About a month later...
"Oi Lad. Are you feeling alright?" Jack asked.
"I'm fine." Alex said, trying not to smell herself. To her, there was no getting away from the smell of dirt and sweat. Not after marinating in it for a month.
Jack watched him. "Alex, how often are you used to bathing?"
Alex blushed. "Weekly." She said. "My mother always said that cleanliness was next to-"
"Godliness. I know." Jack said, surprising Alex. "My Mum used to say that a lot too."
'I'm pretty sure your Mum didn't also say that 'a good wife should try to keep herself clean for her husband'.' Alex thought. "If your mother used to say that a lot, why don't you-"
"Da said it was a waste of time and that a man shouldn't worry about being clean. Just providing for the family." Jack said. He then thought of some thing. "You're from a wealthy family, I'm guessing."
"Yes, but I'm not-"
"You ever had steamed crab legs?"
"No."Alex said. Then she saw a look on Jack's face. "Captain?"
Jack smirked, pointing at a nearby island. "Head that way. I'm making steamed crab tonight."
That night...
Jack watched as Alex had her first bite of crab meat. "So? What do you think Lad?"
"It's great!" Alex said, smiling. She then cracked open another crab leg. Before she bit the meat, she looked up at Jack. "Captain?"
"Do that again."
"Break another crab leg?"
"No. Smile again."
Alex smiled embarrassedly and started blushing. Then Jack's face turned red. "Captain?"
"I'll be back." Jack said, quickly getting up. "Just finish eating without me."
"Alright."
Jack walked down the beach, just for the purpose of walking. 'Oi! What are you doing? Alex is a lad! I'm sure he has no interest in you!'
"Or does he?" A voice said.
Jack turned around quickly, expecting to see Alex. He then took a good look at the person. "What are you?"
Another Jack stood there, wearing a burgundy gown and holding a fan. 'Jack' started blushing and tried to hide his face behind the fan. "Oh Jackie, you silly boy! You know what I am!"
"Why are you in a dress?"
"Doesn't this color look absolutely amazing on me? I knew it would! After all, everything looks great on me! I just picked this gown because it was the first one I picked up!" The other 'Jack' said, before crossing his arms in front of his chest. "I'm still upset that Hector let Lizzie wear it!"
"I've had way too much rum tonight." Jack mumbled.
"Anyways, your lad. You like him?"
"I honestly have no idea." Jack said, sitting down in the sand. "Alex is an interesting Lad, and he's funny-"
"Not to mention good looking!"
"But he's a Boy!" Jack said, laying back. "I hate being confused about something like this!" Just then, he heard music. He sat up and looked around, noticing a nearby town. After looking for the other 'Jack', he got up and ran back to Alex. "C'mon!"
Alex got up. "What's wrong?"
"Nothing's wrong Lad!" Jack said. "I just found a town!"
"And?"
"Where there's a town, there's a tavern. Where's there's a tavern, there's plenty of women!"
When they got there, Jack realized that it was none other than Tortuga.
Half an hour later...
Alex sat at a table with Jack as they drank their rum. She looked around the room. Mostly at the women's dresses. 'Those women are beautiful. They can wear those low cut dresses without worrying at all.' She then looked down at herself, slightly blushing out of jealousy. 'While I'm probably as flat chested as this table. I've been sailing with Captain Jack for about a month and he has yet to notice that I'm a women.'
"Oi Lad. Are you alright?" Jack asked. "It can be a bit overwhelming the first time."
Alex looked up at him, turning red from embarrassment. "I'm fine. I'm just...a little-"
"Nervous?"
"No...maybe..."
Jack smirked, leaning in closer to Alex. "Any lasses you find attractive?"
"They're all pretty, but no." Alex said.
"Me neither."
Alex leaned in closer to Jack. "Real-"
Someone tripped over an old cup, and grabbed Alex's chair for support, pushing it in. That caused Alex's face even closer to Jack's...
Causing them to kiss...
They quickly pulled away from each other, hoping no one saw any thing and trying to hide their faces. Especially from each other.
"I'm going to...uh...move the boat..." Alex said, getting up and running away.
Jack watched Alex leave. 'What was that?'
I love writing about cross-dressing Jack. The only thing I like to write about more is Teague.