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I tried to control my butchering of Jacks language in this one and now it still strikes me as funny but ah well I don't think I will ever be happy with it lol. Anyway onto another adventure and my second ever POTC fanfic. Warning may contain DMC spoilers.

thank you for R&R i appreciate it muchly

I think he's crazy.

Chapter 37: Head Long

Morning sadly greeted me with a sudden violent sounding crash, which made me literal shoot up from bed and glance around the cabin. Jack was on the floor muttering several annoyed curses and was glancing up at a violently heaving woman. "Elizabeth woke Jack up." I realized seeing her face was slightly reddened and saw the pillow resting in Jack's hand on the floor. "Jack tried the pillow trick." I realized groaning as Elizabeth and Jack again started a screaming match, I quickly buried my head under the pillow and pulled the blankets up to further muffle the noise. It did not help, I finally gave up and climb from bed walking around the arguing figures to retreat up on deck. I ignored the menacing sunlight that attacked my eyes and smiled faintly at the two ever present guards which had still stayed on the Pearl.

"Morning." Said a familiar voice as I turned seeing a very tired looking Will staring at me from a lazy perch against the mast. "Did you enjoy your wake up call?" he questioned as I gave him a dark look and glared at the cabin.

"No…I did not enjoy Elizabeth ranting at Jack this early in the morning." I said sarcastically before glancing over at the ever present Dauntless. "Jack said we need to dump Norrington somewhere, but where?" I wondered seeing repairs would be complete in time to leave Freeland by evening or late afternoon. "Why do you look so tired?" I asked seeing Will stifling another yawn before his attention was drawn to me.

"Elizabeth cursed most of the night…I think she was too annoyed to sleep." Will said yawning again. "You're not exactly fresh and chipper this morning."

"When am I ever?" I asked finding myself laughing at this before walking below deck to grab breakfast.

I jumped away as Elizabeth stormed passed me clearly the argument had not ended in her favor, judging by the avid cursing. I then hesitantly looked around on deck seeing Jack was currently speaking with Will and had already been handed breakfast by a weary looking Gibbs. "He looks thoroughly irritated." I thought seeing Jack flashing a death glare in the direction of the re-emerging Elizabeth who stood there waiting for Will to join her, while tapping her foot arms crossed in the familiar cartoon fashion. Will quickly went to his wife and looked completely frustrated with her continuous rant over Jack.

I watched Jack take over helm duty and stood there beside him watching his thoughtful glance, I knew he was working out a plan to loose Norrington but wasn't sure exactly what he had in mind. I then heard a loud call and saw Jack tilt his head in the direction waving over a crewman before walking down to the gangplank, I cautiously followed behind knowing full well he was still in a very annoyed mood. There stood Norrington arms crossed eyes in a deadly gaze waiting patiently for permission to come onto the Black Pearl and speak with Jack. "This is not a good time to bother Jack." I thought noting the dark look in Jacks eyes.

"What do ye want?" Jack snapped unfazed by the dirty look Norrington was giving him. Jack stood there arms crossed glaring down at him a look of pure irritation etched in his face.

"I need to talk with you Captain." Hissed Norrington sounding equally irritated and clearly ready to face of with him again if necessary.

"Come to me cabin then." Jack snapped forcing an annoyed smile and surprising me as he caught my retreating arm forcing me to follow him. "I don't want to be in the middle of another fight." I thought frowning at the smirk crossing Jacks face. "I have an idea." He said as an after thought peaking my interest.

A half hour later Jack, Norrington and myself were all inside his cabin both men had been trading insults for the half hour before things finally turned to the talking part. I wasn't interested in a repeat of the questions from the confrontation with Norrington and tuned out the first part of the conversation. Twenty minutes of insults later my attention finally returned to the conversation, which was turning either violent or ugly take your pick.

"What did you learn in Freeland yesterday Sparrow?" snapped Norrington ignoring Jack's title again and seeing a very defined scowl on his face.

"Captain." Snapped Jack tapping his fingers agitatedly against his desk seeing my defined frown and smiling slightly. "It was me own personal business…nothing to do with the pirates." He said ignoring the scowl I was giving him.

"Ok not wanting him to know and pointedly lying to him are two separate matters Jack. Do not expect me to cover for you." I thought rolling my eyes as Norrington and Jack again started to trade insults with one another. "James…why are you really hear?" I questioned breaking into the argument hoping that it would get this whole ordeal over and done with.

"I came to announce that we would have to end our little adventure…there are important matters for me to take care of in Port Royal. I was wondering what he planned to do in the meantime." Norrington admitted sounding very annoyed after seeing the smile cross Jacks face revealing a hint of gold.

"I plan on continuing my search. I am sure we can handle ourselves from here mate." Jack answered sounding too gleeful at the annoyance he was causing Norrington. "Unless ye have some information of yer own?" he inquired raising his brows in feigned interest.

"Indeed." Said Norrington with a snort. "I have nothing left of use for you Sparrow…I bid you good day and farewell." He said bowing and briskly leaving the room.

"Jack…Elizabeth is going to tear of your head." I pointed out seeing him frown thoughtfully before flinching at the entrance of a very irritated looking Elizabeth.

"Go smooth things over." Elizabeth snapped in my direction giving me a warning glare as I started to protest. "You and I have further matters to discuss Jack." She hissed watching as I quickly made a dash from the cabin thankful for the excuse to avoid the screaming match.

