Author: Tenucci

Author: Tenucci
Translation: Redgie
Rating: R

Summary: Jack wants his dream to come true, but distressed Lizzie arranges surprise for him…

7.

Jack shook his head like after the hit and got up from the bed. It still was a night… He heard distant voices from the deck. They were laughing, so apparently the fight had settled.

Jack stood still for a moment next to his bed and felt himself empty again. Like the cold breeze of the night had intruded inside of the cabin though the windows were closed and the candles were burning everywhere around the room.

The Captain wiped his tired eyes and stared for a moment to the burning flame of the candle which was on the desk. The candle had dripped tallow on to the desk and he should change a new candle, but he didn't bother to do it right now. He sighed, put himself together, walked across the room and opened the door of his cabin.

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Jack stepped outside to the fresh night air, without caring about his crew and breathed deeply to get the complicated feeling out of his head. Elizabeth's scent hovered inside of his nose and he could still feel the silky touch of the girl's hair on his skin. The dream had felt so real! Jack had goosebumbs on his skin and he wondered how he felt so cold… nobody did feel at the Caribbean! At least not he!

I hope that I didn't catch some bloody fever! Jack wondered and put a hand on his forehead as he frowned.

At the same time he noticed Elizabeth, who was standing at the deck, watching to the sea. The girl's light brown hair fluttered on the fresh breeze as she leaned onto rail. The young woman seemed to be in her own world and she didn't pay attention anything else but the twirling sea and the cloudy sky.

Jack glanced around him. Farther a few members of the crew played card as they laughed and talked in harmony with each other. The men looked like a bunch of small people who had gathered around of the lanterns, defying the brisk wind and the darkness around them. The rest of the crew was probably drinking rum under the deck. What else would pirates do when they had done their daily jobs? Jack smiled wickedly and turned his attention back to Elizabeth.

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Jack took one step forward and soon he realized that he stood next to Elizabeth. The girl flinched when she saw the comer and looked at Jack with big, almost frightened eyes. The wind swept a lock of hair over her face and Jack wanted to wipe it away from the beautiful face.

Jack came closer to Elizabeth and looked at her eyes with an indecipherable look on his face. He wondered was she happy at all to see him. Phrase "Jack… I… I love you…" resounded in Jack's ears and at the same time he hoped that it would be true. Then Jack soundlessly reproached himself for that kind of foolish wishes and fumbled because he just wanted to say something:

"That incident today was… quite close… that Will…"

"Yes, it was..," Elizabeth answered quietly and lowered her head.

She felt the heavy burden of guilt fell on her heart and hoped that she just could find a way to get away from all of this injustice. She hoped that she could someway show this agonizing feeling to Jack, letting him feel her pain because all of this. Their hopeless future, because she had betrayed Will and Jack's kiss with another woman.

Jack, who didn't know Elizabeth's thoughts, glanced again at the men who played card. The game was still on and the men didn't focus on anything else but their cards and examined other players facial expressions.

Ragged pirates looked amusing when they tried to act like the best cardsharps at the Caribbean, even they were drunk. The crew was gathered close to each other and under the shabby sailor coats they tried to fight against the wind.

Jack didn't bother to think about them because he had something else in his mind. The Pirate Captain still remembered his stunning dream and passionate feelings. That feeling didn't leave him alone and he let his gaze to watch Elizabeth's body up and down as he wished that he could took her into his cabin or lift her up against the rail and make love to her like he had done in his dream.

For a moment Jack couldn't think clearly, he was still drunk too and without thinking more, he wrapped his arm around Elizabeth's waist and moved to stand behind her.

"Princess…" Jack mumbled to Elizabeth's ear as he caressed her earflap with his lips, same time pulling the girl closer to his arms. Elizabeth let out moan and her body tightened because of surprise.

The wind mixed their dark and blond hair with each other and Jack whispered to the girl: "I saw a dream about you… about us. Do you want to hear what happened in that dream..?"

Jack felt Elizabeth's body against his own and he didn't need anything else to become ready again. He pushed Elizabeth's thin body firmly between his body and the rail, so the girl would figure out what he wanted.

Elizabeth nervously glanced around her. What if Will shows up?!

But then she felt Jack pressing his lips to her delicate neck and when she felt black moustache's rough tickle, she sighed blissfully and surrendering. She couldn't resist the attraction of his hot and strong body when she felt Jack pressing firmly his middle body against her bum.

Though Elizabeth just had been under the deck and touched herself again, still her lust flamed on soon as Jack just appeared close to her. However, she tried to hold on of that tiny common sense which was disappearing away when the stronger feeling was taking over and whispered: "Jack, we can't… There are other people on the deck… they will see us…"

"Let them see us," Jack growled and kissed Elizabeth's neck and took her earflap into his mouth to gently played with it again.

