Disclaimer: As all disclaimers, I don't own any of the characters in
Pirates of the Caribbean. Though I wish I had a monkey : )
Summary: As Will and Jack fight off Barbossa on the Interceptor, the ship wanders off into the Cursed Mist. The curse: Will, Jack and Barbossa end up switching bodies.Can Elizabeth cope up with Will being in the body of another?!
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First of all, I would like to give THANKS (and a cursed gold coin each) to those who reviewed the first two chapters of this fanfic ^o^!!! It's really great hearing what you guys think of it, and it's even kewler to know that you like how it's going so far ^_^!
So super thanks to: Mistress of Mordor, jadedrose01, AuronLives, Elf and Tonic, MSK and PippinFinn :D!
MSK - thanks for your honest comment, man ;). Heheh.having Will in you-know- who's body is a part of the challenge ;). Having Will in Jack's body and vice versa would just be too easy ;)!
Hope you like this next chapter : ).
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The Cursed Mist : Marooned in Another's Body
By Cmdr. Gabe E. Email: gabe_gce@yahoo.com Site:
PART 3 : On the way to Tortuga
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As soon as Jack and Will exited the brig, Will slammed his fists against the wall. He just couldn't take it anymore. He felt his body limp as he leaned against the cold wall of the hallway..His dead weight causing him to slide down until he was sitting on the floor.
Young Will took his hat off and covered his face with it "It's unfair. Why did this have to happen?!! Why me?!! Why us?!!!"
Jack towered over Will as he looked down at him. "Because we're pirates boy!!! We live for such dangers!!! This is the life of a pirate, lad. Get over it!!!"
"But I'm not a pirate!!!" Will threw his hat away as he shouted back at Jack. "Me and Elizabeth shouldn't even be here! If.If only my father wasn't a pirate!!!"
"Ho! Hold on there, Will. Don't blame William for this. Your father was a good man, you know." Jack sighed as he sat beside Will on the floor. "Look, Will. I really don't want to sound like your nanny, but everything's gonna be fine. At least you're alive! Cheating death may be fun. But being dead ain't."
"Wake up, Jack!!! I'm DEAD! This body's cursed by the aztec gold, remember?"
Jack arched his eyebrow "Hm! You're right. You ARE dead."
"I just can't take this anymore!" Will stood up and walked away.
"Will!!!" Jack shouted. You forgot your hat!!!"
"It's not even mine!!!" Will shouted back as he continued walking away.
Jack stood up, picked up the hat on the floor and went after him. "Kids these days. They end up being immortal and they complain about it." He sighed.
Will just kept on walking. He didn't want anyone to see him now. Not Jack or Elizabeth or Mr. Brown or any of the crew. He just wanted to be alone. And he didn't want to see anything that would reflect what he looked like now.
Once he was young Will Turner. A young man who had high hopes and dreams. A young man who wanted to propose to the woman he loved --- A woman who is currently engaged to another. But now everything has gone down the drain. He may still be Will Turner. The Will Turner he had always been, but everyone will look at him as Barbossa now. And god, why HIM?!!!
As he walked through the halls of the ship, he didn't look at any of the crew. Ironically, most of the crew were staring back at him, some even nervously said their 'hellos' and 'good mornings'.
Some of the crew who didn't respect him respected him now. But he didn't want to earn respect this way. He didn't want to earn respect because of how he looked.
He just wanted to shut the world away.For now..
Will opened the door to his cabin and quickly stepped inside. "I need to rest. Aaah.sleeping on the deck last night gave me one mean back ache." He told himself.
He placed his hand on the back of his neck as he felt the soreness there "I really need to get some more rest. I just hope the crew won't mind." He thought to himself again.
Will took off the heavy jacket that Barbossa used to wear, and he threw more of Barbossa's things and belts on the floor. "Ugh. I really should have thought of this as soon as I got this body. You have to give the man credit for carrying all these for 10 years."
Will stashed Barbossa's belongings into one of the chest in his cabin. "The last thing I need is to be reminded that I am in his body now." He muttered to himself. "Thank god I don't have a single mirror in my room."
The young man slowly walked towards his bed. He felt his entire body ache as he sat on the edge of it. "I really do need a little bit more sleep. Even the bed isn't that comfortable anymore."
