Chapter 5- A Beautiful Night Together
I still don't own PotC (
Lila followed Mr. Gibbs into the captain's quarters, still dragging her bag along behind her. "Well, here we are Miss Lila," Gibbs told her. Lila looked around at the room before her. It was a rather large room with beautiful, dark wood features. The candles that lit the room left it with a soft, yellowish glow. A rather large table with several chairs sat at one end of the quarters, and at the other, a massive bed, large dresser, and what looked to be some sort of closet.
"Where will I be sleeping?" Lila asked Gibbs, though she felt she already knew the answer. "The Captain will be letting you know when he gets here," Gibbs told her. Lila frowned and walked toward the bedroom end of the quarters. She then stopped, turned, and started to tell Gibbs, "That will be." but she trailed off. Gibbs was already gone, the door closed. 'So much for common courtesy,' she thought to herself.
Lila heaved her bag up on top of the dresser and opened it up. Though she was still extremely angry with her cousin, she was glad Elizabeth had taken the time to collect some of her clothes and things. Lila stepped back and regarded the large dresser. It had many drawers, and thinking maybe the bottom ones were empty, she bent down and opened up a drawer. The bottom of the drawer was full of dust, and a couple of dead insects. Lila wrinkled her nose and stood up, then went to work finding something to clean the drawer with. She found what looked to be an old rag sitting on the bedside table and she used it to wipe the dust and decaying bugs out of the drawer.
She then emptied her bag and put her clothes away in the drawer. She picked up her journal, thankful that Elizabeth had thrown it in the bag and hid it in the bottom of the drawer.
She had just closed the drawer and stood up, when the cabin door opened and a certain pirate Captain swaggered in. "Settling in well, luv," he asked her. "The name is Lila, or Ms. Swann, to you Captain," she said, "I will expect you to only call me by my name or I won't be answering you at all." "Fine by me, luv," Jack said, cocking his head and giving her a teasing smile.
Lila sighed, it was the middle of the night and she was exhausted. 'Nothing like being dragged out of bed by my loud cousin and her stupid friends, getting caught up with some bloody pirate, then being dragged against my will onto his ship,' she thought, a scowl forming on her face. Jack, meanwhile, had opened up a cabinet across the large room and had pulled out a bottle of rum.
He sat down in one of his chairs and looked over at Lila, her chubby face red and drawn up in an angry scowl. He opened the bottle and took a long drink, then sat the bottle down on the table. "Way I see it, luv, you have two options," he told the furious young woman. "You can either stay here with me, on the floor or in the bed where it's comfortable, or you can go disturb the lovely young Turners. I'm sure they're a little busy right now, so they probably wouldn't even notice you were there," Jack said with a grin. Lila just looked at him with disgust, but she didn't say anything. She was too tired and too irritated to even argue at this point, so instead she kicked her slippers off and started to climb into Jack's bed.
'This is disgusting,' she thought to herself. 'Who knows when this man last took a bath, or even the last time he entertained a lady in this same bed.' She scooted as far over against the wall as she could, hoping the sheets would be a little cleaner. She squinted; looking carefully at all the pillows piled at the head of the bed and decided to pull one from the bottom of the pile. 'I hope the ones at the bottom don't smell as much like filth and rum as the ones at the top,' she thought to herself. Now fairly satisfied that she wouldn't be contaminated, she curled up facing the wall and fell asleep.
Jack watched the scene unfold from across the room, as he drank his rum and suppressed a laugh. She certainly wasn't one of the more beautiful women he had shared his bed with, but she definitely was one of the most fiery ones. Lila had almost seemed to have given up, but Jack was sure there would be plenty of whining and grumbling when morning came. Jack looked down at the bottle in his hands. By this time, he had finished nearly half a bottle of his rum and he was starting to feel a little tired.
