Chapter 12-Challenges
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Jack was about to slam the door in Jezebel's face, but she pushed it back and it hit him instead.
"Oops! I'm sorry Jack. Look, sit down and let's talk." She said, sitting on Jack's bed and trying hard not to laugh at the way Jack was looking at her.
"Like I said, there's nothing to talk about, so get out!"
"Who do you think you're shouting at?" Jezebel raised an eyebrow and looked at him, waiting for his next movement.
"If you're not getting out of my cabin I'm, I'm-" Jack stuttered, looking for words to say.
"You're what?"
"I'm getting out!"
"That's fine with me." Jezebel crossed her legs and smiled at him.
Jack walked out of his own cabin and slammed the door behind him.
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Inside Jack's cabin, Jezebel finally busted out laughing. Then she realized how much she put Jack through. For a moment there, she actually felt pitiful for Jack.
"Oh well," she said to herself, "I'll clear this up later." Then she thought, 'In the meantime, I'll just look at what's been in this cabin since I left.' Jezebel looked around the cabin and saw a journal lying on top of a chest to her right.
'Captain's Log' she read. 'Hmmm...this should be interesting.' And she opened Jack's journal.
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Jack threw up his hands in exasperation. "Argh! I can't stand that girl! She gets me so worked up every time!" he walked down to the kitchen. "'Ello, Elizabeth. What's fer lunch?" he put on a fake smile.
"It's almost done. Just give it a hour or so." Elizabeth said. Suddenly, Will came into the kitchen.
"Jack, I ran into Susan earlier. She's looking for you. I suggest you check up on her in her cabin." Will nodded at Jack and walked over to Elizabeth. He gave her a big wet kiss and Elizabeth giggled.
"Oh, Will!" she turned around and hugged him.
Jack shivered and walked out of the kitchen, leaving the two lovebirds alone.
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Jezebel read:
July 22 Jezebel has found a man in her life. I should be happy for her but something is holding me back. I'm just glad that we found Susan and Jezebel together. Now we can go find that treasure.
July 23 I can't help but be jealous of Pierre. He's been getting too much attention from Jezebel. Even I didn't get that much attention last time she was on my ship! If you ask me, this is definitely not right. Nobody plays with Captain Jack Sparrow's emotions, nobody.
July 24 I just now realized I haven't been talking to Susan. What's wrong with me? She's my best friend, after all. It really has been a long time since I have seen her. I hope she doesn't run off again. This time, I really need her. She's the key to the treasure I'm after!
July 25
'So, he's jealous of Pierre...' she told herself. Jezebel looked at more entries from the past, but they didn't seem very interesting. 'July 25?' she asked herself, 'that's today! But where's the entry?' Then she said aloud, "I knew I should've came later!" she scolded.
She took out a piece of parchment from Jack's desk and started writing. Jezebel left the note on top of Jack's journal and left out of his cabin.
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A moment later, Jack was knocking on Susan's cabin door. "Susan? You in there? Will said you sent for me."
"Aye. Come in." Susan said from inside. Jack walked in and sat in a chair by the desk opposite from her. Susan pulled out a journal that looked similar from the one that Jezebel is now reading. "'Member this?" she asked Jack.
"Aye. What 'bout it?" he asked back.
"You still keep up with it?"
"Aye. You?"
"Same. Where's yours?"
"In my cabin, on top of...oh my god!" Jack shouted, standing up.
"What?"
"I was about to write in it before Jezebel went into my cabin! She's probably looking at it right now!"
Susan shook her head. "Tsk, tsk. All of your thoughts are in there, Jack. You better get that back before she knows more than she'll ever want to know about you. All of your secrets..."
Jack ran out, and then came back in. "You're coming with me!" he grabbed Susan and ran out again.
"What for? I'm no use for you!"
"Oh, yes you are! Now come on!"
They both ran to Jack's cabin, but she was no longer there. The journal was still there, but with a note. It said:
Dear Jack,
Is this what you've been thinking about for the past three days that I've been here? Treasure? Well, I've been thinking about something, too. I'm thinking of leaving this ship. Don't try and stop me because it is not going to work. So save us time by giving in and letting me go. By the way, Susan is not your best friend. She's mine! I have done more things to save her ass than you.
-Jezebel Williams
"Sorry, Jack. I guess you'll be going to her now." Susan said, looking at the parchment.
"What are you talking about?" Jack asked her, puzzled.
"What I'm saying is, I know for fact that you aren't going to let her leave. I know you still love her. I saw the way you looked at her when you first saw us three days ago. But she knows what she wants and she'll fight until she gets her way. You'll just have to let her go."
Jack avoided eye contact with Susan and turned around, walking to the door. "I'm not letting her go." He said, and walked out.
Susan followed him and sighed. Before she left the cabin, she gave it one last look. 'Home sweet home,' She told herself.
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Jezebel was now in her cabin, packing her bags, when Jack came barging in. She looked up. "Damn! Not a moment's peace with you! First, you interrupt my relaxation time. Then, you come barging in my space, where it is so nice and quiet. What will you do next?"
"You're not going anywhere." Jack said.
"What? Is that all you came here for? Well, you're not telling me what to do this time, Jack Sparrow. I'm leaving and there is nothing you can do about it." Jezebel said.
"I challenge you to a fight." Jack begged.
"A challenge?"
"Aye, a challenge. Unless you want to back out." He smiled.
"I never back out on a challenge."
Then, Susan came in. "Jack, don't!" But he ignored Susan.
"If I win, you have to stay on my ship."
"But if I win, you will let me go and I will live my life in peace in a little country named London." Jezebel said, "Do we have an accord, Captain Sparrow?"
Jack thought about this for a moment, then took Jezebel's hand and shook it. "Aye."
Susan shook her head in pity.
