Chapter One, Back to Tortuga.
"Will!" Jack walked round deck "Now where is that bloody whelp." "Aye Jack!" Will came running up to him. "What is it you want?" "Will, I've been trying to find ye! Where were ye?!" "I was checking if we needed anything from Tortuga besides rum." "Why? Is the rum gone?" Jack looked at Will with an angry stare. "Aye Jack ye drunk it all last night." "I never drank rum last night." "Aye you did, you drunk." "I am yer captain Will! You can't call me a drunk!" "But you are aren't you?" Jack stood there thinking it over for a moment. Every now and then opening and closing his mouth. "Well I am yer captain Will. So ye do as I say, and ye can't tell me what to do!" Will sighed "Why were you looking for me?" "Ah yes, well we're almost arriving at Tortuga. Can you please go see what we need besides me rum?" "Aye captain." Will walked off while muttering; "Drunk." "I heard that!" Will grinned at Jack. "Aye I know!"
"Oi You there! Scrub the deck! It looks filthy! And you! Start pealing tatters! You know yer cap loves his tatters!" a girl with black hair tied in a bun walked round the ship ordering the crew round. "Lucy?" "Aye captain." "You go find me, me rum!" Lucy gave Jack a look "Is there something wrong with yer eyes Jack?" "No." Jack looked up at the sky to double check. "Well go find it yerself then!" "Oi! I am yer bloody captain, not to mention yer brother! Now I demand some respect from you! You... you... you do as I say!" "Well Jack you know me better then that. I never take orders." Will walked by grinning at Lucy who grinned back. They had a game they liked to play. Who could piss Jack Sparrow off the most, and fastest! "Get back to work ye scarvy dogs!" Jack ranted at a couple of pirates walking past. "Captain! We are entering Tortuga now!" "Ah great, now I can get away of ye all and buy me rum." Jack swaggered off towards the pirate and Lucy laughed as he walked off. She had been on the pearl with Jack for over a year now and she never got tired of irritating her elder brother. "Lucy?" Lucy turned round to the deep voice behind her. "Connor, hi." He was wearing nothing but his pants and Lucy was intrigued by his bare chest. "Did you have anything else for me to do?" 'Do I ever.' Lucy thought but answered. "No, not really. I am going into Tortuga now, maybe you'd like to join me and Will there?" "Aye that's fine by me." "Oi! Lucy, what's keeping you?" Will stood waiting for Lucy to go into Tortuga. "I am coming! Hold yer horses man!" "I don't have horses, and I wouldn't hold them any way because I don't like horses!" Will shouted back. Lucy laughed and walked over to Will with Connor.
A scream sounded from the far corner in Tortuga, Will turned his head to see where it came from. A girl was being held down by two pirates and a third one was trying to beat her. Will wanted to move over there but stopped dead in his tracks when he saw a pretty girl with long dark brown hair running over to them all. In the progress she drew her sword and started fighting them off. Will's mouth fell open. That girl could fight! "Maria! Are you okay?" The girl shouted while kicking one of the pirates in the back. "Aye I am! Simone! Behind you!" Maria gave a scream and covered her eyes. Simone whirled around and saw one of the pirates was ready to strike. Simone closed her eyes for a moment then gripped her sword tight, but when she opened them she stared right into Will's eyes. Will pulled back his own sword and looked at the girl. "Wow you're a striking image of my..." "Mother!" Simone finished. "You look like my mother." Simone moved closer to him and touched his face. "I was going to say my father." Will took her sword and tore his eyes away from her. "You have my sword." "Will?" Simone closed her eyes a bit until all she saw was a blurry face. "Will!" "Simone? I thought you were..." "Dead? Aye, same here." "What happened? All I know is the ship sinking and me loosing you and I couldn't find you anywhere." Simone looked at Will. "I almost drowned but I got picked up by a passing ship, they brought me to a place called Port Daren to live with the captain's wife." Simone looked a bit sad when she talked about them. "How about we go back to the ship and catch up?" Will asked looking at his baby sister who now was a grown woman. "What about Maria?" "She can come as well." Maria had scrambled of the floor and joined the pair of them. Together they walked to Lucy and Connor who had waited for Will to come back. "Lucy, Connor. Meet my sister Simone and her friend Maria." Will said proudly Simone shook hands with the both of them, immediately intrigued by Connor. "Nice to meet you." Lucy said shaking her hand. "We are heading back to the pearl you guys go ahead and make sure Jack buys some food as well." Will turned round and walked of his arm round Simone's shoulder, and Simone holding Maria's hand. "You're staying on the Pearl? The black pearl?" "Aye, have been for a couple of years now, ever since Elizabeth and Norrington got married." "Captain Norrington?" "Aye that's him." The three of them entered the pearl and Maria let her eyes slide over the ship. "It's a beauty!" Maria wondered of to take a look around and Simone and Will sat down on some nearby crates. "So..." Will said. "Yeah, so..." Simone replied smiling. "How did you end up in Tortuga?" Will asked "Well I ran away from home, because my adoptive parents wanted me to marry someone I didn't want to marry, and I wanted to find you. So I sailed away with some people who were just passing by to buy food and stuff and they dropped me off in Tortuga. I met Maria there and we have been friends ever since." "How long have you been here?" "A couple of years now." Will stared at his sister. "What are you looking at?" "Well, you! I haven't seen you for 15 years; you've grown up to be a very pretty young woman." Simone blushed. "And you don't look so bad yourself. So, are you and Lucy a couple?" "No, what makes you think that?" "The way you look at her kind of gave it away Will." "Oh please, she's not into me." "How can you be sure?" "Connor..." "What has he got to do with it?" Will stood up. "No I mean he and Lucy are walking back." Simone looked behind her and saw them walking up. "Will? Can me and Maria stay here?" "Yes off course! Now I have my little sister back there is no way I will let you go!" Will walked to Simone and wanted to give her a hug, but she stepped back as if she was afraid. "What's wrong?" "Nothing." Simone said pulling herself together and giving him a hug. The moment she felt her brother's arms around her she felt like she was nine years old again, standing on the ship while it was sinking. Will was yelling at the people around him to help and Simone was holding on to her brother crying, she was so scared. Then a huge crack in the boat made the whole ship move and Simone slipped, causing her to slide off the ship into the water and that was the last time she ever saw Will. When she fell into the water Simone pulled herself onto a floating piece of wood. A couple of hours later when everything went quiet, the fog had lifted and she saw the damage left behind. No sign of Will or her father. She found Will's sword drifting to the soft waves of the deep blue sea and she took it, never let it out of her sight again.
