Alas, fellow pirates, it is time for another edition of...
PineAppleLint's Author's Notes! Woowoo! (does a funky dance thing)
Right now I shall thank everyone who gave me a little constructive criticism and some things to ponder about...
Kakari Hiyashi: Thank you so much and I'm glad you like the dialogue and such! Now if you think Jack Sparrow is acting weird towards Gallagher, please don't hesitate to go into further detail because I want to keep these neato characters, well, actually in character! Savvy: )
Hgluv: I'm glad you are so excited every time I update! I am too! Heehee Now I want to say that I am so thankful that you caught my mistake. Around the beginning of Chapter 15, they were fighting/kissing in the Black Pearl's Mess Hall/Dining Room. I said she stormed out of his quarters, and frankly, I was wrong. (places hands together and bows dramatically) thank ye, so much, me fellow pirate! Ye are as sharp as the tip o' me blade! This calls for a reward of sorts...hmmm... (hands Hgluv a plane ticket to the Caribbean) So you can sit on a beach all day drinking rum, o' course!
Cassandra the Heart Nut: Cassandra has also caught my mistake! Ye are also sharp, me fellow pirate! (hands Cassandra the Heart Nut a plane ticket also) Maybe there will be a certain captain waiting for ye on the island! (winkity wink) I'm glad you liked this chapter as much as I liked writing it. Yes, it is a bit hard to remember where I left off if I haven't written in a couple days, so I shall make sure to check real carefully from now on. Free rum for you and Hgluv! (Try not to drink it all in one sitting, mateys) Thanks for also allowing me to go at my own pace, because it is nice to know that I have some time to gather my thoughts, even if it does take a couple days. Usually when I check my reviews I get all sorts of threats that someone will poke me with their sword if I don't update right then and there. (tsk tsk I shall take your swords away if you keep swinging them around carelessly like that, pirates! Where be your responsible sides?) Oh well, the hell with responsibility. ; )
Lissad1: And you, my wonderful reviewer, have gotten my attention on something I screwed up dearly. Ladies and gents, this smart reviewer has told me that a bodice is only the top portion of a lady's underthings. Believe me, Gallagher hasn't been running around half naked the entire time, I assure you! (even though our crude captain Jack Sparrow would probably like to see it happen!) So yes, she is wearing what is basically an "underdress", if you will, whenever I say she is clad in a bodice. (the bodice and the shift) Thank you Lissad! You get ten barrels of rum and a shiny new sword! (extra pointy) that was made by Will Turner himself!
Now to my other reviewers! Wheeeee! (whoa I'm having way too much fun, if there is such a thing)
Avey: I'm glad you made good use of the free rum coupon. I love dancing like a monkey, especially when I'm trying to think of new story ideas. (starts dancing like a monkey) oooh, I better get cracking! Thanks for being such a faithful reviewer, I always love hearing from you.
Fayth: Wow, I'm glad my story got quite a reaction out of you! (sob) it is kinda beautiful isn't it? (starts crying on your shoulder) Oh gosh, I have to pull myself together. Thanks for reviewing! Woowoo
IcePrincess618: Hee hee but it is so much fun to leave you hanging...(laughs evilly)
Plateado: Oh jeepers, I'm sorry if I used the things you were going to use in your story. I really can't help it...it kinda just pops in my head. I really love your story and I promise I shall be a faithful reviewer to you, mate! Our characters would get along swell!
Dood: I love the penname. Very chic.
Amy: hee hee I love long chapters too. They are much more exciting. More is on the way, dahhhhling!
Syth Cobalt: I'm glad you like it a lot, luv! Reviews make writing so much more fun, and I enjoy hearing from you.
Meka: Thanks for reviewing mate! (big cyber hug) I'm not letting go! Heehee
Brat princess: lol I'm glad the words "crud" and "dammit" mean you like the story. It's fun reading these reviews!
Frodabaggins: (sigh) I like to sigh too. Isn't it romantic? Jack Sparrow is such a handsome devil.
