A/N: Hello everybody! Thanks again for the fantastic reviews for my chapter before this one by my wonderful reviewers, cuteepiee1, HoodiesRsoft, lina, Ameli, XShadowCatX, JackSparrowsGirl1010, and Captain Tash! Give them a round of applause! :D I'm very very happy. And yeah! And so here is the long chapter. It is longer than the last few chapters I have written so be thankful! And I updated quicker! :P This chapter is going to have a very very interesting twist so beware! Well, not really beware but it is very very- I'll just say, it's just the part everyone has been waiting for. :)
It was then when I woke up in the middle of the night only to find Jack not right next to me in bed and also, not inside of his room. I crawled out of my covers and tiptoed outside and glanced around, hoping to spot Jack somewhere but the helm was empty and on deck were only a few crewmembers. I spotted a man with a colorful parrot on his shoulder and walked up to him.
"Do you know where the captain is?" I asked, yawning.
"Rawk! Up! Up!" the parrot cawed and rocked back and forth on the man's shoulders.
I waited for the man to answer but he didn't. He finally opened his mouth and showed his missing tongue and I shuddered with disgust. "Oh." I said with surprise and started to climb up to the crow's nest, following the bird's directions. I made it up and found that the bird was right. Jack was standing there, staring at the stars and the clear dark sky.
"Jack?" I whispered softly and he jumped up with shock before he masked it.
"What are you doing 'wake?" He asked with a harsh voice that I narrowed my eyes at him with curiosity.
"Thinking." I said in a pensive voice. "And you?"
"Watchin' me ship." Jack said and rubbed the wood railing of the Pearl in such an affectionate manner that it made me wonder what would it feel like if he caressed me like he did with the ship.
The both of us remained silent for a while, not knowing what to say next. I stared up at the shiny stars that lit up the sky in a fascinating manner. "Beautiful aren't they?" I questioned and turned my gaze to Jack.
"Aye." He nodded his head curtly.
I stepped closer to Jack but he took a step away from me like I was poison but I didn't question him about that. "Where are we heading?" I whispered as his gaze went to back the sky.
"Port Jacobs." He answered and briefly took a few steps towards me, which confused me because he just stepped away a few seconds ago. "I do know a way for us to get better acquainted."
"What does that got to do with-," I queried but he placed his finger on my lips.
"For all these months, I knew ye couldn't resist me. And now is the best time to get to know and explore each other a little more." He said wickedly and placed his hand on the back of my neck, pulling me closer.
"No thank you." I placed my hands on his chest to stop our bodies from touching. "This wouldn't be fair to Will." I said, remembering Will's little act.
"Oh, so now you're wiv' the whelp?" he glared at me as I nodded my head weakly under his powerful stare. Jack then let go of me and glanced at the bright moon that cascaded a beautiful reflection against the ocean's water.
I wanted to call him back and tell him it was all a lie but for Will's sake, I didn't. "I just wanted to thank you." I said as he stared at me with sadness in his eyes.
"For what?" he asked calmly as I stood besides him.
"For helping me escape." I replied, gazing straight into his enticing brown eyes that made me lost. "I promise I won't cause you anymore trouble… I will be departing for good at Port Jacobs... You were a good friend to me."
His face returned a mixture of emotions including sadness, surprise, and anger. "Why?" he asked bluntly.
"I don't want to bother you anymore with my foolishness. You're a pirate. I'm just a girl. A girl who was shown freedom by the pirate… I don't want to disturb your business of pirating. I know nothing of it nor do I know how to run a ship. I'm just an extra mouth to feed… And so the story ends when the girl is free." I lowered my voice to a whisper so he wouldn't hear the cracking in my voice. "And I'm free."
"If that'd be your wish, then so be it." He said lowly, his gaze penetrating through my heart.
"Thank you, Jack." I said quietly, silently wishing that he would kiss me. "I am forever in your debt."
"Save the goodbye for the last day." Jack said as he sounded like he was struggling with the words he was trying to say.
"Yes, that'd be better." I wrapped my arms around myself, feeling cold. Wouldn't he envelop me into a nice warm hug? No. That was because he didn't love me. "I-," I said with my heart pounding louder than how loud I was speaking.
"Why the whelp?" he asked, cutting me off rudely.
"What do you mean why the whelp?" I queried with annoyance.
"What do ye see in the whelp?" he said, his eyes set aflame with fire burning in them.
"Well… He's nice, sweet, and caring." I said, although those traits weren't quite for my tastes. What really suited my tastes was what all that Jack had.
Jack let out a huge sigh. "Only eunuchs have those traits… Wouldn't you prefer a man with 'is… goods?"
I snorted with laughter at his ridiculous statement. "And how are you sure he doesn't have his 'goods' intact?"