Then he looked at himself again. "Not only that, but I need a shave, a haircut, and one long bath.".
Will sighed as he fell flat on his back on the bed. He stared up at the ceiling, wishing that it was all just a bad dream. That he will wake up the next day.or maybe that night, and see himself back in his body again. In the body of William Turner.
He closed his eyes and smiled to himself as he felt the bed comforting his aching back.
Then he suddenly felt a hand on his chest.
"Will?" the voice asked. It sounded like a girl's voice and he knew who it was. He opened his eyes and the first thing he saw was Elizabeth looking down at him.
"ELIZABETH!!!" He shouted. "Wh-what are you doing here?! I mean of course you're always welcome in my quarters but." As Will slowly moved away from her, he got the cover of his bed and draped it over his head.
Will felt his voice shaking as he talked to her. He had never been this nervous around her. Never with Elizabeth. He's been with her for as long as he could remember. They've been childhood friends --- Not only childhood friends. They were the BEST of friends.
"What are you doing?" Elizabeth asked as she chuckled a bit.
"What do you mean what am I doing?" Asked Will, still holding the sheet in place on his head.
"Are we playing ghosts now? Yeah, Will. That's reeeeaaaally scary. The last time you put a white sheet on your head, you accidentally fell off the port! From then on, I refused to play ghosts with you anymore, William. You were younger back then. You're just plain young now." Elizabeth laughed as she pushed the draped-Will over.
Will held the sheet tighter on his head "Elizabeth! You pushed me!!!"
"Yes and I'll push you again!!! I'll push you harder if you don't get out of there!" Elizabeth pushed young Will again. This time, harder. Hard enough to almost make him fall off the bed "And by the way, I order that you call me Ms. Swann now."
"Hey!!! You're taking this too far, MS. SWANN!!! Or shall I say, MRS. NORRINGTON!!!" Will laughed as he threw a pillow at her, his head still in the sheet.
Elizabeth saw the pillow fly past her. "You missed me, Will!!! And Mrs. Norrington?!!! There is no way I'll be Mrs. Norrington!!! I'd rather you call me Mrs. Tur---"
In that split second, Will felt like himself again. Like nothing had changed between them. That he was still Will and she was still Elizabeth. He knew Elizabeth could never change, but there is no use trying to be with her now as they once were. After all, he's not him anymore.
"Elizabeth?" He asked.
"Yes, Will?"
"Go." He said.
"But I wanted to see you---"
"Just go, okay? Please.for me." He said, still hiding under his cloth mirage. "I know I may sound like a coward right now, Elizabeth. But..I.I just don't want to burden you with---"
"With what, Will?!! What you look like?!!! I am your friend, Will turner!!! We've played pirates when we were children!! We've been through everything together!!! There was even that one time when we were young and you thought a witchdoctor turned me into a rabbit and you cared for that rabbit --- watched it day and night because you thought it was me."
"I was young! I was --- a fool. You're not that young anymore, Elizabeth. You know what you want and I'm NOT what you want right now."
"Fine! If to be left alone is what you want, then I'll leave you alone, Will! But I'll always be there for you like you've always been there for me.No matter what!" Elizabeth shouted as she darted out the room, slamming the door behind her.
Will sighed as he laid back on the bed. Removing the sheet on his face, he looked up towards the ceiling.and sighed.
A few hours later..
Jack kicked the door to Will's cabin and proudly marched in.
"Looks like that old body has made young Will Turner tire easily."
Jack towered over Will as he saw the young man sprawled on the bed on his stomach. "Tsk tsk tsk.A pirate sleeping in the middle of the day. Simply unacceptable."
Jack pulled out his gun and started poking Will's back with it. "Hey boy!!! Wake up!!! Rise and shine, sleepy head!!"
Will grunted in his sleep and shifted as he felt something poking his back. "Not now, please." he said annoyingly.
Jack sighed as he poked Will's back harder with the nozzle of his gun. "It's either you stand up now or I mark your back with bruises, you got that, boy?!"
"Okay okay!!!! I'm up!!! You didn't have to do that!!" Will reached towards his back as he shifted to his side. "I hate this body." He muttered.
