After about an hour of crying and feeling like she had no reason to live Elizabeth looked up from the steps she was seated on and forced herself to move. Tired and worn out, Elizabeth stopped in to the nearest pub. Choosing a seat at the darkest end of the bar she asked for a tea and rum mix and was met with a look of puzzlement by the bartender. Waiting for her drink she looked to the left at her only companion in gloomy little room and tried her hardest to bite back a scream. "Jack is that you, Is it really you?" Elizabeth asked dis-belief clear in her voice as she could hardly believe her eyes.
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Jack heard the voice of what to his ears was an angel calling out his name. He started from his drunken stupor convinced that he was simply hearing things. He stared at her for a few minutes trying to determine if his eyes were playing tricks on him. "Why yes love it is me, or at least I think it is me. Unless someone else was pretending to be me in which case I wouldn't know who the real me was now would I? Savvy?" He was silenced at the end of his long winded and so typical Jack Sparrow esque speil as she kissed him passionately and then withdrew a piece of paper from her stomacher. She handed him the letter before quickly running off. Jack turned the piece of paper over in his hands staring at it confused as to what just happened and admiring her penmanship since he had a natural appreciation for beautiful things. He looked up for her to clear his confusion but she was no-where to be seen. Swearing he brought his rum bottle down hard on the counter causing it to break and causing more than a few heads to turn in his direction. Not caring about the attention he was receiving Jack used a shard of the broken glass to break the elegant purple seal. Purple for royalty, like a princess he thought as he started reading.
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Out on the cobbled street Elizabeth ran as fast as she could back to the dingy little room she was renting for two crowns a month from one of the few people in Tortuga who made a respectable living, the butcher. Gasping for breath she pushed furniture out of the way and barely made it to the basin in time to empty the contents of her now jittery stomach. Speaking to herself Elizabeth muttered: "What if he doesn't feel the same way I do, what if he misunderstands what I wrote and thinks I never want to see him again. Does he hate me for what I did with the Krakken, not that I would blame him if he did but it would be nice to know if he did. What if he cannot read, he is after all a pirate and I do not think that they exactly place a large amount of emphasis on learning." Elizabeth vomited again and then hit her head on the head of the bed and passed out for a much needed rest.
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Jack re-read the letter not believing his eyes. Was she trying to play a trick on him. Did she hate him that much, was she capable of such cruelty. Did she know how he felt and felt the need to finish him off after failing with the Krakken. No that could not be it, but could this letter really be true. He had to find her, he raced out onto the street looking for her. When he could not find her he began to wander the streets for hours calling out her name and looking everyone for her. He stopped occasionally to re-read the letter in hopes of finding some clue about her behavior. He resolved to ask her about it and how she knew of his ability to read when he found her. But for now he read the letter one more time breathing in the smell of her skin and hair off the paper.
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Dear Jack,
If you are reading this then William and I are no longer engaged and have gone our separate ways. I do not love him and I never did ours was an engagement of convenience. I love you, I loved you from the moment we were stranded on the island together and you taught me what it was to have fun. I got engaged to William because he seemed safe and you had the Pearl. I know that the Pearl was your life and probably always will be but I felt I must tell you this. I thought that I could learn to be happy living without you. When I kissed you I knew that I never could. You awoke a passion inside of me that I never knew I could feel. Watching the Krakken devour you I felt a piece of my soul being devoured along with you. I will understand if you do not feel the same about me or if you cannot forgive me for what I did. I am no better than a cheap whore for acting the way that I did. I am truly sorry and I feel that I must find you and deliver this letter to you. Even then I know I may never see you again after you read this, but I must try Jack, I must.
I will love you forever,
Elizabeth S.
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He had to find her, he searched for her as if his life depended upon finding her. She consumed his every thought and sense. All he could hear was her voice, see was her smile, smell was her skin, and feel was her touch. He was a man bewitched heart, mind, and soul.
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Thanks for reading, and if you caught the Pride and Prejudice reference I love you, I should get the next chapter up tonight hopefully.