Jack stood up from the table and put his rum away-being a neat freak, he couldn't have it just sitting around; it would drive him crazy. He pulled his 'effects' off, along with his jacket and shirt. He walked over to the bed and sat down to pull off his boots. He then lay back on the bed and pulled the covers up around him. After some wiggling around, he fell into a sound sleep.
It was only an hour or so later, surely, when Lila was jerked from her almost pleasant slumber by a loud snort from behind her back. She listened for a moment, but didn't hear anything else. She was about to close her eyes again, when a loud snore rang out, undoubtedly from Jack. Lila let out an exasperated sigh and carefully rolled over. "Jack," she whispered, poking him in the shoulder. The pirate didn't budge; in fact, he only succeeded in letting out another loud snore. "Jack," Lila said again, a little more insistently, still poking him on the shoulder. Once again he didn't move, or stop snoring. By this point, Lila was incredibly frustrated. She leaned over his face, and screamed, "JACK!"
Jack woke from his peaceful dreams and sat straight up in bed, his forehead connecting painfully with Lila's. Lila was knocked backward into the wall, screaming and cursing the whole way. "Sorry, luv," Jack said, "what were you doing waking me up?!" "You were snoring like a gorilla," she told him while rubbing her sore head.
Jack winked at her and grinned. "You'll just have to get used to it, I hear I can be quite loud in bed." Lila looked at him with disgust and grabbed his arm, shoving as hard as she could. She shoved him right out of bed and onto the hard, cabin floor. Jack had been very tolerant through the whole Lila ordeal, but now he was beginning to lose his temper. "Woman, if you know what is good for you, you'll shut your mouth and start behaving yourself," Jack said as he stood up from the floor. Lila looked at him, a small amount of fear and respect in her hazel eyes. "Whatever," she mumbled as she rolled over to face the wall again. Jack lay back down and tried to fall back asleep. 'This is going to be a long, bloody trip,' he thought to himself, 'I can't wait to get rid of this crazy woman.'
Next time- the adventure begins, Jack and Will start to try and hunt down Barbossa while Elizabeth and Lila learn how to be sailors.
I still don't own PotC (
Lila followed Mr. Gibbs into the captain's quarters, still dragging her bag along behind her. "Well, here we are Miss Lila," Gibbs told her. Lila looked around at the room before her. It was a rather large room with beautiful, dark wood features. The candles that lit the room left it with a soft, yellowish glow. A rather large table with several chairs sat at one end of the quarters, and at the other, a massive bed, large dresser, and what looked to be some sort of closet.
"Where will I be sleeping?" Lila asked Gibbs, though she felt she already knew the answer. "The Captain will be letting you know when he gets here," Gibbs told her. Lila frowned and walked toward the bedroom end of the quarters. She then stopped, turned, and started to tell Gibbs, "That will be." but she trailed off. Gibbs was already gone, the door closed. 'So much for common courtesy,' she thought to herself.
Lila heaved her bag up on top of the dresser and opened it up. Though she was still extremely angry with her cousin, she was glad Elizabeth had taken the time to collect some of her clothes and things. Lila stepped back and regarded the large dresser. It had many drawers, and thinking maybe the bottom ones were empty, she bent down and opened up a drawer. The bottom of the drawer was full of dust, and a couple of dead insects. Lila wrinkled her nose and stood up, then went to work finding something to clean the drawer with. She found what looked to be an old rag sitting on the bedside table and she used it to wipe the dust and decaying bugs out of the drawer.
She then emptied her bag and put her clothes away in the drawer. She picked up her journal, thankful that Elizabeth had thrown it in the bag and hid it in the bottom of the drawer.
She had just closed the drawer and stood up, when the cabin door opened and a certain pirate Captain swaggered in. "Settling in well, luv," he asked her. "The name is Lila, or Ms. Swann, to you Captain," she said, "I will expect you to only call me by my name or I won't be answering you at all." "Fine by me, luv," Jack said, cocking his head and giving her a teasing smile.
