Chapter 35:
A/N: Do you honestly think Salina will leave Jack? Well let's see if she does, shall we? *Holds out arm and points to writing on the screen*
James grabbed Salina's hand and pressed it tightly to his heart. "I love you Salina Marie Doubou, and I promise I will allow nothing to happened to you for as long as I live."
Salina could feel her body tremble, Her breathing became heavy and she didn't know what to do. James leaned in for a kiss and at the last moment Salina was able to pull away.
"I'm sorry James. But, today has been very rough on my body and I just need some time to relax, please excuse me." Salina dropped her hand from his chest and walked back down the stairwell. She stopped at her door and peered up at a very lonely James, then entered her room swiftly.
"James." Norrington walked up behind his brother and placed a friendly hand on his shoulder. "You really do love her don't you?"
James turned to his older brother. "Yes I do."
"Then you should be wed as soon as possible. Don't you think? Perhaps when we get back to Port Royal after the hanging." James let a smile slowly appear on his sad face.
"You were always one to get things over with." James shared a laugh with his brother than walked down the stairwell. He waited there until there was no one in sight; he then walked into the brig.
James looked around in awe at how many pirates there really were. Some were grinning widely at the sight of him, as if he was fresh meat or something. James began to mutter to himself as he walked passed the cells. "Salina lived with these ruffians?"
A sharp voice sprang from the cell on his left side. "These ruffians are me crew! It be nice if ye wouldn't insult them like that. They take offense very easily."
"Sparrow?" James turned and looked at the man slouched in the water inspecting his nails.
Jack flashed his eyes up at the young gentleman. "It's Captain Jack Sparrow to you!"
James leaned against the bars, as Jack's temper rose. "I bet my dear fiancé didn't have to call you that." James said smartly with the most attitude he could push behind it.
Jack sprung up and grabbed the collar of James's shirt, which pulled him closer to the iron door. "No you're right she didn't. It was simply Jack. But you remember that name well because that name had a lot of emotion put behind it when she would scream it out in the middle of the night." Jack narrowed his eyes and gave that very evil grin (aka: The seductive smile.).
He shoved James away from the cell. James grabbed his neck and rubbed it, he would surely enjoy the day Sparrow died.
"See even your sweet fiancé isn't all that innocent." Jack laughed a little at how mad he was making James.
"Anything that you put her through on that ship had nothing to do with her will. She would never do anything so foolish especially with a pirate!" James turned and started for the door, but stopped as he heard Jack shout something back.
"Ask her! If you don't believe me, ask her! She'll tell you. My Salina may be a witty woman, but she won't lie, not about that!" Jack went back to inspecting his nails.
James turned his head and looked at Sparrow. "She was never yours!" With that said James shoved out of the room and slammed the door.
Salina stood at the window in her room gazing out at the Pearl. 'We haven't even left port yet and I already miss it. There were so many wonderful memories on that ship, and if I can't evr go back to them then at least I'll be able to give them back to Jack. That's all I'm worried about now, is him. I couldn't bare it if he died. I don't even want to think about it.'
Salina turned and looked at herself in the mirror. She looked beautiful in the dress, like a young woman should. It's what her father wanted her to be, what her uncle wants her to be, but is it really her. Salina reminisced about the first day she met Jack and how nice the pants and shirt felt on her skin.
Her memories were interrupted by a knock on the door. Salina's eyes shot open and she turned to the door. "Come in!" She shouted not even caring about who it was.
James entered the room and lowered his eyes, he couldn't bare to look at her. "James? What's wrong?" She walked towards him and he put his hands up to stop her. Salina's eyes trembled as she realized that this was about Jack.
James paused for a moment and then looked up at her. "Why don't you sit, we can talk." Salina pointed to a chair.
"No. If I sit I won't have the courage to ask you what I'm about to ask. It's hard enough trying to believe it."
"James, is this about Jack?" Salina brushed her dress and sat on a chair at the end of her bed.
"Salina I need to know-." She cut him off.
"What happened while I was away? I'll tell you. But you have to promise me one thing, that you won't ever bring this up again." James nodded and Salina continued.
"Well, Jack didn't really kidnap me, I agreed to go with him."
"What! Why?" Salina got up and walked over to the dresser. She opened one of the lower drawers and pulled out a pair of pants, boots, a cotton shirt, and a scarf.
"These are my clothes, all except the shirt that is. The shirt is Jack's, he gave it to me when my wound bled through the other one. He's not a bad man, he's really a good person." Salina knelt on the floor in front of James, with the clothes still in her arms.
