Thanks everyone for your great reviews. I love 'em! I am so happy that you guys are loving my story. It may take me a while to update cause I haven't even started Chapter 6(I'm getting to it!) And I have like a 8 page huge science project i have to type up. So that will take up a good chunk of my time. Oh and Evilevergreen, I would love to use your idea of Danni and Abby meeting up with Cree sometime. If I can please tell me so!(I don't want to take it and not have your permission.)

ON WITH THE STORY...

A Sweet Promise
Chapter 5
The Real Fun Begins

"Wakey, wakey, sleepyhead." Abby sat straight up. When her eyes came to focus Abby noticed she had fallen asleep in the root beer bar. She turned in the barstool to face Danielle. She smirked at Abby. "Rough night?"

"Sorta." Abby replied stretching.

"Wanna talk about it?" Danielle asked in a sincere voice. Abby didn't know if she could trust this girl yet. After she only met her last night. Abby shook her head. Danielle just shrugged.

"Okay well, go get changed into regular clothes. I talked to Sticky; he said we can take a day off the boat." Abby smiled and went to her room. She got dressed in her normal clothes. Blue shirt, black shorts. Abby was happy to be wearing her hat again. Stepping upstairs, the cool air blew across her face. Danielle was dressed in a red tee-shirt and knee-length jean shorts.

"Ready?" Abby nodded. Danielle gave a thumbs-up and the ship stopped. She threw a rope ladder down the side and climbed down. Abby followed her. When they reached the ground, Abby could feel the difference from the solid ground to the ship.

"Where to first?" Danielle asked. "We can do anything you want. I haven't been off the ship in a while so I'm game for everything."

Abby wasn't sure what she wanted to do. Well, take that back. She wanted to see her friends. They would be in school today. She checked her watch.

"10:23." Abby said quietly. "Well what's something you've wanted to do for a while?" Danielle smiled. She had been stuck on that ship for a long time. They made planned to go to the movies, and go to the mall. When they got there people looked at them funny, because most kids were in school. Some people had even asked "Shouldn't you be in school." Quick-witted Abby said they were home-schooled. So they went on with their day. Having fun like normal teenagers do. When they left the mall it was 1:49.

"Do you mind if we go to the school real quick?" Abby asked. Danielle gave her a weird look but agreed. They made it there just as school was left out. Abby leaned against a fence watching the kids file out of the school. Finally she saw them. Nigel, Hoagie, Kuki, and Wally together. Abby's heart lurched at the mere sight of them. Danielle noticed the look on Abby's face.

"People you knew?" She asked. Abby nodded without taking her eyes off them. "You must miss them huh?" Again Abby nodded mechanically. "Let's go talk to them." Danielle said grabbing Abby's wrist. Abby tried pulling away, but years of stealing candy made Danielle stronger.

"Danielle, no." She whispered harshly. Danielle stopped pulling and turned to her. Abby gave her a desperate look. Danielle let go of her wrist and Abby turned around and tried to hide behind her. Danielle turned the other way and saw the kids leave.

"There gone…" She trailed off. Abby looked around and saw the backs of her friends walking away. She sighed, relieved that they hadn't seen her.

"…Abby?" A quiet voice came from behind her. She jumped and tried to hide behind Danielle. Danielle turned to face the person that the voice came from. Standing there, eyes wide, was…Kuki. "Abby is that you?" Danielle confused by the whole situation reacted like any cold-blooded pirate would. With one quick motion Danielle had her 9-inch knife out, pointing at Kuki. A small whimper was heard from Kuki as she tried to back away. When Abby figured out what was going on she slapped at Danielle's hand.

"Whatcho' crazy, y'all can't pull out a knife on school grounds." Danielle smirked, and shrugged,placing her knife back. Abby turned to face a slightly frightened Kuki. The second she did, she was being choked by one of Kuki's infamous hugs.

"Abby, I've missed you sooooooo much. It's not as much fun at the tree house without you." When Kuki finally let up so Abby could breathe, she replied.

"I've missed you too, a lot. I've missed of ya. How the guys doing?"

"Okay, Numbuh 4 and me have been hanging out a lot more. Numbuh 2's still as silly as ever. And I Numbuh 1, well Numbuh 1 doesn't come out of his room much. Sometimes to eat, but even then. I think he comes out at night." Kuki said, in an unnaturally serious tone. Then she got real quiet. "I think he misses you the most." Abby felt a small pang in her heart. She missed her team so much; she had forgotten that they would be missing her just as much. After a small amount more of talking, Kuki left. Abby turned and faced Danielle who hadn't made a sound the entire time.

"Let's go back to the ship girl." Abby said waving her hand, signaling Danielle to follow.

Later that night. At the Tree house.

