Aboard the Pearl

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Jack and Will sat on deck, drinking rum with Gibbs. Night has come already, and Elizabeth joins them, sitting next to Will.

"Jack?" Elizabeth asked.

"Yes love?" Jack slurred the words.

"Can I have a sip of your rum please?" She pleaded. Jack opened his eyes wide, then narrowed them.

"No. I don't trust you. Ye' burned me' rum!" Growled Jack. He held his bottle of rum close to his chest. "Will, you give 'er yer' rum!" He snapped. Will shrugged and offered the bottle to Elizabeth. She shook her head.

"Please Jack?" Whined Elizabeth. Jack glanced at his rum quickly. Elizabeth sidled up next to him and leaned her head against his shoulder. Jack wordlessly handed her the bottle. She opened her mouth and poured a small amount of the liquid down her throat.

"Tha's enough love!" Jack said quickly. Elizabeth took another sip. "S'enough!" Jack shouted. Elizabeth grinned mischievously and began to empty the bottle of rum over the side of the ship. Jack began to howl.

"Told you she would go and ruin me' rum!" Jack growled at Will. Will sighed and snatched the rum from Elizabeth.

"Will Turner don't you dare give that bottle back to him! I don't want the captain of our ship drunk!" Elizabeth argued. Will looked from Jack to Elizabeth.

"Sorry mate." Will whispered as he handed the bottle to Elizabeth. Jack eyed him with a cruel glare.

"Traitor." Jack hiccupped. "We'd best reach Tortuga soon!" He snarled. Will pulled Elizabeth away.

"Elizabeth, don't take his rum away from him too many times please." Will begged. Elizabeth stared at him coolly.

"So now you want to be a slobbering drunk too, Will?" She snapped.

"No Elizabeth, it's just that.well, it's all he has!" Will muttered in a low voice so that Jack wouldn't overhear.

"Heard that Will!" Jack called. He hurried over. "I've got the Pearl. And stay away from Anna Maria. Mine mate! My crew!" Jack shouted. Gibbs had wandered away, sipping his rum and shaking his head. But a cool voice sounded from behind Jack.

"What were ya' sayin' Jack?" Jack began to turn towards the voice.

"Well I was just tellin' young Will here that I've got other things besides rum, like the Pearl and Anna Mari.a." Jack gulped. Anna Maria stood in front of him. "Lovely to see you!" Jack smiled, his sun tanned face contorting oddly because of the rum effects. "You met my friend, William Turner. Great boy. My nephew actually.wonderful singing voice, like a crow, eunuch sadly enough!" Jack rambled.

"Excuse me?" Will demanded from behind Jack. Jack was slowly backing away. Anna Maria was looking murderous, slowly advancing on Jack.

"Almost feel bad for him!" Will commented as Jack ran into a room and looked the door. Anna Maria was pounding on the outside of the door, shaking and rattling it.

"I've got the key Jack!" She yelled.

"Captain! Captain!" Jack shouted back. Anna Maria opened the door and slammed it once she was inside. Various yelps and shouts came from the room. Will and Elizabeth watched curiously.

"Well..." Elizabeth said slowly, leading Will away from the scene. "I wish I could have seen the commodore's face!" She finally admitted, laughing. Will smiled.

"Should've been quite a scene!" Will added. Elizabeth was tracing Will's hand.

"Will?"

"Hmm?"

"Would you be a pirate if I wanted you to be one?" She asked. Will looked surprised with his eyes all wide.

"Maybe. Why?" He asked. He looked around. It would be wonderful to live on the sea. And get away from the commodore, and Governor Swann, who was always hinting to Will that Elizabeth and the commodore were really hitting it off.

"I think I'm taking a liking to pirates." She purred. Jack looked down at her. She smiled guiltily. Will looked at her, then towards the door, which Jack and Anna Maria had disappeared through, and his eyes narrowed. Jack's stealing Elizabeth! Was his first thought. Will shook off Elizabeth's hand and pulled out his sword.

"I'm going to kill him!" He snarled, running towards the door. Elizabeth jumped up.

"Will? What are you doing?" Will knocked the door open and barreled through. Anna Maria was pushed out by Will, who promptly shut the door. Elizabeth ran to the door and listened intently as she got closer.

"Mate? Why are you waving tha' bloody sword in my face?" Asked Jack. "Will?!" He shouted. Elizabeth ran faster. There were various sounds coming from the room again, such as things knocking over and falling down, including a thud that sounded suspiciously like a body falling. Elizabeth ran in.

"Will!" She cried. "No!" But Will wasn't listening. Elizabeth ran out again, unsure of what to do. Suddenly, Will came out, dragging a bound and gagged Jack who was looking extremely angry and confused.

"First I'm going to stab you," Snarled Will, "then I'll throw you into the ocean, and if the fishes don't eat you first I'm going to bring you back up and give you the hanging you deserve!" He finished. He began to drag Jack towards the edge, where the water was especially dark in the faint moonlight.

"Goodbye Jack!" Will muttered darkly. Jack shouted something through the gag that sounded a lot like 'captain.'

"Wait!" Elizabeth screamed. She ran over and grabbed Will's arm. "Will! I wasn't talking about Jack! I was talking about you!" She clarified. Will looked shocked.

"Oh!" He said quickly. "Oh." He then said, more slowly, looking down at Jack.

"Sorry Captain!" He untied Jack.

"I'll throw you off my ship as soon as we get back to Port Royal!" Growled Jack, slinking off. Will scratched his head, extremely embarrassed. He hoped it wouldn't be a long trip. Too much Jack was like too much rum.it led to trouble.