"And so then she tells me that she's fallen in love!" Jack was
exuberantly reproducing an exact account of his quarrel with Anamaria to
Jessi.
As he said this, Jessi smiled. "So that's it then?"
Jack shrugged and took a swig of rum.
"I mean... Do you love her back?" She inquired anxiously.
Jack merely shrugged a second time.
"You're giving me a complete explanation of this woman confessing her love for you and all you can do is shrug?"
He shrugged yet another time. "Looks that way, doesn't it?" He grinned.
She laughed and said, "This is quite possibly the worst thing I've ever heard of."
"What are you talking about? I said nothing that prompted that kind of a response!"
At this, Jessi laughed even harder. "From what I heard, you prompted her to give you a reason for her behavior. And if that was it, then why should she lie to you?"
"If for no other reason, so I wouldn't feel awkward around her!" He sighed. "Of course, I may not see her anymore now that the Pearl is gone..."
"Yeah, what do you plan on doing about that?"
He looked at her as he thought. "I'll tell you, but you can't, under any circumstances, tell the cops. Savvy?"
"Savvy." She smiled as she affirmed his request.
He sighed. "Well, I certainly can't commandeer that ship alone, and if Annie won't help me, I can only think of one person who will."
"Who's that?" she asked.
"Will Turner." He'd told her of his adventures with Will.
"Do you think he'll help you?"
"He has to."
"Why, because you helped him?"
"No, because he's got piracy running through his veins. I've never met a pirate who could turn down adventure."
"Well... He's got to get over here somehow. Why don't you just use the ship he comes on?"
"Because, my dear, that ship is bound to have other passengers. It would take too long to threaten them all off, and I don't want to kill anyone unless I have to. Besides, I'd bet my life this ship here is faster than whatever Will's going to be coming on."
"So, once you get the ship, do you think Anamaria will go with you?"
"Annie's as much of a pirate as I am! Of course she'll come!" He grinned confidently and downed the rest of his rum. He threw a shilling on the counter and said, "Now, if you'll excuse me, I believe I have a letter to write."
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As he said this, Jessi smiled. "So that's it then?"
Jack shrugged and took a swig of rum.
"I mean... Do you love her back?" She inquired anxiously.
Jack merely shrugged a second time.
"You're giving me a complete explanation of this woman confessing her love for you and all you can do is shrug?"
He shrugged yet another time. "Looks that way, doesn't it?" He grinned.
She laughed and said, "This is quite possibly the worst thing I've ever heard of."
"What are you talking about? I said nothing that prompted that kind of a response!"
At this, Jessi laughed even harder. "From what I heard, you prompted her to give you a reason for her behavior. And if that was it, then why should she lie to you?"
"If for no other reason, so I wouldn't feel awkward around her!" He sighed. "Of course, I may not see her anymore now that the Pearl is gone..."
"Yeah, what do you plan on doing about that?"
He looked at her as he thought. "I'll tell you, but you can't, under any circumstances, tell the cops. Savvy?"
"Savvy." She smiled as she affirmed his request.
He sighed. "Well, I certainly can't commandeer that ship alone, and if Annie won't help me, I can only think of one person who will."
"Who's that?" she asked.
"Will Turner." He'd told her of his adventures with Will.
"Do you think he'll help you?"
"He has to."
"Why, because you helped him?"
"No, because he's got piracy running through his veins. I've never met a pirate who could turn down adventure."
"Well... He's got to get over here somehow. Why don't you just use the ship he comes on?"
"Because, my dear, that ship is bound to have other passengers. It would take too long to threaten them all off, and I don't want to kill anyone unless I have to. Besides, I'd bet my life this ship here is faster than whatever Will's going to be coming on."
"So, once you get the ship, do you think Anamaria will go with you?"
"Annie's as much of a pirate as I am! Of course she'll come!" He grinned confidently and downed the rest of his rum. He threw a shilling on the counter and said, "Now, if you'll excuse me, I believe I have a letter to write."
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