Title: Jack and Amanda of the Caribbean
Author: MutantNightmare
Chapter: 2/?
Fandom: Pirates of the Caribbean
Pairing: Jack/OFC (Amanda)
Warning: none as long as you have seen The Curse of The Black Pearl.
Summary: I love PotC fics where it's the movie but with a girl added in for Jack, so I decided to contribute to that.
Disclaimer: I do now own PotC or any of its characters. I do own Amanda.
Note: For the script, I got help from this site: http: /everythingjohnny. tripod.
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Once they made it to Tortuga (a place Amanda hated) they got off the ship and went into the town, avoiding the drunks, whores, and fights that they passed.
Jack had been talking but Amanda had tuned him out long ago, but figured it was better to pay attention so she tuned back in.
"More importantly, it is indeed a sad life that has never breathed deep this sweet, proliferous bouquet that is Tortuga , savvy? What do you think?" Jack asked, turning to Will.
The other man surveyed his surroundings before saying, "It'll linger."
Amanda was happy to know that Will didn't seem to like this place either, which maybe means they can leave a bit earlier than Jack would like.
"I'll tell you mate, if every town in the world were like this one, no man would ever feel unwanted," Jack smiled before he spotted a whore and smiled brighter, walking up to greet her. "Scarlett!"
The woman with the red dress and ugly make-up slapped Jack as hard as she could before she stormed away.
"Not sure I deserved that," Jack said as a response when he saw the angry and (dare he even think it) upset look on Amanda's face.
He turned back around and winced when he spotted Giselle.
"Who was she?" the whore asked.
"What?" Jack asked, deciding to play dumb.
Giselle slapped him and stormed off, much like the other woman.
Jack smiled shyly at Amanda, who now refused to look at him. "I may have deserved that one."
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It took them a little while before they found Gibbs asleep in a pig sty. They each grabbed a bucket of water before retuning to the man.
Jack was the first to empty his bucket, splashing it over Gibbs to wake him up.
"Curse you for breathing, you slack-jawed idiot!" he yelled before he noticed who had woken him. "Mother's love! Amanda! Jack! You should know better than to wake a man when he's sleeping. 'S bad luck," Gibbs said, looking up at them from the ground.
Amanda smiled at the older man, who smiled sweetly back at her.
"Ah, fortunately I know how to counter it. The man who did the waking buys, the man who was sleeping, a drink. The man who was sleeping drinks it while listening to a proposition from the man who did the waking," Jack said quickly.
It took Gibbs a second to figure out what the hell Jack had just said, but when he understood he smiled and held out his hand for Jack to help him up.
"Aye, that'll about do it."
As soon as he was standing Amanda and Will threw their buckets of water on him, causing him to curse.
"Blast! I'm already awake!"
The two looked at each other and smiled before they shrugged and said, "That was for the smell."
Gibbs hesitated before he nodded.
Jack curled his hands into fists, angry at how Amanda and Will seemed to be getting along.
They made their way to the closest tavern and Jack got a table in the back before going to get some rum at the bar.
When he came back he looked from Amanda to Will and said, "Keep a sharp eye," before walking past them to sit at the table with Gibbs.
Amanda sighed, knowing this was her punishment for getting along with Will.
Will noticed the sigh and asked, "Why aren't you in there with them?"
"I'm being punished apparently."
"For what?"
She hesitated for a second before shaking her head. "Nothing."
They stood in silence for a couple of seconds before Will broke it by asking, "So are you two… together?"
Amanda laughed aloud and slapped Will on the back. "Oh God no!"
Her laughter died quickly and Will smiled at her sympathetically. "But you want to be."
She looked down at her boots and bit her lip to hold back the tears. I had been 8 years since she knew she was madly in love with the pirate, and nothing had come of it. She knew nothing ever would.
"You saw what happened out there," she said while gesturing outside of the tavern where Jack had been slapped by two whores. "I'm a hopeless romantic and Jack… well he isn't. I don't think even he knows how many women he's been with. I'm looking for my one and only. He's looking for the closest woman he can get his hands on," she said with a sigh.
Will felt her pain and wrapped his arm around her shoulders in comfort.
Amanda looked up at him when he seemed to stiffen and look over his shoulder into the back room and knew he must have heard something. She told herself to tell Jack later, but she knew she wouldn't.
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The next morning Amanda walked out of the room at the hotel she had brought Will to after Jack told them he would be staying at the tavern. She knew what that meant, that he was going to get a whore for the night, but pushed the pain down and got Will and herself each a room. She walked over to Will's door and knocked, waiting a couple of seconds for him to open the door.
Will smiled down at the woman only a few inches shorter than him and she smiled back, although he could see the hurt in her eyes.
"We should head out. Jack wanted us to meet him on the docks as soon as the sun was up and that was a couple of hours ago."
"His punishment?" Will asked in amusement.
"Something like that," she smiled and turned around to lead him to the docks.
When they got there Jack was pacing back and forth, Gibbs standing off to the side looking worried.
Amanda cleared her throat to let their presences be know and Jack's head jerked up.
"Where the bloody hell were you woman? I told you two to meet us here at dawn!" he yelled.
"Sorry, Captain, we slept in," she said before walking over to Gibbs and giving the man a hug now that he had bathed.
Jack winced when she called him Captain, something she never did unless she was angry or upset with him. He looked back and forth between her and Will, now realizing that it wasn't a good idea to have sent them off alone. He was about to go threaten Will when Gibbs called out.
