Drunkeness, just Tom, Elizabeth has a hissy fit and there's Fluffy moochy stuff as well. I'd really like someone to review my work. Thank you.

Chapter seven Rum and more rum, and some form of story too.

"Are they on the island?" the commodore called,

"No Sir, they aren't" "Where are they then?" The commodore was mad. "Sir it may be that Jack Sparrow still has them on the ship, Sir?" The Commodore cocked his pistol and shot the two men that were on the island.

"The rest of you, turn this ship and get after the Pearl. I want her in range of the long nines before noon." The crew hopped to.

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Will climbed up the rigging, Gibbs had told him that Jack probably didn't want to be disturbed, but Will had some questions for Jack that couldn't wait. "Uh Jack" Captain Jack Sparrow looked up from the bottle of rum he was cradling, his dark eyes were full of pain, "are you okay?" Will didn't know how to react, this was Elizabeth's area, and dealing with other peoples emotions always got him on edge.

"I promised him Will, and I failed." Jack was very drunk, and he wasn't making any sense. "I failed him Will, I promised, I failed." Jack took another swig of rum, he drained the bottle and let it fall from his hand, it tumbled from the crow's nest and crashed onto the deck below.

"Who did you fail Jack?" asked Will as he pulled himself into the Nest, next to Jack.

"Bootstrap, I promised him, and now I've failed him" Will gently patted Jack on the back.

"What promise did you break?" Jack slammed his fist into the mast,

"That no harm would come to them." Will raised an eyebrow; He had no idea what Jack was on about, and Jack was too drunk to tell him.

"Who are them?" Jack looked up, then he motioned in the direction of his cabin.

"Emily and Jo, I promised Bootstrap that if anything happened to him, I'd watch over them and make sure that no harm ever came to them, I made the same promise about you, keeping you safe and keeping them safe. Great job I did of that." Will protested,

"You saved her Jack, you have Emily back on the Pearl and you're going to find Josephine, and you can tell my father that you kept your word." Will looked at Jack in a very serious way his dark eyes gleaming in the moonlight. Jack and Elizabeth had emerged from his cabin around four o'clock, Jack had grabbed a bottle of rum, climbed the mast and stayed there, every so often he had yelled for another bottle and thrown the empty one down onto the deck when his request wasn't filled fast enough. Jack regarded Will carefully,

"you really think that?" Will nodded, "you do realise that if Bootstraps dead I have failed. Besides Emily isn't awake yet, and she can't talk, from what Elizabeth tells me, and Norrington will be chasing us and a million other things could go wrong. Savvy?" Will nodded at everything Jack had said, "and despite all that you think that everything will be okay?" Will grasped Jacks hand,

"I know it will" Jacks mood brightened considerably,

"Then lets go find Bootstrap. Savvy?" Jack stood, shook himself like a wet dog and jumped off the crow's nest. Grabbed a rope, he swung down to the deck below. Will sighed and climbed down the rigging at least he'd gotten Jack out of his stupor.

Emily woke the next morning; her eyes fluttered open, then shut. Then she sat up, both eyes open looked at Jack and Will standing at the end of the bed, rolled her eyes back in her head and fainted. "Well she looks fine to me." Said Jack. "You think we should try and wake her up?" Will shook his head,

"I don't think it's advisable, let her rest,"

"I'm staying in here, I'm going to watch over her, like a little black angel." Will rolled his eyes and walked out of Jacks cabin. Jack sat on the edge of his bed and watched Emily sleep. She looked so peaceful, the bruises were going down and the bite marks were very faint, thanks to the poultice that Gibbs had made. Emily's brow creased suddenly, "get off," Jack moved back slightly and fell of the bed. "I don't know where they are, let me go." Emily, it seemed, had found her voice. Jack crawled back onto the bed and shook Emily,

"Umm... Miss Cross-Star, wake up. You're dreaming, Emily?" Emily's eyes snapped open, she sat up and she looked at Jack, "Captain Sparrow?" Jack nodded, "am I on the Pearl?" Jack nodded again, "oh, good" Emily fell backwards again. Jack caught her and cradled her head in his arms. Sighing he leant against the headboard of his bed and cradled Emily against his body. Absent-mindedly stroking her hair. Emily mumbled something and snuggled into him. Jack shut his eyes, content to be Jack for once, and not have to worry about anything else in the world. He fell asleep thinking good things.

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Elizabeth looked up as Will climbed onto the deck. "Is she okay?" Will nodded, and sat down next to his wife, kissing her hello,

"she's fine, Jacks watching over her. How are you?" Elizabeth nodded,

"I'm fine Will, how are you?" Will avoided Elizabeth's gaze,

"Just the same"

"Will? What's wrong?"

"Nothing, I'm fine, I just need to sleep a little more."

"Will, what's wrong, you've been growing more distant everyday, I'm worried for you." Elizabeth looked will in the eyes and searched for some answer. He tried to avoid her gaze.

"Elizabeth, leave off, I am fine, I've just been contemplating things, and Jack believes that he can find my father." Will trailed off, half lost in his own thoughts and half because of the look that Elizabeth gave him,

"Jack believes that your father is alive? Will you could have told me, instead of trying to keep it in your heart." Will looked at Elizabeth seriously,

"Considering the last adventure that we had with Jack Elizabeth I thought you'd prefer not to know." Elizabeth smiled and then she kissed Will, he wrapped both arms around her and pulled her into his lap.

"Will..." protested Elizabeth, he just shushed her and kissed her again. Governor Swann was watching the two young lovers, smiling to himself,

"Ah Governor Swann," the lady pirate, her name was, her name was... ah...

"Ana Maria?" the unfamiliar name rolled off his tongue, the lady laughed,

"Good Guess governor, I was wondering if you were hungry, the crew are sitting down to lunch."

"Please, call me Thomas, there is no point in being formal," Ana raised both eye brows,

"Of course, Thomas," she sounded very uncomfortable calling him by his first name.

"Will you be joining us for lunch?"

"Of course I shall, lead the way to the mess hall." Ana looked at him in even more surprise,

"I grew up on ships like this young lady, they don't just elect rich brainless men to the position of governor." Ana nodded and motioned for the Governor to follow her,

"Will they be joining us?" she asked motioning towards Will and Elizabeth, who were very interested in each other.

"William, Elizabeth, Lunch, Savvy?" Captain Sparrow had emerged from the Captains cabin, Will and Elizabeth reluctantly broke apart he gently placed her on the deck stood and offered her his hand. Then he pulled her to her feet, threw and arm around her and followed Jack to where Ana and Governor Swann were standing.

"Lets to lunch" They all looked at Jack, "what, we have posh guests, I though I'd talk all posh" Ana laughed, Elizabeth and Will looked at Jack as if he was daft and the governor inclined his head.

"Please, call me Thomas,"

"Father"

"Elizabeth, this is not a formal occasion, we have been kidnapped by Pirates, and I'd prefer that they didn't remain formal to me. I haven't been called just Thomas in simply ages." Elizabeth looked horrified but Jack grinned in his lopsided way

"Well just Thomas. Join us for lunch." Thomas, grinned like a boy, and they all entered the mess hall were the crew were waiting to eat.

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why oh why did i stop it here? cause i can! lol. pirates having luncheons with governers, oh well!