'You kissed me,' she's very sorely tempted to reply. 'You kissed me and then I woke up in my room and my sisters thought that I was crazy. Humming stupid songs for weeks.'

He messes her up something awful.

Her mouth is halfway open, answer on the very tip of her tongue, before there's a clambering wild sound of footsteps of far too many pirates at once and she's stifling a laugh into his shoulder.

"Ah, the cavalry has arrived."