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A:N: Oh my gosh, guys, I am so sorry for the wait. I feel like I've abandoned this story and I cant even remember the last time that I updated. But don't worry, I haven't abandoned it and I'm going to try to update more often. Anyways, thanks for all those who have reviewed or favorited, or alerted this story. I couldn't go on without you guys!
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Taylor's Point of View
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"Um, o.k. I spy with my little eye…." I looked around at Jack's disgruntled crew, Barbossa's undead crew, then to Maria, who was pretending not to notice me. "Oh, something tall, dark, handsome, sexy, and very desirable. Guess what it is."
"Um, I am just going to take a wild guess, Jack?" Maria said in a very sarcastic and hostile tone. Well I guess I don't blame her because we had been playing this game for the past 30 minutes and every time I picked Jack.
"You're so right! Are you a physic or something? Oh my gosh, just like Spencer on Psych!" I said, getting excited, but she just rolled her eyes at me. I sighed, looked around the deck, and once again, began the game. "O.k. I spy with my little eye……"
"Will!" Maria gasped at the same time as Elizabitch. I sucked in a breath and then blew it back out, turning to glare at Elizabitch and giving Maria a confused look.
"Um, hello, I haven't even said anything yet. And I don't believe that we invited you to play, Ms. Swann." I commented, but then Barbossa and his crew followed looked over to the side of the boat and I followed their gazes. "Well, snap!" I said, crossing my arms over my chest and leaning up against the side of the stairs where they were holding us. Maria tuned out everything I was saying and was watching with rapt attention at the words Will was saying. I watched her mouth the words and tried not to laugh at how stupid Will sounded right now. No offense to him or anything, but I just don't understand why he has to make a fool out of himself just to save Swann.
"Don't do anything stupid!" I heard Jack whisper-shout at Will. I patted his shoulder, giving him a hopeless look and his eyes widened at the realization that Will certainly wasn't going to save him. I looked around the dock, surveying the damage that had been inflicted on the majestic Black Pearl, when I noticed that my name had been called.
"Who said my name?" I questioned and Jack rubbed a hand over his face as Maria rolled her eyes. Will's saving us. She mouthed to me. "Oh, well why didn't you just say that?" I asked and then clamped a hand over my mouth. Perhaps she was mouthing the words for a reason, I thought, as I looked around and saw that everyone had all eyes on Will again. He was climbing down the side of the boat and being escorted by some lovely men over to where we were being held captive. "Will! Yes, now we have another player!" I jumped as best I could and Will gave me a strange look as Jack and Maria groaned.
I shot them a scathing look as Will asked me what the game was. I explained to him, but stopped mid-explanation because Barbossa was calling for our attention. We were at the island already and as I was wondering how we got there so fast, I was yanked by my shirt over to Barbossa. "Hey, you're going to stretch out my shirt!" I yelled, pulling out of his grasp and making sure my shirt wasn't ripped or anything. When I was positive it was o.k. I turned to glare at the pirate who had grabbed me. He mumbled something unintelligent and I gave him a disgusted look. "O.k. No one got that so I would just keep my mouth shut if I were you."
"Miss Taylor, up onto the plank you go. It be your turn." Barbossa said, pushing me up towards the plank of wood hanging menacingly off the side of the ship. I gave him a sarcastic smile as I climbed up to the top. Looking out to the people on the deck, I saw Jack trying to negotiate with his old crew. It wasn't working. Seeing as most people weren't paying attention I walked to the edge and turned back towards Barbossa. Time to get this party started.
"Oh, Hector?" I called out, gaining a couple more onlookers and Barbossa's attention, " Just one last thing to remember me by before I leave." Winking, I lifted my skirt to my waist and laughed at the inhalation of breath from people, expecting more of my being than was revealed, since I did have my shorts on. "Ta. Taaaa!" I shouted, stumbling backwards off the plank and into the water. The icy coldness of the ocean rushed over me and I struggled to the top, gasping in the air when I reached it. Swimming leisurely on my back, I watched as Elizabitch stepped up onto the plank and heard Will's cry of indignation. Rolling my eyes and laughing when Elizabitch was thrown from the plank I began my breaststroke towards the island.