He didn't bother to care. Jack felt that he couldn't stop even if Will suddenly appeared right next to them. Jack took his hands to Elizabeth's breasts and squeezed the other one powerfully but gently through her clothes. Elizabeth let out suffocated sound and raised her hand over her shoulder to Jack's neck. Jack grabbed of it and kissed tenderly her wrist. He put one of her delicate fingers into his mouth and sucked it lightly. Elizabeth sighed deeply and intended to turn around to kiss the pirate as she had totally forgotten that they weren't alone at the deck.

But at the same time Jack suddenly stopped.

Elizabeth breathed vehemently and she looked at Jack confusedly over her shoulder. The man's eyes gleamed in the dark and he bent to whisper into Elizabeth's ear:

"Come to me cabin at night… when everybody sleeps. Then we can do it from the beginning to the end…

Jack smiled his familiar, mischievous smile, the smile which Elizabeth loved so much, and he gently bit her soft ear. Then the Pirate Captain let the young woman out of his hold. He glanced at Elizabeth playfully as the wind swayed his almost black hair, then turned around and walked towards the card players.

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Elizabeth stayed to stare stunnedly at the sea. She felt that her legs couldn't carry her under the deck, so she just leaned onto the rail and breathed deeply the fresh air into her lungs. Slamming of the sails and creaking of the rig made her to calm down a bit. Day by day, Elizabeth felt more that the sea was her friend and this ship was her home. She almost terrified the thought that Port Royal was her destination.

Cursed man! How can he mess my mind every time! Elizabeth cursed in her mind and felt burning blush on her cheeks when she thought of those springy fingers around her breast.

The girl stood still and waited for the worst dizziness to disappear so that she could go to sleep. The dark sea moved tirelessly around the hull and keel of the Black Pearl. Elizabeth looked at the huge water mass, like it would know her heart's darkest secret without saying it aloud.

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Jack sat next to the other crew as he took the cigarette and a rum bottle which were offered to him. The wind mixed men's messy hair and sparks from the cigarette flew to the dark night sky.

Soon Jack got his cards. He glanced at the cards, discovered that they were quite good and looked over them to Elizabeth, who stood little farther. The girl still seemed to stand there were he had left her. The Pirate Captain smiled his golden smile as he thought the upcoming night and then focused into the game.

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Later Jack still sat at the deck, talking with Gibbs and Pintel, drinking and laughing. The Captain intended to go to his cabin and wait for Elizabeth, but decided to stay when the First Mate and boatswain insisted him to stay.

They had forgotten the cards and the men spent their time with telling the most imaginative stories, which they had seen and heard at the sea's of the world. It was late night and the number of the pirates which were still awake had decreased when so many had passed out to their hammocks or onto the deck.

At the same time, Jack noticed Elizabeth and Will coming under the deck. Elizabeth had disappeared from his sight earlier and Jack surprised when he saw her with Will.

What was the bloody reason for not putting that big baby to sleep? Jack thought grumpily and wondered if Will was going to ruin his plans. Elizabeth would never manage to escape to his cabin under the guarding eyes of Will. Jack scowled to the younger man and he would love to throw him overboard.

Will grasped of Elizabeth and led her to the others. Will cheerily greeted the pirates and the couple sat into the company of the others.

"Will, isn't the bedtime for little lads passed a long time ago?" Jack teased with the voice, that you could easily thought that he was just kidding. But he meant every word.

"Nah, Jack… The sleep would do good for you too", Will laughed.

"You are absolutely right", Jack said mockingly and then turned to look at Elizabeth uninhibitedly. "I will sleep very well tonight…"

For a moment, Jack looked playfully deep into her eyes like he reminded her about what he had said little earlier. Elizabeth blushed, but stared at him attentively.

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They sat a moment with talking about everything. Elizabeth listened the tales and pirates tried to leave out the vulgar words because of the young lady. But the girl just laughed to funny and somewhat dirty stories and her eyes met Jack's eyes occasionally.

Once again Jack thought in his mind how different Elizabeth was than other women that he had met. She had sense of humor and she wasn't that kind of nagging turkey, who would slap him even for the smallest matter. And so beautiful… white teeth revealed between her plump lips when Elizabeth laughed genuinely. The girl enjoyed to listen the adventures of the seamen and Jack thought how wonderful it would be if just two of them were laying on the deserted beach or on his bed and he would tell her stories of his eventful life. Jack might tell Elizabeth things that he would never tell anyone.

But despite the laugh, Elizabeth had strange, somewhat distant look in her eyes and Jack wondered what the reason for that was.

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Elizabeth had thought a lot about the current situation and made her decision earlier when Jack had tried to seduce her on the deck. She would show the man that she wasn't dependent about him… show him at least the smallest piece of that misery what she felt every day and every second of the night.

The girl didn't believe that her plan would work; it depended entirely about Jack's feelings for her. If he didn't feel anything towards her, everything would be pointless.

But Elizabeth wanted insistently him to fall on his own tricks. She hasn't forgotten Jack's outrageous trick at Tortuga. And especially she wanted to find out if Jack feels anything towards her.

