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Chapter 14:

The Story

"Captain" Mister Gibbs called out at Elizabeth as she took her last step out of the stairwell. Elizabeth turned to him anxiously and asked "Aye, Mister Gibbs…. what do ye want"? Gibbs' little feet approached her quicker as he announced proudly "It seems that Mr. Cotton has spotted a ship that may suite yer likin'". Elizabeth stared at him with no expression written on her lips.

She wiggled her nose slightly and asked in a puzzled tone "Mr. Cotton"? Gibbs nodded and pointed towards the helm where Mr. Cotton stood. Elizabeth nodded, bit her lip and asked, "So ye be tellin' me, Gibbs, that ye got this said information from a man who cannot speak, who uses his parrot for information"? Gibbs cleared his throat and shrugged his shoulders while Elizabeth stared at him in deep thought.

Elizabeth's lips then formed a small smile as she shouted out to the crew "The Captain will be taking the helm"! Gibbs nodded and whispered "Miss…. ugh…I mean Captain Swann, I don't think ye understood me". Gibbs had now begun to follow Elizabeth up the stairs towards the steering wheel. Elizabeth lightly pushed Mr. Cotton aside and took a hold of the wooden wheel.

Gibbs slightly chuckled and repeated, "Ye didn't understand me Captain". Elizabeth turned to Gibbs with a very irradiated look on her face. She then said frustrated "Who be the Captain of this ship"? Gibbs smiled and responded "Well, ye ugh…Captain…" Elizabeth nodded and interrupted with a cold look in her eyes "Aye, and if I be Captain, that means that the Captain already knows everything that be worth knowin', savvy"? Gibbs sighed, nodded and left the area where Captain Swann was as fast as he could.

William, who was dwelling underneath the stairwell, got up and walked towards the Captain of the ship. When Elizabeth turned the helm to the west, she also caught Mr. Turner's glance. William placed a strand of his hair behind his ear, cleared his throat and then asked, "Ye do know that Mr. Cotton spotted the Black Pearl, right"? Elizabeth nodded, slightly let out a small grin, and then ordered Mr. Cotton to take the helm.

Elizabeth walked away from Will, but he kept on following her puzzled at her attitude. Elizabeth stretched her hands out on the railing of the ship and the asked "What is that ye want Turner"? Will reached for her hand, but Elizabeth pulled her hand away as soon as he touched her. William looked at her silently for a few seconds and then he changed the subject by asking, "How is Jack"?

Elizabeth had almost forgotten about him, she thought to herself. Well, no that was a lie. She could never forget about Jack, but she wanted to, that was for certain. Elizabeth turned to look at the ocean as she replied, "He be fine, but I swear Turner. Ye care too much about that man"! Will smiled at her and whispered, "It's not like you don't Elizabeth…." Elizabeth closed her hands around the railings, and looked down at the water brushing against the margins of the ship.

She sighed and whispered softly "It nay matters…." She cleared her throat and asked while holding back tears "Why do ye care about 'em that much anyway? I mean, unless ye sail that way…. ye know"? Will's eyes widened and then he shook his head while chuckling. Will grabbed onto the railing also and explained while smiling "Other than he being my best mate, he…saved my life once". Elizabeth's mouth dropped open in surprise as he continued explaining, "Yes, he…did. Once, when I was in my black smith shop, I was making this one sword. I will never forget it, it had red rubies at the tip and the metal was the color of gold. It was beautiful, beautiful…sort of like you…"

Elizabeth blushed at his compliment to her, and then she remembered something quite familiar about the way he described the sword. Red rubies, was it? Elizabeth's thoughts were interrupted by William continuing the story, "Well, I had received the order in a bottle. It was very unique; it had one unique black pearl on it. I remember that because then I sold it to buy more hay for my horses. But anyway, I had never met the customer that had bought this wonderful sword, until one day when they requested that I meet them on one of the highest forts in Port Royal, so they could pay me…."

Elizabeth's eyes widened as he continued, "Well, anyway. There was a girl there and I thought it might have been a mistake, since not all women know how to sword fight. But after meeting with her, she turned out to be a pirate, and when I refused to give her the sword, she threw me over the fort and I accidentally let go of the sword. As I fell into the water, so did the sword. But before the sword had the chance to blaze right through me, someone moved me aside, and that was Jack. Since then, I owe him my life".

