LAST TIME: Dinah's mouth dropped and she stormed off to the galley to get something other than rum, if they had it.
Jack smiled, he knew her game. "Are you jealous?" Yea right, Captain Jack Sparrow is never jealous of anything other than money and the Pearl. I don't even need that woman. I don't need anything but this ship…well and some rum maybe. But no blasted woman like her. No one like Dinah…Dinah…
Jack's thoughts started to fade but all of the sudden he heard a scream. It came from the galley. Jack left his post and yelled for Cotton. That scream sounded like Dinah. He thought as he threw open the hatch and ran down stairs.
When got down to the galley he saw Dinah crying, with her hands covering her mouth and Roberts with an "uh-oh" look and Kevin with a "oops" look on his face.
Jack went straight to Dinah and put his arm around her, but before he could ask what was wrong, she started yelling at Kevin. "How could you? You had no right to do that! I mean if it's just wondering around then wouldn't you think it belonged to someone? And even if he didn't then why would you…why would you…just," Dinah made a breaking gesture with her hands and burst out into harder tears. Jack was thoroughly confused. Wondering around? It? What "it" is on the ship that belongs to someone that you could break…ohhh… Jack's mouth dropped slightly and realized the reason for the screaming and the crying.
"Roberts?"
"Aye,"
"Is he…still…" Jack didn't know how to put it without upsetting Dinah more. Though now she was crying into his shoulder and he could feel the tears touching his skin.
Roberts shook his head, "I didn't know what he was talking about until he showed me…showed me the pig…" Dinah shuddered.
"Put him in the brig for now…"
"What?" Kevin protested.
"Don't worry, it doesn't leak anymore…and it has a cot…"
"But I'm you're guest…"
"Right…you're a guest of a pirate…on a pirate ship…Savvy?"
"Yea, I savvy!" Kevin said as he was pushed up the stairs by Roberts. Jack smiled at the improper use of the term. Then he remembered the woman in his arms. Jack lightly combed through the ends of Dinah's hair, which was down and un-made at the moment. He always liked her hair. That was actually the first thing that actually attracted him to her, was her chestnut colored hair.
"Dinah, luv, my feet…I've been standing all day." He said, trying to tell her that he needed to sit.
She sniffed and lifted her head from his shoulder. He looked at her already swollen and bloodshot eyes and felt for her. She rubbed the huge wet spot on his shirt, as if that would make it go away.
"I'm sorry," She got out between tears.
"It's fine. Now c'mon." Jack took her hand and led her up the steps, across the deck and into his cabin. She looked at him as he led her to the bed. He turned his head and gave her the kindest look she had ever received from him and knew that he wasn't trying to take advantage of her; he just wanted to comfort her.
"You know, I used to have a pet…" He started as she crawled onto the bed and he grabbed a blanket from a trunk. "It was a parrot…" He went and sat next to her and she rested her head on his dry shoulder and put her arm around his stomach. "And I know, I know, you're thinking, of course it would be a parrot…" He opened up the blanket and covered her and put his arm around her shoulders, with both of them quite comfortable Jack finished his story. "But at first I never really liked the thing. It was annoying and loud. The blasted thing kept me up all night. But after about a week of ignoring it…the thing learned my name. I was touched. So I named it Sparrow and I taught it a lot of sayings and with that pet I picked a lot of pockets…" Jack chuckled at the memory.
"But morning I woke up and Sparrow was gone…I went to my mum and she said he passed away during the night…poor thing…" Jack faded. They lay in bed just listening to each other breath for the longest time until both of them fell asleep.
Morning came soon enough and Dinah woke up to the sounds the crew was making. She lay in bed for a while and finally opened her eyes. She looked around, this isn't my room… she thought to herself. But then she remembered last night and how she acted. Weak, she thought, that's how I acted. She slowly sat up and untangled herself from Jack. She looked at him sleep and thought, Why did it have to be Jack who took me away last night? If it was Ana then this would've been different. He wouldn't have seen me cry over a little pig…I wouldn't have come to his room and slept with him…I wouldn't be here right now arguing with myself about staying here of leaving…Dinah finally sighed and got up, slowly walked across the room and left.
