Disclaimer: I don't own Pirates of the Caribbean nor the characters but
some of the characters in this story are from my own imagination. Any
similarities with real people are highly coincidental.
After the supper that night Fleur had retired to her room. She stood watching the ocean; it was now she realized she truly did miss her father.
"We're devils and black sheep and really bad eggs. Drink up me 'arties yo ho. Yo ho yo ho a pirates life for me" she sung softly thinking of how her father would every night without fail sing to her his favourite verse.
She heard a soft knock at her bedroom door and wiping away a tear she went to answer totally unawares of how her soft voice had carried on the still night air. She took fright when she saw James standing in the doorway.
"James?" she asked.
"May I come in?" he asked politely.
Fleur nodded and moved to allow him entry and shut the door after he asked her to do so.
"Mother told me this afternoon that I were able to choose any woman I saw fit to court with" he said excitedly, "that means that we are safe. That means that the feelings I for sure have felt over the past few days of being with you can now be acted under allowance"
"We?" Fleur asked trying to deny the feelings she felt for this boy, trying to deny the passion she felt of the kiss they shared on the bridge only this afternoon, "we as in you and Esmeralda Vazquez who's father is Governor Vazquez who hails from Spain?"
James looked at her shocked, "what do you mean by that?"
"I wish only to be myself, "Fleur told him, "I wish to dress like the girl you found on the beach" she said pulling at the constricting garments she had been forced to wear, "I wish to reclaim all my jewellery" she whimpered cursing herself for allowing him to convince her to remove all her hair items and bangles, "I wish...I wish" she looked deep into his eyes, "to be addressed at Miss Fleur Sparrow. I have no shame in who I am, James"
"What? And you suggest I do?"
"I suggest you carry shame in the name I have been branded," she informed him, "pirate" she added in a hushed whisper.
"You suggest I have shame in my own name?" James asked scornfully.
"No, no" Fleur said collapsing onto the bed, "but I am not afraid to go about these people as Fleur Sparrow"
"But - but -" James stuttered, "you will surely hang!"
Fleur met his eyes, "then I must leave," she whispered.
"What?! You can't leave! Where will you go?" James asked.
"To a better place than the gallows I'm sure" Fleur replied, "James please. If you do truly have the feelings for me as you say then...then let me go..."
James turned away from her not wishing for her to see him upset. "I guess you'll want your old clothes back right?"
Fleur hugged her stomach, "if you would do that I would be grateful" she whispered.
Without looking at her James left the room. Fleur opened her mouth to try comfort him but when he slammed shut the door with such force the windows rattled she thought better of it. He returned with all her old clothes and a satchel that contained all her jewellery.
"Oh thank you James!" Fleur exclaimed collecting her items.
She placed down her clothes and withdrew her glittering gold bangles and put them all in their right places, a large one went in her left ear, three thin ones she put on her left wrist and a thick gold one she placed on her right. The last thin bangle she slipped around her left ankle. She bit her lip happily when she saw a silver ring, which she slipped onto her finger between her middle and pinkie. She then re-braided through all the beads and coins through her black hair. Once all her jewellery was in place she spun around once savouring the sounds the clinking made. She picked up her clothes in her palms and walked over to James.
"Thank you James" she sighed planting a kiss on his forehead.
James tried to keep strong but instead cupped his hands around Fleurs' delicate face and kissed her deeply. The clothes in her hands fell to the floor as Fleur returned the kiss with equal passion.
* * *
Meanwhile. Elizabeth picked up her skirts and made her way for Fleurs' room. Just as she entered the house she ran into Will.
"William I was right!" she exclaimed, "Miss Esmeralda Vazquez is a fake! And not just a fake she's -"
"Oh Elizabeth please!" Will growled, "do you still carry a grudge against that girl?" he demanded, "I'd rather hoped you were past all this"
"Yes, but Will listen to me! She is not who she claims to be. She's Jack Sparrows daughter!"
