A/N Pirates Of The Caribbean set in a English college, what would that be like, I asked myself whilst supping on a bottle of rum? I thought it would be fun for all of the characters, including myself, the writer. Release the pirates!
Chapter 1: A certain Mr Shakespeare
Elizabeth packed her canvas bag hastily, glancing one in a while at her alarm clock. She slipped the bulging haversack over her shoulder and bounded for the door.
"Bye Dad" Elizabeth ran for the bus stop frantically.
"See you at school, darling" Her dad waved her good-bye on the porch.
"Hi Anna, how was your day?" Elizabeth greeted her friend with a hug.
"The usual, Jack puking on Mum's rug, her having a hissy fit" Anna picked up her bag from the seat, Elizabeth took it gratefully.
"Dad hasn't grasped 21st century technology yet, he went changed the channel with the phone" Elizabeth and Anna laughed hysterically.
"What are you two fine wenches laughing at?" Their conversation was interrupted by Anna's big brother, Jack.
"Nothing, Jack" Elizabeth smiled at Anna, Jack brought a hip flask from his pocket and threw it back loudly.
"You know who's coming back t-to Guilford?" Jack slurred drunkenly.
"Your dignity" Anna shot back at him with her sarcastic comment.
"Haa very funny, Einstein. No Will Turner, he moved away when we were in high school" Jack slumped in his seat.
"Oh that boy who Hannah went out with" Anna clicked her fingers as she suddenly remembered who Jack was talking about.
Elizabeth's cheeks reddened slightly as they continued reminiscing. She knew who Jack and Anna were talking about, she had fancied him since the first time they met. Although she concealed it to them and Will.
"Liz, you're going red in the face" Anna poked her friend's cheek and laughed.
"Do ya fancy the whelp or something, Lizabeth?" Jack hiccuped as he took another glug of his rum.
"No, of course I don't" Elizabeth tucked her behind her ears hesitantly.
"Fess up, Lizzy" Anna nudged her in the side and rolled her eyes.
"I have nothing to fess up about" Elizabeth fluffed her hair distracting herself from the truth.
"Tis no biggie if you do fancy the eunuch" Jack mumbled between slurps of his hip flask.
"I DON'T FANCY WILL TURNER AND UNTIL YOU GET IT INTO YOUR THICK SKULL I'LL KEEP TELLING YOU OVER AND OVER AGAIN" The whole bus turned to face them, Elizabeth blushed slightly.
"Don't draw attention to yourself, Lizabeth" Jack looked around at the bus, putting his hands up in mock surrender.
"Next stop Boredom-ville" Anna picked up her bag and walked off the crowded bus.
"See you at break" Elizabeth waved goodbye to her friend and walked to her new tutor room.
"Guess hiccup I'm with y-you" Jack put his hand over Elizabeth's shoulder.
"Yeah, who'd have thought it" Elizabeth opened the door slowly and sat at her table, surrounded by a group of giggling girls.
"Is everyone seated?" A short, plump man walked through the door, sat at his desk and took a thick register.
"Right 10T23! My name's Mr Gibbs, I'll be your form tutor for the rest of the year"
Elizabeth raised her hand when her name was called.
Mr Gibbs paused as the door opened. Elizabeth gasped as the brown haired boy walked to the desk.
"Sorry I'm l-late, the principal wanted to see me" He removed the hair from his eyes and smiled cheekily.
"What's your name?" Mr Gibbs scribbled notes down in his notebook.
"Turner, Will Turner" Will pulled his backpack onto his shoulder.
"Right, take a seat next to...Miss Swann" Gibbs pointed to the empty chair next to Elizabeth, who was blushing.
"Will!" Jack mouthed from the other side of the room. He stuck his fingers enthusiastically. "You've scored, mate"
"Now after Mr Turner's brief interruption, we shall continue. I'll be your guidance teacher as well as your form tutor" Jack rolled his eyes lethargically.
"Have you anything to add, Mr Sparrow" Mr Gibbs stared down the bridge of his half-moon glasses.
"Nothing, just why do we need guidance? We're not weed-smoking hippies" Jack stuck up his two fingers in the peace sign.
A sudden sound of laughter rang out through the classroom although Mr Gibbs try to silence them.
"Quieten down, please" Mr Gibbs raised his hands high.
The bell rang for first lesson, the class stampeded out of the room loudly.
"Will!" Elizabeth noticed his mop of brown hair bobbing in the crowd.
"Lizzy, is that you?" Will waded through the corridor and finally latched onto Elizabeth's arm.
