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"So where are we off to, Captain." Will smiled.
"Wherever the winds take us lad." Jack smiled back amusedly.
It had been about 4 days since the group left Port Royal and set sail to, well, wherever the wind chose to take them. The crew had warmly welcomed the return of Will and Elizabeth and everything was going good. Will was helping with the crew, Elizabeth helped with the cooking and little oddball jobs, Riley was pulling her weight and was even about to 'graduate' from Captain Jack Sparrow's School Of Piracy, and Jack was being..... Jack. But today was going to be the most exciting Riley had experienced yet. Today her and Will were going to start her fencing lessons. She was so excited she could hardly sleep the night before. She woke up a good 2 hours earlier than she usually would just to make sure she was bright eyed and bushy tailed enough to concentrate on the task at hand. By the time she had washed up some and gotten changed it was still quite early and AnaMaria wasn't up yet, so she decided she'd go see if there was anyone on deck. To no surprise, the only person on deck was Jack. She watched him steer the ship for a few minutes. It still amazed her how passionate he was with his ship. He stroked the side of the wheel as if it were his baby, he was so gentle with his beloved Pearl. For the first time Riley felt this feeling in her that she couldn't quite put her finger on. It was like a mix between shyness and butterflies. It was almost like the feeling you'd get when you....... no! That couldn't be it. It must have been something she'd eaten. Yes, that was it, just something she'd eaten. Riley shook the thoughts from her head and continued to walk over to him. She was just about to tap him on the shoulder to get his attention when he suddenly interrupted her.
"Can't keep ye eyes off me, eh love?" He asked and Riley could just sense the grin on his face although his back was to her.
Startled by his question, Riley said the first thing that came to mind.
"Pardon?"
"I seen ye looking at me. Can't say I blame ye, I mean, if I was a lass I'd be smitten with me too. Tis a curse I've had since I was a wee little lad, woman just can't resist good ol' Jack." He turned and smirked at her.
"I see." Riley couldn't help but smile back as she took her place by his side.
"So what are ye doing up so early?"
"Couldn't sleep, I'm a bit excited about the fencing lessons today." Riley explained and looked as if she were a little girl in a candy store.
"I thought as much, nervous?" Jack stated more than asked.
"A little, I'm afraid of messing up and doing something wrong." Riley said with a bit of a frown.
"Nonsense love, there be nothing ta worry about. Will be a good teacher, you'll do just fine." Jack said knowingly.
"Yeah." She nodded. "Well I think I'm gonna go start cooking breakfast, give Elizabeth a little break."
"You cook!" Jack asked astonished.
"Of course." Riley answered in a duh type of voice.
"My God, you're heaven sent love."
Riley laughed at him and walked towards the galley. Jack watched her leave and couldn't help but smile. He was becoming quite fond of the little lass. She was filled with such energy and spunk. She was a simple girl. She didn't need money and jewels to be happy like a lot of woman, no, give her a compliment like 'you look nice today' and she'd be thrilled. Jack loved how she would get so blithesome over the simple things that most people wouldn't pay attention to. She was so innocent. He could corrupt her in no time.
"WHOA!!!! Where did that come from!" Jack asked himself.
"Where did what come from?" Came a voice from behind him.
Jack swiftly turned around and came face to face with Will.
"Oh, Will, good ta see ye my boy." Jack said in a rush and a big smile, hoping Will wouldn't press the issue so he wouldn't have to think of a decent answer. "How did ye sleep?"
"I slept fine, now where did what come from?" Will asked curiously while watching Jack's weird behavior, well, weirder than usual anyway.
"Oh... ummm,,, nothing important, I just seen a.....FLASH OF LIGHT IN THE SKY! YES! That's it. I seen a HUGE flash of light in the sky. Didn't ye see it?" Jack asked with animated hand gestures.
"No."
"Oh, well maybe ye should get your eyes checked when ye go home, savvy?"
"Okay." Will answered slowly. Sure Jack was always a bit odd, but now it seemed like he was completely off his rocker. But Will just shrugged it off reminding himself that this WAS Jack Sparrow he was talking about.
"So where's your bonney lass?" Jack asked, desperately trying to change the subject.
"She went down to the galley to start breakfast."
"Ahh, Riley went down there not but 5 minutes ago ta start breakfast. Said she wanted to help Elizabeth." Jack said as if he was in deep thinking.
"Oh good, I was hoping she get up early today. She's going to need to be up and ready if she wants to practice today and not get hurt."
"Aye, that she does."
