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Tiara giggled. “No, silly. Mermaids have sparkle bras like in MermaidTopia38. That comes with accessories. I used to come with accessories. Before we crashed.”
“Tiara, don’t scare the nice pirates away,” Petra whispered.
The pirate pushed up onto his elbows. “How do you think mermaids pee? I always wondered ’cause they have those tails and stuff?”
“I know!” Tiara nodded wildly.
Petra rolled her eyes. “A match made in heaven.”
“Ahoy, mates!” someone yelled from the surf. “Our captain is down!”
Several pirates staggered to their feet to meet the others, and they carried the body of a tall, well-built guy. He wore black breeches tucked into tall black boots and a full white shirt. He was soaked through and through.
“Put him down over here,” Nicole instructed, and they brought him to her doctor’s hut. The girls crowded around. “I need to examine him, make sure he doesn’t have any injuries.”
Miss Ohio’s hand went up. “I’ll help!”
A chorus of “me, too!” rang out.
One of the guys stepped forward. A cool phoenix design had been etched into his close-cropped hair, and he wore a silver hoop earring in his right ear. He shook Nicole’s hand. “Ahmed. I got some basic training in the army. Happy to help.”
“Great. You can start by getting everybody out of here,” Nicole said.
The girls responded with awwws and pouts, but Nicole was resolute and Ahmed flashed a bright smile and promised everything would be just fine before shutting the thatched door.
Mary Lou rushed over to the other girls. “Do you know who these guys are?”
“Who?” Adina asked.
Mary Lou’s eyes were huge. “We’ve just rescued the cast of Captains Bodacious IV: Badder and More Bodaciouser!”
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CHAPTER TWENTY-ONE
“You through with the razor?” Miss Ohio asked Miss Montana.
The girls had lined up at the swimming hole. They’d pulped a coconut, which they were using for shaving cream.
“Ordinarily, double-dipping on a razor would skeeve me out completely,” Miss Ohio explained. “But I am not hanging out with a boatload of fine pirates looking like a yeti.”
“You in line?” Miss New Mexico asked Adina.
“No, I’m not.” Adina stepped back and let her go ahead. “And you should worry more about fixing their ship and being rescued than shaving your pits.”
“I can do both. I’m a multitasker.”
“This is going to make such a great story: How I nursed a pirate back to health and my love saved him,” Miss Ohio said with a contented sigh. “And then we can have our own reality show about our relationship.”
“Good luck with that.”
Petra grinned at Adina.
“What — you don’t believe in true love?” Petra asked. “The kind that can then be parlayed into awesome merchandising opportunities?”
“Isn’t it exciting?” Tiara said, grinning. “TV pirates!”