"'e 'as a lovely singing voice. Soprano, 'e could be." Jack mocked as I tried hard not to smile.
"But what does it matter to you?" I retorted and leaned against the railing of the crow's nest.
"Not much. I was just wond'rin' if you were into men without their 'goods'," Jack took a brief pause before he spoke up again, "Because I think I could fulfill your wants since I do happen to 'ave me goods intact."
"I do believe this talk is very inappropriate." I said in my best 'Elizabeth Swann' voice. "And no, I wouldn't want you to fulfill my wants." Yes, I was lying to him but not to myself. I did want him to fulfill my wants…
"I know ye can't resist me." He spread his arms out as if to give me a view of his body but I scoffed.
"You keep believing what you will." I smirked and started to climb down from the crow's nest. "Goodnight Jack."
"No goodnight kiss?" his head popped over the railing to peer down at me.
"If you'll come down then maybe I will." I said as I landed on the deck on my feet.
"I wouldn't want to keep m'lady waiting." He taunted and quickly scurried down from the crow's nest. He acted like a little boy who was excited to go on his first venture on a ship out in the sea.
"Promise not to turn your head this time?" I asked as he shrugged.
"It was a miniscule mistake. I 'appened to be stretching me 'ead." He said teasingly and leaned in towards my face. I placed a chaste kiss on his cheek but I wished he had turned his head again.
"Aren't you going to sleep?" I queried but he shook his head making his beads jangle together.
"I've got me ship to watch." He said and ushered me to his cabin.
"Well… Goodnight." I scrambled inside of the cabin and went back to sleep with Jack burning freshly in my mind. Could it be that he was jealous of Will and I? No. He wasn't.
The next day, I worked next to Will who taught me how to tie a couple of knots. The hot sun was fierce and it made all of us drenched in sweat. I sighed with exhaustion and wiped my sweat off my forehead before I collapsed onto a rum barrel. " This is such hard work." I complained to Will who laughed at my fatigue.
"That's how a ship works." He explained but hushed when Jack came around to us.
"Eh, lad… Ye wouldn't mind to accompany Governor Swann, would ye?" Jack said with a devious smile and motioned his head to the Governor who was standing at the railing of the deck.
"No. Not at all." Will said with uncertainty and nodded to me before he left.
"So captain, tell me what is it you request from me." I said and smiled up at Jack who towered over me.
"I do have many requests but not all of them are fulfilled by you." He grinned lecherously, his eyes wandering to my heaving chest.
I crossed my arms, blocking his view and he smiled at me. "I wasn't talking about those types of requests." I scoffed as he pulled a rum barrel next to me and sat down. "Oh, I think I better see how Will is doing."
"NO!" Jack shouted and grabbed my arm as I stood up, pulling me back down onto the barrel. "I got another job for you to do… Why don't you climb up to the crow's nest and see if there's a ship following us?"
"But didn't you just ask Mister Gibbs to do that?" I questioned but he waved his hand in the air as if to swat my question away.
"No- Yes. But perhaps 'is eyesight is gettin' poor?" he said and jumped off his rum barrel, pulling me with him to the mast and shoving the rope into my hand.
"But he has a spyglass." I arched my eyebrow to see what he had to say to that.
"Incase he misses somethin', eh?" he fidgeted with uneasiness but kept a smile plastered on his face.
"You never had anyone double check-," I protested and caught Will's attention.
"Sh." Jack huffed with annoyance and tapped his foot impatiently, waiting for me to climb up.
"Fine." I climbed up to the crow's nest and nodded my head at Mister Gibbs. "Captain Jack seems to be doubting your eyesight."
Mr. Gibbs had an inscrutable expression until he let out a raucous laugh. "Miss Celine, Cap'n Jack never doubts me eyesight. Me eyesight is good as new. Ol' Cap'n Jack 's just foolin' with ye."
"What?" I asked as he wiggled his finger at me to come closer so I bent forward.
"See what's on me mind is that the cap'n 'as a little fancy for ye and sent ye to get 'way from the lad." Mister Gibbs said in a low voice as his eyes adverted to Will while Jack called Mister Gibbs name with irritation.
"Master Gibbs! I 'ope you're not filling me lass's little 'ead with nonsense." Jack shouted but what really caught my attention was the words 'me lass's little 'ead'. So now I was considered his lass?
"No, no! Not at all, Cap'n!" Mister Gibbs laughed nervously and pretended to look through the spyglass in his hand.
"A fancy for me?" I squeaked with excitement and pretended I was scanning the ocean for ships.