Shanelover1: Hee hee it's fun imagining Jack as a younger man. Oh crap, starting to drool again...you are such a faithful reviewer (pulls you into the big cyber hug also)
HighONyou: Aw, thanks for the compliment! I sure hope the writing is good, because that's what I want to do for the rest of my life. Writing couldn't be more fascinating to me. Terrence shall always be strong and determined, and Jack Sparrow needs to realize that he will never find a gal quite like her.
Mrs.Sparrow: Trying to update as fast as I can, luv! Lol Thanks for reviewing!
Tigress33: Writing a bit about Will and Elizabeth was something really new for me, and I really liked writing their emotions because they are such awesome characters who are obviously head over heels for each other. It portrays them as the sturdy couple whereas Terrence and Jack's feelings for each other tend to be kind of all over the place. Thank you so much!
Lady Jady: Whoa, you checked five times to see if I updated? My respect to you, lassie! I feel so warm and fuzzied.
Raven185: I'm glad you like the story. It has been so much fun writing such vivid characters like Terrence and of course the imfamous Captain Jack Sparrow.
LuckySparrow: Typin as fast as I can, me fellow pirate! More should be comin' soon, I hope: )
Sparklindiamond: I'm touched. No really, I am! It's so nice to see that my works are appreciated by you and the rest! One free rum coupon for you! ;)
InU and YhH gurl: I'm glad you thought the chapter was neato! You are neato! Woowoo everyone's neato! DRINKS ALL AROUND!
Icea: I know, they are always interrupted before the good parts, dammit. Well we are just going to have to wait and see what else happens! (winkity winkity)
Edainme: Hee hee turning people to mush is fun. I'm glad you feel mushy. Hopefully that wasn't a side effect from the rum!
Seom: Whoa...easy on the pixie sticks, matey. Lol I'm just kidding, I love knowing these chapters make you so excited! Free Rum coupon for you! I never get tired of praise and compliments! They are oh-so-much- fun!
FaeofDarkness: Hon, if I were Gallagher, I wouldn't tie up the whole entire crew to keep 'em out of my way...I'd tie up Jack Sparrow. Hee hee ;)
Cute Kitty: Glad you like it, and that's neat you got a cell phone!
Candypinkgirl: the suspense HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAAAAA
Manda: hee hee I like that word: wicked. That is going on my list of favorite words.
Halima: Stop beating your head against the wall, luv! Cliffhangers are fun, and I can't promise I won't do it again, but here's another chapter to satisfy you for a while. : )
JackSparrow, Savvy: Terrence and Jack would be a smart and excellent match. We are just going to have to wait and see what the two of them want out of life and out of love. (sighs wistfully)
Nev1988: WHEEEEEEEEE SWORDS ARE FUN!
Gvnr's Daughter: I love these reviews I keep getting from you! The long ones are absitively posolutely fabulous, and I always feel the most warmth and fuzzies possible while reading them! Gallagher has had a messy past and right now she just wants to focus on getting the treasure to put her weary soul at peace. Now about her grief and guilt, it wasn't really Gallagher's fault for steering the Dancing Horizon out into a fierce storm, for she had no way of knowing there was going to be such consequences or that her ship wouldn't be able to withstand the harsh conditions. She didn't know it was going to sink to the depths of Davy Jones' Locker. She is the only survivor and like you said, is taking it way too personally. Threatening suspenseful music should be played, for there is going to be interesting things happening between Jack and Gallagher, and we shall have to see what happens when they come across the ominous Shadows. I reread my chapters sometimes and you and I are alike, because I get all emotional when I reread the helm part, too. It is just so beautifully symbolic in a way, and my story wouldn't have been complete without it. Thank you o' so much for the support! (hands Gvnr's Daughter a new shiny sword and new sharpened pencils) Ye can never have enuff pencils, luv!
Now here is my personal portion of the Notes:
Okay then. Let's see...sorry I know some of you are dying to read and you have to scroll through these pages of thank yous and such! If I missed anyone, I'm sorry, because you reviewed later after I typed this up, but I thank you from the bottom of my heart. So I sit here, listening to Sixpence None the Richer, with my water and my glasses perched on my nose, ready for some serious fanfiction butt kicking. I get so emotional when I read these reviews because like I said before, writing is what I love doing and it's what I want to do.
