CalxRussell

PART ONE

Cal's POV (I won't kid you, it'll probably all be Cal's POV for her story, unless I think of something really cool at the end for Russell's POV)

"I'll share a room with you." I pointed to Russell.

"Ugh… why me? WHY?" He growled at me.

"Captains orders." Nathan told him, not even cracking a smile. "Live with it."

"Erm…" Peri started, "I'll share a room with… Thomas. You were really nice to me when we got on this ship."

"Yeah, you'd know." I huffed. "You were unconcious half the time."

"No fighting!" Captain laughed. "Save that for the full moon!"

"The full moon?" I asked.

"Yerp." Eduardo smirked, "Full moon's tomorrow night. That's our que to party… and your que to walk the plank."

"Don't get me started, cowboy!"

"Look's like this one will be fighting whether it's a full moon of not! Hahaha!" Captain laughed.

"Captain," Peri asked him.

"Morgan." He corrected her.

"What?"

"Call me Morgan."

"Okay…" She stammered. "Morgan…I don't mean to burst your bubble, but I'm stuffed. Which room is it?"

"Thomas, take her to your room." He ordered.

"Aye, aye, Cap!"

Thomas and Peri left.

Russell caught me staring at him. "Tsk… fine. This way."

We walked to his room.

"So…" I put my hands in my pockets. "Where's my bed?"

"Here." He pointed to the ground.

"You're kidding me?"

"Nope."

"You're making me sleep on the ground?"

"It's my room isn't it?"

"Well, yes, but…"

"Then I sleep on my bed. If you have any problems, go walk the plank."

"I do have a problem actually! I'm not sleeping on the ground! Do you know how bad my posture is already?"

"Haha…" He patted my back. "You're a funny one. Here, take the bed."

"What? Are you serious?"

"Yeah!" He layed down on the floor.

"Ermm… you're sleeping on the floor?"

"Duh. You're taking the bed."

"But…"

"Shhh! Go to sleep."

He turned the lights off.

What was that about… I thought, right before I slowly drifted off to sleep.

The next day, I awoke to find myself being shaken.

"Get uuuuppp! If you get up right now, I'll be late! RUSSELL DOES NOT DO LATE!"

"Relax, relax, I'm up!" I get up and follow him out the door. He was almost sprinting.

"Yer lucky I woke ya up, I was thinking of leaving ya to sleep so ya would be late."

Pirates talk funny… I thought.

"Yer quiet compared to yesterday…" He observed.

"I guess I'm just thinking a little more…"

"Bout what?"

"Just about home…" No, Cal, don't cry; say anything just don't cry.

"I know you're upset, but don't worry. We'll take you home after we find the treasure?"

"Treasure? Treasure! What treasure?"

"I'll talk about it later."

We reached the massive dining room.

"Woah, I never knew that pirates… wine and dine…"

"Ahh," Christopher motioned us to come sit down, "Cal, Russell, you're here!"

"You're late," Captain Morgan corrected him.

"It's all this one's fault," He pointed at me, without looking, and slumped down in his chair. I sat down too.

What's the matter with him? He was so nice when we were alone.

"Hello! It's not my fault! Im not used to this kind of treatment! DO I LOOK LIKE I PIRATE TO YOU?"

"Hahaha!" Morgan patted me on the back. "I like you; yer funny!"

"So, Peri, Cal," Christopher started, "Do you too want to help us find the treasure? We'll be on the island by morning."

"Sure," I sighed, "Whatever."

"OMG REALLY?" Peri was having a panic attack, "That'd be SO cool!"

"What?" Russell furrowed his eyebrows. "No way are we letting these two come with us," he pointed his bread stick at us, "We don't need more trouble."

"More trouble?" I asked.

"What? You think it's easy being a pirate? There's the navy, wild hogs, native cannibals, the opposition pirates, you name it."

"The opposition pirates?" I asked again.

"Duh! Weren't you listening?" I really wanted to slap him at that comment.

"Who are they?" Peri asked.

"They're the Rika," Thomas told her, "They want the treasure because they're greedy."

"Isn't that why you want the treasure?" She wondered.

The room fell silent. "Erm… ugh…" He pondered for a moment, then looked down, "I've never thought about it that way…"

"So, Cal," Nathan turned to look at me, obviously trying to change the subject, "You want breakfast? Or are you just waiting to starve?"

He's… blunt. I thought.

"Sure," I noticed that everyone else had food already, including Peri. She was munching on toast.

"What do you have?"

"Everything."

"Everything?"

"Yes, everything."

"What about… dried monkey brains?" I joked.

"Coming right up…" He walked to the kitchen.

"WAIT! I was joking!"

He turned around. "So was I." But… he didn't even crack a smile… Totally not awkward at all.

"Just get me something… bready."

He raised his eyebrow and then walked to the kitchen.

This is gonna be a loooonggg day…