"Remember when we first met . . ." Jack started.
"Oh, how embarrassing that was!" Ellie yelled into the air.
"Heh, yeah it was, wasn't it. I was coming down those steps in Bombay and I fell. . ." He drifted off of his sentence.
"You bloody fell on me! And then we were lying there and that old lady told us to do it away from the public eye or something in god knows what language! Remember that old man told us what she said . . . Oh my god, that was so . . . there isn't a word to describe it." said Ellie shaking her head.
Jack hesitated saying "Uh, ye where screaming out of yer mind, not sure what at though . . ." he stopped and she looked at him in disbelief. "I mean, almost any woman I knew would love to have me lying on them." Jack laughed at himself.
"Oh yes!" said Ellie sarcastically. "I didn't even know you and here you where lying on me in front of like a gazillion people. 'Course I'm going to scream for you to get off and push you away!"
"I guess so" He cocked his head back and looked at her in an awkward position. "Well,"
"Jack, it was really strange how we ran into each other and then it was all so meant to be almost you know." She looked at him and he nodded briefly.
"Well one thing I will never forget was the night you came to me and said you's was gona asked fer a seperation from Neely's crew cause a me. Heh" he laughed half heartedly. "Neely Can I have a separation from yer crew! Jack is not someone I want to be around any longer!" he imitated her in an annoying fashion.
"Oh shut up Jack Sparrow! What else was I suppose to do you where being a bloody bastard all the time. . ." she took a long swig of her rum.
Then Jack said "A separation from a crew, eh? Never heard that till you said it . . . strange way of asking te leave . . ." he laughed at her.
"I didn't know all the pirate lingo then, still don't." she rolled her eyes. He smirked.
"Could a just said I'm leavin' next port we take."
"Well let's see, what is something I can say about you that was very out of the ordinary . . ."
"There aint nothing 'cause you know ye liked it all, love." He said hopefully.
"You're so arrogant!"
Jack looked at her for an answer; he was not sure what she meant by arrogant.
"Never mind . . . Well there is something I can think of, that time after Neely was dead and I was with you on the run or something. You stole two horses and said 'oh look maybe I should take the donkey aren't they faster . . . 'cause he is smaller.' That was the dumbest thing I had ever heard . . . obviously you had been in the sun to long . . ." there was no word to describe the expression plastered on Ellie's face then but, Jack went on.
"You 'spect me te know which one is fast after I had spent the last 15 years on a boat . . .ship?" he looked at her oddly.
"I don' know . . . you did live on land as a little boy am I right."
"Yea, that was only 10 years though and I only knew what I was doing for 5 of em."
She laughed at him and Jack asked "what!" she said nothing and smirked even more.
There was a knock on the door, "this conversation isn't finished . . ." Jack mumbled grudge like as he went to answer it. It was George; he was saying that Jack might want to have a look at this. He didn't say what the something was and so Ellie was left to wonder. Jack had been gone for a while now and so she decided to come out and see what he was up to.
"Jack?" she said uncertain of where he might be. She said his name again and no answer, in fact she didn't see any of the crew what so ever. "Is anyone here?" she looked around and still no one was in sight "Hello!" she yelled a little spooked now. Unexpectedly Ellie was engulfed by what seemed evil.
She fell to the floor fighting the visions imbedded in her mind. It was cold and dark in the place she had been consumed into. There was the young girl she had seen in her bed room and then there was a man with a black cloche on his face forever hidden beneath its hood. The girl was running away but, the man or rather covered thing followed her every step she took. Ellie wanted to help the poor child as she ran screaming "Mama! Papa!" over and over. It was like Ellie could see the last dream the young girl had the one that took her . . . life, perhaps.
Suddenly Ellie saw the girl trip and she yelled "ahhh!" but, there was no one there to help her in her own dreams, the hooded being grabbed her and she disappeared. It was like if the hooded thing caught you it was over you where gone . . . just like that.
"Ellie! Ellie! Ellie!!!" was being called again and again as Ellie shook her head and said "No . . . they took her, it took, she- she's gone!"