When I finally reached the sand enough to stand, I was panting and struggling to stay up. My legs felt like jelly and I mentally put work-out on my to do list. As I collapsed on the dry sand, I heard splashing and a shriek out in the water. Then I heard mumbling and someone threw themselves next to me. "I swear, I don't know what Barbossa's problem is, but when I see him again there is going to be hell to pay." I looked up and saw Maria, in nothing but her black shorts that she stole from the Interceptor and the fuchsia tank-top she had on under her dress. I couldn't hold back a laugh when I saw her very upset face and I grinned when she huffed and hit my shoulder. "This is your fault." She said to me, trying to wring out her hair, "After your little stunt, that piece of filth made me lose my dress and threw me in the water with Elizabeth, as I was told to call her." She sighed and laid down beside me.
"At least we can get a tan." I told her, stretching out and putting my hands behind my head. She nodded vaguely and there was more splashing and talking as Elizabeth and Jack reached the beach. I rolled my eyes as Elizabeth tried to keep her dignency, even though she was in a see-through dress thing. Jack looked longingly out towards the Black Pearl as it sailed farther into the horizon, going back to the place that would seal everyone's fate.
"That's the second time I've had to watch that man sail away on my ship." Jack stated. I snorted, very unladylike, and ignored Jack as he walked over and sat on my other side where he began emptying his things. I watched with fascination as he brought a knife, flask, and piece of gold out of his boot. Beside me, Elizabeth and Maria were staring at each other and trying to make the other one melt. I laughed and got up from the ground. Let's get this show on the road.
"Oh, Jack, it's unbearable here. How are we ever to survive?" I asked, using my best southern bell voice, which is pretty good if I do say so myself, and putting the back of my hand to my forehead. This seemed to cause some sort of reaction from Elizabitch and she sprung up from where she was sitting. She went towards Jack like a tiger and as she was closing in Jack sprung from the ground and pulled Maria and I along with him into the forest. Maria and I looked at each other and began to count down. "5...4...3...2...1.…" On cue, Elizabeth burst into the forest after us and began sprouting off things to Jack.
"But you were marooned on this island before, weren't you?" She berated coming up behind us, her anger building. "We can escape it the same way you did then." She sounded so proud of herself and I know that Maria was happy when Jack shot her down.
"To what point and purpose, young missy? The Black Pearl is gone." Jack said, turning around and almost yelling into her face. "Unless you have a rudder and a lot of sails hidden in the bodice," Here Jack looked down with a half-humorous gaze and I tried to figure out if he was checking her out or checking out her lack of assets. He went on though. "Unlikely, young Mr. Turner will be dead long before you can reach him." Jack turned and walked towards a tree, knocking on it, then taking three large steps and jumping. Elizabeth though, questioned on.
"But you're Captain Jack Sparrow, You vanished from under the eyes of seven agents of the East India Company." Elizabeth said, sounding like a child who hadn't gotten her candy and was pouting. "You sacked Nassau Port without firing a single shot. Are you the pirate I've read about or not?" She said indignantly, looking as if she was about to stomp her foot. I knocked on the tree Jack had knocked on and found that it was hollow. I knocked again and again, until I thought something had knocked back and I stepped away from the tree, looking around to find Maria staring at me.
"It's haunted." I said, and she rolled her eyes and went to help Jack open the cellar that was hidden under the sand. While he talked, I made faces behind Elizabitch.