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Elizabeth knew exactly what she would do and she made her move when she had intense eye contact with Jack.

The girl smiled to Jack, but turned her attention to Will, who was sitting next to her. She caressed sensually Will's thigh, smiled to her future husband quite uninhibitedly and said:

"I'm sorry, my dearest, that I have been so distant lately…" Elizabeth used on purpose the same pet name, which she had called Jack at their love moments.

Elizabeth felt herself devilishly wicked and she wanted Jack to suffer. But at the same time she felt like she would lie to herself… but once she had began to walk this road, she had to walk it to the end and see what would happen in the future. Elizabeth shook the suspicions out of her mind and leaned closer to Will's ear as she looked right at Jack's eyes and continued with low voice:

"But I promise that I'll make it up to you tonight…"

Will turned to look at his future wife astonished about her behavior. Just a moment ago Elizabeth had seemed so distant, so depressed and now she suddenly talked the way she had talked long time ago. Will felt that his heart beat happily when he remembered how the girl had teased him at their secret moments somewhat eternity ago. Will frowned questioningly, little smile on his face and placed gently his hand on Elizabeth's hand.

Elizabeth flashed a seducing smile to him and continued caressing young man's thigh more daringly. Her hands moved upward and Will's breathing quickened.

Gibbs and Pintel laughed meaningfully to Elizabeth and Will and continued to talk with Jack. But Jack didn't listen to them anymore. He stared at Elizabeth appalledly and even forgot his rumbottle.

Elizabeth glanced at Jack from the corner of her eye and Jack followed the situation observantly… and he didn't seem happy at all. That increased her boldness. She felt herself invincible when she saw the look on Jack's face and she whispered to Will's ear: "Dearest… I want to be alone with you… spend the night with you."

Jack frowned so much that it started to hurt his forehead and he just couldn't stop staring the future married couple, couldn't stop staring at the bride. Hundred thoughts twisted in Jack's mind and those thoughts weren't cheerful at all.

Elizabeth loved Will whole the time, but she just wanted to play with me? Fucking hell! Twisted bitch, who just wanted to kick really hard to my crotch! And she managed to do it quite well!

Jack squeezed his bottle with white knuckles and he didn't pay attention to what Pintel just told him.

Elizabeth looked at Jack as her brown eyes glimmered in the light of the torches and she then turned over to Will and kissed him as lustfully as she could. Then she said so aloud that Jack heard it too:

"Take me to under the deck… to our bed…"

Will was completely dazed, but he got up clumsily. The young lad extended his sweaty hand to Elizabeth. The girl grabbed of it, smiling like the experienced temptress and let him help her up. And so they began to walk towards the crew's sleeping place.

Gibbs and Pintel laughed again to the young couple. Elizabeth glanced at Jack like the glare would say: "How do you feel now when I'm the one who won this game?"

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Jack sat still and stared at the hole which leaded under the deck, where Elizabeth had disappeared a moment ago with Will's caressing hand on her waist.

Jack didn't know should he start to shout, hit Pintel who didn't stop his drunken and boring talking, though Jack wasn't interested listening to him and then jump over the rail to the sea. Or should have he run under the deck and rip Elizabeth out of Will's arms or perhaps he should have gone to his own cabin and shoot himself.

Jack was like somebody has hit him with firewood, completely surprised with the trick which Elizabeth had arranged to him.

Bloody hell! Why is that slut playing this kind of games with me?!

Jack felt like the acid would have burnt his chest. He stared in front of him with glaze eyes and almost growled aloud because of anger.

Elizabeth kissed Will… right in front of me face… kissed another man! Jack couldn't think that actually he was the other man. Elizabeth is mine! Mine and nobody else's! Unbelievable… Unbelievable, that woman was able to do that kind of foolishness!

Jack almost felt physical pain and he couldn't get that picture out of his mind, where Elizabeth's perfect lips pressed on Will's disgusting and dirty mouth.

At the same time Jack spit on the deck with disgust and rose to his feet with one quick move. He raised his hand with threatening move as Gibbs and Pintel stared at him stunnedly and Jack smashed his rumbottle against the rail. The bottle scattered into shards and goldish red liquid spread all over the black wood.

Jack turned around furiously and began to stride toward his cabin. The wind ripped his coat and hair, but he carried on determinedly towards the door of the Captain's cabin. Empty keg was on his way and he kicked it after the bottle so that it went peaces too. Jack wrenched the door open, went in and slammed the door behind him so that the walls almost shook. Gibbs and Pintel stared after him.

"What the hell is this? What happened to him?" Pintel wondered. "I can't always understand what happens on this bloody ship!"

"I don't understand…" Gibbs said, but looked after the Captain with thoughtful look on his face. He nodded knowledgeably, but didn't reveal his thoughts to Pintel.

"Who would understand that poor Devil" Gibbs said carefreely and took a sip from his pocket flask. "At least we have enough rum!"

"Aye! Let's toast for it!"