Disclaimer:

PHE: I don't own anything! Sheesh! I would expect you lot to know that by now. rolls eyes and walks off

Jenny: arches eyebrow that was soo unlike her.

Christie: I'm hungry!

Jenny: rolls eyes

Chapter Twelve: Getting Ready For Dinner

The Black Pearl-

"Rock, paper, scissors!" the girls yelled.

"Ha!" Alex yelled triumphantly. Elizabeth smiled at Christie's sour look on her face.

She had been watching the gtilrs play this game for hours, and now Alex was winning.

"Nof-air!" Christie whined. "I'm hungry, on a stupid ship, the air smells funny, I'm surrounded by dead immortals, and I'm loosing!"

Elizabeth was about to comment that on how she had on at least semi-proper clothing when the door opened.

Pintel stood there in the doorway with Ragetti. He held three different dresses, and as far as Christie could tell, they were all butt ugly.

"You'll be dinin' with th' cap'n tonight" he said. "And he requests you lot wear these."

Elizabeth glared at them. "Well, you may tell that captain that we are disinclined to acquiesce to his request."

Pintel smiled evily. "He said you'd say that. He also said if that be the case, you'll be dinin' wif the crew..." he smiled even more evily. '...and you'll all be naked."

Elizabeth snatched the dark purple dress, and the pirate glared at her. "Fine" he scoffed, and turned to face the other two girls. "What about you two?"

Christie shrugged. "We'll dine with Barbossa, but only cos we're hungry. But we are definetally not wearing those hideous things." She turned to Ragetti. "And if you force us to eat with you, I will bite you, then rip out your eye and throw it off of the ship and into ol' Davy Jones' Locker, savvy?"

Elizabeth smiled at the young girls pride. She was stronger then she showed.

Pintel glared at her. "Aye, you're a bold one, missy. We'll let you go...this time. But trust me, you'll regret it later." He said threateningly. He threw the dresses on the floor and the pirates left.

Christie smiled. "Oh, go smell the coffee!"

Elizabeth frowned. "What?"

Christie and Alex giggled as they turned around, allowing Elizabeth some privacy to change. "It's a phrase our friend uses when she's angry or loosing an argument." Alex told her.

"I see." Elizabeth commented as she slipped the dress over her head. "and does she win anything with this...valid argument?" she turned around to face the younger girls as she straightened out the dress. Alex and Christie shook their heads.

"Naw, of course not." Alex said as –a-matter-of-fact-ly. Elizabeth smiled.

"So, this friend, she says these odd things for no particular reason?"

The girls giggled. "of course! You should see her yelling at pictures and books! That's even odder then her coffee business!"

Elizabeth smiled at the thought. "Indeed where is this friend of yours now?"

The girls frowned. "She...was with us when we got here." Alex started.

"Yeah," Christie agreed. "we arrived here with our friend and two others. But then Megan-"

"That's our friend's name." Alex interrupted.

Christie scowled. "I'm telling the story!"

Alex put her hands up as a gesture of peace, causing Elizabeth to laugh.

"Anyway, Megan decided to get captured with Sparrow-"

"Sparrow?!" Elizabeth said, staring. "Captain Jack Sparrow?"

Alex nodded. "The one and only!" Elizabeth frowned, apparently slightly disturbed.

"and... how old is Megan, exactly?" She asked.

"Thirteen." Alex replied. "Just like us."

"So why did she-"

Christie smiled. "I don't think she meant to get caught, but she just has really bad timing." She explained, careful not to mention the movie.

Alex nodded. "She also claims Jack is her role model, so go figure."

Elizabeth nodded. "And what of the other two of your group?"

Alex and Christie smiled.

"Alexa and Jenny." Christie continued. "We lost them-"

"-or they lost us." Aledx filled in.

"-when Barbossa attacked Port Royal. We somehow ended up at your house, and we dunno where the other two are."

Elizabeth nodded slowly, trying to absorb all of this new information. "And what do you believe happened to them?"

"Oh, they probably found Will Turner..." Christie said. "And then the three of them found Jack and Megan, and now they're probably already coming to save us."

Elizabeth's eyes lit up. "Really? Oh, are you sure? Do you really, truly think so?"

Christie nodded.

"Pretty absolutely sure." Alex commented.

Christie sniggered. "Dunno 'bout Megan, though. They may have just thrown her overboard before they even got anywhere!"

The three laughed, but they were cut short as the pirates re-entered the cabin.

"Alrigh'" Pintel yelled. "Time to go and see th' cap'n!"

A/N: Not much to say here. Going on a Duke of Edinburgh Award trip thingy ma jiggy. YAY! I get to carry the tent for my group...BOOOO! Christie is coming with me! YAY! And Shasta, but yeah...We have to buy food! I want British cheddar!

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