Tortuga

Disclaimer- I don't own POTC, any characters or settings from it.

Oh, and in response to a review I got.no, Jack is NOT gay! Lol, I love him too much to do that to him! So don't worry, it was just kind of a funny thing Jack did to make the cabin less grim.

The Pearl was rocking, the waves were getting rough. Anna Maria was manning the wheel. Elizabeth was at the side of the ship, emptying her stomach into the water. Will was working with the crew up in the rigging, and Jack could be found next to Anna Maria.

"Jack!" Anna Maria yelled. The wind was so loud, wailing and moaning, that yelling was the only way to be heard.

"Captain, but yes love?" Was Jack's answer.

"Tortuga is up ahead!" Anna Maria shouted.

"Keep heading that way! We need to dock tonight, not safe out here!" She nodded and kept steering. Elizabeth, finally able to control her heaving stomach, staggered up to Jack.

"Where's Will?" She asked. Jack looked down at her, puzzled.

"What?" He asked, leaning over a little.

"Where's Will?" She shouted. Jack winced, rubbing his ear.

"You didn't have to yell, luv." He scoffed. Then he pointed up into the mast anyway, where a solitary figure was walking. Elizabeth gasped.

"Get him down, Jack!" She screamed. She ran underneath him.

"Will! WILL!" Elizabeth was calling. Will couldn't hear her, but high as he was, the whistle of the wind was the only sound he could hear. Elizabeth watched nervously. Jack strolled up and looked up.

"Fine pirate." He commented gravely. Elizabeth grabbed his arm.

"Get him down." She ordered.

"Why? He's helping. Unless you want us to swim the rest of the way to Tortuga luv, let the boy alone." Jack told her. She glared at him.

"Jack, go get him down." She snapped. He shrugged and walked back to the wheel. Elizabeth walked over to the rigging, and nervously hopped up into it. Jack and Anna Maria were watching from the helm, and Jack was grinning as if he had just won another ship. She gulped and climbed a few feet higher. Jack came back to her side.

"You know luv, if you'd like, forget Will and you can have me and be safe on the ground." Jack said, grinning madly. Elizabeth glared at him.

"Hold your tongue, Jack Sparrow!" She snarled. Jack held up his hands and stepped back, trying to look shamed, but failing badly. Elizabeth was still climbing, but slower and looking more and more white, as she got higher. Jack was standing with Anna Maria, watching.

"You can do better than her, don't worry." Anna Maria commented as he rejoined her. Jack smiled innocently and began to slip an arm around her waist. She jerked away.

"I didn't say you could go all the way to the top, Captain." She sneered. She glanced up at Elizabeth, who was now shaking.

"Perhaps you should go rescue her." She said. Jack shrugged.

"Let Will. He'll get her." He said. Jack climbed the rigging and make his way cautiously over to Will .

"Hey, mate!" Jack called. Will turned around and nodded, showing he heard him. Jack tapped him with his boot. Will stood now and turned to him.

"Just wanted to know if that belongs to you!" Jack shouted over the wind, pointing down to the figure climbing the rigging. Will looked down, squinting.

"Elizabeth?" He looked around, located a random piece of rope and swung down to where she was, grabbing her off the rigging.

"Will!" She shrieked in surprise. Will grinned. The rope swung around, and Will let go, landing them safely on the ship again. Jack returned to the ship as well, Tortuga was now in view.

Tortuga was the same as ever, loud, crazy, and very drunk. The crew stuck together, and found a sleeping place. Then they headed to the bar. Elizabeth stuck close to Will, watching one man chase after one of Tortuga's women.

"Why would anyone have any fun here?" She asked, shuddering. Will shrugged and followed Jack into the bar. He passed him, muttering to Jack out of the corner of his mouth,

"Why would anyone have fun here?" Jack sat down at a table and put an arm around Elizabeth.

"See luv, rum is fun. Here, they sell rum. Therefore, Tortuga is a very fun place!" The crew cheered at this. Elizabeth rolled her eyes.

"Bloody drunk pirates." She muttered. The rum arrived in pitchers, and everyone but Will and Elizabeth quickly snatched up their cups.

"Come on, rum from Tortuga never hurt anyone!" Gibbs taunted. Will and Elizabeth slowly took their cups. Will peered into the cup. The dark liquid was sloshing inside, smelling foul. Elizabeth took a deep breath and drank. Will stared down at it. He trusted it from Port Royal, but not from Tortuga. However, he lifted the cup to his lips and drank. The substance slipped into his mouth. He swallowed it, wincing. Will spent the rest of the evening allowing the rum to fall just over his shoulder to the floor, or onto his shirt, while Jack and Elizabeth conducted the crew to a song of 'Yoho A Pirate's Life for Me.'