Thanks for all your support!!! Next chapter here...So it's back to the Black Pearl...
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CHAPTER 7
"Oh..." Delora groaned. "Not that dress again!" she complained, looking at the tight-fitting dress lying on her bed.
"Come on Delora, a year here already. You should know what to do. Commodore's birthday again." Elizabeth said, opening the windows.
Delora grabbed the dress, and several handmaidens helped her change into her dress. She yawned quietly as they tightened the corset. When everything finished, Delora and Elizabeth set off.
Halfway walking down the stairs, Delora suddenly said, "Wait, Elizabeth! My necklaces!" She ran back up into her room and opened the drawer. She held the necklaces to her chest. After putting on the necklaces, she ran back down and entered the carriage with Weatherby Swann and Elizabeth. Norrington again. That man with the arrogant-looking face. True, he's a rich lady's guy, but not for Delora. She hated him. When they arrived, there was still time left, and without anyone noticing, Delora slipped away. She heard the sound of something small dropping on the floor, and she turned into a deserted alley. She let curiousity take over her again.
She saw a string of dices, beads and other various things lying on the floor. She picked the string of ornaments up.
"Watch it, missy. Be careful what ye take." a voice crept up behind Delora. The figure held Delora by her hands and Delora felt a pistol being pushed into her back. The voice sounded familiar.
"Jack?"
"The name's Captain Jack Sparrow, luv." Jack replied, pressing the pistol harder into her back. Delora struggled.
"Let me go, Captain Sparrow. I'm Delora."
"Delora? Now why does that concern me?"
"I was on your ship a year ago. Don't you remember?" Delora asked.
Jack let go of Delora and said, "Prove it."
Delora lifted the necklace Jack had left her, and then said, "Now do you believe me?"
"Aren't you supposed to be at Commodore Norrington's birthday ceremony?" Jack asked, turning away from Delora.
"Yes. But I don't want to be."
"Why?"
"Because...Because I feel bored there." Delora lied.
"You're lying, luv. Tell the truth, or the bullet goes in." Jack said, though his pistol was in his pocket now.
"Why do you have to ask?"
"Why do you have to ask me that?"
"Alright, if you want the truth, it's because I want freedom! I want a pirate life! What't the use of these foolish dresses and courtesies? I hate them! I don't want the rich life, you understand?" Delora blurted out. She was almost on the verge of tears. She had waited for a year and finally had gotten to see Jack. "I can't breathe in this kind of world."
Jack turned and looked at Delora. There was silence. "And it's all because, I've fallen in love with you." Delora finally said, and then she continued, "Goodbye."
She walked away briskly, unable to look at Jack again, for fear of her tears falling. She knew Jack wasn't the sort who would really fall in love. She scolded herself for her stupidity in blurting out her deepest secret. How had a girl who wanted no relation with a pirate be now so eager to become one?
"Delora are you okay?" Elizabeth asked.
"Yes. Yes, I'm fine." Delora said, still holding back her tears. Elizabeth continued to watch Delora, in case she broke down. Delora greeted Norrington as usual, her voice somewhat trembling. After that, she skipped most of the ceremony and went to the dock. She sat down and allowed the bottom of her dress to touch the water. It didn't matter. The darn dress should be destroyed. Delora put a hand to her waist, breathing hard.
Without a warning, Delora was pulled underwater and she screamed before going underwater. She did not know how to swim, which made things worse. She forcefully opened her eyes and saw Jack holding her waist, leading her above water.
Delora coughed once above water. "Jack, what are you doing?! Look at the state of me now! How am I going to get back like this?!" Delora exclaimed, coughing out water. Her hair was in a mess.
"You're not going back, luv. You're part of my crew. Forever."
"Huh?" Delora asked, but before she got an answer, she was dragged back down underwater. Delora clutched Jack's shirt, trying to tell him that she couldn't swim, that she had to be brought above water. Jack ignored her and continued to swim, until they came to a big ship. The Black Pearl.
Once in the ship, Delora glared at Jack, coughing and panting.