"So what exactly does she know about using swords?" Will asked, realizing he had no clue how experienced she was.
Jack furrowed his eyebrows together.
"Well, she knows that the pointy end goes into the other man, in her exact words." Jack said, for Riley's sake trying to make that sound better than it really was.
"Yikes, no wonder you wanted her to get some practice."
"Aye." Jack nodded.
Elizabeth came on deck about 15 minutes later.
"Breakfast is ready." She smiled.
About 1 1/2 hours later breakfast was eaten, dishes were washed, the crew was up and working, Jack was at the helm humming his favorite drinking tune to himself, and Will and Riley were on the lower deck practicing. They had been at it for a while. The first 40 minutes or so were to teach her the basics, now they were working on actual moves. Unlike the ship work that seemed to have come naturally to Riley, she was having more difficulties with the sword fighting. But nonetheless she was doing quite good for a beginner. Jack stared at the 2 with a bit of a distant look in his eyes. Like Riley had earlier that morning, he was feeling something in him that he couldn't quite pin point.
"Enjoying the view?"
Jack turned to see Elizabeth staring at him with a big grin on her face.
"Jeesh. what is it with ye Turners and sneaking up on people like that?"
"Oh we can't help it, it's fun." Elizabeth giggled at the slightly annoyed look on Jack's face.
"Yeah yeah." Jack mumbled.
"You never answered the question."
"What question?" Jack asked completely confused.
"The one about you enjoying the view."
"Which view?" Jack asked even more confused.
"The one of Riley down there." Elizabeth specified.
"Why would ye ask that?" Jack asked suspiciously.
"Come on Jack. I see the way you look at her. You obviously like her."
" Aye, I like her, but not like that! Honestly Elizabeth, the way ur mind thinks sometimes." Jack shook his head in a tsk tsk short of way.
"Whatever you say Jack." Elizabeth stopped knowing he would never admit to it, but she knew the feeling was there.
Jack and Elizabeth were just standing there, minding there own business, when out of nowhere.....
"AHHHHHHHHHHHHH! SON OF A BITCH!!!!" Came the cry of agony.
"What in the world?" Jack and Elizabeth asked in union and leaned over the railing to see what was going on, only to see Riley with her hand over her mouth and Will on the floor clutching his arm.
"Oh My God, Will!" Elizabeth shrieked and ran down the stairs with Jack right on her tail.
They ran over to Will who, sure enough, had been stabbed as they assumed. They both bent down next to him and Elizabeth held him in a death grip as if he were dying and Jack tried to pry his fingers off his arm so he could get a better look at the wound, but to no luck. Elizabeth looked at a wide eyed Riley with a look of absolute terror on her face.
"WHAT DID YOU DO TO HIM!" She demanded.
"I,, I stabbed him." Riley stammered.
"Obviously." Jack muttered.
"Why did you stab him?" Elizabeth asked quite puzzled.
"He told me to." Riley stated simply.
"DID NOT!" Will butted in.
"Did to!"
"Did not!"
"Did to!"
"Did not."
"ENOUGH!" Jack interrupted, the bickering was giving him a headache. " Now, Riley, why don't ye tell me what happened.
"Why does she get to go first?" Will whined.
"Because it's my ship and I said so." Jack said matter of factly.
"Hmpp." Will pouted.
"Well, Will had just finished showing me some basic moves and we were working on an actual fight, and since I don't know too much about sword fighting, he was walking me through it and telling me what ta do. So he had just finished telling me ta parry ( i'm not sure if that's the word.) and then he said STRIKE.."
"Well I never thought you would actually do it!" Will interrupted once again.
"Well you told me to, how was I suppose ta know you weren't going ta move?" Riley defended.
"COMMON SENSE!" Will shouted.
"HUSH!" Jack silenced them again. "First off, Riley, love, common sense should have told ye not to actually stab him." Riley frowned as Will put on a face of triumph. " And Will, quite your belly aching, tis barley a scratch ye got there. A little dab of rum and ye'll be fine. Elizabeth, I assume ye can take care of that?" Jack asked her.
"Of course." She answered. She then helped her husband up and walked him to their cabin.
Jack and Riley watched as the two walked off. As soon as they disappeared into their cabin, Riley turned to Jack.
"So, I guess that means lessons are over for today then."
Jack turned to her and just smirked.
A/N: So there it is, chapter 8, hope you enjoy. Oh and in case you didn't know, Pirates of the Caribbean comes out on vhs and dvd tuesday, Dec.2. Happy Thanksgiving,
"So where are we off to, Captain." Will smiled.
