Disclaimer: Jim Hawkins is not mine. Sadley.

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Jim casually stepped into the building to view the applications when he heard screaming from inside the room he was going into. "I'm sorry, but we do not accept applications from your… type," said the employer, and Jim waited outside the office.

"What do you mean?" screamed a familiar voice, and Jim peered through the doorway. "I'm over qualified for one of these jobs."

"Well, how qualified are you?" asked Jim now standing in the doorway, and the employer and girl looked at him.

"Mr. Hawkins, you really don't want to hang around with her kind," stated the employer, and the girl scowled at him.

Jim raised his hand and all went quiet in the room. "I'd like to see her papers, please," said Jim, and the employer handed him the papers, and Jim looked over them. "Can you really do all of this?"

"Yes, sir. All of that and much more," replied the girl.

"Oh really? Well, I could use someone of your talents on my ship. How would you like to be a member of my crew?" asked Jim with a smile.

"Really? Thank you. I will gladly join your crew," replied the girl with a smile on her face.

The maddened employer then picked up a folder and went over to Jim. "Here are more applications, sir. You should have enough for your crew now. I just wish you made a better decision about this one," he said and stormed out.

Jim looked out at him and said sarcastically, "Thanks." He then turned to the girl and asked, "By the way, I'm Jim Hawkins. What is your name?"

"I… I'm Jen Rose," replied the girl, shaking Jim's outreached hand.

"Well, it's a pleasure to meet you, Jen Rose. I've been wondering what your name was since the first time we met," said Jim with a grin on his face.

Jen tried to think back to when they could have met then gasped when she finally realized their first meeting. "You… you're the boy on the solar surfer who saved me," accused Jen, and Jim nodded. "No… no, this can't be happening," Jen stammered.

"What's the matter?" asked Jim, worried.

"It's just…" started Jen, and Jim looked at her as if to say "Go on." She then grew pale, and her hands started to shake. "I… I…" Jen stuttered and then fainted.

"Whoa!" said Jim as he caught her in his arms and put her in a chair and put down the papers next to her. "Maybe I should get some help," and he ran out into the hall. "Can somebody help me? This girl fainted and needs some help!" screamed Jim.

"Maybe I can be of some help," said a voice.

"That's great! Follow me!" said Jim with excitement, and he led the man back into the office. "She's right in… here," said Jim as they entered an empty office.

"You know, young man, it is not right to lie about an emergency," started the man.

"But I…" interrupted Jim.

"One day there will be a real emergency and no one will believe you. Kind of like the little Anthlan who cried pirate. Very good story…" explained the man.

"But, I wasn't lying," interrupted Jim. "There really was a girl who fainted, and I placed her on this chair right next to my… papers," as Jim explained the man left, and Jim noticed that his papers were gone. "That's strange. I know I put them down here," said Jim, and then he heard a noise and turned around to discover that all of the papers he needed Jen to fill out were completed and on the floor. He then took a closer look at them to discover that the departure piece had been ripped off. "I guess I will have to figure out this Jen Rose on the trip," whispered Jim to himself, and he headed back home.

When Jim got home late that night, he went up to his room and sat down at his desk and looked over the applications. "Is this all of them?" he said as he looked at them in his hands. "There's barely enough here for a decent crew," and he kept reviewing the applications over and over again. "Well, I guess they will have to do. I'm not so sure about some of them, but I have no choice now," said Jim as he went outside and put them in the mail box to be sent out and then went back up to his room. "I just hope I'm making the right decision," said Jim as he got into his bed and fell asleep.

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We hope you are making the right decision as well, Jim, but I guess we will find out in the future, won't we?

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Author's note: Now that you have been introduced to Jen Rose, I just wanted to point out that at first she was going to be me, because my friends wanted me to put myself in a Treasure Planet fanfic. Thank goodness that concept fell through, but I kept the name because it ended up working out. So, no Mary-Sue here.

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