Chapter 12: Complex feelings…

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WstrnPlsrChick/ Olivia, Golumfryingeggs

Meira sat impatiently looking at Jack. Jack just smiled at her as if it didn't matter. Meira could smell the alcohol on his breath it was hard to miss. He just walked towards her excepting her to back away. Meira sat there while he stood in front of her smiling. Why didn't she move? What was she waiting for? What seemed so charming about this drunken criminal?

"I'm free," he smiled as she looked up into his dark brown eyes, the dark eyeliner could not hide the truth from his eyes… freedom was his home.

"Why are you so different?" she asked almost lost in his chocolate pirate eyes. Could it be that she had her mothers taste… for the bad boy, for the pirate.

"I'm captain Jack Sparrow love," he said slightly towering over the red headed girl. There was something about her that caught his attention, something that seemed like his number one favorite thing… freedom.

"So you've said," Meira said tilting her head to the side, "but I'm the future queen of England…"

"What?!" Jack said laughing his hand wanting to reach out and grab her, "you have a creative mind Ms… uh, I forgot your name…"

"Meira Everard," Meira said taking a step backwards watching him watch her with a smile, "but you may call me Ms. Everard or your highness… Mr. Sparrow. I will retire now…"

"Why haven't you left yet? I do believe you are quite smitten with me," Jack smiled holding his arms straight out. He ran up beside her wrapping his arm around his shoulder, "Avast, me proud beauty! Wanna know why my Roger is so Jolly?"

"What?!" Meira said turning around and smacking him square in the cheek catching him off guard, "stay away from me. Just when I began to think you had a heart…"

"There is a heart inside this chest," he yelled out to her, "I'm sorry love but your not what makes it beat!"

"Blow yourself down!" Meira yelled slamming the door.

"Sorry love, tried that and it didn't work," Jack said falling backwards slightly. Jack woke up feeling sick, he rolled out of bed and walked to a waste basket. He then got up and walked out saw that England was in the view, "finally… real booze."

"Is that all ye think of Sparrow?" a familiar voice asked from behind him.

"That, finding bootie and treasure, ravaging and pillaging, and more good booze," Jack said turning around looking at Anamaria's face, "ah Anamaria good to see ye again."

"Aye Sparrow tis a… well not so much a pleasure but welcome back aboard," Anamaria said her dark black hair flying in the salty air. Anamaria then turned off to see Duncan sitting on a crate looking at the ocean. Meira dazedly walked out rubbing her eyes, while her hair was a curly mess flying in the familiar salty air. She looked over at him as he watched her a moment before trying to pull herself away from his gaze. She looked over to Barbossa steering the ship. Meira glanced back at Jack but he wasn't there she sighed before walking up towards the captain.

"Meira would ye like to go tis time? Ye risk being seen but we can dress ye in the clothes you wore to find Jack. Your call daughter," Barbossa said Meira liked the sound of that 'daughter' it made her smile. Why was Jack on her mind he was stupid, selfish, and something else she didn't like.

"I want to go, I know England better then anyone, besides… there is something I need to do pop," Meira said her arms crossed as she turned and slowly walked away. Finally the ship docked, Meira, Jack, Will, Gibbs, and Barbossa all went to shore.

"Name mates?" a man in a red suit said holding a scroll. They all looked at each other not sure what to say.

"How about… Smith, but you can call me Smithy… I like you," Jack said smiling as he patted the man on the back and walked foreword following the others.

"Wait a min now, hold up," the man said grabbing Jack by the shoulders and stopping. Jack closed his eyes and sighed before turning around, "don't I know you? Aren't you a pirate mate?"

"Me no mate, my name is Smithy, James Smith but call me Smithy… mate," Jack said making Meira laugh.

"Hello sir," Meira said standing beside Jack after tilting her hat so that the man couldn't see her face, "let's see you get out of this one…"

"You have a better idea princess?" he said sarcastically making everyone give him a shut up!' look making him kiss her on the cheek, "my princess dead."

