A/N: Wow, I've been getting reviews and I have to say if gives you a nice feeling to know people like what you're writing. I have to give a special thanks to my reviewers, know it sounds corny, but you guys truly inspire me to continue so thank you. Oh and as far as Jack and Riley hooking up, I'm still not sure. I'm kind of making this up as I go along so if it seems to fit, I'll write it in, but I'll have to see how things turn out.
Disclaimer: Any quotes, characters, settings or anything that is shown in POTC belongs to Disney. I claim no ownership.
"Well, now that introductions are out of the way, it brings me to me second bit of business, meaning the second reason why I have decided to come here." Jack announced with yet another huge grin plastered on his face.
"Now, it occurred to me a couple of days ago that despite the fact that little Riley here is turning into a damn good crew member, she's not too experience with a sword. Now if she wishes ta become a pirate, she'll be needing ta learn how ta handle her a sword. So that got me thinking, who's the best swordsman I know? Any guesses?" Jack asked the three of them, and after seeing the clueless expressions on their faces, continued walking back and forth across the floor and getting back to his hand gestures.
"Why good ol' William of course. Sure he may be a eunuch, but he has a special touch with a sword!"
"I am NOT a eunuch!" Will cried defensively.
"Sure ye not mate. Now where was I, oh yes! So I started thinking, I could come to Port Royal for a couple of days, have ye give Riley some lessons and everything would be fine and dandy. But! There be a problem with that plan, savvy? See, as ye all may know, I'm not exactly the Commodore's favorite person, although I can't imagine why, and if he were to catch me here, it could turn ugly. So I started thinking of a way I could get around that problem, and then it hit me! I thought of it all by me onesies. You and Elizabeth come aboard the Black Pearl for a little while, teach Riley, have a little getaway, and of course the best part of all, spend some quality time with good ol' Jack. So what do ye say, do we have an accord?" Jack asked with a slight hopeful look on his face. He hated to admit it, but he had missed the two.
Will looked at Elizabeth, and as soon as she gave the confirmination nod, he turned back to Jack and smiled widely.
"Agreed." He said confidently.
"Ahh, good!" Jack replied and returned the smile along with a shake of the hands to make it final.
"Well I think this calls for a celebration!" Elizabeth chipped in.
"Celebration, I love celebrations, drinks all around!" Jack cheered.
"Good, I'll go get the drinks, Riley, do you think you could help me?" Elizabeth politely asked.
"Of course."
The girls walked off to the kitchen and as soon as he was sure they were out of ear shot, Will turned to Jack and put on a serious look. Jack noticed and tried not to make eye contact because he was sure he already knew what Will was thinking and he wasn't exactly sure how to explain himself. Will waited a couple more seconds to try to give Jack the chance to bring up the topic himself, but when he was certain he wouldn't, Will decided to make the first move.
"Alright Jack, I know this girl telling you she was your biggest fan isn't really the reason you brought her aboard your ship, so what's the real reason?"
Jack sighed. "I don't know mate, I honestly don't know. She came up ta me in a bar back in Tortuga and told me she had heard of me and we got ta talking, and it just seemed like I had known the lass for ages, and I could feel this, feeling of emptiness comin from her, and I just felt this pang of pity for her. I couldn't help it. It was like something inside of me was willing ta do anything to keep her from..... hurting." Jack finished lamely.
"Jack, don't tell me you're falling fro her. You barely know her!"
"No! Of course I'm not falling for her. I just felt sorry.."
"Felt sorry for what?" Riley interrupted as her and Elizabeth walked in.
"Oh,,, ummm... this,, little bird I seen not to long ago, it had, umm..... a broken wing! Yes, that's it. It had a broken wing. Poor little bugger, couldn't fly or anything, and I was just telling Will here how bad I felt for it." Jack said quite sure of himself and his little story while Will just stood there shaking his head in his hand at the ridiculous story.
"Oh, okay." Riley replied slowly.
"Well here are the drinks. And Jack, I brought rum especially for you." Elizabeth said while finding amusement in the way Jack's face had just completely lit up.
"Bless ye woman!" Jack said while making a quick grab for the bottle. He uncorked the bottle with his teeth and swallowed just about half the bottle in one gulp.
"Want some love?" He offered Riley.
"No, that's alright." Riley answered, knowing full well that it was the wisest thing to do, after all she knew first hand how Jack could be when he was drunk, so she would need to be soluble to help him walk.
"Your loss." He mumbled and took another sip.
A couple of hours later they were all still sitting in the living room and having a good time. Will, Elizabeth and Riley because Jack was making a complete fool out of himself singing and tripping over everything and anything in sight, and Jack because he had his rum. It was a nice little get together, a joining of old friends and new. Shortly after they decided it would be wise to get to bed since they had a early morning ahead of them, they would have to leave early to cut down the chance of being seen or causing a commotion. Jack and Riley were suppose to go back to the Black Pearl and meet Will and Elizabeth at the docks in the morning, but seeing as how Jack was drunk as a skunk and was also currently in a deep conversation with a pillow he had named Howard, the other 3 decided it would be best to for Jack and Riley to stay there for the night, because no matter how hard they tried, there was no way in hell they would be able to get Jack back to the ship without causing a fuss and getting caught. After much distress, they finally got Jack away from 'Howard' and into a bed upstairs where he passed out as soon as his head hit the pillow. The remaining 3 said their goodnights and went their separate ways. Will and Elizabeth retired to their room and seeing as how Jack was sprawled out over the bed, Riley took to a chair in the corner. After wrapping a blanket over herself and getting decently comfortable, she fell into a deep slumber. The next couple of weeks would definitely be interesting.