Someone shook her awake and her eyes fluttered open, "Where is she!?" was the first thing that left Ellie's mouth. There was a crowd of men surrounding her as well as Jack, Will, Ana Maria, Elizabeth, and Mr. Gibbs hovering over her head the closest.
"Who . . .?" said Jack seriously. "I-I- I don't know, the girl, she- she was taken away, by-by a hooded . . . th-ing" She said still shaking her head. "I couldn't help her or anything and she's gone now . . ."
"Who!?" asked most of the people around her louder than Jack this time.
"A girl, Jack it was that girl I saw in my room!" she finally said.
Will and Elizabeth looked at her and said "A girl?" in unison.
"Yes, yes, this girl, Jack said . . . she sounded like, your dead daughter" they looked at her completely confused and then Ellie said "She was a- ghost. . ." trailing off in her thoughts.
"How did you know about our daughter?" asked Will.
"After I saw the ghost Jack told me of her."
"I see. . ." said Elizabeth slowly.
"I'm sure it's just some vision or something, a flashback maybe . . . we all have them sometime in our life." Will told her.
"No. . . it, it wasn't . . .though, it was different," Ellie assured them all.
"Well are you alright?" asked Elizabeth.
"Yes, yes I'm fine." Brushing it off as it was nothing.
The crew had moved away now and begun on new jobs Will and Elizabeth left to go eat something and Jack escorted Ellie to her room. When they got there Ellie's hand stopped when she touched the door. She didn't feel safe in there anymore; it was cold and eerie all the time, like someone or . . . something was watching you. Jack reached to open the door and when his hand brushed her own she shivered and withdrew from the handle. Jack noted this and smiled to himself.
They entered the room and Ellie looked into the mirror. She twisted around to see Jack who had sat down on her bed. "This room is creepy . . ." she said more to herself than him.
"Nah, just te ye." He said.
"No, I mean it, there is . . . a presence, for what reason I am not sure."
"Don't believe in ghost, but guess I should, mean after what I ran into with Barbossa and all a em."
She paused and sat down next to Jack . . . "Where did you go, I mean when George came to the room earlier." She asked him in a far away tone.
"Well he told me there had been a problem in the hold, something about a leak, the crew came down to see what had happened,"
". . .Oh" Ellie said slightly caught of by the answer.
Jack was a tiny bit concerned for Ellie right now because she seemed to be coming absent in mind as if it had drifted to someplace else recently. She sighed deeply and closed her eyes as she leaned back against the wall following her bed's edge. Jack watched her and then remembered that they would be at Buckley Island in less that 30 minutes, you could see it from the coast since before he had left his cabin earlier
"Ye know we're almost to port, you need some fresh air, let's go up on deck," he told her.
"Why not. . ."
"We can fix the leak to when we take port, though probably will not do it till tomorrow." he told her.
When they reached the deck the island was not far off and was noticeably clear now. Ellie went to the bow of the ship and felt the wind on her face; she hadn't felt it for as long as she had been absent from the sea. She smiled and inhaled the salty air she loved, as the ocean was sprayed against her face. The atmosphere out here, at sea, was one Ellie never regretted being around. It was one life style she took pleasure to right away.
The Black Pearl was coming closer and close to the small island and finally jack yelled "Drop anchor you scallywags!" Ellie smirked she had missed hearing that ring in her ears for far too long. The boats where lowered and Ellie stood near the ship's edge till Will said "would you like to come with us?" She graciously accepted the invite but, asked if jack could come as well. Jack boarded and they rowed there way to the docks of the bustling island. Ellie looked at it and thought 'I really have missed this haven't I?' she looked at Jack and he said "ready to get yerself some cloths fit for a ship?" she told him undoubtedly yes. The group left the miniature boat and made their way to the main part of the town. The crewmembers went their ways and Jack, Will, Elizabeth and Ellie went there own.
Will and Elizabeth held hands like any normal couple should or would. Jack and Ellie walked with an immense gap between them. This was mostly Ellie's doing for walking so much to one side of him in fear he might hold her like she was with him. Jack ignored it and when he came to a stop Ellie looked at the sign hanging above the door Sailors apparel, supplies and accessories. "Is this where I will be getting my cloths?" she asked him unsure.