"Yes I do," she said blushing quietly, "sorry for all the trouble. My husband is very modest and shy he doesn't want anyone to know who he is. I'm Magdalene Cortez, and this is my husband… erm, Mr. Cortez. Of the Cortez family."

"Now dear, if ye erm you tell people… they'll know who we are," Jack said looking to her as she appropriately stood up tall and took his arm like a lady would.

"Oh Ms. Cortez I am sorry, I'll be very discrete mam," the man said blushing and bowing stepping aside. Meira bowed to him the way royalty would as Jack walked stifly her arm in his arm.

"Servants follow along now," Meira said making the others walk with their heads down. They were away and Meira put her hat on right before turning off into an alleyway.

"Brovo your daughters a natural," Jack said looking Barbossa, "a lot like her father ay?"

"I just happened to have met a lot of royalty Mr. Sparrow," Meira said letting her father take the lead. Jack smiled at her when he walked in front of her. Meira smiled making Will look at her curiously. She just smiled bigger when he looked at her, she blushed turning her face and walking behind them all. Barbossa led them to a pub Meira followed close by. They needed some information on Cutler Becket so they could start their journey for the heart of Davy Jones. But they did not know that Davy Jones, and The entire England force were NOT the only ones after them. There was still a dead man amongst them… a dead man who belonged in purgatory. Meira sat in a chair drinking some ale when a man walked up to her.

"Would you like to dance?" the man asked nearly tripping over his own two left feet.

"Well, I… don't," Meira didn't know what to say she never did like being rude. Jack was sitting at the other table with a couple of giggling girls.

"No she doesn't want to dance, can't ye take a hint?" Jack said from the other table as he leaned back into his chair.

"Excuse me Sparrow, I can speak for myself… I'D love to dance," she said standing up and taking the mans hand making Jack sit up and watch. Why was she so darn feisty? Why'd she have to do everything she was told not to. He watched closely as the three girls tried to seduce him. They rubbed his arms and chest trying to get his attention but his dark eyes were on the curiously innocent but fiery daughter of Barbossa… a dangerous territory, that's what she was a dangerous territory and hard to get… just what he liked danger and a challenge. He stood up slamming his drink on the table. He walked towards her as she tried to dance with the clumsy man.

"Excuse me, pardon me… move damn it!" he yelled finally reaching the two. She turned in shock as he pushed the other guy out of the way and he took her hand in his and his other hand on her waist. Meira danced around looking at him with a shocked look on her pale rosy face. He didn't look her in the face he just danced until he was thrown in the air making Meira yell. Before she knew it Jack was being flung around by a large man while the man trying to get with her laughed. Meira screamed covering her ears and closing her eyes when she saw Jack take a blow to the face. Meira realized it was time for action, she grabbed a chair and hit the man over the head with it. He didn't drop he just slowly turned around to face him. He grabbed her manly shirt lifting her into the air she kicked her legs around in the air as she met him face on. All of a sudden he dropped her falling foreword onto her. She gasped as he pushed the air right out of her. Jack grabbed the collar of the mans bag like yellow shirt and tossed him off of Meira.

"I'm Captain Jack Sparrow," Jack said breathlessly grabbing his sword as all the men in the tavern began to line up, "let's go… time to run."

"What?" Meira gasped as he grabbed the collar of her shirt and lifted her into the air. He then ran towards the door easily slicing the guys trying to keep them there. They ran down the dark alleyway where it got darker and darker as the yells of angry men came from down the streets and slowly disappeared.

"Whew, that was a close one," Jack breathed pulling her behind a wall so they could hide. Meira began laughing more so nervous then amusement. She looked at his devious, mysterious, trouble causing, deep secretive, charming brown eyes. She looked away and leaned against the wall catching her breath before turning and hitting him.

"a close one? A close one! We nearly died back there," Meira said punching him in the arm again making him laugh.

