Don't ask me how but this chapter disappeared one way or the other. Or
else I never uploaded it to begin with. But anyway, now that I've noticed
here it is.
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"What do ye say we finished this little chat inside", she suggested, receiving an appreciative smile from the younger woman. All in agreement, the foursome made their way down to Julianne's quarters, where Julianne took a seat behind her desk. Will and Elizabeth both helped themselves to two chairs on the opposite side hand in hand, and Jack perched himself in the window seat.
"We 'ad a lot o fun that first year didn't we?" Jack asked starting back up the earlier conversation.
"Aye we did", Julianne confirmed.
"What kind of fun?" Elizabeth asked snippily with one quirked eyebrow.
"Well THAT kinda fun o course", Julianne shot back with equal sass.
"But it wasn't all like that", Jack said matter-of-factly. "We got tattoos together once."
"Really, whose idea was that?", Will looked up a little surprised.
~~~
"What d'ye say we both go and get tattoos", Jack proposed rolling over in bed to face her.
"What?"
"Come on, it'll be fun. We'll do it together."
Considering for a moment, Julianne nodded. "Alright."
"Good, we'll go first thing in the morning."
Standing in Tortuga's tattoo parlor, the finest establishment of its kind in the Caribbean, Jack and Julianne scanned the hundreds of pictures laid out before them on paper. Spotting one he particularly liked, Jack turned to Julianne with a sly grin.
"Let's pick each other's."
Julianne looked at him suspiciously, guessing that he already had one picked out. "Mmm, fine. What one do you want?"
"This one right 'ere", he answered mischievously, pointing to a picture of a small bird. Rolling her eyes at his incredible ego she eventually nodded. "Alright, I'll get it."
"And for me?"
Turning her attention back to the pages of tattoos, Julianne studied them all carefully. Slowly, she put her finger on one of a heart, all chained up and with little blood droplets coming out of it. "I want this one", she said cocking her head just enough to look at him out of the corner of her eye.
"Why?"
"So you never forget who you belong to."
Eyes up, Jack considered this for a moment and then nodded as well. "I can live with that."
"All decided then", a gruff voice asked from behind the counter.
"We are", Jack answered.
"Alright, who's first?"
"That'd be me", Julianne volunteered walking behind the counter and jumping up on the table.
"Where d'ye want it?"
Throwing herself backwards on the table so that she was held up by her left arm, Julianne pulled the front of her pants down just a little, revealing her lower right abdomen. The tattooist approved and grabbed a needle, and Julianne flashed Jack a sly smile and winked, then laid back and rested her head on her arm.
"Ye did surprisingly well there miss. I've had men three times yer size who couldn't take one o these", the tattooist said finishing up his work by wiping off the blood that was beginning to seep from the fresh tattoo.
Sitting up Julianne looked at him with a proud grin. "That was nothin compared to me other one."
"Oh yeah", he said turning back around to face her, slightly disbelieving.
Pulling down the back of her shirt and turning around, Julianne revealed the large, dark R on her left shoulder blade.
"Well I'll be damned, you sat through that?"
"Aye."
"Ya weren't sober were ya?"
"For every second of it."
Shaking his head now in true disbelief, the tattooist then turned to Jack. "Ye ready?"
Jack nodded and replaced Julianne on the table, rolling up his left sleeve.
"I like em", Jack said cheerily, grabbing her hand, as the pair made their way back through town.
"Aye, me too", she agreed smiling at him.
~~~
"So are you going to let us see them or not?" Elizabeth asked demandingly.
"O course", Jack offered standing up and walking over to her while pulling up the sleeve of his left arm.
"Good choice Juli", she commented, giving her a meaningful look.
"Not as good 'ers though", Jack argued.
"I'll be the judge of that", Will spoke and stood up.
"Well I must warn you first", Julianne replied, "its not exactly in a very 'proper' spot."
Will stopped in his tracks.
"Well geeze, way to make a woman feel good about herself luv", she laughed at him.
Will cleared his throat slightly embarrassed. "Ok then, go ahead", he said trying to make up for it.
Julianne stood up and tugged at the right side of the front of her pants revealing her tattoo.
"You are so full of yourself Jack, that's for sure", Elizabeth laughed upon seeing it. He flashed her a gold and white grin in response.
"So then, you met in Tortuga", Elizabeth continued, "and you've been together ever since?"
"Together", Julianne sputtered into the bottle she was drinking from. "Who said anything about being together?"
"Oh, I mean. It's just that, well, it just seems like you're so."
"Then what would you call it", Will asked coming to his wife's embarrassed rescue.
"Let's get somethin straight 'ere", Jack answered. "What you see now in no way reflects what life was like 15 years ago for either of us."
"Aye, lot's changed in that time. There've been business ventures, personal ventures, conflicting interests, break ups, make ups, I could go on."