Will felt Simone's hug get tighter, he put his hand on her head. "Are you okay?" "Aye I am." Simone let go of Will and looked at him. Lucy and Connor walked onto the ship and towards them. "There's your girlfriend" Simone whispered grinning, making Will blush and pinch her. "Ouch!" Simone rubbed her upper arm. "Hey, did everything work out with food and such?" "Aye, it wasn't easy to keep Jack away from the rum, but we managed." Lucy said looking at Simone who was looking at Connor. Lucy felt the tension building between them. "Lucy, could you help me set up a place to sleep for Simone and Maria?" Will asked while walking up to her. Lucy tore her eyes away from Connor and Simone. "Aye, what ever." They both walked off leaving Simone and Connor looking at each other. "So... you are staying I take it?" Connor asked giving her a smile. Simone saw a twinkle in his eyes. "Aye, I am." "Would you like me to show you around?" "Why not." Simone took the arm Connor offered. They walked over the ship. "So how old are you?" "I am 24." "So yer the younger sister then?" "Aye. How about you?" "I am 25." Connor replied. "OI! Connor! Come here and fix the sails!" Lucy yelled she saw them walking arms linked and was not pleased at all. "Listen how about we talk some more tonight? When the moon is up, we can meet outside the kitchen." Connor said talking rapidly. "Aye that's a good idea." Simone replied. Connor gave her one last look and walked off.
Maria was admiring the ship with open mouth. She had heard of the pearl and now she was actually on it. She didn't notice someone walking up to her. "Who are ye?" Maria turned round and stared into Jack's eyes. "Me name is Maria. And you are..." She waited for him to answer her. "I am Captain Jack Sparrow luv... Savvy? But I will repeat me question. What are ye doing here?" "I came with Will's sister." "What? That whelp has a sister? Well good old bootstrap sure knew how to wing it." Jack said sounding impressed. "Jack? There you are." Will walked up to him pulling a girl forward by her hand. "I see you met Maria, well meet my sister Simone." Simone stood in front of Jack with her hands on her hips. "Well 'ello luv." Jack said trying to be charming. "Ye don't look like yer brother but I think that's a good thing." Simone smiled. "I suppose." "Jack, Maria and Simone are staying on the pearl. Both Maria and Jack let out a 'WHAT' but Maria's sounded happy and excited where as Jack's sounded horrified. "Will come here will ye." Will moved forward and Jack took him by the arm. "Its bad luck to have woman on board ye know that." "What about Lucy?" "That's not a woman that's me sister!" "She's a woman too. Now either they stay or we all go." Jack looked like he was thinking it over. If he said yes he had two women to take care of, but he'd still have Will to help him. If they all left he would've ditched the woman but didn't have Will around either. "Well what's it going to be?" Will asked looking at him. "Aye they can stay but they will have to do work!" "No problem." "And if something bad happens to us all it'll be yer fault!" Jack said hissing and spitting at Will. Simone said appearing behind Jack, who jumped. "What do you want us to do?"
"I can't believe we are pealing potatoes." Simone said throwing one she just pealed into a bucket filled with water. "Yeah but we are pealing them on the black pearl! The black Pearl Simone!" "You don't have to get all excited about it." "Oh and the Captain is a cute one isn't he?" "He is? It's like he is in a constant drunk state or something. And what's wrong with..." Simone made weird movements with her hands like Jack always did. "Don't know." Maria answered laughing at Simone. A soft knock made them both look up. "Hey Lucy, how are you?" Simone asked still smiling widely. "I am good, came to tell you that you have to stay away from Connor." "Sorry?" Simone said looking confused. "Stay away from him or you will have to deal with me." Simone now stood up. "I am only trying to be friends." "He doesn't need some whore like you to be his friend." "Take that back!" Simone yelled, Maria stood up and held her from behind. "I suggest you go away now or I'll change my mind and let her go." Maria looked mad. Lucy let her eyes linger from one to the other. "What's going on here?" Will asked walking up behind Lucy. "Nothing." Lucy said giving Simone and Maria a look. "Simone?" "Nothing Will. Nothing that's bothering me any way." Maria let Simone go, and she sat down to peal the potatoes again. Lucy turned round and walked off leaving Will and Maria to look at each other. Will shrugged and walked off to find Lucy.
