Chapter Twenty Three: I'M BECOMING LIKE YOU!

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Norrington banged the door open and saw all of them standing together. He smiled and yelled, "I've got you now, Turner and Sparrow!"

Then, he flung himself at Will.

I WISH WE WERE BACK HOME!

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Norrington flew through the air, arms outstretched, soaring straight at Will, as if to strangle him. He was an inch away…

THUD.

Norrington picked himself up off the floor, extremely shocked an confused. He looked around, and cursed in his rage. "WHERE DID THEY GO?!" he screamed in fury.

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The entire adventure was flashing in front of them… even when Jack closed his eyes he could still see it… he was soaring through the air…and by the feel of things, losing altitude…

SPLAT.

Jack opened his eyes immediately, noticing the reason he couldn't breathe was the fact that he had water up his nose, and that he was in Will's pool. He quickly swam to the surface, once again, rubbing his ribs and stomach and coughing.

"Ooooh," he moaned as he hung on to the side. "Will? Will? OI! WILL! WHERE ARE YOU?" he bellowed.

The answer to his question came almost immediately. With another great splat, Will made his grand entrance by means of a belly flop identical to Jack's. He winced as he surfaced, swimming to Jack's side, and looking around.

"WE DID IT!" they screamed together.

"Look, Bethy! We made it! Bethy?" asked Jack, noticing she wasn't there.

"Lissie?" asked Will.

The two of them glanced at each other, then hopped out of the pool and dashed into Will's house.

"BETHY!"

"LISSIE?"

"WHERE ARE YOU?!" they both yelled at the same time. Jack ran into the dining room, throwing himself on his knees and pulling the tablecloth up, looking underneath it.

"Well, they're not under here," said Jack stupidly as Will rolled his eyes, but then came to an understanding as Jack shook his head wildly, drenching Will even more, along with the rest of the room.

"Wait! We got back the way we came…" they glanced at each other again and ran out of the room, Jack stumbling behind, almost running into the wall. Will bolted across the street to Jack's house and threw open the door, colliding with Lissie, who appeared to be thinking along the same lines as he was.

"Oof!" she exclaimed, crashing to the floor. She looked up, staring at him with disbelief. "WE DID IT!" they yelled together, and she picked herself off the floor in less than a second, threw herself at Will, and kissed him.

Jack pushed himself past them, running into the kitchen. "BETHY!" he yelled.

"JACK!" she ran into the room and leapt into his arms, sending Jack into the wall, and nearly knocking over Gus and Bob's fish tank. Jack kissed her.

"I thought we were done for," said Will once he broke away and finally shut the door. "Norrington was just flying through the air towards me…"

"I know, I know, but… oh… just kiss me!" she said impatiently. Will turned his head.

"No, I'm not done yet. I—stop looking at me like that! Oh, what the heck," he said as he grabbed her and kissed her.

"Bethy, I wanna marry you," said Jack, somewhat out of breath.

"What? That's why we're engaged, silly!" she said.

"No, I wanna marry you. Now."

"Now?" she said in disbelief. "But we have the church booked for… I think in a couple weeks—"

"I can't wait that long! Let's get married now!"

"But what about the double wedding?" asked Beth; Will and Lissie were going to get married on the same day she and Jack were.

"They can come with if they want to," said Jack. "But this adventure 'as taught me somethin'. I did this for a certain reason. The reason why I saved you from Barbossa was because of one feeling. One feeling that could have driven me that far and made me go to any lengths to rescue you. Only love will make a person do anything."

Beth felt tears coming into her eyes. As soon as Jack said it, he gasped.

"OH MY GOD!" he screamed, running into the entry way where Will was kissing Lissie, leaving an extremely shocked Beth to run after him.

"YOU!" he bellowed at Will, shaking a finger at him, looking both scared and angry.

"Jack, as much as I would love to talk right now, I'm a little busy," said Will, slightly annoyed.

"I'M BECOMING A SAP LIKE YOU!" he screamed.

"Jack, what are you talking about?" asked Lissie.

"I just said I'd go to any lengths to rescue Beth! Only someone horribly and helplessly romantic would say somethin' like that! And by a horribly and helplessly romantic person, I mean WILL!"

"Jack, you said it yourself," broke in Beth. "It's love… all love."

Jack put his finger down, still staring at Will with wide, scared eyes and breathing heavily. "Oh, by the way, we're gettin' married tomorrow, just to let you two know," said Jack after a minute.

"WHAT?!" exclaimed Will and Lissie together.

"But we have the church booked—" started Lissie.

"I DON'T CARE!" bellowed Jack. "If you two don't want to, that's fine. But Beth and I are. C'mon, Will, let's go get the tuxes," he said, suddenly remembering they were still in the trunk of his car.

The two of them walked out to the garage and pulled them out of the trunk, then walked back inside the house, Jack bracing himself, now wishing that he would have bought some earplugs. Will glanced at him, trying to hide his grin. They walked into the door, and Beth's mouth fell open.

"JACK SPARROW!" she boomed.

"Yes, love?" he asked tentatively.

"WHAT DO YOU THINK THAT IS?!" she asked, pointing at the tux in his hand that was tye-dye in color.

"It's my tux, but—"

"WHAT DO YOU MEAN?! YOU ARE NOT WEARING THAT TO OUR WEDDING!"

"No! See, it's just a prank… there's a black one in the car…"

Beth stopped yelling, but she was red in the face. Lissie, Will, and Jack glanced at each other and started laughing. Beth, after a few minutes, started laughing too, once she overcame the shock. But then, she reminded herself, it was Jack Sparrow.

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