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Jack was about to slam the door in Jezebel's face, but she pushed it back and it hit him instead.
"Oops! I'm sorry Jack. Look, sit down and let's talk." She said, sitting on Jack's bed and trying hard not to laugh at the way Jack was looking at her.
"Like I said, there's nothing to talk about, so get out!"
"Who do you think you're shouting at?" Jezebel raised an eyebrow and looked at him, waiting for his next movement.
"If you're not getting out of my cabin I'm, I'm-" Jack stuttered, looking for words to say.
"You're what?"
"I'm getting out!"
"That's fine with me." Jezebel crossed her legs and smiled at him.
Jack walked out of his own cabin and slammed the door behind him.
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Inside Jack's cabin, Jezebel finally busted out laughing. Then she realized how much she put Jack through. For a moment there, she actually felt pitiful for Jack.
"Oh well," she said to herself, "I'll clear this up later." Then she thought, 'In the meantime, I'll just look at what's been in this cabin since I left.' Jezebel looked around the cabin and saw a journal lying on top of a chest to her right.
'Captain's Log' she read. 'Hmmm...this should be interesting.' And she opened Jack's journal.
~*~
Jack threw up his hands in exasperation. "Argh! I can't stand that girl! She gets me so worked up every time!" he walked down to the kitchen. "'Ello, Elizabeth. What's fer lunch?" he put on a fake smile.
"It's almost done. Just give it a hour or so." Elizabeth said. Suddenly, Will came into the kitchen.
"Jack, I ran into Susan earlier. She's looking for you. I suggest you check up on her in her cabin." Will nodded at Jack and walked over to Elizabeth. He gave her a big wet kiss and Elizabeth giggled.
"Oh, Will!" she turned around and hugged him.
Jack shivered and walked out of the kitchen, leaving the two lovebirds alone.
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Jezebel read:
July 22 Jezebel has found a man in her life. I should be happy for her but something is holding me back. I'm just glad that we found Susan and Jezebel together. Now we can go find that treasure.
July 23 I can't help but be jealous of Pierre. He's been getting too much attention from Jezebel. Even I didn't get that much attention last time she was on my ship! If you ask me, this is definitely not right. Nobody plays with Captain Jack Sparrow's emotions, nobody.
July 24 I just now realized I haven't been talking to Susan. What's wrong with me? She's my best friend, after all. It really has been a long time since I have seen her. I hope she doesn't run off again. This time, I really need her. She's the key to the treasure I'm after!
July 25
'So, he's jealous of Pierre...' she told herself. Jezebel looked at more entries from the past, but they didn't seem very interesting. 'July 25?' she asked herself, 'that's today! But where's the entry?' Then she said aloud, "I knew I should've came later!" she scolded.
She took out a piece of parchment from Jack's desk and started writing. Jezebel left the note on top of Jack's journal and left out of his cabin.
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A moment later, Jack was knocking on Susan's cabin door. "Susan? You in there? Will said you sent for me."
"Aye. Come in." Susan said from inside. Jack walked in and sat in a chair by the desk opposite from her. Susan pulled out a journal that looked similar from the one that Jezebel is now reading. "'Member this?" she asked Jack.
"Aye. What 'bout it?" he asked back.
"You still keep up with it?"
"Aye. You?"
"Same. Where's yours?"
"In my cabin, on top of...oh my god!" Jack shouted, standing up.
"What?"
"I was about to write in it before Jezebel went into my cabin! She's probably looking at it right now!"
Susan shook her head. "Tsk, tsk. All of your thoughts are in there, Jack. You better get that back before she knows more than she'll ever want to know about you. All of your secrets..."
Jack ran out, and then came back in. "You're coming with me!" he grabbed Susan and ran out again.
"What for? I'm no use for you!"
"Oh, yes you are! Now come on!"
They both ran to Jack's cabin, but she was no longer there. The journal was still there, but with a note. It said:
Dear Jack,
Is this what you've been thinking about for the past three days that I've been here? Treasure? Well, I've been thinking about something, too. I'm thinking of leaving this ship. Don't try and stop me because it is not going to work. So save us time by giving in and letting me go. By the way, Susan is not your best friend. She's mine! I have done more things to save her ass than you.
-Jezebel Williams
"Sorry, Jack. I guess you'll be going to her now." Susan said, looking at the parchment.
"What are you talking about?" Jack asked her, puzzled.
"What I'm saying is, I know for fact that you aren't going to let her leave. I know you still love her. I saw the way you looked at her when you first saw us three days ago. But she knows what she wants and she'll fight until she gets her way. You'll just have to let her go."
Jack avoided eye contact with Susan and turned around, walking to the door. "I'm not letting her go." He said, and walked out.
Susan followed him and sighed. Before she left the cabin, she gave it one last look. 'Home sweet home,' She told herself.
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Jezebel was now in her cabin, packing her bags, when Jack came barging in. She looked up. "Damn! Not a moment's peace with you! First, you interrupt my relaxation time. Then, you come barging in my space, where it is so nice and quiet. What will you do next?"
"You're not going anywhere." Jack said.
"What? Is that all you came here for? Well, you're not telling me what to do this time, Jack Sparrow. I'm leaving and there is nothing you can do about it." Jezebel said.
"I challenge you to a fight." Jack begged.
"A challenge?"
"Aye, a challenge. Unless you want to back out." He smiled.
"I never back out on a challenge."
Then, Susan came in. "Jack, don't!" But he ignored Susan.
"If I win, you have to stay on my ship."
"But if I win, you will let me go and I will live my life in peace in a little country named London." Jezebel said, "Do we have an accord, Captain Sparrow?"
Jack thought about this for a moment, then took Jezebel's hand and shook it. "Aye."
Susan shook her head in pity.
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