"Last time I was here a grand total of three days, all right?" I pulled my cheeks apart and stuck out my tongue, Jack smiled. "Last time….the rumrunners were using this island as a cache and I was able to barter passage off." Here I pulled my eyes down and stuck my nose up like a big. "From the looks of things, they've long been out of business. Probably have your bloody friend Norington to thank for that." Jack came out of the cellar holding bottles of rum for each of us. I grabbed one for Maria and one for myself and we left Elizabeth and Jack to settle themselves. Before we were completely out of the way though, I turned back and flipped Elizabeth the bird, blushing when Jack noticed.
"Well, let's drink!" Maria said, flopping into the sand and uncorking her rum bottle. Evidently she was upset that she couldn't stay with Will. Oh well, she'd get over it. I smiled and sat down next to her, eyeing my rum with distaste. Obviously she didn't remember what had happened just about a day ago, but I sure did. I watched her as she raised her bottle in the air and toasted the open ocean.
"Maria?" I asked when she continued to drink down half her bottle of rum. "Maria Zaranlelelelelo, put that bottle down and tell me why you've just drained half of it." She swallowed and set the bottle down, wiping her mouth on her hand. She opened her mouth to respond when we heard someone's feet on the sand behind us. We turned to see Elizabitch sit down next to Maria and uncork her own rum. Jack sat down next to me, uncorking the rum bottle and taking a drink in one swift motion. He raised his own glass and toasted like Maria had done before, but I was to busy watching Maria's hand tighten on the neck of her bottle and eyes harden towards Elizabitch who was whining about something.
The next thing I know, Maria has stood up and was shouting at Elizabeth who looked outraged. "Why do you think that you should have Will? Huh, do you think that you're so much better than everyone else?! Wait, of course you do, because you're the Governor's daughter." Maria said, imitating the maid at the beginning of this crazy movie we were in. I tried to stiffle my laughter but I didn't do such a good job of it. I shrugged at Elizabeth who got up and stood next to Maria. This made me laugh a little harder and I had to sit back into the sand more. Maria was a good 3 inches taller than Elizabeth and Elizabeth was so frail she looked as if she was going to break under Maria's glare.
"Ms. Bloom, just what exactly is your problem with me? I have been nothing but generous and kind to you and all you have done is kick me out of your's and," She looked at me like I was filth and I frowned. Clearly she didn't know my name. "Her's cabin. I might also remind you that you called me a harlot." She whispered the word and I burst into laughter, leaning against Jack as to not get a mouthful of sand. And if that put me closer to how great he smelt, so be it.
"Oh my, you called her a harlot? That is freakin' priceless! May I use that on myspace?" I asked Maria, who smiled with me and nodded. I laughed at Elizabeth more and then pushed my hands out at her in a 'go ahead' motion. She needed no further invitation.
"As I was saying, why exactly do you feel the need to be completely rude and unkind to me?" Elizabeth said, crossing her arms over her chest and flipping her hair. It was dry and I paused for a minute to wonder how it could get that dry so fast.
"Hm, I'll leave you with just one thing. Will deserves so much better than you and sooner or later he'll realize that and come to me. Just to let you know," Maria added, turning away, "I'll be waiting with open arms." Then she walked off towards the horizon. I smiled and applauded her performance and she wiggled back and forth as she walked. Rolling my arms, I turned to the stunned Elizabeth.
"Burn!" I yelled before running off towards Maria. I felt bad about leaving Jack, because I wanted to talk to him about what had happened, but then again he had his rum and I could talk to him later. "Maria, wait up! You have sooo much to tell me!"
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Maria's Point of View
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"And then I called her a harlot and walked into our cabin and slammed the door." I finished telling Taylor, who sat in the sand across from me in her bra, trying to get a tan. She laughed once again and took the rum I had in my hands and took a small drink. We had been gone for about a hour and had made it to the other side of the small island. I had told Taylor about what had happened with Will and I and had recollected the account between Elizabitch and myself for the second time. We had been sharing my bottle of rum and just gossiping, when I remembered that Taylor had been with Jack the whole time I had had my fun/bad time with Will. I stifled those feelings of heartbreak and turned my attention to Taylor, who was basking in the Caribbean sunshine.