Jack smiled "I noticed. Anyway, come on, Will. We've got a looong day ahead of us." Jack started waving his gun around as he described their 'long' day.
"And just to try to cheer you up, we just reached Tortuga. We might find the cure for our current misfortune there."
Will rubbed his eyes, still trying to wake himself up from that much-needed sleep. "That's good. Dammit, Jack, I hope we get our answers here."
"Don't worry, Will. If there's news about anything --- er --- including information about mysterious and unknown curses like this one, we'll surely find it here." Jack picked up Barbossa's coat from the floor. "Here. Your coat."
Will stood up and pushed the coat away "No thank you. I'd rather be as much of msyelf as I can. Another thing --- that coat smells like ---- a monkey!"
"But Will!!!" Jack shoved the coat towards the young boy "If we're going to get as much information as we can in Tortuga, you might as well PLAY THE ROLE!!!"
"Er.What role?!!!" Will said as he refused to lay a hand on the coat.
"You can use your connections AS Barbossa to get as much information as we can!!!" Jack pushed the coat harder against Will. "So if I were you, I'd try to look as much like Barbossa as I can."
Will rolled his eyes and grabbed the coat from Jack.
Jack smiled "Good."
Will slipped into the coat, trying to get as comfortable in it. "So how about you, Jack? You don't look like THE CAPTAIN Jack Sparrow to me now. You can't run around in Tortuga acting like yourself in MY body!!!"
"Well, if YOU are going to play the role of Barbossa, then I will play YOUR role. I will be the young, innocent Will Turner who's never had a girl in bed. Heheh. No offense, lad!" Jack turned around inspecting his newfound body. "Hmmm.Wouldn't hurt if I try to hit on the ladies with this body, aye?"
Will pointed at Jack's chest and poked it hard with his finger "Jack!!! You may still be you, but that is still my body!!! What would Elizabeth think if she saw me with YOUR women?!"
Jack stroked his goatee (or rather, Will's goatee) as his eyes wandered off thinking. "Hmm.I bet she'd say.'My my my! That dashing Captain Jack Sparrow sure does know how to use Will's body. I wish he'd do such things to me too., especially now that my boyfriend Will has turned into an ugly old pira---'"
Will's eyes opened wide as he saw a figure behind Jack. And once he knew who it was, a devious smile curled up his lips. "Uh. You know what, Jack? I think it would be better if you told that to Elizabeth yourself. She'd LOVE to know what you think of her."
Jack arched an eyebrow curiously. "What?"
"Uhm.She right over there." Will pointed towards Elizabeth who was standing right behind Jack all along.
"Uh oh." the pirate gulped, as he slowly turned towards Elizabeth "Well 'ello there, luv." He said.
The next thing Jack felt was a good, hard slap on the face. "You.really gotta stop doing that." He said as he tried to regain his balance. "That was a really hard one, lass. Too bad women are bad luck at sea, or I would have made you a part of my crew."
The young woman put her hands on her hips as she talked back "Well you better stop talking about me behind my back, Jack. And by the way, I've NEVER thought of you as dashing, and NEVER in my life will I want you to do 'things' to me."
Jack rubbed his cheek "Your loss, luv. Heheheh.".
He then turn towards Will and waved the nozzle of his gun at him. "Anyway, I'll meet you on the main deck, lad. And you too, Elizabeth. Oh, and before we head off to land---" Jack walked beside Will and wrapped an arm around his shoulder "---I'll train you how to walk and talk like a pirate. Believe me, you'll need it to emphasize you're now..LOOK."
Jack winked and patted Will's shoulder as he stepped away from the now irritated Will.
Will sighed and shot a look at Jack as the pirate walked out of his cabin. "I am really going to get you for this once this curse is over, you know!!" He shouted.
Jack stepped away from the door way and quickly stepped inside again "Then you better hope it's irreversible. Heheheh.". Jack winked again and ran off chuckling.
"Jack!!!" Will shouted, as Jack ran off chuckling. "Come back here, you coward!!! Maybe I shouldn't have broken you out of that cell!!!" Will shook his fist in the air as he raised his voice.