"Salina I can't believe you're saying this."
"James I don't know how to say this but-."
"What happened between you and Jack?" James walked behind her and sat in the chair she had been sitting in.
"James please, don't bring this up, it's no use." She shifted her body so that she could see him, her eyes swelled with tears.
"What happened?" James screamed at her.
Salina placed her face in her hands and murmured something. "Nothing I regret."
"What?"
"I have no regrets. Not of living my life, which I did and now that part of me is over. So you have nothing to worry about." James got on the floor and grabbed her shoulders; he shook her a few times.
"You had sex with him, didn't you? You loved him didn't you?" he shook her again and again.
Salina shoved him off and stood against the wall, no longer crying. Her eyes were fool of anger and pain. "Don't ever touch me like that again, or I'll show you what I really am capable of!"
James stood and instead of being angered he was a little frightened. "You wanted to know all about what happened while I was away? Well that comes with a price!"
"What price!"
"The price of knowing who I really am. Do you still want to know?" James nodded and Salina pulled her sleeve up. The rose tattoo showed on her forearm. "This is who I am! I killed that woman in Port Royale, I killed my mother!"
"Your mother? She's been dead for years."
"No, she hasn't. You see governor Doubou was not my real father, he simply found my mother in jail. My real father was a pirate as was my mother, until she was taken by the selfish Governor!"
James shook his head. "I will not hear this nonsense, you're just shaken up from the trama of being with pirates." Salina slapped her hands at her sides and let out a big groan.
"Yeah, it's all just a bunch of nonsense. I guess I'm just over- reacting about it, the wound has made me delirious." Norrington barged into the room as Salina shoved the clothes back into the drawer.
"I just thought I'd let you two know that we're leaving. Oh, and it's starting to rain a little."
"Thank you captain, James was just leaving." Salina starred at the floor as she took her shoes off.
"Yes. Yes I was just leaving. Good night Salina." James left with Norrington and they shut the door as they exited.
Salina walked over to the window and looked, once again, out at the Pearl. "It's time."
A/N: Ha Ha! Yet another cliffhanger! Well first off I'd like to thank you all for reviewing and keeping my butt in line! So yeah, don't worry I should have the next chapter up today, and I promise it will be more interesting. Well, thanks again, and please continue to r/r!
A/N: Do you honestly think Salina will leave Jack? Well let's see if she does, shall we? *Holds out arm and points to writing on the screen*
James grabbed Salina's hand and pressed it tightly to his heart. "I love you Salina Marie Doubou, and I promise I will allow nothing to happened to you for as long as I live."
Salina could feel her body tremble, Her breathing became heavy and she didn't know what to do. James leaned in for a kiss and at the last moment Salina was able to pull away.
"I'm sorry James. But, today has been very rough on my body and I just need some time to relax, please excuse me." Salina dropped her hand from his chest and walked back down the stairwell. She stopped at her door and peered up at a very lonely James, then entered her room swiftly.
"James." Norrington walked up behind his brother and placed a friendly hand on his shoulder. "You really do love her don't you?"
James turned to his older brother. "Yes I do."
"Then you should be wed as soon as possible. Don't you think? Perhaps when we get back to Port Royal after the hanging." James let a smile slowly appear on his sad face.
"You were always one to get things over with." James shared a laugh with his brother than walked down the stairwell. He waited there until there was no one in sight; he then walked into the brig.
James looked around in awe at how many pirates there really were. Some were grinning widely at the sight of him, as if he was fresh meat or something. James began to mutter to himself as he walked passed the cells. "Salina lived with these ruffians?"
A sharp voice sprang from the cell on his left side. "These ruffians are me crew! It be nice if ye wouldn't insult them like that. They take offense very easily."
"Sparrow?" James turned and looked at the man slouched in the water inspecting his nails.
Jack flashed his eyes up at the young gentleman. "It's Captain Jack Sparrow to you!"
James leaned against the bars, as Jack's temper rose. "I bet my dear fiancé didn't have to call you that." James said smartly with the most attitude he could push behind it.
Jack sprung up and grabbed the collar of James's shirt, which pulled him closer to the iron door. "No you're right she didn't. It was simply Jack. But you remember that name well because that name had a lot of emotion put behind it when she would scream it out in the middle of the night." Jack narrowed his eyes and gave that very evil grin (aka: The seductive smile.).
He shoved James away from the cell. James grabbed his neck and rubbed it, he would surely enjoy the day Sparrow died.
"See even your sweet fiancé isn't all that innocent." Jack laughed a little at how mad he was making James.