"Yeah, it's me. In the flesh" Elizabeth walked alongside Will nervously, staring down at her feet.
"You look so cute, I mean beautiful. Grown up, I mean" Will stuttered.
"Are you signing up for the 'Romeo and Juliet' auditions?" Elizabeth stopped at the notice.
"Well I don't know. I'm not much of an actor" Will smoothed his hair, the perspiration dripping from his forehead.
"Come for a laugh" Elizabeth pouted her big rosebud lips pathetically.
"I dunno, Liz. I might get a main part or something" Will's cheeks reddened at the thought of performing in front of so many people.
"So what? Is Will Turner scared?" Elizabeth crossed her arms, he blushed continuously.
"No I'm not s-scared" Will cuffed his shirt sleeve nervously.
Anna ran up to the pair enthusiastically, Jack following drunkenly.
"Liz, my form tutor is an absolute hunk" Anna waved her arms frantically.
"Right I'm off to next lesson. Er see you around" Will wandered off through the sea of students.
"What's up with Will?" Anna pointed to the brown haired person disappearing down the stairs.
"I don't know. He seems distant" Elizabeth tucked a stray hair behind her ear.
"What lesson you've got next, Lizabeth?" Jack sauntered up to the pillar, not noticing it was there, he fell into it clumsily.
"Business Studies, with Miss Mason" Elizabeth examined her timetable carefully.
"You got Will then" Anna patted Elizabeth friendly on the back and pulled her bag onto her shoulders.
"Great" Elizabeth mumbled to herself as she made her way to her first lesson just as the beep went.
"Miss Swann, you're late" A tall, wily man rummaged through his briefcase and straightened his glasses.
"Sorry" Elizabeth waited beside the desk patiently.
"Sit next to Mr Turner please" The teacher pointed towards the empty chair next to Will, who had hidden behind his notebook.
"Right class, Mr name is Mr Swann. Hello dear" Mr Swann waved embarrassingly at Elizabeth, her face blushing as red as a tomato.
The lesson past by slowly, neither Elizabeth or Will talking to each other.
Elizabeth was the first to break the silence.
"How are you finding EITC?" Elizabeth turned to Will, catching a glimpse of his dark brown eyes, glinting mysteriously.
"It's alright" Will never looked up from his work, only to copy off the blackboard.
"I'm thinking of auditioning for the play" Elizabeth tucked a flyaway hair behind her ear, hoping to catch his attention.
"Great! I'd buy a ticket if you were in it" Will suddenly perked up at this.
"Hey you could see me every night if you auditioned" Elizabeth raised her eyebrows and stuck out her 'assets'
"Erm, I'll see what I c-can do" Will stroked his sweaty forehead nervously.
"Good" Elizabeth patted his cheek and smiled.
The bell rang for break, the bustling crowd hurriedly pack their things.
"Class, the homework's in two week's from now" Mr Swann tapped the chalkboard gently.
"Want to come to the Burst Bar later?" Elizabeth pulled her bag over her slender shoulder.
"Yeah! Cool!" Will slipped his pencil between his ear.
"See you there" Elizabeth waved at him as he walked slowly down the corridor, the sea of students surrounding him.
"Jack, I'm having problems with Will" Elizabeth knew that the last person she could talk to was Jack, but Anna was nowhere to be seen and she wasn't going to try and find her.
"Nothing the old Lurvve Doctor can't fix" Jack stretched out his arms, cricked his fingers and slipped his arm onto Elizabeth's shoulder.
"Well I know we're not going out but I can't help but wonder what would it be like" Elizabeth held her bag close to her chest as Jack moved in further to her bosom.
"Well why don't you just talk to the whelp?" Jack took a gulp of his hip flask and swallowed it down.
"I have done, he just ignores the fact that I like him" Elizabeth sat down on the bench sullenly.
"I'll tell him to take more notice then" Jack sauntered off into the crowd, much to Elizabeth's disgust.
"No, don't" Anna waved to Elizabeth, who sat with her head in her hands.
"What was that about?" Anna sat beside her, asking her numerous questions.
"Will probably hates me now" Elizabeth leant on Anna's shoulder sadly.
"No he doesn't! You're a lovely girl" Anna hugged her friend supportively.
Meanwhile...
"I can't, Jack. I'm scared" Will leant up against the wall sulkily.
"Will Turner, a scaredy cat. Pah!!" Jack waved his arms about dramatically.
"Yeah but I haven't been in love before" Will felt his heart pound violently.
