Wow, your reviews have been great, I'm SOOO thankful! However, it's been brought to my attention by a friend that there was a lot of kissing scenes, which seemed to irk her a bit. Fortunately, it be time to move on with the plot, so if there is anyone else out there who is irked by Will making out with Elizabeth all the time, fear not. For JACK hath returned! Or is going to very very soon! Whatever!
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Elizabeth had received a message from her father to meet him down at the docks. So, there she stood, sticking out like a sore thumb in her ritzy gown amongst the dirty sailors, whom she practically had to beat off of her. "Dirty sailors," she thought to herself. She was just contemplating this when she felt a cool chain of iron rungs being pressed against her neck. "Come along love," a man's voice rasped. She would have screamed but she suddenly felt the nose of a gun being pressed against her temples. She decided it would be wiser to simply follow than to attempt refusal, so she slowly walked forward in the direction he had turned her.
He led her to a seedy looking bar and pushed her inside. He sat her down gently at a booth and ordered her to close her eyes. With the gun still pointed at her head, he sat down across from her. He quickly put the gun away and whispered "Okay, open your eyes."
What Elizabeth saw completely and totally shocked her. Sittin across the table form her, was the man that wandered into her thoughts, that haunted her dreams. Sitting across from her was Captain Jack Sparrow. "Jack!" she breathed. Then, suddenly and without thinking, she stretched across the table and pressed her lips to his with such a force that she almost knocked him over. Suddenly realizing what she was doing, she pulled back and slapped her hand over her mouth.
"Well love, I can see you've missed me." Jack said with a slightly shocked smirk.
"I…I'm sorry Jack. I don't know what I was thinking…"
"Well love, if I'd have known I'd get a welcome like that every time I came back I'd visit more often," he said with a smirk.
She shifted uneasily. "Well, anyway, you must have a reason for kidnapping me and bringing me here…"
"Ahh, as a matter of fact I do. You see, the other day, we were out plundering a ship called the Diamond Voyage…" And so he told her the whole story up to AnaMaria's absence.
"Jack, I still don't see what this has to do with me or Will," she said when he was done.
"Well love, I figured I have a woman to save, but my crew's a bit short, so I decided to come get ol' Will. He's me number one woman savin' partner." he said with a wink.
"I see. Well, I suppose you'll be wanting me to take you to Will's shop then? Is that why you brought me here?"
"As a matter of fact, it 'tis.
"Well then, I suggest you go wash a bit of the dirt from your hands to make yourself less obvious. You know what the Commodore would do if he saw you. And we'll take the back alleys. You're not safe around here until we reach Will's shop."
"Alright then," he replied and made quick work of washing the grime from his face and hands.
"Ready?" She asked him "Aye." Well then, let's take the back door…
As they stepped into a back road scattered with only a few people, Elizabeth quickly locked her arm through Jack's. "What's all this about?" he asked, gesturing towards his now occupied arm. "You'll be less likely to be considered a pirate if you're seen on the arm of a fine upstanding lady like myself," she explained. "But it's better if you're not seen at all, so come back into this alley. "you didn't seem so upstanding back at the bar…" Jack teased. "Oh, do shut up about that, would you? I was just so overwhelmed to see you! Quick, this way…" And so Elizabeth led Jack through alleys and back roads all the way to Will's shop.
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"Hello Will, darling," Elizabeth said sweetly as they entered the shop. "Elizabeth!" he exclaimed. "What are you doing-" he stopped short as he saw Jack standing beside her with her arm hooked through his own. "Jack! What are you doing here? And holding on to my girl no doubt!?" Will asked in a surprised voice. Quickly realizing that she WAS still hooked to Jack, Elizabeth quickly withdrew her arm. "Not to worry, mate. She was just showing me the way here," Jack explained, showing his trademark smirk once again, revealing his several gold teeth.
"I see," Will said skeptically. "Whit is it that brings you here?" he added, brightening up. Jack retold his story once again, ending with, "…and I want YOU to help me." "Me?" Will questioned. "Why me?" "Well mate, you're the only one I've ever gone on a crazy adventure to save a girl with. I figured I just couldn't do it without ya." "Well, I'm not sure Jack…I don't think I could leave my life, my job, my Elizabeht, to go off on some crazy adventure!" "ah, well, if that's your only problem mate, bring the girl with you, by all means!" "No, I couldn't ask her to do that! It's for too dangerous for a woman-" "Oh nonsense!" Jack interrupted. "She's ready and willin' to go. And as far as danger goes, she lived through our last one, didn't she? And isn't it a woman we're going off to save anyway?" Jack's reasoning made sense to Will, and he turned to Elizabeht, "Is that true? Do you truly want to do this?" "Oh, more than anything!" Elizabeth exclaimed. "Ive been getting terribly bored here. Every day I look out at the water and wish I was out there again." "You took the words right out of my mouth," Will agreed. "Alright Jack, consider your crew two people heavier!"
That night after Jack had gone back to his ship and Will had walked her home, Elizabeth had many dreams. She dreamed of sailing, of seeing the horizon growing closer. And she dreamed of Jack, holding her in his arms, their faces growing closer. He smelled of the sea, salty. Then, just when their lips almost touched, his face would become Will's. Sweet, innocent Will. She would start running, hoping to God he didn't catch her and ask her about her Jack and herself. She felt enormous guilt. Suddenly, she snapped awake and felt cold sweat running down her face. "Oh GOD," she thought to herself. Thank Heavens it was only a dream. But, I seemed so happy? Could this be a sign? A sign that Jack is the man I really love? But what about Will? Oh Will, how I love him…But Jack! How I long to be in his arms! To be so close to him that I can feel his breath! To run away with him and never return. Oh, what am I going to do? I love Will, but I long for Jack as well. Well, there's only one thing I can do. I'll just have to sail away with them and figure this all out along time. But it still bothers me…Could I possibly allow myself to be unfaithful to Will for Jack?"
