Jack watched with satisfaction as she fell asleep, a contented smile on her face. That hadn't taken long. She wasn't nearly
so feisty as she was cracked up to be. He very gently manoeuvred her head onto the pillow and left for his own cabin.
Angelica woke up in the morning with dread. What had happened? She felt around for Jack still being there, but there was no sign.
Phew, he must have left after she went to sleep. How could she have fallen asleep? Of all the undignified things to do.
And although her anger seemed to have disappeared, she didn't want him to think that she had tipped the other way; no, she
refused to make the same mistake twice. So, she would go and tell him that although she was willing to be his friend for the remainder
of the voyage, nothing more.
So she walked along to his cabin, where he would be no doubt be working on his charts. She didn't bother to knock, she never did.
Jack, as she predicted, was sitting at his desk looking at his various charts and maps. He turned as he heard her come in.
"Oh, hello luv. It's very early..."
"Hello. Is it?"
"It's still dark outside..."
"Is it? Oh, never mind. I... wanted to talk to you."
Jack smiled understandingly and sat down on his bed, patting the spot beside him.
She came and sat down. He put his arm around her and squeezed her. She liked it more than she would care to admit.
"Well... it's just that... about last night... I wouldn't want you to think that..."
"It's all right, give it time luv."
She looked down at his hand that was around her waist and noticed, to her horror, her initials. She had known that it would
be real, but somehow she didn't... somehow she had hoped that for some reason it hadn't worked or something. But now
it wasn't a doll that she was looking at, it was a real living breathing person. A rather special one at that. She reached out to
touch it without thinking, and felt him wince beneath her touch. She withdrew her hand as if she had been burned, and suddenly
starting shaking. How could she have done that? She couldn't imagine how she would have coped if the same thing had happened
to her! Jack watched her with confusion.
"Why are you shaking?"
That was the last straw for Angelica. To hell with decency. She wrapped her arms around his neck and started sobbing uncontrollably,
realizing how cruel she had been to the man that saved her life. Even if he could be sarcastic and annoying at times, the fact remained that
he had saved her life, and she had repaid him by torturing him just like her father would have done. She hated herself.
Jack was confused. Why was Angelica crying? Oh well, it wasn't unpleasant. Quite the opposite really. It was very rare that Angelica let her barriers down. He stroked her hair sympathetically.
"Tell me why your crying, luv?"
She pointed to his hand.
"D... d... did I do that to you?" she said, with trepidation.
Jack chuckled softly.
"That's not why you're crying, is it?"
"Tell me! Did I do that?"
"Well, yes, but..."
"What else did I do?"
"Well, you cut my leg, but really, it doesn't..."
"Let me see!" she said with resolve.
"Really, you don't need to cry about it..."
She disentangled herself from him and grabbed his left leg.
"Angelica..."
"I have to see! I have to!"
She rolled up his trouser leg and saw the huge gash that was still all too obvious on Jack's leg.
She dropped it without thinking.
"Ow! Stop it!" complained Jack.
And she ran out of the room sobbing.
Jack got up and ran after her.
"Angelica! ANGELICA! Come back! Come back NOW!"
Angelica ran out to the railing and looked down at the raging water. She had to do this. She had to. She was an evil, ungrateful
rat who didn't deserve to live. She climbed over the railing and stood on the side of the boat. She saw Jack nearing.
"I'm sorry! I'm sorry for everything! Please forgive me!"
Horror welled up in Jack's eyes.
"ANGELICA! ANGELICA! No, don't do it! DON'T DO IT!"
Angelica looked at him sadly.
"Thank you for saving me, but you needn't have gone to the trouble. Please don't try and save me now. You'll only get killed yourself."
"ANGELICA! You don't have to! Please! Why are you doing this?!"
"For everything I did to you! After all you did to save me, and I hated you for killing my father who tried to kill me, and didn't
care if I died if it was going to save himself! What sort of a person does that?!"
Angelica started to jump, and Jack ran up to her to the railing.
"ANGELICA! NOOOOOOOOO!"
He snatched at her clothing, but his fingers grabbed thin air.
Angelica hit the water with a almighty splash, and her body disappeared beneath the waves...
THE END
(Ha ha do you really think I'd do that to you? *Made you look, made you stare!* Review if that scared you and I *might* just *might* update! *evil laugh* :))