"Aye"
"Will you be coming with us?" Ellie asked the couple.
"Oh, no, we are going to rent a room in a tavern for to night and walk about for a while" smiled Elizabeth.
"Have . . . fun," She told Will and Elizabeth.
The happy couple went on their way and Jack entered the small shop. Ellie forced to follow did so. "Anyone here Jack yelled as he approached the desk!"
"Aye, may I help you sir?" said a middle aged man, though older than Jack emerge from behind a wall in the rear of the shop.
"Mr. Wilshire!" boomed Jack evidently recognizing the man.
The man peered at Jack hard after removing his glasses and then said shaking his head "Jack sparrow! Is that really you?"
""Tis, 'cept it's Captain Jack Sparrow!" responded jack delightfully.
"What can I do to help you Jack, who's the lass?" he asked jack.
"The one I be shopping for. 'Er names Ellie."
"I see . . . she needs sailor's clothing?" he asked
"Aye, she does, an' she also needs a sword and things,"
"Right then we best get started . . ."
Ellie and Jack spent fully 3 and a half hours in the shop. When they left Ellie had 5 shirts, 3 breeches, a pair of boots, a jacket, a hat; though not a special tri-corner like Jack and a new sword along with a dagger set. She was abundantly equipped with pirate gear and ready to start out being one again. Jack had told her he had bought his first sword from him and his Jacket that he was wearing now. Said it had lasted him 10 years and was still great.
The 2 approached a shabby yet appealing tavern and entered it. They sat down and then spotting Gibbs and a few of the crew including George and Ana Maria they got up and made their way to the table in the far corner of the weakly light room. Ellie liked the sound of her clinking boots along the wooden floors of the tavern as she sauntered across the room in them. When the waitress came she had blond hair in a curly mess and was wearing a worn dress with a lace petticoat underneath it. She looked as if she had once been extremely beautiful all the same.
Jack smiled at her and the waitress looked at him in a flirting manner. For some reason it bothered Ellie, the fact that Jack liked women and they freely fell into his arms. Sure he may have paid lots of them but, hell she knew they enjoyed him just as well. Ellie rolled her eyes at the waitress and the blond gave her an unpleasant look. Ellie didn't care though and said "bottle o' rum, lady" in a nasty tone. Jack hadn't noted her irritation with the waitress and when she talked to her to her in that kind of tone jack turned himself and looked at her with a raised eyebrow. "What?" was all she said to him.
"I was just being friendly with 'er El, don' take it the wrong way . . ." he told her.
"Just being friendly and what does that mean, assuring that you can have a place in bed with her later?! And don't call me 'El'!" she told him brutally.
He was shocked by her sudden mood swing and considered it just one of women's ways, Jack had seen Ana Maria have mood swings all the time in fact they seemed to be every time the two of them talked. Jack pondered this for a moment and shook himself of his thoughts when a mug of ale was set down in front to him. He graciously drank it in less than 2 gulps. He had never been one to savor alcohol it was part of his day he drank it all the time, it was just something he was use to and so having a couple of anything was no big deal to Jack or any of the crew for that matter. Ellie was seemingly trying to get use to it for some reason she had had some earlier, but now she didn't seem very interested in alcohol now. Jack brushed the fact beside him. He didn't even see that Ellie was jealous of the waitress for reasons unknown to him . . . and maybe Ellie as well.
Ellie drifted from the talk of the pirates surrounding her as she let her mind wonder to the past.
*flash back*
Ellie had been sitting on the deck watching the waves crash against the ship she was on. It was turning into night and Jack was steering the wheel. There was the faintest breeze against Ellie's face sending shivers through her spine. She was rocking with the ship in a holy way as her hair blew freely around her head as if a halo. Jack had thought she had been an angel sent to him more than any other day because she was so perfect that day and made his life a little more meaningful. Though he wasn't very religious he saw her beaming like she had been sent from above.
There where no other people on board except Crane Washer; one of Jack's most entrusted friends and crew mates from when he was very young. He had only come on this voyage to supply any assist Jack might have needed. The ship wasn't very large and Jack had sailed a ship this size on his own before, though difficult Jack just thought of it as a fun challenge to a brilliant pirate however, one might question if jack was just mad.
