Ya'll are gonna eat me aren't you? I fell asleep typing this last night. I
woke up and it was almost midnight and my mom wasn't home yet. So I went to
bed like a good girl. Sorry... But I have like an expectancy of 30 more
chapters and each one shall have a special song to go with it. This one
doesn't but the next one does, so...
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A single tear fell down Jesse's sleeping face. Her eyes fluttered open as her dream of memories from long ago ended. She sat up and noticed Jack was sitting about a foot away from where her feet had just been. He was smiling at her.
"Sleeping well?" he was suppressing his desire to be beaten to a pulp for calling her love. "I've slept better. I've slept worse, too, come to think of it." Jack smiled a little and pointed to his cheek. Jesse touched her own cheek and wiped away the tear. He raised his eyebrows inquisitively. Sighing, she put her head in her hands.
"It's a long story." "It's a two day trip to Tortuga. It can't be that long." Jack was hoping to get points for being a good guy. It wasn't really in his character but he could stretch his interests a little...
"You heard most of it earlier. But it's more of what his mother said to me before she died. You see, Will knew I hated being alone, just not how bad. His mother did, though. In her last few days she became delusional. She couldn't remember that William was dead. Or suppose to be, at least. She would ask about him each day and each day I would have to tell her that he was lost. Well, the last thing she said to me was 'I pray that you find William so neither of you ever have to be alone again.' And then she just let go. It's so stupid. But they were the only people who ever cared for me. She was like my own mother, and William was like a brother..."
Jack's eyes brightened a little. He had hoped it wasn't anything more than friends between Will and her. Not that it would have changed much. " and when I lost them both...I just never really trusted anyone again. I was alone for two years before I met Will and eleven after his mother died. Just...alone." The words seemed to hurt. Especially alone.
"If it makes you feel any better I wasn't really raised by me folks either. A bar owner took me in and had me serving drinks by the time I could walk. When I was ten I left and started sailin' 'round till I got me own boat." Jack said, sounding hopeful. Maybe she would warm up to him if she knew he never knew his parents either.
"Why would that make me feel better? I hate to think anyone went through what I did." Jesse paused for a minute. Jack couldn't really think of anything to say.
"Look when I said I hated you, I didn't really mean it. I didn't know you and I shouldn't have said it. I'm not saying that I like you, though. I haven't quite made up my mind about you yet. You don't really let onto your...personality too quickly. Unless *that* is your personality." She nodded towards the bottle of rum in his hand. Jack looked at the bottle and smirked.
"You don't have to be sorry. People have said a lot worse to me."
"I never said sorry. I just said I didn't mean it." She said, beginning to smirk herself. She was starting to feel a little better. Jack laughed a little. "The story wasn't that long." "Cause I told you the short and quick version." She said as-a-matter-of-a-fact-ly. "Why don't you tell me the long and slow version?" Jack said suggestively, raising his eyebrows.
Jesse stood up quickly. "I'm going to bed. Why don't you stay up here and steer the boat, or captain the ship. You know...whatever it is that you do." She said hurriedly, Normally, she would have slapped him but she had left her sword in the room she hand chosen to sleep in and Jack hadn't.
That man seemed to bring her all the bad luck and keep all the good for himself.
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Uh, short? Yeah, well at least it's longer than the last one. YAY! I 'm going to edit the next chapter so you'll get that tomorrow but it's so it will fit in. You guys are gonna hate me at the end of this. Well, mainly the ones who don't like surprises, cause expect a lot of twists. And don't think I'm not gonna have a little fun with Jesse and Jack. TEHE! Bye...
Oh yeah, Jack says "Review, ye scallywags or ye be walkin' that there plank!" Don't ask me what plank he's talking about. But don't make him mad! Not that it's that bad, cause he's kind of cute when he's mad...
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A single tear fell down Jesse's sleeping face. Her eyes fluttered open as her dream of memories from long ago ended. She sat up and noticed Jack was sitting about a foot away from where her feet had just been. He was smiling at her.
"Sleeping well?" he was suppressing his desire to be beaten to a pulp for calling her love. "I've slept better. I've slept worse, too, come to think of it." Jack smiled a little and pointed to his cheek. Jesse touched her own cheek and wiped away the tear. He raised his eyebrows inquisitively. Sighing, she put her head in her hands.
"It's a long story." "It's a two day trip to Tortuga. It can't be that long." Jack was hoping to get points for being a good guy. It wasn't really in his character but he could stretch his interests a little...
"You heard most of it earlier. But it's more of what his mother said to me before she died. You see, Will knew I hated being alone, just not how bad. His mother did, though. In her last few days she became delusional. She couldn't remember that William was dead. Or suppose to be, at least. She would ask about him each day and each day I would have to tell her that he was lost. Well, the last thing she said to me was 'I pray that you find William so neither of you ever have to be alone again.' And then she just let go. It's so stupid. But they were the only people who ever cared for me. She was like my own mother, and William was like a brother..."
Jack's eyes brightened a little. He had hoped it wasn't anything more than friends between Will and her. Not that it would have changed much. " and when I lost them both...I just never really trusted anyone again. I was alone for two years before I met Will and eleven after his mother died. Just...alone." The words seemed to hurt. Especially alone.
"If it makes you feel any better I wasn't really raised by me folks either. A bar owner took me in and had me serving drinks by the time I could walk. When I was ten I left and started sailin' 'round till I got me own boat." Jack said, sounding hopeful. Maybe she would warm up to him if she knew he never knew his parents either.
"Why would that make me feel better? I hate to think anyone went through what I did." Jesse paused for a minute. Jack couldn't really think of anything to say.
"Look when I said I hated you, I didn't really mean it. I didn't know you and I shouldn't have said it. I'm not saying that I like you, though. I haven't quite made up my mind about you yet. You don't really let onto your...personality too quickly. Unless *that* is your personality." She nodded towards the bottle of rum in his hand. Jack looked at the bottle and smirked.
"You don't have to be sorry. People have said a lot worse to me."
"I never said sorry. I just said I didn't mean it." She said, beginning to smirk herself. She was starting to feel a little better. Jack laughed a little. "The story wasn't that long." "Cause I told you the short and quick version." She said as-a-matter-of-a-fact-ly. "Why don't you tell me the long and slow version?" Jack said suggestively, raising his eyebrows.
Jesse stood up quickly. "I'm going to bed. Why don't you stay up here and steer the boat, or captain the ship. You know...whatever it is that you do." She said hurriedly, Normally, she would have slapped him but she had left her sword in the room she hand chosen to sleep in and Jack hadn't.
That man seemed to bring her all the bad luck and keep all the good for himself.
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Uh, short? Yeah, well at least it's longer than the last one. YAY! I 'm going to edit the next chapter so you'll get that tomorrow but it's so it will fit in. You guys are gonna hate me at the end of this. Well, mainly the ones who don't like surprises, cause expect a lot of twists. And don't think I'm not gonna have a little fun with Jesse and Jack. TEHE! Bye...
Oh yeah, Jack says "Review, ye scallywags or ye be walkin' that there plank!" Don't ask me what plank he's talking about. But don't make him mad! Not that it's that bad, cause he's kind of cute when he's mad...