"Sometimes I don't know if he's really on our side. Damn pirate." Said Will as he attached some of Barbossa's things on him.
Elizabeth walked towards him and placed a hand on his shoulder. "Don't let him get to your nerves. You know Jack.He likes to fool around a lot."
"Well I think he fools around TOO much." Will shrugged Elizabeth's hand off his shoulder as he picked up his hat from the bed. "Sometimes I don't even know how I ended up trusting him in the first place."
Elizabeth looked away as she felt Will shrug her hand off. Why did he want to avoid her so much? Doesn't Will care for her anymore? Had she hurt him with something she'd said after the curse? She couldn't understand. Will had never distanced himself from her this much before.
Will placed the hat smugly on his head as he turned towards Elizabeth "By the way, It.it really is nice to see you again." He found it difficult to meet her eyes, but he couldn't stop the smile on his lips. He knew that once his eyes met with hers, the only thing he would want to do is hold her in his arms.
Elizabeth looked at Will, trying to see meet his gaze as his stare wandered away from her. She knew that even if his actions were telling her to go away, his eyes would reveal something else. They would reveal the truth.That Will Turner still cared for her.
"I missed you last night." Will whispered. "Thank you for.Still looking at me as ME even if everyone treats me differently now."
"Will Will Will.Nothing can change 8 years of friendship. Not a new body, or an aztec gold curse or ANY curse will ever change the way I look at you." Elizabeth reached out to touch Will's face, but before she could, Will gently grabbed her wrist, as he moved her hand away from him.
He then looked into her eyes. He had to --- he just had to see her looking back at him again. He had to see her eyes before ---- "I.I'm sorry, Elizabeth. But for now, I.I just can't be your Will anymore. As long as I'm in this body, I don't deserve you. I.I'm really sorry."
He felt his heart ache as he said those words. But he had to. He had to say those words for her sake. He wanted to get her away from danger.
Will stepped away from Elizabeth as he walked pass her out of his cabin.
The last thing Elizabeth heard from Will was the sound of the door closing. And she just stood there. Feeling alone. Probably more alone than Will could ever be.
She couldn't understand why unconditional love hurt that much.
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TO BE CONTINUED ^o^!!!!
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Summary: As Will and Jack fight off Barbossa on the Interceptor, the ship wanders off into the Cursed Mist. The curse: Will, Jack and Barbossa end up switching bodies.Can Elizabeth cope up with Will being in the body of another?!
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First of all, I would like to give THANKS (and a cursed gold coin each) to those who reviewed the first two chapters of this fanfic ^o^!!! It's really great hearing what you guys think of it, and it's even kewler to know that you like how it's going so far ^_^!
So super thanks to: Mistress of Mordor, jadedrose01, AuronLives, Elf and Tonic, MSK and PippinFinn :D!
MSK - thanks for your honest comment, man ;). Heheh.having Will in you-know- who's body is a part of the challenge ;). Having Will in Jack's body and vice versa would just be too easy ;)!
Hope you like this next chapter : ).
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The Cursed Mist : Marooned in Another's Body
By Cmdr. Gabe E. Email: gabe_gce@yahoo.com Site:
PART 3 : On the way to Tortuga
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As soon as Jack and Will exited the brig, Will slammed his fists against the wall. He just couldn't take it anymore. He felt his body limp as he leaned against the cold wall of the hallway..His dead weight causing him to slide down until he was sitting on the floor.
Young Will took his hat off and covered his face with it "It's unfair. Why did this have to happen?!! Why me?!! Why us?!!!"
Jack towered over Will as he looked down at him. "Because we're pirates boy!!! We live for such dangers!!! This is the life of a pirate, lad. Get over it!!!"
"But I'm not a pirate!!!" Will threw his hat away as he shouted back at Jack. "Me and Elizabeth shouldn't even be here! If.If only my father wasn't a pirate!!!"
"Ho! Hold on there, Will. Don't blame William for this. Your father was a good man, you know." Jack sighed as he sat beside Will on the floor. "Look, Will. I really don't want to sound like your nanny, but everything's gonna be fine. At least you're alive! Cheating death may be fun. But being dead ain't."
"Wake up, Jack!!! I'm DEAD! This body's cursed by the aztec gold, remember?"