The day was one that left Ellie peaceful. The sea had been calm, yet great for sailing from the breeze that had come about. It wasn't too hot nor too cold; just the perfect kind of day. She had gotten up to go see jack and he took her head in his hands and kissed her soft lips. She breathed in and smiled as he broke the kiss. She loved being kissed by Jack and she loved being his only lass. He looked down at her and said "Having a good day, me love. . ." looking back at the horizon where a vivid sun was just minutes from being dragged beneath water's boundary. It was beautiful and Ellie just wanted to be held and never let go. She had grown to truly care and love Jack; of course he had been one hard person to become fond of till Ellie realized he in fact cared for her.
"This day is so perfect, I never want it end . . ."
"'Tis a beautiful day."
Jack left the wheel, for the weather was fine and the ship could drift far an hour or two, they had no where in particular to go. Ellie went down into the ship's insides and made some appealing food from what they had; it wasn't very much nor very appetizing alone. They ate in silence and as the moon began to show it's self with all the stars that surrounded it, Ellie gazed up at them. She laid her head against Jack's chest which rose and fell with rhythm. Ellie soon dozed off as she and Jack sat under the stars of the ship's deck. Crane had been reading a book in his cabin most of the day and drinking some rum. It truly had been the most perfect day Ellie could remember sharing with Jack.
*End of flash back*
Ellie didn't see why life couldn't still be like that. There where so many ifs in life she couldn't help but wonder what would have been if things never went the way they had. Her life had been tossed and turned in so many ways it didn't even seem fair. She heard Gibbs say something like ". . . it isn't easy to find that treasure I've heard. . ." this immediately shook Ellie from her own little world and she wondered if they had been talking of the treasure she owned the map for. . .
"What where you saying . . .?" asked Ellie more toward anyone who would answer rather than any one specific. They looked at her as if she had said something terribly odd.
"We were talking about finding a treasure . . . the treasure you have the map to if ye want te find it." said Ana Maria.
"Oh. . ." said Ellie trailing off, she wanted to change the topic and the first thing that came to mind was the photo in the old trunk she had found. "Jack you know that trunk in my room. . ."
He took a moment to think and then slowly said ". . .Why. . .?" The people at the table stared incredibly engrossed in the conversation Ellie had started between herself and Jack.
"Well there is a pic-ture of a young boy and I think...his mother. . ." she said not looking at him, she soon realized everyone was listening intently and it was not only between her and Jack but everyone sitting at the table. He frowned and said,
"That's something we should talk about later, now is the time to have fun, love . . . and maybe do some treasure hunting" he said with a shamefully large cocky grin.
"I see, well . . . what if I don't ever want to find the treasure?" she asked hypothetically.
"But, I know you do, so there for its no big deal." He smirked.
"I guess I do. . . I mean I have wondered if I could ever find it again how neat that would be, I want to find it after all these years- it was a disappoint not to find it the first time . . . and I suppose I should do it for the sake of Neely," she said think aloud.
"Now that's the spirit!" bellowed Jack enthusiastically. "A little treasure hunting, a life as a pirate again . . . you where a damn good one, not to mention," he smiled lightly and finished "sexy, some rum, and. . . Well I don't know what else but, we're gona have something to excite us!" he said with hand jesters for every word. Ellie smiled and the crew cheered happily of the adventure that awaited them. It was all up to Ellie though, she had the map, she had the will and she had the powers of a witch & a gypsy to find this treasure she by no means contemplated to hear of again.
Ellie had rented a small room with the money Jack had given her and fell onto the tattered sheets. It was grungy but would do for now, better than her creepy room at least was all Ellie could say. She was sure Jack had gone off with some whore like she knew him to do and the crew was probably rifling about the streets or something of the sort. Elizabeth and Will where most likely eating dinner together before they went to bed and Ellie was alone, in this disgusting room, trying to fall asleep. . . She was alone once again, a cold and lonely feeling.
A/n: thanks for reviewers; hope you like this chappie, any idea's welcome. Ill try to update soon but got a lot of work with school and stuff so . . . well R&R please. ;)
"Oh, how embarrassing that was!" Ellie yelled into the air.
