My Encounter with Jack Sparrow
Chapter One "Ugh, how do they wear these things?" I thought. I was putting on the new dress my father brought me from Paris. The maids laced up the corset in which I felt my lungs would explode. After I had successfully, but uncomfortably put the dress on I went out to the market. I had gotten to the bakery, but failed to walk in for at that moment I had lost my breath and fainted.
"Miss, Miss." A man was calling me. I awoke to him leaning over me. "I can't breathe." I whispered. "Alright, love, I'll help you." he said. He helped up and we went into the bakery. "Stand here." I stood nervous and frightened. He unlaced my dress to unlace and loosen the corset. I shivered from nervousness. "Its ok, love. I'm not going to hurt you." he relaced the corset slowly.
"See love, I didn't hurt you." "How did you learn that?"
"I spent some time in Singapore; all the ladies there wear corsets. I've unlaced a few in my day." "I see. Thank you Mr. what is your name?"
"Captain Jack Sparrow." "Thank you, Mr. Sparrow."
"Its Captain, love, Captain."
Chapter Two "Damn rum cake! It's driving me mad!"
"Here have a piece." I replied as I bought and gave him the cake. He was cleaning his gun. "Here you are."
"Love, could you give me a piece my hands are busy." "Sure" I responded as I fed him the sweet cake.
"Hm.. Good cake. Not as good as straight rum, a bit tougher to get drunk on, but it will do." We sat for awhile and talked, when at one moment he looked at me and smiled.
"You should join me on my ship The Black Pearl." "I am afraid I cannot, my father will not agree to me boarding with a pirate."
"Love, there's nothing to fear. I'm Captain Jack Sparrow after all." Jack walked me home and bid me good afternoon. "Father, may I join a Captain and his ship at sea?"
"Why?" "Because he intrigues me."
"He intrigues you? Do you intend to marry him?" "Marry him? I hardly think Captain Jack is the marrying type."
"Captain, did you say? Well, of course! Marriage needn`t apply in this case."
Chapter Three The next morning jack and I met at the bakery again.
"Hello, love. What did your father say about going to sea?" jack asked. "Well, he at first didn't think it was a good idea, but when I told him you were a captain he was more inclined to accept the idea." I told him. We walked along the docks and toured the ship.
"Here are you quarters, love. Plenty of space and comfort for you." he told me. We toured the galley and the living quarters. Afterwards we boarded and English ship and he showed me the bad and worse of it compared to the black pearl. A while later when we were eating lunch Will boarded the ship. He seemed upset.
Chapter Four "What's the matter Will?" I asked with sympathy.
"Elizabeth is ill and she told me to go and join you and she would be fine, but I don't think that's right." He replied. He set his bags in the living quarters and came to eat with us. After lunch we readied the ship for departure out to sea. Will and jack were on deck unfurling the sails while I worked below, cleaning up the dishes and scrubbing the table. Afterwards when we finished preparing the ship, Will and I went for a walk along the beach. "Here, keep this for me." He said handing me a pink sea shell. "Give it to Elizabeth when we return." He said with a smile. We boarded the ship and helped jack leave off from the dock.
Chapter Five About an hour later I went to have a glass of rum. I went to change into something more relaxed. As I was putting on my dress Will had come down to see me. I pulled up my hair. "Hello, Will. Can I help you with something?" I asked.
"Yes, you can help me. Kiss me." He said looking me in the eyes. "Kiss you?! Will, what about Elizabeth? What will she say?!"
"She'll never have to know." "I can't lie to my friend."
"I'm not asking you to." "No, I won't. It's dishonest to us and to her." I told him and went to the deck. "Jack, Will is acting strange."
"Is he love? How?" "He tried to kiss me."
"I was going to kiss you before, love. When you were doing the dishes." "Would you like to now? Go ahead if you want."
"Alright, love. If it's what you want." He came closer to me and looked into my eyes. "Jack"
"What, love. Is something wrong?" "No, please go on." He placed his hand son my waist and pressed his lips to mine. His hands went from my waist to my back. He started unlacing my dress. I pulled away.

"Good-bye, jack. Thank you for the kiss." I said as I ran down below. Where was Elizabeth when I needed her? Her husband tried to kiss me. What was I going to do?
Chapter Six Later that night while eating dinner, no-one spoke. Not even a "pass the rum." I made no effort to relive the tension. I just sat there and ate quietly. After I finished I retired to my quarters, locked the door and wrote about the days events. The next morning I woke up to the smell of rum and salty air. I put on my dress and walked into the hallway. I found jack asleep with his head on the table, and I had no-idea were Will was. I walked up on deck and he was at the helm. I went back below deck. Not in the mood to tlak to Will at all, I walked int the galley and Jack was there. I smiled casually at him. I wasn't sure if I really head over heels liked him yet. I definitely knew Will wasn't an option. He was elizabeths and taking him from her I would feel rotten forever. But then there was Jack. He had this mysteriousness about him, I loved it. I could look into his eyes and it always was something new and excitingly mysterious behind them. It was like a storm, raging and wild.
Chapter Seven