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"Hmmmm." Jack said, looking in deep thought. "Well then, what do ye say we give that one more go, savvy?" Jack asked with a slight devilish grin.
Riley turned to him with a grin of her own. "Savvy."
And then it happened. Jack had grabbed her chin and tilted her head up towards his, and gently placed a kiss on her lips. Riley responded by grabbing the sides of his face and kissing him back. For the time being, they were both content with life. But once again, all good things never last.
The kiss the 2 shared seemed to be magical. It was as if time had stood still just for them. When they could no longer breathe, they pulled slowly pulled away from eachother, neither wanting to end the moment. They both stared at eachother slightly surprised by the other's actions. Sure they liked eachother, but it's not everyday that you go from being acquaintances to kissing on the deck of the ship at night. But nonetheless it was a smooth transition that both enjoyed. But the silence soon got to be a bit uncomfortable again so it was Jack who spoke first.
"Well then, I think this calls for a little celebration, savvy? What do ye say we go have ourselves some rum?" Jack asked with a twinkle in his eyes.
"Sounds good, Captain." Riley replied, slightly teasingly.
The 2 walked, or more like swaggered in Jack's case, to Jack's cabin. He held the door open for her, like a true gentleman ( yeah right.) and then proceeded to walk in after her. Riley took her seat by a writing desk in the corner and examined the room while Jack went looking for his rum. It had just occurred to her that she had never seen the Captain's cabin. It was very elegantly decorated, not something you would normally expect from a pirate. He had a huge bed with a mountain load of pillows that looked quite comfy, but she wouldn't dare tell Jack that, for everybody knows that he usually has his mind in the gutter and she didn't particularly want to spend the next hour prying him off of her, although the more she thought about it the harder it was to find something wrong with that scenario. Jack continued to roam around in his cabinets until he finally came across what he was looking for.
"Aha! Found it!" Jack held up a bottle of rum in his right hand triumphantly. He took 2 glasses off the top of a dresser and walked, sorry, swaggered, over to where Riley was sitting and pulled up a chair of his own. He then placed the 2 glasses on top of the desk and continued to pour some rum into each. Then he put the cork back on the rum, set it aside, and raised his glass.
"Drink up me 'earties!" He grinned.
About an hour later the 2 had finished off the bottle of rum, went right through another and were currently working on a third. Jack was telling stories and different jokes that made absolutely no sense at all but still Riley found exceedingly fascinating. Only thing is when you're listening to a story, a story told by Jack nonetheless, while you're drunk, you tend to ask outrageous questions, sometimes questions that had no relation to the story at all. But luckily it all evened out because Jack would come up with equally outrageous answers.
"And then they *hic* made me their chief!" Jack slurred.
"I swear that story gets *hic* better every time I hear it." Riley exclaimed, slightly rocking back and forth on her chair. A peaceful silence filled the room as Jack studied the half empty rum bottle with great interest and Riley struggled to keep her balance on the chair.
"Hey Jack, can I ask ye a question?" Riley asked out of nowhere.
"Hmmm, what kind of question *hic* love?" Jack asked back while thinking it over.
"Ummm, personal, I think?
"I see, alright then, go for it!"
"Okay, well I know you're a pirate and all and it's not really in your nature, but have you've ever done something that you truly regret?"
As soon as the words left her mouth, Jack's expression of drunkenness turned to one of complete seriousness and almost, a bit of sadness. As hard as he tried to hide it, he is a pirate after all, Riley quickly took notice of it and her state of drunkenness seemed to suddenly disappear too.
"Jack?"