"Why don't you just ask the distressin' damsel out?" Jack hit Will hard on the back, shocking him terribly.
"What if she says no?" Will kicked the wall angrily. Jack smiled quirkily between sips of rum.
"What if she doesn't eh?" Jack offered him a positive analysis of the situation.
"Yeah but I can't take that risk, it isn't worth the humiliation" Will leant his head against the wall sullenly.
"Well if you aren't going to go for it, I might as well do her for you" Jack breathed into his palm and ran his fingers through his greasy hair.
"You're not doing anything or anyone" Will blocked Jack's path as he strode towards the doors to the sixth form yard.
"Just because your love life is down the tubes, you don't have to ruin it for me" Jack lifted Will's arm off the door and ran up to Elizabeth.
"Lizabeth" Jack sat beside a rather glum Elizabeth, sitting lonely on a bench.
"Jack, I don't really want to talk" Elizabeth slumped back on the seat, Jack slipped his tattooed arm round Elizabeth's slender shoulder.
"I'm having a...party tomorrow night, want to come?" Jack rubbed his stubbled chin tediously.
"Will Will be there?" Elizabeth looked up into his dark eyes, his irises sparkling in the sunlight.
"No just me and you all night" Jack ran his fingers down Elizabeth's arm, she shook it off gently.
"I can't. I've got...my audition for Romeo and Juliet" Elizabeth glanced at the poster slapped carelessly on the pillar.
"Oh" He noticed Will walking towards them, Jack stood up, brushed himself down and stropped over to a absent-minded Will.
"If Lizzy can't succumb to my irresistible charms, you're down for mate" Jack patted Will and ran to Giselle and Scarlet, who were redoing their make-up; covering their lips with a substantial amount of rouge lipstick and powdering their bulging bosoms.
"Ladies, who wants a piece of Captain Jack" Jack opened his arms wide as they latched onto his hands and stroked his stubble.
"I do" Giselle kissed his cheek and smiled cheekily.
"No I do" Scarlet glared at her opponent and did the same.
"Oh Jacky baby, how I've missed you" Giselle groped Jack as he glanced over at Scarlet.
Scarlet grasped onto Giselle's gently curled hair and tugged hard.
Before a full-frontal cat-fight broke out, Jack avoided the swabbling ladies.
"Life is good, I've got me rum and two wenches are fighting over me" Jack danced happily through the crowd.
Elizabeth took out the bookmark and began acting through the Juliet parts of the book.
"O Romeo, Romeo! wherefore art thou Romeo? Deny thy father and refuse thy name; Or, if thou wilt not, be but sworn my love, And I'll no longer be a Capulet"
Will walked unhurriedly towards a oblivious Elizabeth, who was floating across the patio, wielding the book in her hand.
"Shall I hear more, or shall I speak at this?" Elizabeth closed her book hastily and packed it into her canvas bag.
"I didn't realise you were there, I was...just...practising" Elizabeth tucked a hair behind her ear and walked through the tall building to her form room.
"You're really good, are you auditioning? Sorry I'm so silly of course you are" Will tugged nervously on his shirt.
"I'm not that good" Elizabeth stared down at her feet and rubbed her sweaty hands on her jeans.
"What's holding you back?" Will gave her his hand comfortingly, she took it apprehensively.
"I heard that whoever gets Juliet has to kiss Romeo" Elizabeth shuddered violently.
"What if it's James Garrett, what a minger?" Will stuck his fingers in his mouth.
"Don't remind me" Elizabeth opened their tutor room door and sat at her desk.
"What about if I come for support?" Will patted her hand supportively, Elizabeth smiled thankfully.
"That would take a load of my mind, thanks" Elizabeth looked over at Jack who sat staring at the both of them, his mouth open wide.
"Get a room, you two" Jack huffed pointing at them embarrassingly.
"Hope you've enjoyed your first day at EITC, you've got six more of em" Mr Gibbs smiled dastardly.
"Will, I'll give you a lift to the audition if you want?" Elizabeth walked beside Will down the crowded corridor.
"Yeah that would nice" Elizabeth smiled comfortingly, Will always loved that about her.
"Help me" Elizabeth took out a book from her bag and slipped into Will's hand.
Will opened the book Elizabeth had handed to him and began to read loudly.
"Shall I hear more, or shall I speak at this?"
Elizabeth paused nervously and tried to speak, her voice became quiet and timid.