"Aye. Seems completely apparent the cap'n be takin' a fancy to ye." Mister Gibbs let out a hearty chuckle and lowered his spyglass. "Although, Jack does tend to keep closer to the vest these days…ever since that mutiny by 'is first mate… But t'is a long story! I better go inform Cap'n Jack that the ocean 's clear and there's not a ship in sight." Mister Gibbs climbed down from the crow's nest, leaving me to my onesies.
I scanned the ocean to find that Mister Gibbs did have good eyesight for there was not one ship in view. "Jack Sparrow has a fancy for me?" I whispered to myself with glee until my mind reminded me of Elizabeth. I grabbed the ropes and headed back to the deck, landing right in front of Will and Governor Swann.
"Hello Will. Governor Swann." I greeted them both with a smile.
"You must be Miss Dayne. My daughter spoke of you as such a great friend." Governor Swann returned a weary smile.
"Well, we are good friends." I replied, although I doubted that we were.
"Yes." The governor said and glanced at Will. "I do suppose you have captured my daughter's heart, have you not?"
"Erm… I…" Will stammered speechlessly. "She…" He suddenly looked at me for help but I backed away from the situation.
"Excuse me… I think I'll go find the captain." I said as the men nodded. Will gave me a desperate look but I left him, feeling a little guilty for leaving him in such predicament. "Captain Sparrow." I called, as Jack didn't turn around to look at me.
"Elizabeth Swann." Jack replied, not turning his back to me.
"It's Celine if you wouldn't mind." I corrected angrily while he spun on his heels with shock written on his face. After all, Elizabeth was all in his mind now and I was nothing compared to her. Maybe Mister Gibbs's information was false...
"Oh! Well, luv, I was going to 'ave you 'elp me 'ere." Jack said before he started removing his shirt.
I gasped with bafflement as his sexy tan torso became into view. Sexy, did I say? I frowned and glanced away quickly before I could swoon at such a stunning and appealing sight. There was no way was I going to take back that I fancied him… He was attractive and I was just admitting the truth.
"Darlin'?" Jack asked and turned my head to look at him. "Wash me shirt."
"What!" I screamed with disbelief as he deposited the shirt into my hand. "Now I'm a bloody maid?"
"Well, you did owe me a few days of servitude and I thought I might as well make the best of it since it is an once in a lifetime opportunity." Jack said triumphantly and stepped closer so our bodies touched.
Oh goodness! He was doing that on purpose just to tease me. I held my breath when I felt his warm breath puffing on my face. I tried to keep my eyes on his face but my eyes kept adverting to his beautifully built body.
"Irresistibly charming, I am. You can't deny me." He whispered so tantalizing close that my lips parted voraciously. I spotted two scars on his chest but I quickly looked away so he wouldn't make a mock of me.
"Keep telling yourself that." I withdrew a shallow breath and pulled all my courage together and walked away, leaving him standing there disappointed. I then started to clean his shirt.
I merrily started to whistle the tune 'A Pirate's Life for me' until I heard someone barge into the Captain's Quarters, where I was residing. "Jack, here's your shirt." I picked up his neatly folded shirt off the table and spun around to be greeted by Elizabeth. "You're not Jack."
"Save it!" she growled menacingly and narrowed her hazel eyes at me with anger. "You stole Will from me and now he'll never come back to me!" I saw her hands curl up into fists at her sides. "I want you to stay away from him!" she pointed her index finger at me threateningly before she let it fall limply to her side.
"Oh yes? And you thinking flirting with Jack is going to help at all?" I snarled at her and took a dangerous step towards her. "If you really loved Will, you wouldn't have kissed Jack, would you? You fancy Jack. Admit it!"
"No I don't! I was trying to get Will back." Elizabeth snapped and also came closer towards me.
"That's the only thing you do; lie. And if anything, Will does care for you, not me! He wants you, all right, yet you fail to notice that he loves you. He would've done anything in the world for you yet you lie to him and hide things from him! You've even admitted yourself that you pushed him away." I let out a heated scoff and placed Jack's shirt back down onto his table.
"I did not lie to HIM…" she said weakly as her anger was subsiding and in place, sadness filled in.
"You're in love with Jack, aren't you?" I narrowed my eyes at her, scrutinizing her to see if she really did love Jack.
"No-no! I'm not!" she sputtered and backed away from me as I walked closer towards her.
"You lie." I said but she shook her head with defiance.
"I love Will!" she said with a new energy and boldly kept her place.
"And why did you even think of kissing Jack? Seems to me that you enjoyed it." I mocked as she snorted with annoyance.
"Oh, so you want me to admit something that is not true? Well, fine! If you really want to know it, I LOVE JACK SPARROW!" she sang in a loud deafening voice. "Is that what you want to hear? Just 'cause you think it's true yet it's not." She continued to scream about her love for Jack. "He's all I dream for in a man. So handsome and so charming. I swoon every time I'm near him!" Her voice seemed to be tearing my heart apart but I tried to tell myself that all her claims were false. "And I- Wait. You love him, don't you?"