Jack, Gallagher, and crew have just come in sight of the ominous island that shall hold Snidely's treasure and perhaps the "Ghost's" crew and evil captain, Sean Shadows. What is going to happen? Without further ado, here is Chapter sixteen!
Aye, sea turtles,
PineAppleLint
"What is yer plan, Jack?" I asked, storming after him as he walked, or swaggered, I should say, into his quarters, frantically looking through the pile of rubble on his desk, and coming across my map.
He didn't answer, and stood there examining the map, his lips slowly creasing into a smile, his eyes darting back and forth as he studied the old piece of paper.
"Jack..."
"Hush up, Gallagher, I'm thinkin'."
"Don't 'hush up Gallagher' me, ye cad! If yer sayin' ye don't have a plan, I am goin' to box yer ears all the way to..."
He growled in frustration and placed a hand over my mouth, silencing me.
"You need to calm down. You've either had way too much rum, sugar cane, or my kisses have made you delirious."
"I have had no rum, Sparrow, and I haven't eaten anythin' of the sort..."
"I rest me case," he said, grinning like someone entirely too satisfied for their own good.
I shut my mouth and closed my eyes, slowly counting to ten. I wasn't going to go insane just because I was a little anxious. And perhaps his touch did happen to make me a little antsy, a good kind of antsy, of course...
"So what do you suppose we do?" I questioned, grabbing the map from his ring clad fingers.
"I was actually goin' to leave that decision up to ye, luv."
"And why is that, Sparrow?" I commented, a bit shocked, "I thought you would love to take charge of an adventure like this here one."
"Let me remind you that it's yer map, if ye haven't forgotten. That means most of the treasure is rightfully yers, and I only have a portion because we rightfully agreed on it."
"Aye," I said, a mite suspiciously.
"You are still part captain of this here ship, so what you say, goes."
Those words warmed me, for it delighted me to think that Sparrow had gained so much trust in me over the time span of a couple days, but suddenly I began to feel panicked. Memories of the past swarmed into my mind and I wondered to myself, what happened if I made a mistake? Would I lead yet another crew to their deaths? Would I lead the Black Pearl to its doom? I couldn't do that, nor to Jack.
"Jack...I don't know.."
"What?" he questioned, eyebrows raised in surprise, "I thought ye would love this opportunity."
"I do, and..."
"Don't let me down, Gallagher. You can do it. Just forget the damn Dancing Horizon. If we get this treasure luv..." he drifted off, closing his eyes, as if forming his own dreams inside of his head.
"What would you do with yer share, Jack?" I asked, suddenly intrigued. I leaned against his desk in a relaxed manner, awaiting an answer.
"I dunno," he said, placing a hand on the back of his neck and rubbing it, "Wherever the wind takes me, luv."
"You do realize we are going to have to drop off Will and Elizabeth back at Port Royal?"
"O' course," Jack said, "I thought o' that. They need to return home. The sea isn't their place, no matter how much they seem to like it now. They wouldn't be able to live their lives amongst the waves."
"Will could," I pointed out, "He has the pirate blood in his veins."
"Aye," Jack said, eyes gleaming, "But he didn't give his heart to the sea, now did he?"
He had me there. Elizabeth would always be Will's first love, no matter how seducing the call of the ocean could be.
"All right, I'll think of somethin'," I said with determination and sat at his desk, looking over the map. It was bloody old and tattered, but at least you could still figure where you had to go in order to locate Snidely's treasure. The treasure would be hidden so nicely, that you had to have the precise measurements in order to find where it was...
"Perhaps that's why Shadows hasn't found it yet," I murmured, "He does not know the exact location."
"What were you sayin' Gallagher?" Sparrow asked. I glanced over at him, and he was lying in bed, staring at the ceiling, looking incredibly bored.
"I was sayin' you are a pansy," I shot back. He lifted his head and raised his eyebrows at me.
"I am no pansy, I assure you."
I chuckled under my breath and murmured, "Shut up, I'm tryin' to think."
"Do you need help getting some inspiration?" he asked, wiggling his eyebrows.
"Stupid blighter. No."
"Perhaps I should get you drunk first and then have me way with ye," he said thoughtfully.
"You wish."