Lila sighed, it was the middle of the night and she was exhausted. 'Nothing like being dragged out of bed by my loud cousin and her stupid friends, getting caught up with some bloody pirate, then being dragged against my will onto his ship,' she thought, a scowl forming on her face. Jack, meanwhile, had opened up a cabinet across the large room and had pulled out a bottle of rum.
He sat down in one of his chairs and looked over at Lila, her chubby face red and drawn up in an angry scowl. He opened the bottle and took a long drink, then sat the bottle down on the table. "Way I see it, luv, you have two options," he told the furious young woman. "You can either stay here with me, on the floor or in the bed where it's comfortable, or you can go disturb the lovely young Turners. I'm sure they're a little busy right now, so they probably wouldn't even notice you were there," Jack said with a grin. Lila just looked at him with disgust, but she didn't say anything. She was too tired and too irritated to even argue at this point, so instead she kicked her slippers off and started to climb into Jack's bed.
'This is disgusting,' she thought to herself. 'Who knows when this man last took a bath, or even the last time he entertained a lady in this same bed.' She scooted as far over against the wall as she could, hoping the sheets would be a little cleaner. She squinted; looking carefully at all the pillows piled at the head of the bed and decided to pull one from the bottom of the pile. 'I hope the ones at the bottom don't smell as much like filth and rum as the ones at the top,' she thought to herself. Now fairly satisfied that she wouldn't be contaminated, she curled up facing the wall and fell asleep.
Jack watched the scene unfold from across the room, as he drank his rum and suppressed a laugh. She certainly wasn't one of the more beautiful women he had shared his bed with, but she definitely was one of the most fiery ones. Lila had almost seemed to have given up, but Jack was sure there would be plenty of whining and grumbling when morning came. Jack looked down at the bottle in his hands. By this time, he had finished nearly half a bottle of his rum and he was starting to feel a little tired.
Jack stood up from the table and put his rum away-being a neat freak, he couldn't have it just sitting around; it would drive him crazy. He pulled his 'effects' off, along with his jacket and shirt. He walked over to the bed and sat down to pull off his boots. He then lay back on the bed and pulled the covers up around him. After some wiggling around, he fell into a sound sleep.
It was only an hour or so later, surely, when Lila was jerked from her almost pleasant slumber by a loud snort from behind her back. She listened for a moment, but didn't hear anything else. She was about to close her eyes again, when a loud snore rang out, undoubtedly from Jack. Lila let out an exasperated sigh and carefully rolled over. "Jack," she whispered, poking him in the shoulder. The pirate didn't budge; in fact, he only succeeded in letting out another loud snore. "Jack," Lila said again, a little more insistently, still poking him on the shoulder. Once again he didn't move, or stop snoring. By this point, Lila was incredibly frustrated. She leaned over his face, and screamed, "JACK!"
Jack woke from his peaceful dreams and sat straight up in bed, his forehead connecting painfully with Lila's. Lila was knocked backward into the wall, screaming and cursing the whole way. "Sorry, luv," Jack said, "what were you doing waking me up?!" "You were snoring like a gorilla," she told him while rubbing her sore head.
Jack winked at her and grinned. "You'll just have to get used to it, I hear I can be quite loud in bed." Lila looked at him with disgust and grabbed his arm, shoving as hard as she could. She shoved him right out of bed and onto the hard, cabin floor. Jack had been very tolerant through the whole Lila ordeal, but now he was beginning to lose his temper. "Woman, if you know what is good for you, you'll shut your mouth and start behaving yourself," Jack said as he stood up from the floor. Lila looked at him, a small amount of fear and respect in her hazel eyes. "Whatever," she mumbled as she rolled over to face the wall again. Jack lay back down and tried to fall back asleep. 'This is going to be a long, bloody trip,' he thought to himself, 'I can't wait to get rid of this crazy woman.'
Next time- the adventure begins, Jack and Will start to try and hunt down Barbossa while Elizabeth and Lila learn how to be sailors.