Will laughed, "I will not play along with your ridiculous schemes Elizabeth I refuse to believe that -"
"She was singing the song Jack and I sung while he were drunk on the island we were marooned on! And besides you try to tell me she does not look like him!"
Will opened his mouth but could not find an argument to support himself. Elizabeth was right, though. The girl did look like Sparrow, her cheekbones were very much like his, her hair was as black as his was though he could not think of were she inherited his green eyes,
She must have got them from her mother Will concluded.
"See, you know I'm right. She even acts like Jack" Elizabeth smirked.
"Then should we not leave her be?" asked Will sternly, "Jack is our friend after all.
Elizabeth rolled her eyes, "I made it my business not to associate with pirates William Turner. I would have expected as much from you"
"But Jack helped save my life!" Will growled angrily in his defence, "please Elizabeth. What do you plan to do now? March up to her room and then what? What will you ask of her Elizabeth?"
Elizabeth took a small step back and stared at a wall.
"I thought you were over this Elizabeth? You told me you talked to James and you were both happy with the outcome of the conversation. What went wrong?"
"The only thing that went wrong William is the people believing me for what I told them! I never once began trusting that girl! Even when I told you all, when I told James he were free to choose his own mistress I was lying! Will not you open your eyes William? I lied to you all and you believed me!" Elizabeth growled breathlessly, "I will see that girl to her death for having anything to do with Captain Jack Sparrow!"
Will clenched his fists in anger, "Elizabeth please! If it were not for Jack you would not be here! I would have never found the Black Pearl if he had not helped me commandeer a ship! Please I beg of you Elizabeth, leave her be...at least for now and we shall see" he begged.
Elizabeth turned her gaze upon him, "please Elizabeth I beg of you. Please don't do anything"
Elizabeth rubbed her forehead, "all right Will, I admit defeat. I will not say anything to her"
Will smiled and kissed Elizabeth on the cheek. He offered his arm in which she accepted and they both went for a late night tour of Port Royal.
Oh yes William, Elizabeth thought nastily I won't say anything to HER but said you nothing of me remaining quiet in the company of Admiral Norrington.
After the supper that night Fleur had retired to her room. She stood watching the ocean; it was now she realized she truly did miss her father.
"We're devils and black sheep and really bad eggs. Drink up me 'arties yo ho. Yo ho yo ho a pirates life for me" she sung softly thinking of how her father would every night without fail sing to her his favourite verse.
She heard a soft knock at her bedroom door and wiping away a tear she went to answer totally unawares of how her soft voice had carried on the still night air. She took fright when she saw James standing in the doorway.
"James?" she asked.
"May I come in?" he asked politely.
Fleur nodded and moved to allow him entry and shut the door after he asked her to do so.
"Mother told me this afternoon that I were able to choose any woman I saw fit to court with" he said excitedly, "that means that we are safe. That means that the feelings I for sure have felt over the past few days of being with you can now be acted under allowance"
"We?" Fleur asked trying to deny the feelings she felt for this boy, trying to deny the passion she felt of the kiss they shared on the bridge only this afternoon, "we as in you and Esmeralda Vazquez who's father is Governor Vazquez who hails from Spain?"
James looked at her shocked, "what do you mean by that?"
"I wish only to be myself, "Fleur told him, "I wish to dress like the girl you found on the beach" she said pulling at the constricting garments she had been forced to wear, "I wish to reclaim all my jewellery" she whimpered cursing herself for allowing him to convince her to remove all her hair items and bangles, "I wish...I wish" she looked deep into his eyes, "to be addressed at Miss Fleur Sparrow. I have no shame in who I am, James"
"What? And you suggest I do?"
"I suggest you carry shame in the name I have been branded," she informed him, "pirate" she added in a hushed whisper.
"You suggest I have shame in my own name?" James asked scornfully.
"No, no" Fleur said collapsing onto the bed, "but I am not afraid to go about these people as Fleur Sparrow"
"But - but -" James stuttered, "you will surely hang!"
