Five
Andy I had hardly slept at all in the gloom of night. Jack and Will still lay sprawled and sleeping on the dock a few feet away. The silence of dawn was broken only by the loudness of Jack's abhorrent snoring. He seemed to be having a nightmare as he tossed and turned, flinging his arms through the air and fighting off invisible enemies. In his struggles, Jack rolled himself off the berth and plunged into the cool sparkling water.
* * *
Jack With a resounding splash, I plummeted to the water's cool depths, still running mindlessly from the British soldiers, until I realized I was underwater and drowning myself. I struggled underwater for a moment to turn around from my upside-down position and swim frantically to the surface. I burst through, to the rising sunlight and looked up at the berth, only to see Will and my sister, Andy, laughing their heads off at me. I shook a wet strand of beaded hair from my face only to have it swing around and smack me directly in the nose. "Ouch! Bloody thing!" I flailed my arms in the air and caused myself to once again sink below the water. Once again I swam upwards and hauled my wet self onto the pier, trying to keep my balance, despite the fact that my boots were slick with water. After learning how to balance on wet boots, I stood to face my smiling sister. "'Morning sunshine..." Andy mocked. "Oh, cut that out! I was having a perfectly nice morning before you said that!" I said as I stumbled backwards and landed on top of Will.
"Careful, Jack. You don't want to end up in the water again." She laughed.
"I'll have you know," I clambered off Will as he wrung out his now soaked shirt, "I was out for a morning swim, that's all."
Will complained "Next time you go out for a swim, please try not to use me as your towel."
I turned to look at him and grinned sheepishly, "Sorry, mate."
Andy suggested that we 'borrow without permission', as I put it, a ship to commandeer to find the 'Captain' of The Black Pearl. Will and I agreed and without further delay we sped off, down the beach to find a ship to 'borrow'. I had suggested The Dauntless, since it had been so easy to Captain the last time I 'borrowed' it. Maybe Commodore Norrington would be kind enough to 'loan' it to us, for say, a year?
Andy I had hardly slept at all in the gloom of night. Jack and Will still lay sprawled and sleeping on the dock a few feet away. The silence of dawn was broken only by the loudness of Jack's abhorrent snoring. He seemed to be having a nightmare as he tossed and turned, flinging his arms through the air and fighting off invisible enemies. In his struggles, Jack rolled himself off the berth and plunged into the cool sparkling water.
* * *
Jack With a resounding splash, I plummeted to the water's cool depths, still running mindlessly from the British soldiers, until I realized I was underwater and drowning myself. I struggled underwater for a moment to turn around from my upside-down position and swim frantically to the surface. I burst through, to the rising sunlight and looked up at the berth, only to see Will and my sister, Andy, laughing their heads off at me. I shook a wet strand of beaded hair from my face only to have it swing around and smack me directly in the nose. "Ouch! Bloody thing!" I flailed my arms in the air and caused myself to once again sink below the water. Once again I swam upwards and hauled my wet self onto the pier, trying to keep my balance, despite the fact that my boots were slick with water. After learning how to balance on wet boots, I stood to face my smiling sister. "'Morning sunshine..." Andy mocked. "Oh, cut that out! I was having a perfectly nice morning before you said that!" I said as I stumbled backwards and landed on top of Will.
"Careful, Jack. You don't want to end up in the water again." She laughed.
"I'll have you know," I clambered off Will as he wrung out his now soaked shirt, "I was out for a morning swim, that's all."
Will complained "Next time you go out for a swim, please try not to use me as your towel."
I turned to look at him and grinned sheepishly, "Sorry, mate."
Andy suggested that we 'borrow without permission', as I put it, a ship to commandeer to find the 'Captain' of The Black Pearl. Will and I agreed and without further delay we sped off, down the beach to find a ship to 'borrow'. I had suggested The Dauntless, since it had been so easy to Captain the last time I 'borrowed' it. Maybe Commodore Norrington would be kind enough to 'loan' it to us, for say, a year?
