Chapter One
"Come on Jack, it will be so much fun!" said Elizabeth as she helped Will pull a reluctant Captain Jack Sparrow to her fathers ball room.
"I dunno luv, Masquerade balls aren't really my thing." He argued for the hundredth time.
"Could you at least stay a fourth of the night?" asked Will as they stopped in front of the large doors. Jack sighed, he had been defeated.
"Alright but only for the beginning savvy?" So they proceeded into the large room. Couples danced to music, some with and some without masks. There were many round tables at the sides of the room that had bottles of the best wine and food one could find.
"Jack I want you to meet someone." Said Elizabeth as she pulled him to a table with a single person. His eyes meet one of the prettiest women he ever saw.
She had large long curls of black; her eyes were covered by a black mask making her look mysterious. Her dress was black as well but her lacings were a bright red. The sleeves were short and off her shoulders.
When the stranger saw Elizabeth she smiled and immediately got up and hugged her.
"Liz! It's been too long!" she shrieked as Elizabeth pulled away.
"Well you're always off on your adventures so I never really get to see you." At this Jacks eyebrows rose.
"Adventures?" he questioned.
"Oh right!" said Elizabeth, now remembering Jack was there. "Jack this is one of my friends, Captain Isabella Parise." She smiled at him as he kissed her hand. Quite gentlemen like for a man like him.
"And what would your full name be Jack?" she asked, locking eyes with him. Jack now noticed her eyes were almost as dark as her hair with a hint of brown. He was just about to answer when the orchestra began to play a new song.
"How 'bout a little negotiation, for my name?" Isabella cocked an eyebrow.
"A negotiation for your name?" she questioned in an unbelieving tone.
"Aye, I'll give ye my name if you give me a dance." She rolled her eyes but nodded in agreement.
Out on the dance floor they went then. As Jack expected, she new what she was doing. So was he but this Isabella did not expect.
"You're surprisingly good at this." She commented. Jack put on one of his trademark smirks on.
"Thank ya lass, you're not so bad yourself, but I think we could get a 'lil closer no?" Before she could even respond he pulled her right up to his chest. Then kept on dancing, looking strait into her lovely eyes.
"So," she started, "since I'm holding up my part of our negotiation I suppose you should do yours."
"Right you are luv." He said, and then he pulled her into a dip and whispered in her ear,
"Captain Jack Sparrow at your service." Before pulling her back up to their previous position and moving again.
"The Captain Jack Sparrow? The pirate captain of the Black Pearl?"
"The one and only pet," he responded proudly, "and you must be that female pirate captain of The Bloody Rose."
"Yes I am. How'd you figure that out?" she asked, a little shocked he knew her.
"Well luv, Elizabeth did introduce you as a captain, and the only female captain I know of would be you, or at least the only one worth knowing."
At that Isabella's cheeks grew bright red. This made Jack chuckle. She gave him a death look but he just kept chuckling.
"What pray tell is so funny?" she finally asked. He spun her around before answering,
"That the most feared female pirate captain of the world is actually blushing at my doing."
Isabella was just about to tell him off when Elizabeth yelled, "Jack, Bella RUN!!"
This isn't exactly my best work ever but I wanted to post SOMETHING. R&R plz!!