"What in the world are you talking about?" I stammered fearfully as her eyes seemed to laugh at me.
"You love him," she sneered and I denied it again.
"Why would I love him?" I retorted irately and crossed my arms over my chest rebelliously.
"Because you're jealous that I kissed him." She laughed as I sent an annoyed glare at her.
"Am not! Besides, why don't you worry about your precious Will? That, oh so gorgeous man that captures all the women's hearts." I mocked, shoving the situation back onto her.
"He still cares for me." She said nervously although she really had no facts to prove it. "You took him from me!" she accused me.
"Hah! That means I don't care for Jack if I took Will. Anyways, Will is such a sweet caring man." I jeered as she gasped with horror. "He kisses me and takes care of me like any good lover ought to do."
"You take that back!" she screamed and stomped towards me.
"Oh what do you mean? Take back that he is such a caring man?" I taunted happily until I felt her hand collide with my face. "You didn't!"
"But I just did." She laughed coldly as I lunged at her and started to choke her.
"You bloody backstabbing wench!" I yelled as the both of us fell onto the floor into a heap.
"You disgusting whore!" she rasped as her hands wrapped around my neck and choked me.
" Malevolent yeasty prostitute." I spat as we rolled over and over, continuing to strangle each other to death.
"Pirate tramp!" she snarled, and clawed at my neck, making a scratch and causing blood to ooze out.
I felt the coldness of the crimson drop of blood roll down my neck and I was then reminded of my stepfather. I let go of her neck and punched her in the face, causing her hands to let go of me as she stumbled off me. "You heinous arse!"
Her nose seemed to be bleeding as she stood up, placing a hand under her nose to stop the dripping. I arose from the ground and the both of us started to suffocate each another again.
"Ladies, ladies!" Jack barged into the room at last and desperately tried to pull us apart but neither of us wanted to let go. William also came dashing in with a surprised expression on his face. "Stop it." Jack said through clenched teeth as he finally yanked the two of us away from each other, his hands still clutching onto us as if he were to let go, the both of us would attack each other once more.
I continued to claw at her, as did she even though we weren't able to touch each other from such distance. We both glared hatefully at each other until Jack stepped in front of our faces. "Ladies, calm it."
"I do not see a lady, rather I see a filthy belligerent rat." I scorned with a scowl to follow.
"You morbid whore." She growled even though I couldn't see her face but instead I saw Jack's head in the way.
"Tainted flea-bitten mongrel!" I retorted as Jack shoved Elizabeth into Will's arm.
Jack pulled me tightly to his side while he told Will to leave with Elizabeth.
"I'm not done with you, you vicious beast!" I yelled as the doors slammed shut, leaving Jack and me in a room together.
"Calm down, lass." Jack cooed in my ear but my anger was boiling even huger than before.
"NO! That disgusting disgruntled whore!" I attempted to pry his hands off me but he wouldn't allow it. "She deserves a punch! I'll teach her a lesson that she'll never forget!"
"Now, now, luv. Easy there." He soothed with a gentle voice.
"Let me go!" I snapped angrily at Jack but I was angry with Elizabeth.
"Not until ye settle yourself down," he said as I gritted my teeth with resentment.
"Settle myself down? I AM SETTLED!" I roared immaturely as I squirmed in his grasp like a child in a parent's hold.
He dragged me to a chair and forced me onto it. "Bett'r clean up your wounds." Jack said softly and pushed me back down onto the chair when I stood.
"I hate her!" I panted with weariness as Jack found a cloth and poured rum on it before rubbing it on my wound on my neck. I hissed with pain as the rum stung agonizingly. "That ignorant wench! I can't believe it! She insists that she loves Will and yells at me to get away from him when all I'm doing is helping him with a plan that he was doing to make her jealous and I don't love him since it all was an act and I actually love you-," I spoke rapidly in a ramble but then I cut myself off abruptly as my eyes widened with shock about what I just said. I chewed on my tongue with panic until I tasted the rusty flavor of blood in my mouth.
"Wh-what did you just say?" Jack stopped rubbing my neck with the cloth and I just stared at him with alarm. I gulped and continued to stare at him like I heard not a word he said. "Repeat the last few words. I don't recall 'earin' 'em right."
I gaped at him as no words came out of my mouth. My throat felt raw and dry from yelling and from the fear building up. What would I say to him?
A/N: Muahahha! :D I really am evil, aren't I? Cliffhanger!! Seriously, though! I'm not so sure about updating soon but anyways leave a review and I'll try my best to update, alrighty? :P Thanks much for reading!
