Chapter 23:
A/N: Last chapter was interesting. hmm what should I say.an adventure begins in this chapter, it may not be the adventure . but it will suffice. hope you like it. Disclaimer: Why do I have to say this in every bloody chapter! I've already said it 20,000 times! I DON'T OWN POTC!
Salina sat out on the wooden porch of the pub. Frustrated, she slammed her arm into the railing. Jack walked out and sat beside her. "Pirating is in yer blood, and yer well on yer way to becoming one. But, first you have to be branded." Salina looked over to him.
Jack pulled his sleeve up and showed her his tattoo and the pirate branding. Salina rubbed the tattoo and looked at Jack straight in the face. "A sparrow. How convenient." She giggled a little, then pulled her knees to her chest and laid her chin on top of them.
"This is an island of bandits and thieves, I bet the local blacksmith will give you a branding and a tattoo, if you should want one?" Jack smiled at her and Salina stood up.
"Well, if I am to be a pirate, I might as well." She smiled and walked towards the blacksmith's shop. Jack closely followed.
"Ello' anyone here?" Salina opened the door and stepped in. "I said anyone here?" A man spoke from the back of the shop, but Salina could not make out what he had said so she walked back there. "Sir?"
"I said yer welcome to come in and I be with ye in a minute." Salina nodded and looked around at the swords and horseshoes. "What do ye want?" The man walked out from the back room. He was short and plump.
"Well ye see mate, this is me new crew member and I was wonderin' if ye could brand her. Maybe a tattoo as well?" The man chuckled and smiled at Jack.
"Sure, bring er' ere'." The man spat while speaking.
"Thank ye kindly, mate. I'll just be outside." Jack turned only to be pulled by the sleeve.
"Yer not going anywhere, Captain." Salina smirked with the last word and the blacksmith chuckled.
"She has ye wrapped around er' finger don't she?" He asked suddenly.
"Aye, that I do." Salina pulled Jack with her.
Will, Caliban and Duncan walked out of the pub only to hear screams and shouts coming from the blacksmith's shop. They ran over and slung open the door to find Salina hollering at Jack. "BLOODY FREAKIN' HELL THAT HURT!"
Caliban looked up at Will questioning what she was talking about. "I think Jack had her branded. See she was the only one who hadn't been yet."
Salina rolled her sleeve back down and walked over to Will, she walked past muttering words of profanity. Jack walked up to him. "It must've hurt." He said sarcastically.
"Ye think?" Will replied.
"I know, and I have the marks to prove it." Jack rolled his left sleeve to show nail marks. "She grabbed a hold of me arm, I'm lucky I got it back." He laughed and then walked out of the shop.
"Hey! Who's goin' te pay for that?" The blacksmith walked up to Will and Caliban.
"Jack did ye forget to pay the man?"
"You pay him I aint got no money!' Jack shrugged his shoulders and followed Salina back to the porch.
"Oy, I swear one of these days I'll kill em'." Will handed the blacksmith three shillings, then walked towards the pub.
"Jack? Where is the rest of the crew?" Salina turned to Jack who sat down next to her.
"I think they're in the pub, having a couple of drinks. I should be in there doing the same instead I'm out here with. with-." Jack gazed at Salina who was curious to know his answer.
"With what?"
"With you." She smiled.
"With me. That's all? Just me?" She inched closer to him.
"Aye, just you." Jack and Salina leaned into each other, both knowing exactly what they wanted.
"Are we interrupting something?" Will, Caliban and Duncan stood in front of Salina and Jack. Jack turned and grumbled, he smiled and then walked into the pub. Salina slouched on the porch and sighed.
"No of coarse you didn't interrupt. What would there be to interrupt?" Salina changed her happy tone of voice to irritated one.
Will sat down next to her while the other men walked into the pub. "What's wrong?"
"Like you can't tell?" Salina yelled and then noticed the sincere look in Will's eyes. "It's just. I'm so tired of Jack always hiding like a coward. I just wish for once he would stop acting like there was something wrong with caring for me. Everyone already knows it's true so why can't he just accept it? I have! He acts like a little child!" Salina slammed her fist into the step.
"I'm sorry Salina. It's just the way Jack is. He's not shy just so used to being stern that he doesn't know how to be kind." Salina hung her head. "He'll come around soon enough. Don't worry." Will got up and walked into the bar.