"Tis but thy name that is my enemy; Thou art thyself, though not a Montague. What's Montague? it is nor hand, nor foot, Nor arm, nor face, nor any other part Belonging to a man. O, be some other name! What's in a name? that which we call a rose By any other name would smell as sweet; So Romeo would, were he not Romeo call'd, Retain that dear perfection which he owes Without that title. Romeo, doff thy name, And for that name which is no part of thee Take all myself"
Will scanned through the book and coughed for dramatic purpose.
"I take thee at thy word:
Call me but love, and I'll be new baptised;
Henceforth I never will be Romeo"
Elizabeth twiddled her fingers and looked at Will for friendly reassurance.
"What man art thou that thus bescreen'd in night So stumblest on my counsel?"Anna and Jack walked up to the pair, staring at them with wide eyes.
"What's happening here then?" Anna wagged her finger at Will and grabbed onto Liz's arm.
"Get in there, mate" Jack hit Will hard on the back, still clutching onto his bottle of rum.
"Will's coming to the audition for moral support" Elizabeth disappeared from Will's side and hugged her friend tightly.
"Moral support, eh?" Anna nudged Will and winked her kohl-rimmed eye at him.
"Yes, nothing else. We're just friends" Elizabeth's face fell suddenly, she had hoped they were more than that.
"Well see you two tomorrow then" Jack guided his little sister towards the school bus, winking cheekily at Will.
"Will, pick you up at half seven. Thanks for everything" Elizabeth waved him good-bye and stepped slowly onto the crowded bus.
"No problem, Elizabeth" Will whispered to himself, he turned to go down the alleyway but was greeted by a panting Liz.
"I...decided to...walk" Elizabeth pulled her bag further onto her shoulder, Will smiled at her childishness.
"You live on the other side of Guildford" Will helped her regain her stature and walked slowly to the junction.
"Yeah so" Elizabeth shrugged her shoulders unfazed by his words.
"As they came nearer to Elizabeth's road, they said their good-byes and went their separate ways.
"Oh how could you be so stupid, Liz" Elizabeth scowled, belittling herself with her hateful words.
"She loves me, she loves me not, she loves me, she loves me not" Will picked off the delicate petals roughly, his eyes ablaze with frustration.
"Stop it, Will" He threw the dishevelled stem into the road after he was looked at by a group of popular kids from college.
A while later...
"Elizabeth" Mr Swann hollered, clutching onto the bannister with his wrinkled hand.
"Coming" Elizabeth stood in front of her bedside table, examining herself in the mirror.
She tied her hair into a bun and slipped her ballet pumps on.
"Better pick up your Prince Charming then" Mr Swann smiled with a embarrassing gleam in his cool grey eyes.
"He's just helping me with my nerves, Dad. That's all" Elizabeth opened her door slowly and distracted herself from her embarrassing parent.
"Do you want to fetch him?" Mr Swann tapped impatiently on the steering wheel as Elizabeth made her way up Will's gravelled path.
"Ready to go?" Will gave Elizabeth the thumbs up and they slowly slid onto the leathered seats.
"Put your name down on the list and wait in the drama studio" A older six former held out the clipboard as Elizabeth scribbled her name down nervously.
"I'll be waiting outside" Will walked towards the double doors, Elizabeth grasped his arm and ushered him to a seat next to her.
"Please wait with me" Elizabeth smiled pleadingly, Will held her gaze for a mere few seconds but to him, it felt like an eternity.
"Elizabeth Swann" A acne covered Year 11 called squeakily, his voice box wavering.
"Here goes nothing" Elizabeth took in a deep breath and exhaled slowly as Will grasped onto her hand supportably.
"Can anyone audition?" Will stood up against the table where the six former was seated.
"Yeah, the boys are further down the corridor, if you're thinking about it" The student pointed to a line of nervous, quivering boys standing shakily along the wall.
As Elizabeth finished her audition, she noticed the empty seat beside her bag.
"Where's Will got to?" The six former pointed down the corridor, Elizabeth walked up to the door and gasped at what she saw.
Will stood nervously before the panel of the drama teachers, their presence daunting.
"You auditioned" Elizabeth shouted as Will opened the doors shakily.
"Yeah, I'm not hoping for a big part though" Will ran his fingers through his dark hair, Elizabeth's heart skipped a beat as she walked beside him.
"Well we'll see when the cast list is up" Elizabeth picked up her bag and stepped out into the darkness, a few lights glinting in the moonlight.
A/N First chapter is done, next one 'The Morning After The Night Before'
What parts will Lizzy and Will get? It's kind of obvious, ain't it?