Jack walked into the bar the next day after sleeping until noon-
something he hadn't done for months. As soon as he opened the door, Jessi
hopped off the edge of her stool and began to pour some rum into a rather
large mug.
He smiled. "Am I that predictable?"
"Not predictable." she answered. "Just consistent." She smiled as she pushed the mug toward him and walked around the counter to take a seat next to him.
Jack sighed as she looked at him.
"So..." she started, smiling.
He narrowed his gaze on her suspiciously. "So what?"
"Don't give me that." She laughed. "You only come in here when there's something to talk about."
"Aye, Jessi, you know me too well." he laughed. "I couldn't stand it any longer, I tracked Anamaria down."
"And...?" prompted Jessi.
He avoided her eyes and smiled a little. "I got her to help me with the ship."
"So she forgave you, huh?"
"Forgave me? She practically begged me to have mercy on her!"
Jessi gaped at him. "And you just let her?"
"Well, what was I supposed to do?"
"Well, for starters, you weren't supposed to accept her apology!"
"What!" yelled Jack. "Okay, I'm sitting here talking to the woman who got mad at me for not yelling at her, and now she doesn't want me to do the same in another identical situation?"
"This is not the same situation! It's completely different and you know it!"
"Well, obviously I don't, Jess, because I did something that was, apparently, completely wrong! Maybe I should just take everything you tell me with a grain of salt! Is that what you're telling me, Jessica?"
"I didn't say that..." said Jessi, lowering her voice. The other few men in the bar were beginning to stare.
"Well, you certainly did a good job of indicating it, savvy?"
She breathed out slowly, clearly trying to control her temper. "Jack, what do you say to a new topic of discussion?"
"Aye, what do you suggest?" He inquired stubbornly.
"How about this suggestion?" She paused as a smile began to creep across her face. "You take me on this little journey of yours..."
"He paused as this proposition registered slowly in his brain. He squinted a little, then looked at her. "No." He smiled.
"Can I ask why?" she questioned patiently.
"Because, for one, it's dangerous and, for quite another, you don't know the first thing about piracy."
She raised her eyebrows in disbelief. "That's all you can think of?"
Jack nodded. "Well, it's enough, isn't it?" He grinned triumphantly.
"Not even." She smiled as she watched the grin vanish instantly from Jack's face.
"Do I dare ask why?"
"I have two reasons that neutralize the two you gave me, and one that should change your mind completely."
"And these might be...?" jack asked skeptically.
"One: Do you honestly think I'm afraid of a little danger? Two: I know a lot more about piracy than you think. And three: Will Turner."
Jack froze. "What about him?"
Jessi smiled, knowing she had finally won. "He's my cousin."
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He smiled. "Am I that predictable?"
"Not predictable." she answered. "Just consistent." She smiled as she pushed the mug toward him and walked around the counter to take a seat next to him.
Jack sighed as she looked at him.
"So..." she started, smiling.
He narrowed his gaze on her suspiciously. "So what?"
"Don't give me that." She laughed. "You only come in here when there's something to talk about."
"Aye, Jessi, you know me too well." he laughed. "I couldn't stand it any longer, I tracked Anamaria down."
"And...?" prompted Jessi.
He avoided her eyes and smiled a little. "I got her to help me with the ship."
"So she forgave you, huh?"
"Forgave me? She practically begged me to have mercy on her!"
Jessi gaped at him. "And you just let her?"
"Well, what was I supposed to do?"
"Well, for starters, you weren't supposed to accept her apology!"
"What!" yelled Jack. "Okay, I'm sitting here talking to the woman who got mad at me for not yelling at her, and now she doesn't want me to do the same in another identical situation?"
"This is not the same situation! It's completely different and you know it!"
"Well, obviously I don't, Jess, because I did something that was, apparently, completely wrong! Maybe I should just take everything you tell me with a grain of salt! Is that what you're telling me, Jessica?"
"I didn't say that..." said Jessi, lowering her voice. The other few men in the bar were beginning to stare.
"Well, you certainly did a good job of indicating it, savvy?"
She breathed out slowly, clearly trying to control her temper. "Jack, what do you say to a new topic of discussion?"
"Aye, what do you suggest?" He inquired stubbornly.
"How about this suggestion?" She paused as a smile began to creep across her face. "You take me on this little journey of yours..."
"He paused as this proposition registered slowly in his brain. He squinted a little, then looked at her. "No." He smiled.
"Can I ask why?" she questioned patiently.
"Because, for one, it's dangerous and, for quite another, you don't know the first thing about piracy."
She raised her eyebrows in disbelief. "That's all you can think of?"
Jack nodded. "Well, it's enough, isn't it?" He grinned triumphantly.
"Not even." She smiled as she watched the grin vanish instantly from Jack's face.
"Do I dare ask why?"
"I have two reasons that neutralize the two you gave me, and one that should change your mind completely."
"And these might be...?" jack asked skeptically.
"One: Do you honestly think I'm afraid of a little danger? Two: I know a lot more about piracy than you think. And three: Will Turner."
Jack froze. "What about him?"
Jessi smiled, knowing she had finally won. "He's my cousin."
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