A/N: What happens when Cadi gives a prompt in chat.
"I don't think he's a real doctor."
I rolled my eyes, exasperated. “What gave you that impression?”
“Well…for a start he doesn’t have a stethoscope…” Dixie replied sincerely.
“So the fact that he’s dressed like a pirate doesn’t bother you at all?”
Dixie shrugged and leaned over the railing of the ship to look at the rippling water. “Could be a Pirate Doctor.”
I turned away from her, leaning my back against the rail and basking in the sun that was beating down. “What’s your obsession with Doctors, Dixie?”
She leaned further over, her little legs kicking in the air but I could still hear her. “It’s not an obsession, Tran! It’s a healthy interest.”
I laughed a little to myself, the use of the word healthy when talking about Doctors was not lost on me.
“Besides,” Dixie started, looking back at me with her violet eyes. “Who says I’m not obsessed with Pirates.” her lip quirked in a smirk.
I laughed again and then jumped forward, grabbing my little sister by the head and ruffling her hair up.
“Tran…Tran get ooofff meeee!”
She pinched my arms in an attempt to get me off and I yelped despite myself, letting her go. We both looked at each other, panting.
“What did I do to deserve a little sister like you?”
Dixie grinned, looking me straight in the eye. “Karma’s a bitch.”
She really was impossible. I lunged forward again and she shrieked, stumbling back.
“Hey…you two! When you’ve finished messing about, how about you help me cast off?”
I turned away from Dixie to see the tall, imposing figure of Darton, his thick mop of dark hair in disarray. From the oil smears on the older man's tanned skin I guessed he’d been trying to kick start the engine. I felt a twinge of guilt for not helping him.
“Sorry, Darton.”
Dixie pushed in front of me. “Hey, Darton. See that guy over there,” she pointed to the man aboard the opposite ship and I slapped a hand to my face, knowing what was coming.
“Yep! Sure do, Dixie. Shifty fellow if you ask me.”
“Do you think he’s a Doctor?”
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