"Ah, but the best stories are the ones that include all of those if ye ask me", Jack added mischievously.
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"What do ye say we finished this little chat inside", she suggested, receiving an appreciative smile from the younger woman. All in agreement, the foursome made their way down to Julianne's quarters, where Julianne took a seat behind her desk. Will and Elizabeth both helped themselves to two chairs on the opposite side hand in hand, and Jack perched himself in the window seat.
"We 'ad a lot o fun that first year didn't we?" Jack asked starting back up the earlier conversation.
"Aye we did", Julianne confirmed.
"What kind of fun?" Elizabeth asked snippily with one quirked eyebrow.
"Well THAT kinda fun o course", Julianne shot back with equal sass.
"But it wasn't all like that", Jack said matter-of-factly. "We got tattoos together once."
"Really, whose idea was that?", Will looked up a little surprised.
~~~
"What d'ye say we both go and get tattoos", Jack proposed rolling over in bed to face her.
"What?"
"Come on, it'll be fun. We'll do it together."
Considering for a moment, Julianne nodded. "Alright."
"Good, we'll go first thing in the morning."
Standing in Tortuga's tattoo parlor, the finest establishment of its kind in the Caribbean, Jack and Julianne scanned the hundreds of pictures laid out before them on paper. Spotting one he particularly liked, Jack turned to Julianne with a sly grin.
"Let's pick each other's."
Julianne looked at him suspiciously, guessing that he already had one picked out. "Mmm, fine. What one do you want?"
"This one right 'ere", he answered mischievously, pointing to a picture of a small bird. Rolling her eyes at his incredible ego she eventually nodded. "Alright, I'll get it."
"And for me?"
Turning her attention back to the pages of tattoos, Julianne studied them all carefully. Slowly, she put her finger on one of a heart, all chained up and with little blood droplets coming out of it. "I want this one", she said cocking her head just enough to look at him out of the corner of her eye.
"Why?"
"So you never forget who you belong to."
Eyes up, Jack considered this for a moment and then nodded as well. "I can live with that."
"All decided then", a gruff voice asked from behind the counter.
"We are", Jack answered.
"Alright, who's first?"
"That'd be me", Julianne volunteered walking behind the counter and jumping up on the table.
"Where d'ye want it?"
Throwing herself backwards on the table so that she was held up by her left arm, Julianne pulled the front of her pants down just a little, revealing her lower right abdomen. The tattooist approved and grabbed a needle, and Julianne flashed Jack a sly smile and winked, then laid back and rested her head on her arm.
"Ye did surprisingly well there miss. I've had men three times yer size who couldn't take one o these", the tattooist said finishing up his work by wiping off the blood that was beginning to seep from the fresh tattoo.
Sitting up Julianne looked at him with a proud grin. "That was nothin compared to me other one."
"Oh yeah", he said turning back around to face her, slightly disbelieving.
Pulling down the back of her shirt and turning around, Julianne revealed the large, dark R on her left shoulder blade.
"Well I'll be damned, you sat through that?"
"Aye."
"Ya weren't sober were ya?"
"For every second of it."
Shaking his head now in true disbelief, the tattooist then turned to Jack. "Ye ready?"
Jack nodded and replaced Julianne on the table, rolling up his left sleeve.
"I like em", Jack said cheerily, grabbing her hand, as the pair made their way back through town.
"Aye, me too", she agreed smiling at him.
~~~
"So are you going to let us see them or not?" Elizabeth asked demandingly.
"O course", Jack offered standing up and walking over to her while pulling up the sleeve of his left arm.
"Good choice Juli", she commented, giving her a meaningful look.
"Not as good 'ers though", Jack argued.
"I'll be the judge of that", Will spoke and stood up.
"Well I must warn you first", Julianne replied, "its not exactly in a very 'proper' spot."
Will stopped in his tracks.
"Well geeze, way to make a woman feel good about herself luv", she laughed at him.
Will cleared his throat slightly embarrassed. "Ok then, go ahead", he said trying to make up for it.
Julianne stood up and tugged at the right side of the front of her pants revealing her tattoo.
"You are so full of yourself Jack, that's for sure", Elizabeth laughed upon seeing it. He flashed her a gold and white grin in response.
"So then, you met in Tortuga", Elizabeth continued, "and you've been together ever since?"
"Together", Julianne sputtered into the bottle she was drinking from. "Who said anything about being together?"
"Oh, I mean. It's just that, well, it just seems like you're so."
"Then what would you call it", Will asked coming to his wife's embarrassed rescue.
"Let's get somethin straight 'ere", Jack answered. "What you see now in no way reflects what life was like 15 years ago for either of us."
"Aye, lot's changed in that time. There've been business ventures, personal ventures, conflicting interests, break ups, make ups, I could go on."
"Ah, but the best stories are the ones that include all of those if ye ask me", Jack added mischievously.