"I want him to come around now." Salina muttered to herself as an idea struck her. 'If he doesn't come around on his own, I'll just have to trick him into it."
Salina walked around to the back of the pub where she found Cordelia, stripped down to nothing with a man. Her cloths were hung on a branch. "Well if she's not going to use her cloths then I will." Salina grabbed the barmaid's outfit and changed as fast as she could. She then entered the tavern from a back door. Salina noticed a stack of cards on a table in the center of the bar, so she walked over and grabbed the deck.
In the far corner she saw a table of drunken men and to the right of them was Jack, Will, Caliban and Duncan. Salina took out her scarf and tied her hair up so they wouldn't recognize her as easily, not like it mattered because after a few drinks Jack wouldn't recognize her anyway.
Salina crossed the floor over to the table with the drunken men. "Hey boys, wanna' play poker with me?" The men looked up at the young women and smiled. They weren't the greatest looking men, but they didn't have to be just as long as they played it would be fine. "Here's the stakes." She made sure to say it loud and clear so that Jack could hear. "The winner get's me for a night and-." One man moved forward.
"And what?" He burped right after his sentence. Salina bent over and patted his head; she made sure to lift her skirt up high enough that you could see her legs and the lower portion of her butt. She wanted to make sure she didn't just get the drunken men's attention, but Jack's and the other men's attention, too.
"And all the rum you could possibly want." Salina turned her head and smiled at Jack. Will realized who it was right away, but apparently Jack didn't because he walked over to her, swaying as usual.
"You play good?" His words slurred together as he spoke. Salina grabbed his shoulders and stopped his hypnotic swaying.
"I don't know, I've only played once."
"Well then for your sake I hope you are good because men are vile creatures who will do anything to get into your dress." Jacks words continued to slur as he fell into her. Jack peered down at her chest. "You seem very familiar, have we met?" He now looked up at Salina.
"I shant know. I don't keep a record of the men I sleep with."
"Oh." Jack moved away from her and sat in a chair at the table, Salina rolled her eyes for it was going to be a long afternoon.
A/N: That's it for now..but I will say that the next chapter will be seductively sweet..please continue to r/r.thanks
A/N: Last chapter was interesting. hmm what should I say.an adventure begins in this chapter, it may not be the adventure . but it will suffice. hope you like it. Disclaimer: Why do I have to say this in every bloody chapter! I've already said it 20,000 times! I DON'T OWN POTC!
Salina sat out on the wooden porch of the pub. Frustrated, she slammed her arm into the railing. Jack walked out and sat beside her. "Pirating is in yer blood, and yer well on yer way to becoming one. But, first you have to be branded." Salina looked over to him.
Jack pulled his sleeve up and showed her his tattoo and the pirate branding. Salina rubbed the tattoo and looked at Jack straight in the face. "A sparrow. How convenient." She giggled a little, then pulled her knees to her chest and laid her chin on top of them.
"This is an island of bandits and thieves, I bet the local blacksmith will give you a branding and a tattoo, if you should want one?" Jack smiled at her and Salina stood up.
"Well, if I am to be a pirate, I might as well." She smiled and walked towards the blacksmith's shop. Jack closely followed.
"Ello' anyone here?" Salina opened the door and stepped in. "I said anyone here?" A man spoke from the back of the shop, but Salina could not make out what he had said so she walked back there. "Sir?"
"I said yer welcome to come in and I be with ye in a minute." Salina nodded and looked around at the swords and horseshoes. "What do ye want?" The man walked out from the back room. He was short and plump.
"Well ye see mate, this is me new crew member and I was wonderin' if ye could brand her. Maybe a tattoo as well?" The man chuckled and smiled at Jack.
"Sure, bring er' ere'." The man spat while speaking.
"Thank ye kindly, mate. I'll just be outside." Jack turned only to be pulled by the sleeve.
"Yer not going anywhere, Captain." Salina smirked with the last word and the blacksmith chuckled.
"She has ye wrapped around er' finger don't she?" He asked suddenly.
"Aye, that I do." Salina pulled Jack with her.
Will, Caliban and Duncan walked out of the pub only to hear screams and shouts coming from the blacksmith's shop. They ran over and slung open the door to find Salina hollering at Jack. "BLOODY FREAKIN' HELL THAT HURT!"