"Heh, yeah it was, wasn't it. I was coming down those steps in Bombay and I fell. . ." He drifted off of his sentence.
"You bloody fell on me! And then we were lying there and that old lady told us to do it away from the public eye or something in god knows what language! Remember that old man told us what she said . . . Oh my god, that was so . . . there isn't a word to describe it." said Ellie shaking her head.
Jack hesitated saying "Uh, ye where screaming out of yer mind, not sure what at though . . ." he stopped and she looked at him in disbelief. "I mean, almost any woman I knew would love to have me lying on them." Jack laughed at himself.
"Oh yes!" said Ellie sarcastically. "I didn't even know you and here you where lying on me in front of like a gazillion people. 'Course I'm going to scream for you to get off and push you away!"
"I guess so" He cocked his head back and looked at her in an awkward position. "Well,"
"Jack, it was really strange how we ran into each other and then it was all so meant to be almost you know." She looked at him and he nodded briefly.
"Well one thing I will never forget was the night you came to me and said you's was gona asked fer a seperation from Neely's crew cause a me. Heh" he laughed half heartedly. "Neely Can I have a separation from yer crew! Jack is not someone I want to be around any longer!" he imitated her in an annoying fashion.
"Oh shut up Jack Sparrow! What else was I suppose to do you where being a bloody bastard all the time. . ." she took a long swig of her rum.
Then Jack said "A separation from a crew, eh? Never heard that till you said it . . . strange way of asking te leave . . ." he laughed at her.
"I didn't know all the pirate lingo then, still don't." she rolled her eyes. He smirked.
"Could a just said I'm leavin' next port we take."
"Well let's see, what is something I can say about you that was very out of the ordinary . . ."
"There aint nothing 'cause you know ye liked it all, love." He said hopefully.
"You're so arrogant!"
Jack looked at her for an answer; he was not sure what she meant by arrogant.
"Never mind . . . Well there is something I can think of, that time after Neely was dead and I was with you on the run or something. You stole two horses and said 'oh look maybe I should take the donkey aren't they faster . . . 'cause he is smaller.' That was the dumbest thing I had ever heard . . . obviously you had been in the sun to long . . ." there was no word to describe the expression plastered on Ellie's face then but, Jack went on.
"You 'spect me te know which one is fast after I had spent the last 15 years on a boat . . .ship?" he looked at her oddly.
"I don' know . . . you did live on land as a little boy am I right."
"Yea, that was only 10 years though and I only knew what I was doing for 5 of em."
She laughed at him and Jack asked "what!" she said nothing and smirked even more.
There was a knock on the door, "this conversation isn't finished . . ." Jack mumbled grudge like as he went to answer it. It was George; he was saying that Jack might want to have a look at this. He didn't say what the something was and so Ellie was left to wonder. Jack had been gone for a while now and so she decided to come out and see what he was up to.
"Jack?" she said uncertain of where he might be. She said his name again and no answer, in fact she didn't see any of the crew what so ever. "Is anyone here?" she looked around and still no one was in sight "Hello!" she yelled a little spooked now. Unexpectedly Ellie was engulfed by what seemed evil.
She fell to the floor fighting the visions imbedded in her mind. It was cold and dark in the place she had been consumed into. There was the young girl she had seen in her bed room and then there was a man with a black cloche on his face forever hidden beneath its hood. The girl was running away but, the man or rather covered thing followed her every step she took. Ellie wanted to help the poor child as she ran screaming "Mama! Papa!" over and over. It was like Ellie could see the last dream the young girl had the one that took her . . . life, perhaps.
Suddenly Ellie saw the girl trip and she yelled "ahhh!" but, there was no one there to help her in her own dreams, the hooded being grabbed her and she disappeared. It was like if the hooded thing caught you it was over you where gone . . . just like that.
"Ellie! Ellie! Ellie!!!" was being called again and again as Ellie shook her head and said "No . . . they took her, it took, she- she's gone!"
