We Cannot Live Like This

Disclaimer: For everyone's reading pleasure. The idea is mine the characters are Disney's

I Need To See More of You

It is not every girl who can be loved and cared for by the man of her dreams, but Elizabeth Swann was not every girl. She married the man of her dreams and went to live with him on the Black Pearl. This was an adventuresome but also dangerous thing to do. Will was, after all, a pirate and he desired to live like one. Elizabeth, on the other hand, was the Governor's daughter and she preferred not to live like a pirate but she married one.

She woke up early, nestled in the corner of her bed with her back to Will. As she moved she could feel the warmth of his skin next to hers. She rolled over and looked into his sleeping face. His curly tresses lay tumbled over his brow. She reached over to push them back from his face, but the shift in her weight caused him to stir.

He moved slightly and opened his sleepy eyes. He studied her and he marveled at her loveliness. He reached up and ran his hand down her body. Her smooth soft skin was velvety to the touch and he ran his hand along her side and over her abdomen. "I love you Mrs. Turner," he said drowsily.

She touched his cheek and brushed his lips with her fingertips. "What am I going to do with you?"

Before Will could answer, there was a loud knock at the door. "May I come in?" Jack called out as he entered the room. Both Elizabeth and Will pulled the covers up over their heads.

"Jack, it is customary to wait for an answer before you enter a room." Will spoke with a muffled voice from under the sheets.

"Will, do you hide every time someone comes into a room? Come Lad, I want to see your face, and yours too Elizabeth. It's quite a lovely one you know."

"Jack, this is no time to be talking about my face." Elizabeth said as she pulled the sheet down from her face.

"Then I'll talk about the rest of you. It's just as enchanting."

Will now looked at Jack. "Sparrow, what is it you want?"

"Well Lad, it has come to my attention and the crew's that you are shirking on your duties. The sun has been up for hours and while you and the missus enjoy the contact of crisp, cool sheets and, dare I say, warm flesh we are working ourselves to exhaustion."

"Jack I can't believe this, get out! We have only been married for a week." Will climbed out of the bed and Jack couldn't help to focus on his naked body.

Will pulled on his trousers and grabbed his shirt. "Really Jack, this is my cabin and I am asking you, as a friend, to get out."

"William, I am glad you see me as a friend but I am also your captain. You asked if you could sail with us and I must admit I was thrilled. You want to follow your father's trade but you don't want to leave your new bride. That is very commendable of you and we can always use two more hands. But you see, the ship does not sail herself and we all have to pull our weight. In layman's terms, we have not seen your hands. We have not seen you at all." Jack gave a slight smirk. "Well, until now."

"May we come in?" Unfamiliar voices called and without knocking, two young men came into the cabin with a large copper tub and placed it in the middle of the room.

"Hope we didn't wake you." They both said sarcastically as they looked at Jack and then they gave Will and Elizabeth a look of sympathy.

"No, you didn't wake me," Will replied as he pushed Jack out of his way.

Jack winced and smiled over at the bed. "You see the captain, that would be me," Jack pointed his long skinny fingers toward himself. "Likes to get started early. I know it does not suit everybody to be up and about at such hours but I do like my crew to be about their business without too much prodding. Savvy?"

Jack looked at the two men. "Lads, the water won't jump into the copper by itself; you'd better give it some help."

Their smiles turned to frowns as they left to go get the water. "Now Will, I know you fairly well and if you are anything like your father you will amount to a fair pirate. Elizabeth, I also have high hopes for you."

"Only fair?" Will said as he started to pull on his boots and Jack stopped him.

"Well, I don't want to count me chickens before they hatch. Now take yourself a warm bath and meet me at the helm. I think every man and woman should take a bath every morning."

Elizabeth laughed while still holding the sheets up around her neck. "Jack, do you really expect us to believe you take a bath every morning?"

Jack narrowed his eyes at her and then gave her his infamous grin. "Yes, but not always in the copper. Sometimes I swim in the ocean and at other times we rig up a shower on deck. But the sea is cold, even though it is summer and I did not think you wanted to bathe in front of the crew."

The men returned, straining under their load of hot water. "Don't slop it on the floor," Jack barked. "I don't want them to slip and break their heads because you don't know how to pour water out of a bucket."

The boys hurried away, to return again and again until the huge copper was filled with steaming water.

"That's enough for now. Remember to have it ready on time tomorrow."

"Yes, Captain," was all they said as they made their escape.

"Really Jack, Will and I can pick our own time for bathing and we do not need those men to wake us up and deliver us water."

Jack sauntered over to the bed. "Elizabeth, I do believe you are forgetting your manners. Remember, you are sailing with me now and you will take orders from me. Evidently you do need someone to rouse you and since the Black Pearl does not have a rooster my men will be sufficient. Now, would you like to take your bath before or after William or, perhaps, at the same time?" Jack looked at Will and winked. "It's no trouble to have more water brought in."

"Thank you, Captain Sparrow, but I don't want a bath." Elizabeth insisted.

"Neither do I," Will added as he pulled on his boots.

