Hey everyone! I'm back with another chapter of ATGTLWP and it's better than ever!!! I know it seems I've been very slow with updates, but you people better get used to it, because not only am I super lazy, but I also have two fanfictions going on at the SAME TIME. So on the off-chapters for this fanfiction, be sure to check out "Cedric Diggory Didn't Die, he became Edward Cullen"! Also, when I do post chapters for this fanfic, I'm gonna try to make them longer than they used to be. So I'm hoping it will even out!
Also, I'm going to be posting some oneshots here on in for varying fandoms so who knows? A Pirates one might be headed my way!
By the way, the quotes from last chapter were "Little Priest" from Sweeney Todd, and a few Legolas quotes from Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers.
I'm not going to stall you any longer, here is:
A Teenager's Guide to Living with Pirates
Chapter 11
3rd POV
"You didn't have to do this, Julie. Melissa was just baiting you." Leah said as they all entered her house once again. They had pretty much gone straight home after lunch, and everyone, as far as Leah knew, was pretty much silent the whole car ride.
"I know she was, but I figure it's time to teach her a lesson." Julie was looking away, shuffling around the mess of papers in a desk drawer.
Leah spoke, "What are you going to do?"
"I'm going to throw an amazing masquerade ball. I'm also going to keep her away from my boyfriend- here it is!" Out from the mess of papers she pulled out a small booklet- their school directory. "Hey, Jeremy? I need you to do something tech-y for me!" Julie called out.
Jeremy called out, "Come and help us, first!" He, Brett, and Mark were trying to deal with a bigger problem. They had come home to an empty house… no monkey. And they knew that if there was a monkey somewhere in the neighborhood, Waldo (the rabid raccoon) wouldn't be far behind.
"Okay, Mark, how about you take Norry and Gbbs and search the east side of the neighborhood. Brett take Anamaria and search west. Tia Dalma and Julie go north, I'll take Barbossa and we'll go south. Jack, Will, Sam, and Leah, why don't you guys go search the park. Keep your cells on, and grab a flashlight before you go. It's almost sunset. We need to find this monkey before Animal control or Waldo do."
"Wait a minute," Anamaria protested, "Why are we helping Barbossa? He can find his own damned monkey!"
"Because he'd do the same for you." Jeremy assured.
"That's a lie."
"How about because he was going to help you get to World's End?" Leah supplied her knowledge of the movie.
"… fine…"
Everyone exited the house in search for Jack. As Leah locked the front door, she knew that a nice little search at sunset in the summer heat would be a nice change from the mall and her house.
Julie liked nature as much as the next girl, but when the crickets began chirping and she found a mosquito bite she knew wasn't there before, she could only hope they would find Jack the Monkey as soon as possible. Besides, she had a party to plan.
…
The sun was down, the wind started to pick up, and the swing set creaked ominously.
"Let's split up." Leah said as she began walking towards the trees on one side of the playground. Everyone split up to search the forest behind the playground.
Leah poked around a bush and shined the flashlight into it, but there were only a few acorns piled up inside. It was a dark forest, and for Leah, kind of scary. It was nighttime in the summer, and crickets and cicadas were all she could hear. Shining the beam of light onto a dark patch of leaves, she saw bugs, many, crawl away from the light. She shivered.
Leah looked around rapidly at the sound of a twig snap. She was deep into the forest now, she couldn't see the moon. Something… she heard something to her left. Then her right, something seemed to brush against her. She began backing up slowly, afraid to look away from the forest. Everything seemed to be jumping out at her, now. Large black ants crawling up and down the trees sent shivers up and down her back, and as she walked backwards, she gave up and broke into a run. Anxiety overtook her, she had to get out of this forest.
Branches seemed to claw at her face as she ran through brambles and leaves. Her foot caught hold of a branch and she almost tripped but she caught her balance. She ran through the trees but they seemed to go on forever. Where was the nice safety of the park? The nice, normal, lighted parking lot? Her breathing picked up as her run changed into a sprint. She saw a light… a streetlamp? She hoped.
No. It was a flashlight.
Crash!
Leah and Will fell into a tangled heap. His flashlight fell to the ground, she fell on her ankle awkwardly. After a moment of confusion, Will found himself inches from Leah's face.
Leah struggled for something to say, suddenly blurting out, "I was scared."
He suddenly pushed himself off of her and sat down a good ten inches away from her. "Alright then…" He spoke after regaining his senses. "Are you okay?"
She sat up and pulled a brown leaf out of her hair. "Just fine." She said, sarcastically. "Sorry about that. me and dark scary forests just don't go well. Sorry for running into you like a freight train."
"A what?"
"Never mind." Leah grinned.
Will stood up and offered her a hand. She took his and he pulled her up. "I wasn't really watching where I was going." He admitted.
"Not the best strategy when you're trying to find a foot-tall monkey." They laughed.
