him say. We didn't expect them to just fly off like that, but we were at least happy about one thing – Jack got the squirrel.
"So, now what?" Lindsay asked. Having just lost our three idols, that was rough. Coincidently, I know how to cure that.
"Pizza, anybody?"
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