Disclaimer: I do not own Pirates of the Caribbean, nor Jack Sparrow (long sigh), names, places and all the related indicia from the Pirates of the Caribbean belong to Disney.
Chapter 1:
In which an escaping young lady realizes that waking up a pirate captain, especially when he is called Jack Sparrow leads to consequences
She took a step to the board of the ship, while she was looking at nowhere but the wooden floor, which gave out a cracking sound with each step she made. She formed the word 'Hush' with her lips, but her throat was so dry that she couldn't have said a word out loud even if she had wanted to. She looked back over her shoulder. It was a hot summer night, and the sky was beautifully clear, but she just couldn't help shivering. Suddenly she heard a noise of footsteps from the streets of the port, and she could see the figures of the soldiers in the dark. They are searching for somebody. For her. She hastily made some steps forward, when she found a door.
'It must lead to a cabin.'
She hesitated for a moment - shall she open it?
'Maybe I will find myself face to face with someone who would, without thinking, give me to the soldiers for a ransom.'
She could hear the steps again, and with a now-or-never expression on her face she opened the door and stepped into a small, neat room. The moon was shining through the window, and she could see a desk with some papers and quills on it in the dark. There were not too many furnitures in the room: a cupboard, an armchair, and a bed- with someone sleeping on it…
She made a few steps curiously to the bed. It was a man. A rather handsome man, she had to admit. He had long, black hair with a red bandana in it, he wore a white, half opened shirt, and his chest lifted every time when he breathed. For a moment she stared at his beautifully shaped face, then her eyes wandered down to his hand. She could see scars, tattoos there, but she couldn't tell, what kind of signs they were. Before she could tell what she was doing she reached over to his arm, and started to inspect the scars by her fingers. She discovered that there was a bird-shaped tattoo there too, maybe a...-suddenly the hand gripped her wrist, and she could feel a tight grip on her hip as well, which turned into a pull, so now she was lying on the top of the handsome stranger, her wrists handcuffed by his hands. Two deep brown eyes dived into hers, and she couldn't help opening her mouth and letting out a small shriek. Her heart started to beat pretty fast. While the two brown eyes were inspecting hers, she got ready for everything, for yelling, for the questions he would ask, even for violence..
"I hope that not a soldier will step on my ship."
"I..I hope as well." She said, totally surprised. Firstly, how does he know about them? Then she realised that this man just gripped her and still doesn't want to let her go.
'How dares he?' she became more self-confident.
"Thank you for the condolence. Now, would you just let me go, Mr…?"
"Captain Jack Sparrow, luv. And firstly, I don't care about you getting caught by the soldiers, but I don't want them on my ship, for some reason. Secondly, I will not let you go."
"SORRY?" She took a deep breath. She started to feel a bit embarrassed, the man's eyes dived into hers with enjoyment. His grip tightened on her hips.
" I'm saying, that I will not let you go, until you tell me exactly, what you are doing on my ship, luv. Apart from, of course, that you couldn't bear with the lust and got to see Jack Sparrow for yourself. " A slight grin appeared on his face.
"If you excuse,me,luv.." she started, but the man interrupted her.
"Captain Jack Sparrow…"
"LUV, at the moment I feel everything but lust for you. Firstly you are a bit bigheaded, and I don't owe you an explanation why I am here."
"I see. Okay, then good night, luv." And with this he simply closed his eyes, his grip still tight on her hips and wrists.
" WHAT? Don't you dare to leave me here lying on you while you are sleeping! "
Jack's eyes sprung wide open.
" Okay,okay, I thought you would insist on that. Alright, but let's do it fast, becuz I'm tired. Hurry,get off your clothes. "
" HOW DARE YOU,YOU.."
" Captain Jack Sparrow, luv. "
"Okay, I'm escaping from the soldiers, and that is why I'm here, I ran into your ship, and I jumped on it. I'm really sorry for bothering you, and I would like to ask you if I could spend the night here. I would even pay for it. "
"Alright, if you want to pay that much, than do it so, but as I said, I am tired, so..OUCH! You kicked my stomach! Now why did I get that? "
" Firstly, I aimed not at your stomach, so sorry, I wanted to kick you elsewhere. You got it because I couldn't slap you on the face since my wrists are gripped by your dirty hands. Captain Jack Sparrow, I have known you for 5 minutes, but I already hate you."