"A long time ago, 10, maybe 11 years back, me and me crew were sailing to Tortuga, we had just found a nice little heap of treasure and I thought it would be nice to celebrate a bit. Anyways we were on course to Tortuga and we came across this ship. It wasn't nothing fancy, it was about medium size and looked as if it had seen better days. So I figured, ah what the hell, we've been on lady luck's side for the past few weeks, while not add to the stash. So I ordered the crew to load the canons and get ready for a battle. As soon as the ship was in firering distance I gave the word. Canons smashed into the side of de ship and each one hit their planned target. After we had the element of surprise over with, I order me crew to board the other ship and carry on with the basic raiding procedures. Everything was going all hunky dory until the ship's captain decided he wasn't gonna stand for this anymore. In a flash he had ordered his crew to fight back and that's when all hell broke loose. Considering how run down de ship was they definitely had their fair share of weapons. I was pretty much able ta hold me own and so was me crew, but then I noticed the ship's captain and another crew member had one of me crew members cornered and were about ta do him in. So I finish off the guy that I was busy with and ran to the other side of de ship and ran me sword straight through the captain's heart. Then everything seemed to go in slow motion. He fell to the ground, turned ta me and said, " Tell my daughter I was coming for er.", and then he died right there on the spot. Now normally something like that would have no affect on me, but something about the look in his eyes, it's been haunting me ever since." Jack finished his tell with his eyes cast downwards.
"Wow Jack, that's...... I don't know what to say." Riley was at a loss for words. Living in Tortuga of course she had heard her fair share of gruesome stories, but for some reason this one touched her.
"Till this day I make sure nobody dies during one of me raids unless absolutely necessary.
"I know it doesn't matter any, but do you happen ta know what the guy's name was?" Riley asked, for some reason very curious.
"Ummm...... Captain....Ma....Master......Masterson something or other." Jack replied trying to rack his brain of the captain's name, then realization hit him of the name he had given, and he looked up to see the shocked look of horror on Riley's face.
A/N: Okay there it is, part 2 of secrets. I hope it was decent enough. Sorry it was so short but I couldn't think of anything else to add to it. Now unless something else comes to me the next chapter will be the last. Half of it will be the conclusion to this little dilemma and half will be an epilogue type thing. Thanks for the reviews!
"Hmmmm." Jack said, looking in deep thought. "Well then, what do ye say we give that one more go, savvy?" Jack asked with a slight devilish grin.
Riley turned to him with a grin of her own. "Savvy."
And then it happened. Jack had grabbed her chin and tilted her head up towards his, and gently placed a kiss on her lips. Riley responded by grabbing the sides of his face and kissing him back. For the time being, they were both content with life. But once again, all good things never last.
The kiss the 2 shared seemed to be magical. It was as if time had stood still just for them. When they could no longer breathe, they pulled slowly pulled away from eachother, neither wanting to end the moment. They both stared at eachother slightly surprised by the other's actions. Sure they liked eachother, but it's not everyday that you go from being acquaintances to kissing on the deck of the ship at night. But nonetheless it was a smooth transition that both enjoyed. But the silence soon got to be a bit uncomfortable again so it was Jack who spoke first.
"Well then, I think this calls for a little celebration, savvy? What do ye say we go have ourselves some rum?" Jack asked with a twinkle in his eyes.
"Sounds good, Captain." Riley replied, slightly teasingly.
The 2 walked, or more like swaggered in Jack's case, to Jack's cabin. He held the door open for her, like a true gentleman ( yeah right.) and then proceeded to walk in after her. Riley took her seat by a writing desk in the corner and examined the room while Jack went looking for his rum. It had just occurred to her that she had never seen the Captain's cabin. It was very elegantly decorated, not something you would normally expect from a pirate. He had a huge bed with a mountain load of pillows that looked quite comfy, but she wouldn't dare tell Jack that, for everybody knows that he usually has his mind in the gutter and she didn't particularly want to spend the next hour prying him off of her, although the more she thought about it the harder it was to find something wrong with that scenario. Jack continued to roam around in his cabinets until he finally came across what he was looking for.