I ran across the deck or rather slid across it as I found the deck with my back again. "Ouch." I thought glancing up as I heard booted feet running up the gangplank. Norrington was now above me face scrunched in concern and staring at me thoughtfully. "He still cares…shit." I thought wishing he had outright laughed or scorned me to my face anything but taking pity on my stupidity.

"Are you alright?" Norrington questioned as I let out an annoyed sigh and nodded. "Let me help you." He said offering me a hand, which I declined making my own way to my feet.

"I know there's more to it than that…what do you know about the pirates James?" I asked seeing a very annoyed look cross his face as he lowered the offered hand and met my gaze.

"Still retrieving information for him." Norrington hissed glaring at me and literally turning on his heel to leave the ship.

"No…I'm retrieving it for the safety of all of us, not just Jack's ego." I hissed stomping my foot and stopping myself from another stumble to the deck. "Please?" I managed while rubbing my arms against the sudden pick up in the wind.

"Go back to him." Norrington wanted to retort, but found himself worried about Elizabeth's well being and what her father would do to him if anything happened to her. "From what I've gathered Gaston is located in some local less than favorable island around near here…I wasn't informed of which one. I was also informed that he docks once a month and it's about time for him to do so since chasing this group all over the seven sea's." he muttered before leaving rather quickly down the deck and heading over to the now repaired and fully functioning Dauntless.

"Interesting." Jack murmured making me jump nearly a foot before I turned seeing he was just walking clear of some crates piled on deck. "I know…ye plan on putting a bell on me." He said as I glared at him crossing my arms.

"How did you get away from Elizabeth's wrath?" I questioned knowing that usually it took several minutes for one of their fights to end, sometimes even hours.

"She's locked in me cabin." Jack answered as my mouth noticeably dropped. "I got around her and locked her in to get me head from aching." He grumbled rubbing his temples and glaring at his cabin from the distance.

"That's just going to make it worse Jack." I said seeing him wince and nod. "I could try and talk to her…I highly doubt it will work though." I pointed out seeing him nod before going over to take over the now getting ready to leave Pearl.

I made my way slowly toward Jack's cabin and heard several defined shouts and curses coming from the other side. I waited as the door took a thorough beating for several minutes and watched wondering if she could beat her way through it. Will paused beside me eyeing the door thoughtfully before giving me a questioning look, I nodded in response to the look and pointed toward a very smug looking Jack. Will quickly turned on his heel heading directly toward Jack whose smug look quickly vanished leaving behind a worried look at the approaching Will. "I wonder if Will has had enough practice to chew out Jack?" I thought eyeing Jack's cabin door as something thudded again behind it.

"Elizabeth…it's me I'm coming it, please let me talk to you before going after Jack." I begged through the door cringing at the reply.

"YOU LET ME OUT OF HERE AND I WILL LET HIM LIVE, I WILL ONLY THROTTLE HIM WITHIN A MILE OF HIS LIFE, INSTEAD OF AN INCH!" came a not so quiet reply as I glanced at Jack seeing Will was clearly getting to him and noticing his wince.

"Will's doing a pretty fine job at it right now." I said hearing a muffled growl behind the door followed by a stifled retort.

"Fine." Elizabeth snapped allowing me to enter into the cabin and walking over literally dropping on Jack's bed in a huff. "What did you want to tell me?" she questioned seeing I was officially annoyed already with her attitude and sighed.

"James…he knows where we may find the Talon Whisper. I think Jack is going to attack them." I muttered sounding as cross as Elizabeth looked. "I also think that possibly it was a setup, which James stumbled into…I don't think Jack really cares at the moment though." I murmured seeing her eyes narrowing in thought.

"Basically we're running head long into another trap." Elizabeth pointed out as I wrinkled my nose at the obvious statement and then sighed nodding. "Jack would not be that stupid he has something up his sleeve." She said glancing up as both Will and a very sour looking Jack came into the cabin cutting off any further conversation.

"When did ye teach him how to act like that?" Jack questioned giving Will an annoyed look and walking over to his desk to snatch up the bottle of rum waiting. "What do you mean I have something up my sleeve?" he questioned with a smirk seeing both women turn their heads at him and roll their eyes.

"You're always up to something…bloody pirate." Elizabeth muttered finding the ceiling extremely interesting and pointedly ignoring Jacks broadening smirk.

"Aye." Jack said taking another drink of his rum. "We're going head long into that trap…then getting out of it." He said all three other parties in the room looking at him as though he was crazy, admittedly he wasn't the sanest man but I did hope he was smarter then that.

"WHAT!" Elizabeth and I both said together seeing both him and Will cringe at the high sound of both our combined voices.

"He's totally lost all common sense." Will muttered following Elizabeth who stormed out of the cabin apparently cursing in agreement.

"That went well." Jack muttered eyeing me from across the room for a long while half expecting me to do something violent. "Any comments?" he questioned curiously.

"Hmmm…nope wouldn't do me a damn bit of good." I said standing to attempt to leave and pausing. "Please tell me you have a better idea than that Jack…you're the one that always says…don't do anything stupid" I said using air quotes to get his undivided attention and crossing my arms. "Considering how little you know about Grisham…that is pretty stupid." I thought.

"That is my plan…I need to work out some of the kinks." Jack answered staring over the maps across his desk and setting coordinates for Grisham's stop. "What do ye plan on doing in the meantime?" he questioned eyeing me thoughtfully.

"Jumping overboard it's safer then being on here with you." I muttered ignoring the scowl on his face. "Going to find Elizabeth to see if I can reason with her…before she does decide to kill you." I admitted quickly exiting the cabin.