10. One Night Only
Disclaimer: A bit of innuendos that are not my own--as they are owned by Disney (you'll know them when you read them AWE cough cough) and a tid bit of innapropriate behavior, but still good! Thank you all so much for reviewing!!! I love you all and enjoy!!!
The vote of the Brethren Court went through—and all were in favor of re-binding Calypso to human form so to help free Will from his duties as captain of the Flying Dutchman—all but Barbossa. To his dismay, pirate lords used their pieces of eight to capture the sea goddess and bind her in human form.
After this task was done, Elizabeth, Barbossa and the few other crew members at the court returned to the Pearl in hopes of searching for Calypso.
As Elizabeth and Barbossa climbed up to the main deck of the Pearl, they were surprised to see Jack and Jacqueline on opposite sides of the deck not speaking with each other.
"Ah—you're back! How'd the vote go?" Jack asked quickly as they returned.
"The Brethren voted t' re-bind the sea goddess," Barbossa responded flatly, clearly disappointed in the result.
"Ah—so I'll be taking my beads back then," Jack replied with a grin, holding out his hand.
"We had to burn them, Jack," Elizabeth said, handing him nothing.
"Oh, right," Jack replied, taking back his hand, "I knew that,"
Elizabeth just smiled back at Jack and turned her head to glance at Jacqueline who was standing at the wheel.
"Ah—that's another thing, Lizzie dear," Jack said, putting his arm about her shoulders and walking with her far away from the wheel.
"Yes, Jack?" she asked curiously.
"Inside the cove, was there not a woman by the name of Jacqueline Beckwith who claimed to be your apprentice?" Jack asked, glancing every so often at Jacqueline standing at the helm.
"Why I don't know what you're talking about, Jack. There was no one else there. You must be imagining things," Elizabeth responded, forcing the smirk back from her lips.
"No, see, there was definitely a woman of your stature standing right beside you and she looked just like Jack…except…a woman and she spoke!" Jack exclaimed, getting a bit nervous for his sanity.
"No, Jack, there was no one else there with me except Barbossa, Gibbs, Pintel and Ragetti," Elizabeth replied seriously.
"Really?" Jack asked, leaning closer to her.
"Really," she responded with a nod of her head.
"I see," Jack replied as he removed his arm from around her. "I'll just go…over there…" Jack said as he walked away from her. Elizabeth, not able to contain herself anymore, rushed over to the helm, up the stairs and stood next to Jacqueline.
"He's fallen for it!" Elizabeth laughed.
"I know! He asked me about her and I told him she was in England having her baby!" Jacqueline snickered.
"I think he thinks he's going crazy," Elizabeth chortled, "No doubt when we land in Tortuga it'll make him go even madder!"
"This is going to be fantastic!" Jacqueline joined in Elizabeth's laughter.
"Jack! Our heading!" Gibbs called over to Jacqueline.
"Aye, Gibbs!" Jacqueline quickly responded.
"Tortuga—northeast!" Gibbs shouted.
"Aye!" Jacqueline shouted back. Jack started shouting orders to the crew to raise the anchor and make way to set sail for Tortuga in hopes of finding Calypso.
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The Pearl landed in Tortuga the following night. Jacqueline was prepared to safeguard and command the Pearl in Jack's absence, but to her surprise this was not his plan for her.
"Jack! You're coming ashore with meself, Elizabeth, Barbossa and Gibbs," Jack instructed to the young cross-dressing woman.
"Aye, captain," she replied, glancing at Elizabeth briefly.
As they readied the boats, Jacqueline and Elizabeth moved next to each other.
"Do you have a dress I can use?" Jacqueline whispered.
"Yes I do—I'm wearing it underneath this one," she replied with a chuckle.
"Wonderful! So we go ashore, I volunteer to search a tavern and we split off in separate ways, but we meet up, you give me the dress, I change into it, and then 'run into' you all as Jacqueline," Jacqueline re-stated the plan.
"Right! And make sure to get Jack alone too," Elizabeth giggled. The two women jumped into the long boat and were rowed ashore.
Once docked, they each stepped from the longboat and walked into the busy mess that is Tortuga.
"I'll go this way," Jacqueline said, pointing in a direction.
"And I'll search this way," Elizabeth replied, pointing in a direction opposite of Jacqueline's. Before Jack could belay the plan, the two women were off in their directions.
Once out of sight, they met up behind a tavern where, in a dark corner behind large barrels of rum, Elizabeth removed her dress and Jacqueline became a woman once again. She removed her hat and unbound her long curling dark hair.
"Beautiful," Elizabeth said, fixing Jacqueline's hair. Elizabeth took the hat and placed it atop her head, claiming it to be a 'trophy hat' from a tavern she searched in.
"Meet us at the Faithful Bride. No doubt that's where they are right now," Elizabeth said and ran off. Jacqueline waited a few moments before she followed her to the tavern.
