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PED-Sarah-LOL, well, I'm sorry but we needed suspense here! Read the next chappie! Thanks for the review!

AbbieNormal182-Lol! Yes, it would have saved us A LOT of trouble, but I'd like to see him suffer some more before I got rid of him ENTIRELY. Plus, I need some more action in this story!

SuzzieQue-Yes, that stupid little twerp that Thomas is! Oh well, I shall seek revenge on him! Or maybe I won't! OOH what will happen?! Who knows?! Oh yeah...I do...teehee...um, sorry, thanks for the review!

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Thumper Ditz-Lol, my feelings exactly about Thomas. Well, we'll just have to kill him, won't we? Or won't I? Or something? YEAH!

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Disclaimer: *Haven't had one of these in a while* I only own Pearl, Jack Jr., Thomas, Abigail *She was in the last chapter I think, the maid? Remember?*, Juniper and uh...that's about it. The rest are not mine unfortunately(

Chapter 12-Betrayal

Pearl's eyes flooded with tears as she realized what had just happened. All her thoughts were simple little sentences.
'Jack's gone. Thomas is here. I'm angry. I'm sad. I miss Jack.'
She shook off all her sad thoughts as she ran to the door. Thomas grabbed her waist and no matter how much she fought against his force, she couldn't get through to go out the door.
"No more of that, Miss. Now, your answer. I just know your going to say-"
"NO!" Pearl screamed.
"W...what?" Thomas asked slowly.
"No, Thomas! I've had enough! I don't want to be your queen! I don't want you to slave over me with protection! I want a life of adventure! That man that just ran through here, I'm in love with him." The last line shattered Thomas, and she knew it, but she didn't care anymore.
"I'm in love with Jack Sparrow..." She whispered slowly, more like she was convincing herself. Then she realized that she had said it out loud. She just announced to a naval officer that one of the most wanted pirates in the Caribbean was just in that house. Before Thomas could deceiver what she had said, she ran out of the door, down the dirt path and looked up the road both ways.
Jack was no where to be seen.
She tried to think of all possible places that Jack could have gone. Three thoughts came to her mind: The armory, the nearest pub, or the worst; Back to the Black Pearl.
Without hesitation, she decided to run to the Black Pearl first. If Jack was there, the Black Pearl WOULDN'T be there much longer.

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Thomas sat in the same room he was in when Pearl left. He just sat on the couch in a daze.
'Pearl doesn't love me? She loves a pirate?! Oh, when I find that man, I will make sure he gets much worse than just a hanging!' He thought to himself.
Just as his thoughts had finished, he heard footsteps coming down the stairs. As he turned to see who it was, he saw a very tired Will and Elizabeth Turner.
"Thomas?" Elizabeth asked wearily. "What are you doing here?"
Thomas decided now was a good time as ever to exclaim his anger. "You really want to know what I'm doing here?! I just proposed to your daughter for the 100th time because I know for a fact that any normal woman would jump for joy if she had the opportunity to marry a naval officer!"
"I had the opportunity to marry a naval officer, I never jumped for joy." Elizabeth said angrily.
"ANYWAY," Thomas continued, "I proposed to your daughter for the 100th time and she said NO for the 100th time! You know why she said no?! Because some crazy pirate was in THIS house and she decides THEN that she loves HIM! She ran out the door to follow him!" Stepping up to Will and Elizabeth to make his speech even more dramatic, he ended his complaints with, "Jack Sparrow the Second was IN YOUR HOUSE!"
"Oh boy." Will and Elizabeth both said at the same time.
Looking at both parents confused, Thomas asked, "What?"
"Nothing, we have to go! Lovely seeing you again, Thomas!" Elizabeth and Will both ran out of the house, leaving Thomas in the large mansion by himself.

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People looked at Pearl like she was a crazy woman, running through the streets in her night dress and panting nervously. But she didn't care. She ran all the way from her house to the dock.
It all paid off in the end. When she reached the end of the dock, she saw hidden a little farther away the 'Black Pearl'.
She ran to where it was docked and screamed up the side, "JUNIPER!" She knew if she screamed Jack, people would be curious what Jack she was talking about. Juniper was much less known and she didn't want them to be caught.
It took a while, but Juniper finally appeared and looked over the side to see a distressed Pearl.
"Pearl, dear, what is it?"
"Is Jack onboard?"
"Why, no! He went out looking for you, as it were."
"Oh, I see. Well, if he comes back, don't leave! There was a big misunderstanding that I must explain to him!"
"I will do that, don't worry, Pearl." Juniper flashed a kind smile. Over the weeks that Juniper had lived with Pearl, Juniper became sort of an older sister to Pearl.
"Thank you so much!"
Pearl ran back up the dock and thought of her options again.
'Ok, you have the armory and the pub left...the armory it is.'

