AN /I don't own anything other then the plot to the story.
Summary. Modern Au. When studying to be a vet while doing practical experience in Charters Towers. Elizabeth meets the roguish but charming Will Turner a stockmen on a local property. She finds it hard to believe he's a gentlemen being friends with Jack Sparrow, Phillip, Rob and Josh Swift
Chapter 3
It was just after nine that evening. I was seated at a table talking to Elizabeth. Jack and Angelica had disappeared hours ago. Rob and Phillip where chatting to a blonde and her red head friend. Josh was standing in the corner.
Someone was playing with the jukebox trying to find some song they where looking for. Tomorrow was Australia Day. "Sprit Of The Bush" by Lee Kernaghan with Steve Ford and Adam Brand came blaring out of jukebox. I sat quietly listening to the lyrics of the song.
"You ok" Elizabeth asked, I looked up from where I as I staring blankly at the wall so deep in thought that I didn't notice those around me.
"Yea I'm fine just thinking about the future and the past," I said taking a sip of my Bundy Rum stubby. Nick Butlery had been in the pub for most of the night but didn't come anywhere near our table thankfully.
"So if you don't mind me asking what happened to your family? What I mean is you haven't spoken one word about them. " Elizabeth asked, I took another sip of my stubby.
"Its fine my parents spilt up when I was twelve. My mum got custardy of my younger brother and sister. My dad was a stockman and moved from place to place after that. When I was fifteen he sent me to live with my uncle Ken whose Phillip, Josh and Rob's dad in Julia Creek.
We all left school at fifthteen I was oldest followed by Jack whose three months younger then me, Phillip whose six months younger then me. Josh is about fifthteen months younger than me and then there's Rob who is about 27 months younger then me.
We all came out to Charters Towers looking for work when I was seventeen, Jack was seventeen, Phillip was seventeen, Josh was sixteen and Rob had just turned fifteen. We asked around for work and went out to Red Emu Creek Station and Dale hired us on and as they say the rest is history." I said finishing telling her my history of how I ended up in Charters Towers.
"I guess you have a better relationship with your dad then I do mine" Elizabeth said taking a sip of her glass of Jack Daniels and Coke with a bit Bundy Rum mixed in with it.
"Hardly I don't even hear from him." I snorted at the thought. It wasn't that I didn't love my father I did but he had been absent from my life for a long time.
"Yea I guess we've both got father problems," She said taking another sip of her drink. I nodded and took another sip of my own beer.
"Yea well we haven't turned out to bad I think," I said taking a sip of my stubby. Rob and Phillip had disappeared with the two girls they had been chatting up.
It was early the next morning Elizabeth woke to find a strong muscular arm wrapped around her waist. She looked behind her to see the sleeping form of Will Turner. She noticed as scar on his chest it was nasty sight to behold.
It ran from the top on the left side of his chest and down to his abs of his eight pack. His skin was tanned from years of working in the sun for hours.
How the hell had she ended up in bed with a guy she barely knew? God please don't let me having sleep with him. She lifted the blanket and found herself still clothed. If she could remember anything of last night, which she couldn't, then she would bloody remember what happened.
Elizabeth lifted the blanket again to see he was still clothed. He was only wearing his jeans that was a good sign. Elizabeth looked at his sleeping face somewhat horrified that she had ended up in bed with. Not that he and her had sex.
God what was going to happen when he woke up Elizabeth sat up in bed looking at him horror of what might have happened the night before.
I opened one eye and then the other. I woke not in my swag in the back of Cruiser but a room in the pub. I rolled over to see Elizabeth next to me. My mind was a blank what had happened last night.
"Do you have idea what happened last night?" She asked hardly above a whisper. I shook my head and sat up in bed and hissed in pain at my tender ribs from what I didn't know.
There was a knock at the door. I got up and grabbed my shirt from the floor. I opened the door to find Josh standing on the other side of the door.
"Josh you have any idea what the fuck I did last night" I asked moving back towards the bed grabbing my singlet and pulling it on.
"Yea a far bit" Josh asked leaning against the doorframe.
"Like what exactly" I asked as I pulled on my belt.
The night before.
I was at the bar getting another drink for Elizabeth and myself. Josh was sitting at the table talking to Elizabeth. I hadn't seen Butler in the last hour thankfully.
I was on my back to table when I bumped into someone. I noticed it was Butler he looked like he was shit faced and had a gutful full of piss.
"Watch where yea goin dipstick" Butler slurred as he stumbled to keep his footing. I ignored him and continued towards the table.
"Will how about a refill huh" Josh joked. I flipped him the bird. I looked up at wrong time to see Butler saying something to a guy about five and a half inches shorter then me.
"Hey Josh yea ever seen that bloke before" I asked Josh nodding in the direction of Butler and the other bloke.
"That's my ex James Norringtion" Elizabeth spoke up. I looked over in the in the direction of Butler and Norringtion again.
"How the hell does Butler know him?" I asked watching them out of the corner of my eye. I turned looked behind me to see James Norringtion and Butler walked towards our table.
"Elizabeth I see your taste in men has taken a turn for the worst" He sneered hoping that comment would riley me up which it had done in way.
"I would think her taste in men has improved dipstick seeing as she looking for a real man some half ass man" I growled getting to my feet and facing both him and Butler.
"What someone hick cowboy" His sneered, I was about to deck him one. Elizabeth beat me to it and slapped him across the face backhanded.
"He's more of a man then you" Elizabeth snapped at him. I was shocked all right that she was sticking for me.
"Ah come on Turners less of a man then James" Butler said putting his two cents worth just for the sake of it.
"Bullshit he is all I see is a pansy little girl having his eunuch of a cousin back him up" Josh said sticking up for me. I was about to deck with both them in minute if they weren't careful.
"So what happened after that Josh?" I asked having almost being fully dressed. Elizabeth had disappeared to the bathroom.
"Basically you beat the shit of them. Jock had call to Sargent Fraser and Senior Constable Cassidy to come escort them out of the pub" Josh explained as the bathroom door opened.
"And Sargent Fraser didn't arrest me" I was shocked that I hadn't ended up in the watchtower for the night.
"Nah Jock explained that Butler and his cousin started the fight not you" Josh said as he went back to his own room or back to the bar.
I grabbed my Akubra and walked out of the room into the bar. I grabbed two slabs of stubbies to go. I was heading out of town for a day to myself. I heard a knock on my window. I looked over to see Elizabeth standing there.
"I was hoping for a day to myself," I said putting the Cruiser back into gear. I turned onto Flinders Hwy heading towards Pentland.