Numbuh 1 sat in his room until he was sure the rest of his team had gone to bed. Peeking out he quickly moved down the hall. Soundlessly he opened a door. A familiar feeling came about him. Looking over the deserted room, all that was left in it was a sheetless bed and the milkshake bar. Yes he had retreated to Numbuh 5's old room, as he did almost every night. He got himself a shake and sat on Numbuh 5's old bed. Lying there Numbuh 1 could feel the physical pain of missing Numbuh 5. Through the day his mind had been set to trying to preserve any memory of Numbuh 5 he had left. He had written everything he could think of down in a journal. He took every picture he could find and put it in a box. He wanted to keep these after he was decommissioned. He planned to either leave it here and get Kuki to bring it to him or hide it at his house so the Decommissioning Squad wouldn't be able to find it. Not to long and Wally will be decommissioned. Taking a long swig of his milkshake he smirked.

"Numbuh 5 had been the only one that knew I never get ice cream headaches." Numbuh 1 liked to keep this a secret. Not because it was embarrassing, but whenever he felt like being competitive he challenged people to try drinking a milkshake faster then him. Of course he had challenged Numbuh 5 once and she got him back, by dumping the rest of her milkshake on his bald head. Subconsciously he touched his head.

"If only…" Numbuh 1 muttered. If only. A phrase he had been repeating millions of times in the past week. His list of 'If only's' was a mile long. Starting from the time they were kids, to the day of her birthday. If only he had been in a better mood when they met. If only they hadn't made up their own mission. If only…if only.

"If only I had gotten a moment to tell her." Numbuh 1 thought. Who was he kidding? He had millions of chances.

"If only I had told her. If I had just told her…That I love her." Numbuh 1 stopped. Love was a big word for a 12 year-old but he knew his feelings. "Then again I almost told her. Almost."

(Flashback)

"Numbuh 5 thinks we should celebrate her birthday today." The team turned their attention to Numbuh 5.

"Your birthday's tomorrow ain't it?" Numbuh 4 asked.

"Yah but I'll be gone by tomorrow." Numbuh 5 replied, her voice getting quiet and serious. Numbuh 1 gave her a look from behind his sunglasses and agreed. So they got ready and took off to a theme park. When they got there, they broke apart to have fun.

"Numbuh 3 come ride the rollercoaster with me." Numbuh 4 said tugging on Numbuh 3's sleeve. She gave him a huge smile.

"Fine but you have to go on the Lovey Dovey Love Boat ride with me after." He started to complain, but agreed in the end. Numbuh 2 followed them to the rollercoaster leaving Numbuh 1 and 5 alone.

"So Numbuh 5, we are celebrating your birthday what do you want to do?" Numbuh 5 smirked at him.

"Ride the Lovey Dovey Love ride. You in?" Numbuh 1 gulped, but nodded. Numbuh 5 started laughing. "You actually thought Numbuh 5 go on some Love boat thing, nah. Common lets go with the rest of the team on the rollercoaster." So they did. After riding it, Numbuh 3 started heading to the Lovey Dovey ride. Numbuh 2 was laughing at how badly Numbuh 4 was blushing as Numbuh 3 skipped to the ride dragging him along. Numbuh 1 and 5 just shook their heads. The spent the rest of the day going on every ride in sight, eating everything in sight, and just plain having fun. It was turning out to be the greatest day in Numbuh 5's life. Nightfall had come and the team knew it was almost time for the day to end.

"Hey guys lets go on the Ferris Wheel." Numbuh 5 said pointing up to the monstrosity.

"Aw, but Numbuh 5 that ride's soo boring and it takes forever!" Numbuh 4 complained.

"More boring then the Lovey Dovey Love ride?" Numbuh 5 snickered. Numbuh 4 turned a nice shade a red, and started mumbling."Besides since its long that means we won't have to leave right away." The team agreed. Numbuh 2, 3, and 4 rode together as well as 1 and 5. When they reached a high point Numbuh 5 noticed that Numbuh 1 was mumbling a lot.

"What's up boss?" She asked trying to look into his face that was watching the ground.

"Uh…well…umm…hehe…nothing?" Numbuh 1 managed to say. He was taken by surprise.

"Nothin' huh? I didn't know we kept secrets from each other." She threw in, trying to sound hurt. Numbuh 1 didn't fall for it. Numbuh 5 used this trick a lot, trying to guilt him. This time though he was at a loss for words anyways.

"Well we don't… it's just…well. I'm, I'm going to miss you Numbuh 5. I'm going to miss you a lot!" He finally got out. Numbuh 5 lifted her hat to look into Numbuh 1's eyes.

"Yeah, Numbuh 5's gunna miss you too. I mean it's gunna down-right suck to forget you." Numbuh 1 raised an eyebrow. "I mean since we've been friends, you know…Forever." Numbuh 1 sighed slightly, almost disappointed in her answer.