Soon the smile seemed to wash away. As if he had suddenly thought of something, Will began walking away. His friendly demeanor seemed to fade away. "Uh… I should try to get back to looking for… uh… Jack?"
Leah was confused. Only a minute ago he had been fine… and then this. What was going on?
"I'll come with you, if that's okay. I don't want a repeat of that anxiety attack." Leah said, carefully avoiding a patch of poison ivy.
"Actually, Leah, I'd kind of rather be alone. Besides, Sam's looking for you." He pointed out the fact that they were at the edge of the forest. Sam was waving around her flashlight, when it found Leah and Will.
"Oh." Leah said, "Ok, are you sure you'll be okay?"
"I was okay until you showed up." He mumbled, coldly.
She narrowed her eyebrows and decidedly walked to Sam. And Will, well, he seemed to disappear back into the forest.
Leah felt more comfortable with Sam, who began to rant, "What was that all about? 'I was okay until you showed up'? Huh? That's so…"
"Off?" Leah supplied.
"What's up with your boyfriend, Leah?" Sam asked, demandingly.
"He's not my boyfriend!"
"You've liked him for three years, right?"
"So have half the girls in the US alone."
"Ugh." Sam moaned, annoyed, "Whatever. So what happened?"
"What do you mean?" Leah asked.
"Well, I heard you scream and stuff. Did he try to rape you or something?"
"SAM!" Leah squealed, mortified.
"Well, he is, like, five years older than you!"
"Sam, do you hear yourself talking, or is it just a buzzing in your ears?" Leah accused.
"Fine, fine. Just tell me what really happened." Sam sat down on a bench, and Leah followed.
"Well," Leah began, "I was running and I sort of bumped into him."
"Wait a minute, wait a minute! What were you running from? What was so scary? A bear? A bat? Quentin Tarantino gnawing off Miley Cyrus's ear?" Sam guessed.
"What? No! I'm just a little scared of the dark forest, that's all. Moving on. So I ran into him and we ended up on the ground-"
"Kissing?"
"Sam, shut up. So we fell and I was all like, 'Sorry' and he was all like, 'ok' and I made a joke and he laughed and everything was fine." Leah rambled.
"Wait. This is all part of that master plan you mapped out!"
"Huh?"
"Three years ago you mapped out a master plan to kidnap Orlando Bloom and hold him hostage and use his money to buy and devour delicious frozen beverages!"
There was silence. A cricket chirped.
Leah nodded, "That was a very good plan, wasn't it?"
"I like the part with the panda."
Leah shook her head, "Back to reality. So I made the joke and he laughed and we walked a bit and then suddenly he's all angsty and cold!"
"Really?"
"Yeah! 'I hate you' and that sort of thing!" Leah pouted. "I don't know what I did."
They sat in silence for a moment. Sam then snapped her fingers and said, "I know who provoked all this badass sexy angstyness! It's all because of you-know-who!"
Leah looked at her blankly. "Voldemort? Why the crap would this have anything to do with-"
"No! No!" Sam interrupted, "Elizabeth Swan!"
Leah thought for a moment and then slapped a hand against her forehead. "Oh no, you're right!"
"Yaay! I'm right!"
"No, not 'yay'! I did a very bad thing!" Leah muttered.
"Which was?"
"I think I must've accidentally flirted with him!"
"Ooh, smexy pirate love! I like it!" Sam teased.
"I mean I didn't really, just the equivalent."
"What do you mean?"
"Well, social laws of that time period were different! What I'm wearing now would be underwear! Not to mention people don't normally go like this!" Leah put her face right in front of Sam's, who looked surprised.
Leah groaned and put her head in her hands. "Do I not learn anything from fanfiction! Messing up in the character's love lives always ruins the relationship. And I don't like Elizabeth or anything but he still loves her!"
The conversation seemed to end there, until Sam put a comforting hand on Leah's shoulder.
"We'll just take everything as it comes. If he turns into some annoying jerk because he doesn't have his love life in order, then fine! Eventually he'll go back to the movie, right? And if you turn into some Mary Sue, I'll gladly drag you back to the real world. Besides, you are dealing with a guy here. They take time, money, and grooming. And they're not very smart."
Leah smiled. "It's no use bashing a pirate. They're smarter than they look."
Sam grinned. "He's a blacksmith."
And they laughed.
Sam almost didn't see a flash of brown as it flashed along the forest, but she saw it just in time.
And she and Leah, troubles gone, ran after the squealing monkey and it's small black and white pursuer.
I think we found Jack the Monkey! and Waldo! YAAAY!
Also, this chapter featured the two scariest people I have ever seen in my entire life: Miley Cyrus and Quentin Tarantino!
(Don't think I don't like either of these people, because I obviously don't know either of them very well, but honestly they both scare the living daylights out of me!)
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