"Suit yourself." Jack stripped quickly and stepped into the tub. With an appreciative sigh, he settled down into the water until it was right under his chin. "Will, will you hand me the soap?"

"What?" Will could not believe his ears or eyes.

"The soap, I can't reach it." Jack waved his hand through the air.

"Where is it?" Will asked, as he looked over at Elizabeth. They were both looking at one another in shock.

"Over there next to the basin. You would know that if you two had gotten out of the bed and washed."

"Here," Will said, handing him the soap, his eyes still directed at Elizabeth.

"I forgot my sponge too," Jack said, pointing to it.

Will dropped the sponge into the water.

"Thanks," He said as he washed his feet, raising one after another out of the water. He then caught Will and Elizabeth off guard as he stood up unexpectedly. Jack looked over at Elizabeth and saw a slight blush as she put her hands to her face.

"Are you feeling ill Elizabeth?" Jack asked as he covered his whole body with thick lather.

"No," her voice was somewhat faint. "I feel fine."

"Good, then you can wash my back." He sat back down and splashed water all over himself to rinse off the soap. "I can't reach it."

"No," she said softly.

"What did you say Luv? You'll have to speak up."

"I said I wouldn't wash your back. I won't wash any part of you. This happens to be William's and my quarters and you have taken over the room. You have delivered your message loud and clear. From now on we will be up, bathed and dressed before dawn."

Jack looked at her steadily and his gold teeth glistened. "William how about you? The water is getting cold." Jack held out the sponge, but Will made no effort to take it.

"Jack, we cannot and will not live like this. You have proven your point. Elizabeth and I will pull our weight and you will not have to come wake us again."

Jack dropped the sponge. "William, Elizabeth, I'm glad you see it my way. I've finished, could you please hand me that towel?"

Before Will could move Jack stood up in the tub, dripping wet. Elizabeth wrapped the bed sheets around her and jumped out of the bed.

"That is quite enough Captain." She grabbed the towel from William and threw it at Jack. Jack missed it and the towel went into the tub.

"Now look what you've done," Jack smiled at her as she stood next to Will staring point blank at him and not covering her face.

"You'll have to get me another towel Luv."

She walked over to the stack of towels. "Do you want me to dry you next?"

"I can do that meself, just hand me the towel."

"I can't."

"What do you mean you can't? You have too; I'll drip water all over the floor if I go get one."

"I can't and I won't. You may boss your other crew mates around but Will and I will not tolerate it. We are not like the others. If this is how it is going to be living on this ship and sailing under your command then we won't."

Will looked at Jack. "That's right, we won't!" Then he looked at Elizabeth. "We won't?"

Elizabeth reached for all the towels grabbed her clothes off the chair and gathered Jack's from the floor. "No, we won't," She pulled William to the door. "Jack, you will have to call to Gibbs or Cotton for more towels if you don't want to ruin your floors. Hopefully you have some extra clothes they can bring to you. William and I will be residing in your cabin until you get yourself dressed. If you are lucky, we will see you at breakfast. One last word of advice, you'd better get back in the tub before you catch cold."

Elizabeth knew she would be happy with Will, but living with the crew and Jack Sparrow had not been her idea. It was Will's. What did he really know about them? She could only determine that they were pirates who plunder and pillage ports and possibly kill innocent people and rape women. She tried not to think of that. She tried not to think Will would really want to associate with people like this. She had seen a side of Jack this morning that she did not like. Of course, she had seen many sides of Jack that she didn't like. Yes, he has to be hard and stern in order to keep the ship running but he tipped the barrel this morning.

Will had tried to explain to her, "Elizabeth please, I don't wish to live my life as a blacksmith. I did ask Jack if we could sail with him. He agreed and said that I would be treated like the rest of the crew but you would be treated with respect."

"William that was not respect Jack showed me today. He showed me everything but respect."

Will laughed then shook his head. "Yes, you are right. But please give him one more chance. Jack has informed the crew that you are my legal wife and no man is to put a hand on you or even look at you twice. I have been neglecting my duties and I know we can make this work."

Elizabeth did not really want to live on the Pearl but she knew Will yearned for the sea. She did not want him to give up the opportunity to sail with Jack even though she felt he was a bad influence. She knew he would not be happy just to settle down and live in Port Royal.

Elizabeth herself was looking for adventure but the prospect of sailing the seas for the rest of her life with Jack Sparrow was rather horrifying. She would be cut off from the only kind of life she had ever known.

She looked into Will's pleading eyes. "Very well, I will give him one more chance but only because I love you so much. If Jack steps out of line just once, I will not be held responsible for what I might do."

A/N Wow I have finished chapter one. Boy, am I excited. I hope you all liked it. This is my first attempt at a longer story, I usually do one shots. Chapter two is ready too go but I will hold off too see how well my story will be received. After 5 reviews I will submit the next chapter. If it takes weeks I can wait. Do you all think Jack will step out of line? Will Elizabeth give him a second chance? Well send the reviews and I will let you know.

Lizzy