Mad Woman - Rewrite

2.6.

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TW : mentions or allusions to rape and sexual assault. I will mark the section with the mentions with •

Part 2. Chapter 6.

Includes :
Clarisse Blows Up Everything
We Check In To C.C.'S Spa & Resort

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Chapter 11: Clarisse Blows Up Everything

"Oh shit," Leo chuckled.

"Is it bad that I'm kind of excited for it ?" Piper sheepishly scratched the back of her head.

The OG trio shrugged with small, fond smiles.

"You are in so much trouble," Clarisse said.

We'd just finished a ship tour we didn't want, through dark rooms overcrowded with dead sailors. We'd seen the coal bunker, the boilers and engine, which huffed and groaned like it would explode any minute. We'd seen the pilothouse and the powder magazine and gunnery deck (Clarisse's favorite) with two Dahlgren smoothbore cannons on the port and starboard sides and a Brooke nine-inch rifled gun fore and aft—all specially refitted to fire celestial bronze cannon balls.

Everywhere we went, dead Confederate sailors stared at us, their ghostly bearded faces shimmering over their skulls. They approved of Annabeth because she told them she was from Virginia. They were interested in me, too, because my name was Jackson—like the Southern general—but then I ruined it by telling them I was from New York. They all hissed and muttered curses about Yankees. And don't even get them started on Rowan who's from the other side of the pond. They straight up ignored her as soon as they heard the accent. She didn't seem to mind too much.

"Hey !" A lot of people protested.

Rowan shrugged. "We did technically kind of colonise them. They have good reason to not like us."

At that pulled faces, as if to say, fair enough.

Tyson was terrified of them. All through the tour, he insisted Annabeth or Rowan hold his hand. Rowan ended up doing it since Annabeth she didn't look too thrilled about.

"Aww."

"Cute."

"He's a sweet baby," a hufflepuff smiled sweetly.

Finally, we were escorted to dinner. The CSS Birmingham captain's quarters were about the size of a walk-in closet, but still much bigger than any other room on board. The table was set with white linen and china. Peanut butter and jelly sandwiches, potato chips, and Dr Peppers were served by skeletal crewmen.

But the funniest thing was who we found there.

"Who ?" People demanded.

"Ethan," Rowan blinked.

Ethan Nakamura shyly smiled. "Hey Rowan." He gave her a small wave.

"Oh..." Brenna let out.

Rowan looked down at her hands, playing with her fingers. She chanced a glance at Jason who sent her a reassuring smile. That made her smile back shyly.

He knew all about Ethan. She had told him everything but she still felt slightly awkward and shy about her current boyfriend hearing about her most serious ex-situationship.