" I don't believe it "
" Why? How could I prove it to you? "
"Firstly, I don't believe it, because if you hated me, as you state it, you wouldn't breathe so heavily, you wouldn't tremble, and you wouldn't look at me like this. No, now I'm speaking, so hush. From these things I got the impression, that you quite like me…"
"I tremble because it's cold! "
"It's June, luv. "
"SO? I CAN'T TREMBLE IN JUNE? Anyway, I told you why I'm here, so now it's your turn to let me go."
"Well… "-He sighed, and slowly loosened his grip. She got up immediately, as well as he did, so now they two were standing face to face, staring at each other.
"Err, thank you for letting me to stay here overnight. " She said it as unconcerned as she could. "Do you happen to have a guest room, or any other room with a bed in it? "
"Nope." He said, and a slight grin appeared on his face.
"Hmm, where is the crew sleeping, then? " She asked curiously.
"Oh, really, you are totally right. Yes, you could sleep with the crew, you will be MORE than welcomed there. " He said, moving towards the door.
"No, wait.. " She said. In fact, she didn't feel herself quite secure with this man, but sleeping with the crew of this unknown ship would be maybe not the best choice, so she went to the bed with a stern look, lifted the blanket and the pillow and rested them on the floor in the corner of the room, as far from the bed as she could. Then she went back to the bad, simply lay on it, and without looking at the surprised captain, she closed her eyes while murmuring :
"Good night, Jack and thank you again. "
It took him a few moments to realize what she just have done. He seemed rather surprised, as if he couldn't believe the woman's acts. In fact, he couldn't. She felt a tap on her shoulder, and her eyes sprung immediately wide open. Jack was looking at her in disbelief.
"Luv, " He said "I have to admit that you have a special, flamboyant way of humour, but… "
"Well thank you, Jack, but maybe you could get the gist that I'm kinda tired, so could you spare these kind of compliments for tomorrow? " She said it with a straight face, and she knew that if something, then this would drive him crazy. She was so curious, how he would react…
"WHOOAA, JACK, WHAT ARE YOU DOIN'? TAKE ME DOWN! "
Jack simply took her in his arms and lifted her from the bed. He kicked the door open, and marched down the board, until the rail, so now she was in his arms, floating over the water.
"WHAT DO YOU THINK YOU ARE DOING? "
"You haven't acted really nice so far, I just gotta teach you not to do such things again. "
"What have I done? I tried to sleep! "
"IN MY BED! "
"SO WHAT? "
"You escaped to my ship, I let you stay overnight, and you want me to sleep on the floor? Look, luv, you can sleep on my bed, but only with me on it! "
"HA-HA, YOU WISH! "
"Oh, really? Have a nice swim! "
"Okay, okay..Jack,don't you do it, I will.."
"You will do what? " The captain looked at her with great expectation. For a moment she just couldn't believe this whole thing. She ran for her life, she managed to escape from a group of soldiers, and now she is in the arms of a –lets admit- handsome man, their faces just few inches away from each other, and she tries to convince him why not to throw her in the ocean. Suddenly she felt the whole situation just too weird and funny, that she gave out a laugh. Jack was surprised.
"What is so funny? " He asked curiously with a mysterious grin.
"Nothing. "
"C'mon, luv, tell me. "
She looked at this funny, crazy creature and she couldn't help smiling. It wasn't even a smile, it was the grin that schoolgirls do when the boy who they like pull their hair…
Anyway, it felt just so good in his arms, even tough at the moment she could kill him because of how he acted to her.
"Hey, Jack, what are you doin' on the deck in the middle of the night? " Suddenly a man's voice came from the back of the deck.
"Whaa…hey, hi, Steven, nothing, really..just..err..singing..YO-HO-YO-HO..the pirates life for me.. "
"I see, Captain..do you mind if I join you? I couldn't sleep as well...wait, I'll bring up some rum." The crewman disappeared in the belowdeck.
