Chapter 16: Drinks all Around!

She walked to the fort—to the place she had kissed him once they got back. Why had he wanted to meet her here?

There he was, standing there with a smile on his face.

She walked over to him, and they wrapped their arms around each other.

"I want to be with you forever, Lissie."

"Mmmm… more than forever." She replied.

"Well… will you give me forever?"

What? Oh my gosh, was he…?

He got down on one knee, and pulled a ring out of his pocket.

"Will you marry me, Lissie?"

"Would I really say no to that?" she replied.

He got up, that killer, make-a-woman's-knees-go-weak smile on his face, and embraced her once more kissing her with fiery passion. God, she loved him.

* * *

Lissie awoke to the smell of smoke. No doubt Elizabeth was burning the shade, food—and the rum. Her head hurt a lot from Elizabeth knocking her out, so she tried to move her arm to rub it… but she couldn't. She opened her eyes.

Why that little… she thought. Elizabeth had buried Lissie in the sand.

"Hey! HEY! BETH! JACK! WAKE UP AND HELP ME!"

Jack finally awoke…and smelled the smoke. His eyes widened.

"NO! NOT GOOD! STOP! NOT GOOD! WHAT ARE YOU DOING? You're burning all the food the shade… THE RUM!"

Running over to the spot where Elizabeth was, Jack didn't notice Lissie buried in the sand, and he stepped on her stomach—and kicked sand into her face.

"OOOOOWWWWW!!!!"

"Sorry, love!"

Elizabeth smirked.

"Yes, the rum is gone."

Beth helped Lissie up. "Are you okay?" she asked, digging her up.

"My stomach! My eyes! Your boyfriend needs to lose some weight!"

"Ggggggggrrrrrrrrr…" said Beth. Nevertheless, she helped Lissie out of the sand.

Jack pulled out his gun and pointed it at Elizabeth, then put it back in his belt, and ran off, his beloved rum gone.

"Where are you going?" asked Beth as Lissie walked over to the shoreline, making sure Elizabeth didn't see her.

"Making Elizabeth pay."

"YYYYYYYYYYYOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOWWWWWWWWWWWWW!!!!!!" screamed Elizabeth. "CURSE YOU, LISSIE!!!!" she screamed as Beth and Lissie ran off after Jack.

"What did you do to her?" asked Jack.

"Stuck a crab in her hair," replied Lissie.

"She deserved it," said Jack. He then put on a feminine voice. "Jack it must be terrible for you to be trapped here, must be terrible for you WELL IT BLOODY IS NOW!"

"Uh… Jack…" said Beth.

"What, love?" asked Jack through gritted teeth.

She pointed to the Dauntless.

"They'll be no living with her after this," said Jack.

"Too true," said Lissie.

* * *

"But we've got to save Will!" said Elizabeth and Lissie together.

"No! You're safe now. We will return to Port Royal immediately not go gallivanting after pirates!"

"Then we condemn him do death!" said Lissie and Elizabeth together again.

"The boy's fate is regrettable but then so is his decision to engage in piracy."

"To rescue me, to prevent anything from happening to me!"

"If I may be so bold as to interject my professional opinion. The Pearl was listing near to scuppers after the battle. It's very unlikely she'll be able to make good time. Think about it, the Black Pearl, the last real pirate threat in the Caribbean, mate. How can you pass that up?" asked Jack.

"By remembering that I serve others, Mr. Sparrow, not only myself."

"Commodore, I beg you please do this for Elizabeth! If you really loved her, you would!" said Lissie, choosing her words carefully. "As… as a wedding gift from a husband to a wife."

"A wedding? I love weddings… drinks all around!" said Jack.

Elizabeth looked back at Lissie with pure hatred.

"Elizabeth! Are you accepting the Commodore's proposal?" asked the governor.

"I…uh…I am." Said Elizabeth as Lissie pushed her into Norrington's arms.

"Mr. Sparrow!" said Commodore. "You will accompany these fine men to the helm with a bearing to Isle de Muerta. You will then spend the rest of the voyage contemplating all possible meanings of the phrase: 'Silent as the Grave'. Do I make myself clear?"

"Inescapably clear." Said Jack as he was led away. Beth and Lissie followed.

* * *

"Aaawk, shiver me timbers!" said the Parrot.

"Cotton 'ere says you missed a bit," said Gibbs.

Will looked back at Ragetti and Pintel. "You knew William Turner?" he asked.

"Ol' Bootstrap Bill… we knew 'im." Replied Pintel. "Never set well with Bootstrap what we did to Jack Sparrow, the mutiny and all. He said it wasn't right with the code, that's why he sent off a piece of the treasure to you as it were. He said we deserved to be cursed… and remain cursed."

"Stupid blighter," said Ragetti.

"Good man," replied Gibbs.

"Well, as you can imagine, that didn't sit to well with the Captain."

"That didn't sit too well with the Captain at all," broke in Ragetti. "Tell 'im what Barbossa did."

"I'M TELLIN' THE STORY!" yelled Pintel. "So, what the Captain did, he strapped a cannon to Bootstrap's bootstraps."

"Bootstrap's bootstraps," laughed Ragetti.

"And last we saw of ol' Bill Turner, he was sinkin' to the crushin' Black Oblivion of Davy Jones' locker."

So that was it. That was what happened to his father. Will looked down, sorrow written all over his face. If only Lissie were here, he found himself thinking. But his thoughts were suddenly interrupted.

Barbossa had appeared in the doorway. "Bring him," he said, throwing the keys to Ragetti.

This was it. He was going to die, and he didn't even get the chance to tell Lissie how much he loved her.

ANOTHER CLIFFHANGER! I'm trying to finish this before Dec. 2, and the clock is ticking! I've written the ending, though! HAPPY TURKEY DAY!