"Where's Anamaria?" Delora asked, looking around at the crew.
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CHAPTER 7
"Oh..." Delora groaned. "Not that dress again!" she complained, looking at the tight-fitting dress lying on her bed.
"Come on Delora, a year here already. You should know what to do. Commodore's birthday again." Elizabeth said, opening the windows.
Delora grabbed the dress, and several handmaidens helped her change into her dress. She yawned quietly as they tightened the corset. When everything finished, Delora and Elizabeth set off.
Halfway walking down the stairs, Delora suddenly said, "Wait, Elizabeth! My necklaces!" She ran back up into her room and opened the drawer. She held the necklaces to her chest. After putting on the necklaces, she ran back down and entered the carriage with Weatherby Swann and Elizabeth. Norrington again. That man with the arrogant-looking face. True, he's a rich lady's guy, but not for Delora. She hated him. When they arrived, there was still time left, and without anyone noticing, Delora slipped away. She heard the sound of something small dropping on the floor, and she turned into a deserted alley. She let curiousity take over her again.
She saw a string of dices, beads and other various things lying on the floor. She picked the string of ornaments up.
"Watch it, missy. Be careful what ye take." a voice crept up behind Delora. The figure held Delora by her hands and Delora felt a pistol being pushed into her back. The voice sounded familiar.
"Jack?"
"The name's Captain Jack Sparrow, luv." Jack replied, pressing the pistol harder into her back. Delora struggled.
"Let me go, Captain Sparrow. I'm Delora."
"Delora? Now why does that concern me?"
"I was on your ship a year ago. Don't you remember?" Delora asked.
Jack let go of Delora and said, "Prove it."
Delora lifted the necklace Jack had left her, and then said, "Now do you believe me?"
"Aren't you supposed to be at Commodore Norrington's birthday ceremony?" Jack asked, turning away from Delora.
"Yes. But I don't want to be."
"Why?"
"Because...Because I feel bored there." Delora lied.
"You're lying, luv. Tell the truth, or the bullet goes in." Jack said, though his pistol was in his pocket now.
"Why do you have to ask?"
"Why do you have to ask me that?"
"Alright, if you want the truth, it's because I want freedom! I want a pirate life! What't the use of these foolish dresses and courtesies? I hate them! I don't want the rich life, you understand?" Delora blurted out. She was almost on the verge of tears. She had waited for a year and finally had gotten to see Jack. "I can't breathe in this kind of world."
Jack turned and looked at Delora. There was silence. "And it's all because, I've fallen in love with you." Delora finally said, and then she continued, "Goodbye."
She walked away briskly, unable to look at Jack again, for fear of her tears falling. She knew Jack wasn't the sort who would really fall in love. She scolded herself for her stupidity in blurting out her deepest secret. How had a girl who wanted no relation with a pirate be now so eager to become one?
"Delora are you okay?" Elizabeth asked.
"Yes. Yes, I'm fine." Delora said, still holding back her tears. Elizabeth continued to watch Delora, in case she broke down. Delora greeted Norrington as usual, her voice somewhat trembling. After that, she skipped most of the ceremony and went to the dock. She sat down and allowed the bottom of her dress to touch the water. It didn't matter. The darn dress should be destroyed. Delora put a hand to her waist, breathing hard.
Without a warning, Delora was pulled underwater and she screamed before going underwater. She did not know how to swim, which made things worse. She forcefully opened her eyes and saw Jack holding her waist, leading her above water.
Delora coughed once above water. "Jack, what are you doing?! Look at the state of me now! How am I going to get back like this?!" Delora exclaimed, coughing out water. Her hair was in a mess.
"You're not going back, luv. You're part of my crew. Forever."
"Huh?" Delora asked, but before she got an answer, she was dragged back down underwater. Delora clutched Jack's shirt, trying to tell him that she couldn't swim, that she had to be brought above water. Jack ignored her and continued to swim, until they came to a big ship. The Black Pearl.
Once in the ship, Delora glared at Jack, coughing and panting.
"Where's Anamaria?" Delora asked, looking around at the crew.