Elizabeth just took a seat with the gentlemen when she spotted Jacqueline entering the tavern.
"Jack, why don't you go get us some rum," Elizabeth suggested.
"I never knew you to be a fan of rum, Miss Swann," Jack responded with a wink.
"It's Mrs. Turner—now go!" she instructed.
"I like a woman taking control," Jack jested as he stood up and wandered through the crowd to the bar tender.
He leaned up on the table waiting for his rum when he spotted a beautiful woman with flashing green eyes and long dark hair also leaning on the table waiting for rum.
"You! I know you!" Jack shouted to the woman over the roaring crowd. Jacqueline lifted her eyes to Jack and smiled as Jack moved over to be next to her. The tender came over with her mug of rum.
"Let me," Jack said, slapping down money for her rum.
"Thank you, sir," she replied, taking her mug.
"You were at Shipwreck Cove, were you not?" Jack asked as he waited for his rum.
"You were at Shipwreck Cove," Jacqueline replied with a smile, "You're Captain Jack Sparrow. I've heard so much about you,"
"Really, have you now, darling?" Jack asked, placed an arm around her shoulders and forgetting about his rum.
"Yes—in a letter from my brother, John. He wrote to me that he was on your ship, the Black Pearl," Jacqueline responded with a smirk.
"So you have heard of me. Shall I take you to my ship? Give you a look around?" Jack offered her with a sly grin.
"That'd be lovely, Captain Sparrow," she responded, leaving her rum on the table as he ushered her out of the tavern.
"Please, call me Jack," Jack said as he walked with his arm around her back to the docks. "I assure you, Jacqueline, my ship is large and fierce and huge-ish," he said as he untied the dinghy and helped her into the longboat. Jacqueline just laughed at his comment, an innuendo no doubt.
"You're quite the character, Jack," Jacqueline said as he rowed them out to the ship.
"Character's got nothing to do with it, love," Jack replied as they reached the Pearl. He climbed up first and then helped her up to the main deck.
"Wow, your ship's so grand," Jacqueline observed as she walked around the deck, pretending she'd never seen it before. She suddenly saw a tack line that was poorly tied and went to re-tie it, but stopped herself. The old Jacqueline didn't know how to tie tack lines. Instead, she followed Jack as he gave her the grand tour of his enormous vessel.
"And finally, the captain's quarters," Jack showed her as he gestured a single hand to the open door. Jacqueline walked through the door and into the room. Jack followed and shut the door behind him.
"This is brilliant, Jack!" Jacqueline exclaimed for real, never having seen Jack's quarters before. Jack turned a quick head at her comment. "I mean, it's just charming—like yourself," she quickly corrected herself.
"Charming, eh?" Jack asked as he approached her. Jacqueline's heart began racing with each step he took towards her. He stopped right behind her and Jacqueline could feel the heat of his body radiating against her back as he breathed rhythmically in and out.
"So, Jack, which are you more serious about, pirating or women?" Jacqueline asked softly. Jack huffed a small laugh into the back of her neck that sent chills up and down her spine.
"I like to take my women much like a take a ship, darling," he replied in a low voice into her ear.
"And how's that?" she asked in a similarly low voice.
"No time wasted, straight up alongside, every gun brought into play and the prize boarded," he responded and then let his lips graze her neck. The mere touch of his skin on hers was enough to raise every hair on her body. She let him kiss her neck and she groaned softly, wanting him to hold her tightly.
"Jack, you know I'm a married woman," she sighed as he turned her around and leaned her up against the closed door and continued kissing her neck.
"For one night only, you're not," he replied.
"Fine with me," she responded as his lips finally collided with her. The instant their lips met, Jack pulled away as a flash of Jack Beckwith blinded his closed eyes.
"What's the matter?" Jacqueline asked, placing her hands on Jack's shoulders.
Jack shook his head of the memory, "Nothing, love," he responded and went back to kissing her neck.
Jacqueline released a sigh as he moved up to her lips once more, but again, right as their lips met again, Jack pulled away with the memory of kissing Jack flooding his mind.
"Jack, is something wrong?" Jacqueline asked, as she followed the captain over to his bed and sat down next to him.
"Nothing's wrong—I'm just getting started, darling," he replied, pinning her down on the bed and flopping on top of her. He kissed her neck and collar bone and ran his fingers through her curling locks of hair. Jacqueline cupped his face in her hands, moving him up so she could kiss him.
He leaned in to kiss her, then avoided her lips, moving to her cheek and then to her earlobe.
"Jack, why won't you kiss me?" Jacqueline asked.
"Huh? What?" Jack asked, ignoring her question as he continued kissing her elsewhere.
"Jack—kiss me," Jacqueline stated firmly.
"I am kissing you, love," he said between kisses.
"On my lips," she responded.
"Oh. I see," he said, stopping his kissing, "very well then," he closed his eyes tight and kissed her lips ever-so lightly…