"Wherever the winds take us lad." Jack smiled back amusedly.
It had been about 4 days since the group left Port Royal and set sail to, well, wherever the wind chose to take them. The crew had warmly welcomed the return of Will and Elizabeth and everything was going good. Will was helping with the crew, Elizabeth helped with the cooking and little oddball jobs, Riley was pulling her weight and was even about to 'graduate' from Captain Jack Sparrow's School Of Piracy, and Jack was being..... Jack. But today was going to be the most exciting Riley had experienced yet. Today her and Will were going to start her fencing lessons. She was so excited she could hardly sleep the night before. She woke up a good 2 hours earlier than she usually would just to make sure she was bright eyed and bushy tailed enough to concentrate on the task at hand. By the time she had washed up some and gotten changed it was still quite early and AnaMaria wasn't up yet, so she decided she'd go see if there was anyone on deck. To no surprise, the only person on deck was Jack. She watched him steer the ship for a few minutes. It still amazed her how passionate he was with his ship. He stroked the side of the wheel as if it were his baby, he was so gentle with his beloved Pearl. For the first time Riley felt this feeling in her that she couldn't quite put her finger on. It was like a mix between shyness and butterflies. It was almost like the feeling you'd get when you....... no! That couldn't be it. It must have been something she'd eaten. Yes, that was it, just something she'd eaten. Riley shook the thoughts from her head and continued to walk over to him. She was just about to tap him on the shoulder to get his attention when he suddenly interrupted her.
"Can't keep ye eyes off me, eh love?" He asked and Riley could just sense the grin on his face although his back was to her.
Startled by his question, Riley said the first thing that came to mind.
"Pardon?"
"I seen ye looking at me. Can't say I blame ye, I mean, if I was a lass I'd be smitten with me too. Tis a curse I've had since I was a wee little lad, woman just can't resist good ol' Jack." He turned and smirked at her.
"I see." Riley couldn't help but smile back as she took her place by his side.
"So what are ye doing up so early?"
"Couldn't sleep, I'm a bit excited about the fencing lessons today." Riley explained and looked as if she were a little girl in a candy store.
"I thought as much, nervous?" Jack stated more than asked.
"A little, I'm afraid of messing up and doing something wrong." Riley said with a bit of a frown.
"Nonsense love, there be nothing ta worry about. Will be a good teacher, you'll do just fine." Jack said knowingly.
"Yeah." She nodded. "Well I think I'm gonna go start cooking breakfast, give Elizabeth a little break."
"You cook!" Jack asked astonished.
"Of course." Riley answered in a duh type of voice.
"My God, you're heaven sent love."
Riley laughed at him and walked towards the galley. Jack watched her leave and couldn't help but smile. He was becoming quite fond of the little lass. She was filled with such energy and spunk. She was a simple girl. She didn't need money and jewels to be happy like a lot of woman, no, give her a compliment like 'you look nice today' and she'd be thrilled. Jack loved how she would get so blithesome over the simple things that most people wouldn't pay attention to. She was so innocent. He could corrupt her in no time.
"WHOA!!!! Where did that come from!" Jack asked himself.
"Where did what come from?" Came a voice from behind him.
Jack swiftly turned around and came face to face with Will.
"Oh, Will, good ta see ye my boy." Jack said in a rush and a big smile, hoping Will wouldn't press the issue so he wouldn't have to think of a decent answer. "How did ye sleep?"
"I slept fine, now where did what come from?" Will asked curiously while watching Jack's weird behavior, well, weirder than usual anyway.
"Oh... ummm,,, nothing important, I just seen a.....FLASH OF LIGHT IN THE SKY! YES! That's it. I seen a HUGE flash of light in the sky. Didn't ye see it?" Jack asked with animated hand gestures.
"No."
"Oh, well maybe ye should get your eyes checked when ye go home, savvy?"
"Okay." Will answered slowly. Sure Jack was always a bit odd, but now it seemed like he was completely off his rocker. But Will just shrugged it off reminding himself that this WAS Jack Sparrow he was talking about.
"So where's your bonney lass?" Jack asked, desperately trying to change the subject.
"She went down to the galley to start breakfast."
"Ahh, Riley went down there not but 5 minutes ago ta start breakfast. Said she wanted to help Elizabeth." Jack said as if he was in deep thinking.
"Oh good, I was hoping she get up early today. She's going to need to be up and ready if she wants to practice today and not get hurt."
"Aye, that she does."