Someone shook her awake and her eyes fluttered open, "Where is she!?" was the first thing that left Ellie's mouth. There was a crowd of men surrounding her as well as Jack, Will, Ana Maria, Elizabeth, and Mr. Gibbs hovering over her head the closest.
"Who . . .?" said Jack seriously. "I-I- I don't know, the girl, she- she was taken away, by-by a hooded . . . th-ing" She said still shaking her head. "I couldn't help her or anything and she's gone now . . ."
"Who!?" asked most of the people around her louder than Jack this time.
"A girl, Jack it was that girl I saw in my room!" she finally said.
Will and Elizabeth looked at her and said "A girl?" in unison.
"Yes, yes, this girl, Jack said . . . she sounded like, your dead daughter" they looked at her completely confused and then Ellie said "She was a- ghost. . ." trailing off in her thoughts.
"How did you know about our daughter?" asked Will.
"After I saw the ghost Jack told me of her."
"I see. . ." said Elizabeth slowly.
"I'm sure it's just some vision or something, a flashback maybe . . . we all have them sometime in our life." Will told her.
"No. . . it, it wasn't . . .though, it was different," Ellie assured them all.
"Well are you alright?" asked Elizabeth.
"Yes, yes I'm fine." Brushing it off as it was nothing.
The crew had moved away now and begun on new jobs Will and Elizabeth left to go eat something and Jack escorted Ellie to her room. When they got there Ellie's hand stopped when she touched the door. She didn't feel safe in there anymore; it was cold and eerie all the time, like someone or . . . something was watching you. Jack reached to open the door and when his hand brushed her own she shivered and withdrew from the handle. Jack noted this and smiled to himself.
They entered the room and Ellie looked into the mirror. She twisted around to see Jack who had sat down on her bed. "This room is creepy . . ." she said more to herself than him.
"Nah, just te ye." He said.
"No, I mean it, there is . . . a presence, for what reason I am not sure."
"Don't believe in ghost, but guess I should, mean after what I ran into with Barbossa and all a em."
She paused and sat down next to Jack . . . "Where did you go, I mean when George came to the room earlier." She asked him in a far away tone.
"Well he told me there had been a problem in the hold, something about a leak, the crew came down to see what had happened,"
". . .Oh" Ellie said slightly caught of by the answer.
Jack was a tiny bit concerned for Ellie right now because she seemed to be coming absent in mind as if it had drifted to someplace else recently. She sighed deeply and closed her eyes as she leaned back against the wall following her bed's edge. Jack watched her and then remembered that they would be at Buckley Island in less that 30 minutes, you could see it from the coast since before he had left his cabin earlier
"Ye know we're almost to port, you need some fresh air, let's go up on deck," he told her.
"Why not. . ."
"We can fix the leak to when we take port, though probably will not do it till tomorrow." he told her.
When they reached the deck the island was not far off and was noticeably clear now. Ellie went to the bow of the ship and felt the wind on her face; she hadn't felt it for as long as she had been absent from the sea. She smiled and inhaled the salty air she loved, as the ocean was sprayed against her face. The atmosphere out here, at sea, was one Ellie never regretted being around. It was one life style she took pleasure to right away.
The Black Pearl was coming closer and close to the small island and finally jack yelled "Drop anchor you scallywags!" Ellie smirked she had missed hearing that ring in her ears for far too long. The boats where lowered and Ellie stood near the ship's edge till Will said "would you like to come with us?" She graciously accepted the invite but, asked if jack could come as well. Jack boarded and they rowed there way to the docks of the bustling island. Ellie looked at it and thought 'I really have missed this haven't I?' she looked at Jack and he said "ready to get yerself some cloths fit for a ship?" she told him undoubtedly yes. The group left the miniature boat and made their way to the main part of the town. The crewmembers went their ways and Jack, Will, Elizabeth and Ellie went there own.
Will and Elizabeth held hands like any normal couple should or would. Jack and Ellie walked with an immense gap between them. This was mostly Ellie's doing for walking so much to one side of him in fear he might hold her like she was with him. Jack ignored it and when he came to a stop Ellie looked at the sign hanging above the door Sailors apparel, supplies and accessories. "Is this where I will be getting my cloths?" she asked him unsure.