"Whaa…nothing, just singin', ehh? Thank you very much, you don't even introduce me.. "
"Hm, yeah of course, I will, don't worry. Wait and see. " As he said it, an evil smirk appeared on his face, which was not very reassuring. He slowly let her down, so she gave him the most charming smile she could.
"I don't even know your name, luv. " He looked at her in a weird, even caring way.
"My name is... "
"Hey Jack, who is this young lady? " Suddenly the voice came back, now a body connected to it. A young blonde guy with a smiling face and a bottle of rum in his hand walked over to them. She was ready to introduce herself, but Jack was faster.
"Oh, she is Suzy, I rent her for this night at the bar. Never mind her. Hey, how are you, pal? "
"WHAAT? "
"Oh, really, sorry luv I didn't pay you a tip yet…come, I will get you a mark for being so good to Captain Jack Sparrow..oouuchh…hehe, yeah you know Steven, how is it with these modern girls..c'mon Suzy.. " Jack pulled the struggling woman into the cabin.
"WHAT WAS THAT?...MMPFPFP...WOULD MMMPY YOU MPPF TAKE MMPF YOUR HAND MMMPF OFF MY MMPF MOUTH? "
"Yes, I will, luv, as soon as you stop shouting. "
She gave a reluctantnod with her head, while she gave him a deathly glance. Jack cautiously put his hand away from her mouth, but he immediately regretted his incautious move.
"HOW COULD YOU DARE TO CALL ME A .. "
"Jack, is everything alright? " Both of them could hear the worrying voice of Steven.
"Firstly, you wanted me to introduce you, secondly, you are on my ship, and the rules cover everyone. Even the escaping young ladies. The rule is that I'm the captain. So now, begging your pardon, but you can't go out of this room till I not let you out. Savvy? "
She stared at him with eyes full of hatred, but he didn't seem to care. He simply turned away and walked out, shut the door, and -CLOSED IT!
"How dares he?" She patrolled up and down in the room for some moments, then she realised how tired she was, so she just curled on the bed, took a deep breath and closed her eyes. For some moments she could forget everything - all the soldiers, all the escaping, all the problems of tomorrow. It was so peaceful, lying there, hearing nothing but the rustling of the wind and..
"YO-HO,YO-HO THE PIRATES LIFE IS FOR ME…"
Her eyes sprung wide open. Is she in a pub in Tortuga, or what? Altough the window and the door was shut she could hear people –men- singing and clapping hands. She gave out an annoyed sight and closed her eyes, tried not to listen to them.
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She slowly opened her eyes. The sun was shining beautifully into the room, she stretched her arms and legs out, and with a delighted yawn she turned her head…
"JACK SPARROW WHAT THE BLOODY HECK ARE YOU DOING IN THE BED WHERE I WAS SLEEPING! " She immediately got up from the bed, tried to give him her most scornful glance. The captain opened his eyes quite startled, but as he realised what happened, he just leisurely put his head back to the pillow with a boyish yawn.
"Good morning, luv." He said, his eyes still closed. "I like scrambled eggs, and put much salt in it. Thanks. "
For a moment she just stood there, her mouth half-opened and stared at this cheeky, annoying man who curled in the bed like a little boy who doesn't want to get up altough he gotta go to school. She thought that she should share this revelation with him.
"You know you remind me of my little brother, when he was around five. Apart from that he didn't look like a drunken pirate. "
He slowly, self-respectingly put his finger up to the air, for a moment looked at her, but then didn't say anything but: "That was not nice.. "
That was the moment when the woman realised she should be on her way now. Hopefully the soldiers are not here anymore…she took a deep breath.
" Alright, I'm sorry… Look, I would like to thank you again for letting me to sleep in your ship... even though you took advantage of the situation like an unmitigated scoundrel. Anyway, thank you and good bye. " Not waiting for any response, she walked out of the cabin, took a turn to the right to step on the footbridge... but she could see no footbridge. All she could see was blue, blue sea. She could hear steps behind her, and she could even feel his breath when the contemptuous captain of the ship simply told her:
" Oh, yeah, we sailed off. Forgot to mention. "