"What are you doing?" Will asked following Lucy out on deck. "Nothing any more. Why did you have to bring her on board?" "Because she's family." Will answered frowning. "Sorry Will..." Lucy put her hand on his chest and Will felt a spark hit his heart. "It's not that I don't like her, but it's Connor. He's taken a liking to her." "So he's a free pirate, he can see who ever he wants to." Lucy sighed frustrated. "He should be seeing me." "Why?" "Never mind, you are such a man." Lucy wanted to walk off but Will took her wrist, he pulled her towards him and he gave her a kiss. "What was that?" Lucy said looking angry. "I... I'm sorry I don't know what came over me." Will explained and walked off leaving Lucy standing with mixed feelings.
Later that night when the sun went down and the moon was shining bright Simone stood waiting by the kitchen door for Connor to show up. She wasn't nervous... much. Simone didn't have to wait long before Connor came walking up, looking gorgeous as ever. "Hey, shall we go outside and walk?" Connor asked. "Aye, that's fine by me." Simone replied looking at him. They walked out and onto deck, all the way to the front of the ship and they stopped walking there. The view from the ship was incredible; the moon shone bright and reflected on the restless sea. "Isn't this beautiful?" Simone said looking out over the sea. "Aye it is. It's where I come when I need to think, or just look at the view." Simone hung against the railing and Connor did the same next to her. "So Simone Turner, what's your story?" "My story isn't all that exciting Connor, believe me. Let's talk about you. How did you end up on the Black Pearl?" "I practically grew up here. Jack found me in Port Royal all alone when I was 12 years old. My parents had died. Jack said he could use someone on the ship so I came along." "Jack seems like an alright man." Simone said looking at Connor. He saw the moon glinting in her eyes, making Simone more beautiful then she already was. "Aye he is. So tell me about you now." "Aaaw, do I have to?" "Aye I told you my story." "Okay then," Simone said taking a deep breath "Me and Will went on a trip with my father and we were attacked by the navy. The ship sunk and I lost my grip on Will whom I was holding on to, and slipped into the water. I got picked up by a ship and they made sure I had a place to stay, at the captain's house." "That's nice of them." 'That's because you don't know half of it.' Simone thought, but said "Aye it was but I stayed restless. I wanted to find my dad, and Will. I missed Will so much. Eventually I thought he was dead, because he never returned to me. When I turned 16, my parents wanted me to marry commodore Norrington." "Norrington?" "Aye, you know him?" Simone asked "Don't we all." Connor replied. "Any way I didn't want to and they told me I had to so I ran away. I ended up in Tortuga with Maria and the rest is as they say history." "You have an interesting life Miss Turner, and I would love to hear more about you." "See now we have a problem!" Simone said "And what's that?" "I'd rather hear about you." Simone moved a bit closer to Connor so their shoulders touched. "That can be arranged too." Connor replied looking at Simone, and then back at the gorgeous view in front of them.
Very late that night or early depending on how you looked at it, Connor brought Simone back to the hold, where Simone, Maria and the rest of the pirates slept. "This feels weird I mean we're sleeping in the same room so no need to say goodbye." Simone said standing in front of Connor. "No I was thinking more along the lines of... sleep tight." Connor said whipping a stray hair out of her face. "That's okay then... sleep tight." Simone put her hand on his cheek and kissed the other one. "Thank you for a wonderful night Connor." "Pleasure's all mine." He opened the door to the hold and they both got inside. Simone to the left where Maria slept and Connor to the right where the rest of the pirates lay. The only ones with an actual cabin were Will, Jack and Lucy, the rest either had to sleep on deck or in the hold.
Next morning Maria poked Simone in her side in order to wake her up. "What?" "We need to peal those potatoes again." Maria said excited. "Please don't tell me yer excited about pealing tatters are ye?" "No, not about the potatoes, but the possibility I run into Jack." Simone sat up and blinked her eyes a couple of times. "Jack? You like that drunk?" "Aye..." Maria said dreamily. Simone got up and walked out of the hold passing Will's cabin, Lucy's and last Jack's. She saw Maria looking at the door. "We need to get pealing." "I know." Maria answered. "So you can't play with Jack till were done." "And I know." Maria said irritated. They walked to the kitchen and on their way there Simone saw Connor standing on deck yawning, and flexing his muscles. She smiled and caught his eye.
