Chapter 3: Seeing Jack
As she stood there, looking at Jack, Jewel raised an eyebrow. He hadn't changed a bit from what she could see. She watched him wave nonchalantly at her, as though he had been expecting to see her at that exact moment. Walking towards him, she thought He hasn't changed a bit.
As she got to him, she said, "Jesus, Jack. You look like hell." and she meant it. She raised an eyebrow at his sarcastic response.
"Get yourself on the Pearl before we leave without ya." Jack said.
To this, Jewel laughed. "Jack, you wouldn't leave without me. Besides, you still have to round up your crew." But she walked towards the little boat on the shore that would take her back to the Pearl. Tossing her stuff inside, she turned around to look back at the island. Ten years I've been on this island. I'm gunna miss it. Man am I thirsty. She took out her own bottle of rum, and tried to take a sip, realizing that there was none left. Damn. She cursed in her head for a few minutes before Jack came over to her.
"Alright, love. Into the boat. We're going back to the Pearl." he said.
She thought for a second as she got into the boat. "I could use some rum, Jack." she said, looking at him.
After a few minutes of what seemed to Jewel as Jack thinking, he finally gave her the Rum, which didn't have to much left in it anyway. She took her sip, then gave the bottle back to him.
Minutes later they were back on the Pearl.
"Jack, what was it like on that Island all by yourself?" she asked, curious because she was left on an island that was not deserted at all.
"It wasn't easy bein' on my onesies, all three days that I was." he said. And he told her of the people who were smuggling rum across trade routes and how they gave him a ride off the island. He also told her of someone they left behind recently, who's helped to kill Barbossa and his crew. ("Barbossa's dead! About time! Kept me locked up in a hole for three days he did!") This caught her attention, because when she was younger, this William Turner's father had been like a father to her. Being only 12, he looked after her in this world of cutthroat pirates. Bootstrap Bill to everyone but her, Jack, and Gibbs. To them, he was William or Mr. Turner.
"Listen, love, there's something I need you to do." Jack said. He explained that he needed her to go to Port Royal and get Will."You'll recognize him straight away. Looks just like his dad, he does. He's a blacksmith."
Hours later, on their way to Port Royal to get Will, the crew of the Black Pearl buzzed with excitement. While this was going on, Jewel sat on the starboard side. She looked up at the stars, looking for constellations and thinking about her childhood. She was only 12 when she was thrown off the Pearl and into the wide world by herself, left on some island full of poor people, most of the women whores, and the men like hungry animals. Not nearly as bad as Tortuga, where she grew up before going on ships. She had been a pirate since as long as she could remember, mainly because she looked up to Jack and wanted to go with him, but partly because Jack didn't ant her to turn out the way most women turn out in Tortuga. He's take her on whatever adventure came his way next. She sat there for a good half an hour before Jack showed up.
"Whatcha thinkin's about, love?" he asked her.
She just shook her head. Her ten years on that island taught her to keep her mouth shut about what she was really thinking.
A minute later, Maika scrambled up her shoulder. She pet her and gave her a bit of a cracker she had in her bag.
"How long have you had the monkey?"
"About three months." was all she said. She knew he was just trying to make conversation, but she wasn't her normal self lately. Usually, she'd be having long conversations with him about everything and anything. But tonight, she just wanted to think and get used to being on a ship again, surrounded by pirates.
With an "Alright then." He walked away, headed towards the Captains quarters.
She watched him walk away. A few minutes later, after thinking about the conversation she'd had with Jack earlier, she went to his quarters.
"Anything I should know about this Will Turner?"
Jack explained about Elizabeth and not to use her name if possible except to Will and Elizabeth. Satisfied, she left the quarters and went down into her own. Lying on her hammock, which she set up earlier, she pet the small monkey on her stomach. Thinking about the day, she fell asleep.
The next day, she stayed in her quarters. Coming up only a few times, to get some air. She laid on her hammock, thinking of what she was going to say to Will and Elizabeth to get at least him to come. When she finally though of what to say, they were almost to Port Royal.