AbbieNormal182-Thanks! I thought it was bad, but at least someone liked it!
And Pearl is 16, Jack is 15. Thanks for the review!
PED-Sarah-Hmm...good idea!! Thanks, and I'll continue soon, promise!
LadyKaGoMe409-LOL! Well...that was more than one idea, but I'll consider it! Thanks for the review and the help!
Angie-Aww, thanks! At least some people liked the chappie. And I can't tell you what happens! That would ruin the fun! Keep reading, though!
DaydreamBeliever14-Thanks, mate! I'll update as soon as possible
SuzzieQue-Yay! I get some rum! Thanks, happy 'belated' Turkey Day to u too!
SuzzieQue *2nd Review*-LMAO, nice review, were u drunk or something? Lol, it was hysterical! Thank ya!
Kittty-Thanks! Keep reading!
A/N: YAY! Tomorrow is a happy day because: My dentist appointment is over, thank goodness, but more importantly... POTC COMES OUT ON DVD! WOOO!!!!!! FINALLY! Chapter 3-Lectures
Pearl stomped off with her fists clenched and her eyes squinted. Yeah, right! Bollocks, she could too be a pirate if she wanted to be! Anyone could be a pirate, all you had to do was break the law!
As she was muttering incomprehensible words to herself, Jack Jr. was walking in the opposite direction and looked at her in confusion. Jack had grown tired of the discussion and had left the room when no one had noticed. The lass was fuming and looked like she was about to burst. Jack sighed. He might as well try to help.
"What's wrong, lass?"
Pearl ignored him completely and just continued walking. Jack walked quickly right after her and grabbed her shoulder.
"Let go!" She squealed.
"No! Not until ye tell me what's wrong!"
"Why should I tell you? It's not like you'll give a bloody hell!"
"And how do ye know that? Do ye really think I would've asked if I didn't care in the first place?"
Pearl opened her mouth to contradict, but nothing came out. She closed her mouth and sighed heavily. Jack motioned for her to sit down on the stairs just adjacent to them and asked her again.
"Tell me this time. What is wrong?"
Pearl fought a little again, but eventually gave in. "My parents don't believe I can ever become a pirate. It's not fair. I can swordfight just as well as the next person!"
Jack rubbed his chin in thought. "Would ye care to prove that point?"
Pearl furrowed her eyebrows. "What do you mean?"
Jack smiled. "Where do ye practice sword fighting?" ~*~*~*~
Pearl picked up a beautifully crafted sword (of course made by her father), just as Jack took his out of his holster. His was rusted and looked as if it had been used thousands of times, yet he looked at it in admiration, as if he could never give it up.
They took their places and Jack stared at her. Sword fighting in a dress...the woman had to be mad.
"Ready to begin?" He asked.
"As ready as I'll ever be."
Jack lunged forward with his sword, but Pearl easily blocked it. Jack looked at his sword confused. He lunged again, and once again, she blocked.
"You'll have to do better than that." She said with a smile.
He growled and lunged farther at her, to which she parried. This time it was her turn to advance, to which she lunged forward, and so began their epic battle. Swords clashed and sweat broke on their foreheads. They were both equally as good. They were in the sword room for about an hour, the sounds of metal, shuffling feet and growls ringing through the air. When Pearl couldn't take it anymore, she placed a tiny foot behind Jack's, and he fell backwards on his rear.
Pearl stepped forward and placed her sword at his neck.
"You cheated!" He snarled at her.
"And people thought I couldn't be a pirate." She told him with a smile.
The door creaked open, and they both turned their heads at the noise.
"Pearl Turner! What have you been doing?!" Liz's voice rang.
"Just wonderful..." Pearl muttered to herself.
"Look at your dress, it's torn in several places! And your hair is a mess! Where are you going to find a suitor looking like that?" Liz asked her daughter.
"I told you, Mother, I'm not interested in finding a suitor!" Pearl raised her voice to her mother.
"Jack! Just look at ye! Sitting in the corner...with Pearl's sword at yer neck? Ye got beaten by a lass?" Jack Sr. asked.
"I resent that!!" Juniper yelled, slapping her husband hard on the chest.
"I didn't lose, Father! She cheated!"
"Cheated? Pearl, what about playing fair in sword fighting? Didn't we discuss that?" Will asked her. He still remembered far back when Jack and Will had fought almost to the death, when Jack had cheated. When Will informed him of his trickery, he only responded, 'Pirate.'
"I know, but I was getting tired! If I won, then we wouldn't have to fight anymore!"