"So, Tay, are you going to tell me about your time with Jack?" She sat up and looked at me, then smiled to show all her many teeth. Her bubbly mood was contagious and I couldn't help but smile too. She pulled her shirt back over her head and laid back out in the warm sand, stretching her long legs. "First though, have you lost weight?" I knew she was kind of sensitive about that subject and was trying to get a bit fitter, so I asked it positively.
She patter her stomach and looked at me through one eye. "I don't know, it's probably all this adventure. Anyways, we kissed!" She said, trying to keep her cool, but not doing a very good job at it. I squealed with her and then we calmed down enough for her to go on. "Well, he was really pissed at me cus I was a bit stupid with Barbossa, and he was so mean. Barbossa, not Jack, but anyways we weren't talking and so I was calling him names and stuff but he still wouldn't listen to me. Then, I got really fed up and we kissed. I swear I don't think I've felt like that with anyone ever." She sighed and then leaned on her elbows towards me, suddenly very serious. "Do you think this could hinder my vision on other men? Because I'm still saving myself for Harry Potter."
I groaned and threw some sand at her. She shrieked and jumped up, brushing it off of her. She reached her hands down and I got off the ground, swaying slightly when the rum hit me. We laughed together as we made our way back to the camp, feet going at the same time and doing a weird walk thingy. We were coming up on the camp as the light started to fade and I felt the need to shield Taylor. I felt like something bad was going to happen and I knew I was right when Taylor and I stiffened simultaneously.
Jack Sparrow had Elizabeth Swann pinned to a tree by the fire.
Taylor dropped the rum bottle and turned back around, walking back the way we had come. I reached for her but she shrugged me off. When I turned back towards Jack and Elizabeth, they were standing a bit away from each other and staring towards where Taylor had stood. I picked up the rum bottle and feeling angry, tossed it away. I probably should have watched where I had thrown it though, because it hit the fire and sent flames flying into the air. Elizabeth jumped and Jack continued to stare. I walked up to him and stood there, gathering my will.
"Oh, Jack, I'm going to fill you in on what Taylor's like when she's mad." I turned towards Elizabeth and smiled viciously. "You might want to watch out too." I faced Jack and instead of the slap he thought he had coming, I punched him in the gut. He doubled over and clutched his stomach. Elizabeth looked sick. "Jack," I bent to eye level with him, "Taylor, will go about 5 inches lower." I smirked when his face paled and walked over to the stash of rum Elizabeth was eyeing with a new interest. Crap! She got the rum in the fire thing from my accident.
"Ms. Bloom, it's not what it looked like." Elizabeth said, trying to maintain some composure. I rolled my eyes and picked up two bottles of rum.
"I don't care what you have to say. Taylor will never believe you and frankly, my dear," I said, turning and walking away again. I stopped a ways away and looked back over my shoulder. "I don't give a damn." I finished walking towards Taylor's silhouette in the distance. As I passed Jack, I glared and ignored the glare that I got back.
When I reached Taylor, she was staring out to the waves and big Alligator tears were falling from her dark eyes. She gladly took the bottle I offered and uncorked it, taking a long swig. We clinked bottles together and I put my arm around her comfortingly. "Let's get sauced." I said, which brought out a small laugh.
"Amen to that." She said, and we hugged. Looking at each other, we said at the same time. "Erbody on the island getin' tipsy!" We laughed and went to drinking ourselves into a stupor, ignoring the sounds from the fire farther off.
Ain't love grand?
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Once again, I am SOOSOOOOOOOOSOOOOO sorry for the abnormally long wait! I hope that everyone enjoyed this chapter though and I want to say that I am going to work hard on this story as well as my others and try to get them finished before November. Which is good for me because my sophomore year has been so HARD! Don't listen to them when they tell you high school just gets better after freshmen year because it's a lie! Anyways, I know I don't have to ask you to review because all you lovely people do it anyways!
All my love!
Violet