"Aye"
"Will you be coming with us?" Ellie asked the couple.
"Oh, no, we are going to rent a room in a tavern for to night and walk about for a while" smiled Elizabeth.
"Have . . . fun," She told Will and Elizabeth.
The happy couple went on their way and Jack entered the small shop. Ellie forced to follow did so. "Anyone here Jack yelled as he approached the desk!"
"Aye, may I help you sir?" said a middle aged man, though older than Jack emerge from behind a wall in the rear of the shop.
"Mr. Wilshire!" boomed Jack evidently recognizing the man.
The man peered at Jack hard after removing his glasses and then said shaking his head "Jack sparrow! Is that really you?"
""Tis, 'cept it's Captain Jack Sparrow!" responded jack delightfully.
"What can I do to help you Jack, who's the lass?" he asked jack.
"The one I be shopping for. 'Er names Ellie."
"I see . . . she needs sailor's clothing?" he asked
"Aye, she does, an' she also needs a sword and things,"
"Right then we best get started . . ."
Ellie and Jack spent fully 3 and a half hours in the shop. When they left Ellie had 5 shirts, 3 breeches, a pair of boots, a jacket, a hat; though not a special tri-corner like Jack and a new sword along with a dagger set. She was abundantly equipped with pirate gear and ready to start out being one again. Jack had told her he had bought his first sword from him and his Jacket that he was wearing now. Said it had lasted him 10 years and was still great.
The 2 approached a shabby yet appealing tavern and entered it. They sat down and then spotting Gibbs and a few of the crew including George and Ana Maria they got up and made their way to the table in the far corner of the weakly light room. Ellie liked the sound of her clinking boots along the wooden floors of the tavern as she sauntered across the room in them. When the waitress came she had blond hair in a curly mess and was wearing a worn dress with a lace petticoat underneath it. She looked as if she had once been extremely beautiful all the same.
Jack smiled at her and the waitress looked at him in a flirting manner. For some reason it bothered Ellie, the fact that Jack liked women and they freely fell into his arms. Sure he may have paid lots of them but, hell she knew they enjoyed him just as well. Ellie rolled her eyes at the waitress and the blond gave her an unpleasant look. Ellie didn't care though and said "bottle o' rum, lady" in a nasty tone. Jack hadn't noted her irritation with the waitress and when she talked to her to her in that kind of tone jack turned himself and looked at her with a raised eyebrow. "What?" was all she said to him.
"I was just being friendly with 'er El, don' take it the wrong way . . ." he told her.
"Just being friendly and what does that mean, assuring that you can have a place in bed with her later?! And don't call me 'El'!" she told him brutally.
He was shocked by her sudden mood swing and considered it just one of women's ways, Jack had seen Ana Maria have mood swings all the time in fact they seemed to be every time the two of them talked. Jack pondered this for a moment and shook himself of his thoughts when a mug of ale was set down in front to him. He graciously drank it in less than 2 gulps. He had never been one to savor alcohol it was part of his day he drank it all the time, it was just something he was use to and so having a couple of anything was no big deal to Jack or any of the crew for that matter. Ellie was seemingly trying to get use to it for some reason she had had some earlier, but now she didn't seem very interested in alcohol now. Jack brushed the fact beside him. He didn't even see that Ellie was jealous of the waitress for reasons unknown to him . . . and maybe Ellie as well.
Ellie drifted from the talk of the pirates surrounding her as she let her mind wonder to the past.
*flash back*
Ellie had been sitting on the deck watching the waves crash against the ship she was on. It was turning into night and Jack was steering the wheel. There was the faintest breeze against Ellie's face sending shivers through her spine. She was rocking with the ship in a holy way as her hair blew freely around her head as if a halo. Jack had thought she had been an angel sent to him more than any other day because she was so perfect that day and made his life a little more meaningful. Though he wasn't very religious he saw her beaming like she had been sent from above.
There where no other people on board except Crane Washer; one of Jack's most entrusted friends and crew mates from when he was very young. He had only come on this voyage to supply any assist Jack might have needed. The ship wasn't very large and Jack had sailed a ship this size on his own before, though difficult Jack just thought of it as a fun challenge to a brilliant pirate however, one might question if jack was just mad.
