"Do you want a family?"
Paloma looked up at him. "What do you mean?"
"Will I know this family in the next port that would be able too look after you."
"Are you trying to get rid of me?"
"No! It's just. I want you too have a choice about what the rest of your life would be like. They will be able to give you something that I will never be able to give."
Jack climbed down from the crow's nest.
Paloma thought about what Jack said. Too have a family and be happy it's that what she wanted?
She sighed at looked over the edge of the nest to see Jack heading in.
Did she really want to leave him so soon?
-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-
Paloma sat in the crow's nest, where she had spent most of her time lately. She had taken up the offer of staying with the family. When she had told him that he looked almost hurt.
She leaned against the mast, with the warm sun in her face. A shadow was cast over her.
"We'll be at the port soon, get ready to go ashore." Said a voice that she knew all to well.
She sighed and got ready to go.
-=-=-=-=-=-=-
Jack paddled ashore in a small boat. Paloma couldn't stand to look at Jack, so she kept her eyes down.
"We're 'ere" He said.
They got out a pulled the small boat up on shore.
Jack lead them down a street and grinned when he stopped in front of a shop. He pressed his ear against the door and listened. He could hear someone inside. Drawing his sword he stepped inside.
There was a man working on a sword in the middle of the room. Jack motioned to them to stay quite as he sneaked up the man. Lucky his head was down. What in the blazes was Jack doing now? Paloma thought as she watched.
Jack pressed the blade to the side of the man's throat. The man stopped what he was doing.
Jack spoke. "Whelp"
"JACK!" the man cried and hugged Jack.
"Paloma, I would like you too meet Will. Will this is Paloma"
-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-
"So this is the girl that you saved so many years ago?" Will asked Jack while Paloma was asleep.
"Aye" Jack said with pride, "So how's Elizabeth doing and are you married yet?"
Will smiled. "Of course!"
"Expecting?"
Will's smiled grew.
"Can you take her?" Jack asked nodding to Paloma.
"What? What do you mean?" Will looked confused.
"Can you look after her?"
"Why are you giving her away?"
"I asked her and she said that she wants a family. Besides a pirate's life is no life for a young girl."
-=-=-=-=-=-
"A dress?!?" Paloma cried.
"I know that you hate dresses but please it's the least you can do for them. They after all are taking you in." Jack said.
She sighed. "I guess"
"I am sure that you'll get use to it."
"Will I ever see you again?"
"Of course!"
Jack turned to leave for the ship.
"Wait!" she called after him.
His sprits rose, maybe she changed her mind. "Yes?"
Paloma wanted to tell him that she didn't want to be here, she wanted to be free. "I'll miss you"
Jack forced a smile, but his insides were screaming not to let her go again. "I'll miss you too." He walked away. -=-=-=-=-=-=-
This was what she wanted, a family. Jack was her family. Not one of his friends. She nearly broke down when she saw him walk away.
As soon as he was out of sight she knew that she belonged on Pearl not here on land.
-=-=-=-=-=-
It was hard to run in a dress. -=-=-=-=-=-=-
Jack struggled to keep on walking and not turn around and bring her back with him but she was happy there.
Jack pushed the small boat out into the ocean. Pushing it over sand was really hard when you are alone.
"Need any help?" came a voice behind him.
Jack was startled. He turned and saw Paloma standing there.
"I thought that you were happy here with your new family"
"They can never be my family, Jack. You're the only one that was ever truly family to me."
Jack grinned.
"Lets get this boat in the water then!"
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This is the end there isn't any more. Maybe a sequel. Maybe!
Paloma looked up at him. "What do you mean?"
"Will I know this family in the next port that would be able too look after you."
"Are you trying to get rid of me?"
"No! It's just. I want you too have a choice about what the rest of your life would be like. They will be able to give you something that I will never be able to give."
Jack climbed down from the crow's nest.
Paloma thought about what Jack said. Too have a family and be happy it's that what she wanted?
She sighed at looked over the edge of the nest to see Jack heading in.
Did she really want to leave him so soon?
-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-
Paloma sat in the crow's nest, where she had spent most of her time lately. She had taken up the offer of staying with the family. When she had told him that he looked almost hurt.
She leaned against the mast, with the warm sun in her face. A shadow was cast over her.
"We'll be at the port soon, get ready to go ashore." Said a voice that she knew all to well.
She sighed and got ready to go.
-=-=-=-=-=-=-
Jack paddled ashore in a small boat. Paloma couldn't stand to look at Jack, so she kept her eyes down.
"We're 'ere" He said.
They got out a pulled the small boat up on shore.
Jack lead them down a street and grinned when he stopped in front of a shop. He pressed his ear against the door and listened. He could hear someone inside. Drawing his sword he stepped inside.
There was a man working on a sword in the middle of the room. Jack motioned to them to stay quite as he sneaked up the man. Lucky his head was down. What in the blazes was Jack doing now? Paloma thought as she watched.
Jack pressed the blade to the side of the man's throat. The man stopped what he was doing.
Jack spoke. "Whelp"
"JACK!" the man cried and hugged Jack.
"Paloma, I would like you too meet Will. Will this is Paloma"
-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-
"So this is the girl that you saved so many years ago?" Will asked Jack while Paloma was asleep.
"Aye" Jack said with pride, "So how's Elizabeth doing and are you married yet?"
Will smiled. "Of course!"
"Expecting?"
Will's smiled grew.
"Can you take her?" Jack asked nodding to Paloma.
"What? What do you mean?" Will looked confused.
"Can you look after her?"
"Why are you giving her away?"
"I asked her and she said that she wants a family. Besides a pirate's life is no life for a young girl."
-=-=-=-=-=-
"A dress?!?" Paloma cried.
"I know that you hate dresses but please it's the least you can do for them. They after all are taking you in." Jack said.
She sighed. "I guess"
"I am sure that you'll get use to it."
"Will I ever see you again?"
"Of course!"
Jack turned to leave for the ship.
"Wait!" she called after him.
His sprits rose, maybe she changed her mind. "Yes?"
Paloma wanted to tell him that she didn't want to be here, she wanted to be free. "I'll miss you"
Jack forced a smile, but his insides were screaming not to let her go again. "I'll miss you too." He walked away. -=-=-=-=-=-=-
This was what she wanted, a family. Jack was her family. Not one of his friends. She nearly broke down when she saw him walk away.
As soon as he was out of sight she knew that she belonged on Pearl not here on land.
-=-=-=-=-=-
It was hard to run in a dress. -=-=-=-=-=-=-
Jack struggled to keep on walking and not turn around and bring her back with him but she was happy there.
Jack pushed the small boat out into the ocean. Pushing it over sand was really hard when you are alone.
"Need any help?" came a voice behind him.
Jack was startled. He turned and saw Paloma standing there.
"I thought that you were happy here with your new family"
"They can never be my family, Jack. You're the only one that was ever truly family to me."
Jack grinned.
"Lets get this boat in the water then!"
End?
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This is the end there isn't any more. Maybe a sequel. Maybe!