Connor saw Simone walking by and he had to smile. He had so much fun with her yesterday that he couldn't wait to talk to her again. But first, work. Jack was walking around and he wasn't happy. He gave Simone a look and she just knew she would see him later on for another talk. "Connor!" Jack walked over staggering a bit. It looked like he had been drinking again. "Aye captain?" "I need to talk to you lad, you know... there are a lot of things I love in this life. But none as much as me Rum." He slurred while putting an arm round Connor's neck. "Ok Jack, was that it?" "AYE!" He yelled "That was it. I wanted to share this with ye." Jack swaggered off again towards the kitchen. "I am going to find me something to eat!" Connor watched him walk of shaking his head. "Connor?" Connor turned round and faced Lucy. "Aye Lucy, what is it?" "I need to talk to you." Lucy said and Connor walked with her. "What is it?" Connor asked again. "It's about us." Lucy started "Us? What us?" Connor began to think if he might had missed something but came to the conclusion there was no 'us' when it came to Lucy and himself. "Well I never told you this but I fell in love with you a long time ago and I..." Lucy couldn't finish her sentence because Connor interrupted. "I love with me?" "Aye, and I wanted you to know because I can't stand to see you with anybody else." "Okay stop it Lucy. Listen to me, I am not interested in you in that way. You're like a sister to me yes, but not as a lover." Connor placed his hands on her shoulders "There is no us, and there won't be an us." "It's because of Simone isn't it?" Lucy asked trying not to fall to pieces. "No, it's because I'm not in love with you Lucy Sparrow." Connor held her look for a moment then walked back to the other pirates to do some work. Lucy stood there for a moment waiting for Connor to come back and say it was all a big joke but he didn't. She looked at him and then decided to pay Simone a visit.
Simone sat pealing potatoes again this time alone. Jack had passed out on the floor and Maria went to put him in his cabin. The door to the kitchen flung open and a person barged in. Without lifting her head Simone spoke. "I don't care who you are or what you want I am not in the mood, I have tons of tatters te peal and no time for fun and games." "Better make time then." Lucy said. Simone heard a cling sound of a sword being drawed, and she grinned. Slowly she lifted her head to look at Lucy. "Oh you are so not in the right place nor time right now." She stood up and grabbed her sword which was lying next to her on the floor. Lucy charged Simone who blocked her attack. "Do you really want to cross blades with the daughter of a pirate Lucy?" Simone waiting for an answer. "Any day." She replied. Simone pushed her away and headed for the door; if they were going to do this she needed space, on deck. Lucy followed her and Simone kept blocking her attempts. She was tiring Lucy and it was working. They got out on deck and Simone charged Lucy. She swung her sword to gently touch her shoulder and her shirt let go on one side. "Oh yer going to pay for that!" Lucy said again swinging at Simone. "Oi! What are you doing?" Will run up to them followed closely by Connor. "Don't meddle in this Will; it is none of yer business." Simone said. "No this is between her and..." Lucy charged her again. "Me!" Lucy cut Simone's arm but she didn't blink. "Aaaw Lucy, is that all you can do?" "Yer bleeding." Lucy said. "What this? It's merely a scratch." Simone couldn't ignore the look on Lucy's face. "But off course you will pay for it." Will who saw the look in Simone's eyes gestured Connor to grab her from behind and Will would grab Lucy. "OI! Get off!" Lucy yelled "Let me go I can take her!" She fought furiously to get loose. "Connor let me go." Simone said hissing, yet standing against him calmly. "Sorry can't do that." The way he said that made Simone feel warm and fuzzy inside. "Ok let me go and I promise I won't do anything, as long as she stops too." Connor let Simone go and she looked at him. "Thank you." Then she turned to Lucy, "As for you Miss-I-am-so-stuck-up-even-a-broom-isn't-as- stiff-as-me-although-it-might-be-more-fun-to-hang-with Sparrow," Simone inhaled to finish her sentence "You stay out of my way, this was just a practice round, next time, I will kill you." Simone marched off towards the hold after that not turning round to look back. Will had never seen her like that before, so full of hate her voice sounded. "I will check on her." Connor said looking at Will who nodded, Lucy felt hurt. "It's all your fault you know!" Lucy yelled after Connor who stopped dead in his tracks. "How's that? Because I don't want to be with you, but with her? Get over your self already." Connor walked off, knowing he might have been a bit rough on her. He walked into the hold and found Simone sitting on the floor holding her sword looking at it. "I don't know where that twit gets off." She immediately said. "Me neither, are you okay though?" "Aye I am, she doesn't make me feel bad. I handled worse then that in my life several times." Simone answered. Connor sat down next to her leaning on his arms. "Want to talk about it?" "Nope, not a chance, not now any way." Simone replied. Connor cautiously put his arm round Simone, when he noticed she didn't say anything about it he left it there. "Well just know that if you ever want to talk, you know where to find me." Simone tore her eyes away from the sword and looked at Connor with a smile. "Thank you, that really means a lot to me." Simone whispered while holding his look. She looked at him as if she was looking for something in his face. She lifted her hand and touched his face.
Connor's heart was racing by now, every time she touched him his heart jolted. The same way it did yesterday, and when they said goodnight when he felt her soft lips touching his cheek, and now her fingers softly touching his face. He leaned in a bit closer and Simone did the same, they were now only inches away from each others lips. The moment their lips touched Will came waltzing in. Connor and Simone backed away from each other; Connor still had his arm round her. "What the..." Will saw Connor's arm round Simone and the blush on Simone's cheeks. "What's going on in here?" Will stepped aside and Simone saw Lucy. Her eyes widened, and then they turned sad and watery. Lucy turned round and walked off.