"Calm down love, don't be over dramatic," he laughed making her glare at him and storm off. She walked out into the open streets ignoring his shouts to come back. He laughed and jogged up to her, "come here…"

"Don't tell me what to do," Meira said turning around in the middle of the street and walking up towards him.

"Hey I just told ye what to do, ye chose to obey and come here so therefore ye chose to listen to me when I chose to tell ye what to do… savvy?" Jack said moving his hands as he spoke making her think a moment.

"What? You know what Jack Sparrow… you're something else," she said shaking her head with her hands on her hips before turning around to leave. He grabbed her arm turning her around as a loud honk came from a horn from a man in a carriage telling them to move. Meira walked out of the road, "why are you still here?"

"Because if I were to leave ye pretty face, ye father would have me fed to thee sharks," Jack shrugged, "why must ye be so difficult women!"

"Sounds like you're scared of my father Captain Jack Sparrow," Meira said crossing her arms and looking at him seriously. Jack just laughed and pointed at himself.

"Me? No I think not love, I be scared of no man most least be ye father love," Jack said patting her shoulder.

"Don't touch me," she said pulling away from him. He threw his arms in the air why was she so hard to get, did she REALLY not like him? He didn't understand her. She walked back into another alleyway.

"Why do ye hate me? What have I done to thee?" Jack shrugged standing in front of her with her pushed up against the wall.

"I don't hate you Jack, I just… incase you failed to see, I don't trust you. You've been rude, provocative, insulting, perverted, and plain right unintelligent… love," she mocked him before walking into the alleyway again trying to find away back to the pub. He stood there a moment stung before he realized that was just him. He ran up to her again.

"Stop doing that love," he said frustrated, "don't you understand… I just…"

"You just what Jack Sparrow? There is nothing you can say that will change how I feel about you," Meira said seriously looking at him in the eyes. He had her against the dark wall again her chest moving up and down heavily while one of his hands rested against the wall as he leaned into her as if telling her a secret.

"I'm afraid… to die… I'm all I have. Who will save my soul? If this is my last life, then this is all I have… I'm all I have," he said looking at her eyes they were so close he could feel her breath on his skin. He'd never loved the chase more then this one… she was game, but she was also something different. She was real. She wasn't a mystic treasure in an island somewhere, she was a long lost ship, a heart of a sea creature… she was real, touchable, she was a fire. Something rare, she was danger, she was playing with fire, she was everything dangerous… yet she herself was so innocent, so hidden from the world and she didn't know anything. Her youth captivated him, her power and strength mesmerized him, her heart shocked him, her beauty caught him off guard, and the fact she was oblivious to the world, that she was a young women being strong stuck in nothing but danger. She didn't know what to say but him being so close made her tremble. She bit her lip but then realized his reputation.

"You shouldn't have made a deal with the devil then, now leave me alone," she said pushing him away and running off. He sat there a moment before turning to walk after her again. Meira was caught off guard when she ran straight into her old body guard. She fell against the floor making Jack run. Her hat fell free and the soldiers looked down on her in shock.

"Princess Meira?" they asked making Jack stop in his tracks. He knew she wouldn't be able to say no in going back to the castle so he waited until she stood up before he pulled his sword out and placed it to her throat. She new the warm rough hands of Sparrow and the cold blade he once before held to her throat. Meira's hands gripped his arm as he pulled her closer to him. She felt a little more then she wanted to and uneasily tensed up.

"Back off or I'll kill her. I don't know how you got away Meira," Jack said not sure what to say. Meira slightly felt comfortable. Barbossa and the other ran arounda corner frantically looking for the two. Will's mouth dropped and anger crossed Barbossa's face when he saw the English Navy, Meira, and Jack Sparrow with a sword to his daughters throat.

Authors note: I bet it is pretty weird huh… Jack and Barbossa's daughter being slightly attracted to the others awkward traits. Well tell me what you think… that was sorta my master plan in the end. What better drama… then Barbossa's daughter dating the man Barbossa hates as well hates him!? Please review!