Jack arched his eyebrow "Hm! You're right. You ARE dead."
"I just can't take this anymore!" Will stood up and walked away.
"Will!!!" Jack shouted. You forgot your hat!!!"
"It's not even mine!!!" Will shouted back as he continued walking away.
Jack stood up, picked up the hat on the floor and went after him. "Kids these days. They end up being immortal and they complain about it." He sighed.
Will just kept on walking. He didn't want anyone to see him now. Not Jack or Elizabeth or Mr. Brown or any of the crew. He just wanted to be alone. And he didn't want to see anything that would reflect what he looked like now.
Once he was young Will Turner. A young man who had high hopes and dreams. A young man who wanted to propose to the woman he loved --- A woman who is currently engaged to another. But now everything has gone down the drain. He may still be Will Turner. The Will Turner he had always been, but everyone will look at him as Barbossa now. And god, why HIM?!!!
As he walked through the halls of the ship, he didn't look at any of the crew. Ironically, most of the crew were staring back at him, some even nervously said their 'hellos' and 'good mornings'.
Some of the crew who didn't respect him respected him now. But he didn't want to earn respect this way. He didn't want to earn respect because of how he looked.
He just wanted to shut the world away.For now..
Will opened the door to his cabin and quickly stepped inside. "I need to rest. Aaah.sleeping on the deck last night gave me one mean back ache." He told himself.
He placed his hand on the back of his neck as he felt the soreness there "I really need to get some more rest. I just hope the crew won't mind." He thought to himself again.
Will took off the heavy jacket that Barbossa used to wear, and he threw more of Barbossa's things and belts on the floor. "Ugh. I really should have thought of this as soon as I got this body. You have to give the man credit for carrying all these for 10 years."
Will stashed Barbossa's belongings into one of the chest in his cabin. "The last thing I need is to be reminded that I am in his body now." He muttered to himself. "Thank god I don't have a single mirror in my room."
The young man slowly walked towards his bed. He felt his entire body ache as he sat on the edge of it. "I really do need a little bit more sleep. Even the bed isn't that comfortable anymore."
Then he looked at himself again. "Not only that, but I need a shave, a haircut, and one long bath.".
Will sighed as he fell flat on his back on the bed. He stared up at the ceiling, wishing that it was all just a bad dream. That he will wake up the next day.or maybe that night, and see himself back in his body again. In the body of William Turner.
He closed his eyes and smiled to himself as he felt the bed comforting his aching back.
Then he suddenly felt a hand on his chest.
"Will?" the voice asked. It sounded like a girl's voice and he knew who it was. He opened his eyes and the first thing he saw was Elizabeth looking down at him.
"ELIZABETH!!!" He shouted. "Wh-what are you doing here?! I mean of course you're always welcome in my quarters but." As Will slowly moved away from her, he got the cover of his bed and draped it over his head.
Will felt his voice shaking as he talked to her. He had never been this nervous around her. Never with Elizabeth. He's been with her for as long as he could remember. They've been childhood friends --- Not only childhood friends. They were the BEST of friends.
"What are you doing?" Elizabeth asked as she chuckled a bit.
"What do you mean what am I doing?" Asked Will, still holding the sheet in place on his head.
"Are we playing ghosts now? Yeah, Will. That's reeeeaaaally scary. The last time you put a white sheet on your head, you accidentally fell off the port! From then on, I refused to play ghosts with you anymore, William. You were younger back then. You're just plain young now." Elizabeth laughed as she pushed the draped-Will over.
Will held the sheet tighter on his head "Elizabeth! You pushed me!!!"
"Yes and I'll push you again!!! I'll push you harder if you don't get out of there!" Elizabeth pushed young Will again. This time, harder. Hard enough to almost make him fall off the bed "And by the way, I order that you call me Ms. Swann now."
"Hey!!! You're taking this too far, MS. SWANN!!! Or shall I say, MRS. NORRINGTON!!!" Will laughed as he threw a pillow at her, his head still in the sheet.