Caliban looked up at Will questioning what she was talking about. "I think Jack had her branded. See she was the only one who hadn't been yet."
Salina rolled her sleeve back down and walked over to Will, she walked past muttering words of profanity. Jack walked up to him. "It must've hurt." He said sarcastically.
"Ye think?" Will replied.
"I know, and I have the marks to prove it." Jack rolled his left sleeve to show nail marks. "She grabbed a hold of me arm, I'm lucky I got it back." He laughed and then walked out of the shop.
"Hey! Who's goin' te pay for that?" The blacksmith walked up to Will and Caliban.
"Jack did ye forget to pay the man?"
"You pay him I aint got no money!' Jack shrugged his shoulders and followed Salina back to the porch.
"Oy, I swear one of these days I'll kill em'." Will handed the blacksmith three shillings, then walked towards the pub.
"Jack? Where is the rest of the crew?" Salina turned to Jack who sat down next to her.
"I think they're in the pub, having a couple of drinks. I should be in there doing the same instead I'm out here with. with-." Jack gazed at Salina who was curious to know his answer.
"With what?"
"With you." She smiled.
"With me. That's all? Just me?" She inched closer to him.
"Aye, just you." Jack and Salina leaned into each other, both knowing exactly what they wanted.
"Are we interrupting something?" Will, Caliban and Duncan stood in front of Salina and Jack. Jack turned and grumbled, he smiled and then walked into the pub. Salina slouched on the porch and sighed.
"No of coarse you didn't interrupt. What would there be to interrupt?" Salina changed her happy tone of voice to irritated one.
Will sat down next to her while the other men walked into the pub. "What's wrong?"
"Like you can't tell?" Salina yelled and then noticed the sincere look in Will's eyes. "It's just. I'm so tired of Jack always hiding like a coward. I just wish for once he would stop acting like there was something wrong with caring for me. Everyone already knows it's true so why can't he just accept it? I have! He acts like a little child!" Salina slammed her fist into the step.
"I'm sorry Salina. It's just the way Jack is. He's not shy just so used to being stern that he doesn't know how to be kind." Salina hung her head. "He'll come around soon enough. Don't worry." Will got up and walked into the bar.
"I want him to come around now." Salina muttered to herself as an idea struck her. 'If he doesn't come around on his own, I'll just have to trick him into it."
Salina walked around to the back of the pub where she found Cordelia, stripped down to nothing with a man. Her cloths were hung on a branch. "Well if she's not going to use her cloths then I will." Salina grabbed the barmaid's outfit and changed as fast as she could. She then entered the tavern from a back door. Salina noticed a stack of cards on a table in the center of the bar, so she walked over and grabbed the deck.
In the far corner she saw a table of drunken men and to the right of them was Jack, Will, Caliban and Duncan. Salina took out her scarf and tied her hair up so they wouldn't recognize her as easily, not like it mattered because after a few drinks Jack wouldn't recognize her anyway.
Salina crossed the floor over to the table with the drunken men. "Hey boys, wanna' play poker with me?" The men looked up at the young women and smiled. They weren't the greatest looking men, but they didn't have to be just as long as they played it would be fine. "Here's the stakes." She made sure to say it loud and clear so that Jack could hear. "The winner get's me for a night and-." One man moved forward.
"And what?" He burped right after his sentence. Salina bent over and patted his head; she made sure to lift her skirt up high enough that you could see her legs and the lower portion of her butt. She wanted to make sure she didn't just get the drunken men's attention, but Jack's and the other men's attention, too.
"And all the rum you could possibly want." Salina turned her head and smiled at Jack. Will realized who it was right away, but apparently Jack didn't because he walked over to her, swaying as usual.
"You play good?" His words slurred together as he spoke. Salina grabbed his shoulders and stopped his hypnotic swaying.
"I don't know, I've only played once."
"Well then for your sake I hope you are good because men are vile creatures who will do anything to get into your dress." Jacks words continued to slur as he fell into her. Jack peered down at her chest. "You seem very familiar, have we met?" He now looked up at Salina.
"I shant know. I don't keep a record of the men I sleep with."
"Oh." Jack moved away from her and sat in a chair at the table, Salina rolled her eyes for it was going to be a long afternoon.
A/N: That's it for now..but I will say that the next chapter will be seductively sweet..please continue to r/r.thanks