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Elizabeth had received a message from her father to meet him down at the docks. So, there she stood, sticking out like a sore thumb in her ritzy gown amongst the dirty sailors, whom she practically had to beat off of her. "Dirty sailors," she thought to herself. She was just contemplating this when she felt a cool chain of iron rungs being pressed against her neck. "Come along love," a man's voice rasped. She would have screamed but she suddenly felt the nose of a gun being pressed against her temples. She decided it would be wiser to simply follow than to attempt refusal, so she slowly walked forward in the direction he had turned her.
He led her to a seedy looking bar and pushed her inside. He sat her down gently at a booth and ordered her to close her eyes. With the gun still pointed at her head, he sat down across from her. He quickly put the gun away and whispered "Okay, open your eyes."
What Elizabeth saw completely and totally shocked her. Sittin across the table form her, was the man that wandered into her thoughts, that haunted her dreams. Sitting across from her was Captain Jack Sparrow. "Jack!" she breathed. Then, suddenly and without thinking, she stretched across the table and pressed her lips to his with such a force that she almost knocked him over. Suddenly realizing what she was doing, she pulled back and slapped her hand over her mouth.
"Well love, I can see you've missed me." Jack said with a slightly shocked smirk.
"I…I'm sorry Jack. I don't know what I was thinking…"
"Well love, if I'd have known I'd get a welcome like that every time I came back I'd visit more often," he said with a smirk.
She shifted uneasily. "Well, anyway, you must have a reason for kidnapping me and bringing me here…"
"Ahh, as a matter of fact I do. You see, the other day, we were out plundering a ship called the Diamond Voyage…" And so he told her the whole story up to AnaMaria's absence.
"Jack, I still don't see what this has to do with me or Will," she said when he was done.
"Well love, I figured I have a woman to save, but my crew's a bit short, so I decided to come get ol' Will. He's me number one woman savin' partner." he said with a wink.
"I see. Well, I suppose you'll be wanting me to take you to Will's shop then? Is that why you brought me here?"
"As a matter of fact, it 'tis.
"Well then, I suggest you go wash a bit of the dirt from your hands to make yourself less obvious. You know what the Commodore would do if he saw you. And we'll take the back alleys. You're not safe around here until we reach Will's shop."
"Alright then," he replied and made quick work of washing the grime from his face and hands.
"Ready?" She asked him "Aye." Well then, let's take the back door…
As they stepped into a back road scattered with only a few people, Elizabeth quickly locked her arm through Jack's. "What's all this about?" he asked, gesturing towards his now occupied arm. "You'll be less likely to be considered a pirate if you're seen on the arm of a fine upstanding lady like myself," she explained. "But it's better if you're not seen at all, so come back into this alley. "you didn't seem so upstanding back at the bar…" Jack teased. "Oh, do shut up about that, would you? I was just so overwhelmed to see you! Quick, this way…" And so Elizabeth led Jack through alleys and back roads all the way to Will's shop.
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"Hello Will, darling," Elizabeth said sweetly as they entered the shop. "Elizabeth!" he exclaimed. "What are you doing-" he stopped short as he saw Jack standing beside her with her arm hooked through his own. "Jack! What are you doing here? And holding on to my girl no doubt!?" Will asked in a surprised voice. Quickly realizing that she WAS still hooked to Jack, Elizabeth quickly withdrew her arm. "Not to worry, mate. She was just showing me the way here," Jack explained, showing his trademark smirk once again, revealing his several gold teeth.
"I see," Will said skeptically. "Whit is it that brings you here?" he added, brightening up. Jack retold his story once again, ending with, "…and I want YOU to help me." "Me?" Will questioned. "Why me?" "Well mate, you're the only one I've ever gone on a crazy adventure to save a girl with. I figured I just couldn't do it without ya." "Well, I'm not sure Jack…I don't think I could leave my life, my job, my Elizabeht, to go off on some crazy adventure!" "ah, well, if that's your only problem mate, bring the girl with you, by all means!" "No, I couldn't ask her to do that! It's for too dangerous for a woman-" "Oh nonsense!" Jack interrupted. "She's ready and willin' to go. And as far as danger goes, she lived through our last one, didn't she? And isn't it a woman we're going off to save anyway?" Jack's reasoning made sense to Will, and he turned to Elizabeht, "Is that true? Do you truly want to do this?" "Oh, more than anything!" Elizabeth exclaimed. "Ive been getting terribly bored here. Every day I look out at the water and wish I was out there again." "You took the words right out of my mouth," Will agreed. "Alright Jack, consider your crew two people heavier!"
That night after Jack had gone back to his ship and Will had walked her home, Elizabeth had many dreams. She dreamed of sailing, of seeing the horizon growing closer. And she dreamed of Jack, holding her in his arms, their faces growing closer. He smelled of the sea, salty. Then, just when their lips almost touched, his face would become Will's. Sweet, innocent Will. She would start running, hoping to God he didn't catch her and ask her about her Jack and herself. She felt enormous guilt. Suddenly, she snapped awake and felt cold sweat running down her face. "Oh GOD," she thought to herself. Thank Heavens it was only a dream. But, I seemed so happy? Could this be a sign? A sign that Jack is the man I really love? But what about Will? Oh Will, how I love him…But Jack! How I long to be in his arms! To be so close to him that I can feel his breath! To run away with him and never return. Oh, what am I going to do? I love Will, but I long for Jack as well. Well, there's only one thing I can do. I'll just have to sail away with them and figure this all out along time. But it still bothers me…Could I possibly allow myself to be unfaithful to Will for Jack?"
