Well, here it is!! The end!! *sighs*, I'm proud of this story, very proud.
I'm about over my POTC phase, sadly, lol, but I have caught on to a new
thing!! I'll be posting, commemorating the end of this story, a new story
I'm writing about a Canadian tv show called Degrassi. I will also be
posting a redone fic I'd earlier posted and then removed because it wasn't
going in a good direction. That fic is about Radio Free Roscoe, another
Canadian show. Please check them out!! (
Anyhow, thank you sooo much to everyone who has been reading!! If it weren't for all of you, I would never have had enough encouragement to complete the story and fulfill my undying love for Jack Sparrow.
A short dedication now... I lovingly dedicate this fic to my boyfriend Danny (I love you!) and to my best friend Lori. Thank you so much for all of your support and good humor! I love you both with all of my heart!
And so, the story ends...
"No writing has any real value which is not the expression of genuine thought and feeling." – Eleanor Roosevelt
Chapter 7 – Once Upon the Sea
Leigh's eyes glazed over as she stared out at the sea, her mind racing with her decision. She was being given the one thing she'd always wanted...and yet she couldn't help but feel sad.
She didn't want to leave her mother; yet she didn't want to leave Jack. Oh, why did he have to be a pirate! She thought angrily. But as she turned to look at him as he sat on the edge of the bed, his face in his hands as he thought to himself, she couldn't help but love who he was.
His hair fell down his shoulders in wild tangles and his red bandana glowed in the moonlight. His ragged clothes and worn boots lay on the floor beside the bed, and she smiled at the sight of them. She'd always admired a man who dressed his part.
A pirate. He would always be a pirate, he'd said so himself. And she loved him for that. He wasn't going to give up his dream, so she shouldn't have to give up her own.
"Jack?" she said softly, causing him to glance up to look at her. "I'm going to go home now...I need to talk to my mother. I'll be back in the morning with my decision."
Jack stared at her, his eyes sorrowful in reply. "Alright." He muttered, his eyes following her as she approached him. She smiled weakly and planted a kiss softly on his forehead before clothing herself and leaving the room.
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Madam Wilcox smiled at her daughter, tears falling gently from her eyes. "I'm so happy for you, Leigh." She said softly, bringing Leigh to smile back at her.
"Thank you..." she replied, standing up and walking to the window. "It's almost dawn."
"I suppose you should get going now..." Madam Wilcox said, wrapping her daughter in a warm hug. "I'll miss you, you know."
"I'll miss you too...but I'll be back sooner than you think!" Leigh responded, smiling although a small tear fell down her cheek.
Wiping the tear away, her mother hugged her again. As she pulled away, Leigh grabbed her trunk up off of the floor and prepared to leave.
"Are you sure you don't want Aidan to help you with the trunk?"
"Yes, I can handle it." Leigh replied stubbornly, pretending not to notice the searing pain in her arm under the weight of the large trunk.
She walked slowly down the stairs and towards the door, a permanent smile on her face. She hadn't felt this happy in a long time.
As she opened the door, she felt her trunk fall out from beneath her. "Oh!" she cried, turning to pick it up, but noticing it wasn't there. "Umm..."
"You need to stop being so stubborn and ask for help when it's needed." A deep voice said from behind her. Leigh turned with a smirk on her face.
"Who says I needed help?"
Aidan smiled, Leigh's trunk in his hand. "Just get going." He replied, ushering her along. Leigh leaned up and kissed his cheek softly.
"I think I'll miss you most of all, Aidan."
"Is that so?" he responded, walking along side of her, the trunk swinging easily at his side.
"Uh huh." She smiled, looking up at him. In mock confusion, she frowned and glared at him, her hands flying to her sides. "Oh, you don't look like you believe me!"
Aidan grinned. "I believe ya, darlin'"
"Are ye sure? Don't make me have to prove it to you."
Aidan eyed her suspiciously as she wrapped her arms around his neck and hugged him tightly.
"In all seriousness...I really will miss you."
"I know," he replied, hugging her back, a single tear falling from his eyes. "Just make sure that Jack takes good care of you." He said, handing her the trunk as they approached the Black Pearl.
Jack stood on the deck, and Leigh saw him smile at her and race down to the docks.
"Your decision, then?" he asked as he came towards her, his eyes dancing.
Leigh eyed the trunk at her side, and then eyed Aidan who was beginning to cry, and then turned back to Jack.
"You know, I don't think I'll be going."
Jack eyed her strangely with a smirk. "I see...well, then, thank you for brining me this trunk of lovely women's clothing, I'm sure the girls in Tortuga will be pleased!" he smiled, grabbing the trunk and beginning to walk away.
"Hey! Those are mine!" Leigh cried, running after him, laughing. Turning around, she blew a kiss to Aidan and shouted goodbye before chasing after Jack.
She found him up on deck near the front of the ship. Walking towards him, she smiled.
"So, you thought you could get me on your ship by stealing my clothes, aye?" she said, cocking an eyebrow at him. Jack laughed and gathered her in his arms.
"You know me too well, love." He replied, placing his hand under her chin and tilting her face up level to his. "I love you." He whispered, his eyes earnest and his smile true. Leigh fought back tears of joy as she kissed him deeply.
"I love you too..." she said softly as she pulled out of the kiss, laying her head against his chest. Glancing up at him, she smirked.
"What?" Jack asked, noticing her smirk.