Fleur met his eyes, "then I must leave," she whispered.
"What?! You can't leave! Where will you go?" James asked.
"To a better place than the gallows I'm sure" Fleur replied, "James please. If you do truly have the feelings for me as you say then...then let me go..."
James turned away from her not wishing for her to see him upset. "I guess you'll want your old clothes back right?"
Fleur hugged her stomach, "if you would do that I would be grateful" she whispered.
Without looking at her James left the room. Fleur opened her mouth to try comfort him but when he slammed shut the door with such force the windows rattled she thought better of it. He returned with all her old clothes and a satchel that contained all her jewellery.
"Oh thank you James!" Fleur exclaimed collecting her items.
She placed down her clothes and withdrew her glittering gold bangles and put them all in their right places, a large one went in her left ear, three thin ones she put on her left wrist and a thick gold one she placed on her right. The last thin bangle she slipped around her left ankle. She bit her lip happily when she saw a silver ring, which she slipped onto her finger between her middle and pinkie. She then re-braided through all the beads and coins through her black hair. Once all her jewellery was in place she spun around once savouring the sounds the clinking made. She picked up her clothes in her palms and walked over to James.
"Thank you James" she sighed planting a kiss on his forehead.
James tried to keep strong but instead cupped his hands around Fleurs' delicate face and kissed her deeply. The clothes in her hands fell to the floor as Fleur returned the kiss with equal passion.
* * *
Meanwhile. Elizabeth picked up her skirts and made her way for Fleurs' room. Just as she entered the house she ran into Will.
"William I was right!" she exclaimed, "Miss Esmeralda Vazquez is a fake! And not just a fake she's -"
"Oh Elizabeth please!" Will growled, "do you still carry a grudge against that girl?" he demanded, "I'd rather hoped you were past all this"
"Yes, but Will listen to me! She is not who she claims to be. She's Jack Sparrows daughter!"
Will laughed, "I will not play along with your ridiculous schemes Elizabeth I refuse to believe that -"
"She was singing the song Jack and I sung while he were drunk on the island we were marooned on! And besides you try to tell me she does not look like him!"
Will opened his mouth but could not find an argument to support himself. Elizabeth was right, though. The girl did look like Sparrow, her cheekbones were very much like his, her hair was as black as his was though he could not think of were she inherited his green eyes,
She must have got them from her mother Will concluded.
"See, you know I'm right. She even acts like Jack" Elizabeth smirked.
"Then should we not leave her be?" asked Will sternly, "Jack is our friend after all.
Elizabeth rolled her eyes, "I made it my business not to associate with pirates William Turner. I would have expected as much from you"
"But Jack helped save my life!" Will growled angrily in his defence, "please Elizabeth. What do you plan to do now? March up to her room and then what? What will you ask of her Elizabeth?"
Elizabeth took a small step back and stared at a wall.
"I thought you were over this Elizabeth? You told me you talked to James and you were both happy with the outcome of the conversation. What went wrong?"
"The only thing that went wrong William is the people believing me for what I told them! I never once began trusting that girl! Even when I told you all, when I told James he were free to choose his own mistress I was lying! Will not you open your eyes William? I lied to you all and you believed me!" Elizabeth growled breathlessly, "I will see that girl to her death for having anything to do with Captain Jack Sparrow!"
Will clenched his fists in anger, "Elizabeth please! If it were not for Jack you would not be here! I would have never found the Black Pearl if he had not helped me commandeer a ship! Please I beg of you Elizabeth, leave her be...at least for now and we shall see" he begged.
Elizabeth turned her gaze upon him, "please Elizabeth I beg of you. Please don't do anything"
Elizabeth rubbed her forehead, "all right Will, I admit defeat. I will not say anything to her"
Will smiled and kissed Elizabeth on the cheek. He offered his arm in which she accepted and they both went for a late night tour of Port Royal.
Oh yes William, Elizabeth thought nastily I won't say anything to HER but said you nothing of me remaining quiet in the company of Admiral Norrington.