The day was one that left Ellie peaceful. The sea had been calm, yet great for sailing from the breeze that had come about. It wasn't too hot nor too cold; just the perfect kind of day. She had gotten up to go see jack and he took her head in his hands and kissed her soft lips. She breathed in and smiled as he broke the kiss. She loved being kissed by Jack and she loved being his only lass. He looked down at her and said "Having a good day, me love. . ." looking back at the horizon where a vivid sun was just minutes from being dragged beneath water's boundary. It was beautiful and Ellie just wanted to be held and never let go. She had grown to truly care and love Jack; of course he had been one hard person to become fond of till Ellie realized he in fact cared for her.
"This day is so perfect, I never want it end . . ."
"'Tis a beautiful day."
Jack left the wheel, for the weather was fine and the ship could drift far an hour or two, they had no where in particular to go. Ellie went down into the ship's insides and made some appealing food from what they had; it wasn't very much nor very appetizing alone. They ate in silence and as the moon began to show it's self with all the stars that surrounded it, Ellie gazed up at them. She laid her head against Jack's chest which rose and fell with rhythm. Ellie soon dozed off as she and Jack sat under the stars of the ship's deck. Crane had been reading a book in his cabin most of the day and drinking some rum. It truly had been the most perfect day Ellie could remember sharing with Jack.
*End of flash back*
Ellie didn't see why life couldn't still be like that. There where so many ifs in life she couldn't help but wonder what would have been if things never went the way they had. Her life had been tossed and turned in so many ways it didn't even seem fair. She heard Gibbs say something like ". . . it isn't easy to find that treasure I've heard. . ." this immediately shook Ellie from her own little world and she wondered if they had been talking of the treasure she owned the map for. . .
"What where you saying . . .?" asked Ellie more toward anyone who would answer rather than any one specific. They looked at her as if she had said something terribly odd.
"We were talking about finding a treasure . . . the treasure you have the map to if ye want te find it." said Ana Maria.
"Oh. . ." said Ellie trailing off, she wanted to change the topic and the first thing that came to mind was the photo in the old trunk she had found. "Jack you know that trunk in my room. . ."
He took a moment to think and then slowly said ". . .Why. . .?" The people at the table stared incredibly engrossed in the conversation Ellie had started between herself and Jack.
"Well there is a pic-ture of a young boy and I think...his mother. . ." she said not looking at him, she soon realized everyone was listening intently and it was not only between her and Jack but everyone sitting at the table. He frowned and said,
"That's something we should talk about later, now is the time to have fun, love . . . and maybe do some treasure hunting" he said with a shamefully large cocky grin.
"I see, well . . . what if I don't ever want to find the treasure?" she asked hypothetically.
"But, I know you do, so there for its no big deal." He smirked.
"I guess I do. . . I mean I have wondered if I could ever find it again how neat that would be, I want to find it after all these years- it was a disappoint not to find it the first time . . . and I suppose I should do it for the sake of Neely," she said think aloud.
"Now that's the spirit!" bellowed Jack enthusiastically. "A little treasure hunting, a life as a pirate again . . . you where a damn good one, not to mention," he smiled lightly and finished "sexy, some rum, and. . . Well I don't know what else but, we're gona have something to excite us!" he said with hand jesters for every word. Ellie smiled and the crew cheered happily of the adventure that awaited them. It was all up to Ellie though, she had the map, she had the will and she had the powers of a witch & a gypsy to find this treasure she by no means contemplated to hear of again.
Ellie had rented a small room with the money Jack had given her and fell onto the tattered sheets. It was grungy but would do for now, better than her creepy room at least was all Ellie could say. She was sure Jack had gone off with some whore like she knew him to do and the crew was probably rifling about the streets or something of the sort. Elizabeth and Will where most likely eating dinner together before they went to bed and Ellie was alone, in this disgusting room, trying to fall asleep. . . She was alone once again, a cold and lonely feeling.
A/n: thanks for reviewers; hope you like this chappie, any idea's welcome. Ill try to update soon but got a lot of work with school and stuff so . . . well R&R please. ;)