Where You Belong

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"What about that place?" Penguin pointed at the window.

"No." He pursed his lips, before spotting another building and pointing to it.

"That one?" Lexi glanced out the window then shook her head.

"Nope." He huffed, and Shachi joined him looking outside, the slight drizzle of rain landing on the glass.

"Wait, that's one, isn't it?" Lexi followed his finger, and saw the golden arches that indicated the McDonald's. She sighed with another shake of her head.

"Yes, that's a fast food place. But no, we aren't going to eat there."

"Aww..." The two engineers pouted together in the back, crossing their arms like children. Law only raised an eyebrow quizzically.

"What exactly is, 'fast food?' What about it is fast?" Lexi slowed and crossed over into the left turn lane, switching on her windshield wipers as the rain began to pick up. In front of her, a shiny red Lexus was waiting for the green arrow to turn. With a small grin, she noticed that Law repeatedly followed the wipers with his eyes.

"It's just a place that you can get food for cheap, and it's a lot faster than cooking something yourself. Mostly people just use them to eat on the go, like if you're running late for work or just want something quick for lunch." The light turned green and she pressed on the gas again.

"Wouldn't you want dinner to be quick?" Shachi asked, poking his head through the middle into the front row of seats.

"Yeah, but the only problem is it costs money. And since you blew through my weekly allowance like it was pocket change, we don't get to have anything like that until at least next week." She gave a pointed look at the two idiots through the rearview mirror, and they blushed guiltily.

The subject of time brought up another thought to her mind, and she glanced at Law, had remained mostly quiet since they had left the mall. "Uh...when, or I should say how, are you guys gonna get back to...your world?"

"Yeah, Captain. What are we gonna do?" Penguin looked over to the man in front, who shrugged.

"There's not much to go on, especially since we don't know what caused us to be brought here in the first place. Until we find that out, we'll have to stay with Lexi-ya." He turned that overly-innocent grin onto her, and she scowled. Much as she was starting to enjoy having the pirates around, they didn't belong in her world. They weren't meant for the things Lexi had.

"Great..." She muttered, deciding to focus all of her attention on the road and not the tiny bit of disappointment that sat in her chest.

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"Nana, dinner's almost ready!" Lexi knocked on the main bedroom door, and she heard her grandmother respond from inside.

"I'll be out in just a second!" Satisfied that she was in a lucid state, or at least she so hoped, Lexi returned to the kitchen where the chicken was roasting in the oven. Upon turning the corner, she laid eyes on the two idiots hovering around the glass to try to see inside.

"Ahem." She said, and they straightened with wide eyes. "It's almost done, just let it sit for a little longer."

"Sorry, Lexi-chan!" They scuttled from the room, taking places on the couch beside Law. Bepo sat on the floor in front of them, as he'd come to the conclusion that he was too large for the couches. She'd felt bad about it, seeing as the floor wasn't too comfortable, but he'd waved away her worry and said that he was used to the ground. There was still a little doubt in her though.

Checking over the food, she saw that it would take another five minutes before it was done. There was nothing to do but wait now, and so she grabbed herself a cup of iced tea and wandered into the living room with the others.