"Yeah…Listen Numbuh 5 I have to tell you. I mean it won't matter much you'll forget tomorrow but…well I-I…"He never got to finish. In the middle of his sentence the ride lurched to a halt and Numbuh 3 was prancing around saying how much fun she had. Numbuh 1's moment was ruined.

"Uh never mind. Team let's…go home." Numbuh 5 gave him a worried look but followed everyone else home.

(End Flashback)

Yeah he had come that close. Numbuh 1 felt a tear slide down his face. Wiping quickly, he looked around the room. He saw Abby's candy chest. That reminded him of the pirate he had to get it back from. She had seemed awfully familiar. He found it strange that the pirate had worn a disguise. Normally they didn't care to hide their identity; actually they found it necessary to say their name multiple times. This pirate was different then just that too. This pirate was small, height-wise and muscle-wise. He'd investigate it further later; right now he had to get back to his own room before he fell asleep.

Back on the Ship,

Danielle was walking around the ship. It had to be around midnight. It was her favorite time just to chill. Most of the other pirates were out like a light by now. Too much sugar. Yah get a rush then crash. Even the pirates that have been eating sugar for a long time still passed out. Only new pirates went crazy with sugar, off the walls. Danielle was no newbie pirate. She could hold her sugar real well. It helps to take a nap too. So here she was, walking around the silent ship. Walking past rooms the only noise heard was snoring. Which was why Danielle freaked out when she heard something other than snoring. It was a rare sound to hear on a ship full of grown men. Crying. Opening the door, where it was coming from, softly she saw the small figure of Abby face down in a pillow.

"Abbs? Are you alright?" Trying to recover Abby quickly sniffed and wiped her tears away.

"Yeah, yeah, fine. I'm good." Her voice was thick from tears. Danielle obviously didn't believe her.

"Yeah, you're just crying for your health." She gave Abby a skeptical look. "Listen you can tell me whatever. I mean, I'm sure I can help in some way." She said softly, placing a hand on Abby's shoulder. Looking into her eyes, Abby could tell she was sincere.

"Alright, it's just…Abby misses her team, bad." Abby said turning her face to the floor.

"Well yeah, I did too, but I didn't cry about it." Stopping to think, Danielle then continued, "Unless of course, you miss a certain someone from the team." She egged on. Abby could feel herself blush a bit.

"How could you tell?" She questioned. Danielle smirked.

"Hey it happened to me too, but that's a story for another time. What's yours?"

"I miss Nigel. He was our leader. But most of all he was my best friend. I mean this kid was perfect in sense of the word. Nice, caring, handsome…" She trailed off. Danielle caught this.

"But…?"

"But, he had a girlfriend." Danielle gave a small "oh, ouch." Abby nodded in agreement. "Yeah, ouch is a good word. She was a real pain in the butt. I mean she even got a boyfriend helmet, just cause Nigel 'wasn't spending enough time with her.'" Abby sighed.

"You really had it for him, huh?" She nodded.

"We started out as friends, but as we hung out more, and grew more, so did my feelings for him." Danielle nodding understandingly. Abby hugged her pillow. She was surprised that she had trusted Danielle so quickly. Normally she would have never opened her heart to someone she met days ago. Well…Only one other time. For Nigel. But soon, years of friendship will be gone. Once Wally was decommissioned, it wouldn't be long until Nigel. Then it would just be him and Kuki. Abby almost laughed at the thought. Numbuh 1 and 3, alone in the tree house. Nigel was going to go crazy. He could stand Kuki, but that much Kuki? It would be interesting to watch. Abby could picture the hyper girl prancing around Nigel, singing the Rainbow Monkey song. Nigel would pull out his hair if he had any. Then when those two got decommissioned, no one would remember Numbuh 5. That brought another thought to Abby's head.

"When the rest of my team gets decommissioned, can I go back to school?" Danielle nodded.

"Yeah. I have to go too." Danielle said in a slightly pouty voice. "We are lucky though. Because we are a part of an 'anti-kid' organization, we get to miss a bunch of school. That and we can basically boss everyone around, including the Principal." Abby gave her a questioning look. "Stickybeard's got an alliance with Mr. Boss, who owns the school."

"Mr. Boss owns the school? Dang I knew teachers were evil but I didn't think it went that far."

"Yep, neither did I, until I joined Stickybeard's team, then they teacher were basically bowing down to me. It's kinda cool." She stated with a chuckle. The two girls continued to talk the night away. Abby, who is still new to the whole eating sugar all the time thing, eventually fell asleep. Danielle left her room. She looked at Abby's small body before walking out. Closing the door behind her, she leaned against it.

"Don't worry Cree your sister's in good hands."

Ha, that totally explains why my teachers are so evil! Evil and give me big projects that I have to type up. Ugh...I better do it so I can update. Or I can be the procrastinator I am and work on my story, hehe.