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Chapter 3: Once Upon a Lifetime


I never knew what happened first, whether he fell for me of whether I fell for him. Whenever I think about it my mind drifts to the one day that brought us together seemingly out of the blue.


It was a beautiful clear summer night on the ocean. We had just looted a Spanish ship and collected a large amount of gold, so everyone was in high spirits. I was swabbing the deck, whistling a pirate tune as I worked. Many of the crew were in the hold counting the treasure, probably just gazing at it, but Jack had requested me to stay on the deck.


I was alone, except for the waves and of course the Captain steering the ship. I felt the sweet salty air on my face and took a moment to gaze out into the distance. I was so glad that I had chosen to become I pirate. Except I had to leave my son with his mother, which still haunts me to this day. He was barely two years old, and to have only one parent must be hard on him. I just couldn't bear the regularity of my life and how I never had anything to look forward from day to day. But most of all, I couldn't take having to deal with Will's mother. I don't dare think of her anymore. She ruined my life, and I cannot believe I ever thought I loved her.


How wonderful it would be to have someone to love, someone to treasure you. The more I thought about it the more I realized that was what I was missing in my life. Even now, I was unsure what I was feeling. On the ship there were no lasses around, bad luck you know. But that didn't stop my heart. I had been feeling some strange things lately. Whenever a certain pair of brown eyes were upon me, my heartbeat quickened and I don't know why.


Probably because his eyes reminded me of my son's eyes, I kept telling myself.


Since that started happening I'd been becoming distant. Barbossa noticed it the most, and even talked to me about it. I assured him I was okay and that I was simply tired, but more than once I've caught him staring at me with malice in his eyes, but I've thought nothing of it. What could he be mad at me about?


Suddenly, I felt something touch my shoulder. That quickly got me out of whatever daze I was in. In seconds I had my hand on the hilt of my sword and was about to draw the blade when I heard a voice in my ear.


"I wouldn't do that if I was you, mate." Almost at once I recognized the voice.


"Jack? What are you doing over here?"


"Well, I was wonderin' if you was all right, seeing you've stopped workin'."


"Oh I'm all right, I was just... distracted."


"Aye, that much I could tell. And you've been actin' this way for quite a while. Ya sure there ain't nothing wrong?" I sighed and looked up at the waxing moon, its light illuminating the ship and the people upon it. I turned to look at the moon-kissed form of Jack, staring intently into my eyes.


"Really, I'm okay, ya hear? Just too much excitement these days." But Jack is not easily fooled.

"Somehow I'm having trouble believing that one, mate. Nothin's too exciting for ol' Bootstrap. There's something deeper that's hurting you." He turned towards me and placed his hand on my heart. I only hope that he didn't feel me shiver as he did so. He removed his hand and just looked at me for a moment, before breaking the silence with yet another question.


"You miss them don' you?" I was silent. "I mean your family. I see you gazing into the distance sometimes and I recognized the look of love in your eyes." I frowned and wondered what Jack knew about love. Or what I did for that matter.


"I think about Will every day. I miss him, but I never regret leaving my home. I just couldn't take having to be with a woman who loved me but who I could never love. It wore me down, ya know? I wanted someone who I loved to be with, who I could open up to, who I would never grow tired of being around. You said I had a look of love in my eyes? There's been a pulling on my heart lately, but I can never understand what it's telling me."


"Love's complicated like that sometimes, savvy?"


"I guess you're right.. Wait Jack, did you say love? I can't say I understand what you're talking about." Then Jack took a step towards me and brushed a stray hair out of my face and put it into its rightful place behind my ear. I looked at him quizzically, wondering if he had a bit too much rum or something. I looked down at the deck, trying to understand the meaning behind Jack's words. I pondered for a second before averting my gaze from the deck back to him.


But this time when I looked at him a no longer saw a rugged pirate only thinking of riches and ladies. I saw a caring person comforting his hurting friend. He was bathed in moonlight still, and it caused his eyes to sparkle with a rare light. It was then I knew. All this time my heart was leading me here, to the sea, to this ship, to this man.


"Jack, I..." But I never got to finish my sentence. Jack put one ragged coarse hand up to my lips in a silencing gesture. I continued to look into his eyes, mesmerized by the darkness mixing with light in the dark pools of chocolate abyss. The next thing I knew he was removing his hand from my lips, and replacing it with his own.


The slight touch of his lips on mine could hardly be considered a kiss. He pulled back instantly and for the first time I noticed fear in his eyes. Rejection, probably. He turned to walk away when I grabbed his hand and pulled back.


"Please stay, Jack." I don't think I will ever know what possessed me to do that, but it was the best risk I have ever taken in my life. I pulled him too me and quickly pushed my lips against his coarse ones, before he had time to protest (although I'm not sure if he would have). This kiss was someone longer, although it was still awkward and shorter than I would have liked it. I could feel his heartbeat quicken along with mine, and for the first time I realized that this could very well be the beginning of something big.


"Bill." He only had to say my name. That was all it took. Now I knew. This was where I wanted to be. Yet again I pulled him to me and our lips connected sending a current of electric warmth and love through my blood, stirring my senses. This kiss was more forward; there was no need for hesitation. Jack began to open his mouth to deepen the kiss and show me what I wanted, and I helped by letting my tongue slowly advance into his mouth. His reaction was to moan and pull me closer. I wanted to be with him now, I wanted us to be as close as we could. His mouth tasted remotely of rum, but rum had never tasted so good.


I started to pull him down onto the deck, not caring that it was wet from my swabbing efforts. Our lips never left each other with the exception of taking breaths, which we tried to do as infrequently as possible. When I hit the ground I grabbed him and made sure his body was near mine, and brought my arm around his back while I felt his hands messing with my already messy hair. As we kissed the air around us was becoming hotter and more intense. I knew that this should not escalate into something we would regret, but I simply did not want to leave the honey of his lips. Then something dawned on me.


"Jack," I said, pulling back, my words shaky with unspent passion. "If you're with me," a smile came to my flushed lips as I spoke that, "then who is steering the ship?"


"Already covered it, luv. We aren't going anywhere important, so I'm just gonna let the sea be the navigator. It will carry us on its own course." That's Jack. Always so right. The sea definitely uncovered the right course for me. "Now where were we?"


Again our lips met, but this time he brought me to him so I was nestled in the basket of his arms. That is a place where I would wish to spend eternity, never to leave, never to be far from the one who was making me feel these things.


From then on I lost track of time and space, as I did every time I was with him from then on. Some things overpowered all. And when I was lying on the deck with the cool summer breeze blowing my hair out of my face, I nuzzled into Jack's neck. My greatest mistake was that I failed to notice the pair of eyes watching our entangled bodies, full of resentment and hatred.


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