Disclaimer: Any quotes, characters, settings or anything that is shown in POTC belongs to Disney. I claim no ownership.
"Well, now that introductions are out of the way, it brings me to me second bit of business, meaning the second reason why I have decided to come here." Jack announced with yet another huge grin plastered on his face.
"Now, it occurred to me a couple of days ago that despite the fact that little Riley here is turning into a damn good crew member, she's not too experience with a sword. Now if she wishes ta become a pirate, she'll be needing ta learn how ta handle her a sword. So that got me thinking, who's the best swordsman I know? Any guesses?" Jack asked the three of them, and after seeing the clueless expressions on their faces, continued walking back and forth across the floor and getting back to his hand gestures.
"Why good ol' William of course. Sure he may be a eunuch, but he has a special touch with a sword!"
"I am NOT a eunuch!" Will cried defensively.
"Sure ye not mate. Now where was I, oh yes! So I started thinking, I could come to Port Royal for a couple of days, have ye give Riley some lessons and everything would be fine and dandy. But! There be a problem with that plan, savvy? See, as ye all may know, I'm not exactly the Commodore's favorite person, although I can't imagine why, and if he were to catch me here, it could turn ugly. So I started thinking of a way I could get around that problem, and then it hit me! I thought of it all by me onesies. You and Elizabeth come aboard the Black Pearl for a little while, teach Riley, have a little getaway, and of course the best part of all, spend some quality time with good ol' Jack. So what do ye say, do we have an accord?" Jack asked with a slight hopeful look on his face. He hated to admit it, but he had missed the two.
Will looked at Elizabeth, and as soon as she gave the confirmination nod, he turned back to Jack and smiled widely.
"Agreed." He said confidently.
"Ahh, good!" Jack replied and returned the smile along with a shake of the hands to make it final.
"Well I think this calls for a celebration!" Elizabeth chipped in.
"Celebration, I love celebrations, drinks all around!" Jack cheered.
"Good, I'll go get the drinks, Riley, do you think you could help me?" Elizabeth politely asked.
"Of course."
The girls walked off to the kitchen and as soon as he was sure they were out of ear shot, Will turned to Jack and put on a serious look. Jack noticed and tried not to make eye contact because he was sure he already knew what Will was thinking and he wasn't exactly sure how to explain himself. Will waited a couple more seconds to try to give Jack the chance to bring up the topic himself, but when he was certain he wouldn't, Will decided to make the first move.
"Alright Jack, I know this girl telling you she was your biggest fan isn't really the reason you brought her aboard your ship, so what's the real reason?"
Jack sighed. "I don't know mate, I honestly don't know. She came up ta me in a bar back in Tortuga and told me she had heard of me and we got ta talking, and it just seemed like I had known the lass for ages, and I could feel this, feeling of emptiness comin from her, and I just felt this pang of pity for her. I couldn't help it. It was like something inside of me was willing ta do anything to keep her from..... hurting." Jack finished lamely.
"Jack, don't tell me you're falling fro her. You barely know her!"
"No! Of course I'm not falling for her. I just felt sorry.."
"Felt sorry for what?" Riley interrupted as her and Elizabeth walked in.
"Oh,,, ummm... this,, little bird I seen not to long ago, it had, umm..... a broken wing! Yes, that's it. It had a broken wing. Poor little bugger, couldn't fly or anything, and I was just telling Will here how bad I felt for it." Jack said quite sure of himself and his little story while Will just stood there shaking his head in his hand at the ridiculous story.
"Oh, okay." Riley replied slowly.
"Well here are the drinks. And Jack, I brought rum especially for you." Elizabeth said while finding amusement in the way Jack's face had just completely lit up.
"Bless ye woman!" Jack said while making a quick grab for the bottle. He uncorked the bottle with his teeth and swallowed just about half the bottle in one gulp.
"Want some love?" He offered Riley.
"No, that's alright." Riley answered, knowing full well that it was the wisest thing to do, after all she knew first hand how Jack could be when he was drunk, so she would need to be soluble to help him walk.
"Your loss." He mumbled and took another sip.
A couple of hours later they were all still sitting in the living room and having a good time. Will, Elizabeth and Riley because Jack was making a complete fool out of himself singing and tripping over everything and anything in sight, and Jack because he had his rum. It was a nice little get together, a joining of old friends and new. Shortly after they decided it would be wise to get to bed since they had a early morning ahead of them, they would have to leave early to cut down the chance of being seen or causing a commotion. Jack and Riley were suppose to go back to the Black Pearl and meet Will and Elizabeth at the docks in the morning, but seeing as how Jack was drunk as a skunk and was also currently in a deep conversation with a pillow he had named Howard, the other 3 decided it would be best to for Jack and Riley to stay there for the night, because no matter how hard they tried, there was no way in hell they would be able to get Jack back to the ship without causing a fuss and getting caught. After much distress, they finally got Jack away from 'Howard' and into a bed upstairs where he passed out as soon as his head hit the pillow. The remaining 3 said their goodnights and went their separate ways. Will and Elizabeth retired to their room and seeing as how Jack was sprawled out over the bed, Riley took to a chair in the corner. After wrapping a blanket over herself and getting decently comfortable, she fell into a deep slumber. The next couple of weeks would definitely be interesting.