Chapter 4: No Rum? Why?
"Jack. Wait!"
He was
dragging her towards the stairs.
"We can't just leave like
this and leave her alone with Will."
"Why not?"
Elizabeth
rolled her eyes.
"She will suspect if we suddenly dissapear."
"I
don't think so. She said it herself: 'Couples need some time to
themselves from time to time'. If you know what I mean."
Jack's
smirk faded as soon as he saw her serious face fromn at him.
"Not
in the mood? Alright... But I don't think she would notice
anyway."
He made her turn around to look at the Baroness and
Will who were now talking with the rest of the guests.
"Look at
poor William!" he mocked "As soon as he manages to free himself
of her she's already clinging onto him."
Elizabeth watched how
Will tried desperately to free his arm without Lucile noticing, but
as soon as she noticed him missing (which was instantly) she would
already be grabbing him.
"Poor Will... I still think we should
stay with the guests for at least half an hour, just in case."
'Maybe you even change your mind about the jewels...'
As if he
heard what she was thinking, he eyed her suspiciously.
"What?"
she asked nervously.
"You think you are really smart, aye?"
Shit! "I know exactly what you're planning." Darn! Did he have
to know her that well?
"Wha-what do you mean?"
"You want
to trick me so I will dance with you!"
"What? Y-yes... That's
exactly what I was thinking." He didn't know her that well I
guess...
"We don't have to dance if you don't want to. But
if you remember well there are FREE DRINKS!"
This of course
caught his attention.
"Rum too?"
"I don't know. We just
have to walk over there and see if there's any. And, who knows,
maybe seeing all those people dance will bring you into the mood to
dance too."
He thought carefully before answering. Liz was smart
and alway knew how to convince him to do what she wanted him to. He
knew exactly that if he walked over there he would probably end up
making a fool of himself on the dancefloor.
"I agree on the
first part. But I still haven't agreed to the second!"
She
raised her arms in surrender and they made way to where the guests
were.
He looked at all the disguised people dancing as they neared
the table with the drinks. He kind of envied them.
"Doesn't
look that bad, right?"
Elizabeth asked him giving him his
drink.
"Not really..." but then he remembered what happened
when he was still a kid.
Stella. That little monster... She
had the most beautiful hair he had ever seen. Red like fire. And her
eyes were blue as the sky.
She was his first crush. His first and
last he hoped. She had taught him to beware of beautifull girls. They
looked like angels but were truly the devil.
Well, that was untill
he met Elizabeth Swann. She was different than any other woman he
ever met.
Stella was the most popular girl of town, at least of
all in the age of 8 and beneath.
But she was a monster.
There
was a party in town and Johnathan decided that he would ask her to
dance with him. Luckily for him she agreed and everything went
smooth. Untill...
"Ah! Look it's Edward!"
Edward was
only one year older than Johnathan and Stella but there was something
about him that made all the girls fall for him.
"Isn't he
gorgeous?"
"I don't really know..."
"Of course you
don't. You are just... a boy."
"Stella! I don't like it
when you talk like that... you are dancing with me now!"
"Ha!
But not for long!"
Stella pushed him as hard as she could
causing him to fall into the mud.
"Hahaha! Poor Johnathan!
Doesn't know how to dance! Nobody dances like Edward! You are just
a loser!"
And there she left him. Alone in the mud while she
runned into Edward's open arms.
Everybody laughed at him.
Johnathan never danced since then...
Stella's face would always
apear when he would think of the devil.
He drank the whole
glass as quick as he could as thought as he wanted to drown that
memory.
"Eww... What's this?"
"I think it's whisky.
Why?"
"It's horrible! Ain't there any rum?"
"If you
remember well, this is no pirate party."
"But I want me
rum..."
She rolled her eyes at his childish behaviour.
"I
guess since there is no rum I'll have to drink this repugnant
whisky..."
"Oh! Look there comes Will! He managed to escape
the Lucile."
Jack's eyes flew open.
"Time to go!"
