Author Note's: Oh wow!! I can't believe how many reviews I've gotten!!!! I'm just so amazed by it all! Thank you guys' sooooo much!!!! ^-^ Oh, and guess what? Somebody put me on his or her favorite author's list!!! That's never happened to me before! I'm just so happy that you guys like this fanfic ^-^
Answers to Reviews:
Tourniquet - I actually was thinking along the same lines, I was all 'Hmm.. Should I have Jack kiss her hand?' Cause it is something that he would do. But, I ended up not doing it ^^; I guess he was to suspicious of how she got on his boat ^^; and, yes, I do agree with you, I should have had him say something like:
"I'm Captain Jack Sparrow." Jack grinned as he bent down, his long locks of hair falling across his face as he kissed her hand gently. Lynn's face stained an even brighter red as she looked at the hansom man.
"I.. I'm Lynn Heart." Lynn stuttered.
That probley would have been better ^^; I had forgotten all about how he always corrected people on that. And to think that same day I was hanging out with my friend and she said something about Jack Sparrow, and I corrected her, jokingly, by saying "Don't you mean Captain Jack Sparrow?" She started laughing and nodding her head ^^;
Blue Kat - I'm glad you don't think it's a Mary Sue. I was starting to get a little worried that people might really think she was one, which isn't good. Mary Sue's are annoying.. Blah ; But, you haven't seen it yet?? Oh, its sooooo good! One of my favorite movies now ^.^ Oh, don't leave when the credits start at the end, they show a really small clip after its over, of course the credits take like 15 minutes -_-;; But, the end clip is pretty cool ^^ I'll also go check out your stories, soon ^^
Baby_green_leaf - Thank you! I'm glad you liked it ^^ since you liked that chapter I'm sure you'll probley like this one as well ^^
Saiyan-girl-cheetah - Aww., you see that was intentional, you weren't supposed to know which boat or ship she was on just yet ^^ Plus, that chapter was mainly about Jack and Lynn, how they met. I really wanted to switch the point of view so we could see just what was going on in Jack's head when he was trying to figure out how she got there. But, I figured it's good to keep people wondering what the character's are thinking ^^
Lol, yeah, I think that was the main part why Jack was looking at her all suspicious, she wasn't wet from swimming. But, Jack is a gentleman and you know he'll help her get home, even if her home isn't really in that world.. But, he doesn't know that yet ^^;
I also agree with you, I tend to get so excited about a chapter that I do things too quickly, I know I need to slow it down a bit, but that's so hard when you have a chapter and you think people will like it, plus had a blast writing it ^^;; But, I'll definitely try to slow it down, pay a bit more attention to my writing, making sure I got it all right ^^
No offence taken at all. I like it when people give me what they think on things like that, I think it helps make the story even better because the author will take their opioun and try it out, see how it works and such. I'm glad that you gave me your opioun on this, much appreciated!! ^^
Err.. I think my 'Answers to Reviews' is almost as long as my last chapter!! Oops.. ^^;; I'm sorry, I just can't help but answer all of you guys, your all just so sweet ^.^
Well, anyway, I know I've bored over half of you to death, your probley over here thinking, 'Come on, already!! On with the story…" So, here it is ^.^
A Hearty Life
Beautiful Brown Eyes
By MoonLight Star
Laughing, Toni walked into the haunted house. "Watch she's hiding in a corner somewhere." She said to the owner of the house, amused. Though, he didn't look to amused at all. He had a stern face as he looked around the living room for Lynn.
He thought she would have ran out scared by now, but she didn't. Now he was worried for the girl. 'What if something happened to her? Her parents would blame me because it is my property that she disappeared on.' Worried that he might get sued, he started searching the kitchen and the dinning room while Toni searched upstairs.
He looked all around the downstairs of the house. He was only in there for five minutes before he himself ran out scared. He kept hearing somebody sneak up behind him. Whoever was sneaking up behind him had rather heavy boots, so he could hear the 'thump, thump' of them as they tried to sneak up on him. And more then a few times he thought he felt the tickle of somebody breathing on his neck.
He was outside alone in the heat for a few minutes before Toni came out. Her blue eyes were wide with worry. "You didn't find her?"
Tom shook his head. "No. I was hoping you had found her." Toni sighed. "No. But, I did find something. The house is dusty because nobody ever goes in there. So, there's dust on the floor everywhere. It shows her footprints, didn't you see them? They started at the front door?"
Blushing, Tom shook his head, embarrassed that he hadn't seen such an obvious thing. "Well, the prints lead up the stairs and into the master bedroom." Toni stopped, hesitating.
"Where else did they go?"
"Well, they lead to the wall beside the bed. But, that's it. She never moved from that place. It looks like she just stood there. She should still be there, though. There aren't any prints leading away." Tom's green eyes widened at the news. 'Oh no. It looks like the ghost has claimed another soul.. It's just like what happened so many years ago..'