"Will!" Jack walked round deck "Now where is that bloody whelp." "Aye Jack!" Will came running up to him. "What is it you want?" "Will, I've been trying to find ye! Where were ye?!" "I was checking if we needed anything from Tortuga besides rum." "Why? Is the rum gone?" Jack looked at Will with an angry stare. "Aye Jack ye drunk it all last night." "I never drank rum last night." "Aye you did, you drunk." "I am yer captain Will! You can't call me a drunk!" "But you are aren't you?" Jack stood there thinking it over for a moment. Every now and then opening and closing his mouth. "Well I am yer captain Will. So ye do as I say, and ye can't tell me what to do!" Will sighed "Why were you looking for me?" "Ah yes, well we're almost arriving at Tortuga. Can you please go see what we need besides me rum?" "Aye captain." Will walked off while muttering; "Drunk." "I heard that!" Will grinned at Jack. "Aye I know!"
"Oi You there! Scrub the deck! It looks filthy! And you! Start pealing tatters! You know yer cap loves his tatters!" a girl with black hair tied in a bun walked round the ship ordering the crew round. "Lucy?" "Aye captain." "You go find me, me rum!" Lucy gave Jack a look "Is there something wrong with yer eyes Jack?" "No." Jack looked up at the sky to double check. "Well go find it yerself then!" "Oi! I am yer bloody captain, not to mention yer brother! Now I demand some respect from you! You... you... you do as I say!" "Well Jack you know me better then that. I never take orders." Will walked by grinning at Lucy who grinned back. They had a game they liked to play. Who could piss Jack Sparrow off the most, and fastest! "Get back to work ye scarvy dogs!" Jack ranted at a couple of pirates walking past. "Captain! We are entering Tortuga now!" "Ah great, now I can get away of ye all and buy me rum." Jack swaggered off towards the pirate and Lucy laughed as he walked off. She had been on the pearl with Jack for over a year now and she never got tired of irritating her elder brother. "Lucy?" Lucy turned round to the deep voice behind her. "Connor, hi." He was wearing nothing but his pants and Lucy was intrigued by his bare chest. "Did you have anything else for me to do?" 'Do I ever.' Lucy thought but answered. "No, not really. I am going into Tortuga now, maybe you'd like to join me and Will there?" "Aye that's fine by me." "Oi! Lucy, what's keeping you?" Will stood waiting for Lucy to go into Tortuga. "I am coming! Hold yer horses man!" "I don't have horses, and I wouldn't hold them any way because I don't like horses!" Will shouted back. Lucy laughed and walked over to Will with Connor.
A scream sounded from the far corner in Tortuga, Will turned his head to see where it came from. A girl was being held down by two pirates and a third one was trying to beat her. Will wanted to move over there but stopped dead in his tracks when he saw a pretty girl with long dark brown hair running over to them all. In the progress she drew her sword and started fighting them off. Will's mouth fell open. That girl could fight! "Maria! Are you okay?" The girl shouted while kicking one of the pirates in the back. "Aye I am! Simone! Behind you!" Maria gave a scream and covered her eyes. Simone whirled around and saw one of the pirates was ready to strike. Simone closed her eyes for a moment then gripped her sword tight, but when she opened them she stared right into Will's eyes. Will pulled back his own sword and looked at the girl. "Wow you're a striking image of my..." "Mother!" Simone finished. "You look like my mother." Simone moved closer to him and touched his face. "I was going to say my father." Will took her sword and tore his eyes away from her. "You have my sword." "Will?" Simone closed her eyes a bit until all she saw was a blurry face. "Will!" "Simone? I thought you were..." "Dead? Aye, same here." "What happened? All I know is the ship sinking and me loosing you and I couldn't find you anywhere." Simone looked at Will. "I almost drowned but I got picked up by a passing ship, they brought me to a place called Port Daren to live with the captain's wife." Simone looked a bit sad when she talked about them. "How about we go back to the ship and catch up?" Will asked looking at his baby sister who now was a grown woman. "What about Maria?" "She can come as well." Maria had scrambled of the floor and joined the pair of them. Together they walked to Lucy and Connor who had waited for Will to come back. "Lucy, Connor. Meet my sister Simone and her friend Maria." Will said proudly Simone shook hands with the both of them, immediately intrigued by Connor. "Nice to meet you." Lucy said shaking her hand. "We are heading back to the pearl you guys go ahead and make sure Jack buys some food as well." Will turned round and walked of his arm round Simone's shoulder, and Simone holding Maria's hand. "You're staying on the Pearl? The black pearl?" "Aye, have been for a couple of years now, ever since Elizabeth and Norrington got married." "Captain Norrington?" "Aye that's him." The three of them entered the pearl and Maria let her eyes slide over the ship. "It's a beauty!" Maria wondered of to take a look around and Simone and Will sat down on some nearby crates. "So..." Will said. "Yeah, so..." Simone replied smiling. "How did you end up in Tortuga?" Will asked "Well I ran away from home, because my adoptive parents wanted me to marry someone I didn't want to marry, and I wanted to find you. So I sailed away with some people who were just passing by to buy food and stuff and they dropped me off in Tortuga. I met Maria there and we have been friends ever since." "How long have you been here?" "A couple of years now." Will stared at his sister. "What are you looking at?" "Well, you! I haven't seen you for 15 years; you've grown up to be a very pretty young woman." Simone blushed. "And you don't look so bad yourself. So, are you and Lucy a couple?" "No, what makes you think that?" "The way you look at her kind of gave it away Will." "Oh please, she's not into me." "How can you be sure?" "Connor..." "What has he got to do with it?" Will stood up. "No I mean he and Lucy are walking back." Simone looked behind her and saw them walking up. "Will? Can me and Maria stay here?" "Yes off course! Now I have my little sister back there is no way I will let you go!" Will walked to Simone and wanted to give her a hug, but she stepped back as if she was afraid. "What's wrong?" "Nothing." Simone said pulling herself together and giving him a hug. The moment she felt her brother's arms around her she felt like she was nine years old again, standing on the ship while it was sinking. Will was yelling at the people around him to help and Simone was holding on to her brother crying, she was so scared. Then a huge crack in the boat made the whole ship move and Simone slipped, causing her to slide off the ship into the water and that was the last time she ever saw Will. When she fell into the water Simone pulled herself onto a floating piece of wood. A couple of hours later when everything went quiet, the fog had lifted and she saw the damage left behind. No sign of Will or her father. She found Will's sword drifting to the soft waves of the deep blue sea and she took it, never let it out of her sight again.