"Time to meet the crew, Jack?"
He sighed and walked onto the dock, smirking at how the men who were lazing around instantly got up and formed a line.
Gibbs, Amanda, and Will followed Jack onto the deck and stood before the line of men.
"Feast your eyes, Captain," Gibbs said. "All of them, faithful hands before the mast, every man worth his salt. And crazy to boot."
"So this is your able-bodied crew?" Will asked, causing Amanda to giggle behind her hand.
"You, sailor!" Jack said, turning to a random, older man with a parrot on his shoulder.
"Cotton, sir," Gibbs added helpfully.
"Mr. Cotton … do you have the courage and fortitude to follow orders and stay true in the face of danger and almost certain death?" When no answer was given Jack shouted, "Mr. Cotton! Answer, man!"
"He's a mute, sir. Poor devil had his tongue cut out, so he trained the parrot to talk for him. No one's yet figured how," Gibbs said, looking curiously at the bird.
Cotton opened his mouth and showed that he was in fact missing his tongue, causing everyone to cringe.
Jack was about to move on to the next man when he paused. "Mr. Cotton's... parrot. Same question."
"Wind in the sails! Wind in the sails!" the parrot squawked.
"Mostly, we figure, that means 'yes,'" Gibbs said.
"O'course it does," Jack said like he knew it all along before turning to Will. "Satisfied?"
"Well, you've proved they're mad," Will answered, causing Amanda to laugh allowed, which angered Jack.
"And what's the benefit for us?" called a voice from the end of the line.
Jack winced when he heard the voice and slowly made his way down the line before stopping in front of someone whose face was hidden by a hat. Reaching out, he pulled the hat off of the mulatto woman's head. "Anamaria."
Said woman slaps him hard across the face and Will smirked.
"I suppose you didn't deserve that one either."
"No, that one I deserved."
Amanda yelled before pulling her friend into a tight hug and bouncing up and down. Anamaria smiled down at her friend, although she didn't return the hug.
"Hey Amanda. Good to see you alive and well. Just don't know what you're doing with Sparrow still."
Amanda laughed and let go of her friend and took as step back when she saw the look of anger appear on her face.
"You stole my boat!" Anamaria yelled, pointing at Jack.
"Actually-" she cut him off with another slap. "borrowed. Borrowed without permission. But with every intention of bringing it back to you."
"But you didn't!"
"And don't just look at me! It was Amanda too!" he yelled, pointing at the blonde.
"Oh please, that girl would follow you straight into Davy Jones locker if you asked her too. This is completely your fault!"
Amanda blushed a bright red and looked anywhere but at Jack.
Will smiled and nudged her shoulder with his.
"You'll get another one!" Jack said, ignoring the comment.
Anamaria pointed her finger at him in anger, "I will."
"A better one," Will added.
"A better one!" Jack confirmed.
"That one," Will added again, pointing to the Interceptor.
"What one?" he asked, turning back to Will who nodded to the Interceptor. "That one?" he yelled angrily before he thought it over and agreed, "Aye, that one. What say you?"
Anamaria seemed to think it over for a second before she yelled, "Aye!" along with the rest of the crew.
"Anchors aweigh," Cotton's bird called out as them men (and Anamaria) went to get the ship ready.
"No, no, no, no, no, it's frightful bad luck to bring a woman aboard, sir," Gibbs said.
Amanda coughed and they all looked to her, puzzled. She gestured to her body as she stared at them in disbelief. "Hello! I'm a woman!"
Gibbs quickly amended what he said, "I meant another woman aboard, Miss Amanda."
Jack looked back over to Anamaria before looking up to the sky and saying, "It'd be far worse not to have her," before walking away.
Gibbs, Will, and Amanda looked up into the sky to try and see what Jack was looking at.
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They had been out at sea for a few hours when a storm broke out and the waves and wind picked up. Thunder blared and lighting struck as rain poured over them all.
Amanda had been locked in Jack's cabin as soon as the weather started to get bad. She had been dragged in by a group of men, kicking and screaming the whole way.
Through the storm she cursed Jack in every way she could think of for doing this to her. He knew she could handle a storm, they had done it together hundreds of times. She realized this must be some sort of punishment, but for what she had no clue.
It was a couple hours later when the storm was gone and the sea calmed down. Amanda sat at Jack's desk, waiting for someone to come let her out.
Her head popped up from the map she was looking over when she heard footsteps heading her way. She could recognize those footsteps anywhere. Jack.
Getting up quickly, she made her way to the wall besides the door and pressed herself up against it.
Jack walked into the room and shut the door behind him, a curious look oh his face when he didn't spot Amanda.
Figuring this the opportune moment, Amanda yelled and tackled Jack to the floor. They wrestled around for a while before Jack was able to get the upper hand and roll them over so he was on top of her. His hair hung down and framed their faces as they both panted for breath.
"What the hell, woman?" Jack yelled when he finally caught his breath.
Amanda tried to get out from under him but she wasn't able to, he had her hands pinned by her head and he was too strong. She turned her face away, refusing to look or speak to him.
"Luv," Jack sighed.
She tried to get away again but Jack held firm. Leaning down, he pressed a feather soft kiss on the corner of her mouth before getting up and leaving the room.
Amanda remained on the floor in shock. Jack had kissed her tons of time before, but never like that, never so softly or lovingly.
TBC…
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