Tosser~ a James Cook fanfic~

Pandora~2

PJ PARTY

The girls walked up to Pandora's house at the end of a quaint court.

"Mums done the signal so everyone knows where my party is!" Pandora proudly pointed over to the balloons tied to the mailbox. Tess's mum did indeed do this for her birthdays- but when she was 7.

"How many people did you invite" Katie asked

"Uhm... 5. You, Eff, Tess, Emily and Naomi!" She cheered happily

Katie's face soured "Naomi? Why would you invite her?!"

"Well Ems says I had to otherwise she wouldn't come" Pandora explained with a shrug

"Aww Sweet" Effy added almost mockingly

"Just try to get along Katie," Tess pleaded "For Emily?" but Katie stayed silent already miffed

"Come on. We can do brownies, and then lick our bowls out" Pandora said far too enthusiastically. The three of them just giggled at her innocence.

Pandora led them into her freakishly clean house, directing them to take their shoes off and chuck them in the shoe box which Tess did reluctantly.

"MUM!" Pandora suddenly bellowed, startling the girls and probably half the street. Her mum rushed in with an exasperated look.

"Blastification! Drat! Drat! Fiddlesticks! Panda, we have spoken about shouting like a goat in the house." She said as she fussed over her daughter.

Panda continued- still quite loudly "Sorry. Look mum Friends!"

"Still shouting, Pandora. Calm time, please." Her mother's lips were tight, but she joined her daughter in a synchronised, deep breathing ritual. "I'm calm... I'm calm..." Tess was shocked- weirded out by the routine. Katie just raised her eyebrows, trying not to laugh

"So this is Effy mum!" Pandora stated as soon as she had finished her little ritual

"Pandora has told me so much about you." She said sweetly

Panda interrupted, "Yeah, you know, Eff', your missionary work." Tess figured Pandora's mother had no idea what any of them got up to. Effy of course just played along

"Yes, I try to do as much of that as I can." She smiled

"That's good. There are so many bad things in the world. Boys, drugs and guns, alcohol. Boys. Evil things. I'm glad Pandora's found a channel she can pour her energy into." Panda's mum sighed a sigh of relief.

"Well, yes, all the seamen like her." Effy said a small smirk escaping her mouth

Pandora's mother blinked "Seamen?"

"Oh, yes. Loads of seamen. Some of them are homeless as well. We'd love to see Pandora get her own missionary position." Effy said mischievously but her mother seemed almost oblivious

"Right, lovely. And who are these two?" She asked pointing to Tess and Katie

Pandora introduced them "Thats Katie and Tess mum"

"Well, that's wonderful. We're not used to having so many friends, are we, Panda?" She beamed

"No. And I've got more. Heaps more. Two more." Panda jumped and Tess couldn't help but feel a bit bad for the girl

"Five friends. Goodness. We're going to have a wild old time, aren't we? I hope you all like playing Monster in the Dark!"She laughed

Tess gave a half hearted grin "Looking forward to it."