Elizabeth saw the pillow fly past her. "You missed me, Will!!! And Mrs. Norrington?!!! There is no way I'll be Mrs. Norrington!!! I'd rather you call me Mrs. Tur---"
In that split second, Will felt like himself again. Like nothing had changed between them. That he was still Will and she was still Elizabeth. He knew Elizabeth could never change, but there is no use trying to be with her now as they once were. After all, he's not him anymore.
"Elizabeth?" He asked.
"Yes, Will?"
"Go." He said.
"But I wanted to see you---"
"Just go, okay? Please.for me." He said, still hiding under his cloth mirage. "I know I may sound like a coward right now, Elizabeth. But..I.I just don't want to burden you with---"
"With what, Will?!! What you look like?!!! I am your friend, Will turner!!! We've played pirates when we were children!! We've been through everything together!!! There was even that one time when we were young and you thought a witchdoctor turned me into a rabbit and you cared for that rabbit --- watched it day and night because you thought it was me."
"I was young! I was --- a fool. You're not that young anymore, Elizabeth. You know what you want and I'm NOT what you want right now."
"Fine! If to be left alone is what you want, then I'll leave you alone, Will! But I'll always be there for you like you've always been there for me.No matter what!" Elizabeth shouted as she darted out the room, slamming the door behind her.
Will sighed as he laid back on the bed. Removing the sheet on his face, he looked up towards the ceiling.and sighed.
A few hours later..
Jack kicked the door to Will's cabin and proudly marched in.
"Looks like that old body has made young Will Turner tire easily."
Jack towered over Will as he saw the young man sprawled on the bed on his stomach. "Tsk tsk tsk.A pirate sleeping in the middle of the day. Simply unacceptable."
Jack pulled out his gun and started poking Will's back with it. "Hey boy!!! Wake up!!! Rise and shine, sleepy head!!"
Will grunted in his sleep and shifted as he felt something poking his back. "Not now, please." he said annoyingly.
Jack sighed as he poked Will's back harder with the nozzle of his gun. "It's either you stand up now or I mark your back with bruises, you got that, boy?!"
"Okay okay!!!! I'm up!!! You didn't have to do that!!" Will reached towards his back as he shifted to his side. "I hate this body." He muttered.
Jack smiled "I noticed. Anyway, come on, Will. We've got a looong day ahead of us." Jack started waving his gun around as he described their 'long' day.
"And just to try to cheer you up, we just reached Tortuga. We might find the cure for our current misfortune there."
Will rubbed his eyes, still trying to wake himself up from that much-needed sleep. "That's good. Dammit, Jack, I hope we get our answers here."
"Don't worry, Will. If there's news about anything --- er --- including information about mysterious and unknown curses like this one, we'll surely find it here." Jack picked up Barbossa's coat from the floor. "Here. Your coat."
Will stood up and pushed the coat away "No thank you. I'd rather be as much of msyelf as I can. Another thing --- that coat smells like ---- a monkey!"
"But Will!!!" Jack shoved the coat towards the young boy "If we're going to get as much information as we can in Tortuga, you might as well PLAY THE ROLE!!!"
"Er.What role?!!!" Will said as he refused to lay a hand on the coat.
"You can use your connections AS Barbossa to get as much information as we can!!!" Jack pushed the coat harder against Will. "So if I were you, I'd try to look as much like Barbossa as I can."
Will rolled his eyes and grabbed the coat from Jack.
Jack smiled "Good."
Will slipped into the coat, trying to get as comfortable in it. "So how about you, Jack? You don't look like THE CAPTAIN Jack Sparrow to me now. You can't run around in Tortuga acting like yourself in MY body!!!"
"Well, if YOU are going to play the role of Barbossa, then I will play YOUR role. I will be the young, innocent Will Turner who's never had a girl in bed. Heheh. No offense, lad!" Jack turned around inspecting his newfound body. "Hmmm.Wouldn't hurt if I try to hit on the ladies with this body, aye?"
Will pointed at Jack's chest and poked it hard with his finger "Jack!!! You may still be you, but that is still my body!!! What would Elizabeth think if she saw me with YOUR women?!"