He
grabbed another glass and walked away.
"Where are you
going?"
"I'll be right back! Just trying to stay alive.
Eunich 's gonna kill me if I stay."
And off he was.
"Did
he flee that coward?"
"Will. How is it going?"
"Bad.
VERY bad. The Baroness won't leave me alone! Thank God I managed to
escape her."
He took a glass to drink.
"What about you?
Have you already convinced him not to steal everything?"
"No...
I haven't said anything yet."
He took another glass and did
the same as Jack. Drink it all in one sip.
"You shouldn't
drink like that. You know you don't take it very well."
"Better
that way! Maybe I'll pass out and she'll leave me alone!"
"She
can't be that horrible."
"You have no idea. She shows me
around as if I was her toy and then she makes these perverted
allusions... Gross!"
"Like what?"
"Like when she said
that thing about my hair! 'Oh, William! I wish I could be a ship so
the waves of your hair would crush all over me!'"
Elizabeth
laughed at his imitation.
"What?! It's not about WHAT she
says! It's about HOW she says it! As if she was about to srip me
naked in front of everyone!"
"I think you are
exagerating."
"Not at all!"
"Don't worry. I'll tell
Jack to steal the jewels quickly so we can leave as soon as
possible."
"No. I still need to recover the necklace! That
bastard took it just to make me mad!"
"Why is it so important?
I never saw it before."
"It was my mother's. I wanted to
give it to you when we got married but... I guess that won't happen
anymore..."
His face saddened at the thought.
"Oh... Will.
I'm so sorry... He shouldn't have taken it."
"It's not
your fault."
He took Elizabeth's hands in his stroking them
softly.
Out of nowhere Jack appeared.
"Hey! Let go of
her!"
Both were startled and Will let go of her.
"You
asshole! You stole that necklace on purpose! Just to piss me
off!"
"You wanted to be a true pirate and true pirates must
know how to recover their lost propriety! Just like me and the
Pearl."
"Aren't you afraid that I might get Elizabeth
back?"
She opened her mouth to protest but Jack spoke before she
could even pronounce the first word.
"She doesn't belong to
anybody. Not even me."
"Right! I'm not a thing!"
"She
chose me because I'm just too charming and irresistible."
Elizabeth
rolled her eyes.
"I don't see the Baroness drooling all over
YOU."
"True enough! Not that I envy you or anything. And
talking about dear Lucile, There she comes."
"Oh no..."
"You
still have to get that necklace back, remember."
"William!
I already wondered where you went to!"
As soon as she reached
them, she had already gripped Will's arm tightly as if fearing that
he would dissapear.
"Lucile! I just wanted a drink that's
all."
"Thank God you came, dear Lucile. Will was starting to
worry if he would find you ever again with all those people
around."
Jack said clearly a bit drunk since he was starting to
wave his arms as he usualy did.
Elizabeth noticed this and kicked
him so that noone could see.
Will was glaring daggers at
him.
"Poor Will! Already grown so attached to me?"
"Oh!
Something else! Isn't there any rum?"
This time she elbowed
him hard.
"Ouch!"
"Rum? You don't mean that vile drink
by any chance?"
"Vile? How dar-?"
"Please excuse my
husband, Lucile. He is taking this whole pirate costume too serious.
He even wants to drink rum now."
She giggled nervously. The
Baroness had a confused expression untill...
"Bwahahahahah!! You
sure are funny Captain! You better take care from now on or the East
India Trading Company will hang you."
Jack and Elizabeth were
shocked while Will and Lucile laughed as they walked away.
"Hahaha!
That I'd like to see! Captain Spa- I mean Smith hanging from the
noose!"
"That was not funny at all..."
"Come, Jack...
Have another drink."
She handed him a glass and took one for
her.
"They already branded my beautiful skin once!"
"Don't
worry. Nobody will hang you... Your Lizzie will protect you."
She
rubbed his back to comfort him.
"That was not funny at
all..."
"I know... Have another."