"Show me that horizon, Jack." She answered, kissing his lips softly and turning her eyes to the sun rising over the line of ocean that was her destination.
Leigh sighed contentedly as Jack's arms held her close. She wasn't damaged any longer.
The End
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Anyhow, thank you sooo much to everyone who has been reading!! If it weren't for all of you, I would never have had enough encouragement to complete the story and fulfill my undying love for Jack Sparrow.
A short dedication now... I lovingly dedicate this fic to my boyfriend Danny (I love you!) and to my best friend Lori. Thank you so much for all of your support and good humor! I love you both with all of my heart!
And so, the story ends...
"No writing has any real value which is not the expression of genuine thought and feeling." – Eleanor Roosevelt
Chapter 7 – Once Upon the Sea
Leigh's eyes glazed over as she stared out at the sea, her mind racing with her decision. She was being given the one thing she'd always wanted...and yet she couldn't help but feel sad.
She didn't want to leave her mother; yet she didn't want to leave Jack. Oh, why did he have to be a pirate! She thought angrily. But as she turned to look at him as he sat on the edge of the bed, his face in his hands as he thought to himself, she couldn't help but love who he was.
His hair fell down his shoulders in wild tangles and his red bandana glowed in the moonlight. His ragged clothes and worn boots lay on the floor beside the bed, and she smiled at the sight of them. She'd always admired a man who dressed his part.
A pirate. He would always be a pirate, he'd said so himself. And she loved him for that. He wasn't going to give up his dream, so she shouldn't have to give up her own.
"Jack?" she said softly, causing him to glance up to look at her. "I'm going to go home now...I need to talk to my mother. I'll be back in the morning with my decision."
Jack stared at her, his eyes sorrowful in reply. "Alright." He muttered, his eyes following her as she approached him. She smiled weakly and planted a kiss softly on his forehead before clothing herself and leaving the room.
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Madam Wilcox smiled at her daughter, tears falling gently from her eyes. "I'm so happy for you, Leigh." She said softly, bringing Leigh to smile back at her.
"Thank you..." she replied, standing up and walking to the window. "It's almost dawn."
"I suppose you should get going now..." Madam Wilcox said, wrapping her daughter in a warm hug. "I'll miss you, you know."
"I'll miss you too...but I'll be back sooner than you think!" Leigh responded, smiling although a small tear fell down her cheek.
Wiping the tear away, her mother hugged her again. As she pulled away, Leigh grabbed her trunk up off of the floor and prepared to leave.
"Are you sure you don't want Aidan to help you with the trunk?"
"Yes, I can handle it." Leigh replied stubbornly, pretending not to notice the searing pain in her arm under the weight of the large trunk.
She walked slowly down the stairs and towards the door, a permanent smile on her face. She hadn't felt this happy in a long time.
As she opened the door, she felt her trunk fall out from beneath her. "Oh!" she cried, turning to pick it up, but noticing it wasn't there. "Umm..."
"You need to stop being so stubborn and ask for help when it's needed." A deep voice said from behind her. Leigh turned with a smirk on her face.
"Who says I needed help?"
Aidan smiled, Leigh's trunk in his hand. "Just get going." He replied, ushering her along. Leigh leaned up and kissed his cheek softly.
"I think I'll miss you most of all, Aidan."
"Is that so?" he responded, walking along side of her, the trunk swinging easily at his side.
"Uh huh." She smiled, looking up at him. In mock confusion, she frowned and glared at him, her hands flying to her sides. "Oh, you don't look like you believe me!"
Aidan grinned. "I believe ya, darlin'"
"Are ye sure? Don't make me have to prove it to you."
Aidan eyed her suspiciously as she wrapped her arms around his neck and hugged him tightly.
"In all seriousness...I really will miss you."
"I know," he replied, hugging her back, a single tear falling from his eyes. "Just make sure that Jack takes good care of you." He said, handing her the trunk as they approached the Black Pearl.
Jack stood on the deck, and Leigh saw him smile at her and race down to the docks.
"Your decision, then?" he asked as he came towards her, his eyes dancing.
Leigh eyed the trunk at her side, and then eyed Aidan who was beginning to cry, and then turned back to Jack.
"You know, I don't think I'll be going."
Jack eyed her strangely with a smirk. "I see...well, then, thank you for brining me this trunk of lovely women's clothing, I'm sure the girls in Tortuga will be pleased!" he smiled, grabbing the trunk and beginning to walk away.
"Hey! Those are mine!" Leigh cried, running after him, laughing. Turning around, she blew a kiss to Aidan and shouted goodbye before chasing after Jack.
She found him up on deck near the front of the ship. Walking towards him, she smiled.
"So, you thought you could get me on your ship by stealing my clothes, aye?" she said, cocking an eyebrow at him. Jack laughed and gathered her in his arms.
"You know me too well, love." He replied, placing his hand under her chin and tilting her face up level to his. "I love you." He whispered, his eyes earnest and his smile true. Leigh fought back tears of joy as she kissed him deeply.
"I love you too..." she said softly as she pulled out of the kiss, laying her head against his chest. Glancing up at him, she smirked.
"What?" Jack asked, noticing her smirk.
"Show me that horizon, Jack." She answered, kissing his lips softly and turning her eyes to the sun rising over the line of ocean that was her destination.
Leigh sighed contentedly as Jack's arms held her close. She wasn't damaged any longer.
The End
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