Jack stroked his goatee (or rather, Will's goatee) as his eyes wandered off thinking. "Hmm.I bet she'd say.'My my my! That dashing Captain Jack Sparrow sure does know how to use Will's body. I wish he'd do such things to me too., especially now that my boyfriend Will has turned into an ugly old pira---'"
Will's eyes opened wide as he saw a figure behind Jack. And once he knew who it was, a devious smile curled up his lips. "Uh. You know what, Jack? I think it would be better if you told that to Elizabeth yourself. She'd LOVE to know what you think of her."
Jack arched an eyebrow curiously. "What?"
"Uhm.She right over there." Will pointed towards Elizabeth who was standing right behind Jack all along.
"Uh oh." the pirate gulped, as he slowly turned towards Elizabeth "Well 'ello there, luv." He said.
The next thing Jack felt was a good, hard slap on the face. "You.really gotta stop doing that." He said as he tried to regain his balance. "That was a really hard one, lass. Too bad women are bad luck at sea, or I would have made you a part of my crew."
The young woman put her hands on her hips as she talked back "Well you better stop talking about me behind my back, Jack. And by the way, I've NEVER thought of you as dashing, and NEVER in my life will I want you to do 'things' to me."
Jack rubbed his cheek "Your loss, luv. Heheheh.".
He then turn towards Will and waved the nozzle of his gun at him. "Anyway, I'll meet you on the main deck, lad. And you too, Elizabeth. Oh, and before we head off to land---" Jack walked beside Will and wrapped an arm around his shoulder "---I'll train you how to walk and talk like a pirate. Believe me, you'll need it to emphasize you're now..LOOK."
Jack winked and patted Will's shoulder as he stepped away from the now irritated Will.
Will sighed and shot a look at Jack as the pirate walked out of his cabin. "I am really going to get you for this once this curse is over, you know!!" He shouted.
Jack stepped away from the door way and quickly stepped inside again "Then you better hope it's irreversible. Heheheh.". Jack winked again and ran off chuckling.
"Jack!!!" Will shouted, as Jack ran off chuckling. "Come back here, you coward!!! Maybe I shouldn't have broken you out of that cell!!!" Will shook his fist in the air as he raised his voice.
"Sometimes I don't know if he's really on our side. Damn pirate." Said Will as he attached some of Barbossa's things on him.
Elizabeth walked towards him and placed a hand on his shoulder. "Don't let him get to your nerves. You know Jack.He likes to fool around a lot."
"Well I think he fools around TOO much." Will shrugged Elizabeth's hand off his shoulder as he picked up his hat from the bed. "Sometimes I don't even know how I ended up trusting him in the first place."
Elizabeth looked away as she felt Will shrug her hand off. Why did he want to avoid her so much? Doesn't Will care for her anymore? Had she hurt him with something she'd said after the curse? She couldn't understand. Will had never distanced himself from her this much before.
Will placed the hat smugly on his head as he turned towards Elizabeth "By the way, It.it really is nice to see you again." He found it difficult to meet her eyes, but he couldn't stop the smile on his lips. He knew that once his eyes met with hers, the only thing he would want to do is hold her in his arms.
Elizabeth looked at Will, trying to see meet his gaze as his stare wandered away from her. She knew that even if his actions were telling her to go away, his eyes would reveal something else. They would reveal the truth.That Will Turner still cared for her.
"I missed you last night." Will whispered. "Thank you for.Still looking at me as ME even if everyone treats me differently now."
"Will Will Will.Nothing can change 8 years of friendship. Not a new body, or an aztec gold curse or ANY curse will ever change the way I look at you." Elizabeth reached out to touch Will's face, but before she could, Will gently grabbed her wrist, as he moved her hand away from him.
He then looked into her eyes. He had to --- he just had to see her looking back at him again. He had to see her eyes before ---- "I.I'm sorry, Elizabeth. But for now, I.I just can't be your Will anymore. As long as I'm in this body, I don't deserve you. I.I'm really sorry."
He felt his heart ache as he said those words. But he had to. He had to say those words for her sake. He wanted to get her away from danger.
Will stepped away from Elizabeth as he walked pass her out of his cabin.
The last thing Elizabeth heard from Will was the sound of the door closing. And she just stood there. Feeling alone. Probably more alone than Will could ever be.
She couldn't understand why unconditional love hurt that much.
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TO BE CONTINUED ^o^!!!!
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