Liz sighed. "Pearl, come with me. We need to talk." They left the room with Will following them, leaving the Sparrow's in the sword room. ~*~*~*~
"Just absolutely what were you thinking?! Fighting a pirate? You're insane, Pearl! Do you know what could've happened to you? You could've..."
"I could've won if we weren't interrupted." Pearl retorted angrily.
"No, Pearl, you could've died if you weren't careful!" Liz shouted back.
"But I was careful! And I almost won! Doesn't that prove I'm advanced enough to become a pirate?"
Liz and Will looked at each other. Then they both turned to her and said in unison a big, resounding, "NO!" ~*~*~*~
"What were you thinking, fighting a lass like that?! If anything were to happen to her, we would've been sent to the gallows in a heartbeat!"
"I know, Mother..." Jack responded solemnly.
"AND ANOTHER THING..."
"Woah, I think ye've said enough, sweetness." Jack Sr. then turned to his son. "What she wants to say is, no more fighting lasses that are of any importance, savvy?"
"Savvy..."Jack responded, once again, solemnly.
"And no more losing to any lass! Or man!"
"But I told ye! She cheated!"
"Shouldn't ye have watched for any movements of trickery?"
"I watch when I fight you, but when I fought her, I thought she'd play fair!"
"Well, ye thought wrong, didn't ye?"
"Enough, both of you!" Juniper jumped in. "Let's just go. We're in enough trouble as it is."
Jack sighed heavily before nodding. ~*~*~*~
Liz, Will and Pearl sat in their living room quietly, awaiting the Sparrow family to come back down stairs.
Juniper sighed and decided to speak for the family. "Well...we're really sorry about all this. Honestly, we didn't know it would happen. We better leave."
Liz's eyes widened, for she didn't know they'd apologize. "Leave? But we were just talking! You don't have any place to stay in town!"
"Stay? We've never actually stayed anyplace once we arrived there." Juniper replied, baffled.
"Oh, but please stay! For a week, that's all!" Liz pleaded.
Pearl's head snapped up. A week?! They were here for an hour and she was already in trouble, how much trouble could they cause in a week?!
"Well..." Juniper began, thinking it through.
'Please say no, please say no...' Pearl thought nervously.
"Why not? It'll do us some good to stay on land for a while." Juniper said with a smile.
Pearl walked upstairs without anyone noticing. She couldn't believe it. How dare they stay in her house?! Jack Sparrow might've been her idol, but now she didn't want them in her house if she would get in trouble because of them!
PED-Sarah-Hmm...good idea!! Thanks, and I'll continue soon, promise!
LadyKaGoMe409-LOL! Well...that was more than one idea, but I'll consider it! Thanks for the review and the help!
Angie-Aww, thanks! At least some people liked the chappie. And I can't tell you what happens! That would ruin the fun! Keep reading, though!
DaydreamBeliever14-Thanks, mate! I'll update as soon as possible
SuzzieQue-Yay! I get some rum! Thanks, happy 'belated' Turkey Day to u too!
SuzzieQue *2nd Review*-LMAO, nice review, were u drunk or something? Lol, it was hysterical! Thank ya!
Kittty-Thanks! Keep reading!
A/N: YAY! Tomorrow is a happy day because: My dentist appointment is over, thank goodness, but more importantly... POTC COMES OUT ON DVD! WOOO!!!!!! FINALLY! Chapter 3-Lectures
Pearl stomped off with her fists clenched and her eyes squinted. Yeah, right! Bollocks, she could too be a pirate if she wanted to be! Anyone could be a pirate, all you had to do was break the law!
As she was muttering incomprehensible words to herself, Jack Jr. was walking in the opposite direction and looked at her in confusion. Jack had grown tired of the discussion and had left the room when no one had noticed. The lass was fuming and looked like she was about to burst. Jack sighed. He might as well try to help.
"What's wrong, lass?"
Pearl ignored him completely and just continued walking. Jack walked quickly right after her and grabbed her shoulder.
"Let go!" She squealed.
"No! Not until ye tell me what's wrong!"
"Why should I tell you? It's not like you'll give a bloody hell!"
"And how do ye know that? Do ye really think I would've asked if I didn't care in the first place?"
Pearl opened her mouth to contradict, but nothing came out. She closed her mouth and sighed heavily. Jack motioned for her to sit down on the stairs just adjacent to them and asked her again.
"Tell me this time. What is wrong?"
Pearl fought a little again, but eventually gave in. "My parents don't believe I can ever become a pirate. It's not fair. I can swordfight just as well as the next person!"
Jack rubbed his chin in thought. "Would ye care to prove that point?"
Pearl furrowed her eyebrows. "What do you mean?"