Elizabeth placed her hands over her mouth while saying sadly "Will, I…. I…." Elizabeth removed her hands from her mouth, to do the one thing she hated doing "I am sorry for almost killin' ye…" Will chuckled as she continued "I guess I was just bein' a pirate…." Will smiled and interrupted Elizabeth by saying "It doesn't matter, Captain. All that matters now is that Jack is alright and that we find Juliana and save her". Elizabeth nodded, and whispered to Will "Aye, yer right Will".

Elizabeth then ran towards her cabin, opened the door to see Jack on her bed still without a shirt on. She rolled her eyes and asked him angrily "Didn't I tell ye to put that on"? She picked the shirt up off the floor and handed it to him. Jack responded with a smile "I couldn't reach it…." Elizabeth sat down on the bed beside him while saying angrily "Mr. Cotton spotted the Pearl, and the only place that is west of here is Arson so yer precious non-pirate fiancé Juliana will probably be there".

Jack chuckled while asking "Why did something so small turn into something so big? I know you know what I meant! What is it? Do you like fighting with me? Is that it"? Elizabeth stopped dead in her tracks, turned around slowly and asked "Do I like fighting with ye? Hmm…. does the Captain want to waste time fighting with a crewmate? Let me think about that for a second…glad that be over…nay, Mr. Sparrow she doesn't".

Jack quickly put on his shirt as he tried to change the subject "So, while you go to that town, who is going to stay with me"? Elizabeth put her finger to her chin for a second and then replied sharply "Turner, since he is willing to do anything for ye since the day where ye saved the whelps life". Jack's eyes widened and then he shouted angrily "I cannot believe he told you that story! You two were alone for what…10 seconds…and he managed to tell you that I dreamed of you every night for almost 1 whole year"! Jack then closed his eyes as Elizabeth asked puzzled "Dreamed of me? What the bloody hell ye be talkin' about"?

Jack's mouth dropped as he asked confused and half-worried "He didn't tell you that part"? Elizabeth moved a bit closer to Jack because he now had to explain "Oh, this is…this is just…."? Elizabeth shrugged her shoulders and then whispered, "Just explain…." Jack looked down at the floor while explaining innocently "Well, I saw you that same day in town, and thought…. well I thought you were…. semi-descent in looks". Elizabeth replied with a smirk because she knew he was calling her beautiful.

Jack continued to stare at the wooden floor "And, I sort of followed you around that day…I don't know Lizzie, it was something in my mind that was telling me I should. But when I decided to stop, I was sitting at the banks of the docks, when I saw William falling into the water. I saved him, unknowing that you had almost killed him. So I guess, I don't know…I had this dream, for a year, the same one over and over again. About you and I sailing together…. somewhere far, and it always ended the same way. With me falling off some cliff and dying, I don't know the end was probably my conscience trying to tell me that you had almost killed William".

Elizabeth shot him a small smirk and asked still a bit confused "Ye had that dream for a year? Every night"? Jack shook his head while replying, "Well, not every night. But most nights I did…I don't know why…it must have meant something. Or mean something, seeing that I am indeed sailing with you at the moment". Elizabeth nodded, blushed and tucked a strand of hair behind her ear while asking, "Jack..."

But Elizabeth couldn't continue so she just stared at him in the eyes and he couldn't help but look back. She then cupped his face with her hands and kissed him on the lips. This kiss was more of a peck on the lips, and it was not a long and passionate one as the others had been. Just then Elizabeth's eyes widened, so she cupped his face again in her hands and kissed him once more but this time more passionately.

He returned her kiss reverently, but a few seconds later she stopped and whispered in his ear "We've stopped". Jack smiled and went to kiss her again while saying "Yes we have, lets not". Elizabeth placed a finger on his lips and then whispered once more "That is nay what I meant, Jack. I meant that ship has stopped, that means I've got to leave. I will send someone down to keep ye company".

Elizabeth was about to get up but Jack grabbed her hand, kissed it and whispered, "I'm sorry about before, Lizzie…" Elizabeth nodded, pulled her hand away and walked towards the door and left the cabin. A few moments later Mr. Cotton along with his parrot on his shoulder opened the door to the cabin, and sat down at the desk in front of Jack. Jack stared at him quietly, realizing that he was his company. Cottons parrot chirped, "Walk the plank…walk the plank". Jack chuckled and said "Maybe, another time. When I CAN walk".

Authors Note:

This chapter may seem a bit confusing, but it is very important.

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