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Will and Liz got the same idea. As soon as they were out of the house, they ran to the armory as well. Will remembered when Jack stayed with them, he liked to go down to the armory to looked at all the well designed daggers and swords, and that's where Pearl was most likely looking for him.
Once again, the people of Port Royale were very confused. They had no idea why the governor's daughter and the local blacksmith were running up and down streets screaming their daughter's name.
When they reached the armory, no one was there. Except for Mr. Brown who was drunk and snoring in the corner (What a surprise), but there was no sign of Pearl.
They roamed the shop thinking maybe Jack was there and hiding. They looked far but couldn't see a thing. Will was looking behind a barrel and Liz was looking in a scrap metal pile when they heard the door squeak.
They quickly looked at who it was when they saw Pearl walk in.
"Mother? Father?"
"Pearl!"
"Mother! Father! Was Jack here!"
"I'm afraid not, dear." Liz said sympathetically.
Pearl groaned loudly and then looked back to her parents.
"Ok, you two check the battlements and I'll check the pub."
Liz started to giggle while Will just covered his mouth to stifle the laughter.
"What, may I ask, is so funny?!"
"Thomas told us that you were looking for a pirate that you said you LOVED." Will answered, since Liz was on the verge of laughing hysterically on the ground.
Pearl's cheeks turned cherry red. "Well...well, I...when I said LOVE, I meant...OH I'll explain it later!" With that she ran out of the armory as fast as her legs could carry her.
"Oh, Will, our daughter's in love."
"With a pirate. How lovely." Will said back to her before they ran to the battlements.

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Pearl ran down the streets before she found a place called, "Salty Fish Taverns." Without wasting any time, she ran in and couldn't believe her eyes.
There was Jack, sitting at the bar and drinking rum. He never drank rum...in fact, he had once told Pearl the only time he drank rum was when he was terribly upset.
Suddenly, a red haired strumpet walked up to Jack and took a seat next to him.
"Ya look sad there, lad. How about we take some time to forget some things?"

'Say no, Jack, say no!' Pearl thought in her head.
Jack sighed and nodded. He then began to follow the woman to a different room.
Pearl pushed past everyone and didn't care if they complained. She increased her speed with every step until she reached Jack. She tapped on his shoulder, and when he didn't turn, she yanked his arm.
"OW!" He said, turning around with a glare. When he realized who it was, he began walking again.
"NO! Jack, please, I have to explain something to you!"
"It's past explanations, Pearl." Pearl was somehow deeply hurt when she realized he didn't call her 'love'.
"Jack, just please come outside, I must talk to you."
Jack stared at her, looked back at the strumpet who was growing impatient with him, then nodded in agreement to Pearl. Her heart jumped for joy as she grabbed his hand and led him outside.
"Jack," Pearl began. "Let me explain about that man that came inside."
"May I take a wild guess?" Jack asked, his voice cold as ice. "That was the man that you decided to fall in love with just because I wasn't living with ye! Let me tell ye something, Pearl, when I told ye that I loved ye the day I left, I meant it!"
"I know you did, Jack!" Pearl said, her voice growing louder. "That man, if you did let me explain, was a man that my PARENTS set me up with! I hate the man terribly and do you know what I just told that man?! I told him that I loved you! And I meant that with all my heart." By the time Pearl was done, she was crying. Jack's face was a mixture of disbelief, sadness, happiness and every other emotion possible.
"Ye...ye love me." Jack said slowly.
"Yes!"
"And...ye hate him."
"If you mean Thomas, then yes!"
"Oh, Pearl!" Jack said, grabbing her by the shoulders. "Did he ever hurt ye?"

"Emotionally, yes. Physically, no."
"Oh, I'll kill the bastard!" Jack screamed.
"You want to know what bastard I'm going to kill?!" Jack heard an icy voice whisper behind him. As he turned around to see who it was, all he could see was a pistol pointed directly at him.

A/N: YAY! A nice long chapter with a cliffhanger! If you hate me for the cliffhanger, I apologize, but it was an awesome way to end it!