Jack smiled. "Where do ye practice sword fighting?" ~*~*~*~
Pearl picked up a beautifully crafted sword (of course made by her father), just as Jack took his out of his holster. His was rusted and looked as if it had been used thousands of times, yet he looked at it in admiration, as if he could never give it up.
They took their places and Jack stared at her. Sword fighting in a dress...the woman had to be mad.
"Ready to begin?" He asked.
"As ready as I'll ever be."
Jack lunged forward with his sword, but Pearl easily blocked it. Jack looked at his sword confused. He lunged again, and once again, she blocked.
"You'll have to do better than that." She said with a smile.
He growled and lunged farther at her, to which she parried. This time it was her turn to advance, to which she lunged forward, and so began their epic battle. Swords clashed and sweat broke on their foreheads. They were both equally as good. They were in the sword room for about an hour, the sounds of metal, shuffling feet and growls ringing through the air. When Pearl couldn't take it anymore, she placed a tiny foot behind Jack's, and he fell backwards on his rear.
Pearl stepped forward and placed her sword at his neck.
"You cheated!" He snarled at her.
"And people thought I couldn't be a pirate." She told him with a smile.
The door creaked open, and they both turned their heads at the noise.
"Pearl Turner! What have you been doing?!" Liz's voice rang.
"Just wonderful..." Pearl muttered to herself.
"Look at your dress, it's torn in several places! And your hair is a mess! Where are you going to find a suitor looking like that?" Liz asked her daughter.
"I told you, Mother, I'm not interested in finding a suitor!" Pearl raised her voice to her mother.
"Jack! Just look at ye! Sitting in the corner...with Pearl's sword at yer neck? Ye got beaten by a lass?" Jack Sr. asked.
"I resent that!!" Juniper yelled, slapping her husband hard on the chest.
"I didn't lose, Father! She cheated!"
"Cheated? Pearl, what about playing fair in sword fighting? Didn't we discuss that?" Will asked her. He still remembered far back when Jack and Will had fought almost to the death, when Jack had cheated. When Will informed him of his trickery, he only responded, 'Pirate.'
"I know, but I was getting tired! If I won, then we wouldn't have to fight anymore!"
Liz sighed. "Pearl, come with me. We need to talk." They left the room with Will following them, leaving the Sparrow's in the sword room. ~*~*~*~
"Just absolutely what were you thinking?! Fighting a pirate? You're insane, Pearl! Do you know what could've happened to you? You could've..."
"I could've won if we weren't interrupted." Pearl retorted angrily.
"No, Pearl, you could've died if you weren't careful!" Liz shouted back.
"But I was careful! And I almost won! Doesn't that prove I'm advanced enough to become a pirate?"
Liz and Will looked at each other. Then they both turned to her and said in unison a big, resounding, "NO!" ~*~*~*~
"What were you thinking, fighting a lass like that?! If anything were to happen to her, we would've been sent to the gallows in a heartbeat!"
"I know, Mother..." Jack responded solemnly.
"AND ANOTHER THING..."
"Woah, I think ye've said enough, sweetness." Jack Sr. then turned to his son. "What she wants to say is, no more fighting lasses that are of any importance, savvy?"
"Savvy..."Jack responded, once again, solemnly.
"And no more losing to any lass! Or man!"
"But I told ye! She cheated!"
"Shouldn't ye have watched for any movements of trickery?"
"I watch when I fight you, but when I fought her, I thought she'd play fair!"
"Well, ye thought wrong, didn't ye?"
"Enough, both of you!" Juniper jumped in. "Let's just go. We're in enough trouble as it is."
Jack sighed heavily before nodding. ~*~*~*~
Liz, Will and Pearl sat in their living room quietly, awaiting the Sparrow family to come back down stairs.
Juniper sighed and decided to speak for the family. "Well...we're really sorry about all this. Honestly, we didn't know it would happen. We better leave."
Liz's eyes widened, for she didn't know they'd apologize. "Leave? But we were just talking! You don't have any place to stay in town!"
"Stay? We've never actually stayed anyplace once we arrived there." Juniper replied, baffled.
"Oh, but please stay! For a week, that's all!" Liz pleaded.
Pearl's head snapped up. A week?! They were here for an hour and she was already in trouble, how much trouble could they cause in a week?!
"Well..." Juniper began, thinking it through.
'Please say no, please say no...' Pearl thought nervously.
"Why not? It'll do us some good to stay on land for a while." Juniper said with a smile.
Pearl walked upstairs without anyone noticing. She couldn't believe it. How dare they stay in her house?! Jack Sparrow might've been her idol, but now she didn't want them in her house if she would get in trouble because of them!
