Yay! I got Chapter 3 up, I kept getting stuck. Oh, sorry it's kinda short, I

like ending with cliff hangers, it's fun *evil laugh*. Thanks to all my

reviewers! You guys are great! *Waves miniature pirate flags* Enjoy!

Chapter 3

"Jack!" He stood very close to me. He looked more handsome than ever, the

midnight wind blowing in his hair. A strange look was in his eyes, it seemed

soft.

He touched my cheek, "But it pales beside the beauty before me." He tilted

my head towards his and kissed me.

I looked at him, confused, "I don't understand. You've never shown any

interest in me before."

"I just wanted to wait for the opportune moment, luv.", he replied, smiling

warmly.

I smiled, and it suddenly occurred to me how much he was to me, this

strange rogue I met in a bar. I returned his kiss.

"Would yeh like to come down to Jack's room an-"

"No, Jack," I interrupted, "I don't think it's the opportune moment." I

smiled, gave him a quick kiss and descended to my cabin.

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"A pirate's life for me!", sang the crew. It was the second year

anniversary of Jack re-claiming the Pearl, and the crew was throwing a loud

and raucous party. Jack had told me the whole story behind it, and I was

quite impressed.

"They were actually skeletons?!", I asked Jack.

He nodded. "It was very interesting, actually. Rum?"

"Please." I took the rum and drank some. Jack, sitting across from me, was

drinking quite deeply.

Jack finished, sighing loudly. "Aaah. Tha's good rum, it's imported. . . .

I couldn't 'elp overhearing las' night, wha' was tha' song you were

singing?"

I blushed, remembering the previous night. "Um. . . it's jus' some pub song

I learned."

"I like it. You'll have to teach it ter me. On secon' thought, teach it to

all o' us." He then got up and led me to the dance floor. "Well, go on."

"Jack! I can't sing in front of everyone!"

"Oh, come on luv! I thought you wanted to be a pirate! Pirates have no

shame!"

I thought about this for a minute, and decided to sing. It was actually

quite fun, the crew seemed to like it. We danced and sang until the early

morning hours. "You know what Jack", I said, slurring my words. I was quite

drunk. "I like your hat." I quirked my head. "Hats like that come up once in

a lifetime. I 'ad a hat once. It was big wiv' a feather on the top." I

swayed, but stayed up.

"A feather eh? Will had a hat wiv' a feather on top. I liked it, but this

hat's much better."

"I 'ave to meet Will sometime. And 'is hat, I'll 'ave to meet tha'

sometime, too.", and with that, I swayed and collapsed on the table.

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I awoke in a puddle of drool, hopefully mine. I looked around the room,

there wasn't anyone there. I stood up, and immediately regretted it. I had

an awful headache, and almost fell down. I sat down for a moment, trying to

collect myself. I couldn't let Jack see me like this! He couldn't know that

I got sick just because of four or five rums... or was it six? Or seven? I

had lost track. I tried to clean myself up, but gave up.

I walked up the steps and emerged on top of the deck. It seemed to be

around noon. I ran over to Ana-Maria, the only other woman on the ship. "Why

didn' anyone wake me?"

"Jack told us to leave ye alone, so we did."

I knitted my eyebrows, annoyed. I walked up to where Jack was leaning on

the helm, in a sort of trance, his eyelids half closed. "Jack!" he jerked

out of his trance. " Why didn't you let anyone wake me? Jus' 'cause

we're..." I trailed off, not wanting the other members of the crew to know

we were lovers.

"Sorry, luv, I didn't know it would bother yeh. I jus' thought tha' yeh

deserved a break, you did drink a lot las' nigh'."

"I can 'old my liquor jus' fine, thank yeh." I shifted guiltily, the

headache and nausea still making me sick. "An' next time, I'd like to be

treated like one of the crew, I want no special attention."

"Well don't worry yer pretty lil' face, Tha' won't be happenin' again."

"Good." I started down to the main deck.

"Wait, Ameil!" I turned around. "I forgot ter tell ye, we're sailing to

Singapore. We're stopping in Yerails first, ter pick up supplies."

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