Duex: Somewhere, waiting for me
Captain Jack Sparrow had never loved Elizabeth. It was as simple as that. Loving someone and wanting someone were two very different, incredibly confusing things.
Captain Jack Sparrow wanted Elizabeth more than any other woman in the known world.
And then there was that petty thing about her being engaged and how it was completely immoral and they were nothing alike so it would never work out, but Elizabeth's reasoning fell through some how after her beloved's unfortunate death.
She had summoned her father and Norrington back from the thanks to Calypso's generosity, (which seemed to be only directed toward Elizabeth). It had surprised him that she hadn't wished for other things, (oh, like her husband to be brought from the grave and for everything to be set right again), but no, she wished for the two innocent souls that were lost in the war of the few remaining pirates.
It made him laugh how both men that returned had been somewhat on the fence about which group they stood with.
But then again she'd also brought him back, with help, and he was very much a pirate.
When he saw the way Elizabeth looked at him, he was certain there was something she wanted from him but she didn't know to ask for it. Given his cue, he pushed her into a dark corner and accepted her unspoken apology.
That first time, when his lips had met hers without threat of betrayal and when his endless midnight fantasies and dreams had finally become a reality, Jack had felt a contentment that not even the sea could match.
And thus, for the first time in his life, he was almost reluctant to set sail the next day but the sea beckoned and he wished her goodbye one last time before locking himself in his cabin to try to recreate the experience in his mind. He didn't want to forget the feel of her skin against his.
Nearly a year afterward he met up with Elizabeth again at the Cove by accident and he was glad to see her. The sun hadn't even set by the time that they found themselves in each others arms again, both hungry for an experience like the one they'd had the previous year.
This time, Jack had little less trouble leaving, swearing that he'd return in a year's time.
Every year from that year forward, the departure became a little easier. Every year, Jack locked himself in his quarters but never again would he do so to remember the feel of Elizabeth, but to banish all thoughts of her completely.
She was like an ailment that kept returning to take another piece of him away and no matter what he did, he could not stop himself from allowing her to do so when her eyes met his.
The fleeting joy life brings, he was reminded harshly by the heavily accented voice of Tia Dalma. And he sunk deeper into despair until one year he completely refused himself the pleasure of a night in her company. He could no longer destroy himself with the knowledge that, despite and perhaps also because of how much he cared for her, she was not who he truly wanted anymore.
Their reunion date passed without a word from any of the crew. Jack felt a twinge of guilt for not visiting but he would soon get over that, he concluded. After all, he was not in love, nor was she.
His heart belonged to the sea and she had William, in a sense.
And though he would never truly be the same, he did return to lusting after only the sea and its unending fickleness with only the occasional regret of leaving her in his past.
For even the promise of faux love and passion – whether it really is fake or not – sung to the same tune can have reactions from different people that are as contradictory as night and day.
La mer
Qu'on voit danser le long des golfes clairs
A des reflets d'argent
La mer
Des reflets changeants
Sous la pluie
La mer
Au ciel d'été confond
Ses blancs moutons
Avec les anges si purs
La mer bergère d'azur
Infinie
Voyez
Près des étangs
Ces grands roseaux mouillés
Voyez
Ces oiseaux blancs
Et ces maisons rouillées
La mer
Les a bercés
Le long des golfes clairs
Et d'une chanson d'amour
La mer
A bercé mon cœur pour la vie