Across Seas Remade Mark II

"No." Wyatt repeated, glaring at Darcy when she raised an eyebrow at him

Amora sighed. "Rico, it's best that you stay with your father and I." She told him, before she looked at Wyatt. "Should we just tell him?"

"No." Wyatt mumbled. "He isn't going anywhere and we aren't telling him."

"We'd keep him safe, Wyatt.. And it wouldn't be permanent."

Amora watched them. "Did you encourage this?"

Jack looked at her. "No, but I wish I did, he's learning a trade, and he wants to be here, what's he doing on that ship?"

"Plenty!"

"He's got a talent, let Jack teach nurture it."

"He stays here, and he can learn a trade, find a place for his future, there's nothing saying that he can't go back on the ship when he is older and less likely to get hurt." Jack told him. "He's a smart lad Wyatt, and he has a talent."

"You shouldn't have encouraged this." Amora told him. "He is our son, yes he has a talent I'm not going to deny that, but you should have spoke to us before even thinking of this."

"It was my idea," Rico frowned. "Don't blame them, they haven't done anything."

"The answer is still no."

"Rico, maybe when you're older the answer might be different, but the answer is still no." Amora told him.

"You can't do that. Can't force me back onto the ship." Rico mumbled

"As your parents, we believe the ship is a better place for you to be." Amora reasoned.

"Your not my real mother, you can't force me onto any ship!"

"Rico!" Wyatt reprimanded.

"I may not be." She told him. "But I love like you were my own." She got up. "I'm going to go back to the ship, thank you for the food." She smiled slightly at Darcy, before she left the house.

"Amora…" Kovu tried to stop her, then he looked at Rico. "She's not your mother kid, but she's the only one you're going to have."

Wyatt shook his head, getting to his feet and walking after Amora. Catching her before she got too far, sliding his arms around her waist and pulling her into a hug.

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"I'm staying here." Rico grumbled.

She hugged him back. "I'm sorry."
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"All because you aren't getting your own way Rico, does not mean that you get to hurt your mum like that." Kovu told him.

"You have nothing to be sorry for," Wyatt whispered, "He's just being a brat."

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"I'm staying here!" Rico yelled

"Rico, just go and apologise to your mum." Jack told him.
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She sighed. "But still...Maybe telling him would help."

"Even if we weren't expecting the baby, the answer would still be no to him staying here."

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"No." Rico mumbled

"I know, I have no idea what else to do."
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"Rico, just go and apologise."

"No they'll force me onto the ship!"

"I'll come with you so they can't, hm?" Darcy offerwd lightly.

Rico swallowed thickly, nodding.

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"Nothing, we drag him home and don't let hin out of his room until we are back on the water.""

"That's weeks away." She reminded him. "The crew have shore leave, and it's Kovu's call when we leave." She sighed. "Do you really think my father or Darcy will let us? We could be gone for years, no way to come back to him, and the baby..."
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"Good luck." Kovu told her.

"He is stuck in his room for weeks then, I would be grounded for weeks all the time at his age."

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"Mm," Darcy hummed, heading out. Rico following behind.

"So would Kovu." She told him and she nodded and she looked past to where she could just make out Rico and Darcy.

"So thats what we're going to do,"

"Go on," Darcy encouraged gently, pushing Rico in front of her. Resting a hand on his shoulder.

Rico grimaced, looking to Amora then to the floor and mumbling; "Sorry."

Amora got to her knees in front of him. "You understand why your father and I have to say no don't you?" She asked him.

"I said sorry not that I was going to the ship." Rico muttered.

Darcy frowned.