FTRS Short Story

The Hokey Pokey

Kayla's P.O.V.

"JAX! JAAAAAAAX!" I yell, banging on his cabin door. Yes, I'm very aware that it was quite late at night - snail mail is well, snail-ishly slow. It was around ten o'clock when Jocelyn stormed it to me and..... well,  currently just my cabin. I guess she was awake and on the dock for some reason? Anyway, after she left, I went to Ollie and Jax's cabin and started knocking. No reply, so i started banging.

"Whaaaaat?" A drowsy voice replies from inside. "Some people are trying to sleep here!"

"It's important!" I insist.

"What can be important enough to have you banging on our door?" Ollie whines.

I hear a crash and a thump. I'm gonna guess that Ollie rolled of the bed or something.

"It's about Gilly!" I answer.

A lot more crashes, thumps, and the occasional 'OWW!!!'s.

Jax opens the door. From behind him, I can see blankets on the floor, a broken glass, a knocked over lamp, and Ollie, sprawled out on the floor, his limbs everywhere.

"Umm..." I say, staring at the mess behind him.

"Hello?" he waves his hand in my face.

"Oh yes. Jocelyn got a snail mail that they've found Gilly and she's probably at FTRS now." I say quickly.

Jax's expression lights up so much that I almost felt like I was looking at a light bulb. Then, to my surprise, he starts doing something that looks like the hokey pokey right there.

"Uhhh...."

"What is going on and why is Jax doing the hokey pokey in the doorway?" Ollie groans. He tries to pull himself up but ends up getting tangled into his blankets and falling with a loud thump.

"I'm gonna assume the reason why Jax is doing the hokey pokey in the middle of the night is because you told him?" Jocelyn says from behind me.

I turn around and notice Maxine with a huge grin on her face. "Yup, and I'm gonna guess Maxine knows?"

Jocelyn nods, then she grimaces as she gets a glimpse of the state of the boys' cabin.

"What is everyone talking about?!" Ollie complains, still in a tangled heap.

"Gilly's back at FTRS." Jocelyn says bluntly.

"What?! That's great!" he tries to stand up again. And ends up falling into the curtains and dragging them down with him with a very loud crash.

"Umm, Ollie, you should probably just stay like that until someone untangles you. You might destroy the whole ship like that." I say.

"This deserves a celebration! Where's the patty cakes?" Ollie announces, following my advice.

"Ollie, it's the middle of the night. Why would we be eating patty cakes?" Jocelyn says exasperatedly. 

"It's good news!" Ollie protests.

"We can party tomorrow," Maxine suggests, "Let's get some sleep now."

"Yes! Thank you!" Jocelyn sighs. "Now if you excuse me, I'm going to bed."

"Same." Maxine nods.

"I'll.... leave you two to your...... umm.... thing." I say, backing away back to my cabin.

I close my door, then burst into laughter. The hokey pokey? Jax is gonna die when Gilly finds out!

Hey guys! How's my updating? Better right? It's been so long since I've written a chapter in only one person's pov. This chapter is pretty good if I say so myself, well, I really enjoyed writing the hokey pokey bit. I don't know about you though. Well, let me know what you think ok this chapter and I'll see if I can update again in a day or two. Thanks!!