"Or perhaps I don't need rum at all. I could just use me masculine presence," he continued, almost as if he was planning it like I wasn't even in the room and talking to himself.
"Could ye be doin' somethin' a little more useful? After all, we are goin' to be riskin' our lives in a couple of hours and here ye are talkin' about seducin' me."
"I am very useful, luv," Sparrow said and leaned over to me so he was about five inches from my face.
I leaned away very slowly and said in a voice slightly above a whisper, "Let's not."
He grinned and lay back on the bed, staring at the ceiling once more. I watched him, and he closed his eyes and laid spread eagled out on the clean white sheets, saying pitifully, "Ravish me, Gallagher! I beg of you!" I snorted and just sat there, arms crossed. When he didn't hear any movements, he opened one kohl-lined eye, the brown irises peeking at me.
"No," I said, biting my lip, desperately trying to sound stern but instead I felt like laughing. "You are pathetic," I added with a shake of my head.
"Well..." he said and sat up once more, his brown long dreads swaying with the sudden movement, his fingers moving animatedly as he talked, "I have a bit o' a proposition for you, Gallagher."
"Aye? What is it?" I asked, amused and intrigued all at once, perking up to listen intently. He leaned in close once more and the sound of his voice was almost hypnotizing, the way he talked..nice and low, as if sharing a seductive secret.
"I think we should pleasure ourselves now before we go bargin' in on Snidely's treasure, and before everythin' changes once we become damn rich. Savvy?"
I frowned. Was he suggesting what I think he was...?
"Well Jack," I seethed, "I don't exactly get what yer sayin'. Enlighten me."
"Ah," he murmured, scratching his chin, thinking, "Well I figured that once we have the treasure, you'll go yer way, I'll go mine...and that would be the end of it then. So while we're still within each other's reach, and obviously attracted to each other, I think..."
"No," I interrupted.
"What, luv?" he asked, like he didn't hear me the first time.
"No," I repeated and got out of the chair, and began to walk towards the door, frankly angry and hurt.
He ran up to the door and blocked it before I could leave.
"Get out o' me way, Sparrow," I growled.
"What's wrong, Gallagher? Did I say the wrong things?"
"Ye always tend to say the exact wrong things at the exact wrong moment." It was true. What frightened me, was that I was beginning to feel something for that blasted man other than lust, and what he just said had made me realize was that he didn't feel the same way. I was just another body, another whore...
"I should have known," I murmured, "Silly me."
Sparrow stared at me, obviously confused. "You aren't attracted to me, Gallagher?"
"By all means, Sparrow," I said bitterly, "I am, unfortunately. But I am not just going to sacrifice myself like some blonde virgin to a volcano!"
"Don't be silly, luv," he said, "Yer no virgin. Nor are ye blonde."
"UGHHHH!" I cried out in frustration, "GET OUT O' ME DAMN WAY!"
He slid past the doorframe, opening it for me, grinning and bowing like a gentleman. I managed to trip him on my way out.
"Captain Gallagher!" one of the crewmembers called, "We would like to hear the plans for this here evenin'!" The rest of the men grunted in agreement, excitement and pure anticipation shining in their eyes as clear as sea glass.
I closed my eyes and began philosophizing in that way of mine, unanswered questions whirling around in my mind so fast I thought I would go mad from it all.
Damn Sparrow. Damn him to hell!
He had taken me, like a broken piece of glass, and took me out on an adventure across the ocean, riding the waves. He had successfully worn down my rough edges and transformed me into his sea glass, which he could handle without being cut, without feeling the pain of bleeding crimson blood. I was vulnerable to this man, for he now had my heart. That rogue had it in the palm of his hand and didn't even know it.
Soon, we would be on the island spilling crimson blood.
Then our adventure would be over.
And I will be spilling crimson tears.
Hey, mateys! Sorry this chapter is a little smaller than the others, but I wanted to thank everyone and get at least A LITTLE up before you all began to threaten me again. I shall update probably again this weekend. Ugh, classes and homework sucks big time. It is a ten on the 1-10 suckage list. Writing is the only thing that allows me to drift away... well, you know what to do, me fellow pirates! (points to the review button and winks)