Will felt Simone's hug get tighter, he put his hand on her head. "Are you okay?" "Aye I am." Simone let go of Will and looked at him. Lucy and Connor walked onto the ship and towards them. "There's your girlfriend" Simone whispered grinning, making Will blush and pinch her. "Ouch!" Simone rubbed her upper arm. "Hey, did everything work out with food and such?" "Aye, it wasn't easy to keep Jack away from the rum, but we managed." Lucy said looking at Simone who was looking at Connor. Lucy felt the tension building between them. "Lucy, could you help me set up a place to sleep for Simone and Maria?" Will asked while walking up to her. Lucy tore her eyes away from Connor and Simone. "Aye, what ever." They both walked off leaving Simone and Connor looking at each other. "So... you are staying I take it?" Connor asked giving her a smile. Simone saw a twinkle in his eyes. "Aye, I am." "Would you like me to show you around?" "Why not." Simone took the arm Connor offered. They walked over the ship. "So how old are you?" "I am 24." "So yer the younger sister then?" "Aye. How about you?" "I am 25." Connor replied. "OI! Connor! Come here and fix the sails!" Lucy yelled she saw them walking arms linked and was not pleased at all. "Listen how about we talk some more tonight? When the moon is up, we can meet outside the kitchen." Connor said talking rapidly. "Aye that's a good idea." Simone replied. Connor gave her one last look and walked off.
Maria was admiring the ship with open mouth. She had heard of the pearl and now she was actually on it. She didn't notice someone walking up to her. "Who are ye?" Maria turned round and stared into Jack's eyes. "Me name is Maria. And you are..." She waited for him to answer her. "I am Captain Jack Sparrow luv... Savvy? But I will repeat me question. What are ye doing here?" "I came with Will's sister." "What? That whelp has a sister? Well good old bootstrap sure knew how to wing it." Jack said sounding impressed. "Jack? There you are." Will walked up to him pulling a girl forward by her hand. "I see you met Maria, well meet my sister Simone." Simone stood in front of Jack with her hands on her hips. "Well 'ello luv." Jack said trying to be charming. "Ye don't look like yer brother but I think that's a good thing." Simone smiled. "I suppose." "Jack, Maria and Simone are staying on the pearl. Both Maria and Jack let out a 'WHAT' but Maria's sounded happy and excited where as Jack's sounded horrified. "Will come here will ye." Will moved forward and Jack took him by the arm. "Its bad luck to have woman on board ye know that." "What about Lucy?" "That's not a woman that's me sister!" "She's a woman too. Now either they stay or we all go." Jack looked like he was thinking it over. If he said yes he had two women to take care of, but he'd still have Will to help him. If they all left he would've ditched the woman but didn't have Will around either. "Well what's it going to be?" Will asked looking at him. "Aye they can stay but they will have to do work!" "No problem." "And if something bad happens to us all it'll be yer fault!" Jack said hissing and spitting at Will. Simone said appearing behind Jack, who jumped. "What do you want us to do?"
"I can't believe we are pealing potatoes." Simone said throwing one she just pealed into a bucket filled with water. "Yeah but we are pealing them on the black pearl! The black Pearl Simone!" "You don't have to get all excited about it." "Oh and the Captain is a cute one isn't he?" "He is? It's like he is in a constant drunk state or something. And what's wrong with..." Simone made weird movements with her hands like Jack always did. "Don't know." Maria answered laughing at Simone. A soft knock made them both look up. "Hey Lucy, how are you?" Simone asked still smiling widely. "I am good, came to tell you that you have to stay away from Connor." "Sorry?" Simone said looking confused. "Stay away from him or you will have to deal with me." Simone now stood up. "I am only trying to be friends." "He doesn't need some whore like you to be his friend." "Take that back!" Simone yelled, Maria stood up and held her from behind. "I suggest you go away now or I'll change my mind and let her go." Maria looked mad. Lucy let her eyes linger from one to the other. "What's going on here?" Will asked walking up behind Lucy. "Nothing." Lucy said giving Simone and Maria a look. "Simone?" "Nothing Will. Nothing that's bothering me any way." Maria let Simone go, and she sat down to peal the potatoes again. Lucy turned round and walked off leaving Will and Maria to look at each other. Will shrugged and walked off to find Lucy.