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The waves of the ocean were crashing apon the small boat that Lynn and Jack were in. Lynn had never been sailing before, but she had fallen in love with it as soon as they set out towards the north, trying to find her "home." She loved feeling the wind caress her face and go through her hair, making it dance wildly in the wind.
Jack had his eyes on her the whole time. Almost as if he was watching her to see if she would disappear as quickly as she had appeared. Jack couldn't help but be grateful that she hadn't came to any other boat or ship. If any other pirate would have found her.. He really didn't want to think of the horrors that Lynn would have had to face with them.
'I don't think she knows I'm a pirate.' Looking down at his clothing, to see if he really did blend in with the other men in the white wigs that dwelled on dry land, he saw that he did not. He looked back to the girl, but stopped in mid thought when he saw her.
Lynn was standing at the front of the boat, her eyes closed as the wind kept playing with her hair with the sweetest of smiles on her face. Jack couldn't help but smile himself. 'She's so innocent. I guess it isn't really a real surprise that she doesn't recognize who I am. She seems very sheltered. A girl who would love to be outside but forced to stay in.' Shaking his head, Jack walked up beside the girl. "Does any of this look familiar, love? Are we going in the right direction?"
Avoiding eye contact with him, she said, "Well.. A little bit.." Lynn hated to lie to the nice man, but she didn't know what else she could do. He would probley throw her off his boat if she told him the truth, thinking she was mad.
Jack saw dry land in the distance. He really didn't want to go any closer then this. Not everybody was as nice to a pirate as Lynn was, after all. "How about that place, do you live there?" Jack knew if he just asked her, 'Where exactly do you live at?' She would stutter and be caught. He knew something wasn't right with her story. For one, she wasn't wet at all, so she didn't swim to his boat. But, there was no other way she could have gotten here, he would have noticed a boat or a ship. But, until she could trust him, he wouldn't say a word and would act like he believed her story.
"I.. Um, no. I'm pretty sure that's not it." Lynn was looking down now, trying to hide her blush. When she lied she blushed, she just couldn't help it.
"Well, there are groups of land around that area, we can go check it out." Jack said as he walked back to the rutter and the sails. He started messing with them; doing things that Lynn had no idea what to.
Lynn walked a bit closer to the front of the boat but stopped immediately when she felt a sharp pain in her foot. Lynn reacted by balancing herself on her unhurt foot and slowly lowered herself to the ground, her right arm making sure that she didn't fall.
She sat on the ground and took off her pink flip-flop sandal on her left foot and looked at her wound. A splinter was embowed into her foot. 'Oh great.' She though as she winced. She had never gotten a splinter before, and now that she had one she knew she didn't want another one.
Curious, Jack came to her side. "What's wrong?" Before she could answer he was sitting Indian style in front of her, already looking at her wound. "Aye, you wouldn't believe how many times this has happened to me. Hold on, there." His warm gentle hands took hold of her foot and put it in his lap for easier access to it.
His hands were a bit rough from having had fought with swords and the likes, but that didn't bother Lynn at all. His hands were so gentle on her as he worked the splinter out that when he did finally get it out, she was no longer in pain. She felt fine. Though she knew Jack probley knew she was fine, his hands continued to stay on her foot as he used his thumb and index finger to gently rub her foot.
Lynn couldn't help but smile at the gentleness as she looked at Jack. Jack was already looking at her though; he had the most peculiar look in his eyes that she had never seen before. Curious and also lost in his eyes, they both continued to stare at each other.
Lynn couldn't believe how beautiful his eyes were, but at the same time it felt as if he was staring right through her so he could feel and see what she had been through and what she was feeling now.
Lynn broke their eye contact when she heard shouts coming from the land. There were men shouting and pointing at them and some were even waving their arms franticly as they looked at them. "Jack, what's going on?"
Jack was up in seconds when he realized what was going on and he hurriedly ran to the other side of the boat. "I accidentally led us to close to the land!"
"Well, what's wrong with that?" Lynn asked confused as she hopped up and down on one foot, trying to put her other sandal on and trying to keep her balance on the constantly moving boat.
"Love, not everybody likes me as much as you seem to." He stated as though it were a fact. Not exactly sure how to take what he said, she turned back to the land and saw the people there with something black that was huge. "What is that?" Her eyes were poor and she couldn't see over great distances. All she could see was something big that was black.
Cursing, Jack muttered, "It's a cannon."
Author Notes: Hope you liked it!! I think this was the funest chapter for me to write.. I don't know.. I think it's a tie between this one and 'A Skeleton in the Dark' ^.^ Well, review please ^^
--Quote from the Movie--
"You are the worst pirate I have ever seen!!" The man with the white wig said, his voice was rough as he said this, showing that he was mad.
"Ah, but you HAVE heard of me, right?" Jack said as he threw his chest out, proud of himself.
Sorry.. I just really liked that part in the movie, and yes, I know I embellished a bit on it, but its how I saw it ^^;