Wow. I've had a busy month. I know I haven't been able to upload for about a month, but I went to Hawaii, then I had guard camp… SO I'm terrible sorry to everyone that you've had to wait so long for an update! But finally, here's a chapter, which I hope you all will enjoy! Also, getting our house redone. There are molders who need to work upstairs so I've got limited time to write this… So I won't be re-reading for spelling errors!!

Also – I've decided to change the point of view of the story… it will now be narrated by Coley. Ex: Instead of "She went into the room," it will be "I went into the room."

Chapter 7

I slept very well after we arrived back on the Dutchman. I had had a hard day and I just wanted to curl up and get some rest. After taking off all my clothes but my undergarments I threw a blanket on me and slept through the whole night. I woke to the sound of my door being opened.

"Coley! Show a leg! Cap'n wants-" the voice suddenly stopped mid sentence. I hesitantly opened my eyes because I didn't want to wake yet. He was staring at me wide eyes with a small grin on his face, giggling like a little girl. Then I realized why. In my sleep I must have moved because the blanket had fallen to my stomached and there behold, for Koleniko to see was a too-small bra that barely covered… well anything. I gasped and screeched at him to get out as I pulled the blanket up to cover my exposed chest. As I did to I brought it up to far and it gave him a good look at my panties.

"GET OUT!" I screeched at him as I tried to cover myself. He closed the door slowly as he backed out, cracking up. I could hear him yelling to Clanker about what he just saw. My cheeks were flushed and I really didn't want to go out on deck, knowing the whole crew must have known by now. I got up to dress myself when I noticed a chest near the door. Someone must have brought it when I was sleeping. I opened it up and found several items that any girl would be proud to own. I picked out a leather corset. I smiled as I found it to be my size. Then it hit me. Why not tease the men? They all knew what had happened and if I walked out with a coat and a long sleeved shirt I would never live it down. So, I put on my long pants, tied my boots on, and put on the corset. Just the corset.

I looked at my reflection with a smile. I ran a brush though my hair. It was lightly in waves, which looked very beautiful. I dabbed a bit of powder onto my face. Not the horrible white stuff… The kind that made my face shimmer with a tan glow. I noticed there was some black ink and a quill pen in the chest also. I thought for a moment if I should line my eyes with it. I knew there was special liquid for it, but it would make my eyes pop, as my friends had always told me. Finally satisfied, I studied my work.

My baggy pants were contrasted against the slim corset. The leather boots I had on were my size and loked like men's' boots, but I didn't mind. The baggy black pants were a bit small, though, and squeezed my hipbones. It was very low and below my belly button, but that was the way I liked it. At least the won't fall off, I told myself. Then there was the corset. It was made of brown leather and was very beautifully decorated. It had thin straps holding it on my shoulders, and was low cut. It tied in the front, so it was easy for me to lace it up. The problem was it was a bit small, though, and there was a couple of inch gap in the front. You could see a line of my skin through the front. That was good, though, because you could see part of the inside of my breast through it… The men would be looking there a lot, I told myself. It was of course a regular sorest, so it pushed me up on the top, too. I giggled as I thought about walking out with this on. I tied a leather belt to my waist and attached a sword to it and walked out of my room. As I walked down the halls I passed Hadras. His reaction was walking slowly by me, mouth open slightly, named defiantly not looking at my face. He stopped in front of me and just stared. I put my hand under his chin and brought his eyes to meet mine.

"M'face be up here, love," I told him before flipping my brown hair back and continuing on down the hall. The problem with the tight pants was he probable watched my butt as I walked up the stairs and out on deck. I got the same reaction as I strode through the crew up to the quarterdeck, where Greenbeard was talking with Captain. I got a lot of them stopping what they were doing and watching me walk. I was trying to not break down and crack up, so I probable had this goofy grin on my face the whole time. There was a few stairs leading to the quarterdeck, and I stopped at the bottom of them.

"Permission to come onboard the quarterdeck, Cap'n!" I shouted. I heard him give a gruff 'permission granted' and I began to walk up the steps. Io had to keep my eyes on the stairs so I didn't trip, and I didn't look up until I was on the deck. When I did lift my eyes Greenbeard and Davy were looking art me wordlessly. At least they had their mouths closed.

Greenbeard, being a gentleman, quickly took his eyes off me and looked out over the ship, to the ocean. I could tell it was taking him a lot of effort to fix his eyes on the horizon. Davy turned and approached me.

"What in the Devil's name are you wearing?" he asked in a strange tone. I tilted my head back to look at him, because he was several feet taller than I was. Great, I thought, now he's got an excellent view down my corset… but he kept his eyes fixed on my eyes. I found myself looking away. I was hard to stare at him for too long. He frowned slightly.

"Koleniko comes on deck, telling about how he saw you when you were less than decent, and now you come and parade yourself on deck looking like this. You're giving the men ideas and you will get hurt if this behavior continues." I realized he was scolding me. My temper flared.

"Don't treat me like a child! I can handle these men and dress the way I like." I crossed my arms over my chest and looked at the helm where Greenbeard was. I heard Davy give a small scoff.

"You think you could honestly take on these men if they tied something on you! I will let you see what happens if you keep dressing like this." He paused a moment before continuing. "Help at the bow. They'll need some help hauling the jibs." He then turned and walked to his cabin. I sighed and went to Greenbeard before I made my descent. He always encouraged me. But not today.

"I suggest you take that off before someone gets some ideas and I have to drag my ass down there and rescue you." I opened my mouth in shock at his words. I made a noise and turned on my heel to go help with raising the jibs. I'll show them," I thought to myself. As I walked to the bow I had to go by the whole crew. By the time I had reached the bow I had endured several whistles and remarks. I ignored them all and kept on walking. I approached Crash to ask if he needed help but he shook his head no.

"Nay; why not go on bow watch?" I nodded with a sight and climbed onto the bow sprint. Once there I sat in the mouth of the monster that was the sprint, and I looked over the vast ocean.

After several hours I was getting sleepy. I shook my head to clear my eyes. Then I saw it: A small figure on the horizon. I quickly checked myself. Nope, defiantly an island off to my right. I quickly climbed back on deck. I went to the rail and climbed on it and held onto a rope to support myself.

"Land-ho off starboard bow!"

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Gasp Could it be, Sharshay!! Ok, so no time to really do much with this… Also I screwed up my comp and I can't find my italicize, so pretend there's all that good grammar stuff in there. XD Please review! Also, I have all my stories and drawings on my Deviant Art account. I also have stopped posting my Transformers story here and I have the rest of it posted on my DA. I'll also be getting some sketches, etc. Of Coley up on there soon. Please review and let me know what you think!

I will be at a color guard camp next week. It's twice a day everyday from Monday-Friday, and again the week after that. I don't think I'll be updating much in those next 2-3 weeks, but I'll update hopefully lots after that!