"What are you doing?" Will asked following Lucy out on deck. "Nothing any more. Why did you have to bring her on board?" "Because she's family." Will answered frowning. "Sorry Will..." Lucy put her hand on his chest and Will felt a spark hit his heart. "It's not that I don't like her, but it's Connor. He's taken a liking to her." "So he's a free pirate, he can see who ever he wants to." Lucy sighed frustrated. "He should be seeing me." "Why?" "Never mind, you are such a man." Lucy wanted to walk off but Will took her wrist, he pulled her towards him and he gave her a kiss. "What was that?" Lucy said looking angry. "I... I'm sorry I don't know what came over me." Will explained and walked off leaving Lucy standing with mixed feelings.
Later that night when the sun went down and the moon was shining bright Simone stood waiting by the kitchen door for Connor to show up. She wasn't nervous... much. Simone didn't have to wait long before Connor came walking up, looking gorgeous as ever. "Hey, shall we go outside and walk?" Connor asked. "Aye, that's fine by me." Simone replied looking at him. They walked out and onto deck, all the way to the front of the ship and they stopped walking there. The view from the ship was incredible; the moon shone bright and reflected on the restless sea. "Isn't this beautiful?" Simone said looking out over the sea. "Aye it is. It's where I come when I need to think, or just look at the view." Simone hung against the railing and Connor did the same next to her. "So Simone Turner, what's your story?" "My story isn't all that exciting Connor, believe me. Let's talk about you. How did you end up on the Black Pearl?" "I practically grew up here. Jack found me in Port Royal all alone when I was 12 years old. My parents had died. Jack said he could use someone on the ship so I came along." "Jack seems like an alright man." Simone said looking at Connor. He saw the moon glinting in her eyes, making Simone more beautiful then she already was. "Aye he is. So tell me about you now." "Aaaw, do I have to?" "Aye I told you my story." "Okay then," Simone said taking a deep breath "Me and Will went on a trip with my father and we were attacked by the navy. The ship sunk and I lost my grip on Will whom I was holding on to, and slipped into the water. I got picked up by a ship and they made sure I had a place to stay, at the captain's house." "That's nice of them." 'That's because you don't know half of it.' Simone thought, but said "Aye it was but I stayed restless. I wanted to find my dad, and Will. I missed Will so much. Eventually I thought he was dead, because he never returned to me. When I turned 16, my parents wanted me to marry commodore Norrington." "Norrington?" "Aye, you know him?" Simone asked "Don't we all." Connor replied. "Any way I didn't want to and they told me I had to so I ran away. I ended up in Tortuga with Maria and the rest is as they say history." "You have an interesting life Miss Turner, and I would love to hear more about you." "See now we have a problem!" Simone said "And what's that?" "I'd rather hear about you." Simone moved a bit closer to Connor so their shoulders touched. "That can be arranged too." Connor replied looking at Simone, and then back at the gorgeous view in front of them.
Very late that night or early depending on how you looked at it, Connor brought Simone back to the hold, where Simone, Maria and the rest of the pirates slept. "This feels weird I mean we're sleeping in the same room so no need to say goodbye." Simone said standing in front of Connor. "No I was thinking more along the lines of... sleep tight." Connor said whipping a stray hair out of her face. "That's okay then... sleep tight." Simone put her hand on his cheek and kissed the other one. "Thank you for a wonderful night Connor." "Pleasure's all mine." He opened the door to the hold and they both got inside. Simone to the left where Maria slept and Connor to the right where the rest of the pirates lay. The only ones with an actual cabin were Will, Jack and Lucy, the rest either had to sleep on deck or in the hold.
Next morning Maria poked Simone in her side in order to wake her up. "What?" "We need to peal those potatoes again." Maria said excited. "Please don't tell me yer excited about pealing tatters are ye?" "No, not about the potatoes, but the possibility I run into Jack." Simone sat up and blinked her eyes a couple of times. "Jack? You like that drunk?" "Aye..." Maria said dreamily. Simone got up and walked out of the hold passing Will's cabin, Lucy's and last Jack's. She saw Maria looking at the door. "We need to get pealing." "I know." Maria answered. "So you can't play with Jack till were done." "And I know." Maria said irritated. They walked to the kitchen and on their way there Simone saw Connor standing on deck yawning, and flexing his muscles. She smiled and caught his eye.