"Anything that you put her through on that ship had nothing to do with her will. She would never do anything so foolish especially with a pirate!" James turned and started for the door, but stopped as he heard Jack shout something back.
"Ask her! If you don't believe me, ask her! She'll tell you. My Salina may be a witty woman, but she won't lie, not about that!" Jack went back to inspecting his nails.
James turned his head and looked at Sparrow. "She was never yours!" With that said James shoved out of the room and slammed the door.
Salina stood at the window in her room gazing out at the Pearl. 'We haven't even left port yet and I already miss it. There were so many wonderful memories on that ship, and if I can't evr go back to them then at least I'll be able to give them back to Jack. That's all I'm worried about now, is him. I couldn't bare it if he died. I don't even want to think about it.'
Salina turned and looked at herself in the mirror. She looked beautiful in the dress, like a young woman should. It's what her father wanted her to be, what her uncle wants her to be, but is it really her. Salina reminisced about the first day she met Jack and how nice the pants and shirt felt on her skin.
Her memories were interrupted by a knock on the door. Salina's eyes shot open and she turned to the door. "Come in!" She shouted not even caring about who it was.
James entered the room and lowered his eyes, he couldn't bare to look at her. "James? What's wrong?" She walked towards him and he put his hands up to stop her. Salina's eyes trembled as she realized that this was about Jack.
James paused for a moment and then looked up at her. "Why don't you sit, we can talk." Salina pointed to a chair.
"No. If I sit I won't have the courage to ask you what I'm about to ask. It's hard enough trying to believe it."
"James, is this about Jack?" Salina brushed her dress and sat on a chair at the end of her bed.
"Salina I need to know-." She cut him off.
"What happened while I was away? I'll tell you. But you have to promise me one thing, that you won't ever bring this up again." James nodded and Salina continued.
"Well, Jack didn't really kidnap me, I agreed to go with him."
"What! Why?" Salina got up and walked over to the dresser. She opened one of the lower drawers and pulled out a pair of pants, boots, a cotton shirt, and a scarf.
"These are my clothes, all except the shirt that is. The shirt is Jack's, he gave it to me when my wound bled through the other one. He's not a bad man, he's really a good person." Salina knelt on the floor in front of James, with the clothes still in her arms.
"Salina I can't believe you're saying this."
"James I don't know how to say this but-."
"What happened between you and Jack?" James walked behind her and sat in the chair she had been sitting in.
"James please, don't bring this up, it's no use." She shifted her body so that she could see him, her eyes swelled with tears.
"What happened?" James screamed at her.
Salina placed her face in her hands and murmured something. "Nothing I regret."
"What?"
"I have no regrets. Not of living my life, which I did and now that part of me is over. So you have nothing to worry about." James got on the floor and grabbed her shoulders; he shook her a few times.
"You had sex with him, didn't you? You loved him didn't you?" he shook her again and again.
Salina shoved him off and stood against the wall, no longer crying. Her eyes were fool of anger and pain. "Don't ever touch me like that again, or I'll show you what I really am capable of!"
James stood and instead of being angered he was a little frightened. "You wanted to know all about what happened while I was away? Well that comes with a price!"
"What price!"
"The price of knowing who I really am. Do you still want to know?" James nodded and Salina pulled her sleeve up. The rose tattoo showed on her forearm. "This is who I am! I killed that woman in Port Royale, I killed my mother!"
"Your mother? She's been dead for years."
"No, she hasn't. You see governor Doubou was not my real father, he simply found my mother in jail. My real father was a pirate as was my mother, until she was taken by the selfish Governor!"
James shook his head. "I will not hear this nonsense, you're just shaken up from the trama of being with pirates." Salina slapped her hands at her sides and let out a big groan.
"Yeah, it's all just a bunch of nonsense. I guess I'm just over- reacting about it, the wound has made me delirious." Norrington barged into the room as Salina shoved the clothes back into the drawer.
"I just thought I'd let you two know that we're leaving. Oh, and it's starting to rain a little."
"Thank you captain, James was just leaving." Salina starred at the floor as she took her shoes off.
"Yes. Yes I was just leaving. Good night Salina." James left with Norrington and they shut the door as they exited.
Salina walked over to the window and looked, once again, out at the Pearl. "It's time."
A/N: Ha Ha! Yet another cliffhanger! Well first off I'd like to thank you all for reviewing and keeping my butt in line! So yeah, don't worry I should have the next chapter up today, and I promise it will be more interesting. Well, thanks again, and please continue to r/r!