"So what exactly does she know about using swords?" Will asked, realizing he had no clue how experienced she was.
Jack furrowed his eyebrows together.
"Well, she knows that the pointy end goes into the other man, in her exact words." Jack said, for Riley's sake trying to make that sound better than it really was.
"Yikes, no wonder you wanted her to get some practice."
"Aye." Jack nodded.
Elizabeth came on deck about 15 minutes later.
"Breakfast is ready." She smiled.
About 1 1/2 hours later breakfast was eaten, dishes were washed, the crew was up and working, Jack was at the helm humming his favorite drinking tune to himself, and Will and Riley were on the lower deck practicing. They had been at it for a while. The first 40 minutes or so were to teach her the basics, now they were working on actual moves. Unlike the ship work that seemed to have come naturally to Riley, she was having more difficulties with the sword fighting. But nonetheless she was doing quite good for a beginner. Jack stared at the 2 with a bit of a distant look in his eyes. Like Riley had earlier that morning, he was feeling something in him that he couldn't quite pin point.
"Enjoying the view?"
Jack turned to see Elizabeth staring at him with a big grin on her face.
"Jeesh. what is it with ye Turners and sneaking up on people like that?"
"Oh we can't help it, it's fun." Elizabeth giggled at the slightly annoyed look on Jack's face.
"Yeah yeah." Jack mumbled.
"You never answered the question."
"What question?" Jack asked completely confused.
"The one about you enjoying the view."
"Which view?" Jack asked even more confused.
"The one of Riley down there." Elizabeth specified.
"Why would ye ask that?" Jack asked suspiciously.
"Come on Jack. I see the way you look at her. You obviously like her."
" Aye, I like her, but not like that! Honestly Elizabeth, the way ur mind thinks sometimes." Jack shook his head in a tsk tsk short of way.
"Whatever you say Jack." Elizabeth stopped knowing he would never admit to it, but she knew the feeling was there.
Jack and Elizabeth were just standing there, minding there own business, when out of nowhere.....
"AHHHHHHHHHHHHH! SON OF A BITCH!!!!" Came the cry of agony.
"What in the world?" Jack and Elizabeth asked in union and leaned over the railing to see what was going on, only to see Riley with her hand over her mouth and Will on the floor clutching his arm.
"Oh My God, Will!" Elizabeth shrieked and ran down the stairs with Jack right on her tail.
They ran over to Will who, sure enough, had been stabbed as they assumed. They both bent down next to him and Elizabeth held him in a death grip as if he were dying and Jack tried to pry his fingers off his arm so he could get a better look at the wound, but to no luck. Elizabeth looked at a wide eyed Riley with a look of absolute terror on her face.
"WHAT DID YOU DO TO HIM!" She demanded.
"I,, I stabbed him." Riley stammered.
"Obviously." Jack muttered.
"Why did you stab him?" Elizabeth asked quite puzzled.
"He told me to." Riley stated simply.
"DID NOT!" Will butted in.
"Did to!"
"Did not!"
"Did to!"
"Did not."
"ENOUGH!" Jack interrupted, the bickering was giving him a headache. " Now, Riley, why don't ye tell me what happened.
"Why does she get to go first?" Will whined.
"Because it's my ship and I said so." Jack said matter of factly.
"Hmpp." Will pouted.
"Well, Will had just finished showing me some basic moves and we were working on an actual fight, and since I don't know too much about sword fighting, he was walking me through it and telling me what ta do. So he had just finished telling me ta parry ( i'm not sure if that's the word.) and then he said STRIKE.."
"Well I never thought you would actually do it!" Will interrupted once again.
"Well you told me to, how was I suppose ta know you weren't going ta move?" Riley defended.
"COMMON SENSE!" Will shouted.
"HUSH!" Jack silenced them again. "First off, Riley, love, common sense should have told ye not to actually stab him." Riley frowned as Will put on a face of triumph. " And Will, quite your belly aching, tis barley a scratch ye got there. A little dab of rum and ye'll be fine. Elizabeth, I assume ye can take care of that?" Jack asked her.
"Of course." She answered. She then helped her husband up and walked him to their cabin.
Jack and Riley watched as the two walked off. As soon as they disappeared into their cabin, Riley turned to Jack.
"So, I guess that means lessons are over for today then."
Jack turned to her and just smirked.
A/N: So there it is, chapter 8, hope you enjoy. Oh and in case you didn't know, Pirates of the Caribbean comes out on vhs and dvd tuesday, Dec.2. Happy Thanksgiving,