Connor saw Simone walking by and he had to smile. He had so much fun with her yesterday that he couldn't wait to talk to her again. But first, work. Jack was walking around and he wasn't happy. He gave Simone a look and she just knew she would see him later on for another talk. "Connor!" Jack walked over staggering a bit. It looked like he had been drinking again. "Aye captain?" "I need to talk to you lad, you know... there are a lot of things I love in this life. But none as much as me Rum." He slurred while putting an arm round Connor's neck. "Ok Jack, was that it?" "AYE!" He yelled "That was it. I wanted to share this with ye." Jack swaggered off again towards the kitchen. "I am going to find me something to eat!" Connor watched him walk of shaking his head. "Connor?" Connor turned round and faced Lucy. "Aye Lucy, what is it?" "I need to talk to you." Lucy said and Connor walked with her. "What is it?" Connor asked again. "It's about us." Lucy started "Us? What us?" Connor began to think if he might had missed something but came to the conclusion there was no 'us' when it came to Lucy and himself. "Well I never told you this but I fell in love with you a long time ago and I..." Lucy couldn't finish her sentence because Connor interrupted. "I love with me?" "Aye, and I wanted you to know because I can't stand to see you with anybody else." "Okay stop it Lucy. Listen to me, I am not interested in you in that way. You're like a sister to me yes, but not as a lover." Connor placed his hands on her shoulders "There is no us, and there won't be an us." "It's because of Simone isn't it?" Lucy asked trying not to fall to pieces. "No, it's because I'm not in love with you Lucy Sparrow." Connor held her look for a moment then walked back to the other pirates to do some work. Lucy stood there for a moment waiting for Connor to come back and say it was all a big joke but he didn't. She looked at him and then decided to pay Simone a visit.
Simone sat pealing potatoes again this time alone. Jack had passed out on the floor and Maria went to put him in his cabin. The door to the kitchen flung open and a person barged in. Without lifting her head Simone spoke. "I don't care who you are or what you want I am not in the mood, I have tons of tatters te peal and no time for fun and games." "Better make time then." Lucy said. Simone heard a cling sound of a sword being drawed, and she grinned. Slowly she lifted her head to look at Lucy. "Oh you are so not in the right place nor time right now." She stood up and grabbed her sword which was lying next to her on the floor. Lucy charged Simone who blocked her attack. "Do you really want to cross blades with the daughter of a pirate Lucy?" Simone waiting for an answer. "Any day." She replied. Simone pushed her away and headed for the door; if they were going to do this she needed space, on deck. Lucy followed her and Simone kept blocking her attempts. She was tiring Lucy and it was working. They got out on deck and Simone charged Lucy. She swung her sword to gently touch her shoulder and her shirt let go on one side. "Oh yer going to pay for that!" Lucy said again swinging at Simone. "Oi! What are you doing?" Will run up to them followed closely by Connor. "Don't meddle in this Will; it is none of yer business." Simone said. "No this is between her and..." Lucy charged her again. "Me!" Lucy cut Simone's arm but she didn't blink. "Aaaw Lucy, is that all you can do?" "Yer bleeding." Lucy said. "What this? It's merely a scratch." Simone couldn't ignore the look on Lucy's face. "But off course you will pay for it." Will who saw the look in Simone's eyes gestured Connor to grab her from behind and Will would grab Lucy. "OI! Get off!" Lucy yelled "Let me go I can take her!" She fought furiously to get loose. "Connor let me go." Simone said hissing, yet standing against him calmly. "Sorry can't do that." The way he said that made Simone feel warm and fuzzy inside. "Ok let me go and I promise I won't do anything, as long as she stops too." Connor let Simone go and she looked at him. "Thank you." Then she turned to Lucy, "As for you Miss-I-am-so-stuck-up-even-a-broom-isn't-as- stiff-as-me-although-it-might-be-more-fun-to-hang-with Sparrow," Simone inhaled to finish her sentence "You stay out of my way, this was just a practice round, next time, I will kill you." Simone marched off towards the hold after that not turning round to look back. Will had never seen her like that before, so full of hate her voice sounded. "I will check on her." Connor said looking at Will who nodded, Lucy felt hurt. "It's all your fault you know!" Lucy yelled after Connor who stopped dead in his tracks. "How's that? Because I don't want to be with you, but with her? Get over your self already." Connor walked off, knowing he might have been a bit rough on her. He walked into the hold and found Simone sitting on the floor holding her sword looking at it. "I don't know where that twit gets off." She immediately said. "Me neither, are you okay though?" "Aye I am, she doesn't make me feel bad. I handled worse then that in my life several times." Simone answered. Connor sat down next to her leaning on his arms. "Want to talk about it?" "Nope, not a chance, not now any way." Simone replied. Connor cautiously put his arm round Simone, when he noticed she didn't say anything about it he left it there. "Well just know that if you ever want to talk, you know where to find me." Simone tore her eyes away from the sword and looked at Connor with a smile. "Thank you, that really means a lot to me." Simone whispered while holding his look. She looked at him as if she was looking for something in his face. She lifted her hand and touched his face.
Connor's heart was racing by now, every time she touched him his heart jolted. The same way it did yesterday, and when they said goodnight when he felt her soft lips touching his cheek, and now her fingers softly touching his face. He leaned in a bit closer and Simone did the same, they were now only inches away from each others lips. The moment their lips touched Will came waltzing in. Connor and Simone backed away from each other; Connor still had his arm round her. "What the..." Will saw Connor's arm round Simone and the blush on Simone's cheeks. "What's going on in here?" Will stepped aside and Simone saw Lucy. Her eyes widened, and then they turned sad and watery. Lucy turned round and walked off.