She walked across the deck and quietly entered her room to find Ana Maria sitting on her bed and looking at maps. She looked up and her eyes immediately softened. She got up and hugged Dinah.
"Don't worry, it was just a pig…" Dinah said as Ana let go.
"Just a pig? You've been wanted a pig since you were a kid! And then you finally get one and this sailor goes and kills it!"
"You're making too much of it…really…" Dinah said, changing. She took off the outfit of Ana's that she had been wearing for a couple days and put on one that she bought in New York. It looked like Ana's but the pants were black instead of dark green and the shirt was white instead of beige.
She put on boots that actually fit her and put the knife in her leg holder and the gun in between her belt and pants. She grabbed her journal and left. Ana followed her saying, "What with you? Something happen last night?"
Dinah whirled around, "Didn't you notice how I didn't come in the cabin to sleep?"
"I figured you'd be with Jack."
"And I was!"
"Okay…"
Dinah sighed and pointed to his closed door, "I was with him all night."
Ana started to laugh, "What about your 'standard'?"
Dinah rolled her eyes, "I didn't have sex with him, I was just with him…"
"So? What's wrong with that?"
Dinah paused; she had to think before she said anything, "Because I don't want to get into this thing again."
"This thing?"
"I mean that thing…I don't want to be involved with him, I don't want to be left alone and I don't want to feel alone when I'm supposed to feel loved…" Dinah looked into the eyes of her best friend and hoped that she wouldn't bring this up with the Captain.
"Dinah…" Ana started, walking to her friend, talking quietly, "You may not want to start this again and he may deny about being attracted to you, but think 'bout this, he kidnapped you, for no apparent reason. But if another ship came along, would you sneak off on to it?" Ana gave her a questioning look and then left.
Dinah stood in the middle of the ship for a while and then noticed a door opening. It was Jack. He stepped out and set his eyes on Dinah. She locked eyes with him and he gave her a confused look, almost saying, Why'd you leave? Dinah blinked and went to her cabin
Jack sighed and went down to the galley, got a cup of rum and sat down in the corner. So I brought her into my cabin last night? So I fell asleep listening to her breath and smelling her hair? So I forgot how she felt in my arms? It doesn't mean anything! The woman drives me insane. She's stubborn, emotional, eccentric, naïve, and still so young! Why the blast did I even get involved with her? I would've been perfectly happy with women like Scarlet…the woman won't even let me bed her until…auh. She is so…impossible! Yes, she's attractive, but that's all about her that I find…well…NO! That's it. Nothing more. Jack paused, Then why did you take me to your cabin and care for me? He heard, except it was Dinah's voice in his head.
The bloody woman is in my head! No. I'm a captain of a pirate ship. I don't need a meaningful relationship…I don't want a meaningful relationship. I don't want to fall in love and I don't want to… His thoughts were interrupted by Ana yelling his name from up on the deck.
"What the blast is it?" He said coming up, but then he saw a ship almost right next to theirs. "Who's this?" He asked Ana and Gibbs.
"The Rising Sun, Cap'an." Gibbs answered.
"What do they want?"
Ana looked at him and said, "Two things, Captain. The two things that we happen to have…"
Jack turned his head and looked at Ana. He knew what they wanted. But he wasn't quite sure he was ready to give one of them up. Yes, everything he was thinking about in the galley was true, but now, when this Captain threatened to take her away, he pushed his pirate thoughts aside.
Jack stood and thought about this for a long time before actually saying something. He locked eyes with the Captain of this ship next to him and realized that Dinah would be leaving. The Captain gave him a deadly glare and kept eye contact with him. Jack would never have imagined that he would see this man again. But here he was, standing yards away, giving him the glare that Jack probably deserved. Jack finally said, "Gibbs, go get Mr. Johnson. Ana, invite the Captain of The Rising Sun over. And I'll…I'll go get Dinah."
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