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I do not own POTC or any of its characters…they bloody own me.
"Get dressed!" Elizabeth exclaimed.
Elizabeth leaned over and gave Jack a quick fiery kiss and sprang up out of his bed. She found her clothes and quickly dressed. She threw Jack his shirt and boots. "JACK!..PLEASE!." She begged as she straightened her hair.
"Elizabeth…..this isn't over." Jack said.
Elizabeth turned to Jack. "Don't do this Jack…please." She said.
Jack lay back on the bed again, reliving the moments he had just shared with Elizabeth.
Elizabeth ran outside the cabin and up the stairs to the upper deck. She grabbed a bottle of rum and sat on a crate. Will was just making his way over the side of the ship onto the main deck as she sat down.
When he spotted her, Will ran to Elizabeth and took her in his arms. "Elizabeth….I've been calling for you….didn't you hear me?" He asked.
Elizabeth hoped that Will couldn't see the betrayal in her eyes or smell the scent of another man on her skin. "No..I'm sorry. I would have answered you." She said.
"Lizzy? Were we expecting guests this evening luv?" Jack said as he swaggered up the steps. He walked over to Elizabeth and put his arm around her shoulder.
Elizabeth looked nervously from Will to Jack. "Jack, you woke up." She said as she removed his arm from her shoulder.
Jack looked at Elizabeth and gave her a strange look. He looked from her chest back to her eyes. He placed his hands on his shirt and fiddled with the buttons and then looked back to Elizabeth pointing at her shirt.
Elizabeth looked down at her shirt to see that she had buttoned her shirt crooked, missing a few buttons here and there. She quickly turned around. "I…I…I'll get us some more rum." She said as she headed for the hold.
"Tia Dalma told us about the curse Jack." William said.
Jack gave Will a sideways glance. "She did, did she?...Funny, Lizzy and I were just having the same conversation." Jack said.
Will was silent for a moment. "There's got to be a way Jack….some way to break the curse." He said.
"Aye lad. But I fear the answer lies somewhere deep within the island of Van Huston." Jack said solemnly.
Elizabeth stepped onto the main deck carrying two full bottles of rum and her shirt was buttoned correctly. "Then let's sail to the island. We can pick up a crew in Tortuga." Elizabeth said.
She handed Jack and Will the bottles of rum. Will opened his bottle and took a drink. His face scrunched up and he swallowed hard.
Jack laughed. "Ye still don't like the rum, do ya mate?" He asked.
"There's more to being a pirate then rum Captain." Will said.
"I can't think of much else." Jack said and then looked at Elizabeth. "Other then women." He said as he took a long swig from his bottle.
William reached for Elizabeth and grabbed her hand. He pulled her to his lap and put his arms around her and looked into her eyes. "There's only one woman for me." He said.
Elizabeth shyly looked away.
Jack picked up Elizabeth's hand. "Ye better hold onto this one mate and don't let her get away...she's a fine one." He said as he politely kissed her hand.
Eager to change the subject, Elizabeth stood from Will's lap. "I was serious about going to Van Huston Jack." She said.
"Only one problem Lizzy. How to get there." Jack answered.
"You've been there before." Elizabeth said.
Jack snickered at her comment. "Aye, a couple hundred years ago, many storms and changes to the course. It was difficult enough to get there the first time with a map." He said.
Will suddenly stood up. "Davy Jones!" He said
"What about him?" Jack asked.
"He can get us to that island." Will said.
"He's right Jack." Elizabeth added.
Jack turned around and looked at Will and Elizabeth.
"So, let me see if I have this correct. I find Davy Jones, who happens to think I'm dead right now, and I politely ask him to chart a course for me to the island of Van Huston so that I can break a curse that was accidentally cast on me over 200 years ago, and he of course, draws me a pretty little map, then lets me leave the ship and I take off to the island of Van Huston, where the curse is magically lifted…….Have I forgotten anything mate?" Jack asked sarcastically.
"No, that's about it." Will said.
Jack took a long drink from his bottle. "Forget about it mates. Tomorrow we set sail for Tortuga where we find a crew and a new adventure….but it won't include Van Huston.