"Aha! Found it!" Jack held up a bottle of rum in his right hand triumphantly. He took 2 glasses off the top of a dresser and walked, sorry, swaggered, over to where Riley was sitting and pulled up a chair of his own. He then placed the 2 glasses on top of the desk and continued to pour some rum into each. Then he put the cork back on the rum, set it aside, and raised his glass.
"Drink up me 'earties!" He grinned.
About an hour later the 2 had finished off the bottle of rum, went right through another and were currently working on a third. Jack was telling stories and different jokes that made absolutely no sense at all but still Riley found exceedingly fascinating. Only thing is when you're listening to a story, a story told by Jack nonetheless, while you're drunk, you tend to ask outrageous questions, sometimes questions that had no relation to the story at all. But luckily it all evened out because Jack would come up with equally outrageous answers.
"And then they *hic* made me their chief!" Jack slurred.
"I swear that story gets *hic* better every time I hear it." Riley exclaimed, slightly rocking back and forth on her chair. A peaceful silence filled the room as Jack studied the half empty rum bottle with great interest and Riley struggled to keep her balance on the chair.
"Hey Jack, can I ask ye a question?" Riley asked out of nowhere.
"Hmmm, what kind of question *hic* love?" Jack asked back while thinking it over.
"Ummm, personal, I think?
"I see, alright then, go for it!"
"Okay, well I know you're a pirate and all and it's not really in your nature, but have you've ever done something that you truly regret?"
As soon as the words left her mouth, Jack's expression of drunkenness turned to one of complete seriousness and almost, a bit of sadness. As hard as he tried to hide it, he is a pirate after all, Riley quickly took notice of it and her state of drunkenness seemed to suddenly disappear too.
"Jack?"
"A long time ago, 10, maybe 11 years back, me and me crew were sailing to Tortuga, we had just found a nice little heap of treasure and I thought it would be nice to celebrate a bit. Anyways we were on course to Tortuga and we came across this ship. It wasn't nothing fancy, it was about medium size and looked as if it had seen better days. So I figured, ah what the hell, we've been on lady luck's side for the past few weeks, while not add to the stash. So I ordered the crew to load the canons and get ready for a battle. As soon as the ship was in firering distance I gave the word. Canons smashed into the side of de ship and each one hit their planned target. After we had the element of surprise over with, I order me crew to board the other ship and carry on with the basic raiding procedures. Everything was going all hunky dory until the ship's captain decided he wasn't gonna stand for this anymore. In a flash he had ordered his crew to fight back and that's when all hell broke loose. Considering how run down de ship was they definitely had their fair share of weapons. I was pretty much able ta hold me own and so was me crew, but then I noticed the ship's captain and another crew member had one of me crew members cornered and were about ta do him in. So I finish off the guy that I was busy with and ran to the other side of de ship and ran me sword straight through the captain's heart. Then everything seemed to go in slow motion. He fell to the ground, turned ta me and said, " Tell my daughter I was coming for er.", and then he died right there on the spot. Now normally something like that would have no affect on me, but something about the look in his eyes, it's been haunting me ever since." Jack finished his tell with his eyes cast downwards.
"Wow Jack, that's...... I don't know what to say." Riley was at a loss for words. Living in Tortuga of course she had heard her fair share of gruesome stories, but for some reason this one touched her.
"Till this day I make sure nobody dies during one of me raids unless absolutely necessary.
"I know it doesn't matter any, but do you happen ta know what the guy's name was?" Riley asked, for some reason very curious.
"Ummm...... Captain....Ma....Master......Masterson something or other." Jack replied trying to rack his brain of the captain's name, then realization hit him of the name he had given, and he looked up to see the shocked look of horror on Riley's face.
A/N: Okay there it is, part 2 of secrets. I hope it was decent enough. Sorry it was so short but I couldn't think of anything else to add to it. Now unless something else comes to me the next chapter will be the last. Half of it will be the conclusion to this little dilemma and half will be an epilogue type thing. Thanks for the reviews!