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tell Guava Boat that shes a louzy excuse for a fic reader and that she needs to come up w/ a better name to call you than dimm-whitted and a better name to call us then dull-whitted, and that if venting on you makes her feel better, that's pathetic, tell her to go get a psychiatrist, obviously she needs one! keep writing though and please, don't let her get to you! you are an awesome writer i love the name juniper becuase benny and joon owned all! lol so hurry and update i wanna see what happens!

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Disclaimer: I only own my storyline and Juniper, everything from POTC *Including Jack...how sad* belongs to Disney *Urgh...*

Chapter 26

"Why would she want that? Why would she do that to me?" Jack complained to Will. Will was only half listening; he had problems too, you know.
Will sighed before answering Jack. "She's only doing it for your sake."
"My sake?! I wanted her on the ship! I kidnapped her! Why's she doing it for my sake?!"
"Because with her ON the ship, you get distracted!!"
Jack grunted. He sat deeper in his big chair and pulled the blanket around his body. He looked around the cabin room; he needed something to concentrate on instead of Juniper. Anything. His gaze finally locked on a plain, brown, wooden wall. He wondered why he never decorated it or painted it or anything. It looked so plain to him. He wondered why he had never noticed this before.
"JACK!!"
"Hmm? What?"
Will sighed again. He was getting extremely impatient with Jack, how Jack would always complain to him and Will would help, but whenever Will had problems, Jack was off in La-La Land.
"I asked, can we get to Port Royale sooner than 2 months? I think it would be better if Liz delivered...on land?"
"The answer is no...on land? Who wants to be born on land when ye can quickly adapt sea legs?"
Will moaned. "Why can't you just be serious?!"
"I AM SERIOUS! Believe me, if that kid was born on a ship, he'd be the best darn pirate ever to sail on the seven seas."
"He or She is not going to be a pirate!"
"Why not? Take after good ol' dad and granddad!"
Will got up from his chair. "I'm going to go tell Elizabeth that the trip can't be any shorter." He slammed the door behind him.
Jack sighed. "Of course it can't be shorter." He told himself. "That means she has less time to figure out she belongs here...with me." ~*~*~*~
I stared down at the cup, filled with the burning liquid called rum. I had grown to like the beverage, how it scorched its way down your throat.

"Why, Juniper? Why?" Liz asked. I was sick and tired of people asking me why I wanted to leave. Didn't it make sense to anyone else but me?!
"Because Jack can't be a pirate captain, crew a ship, and love me at the same time! Geeze!" I got too angry to look her in the face, so I looked down at my mug and circled the rim of the mug with my pointer finger.
Liz looked to her lap...well, she would've looked to her lap if her large belly wasn't covering it. "I'm sorry...I didn't mean to get you angry."
"No, I'm sorry, just...this is hard enough without everyone asking."
"I understand..."
I nodded. I knew she didn't understand and probably never would. But I didn't tell her that.
"What are you thinking?"
My head snapped up at her. "Why do you ask?"
"You look so...I don't know. Subtle? I can't tell what's on your mind."
"What do you think I'm thinking?"
"About leaving us so soon?"
About leaving us so soon...the way she put it made me want to scream. Or cry. Or maybe a mixture of the two.
"Yes!! That's what I'm thinking about! Happy?"
The door slowly creaked open and Will's head popped in.
"Liz, can I speak to you?"
"Yes, of course." She pretty much rushed out of the room, and I didn't blame her. My outburst must've startled her.
I sat in the quiet, cold, dark cabin alone. To tell you the truth, I didn't mind it. It was the first time in a while I could be alone and think without someone asking me my reasons for doing anything. But I decided I should go talk to Jack. ~*~*~*~
Jack sat in his cabin alone at the same time as Juniper. His eyes were blood-shot, his hair sticking out to the sides (His hair is always messy, but this was just too much) and his grip on the chair was so tight that his knuckles had turned to a color of pale white. He couldn't quite believe that as soon as his life had become so complete, it had turned completely empty in a heartbeat.
"Jack?" I had whispered to him quietly.
He didn't answer.
"Jack?" I took a step forward towards the large chair.
"Do ye want to leave?"
"What?" I asked, startled he even talked to me.
"Do ye want to get off the 'Pearl'?" He turned his chair to face me. "Do ye want to leave me?"
I sighed and leaned against the wooden cabin wall. "No. I don't want to. But...let's call it a calling. I have to do it. For your sake."
"Why does everyone keep saying it's for my sake? I want ye on the ship! More than anythin', I want ye on here with me!"
I tried to look away from him, but he got out of the chair and held my face in his large, rough hands. I gazed into those dark, brown eyes of the man that I loved so dearly, and I felt my lip quiver. I looked to the floor and my eyes started to water. He finally pulled me close, embraced my cold body and kissed me.
When we parted, I could only whisper. "Why is everyone making this so hard?!"
"It doesn't have to be hard! If ye just stayed here with me, nothing would be hard!!"
"I'm just trying to do what's best for you!" I tried to yell, but my voice was still a mere whisper. "With me off the ship and on land, you have less chance of getting caught and being sent to the gallows."
"I'd rather be sent to the gallows then be here without you for the rest of my life." Jack grabbed me by the shoulders, and though I wanted to look away, I couldn't. Something brought me to stare deep into those eyes and I noticed then just how beautiful they were.
"We made such good progress! We used to bicker all the time, and now look at us! We're in love!! Ye just want to take that all away?!"
I went to open my mouth, but only gaped like a fish. My mind was screaming, "YES! YES! TAKE IT ALL AWAY!!" My heart only whispered a mere, "No." And even though my heart had whispered to me instead of yelled, it had won the battle.
I shook my head and responded a quiet no.
"That's what I thought."
"I need to think about all this, pray don't bother me anymore tonight?"
He looked at me a little shocked, as if he didn't even realize he was bothering me. Deep down, he wasn't actually bothering me, but I couldn't bear to look him in the face anymore. It was too hard.
With a deep sigh, he nodded and turned back to his chair. I turned as well and after I left the cabin, I ran to mine.