Chapter 5: Rum, delays and saucy business
Rach and Daisy and Will and Becky, all rushed silently down the secluded beach towards the cove where the Black Pearl was waiting for them. As they reached the similar smell of salt engraved wood and worn rope, Matt popped his head up from the darkness and grinned with delight, "Will!? Oh great you're here!!" Rach threw him a look of daggers..."Shhhhh!!! We're trying to keep a low profile here silly!!" Daisy too gave her a warning look...Rach wasn't exactly quiet herself. As the four of them moved closer to the lamp light on board the ship, Matt pulled on odd face, "Errr, Will? What happened to your clothes?"
Daisy burst out into giggles as she peered down, once more, at the naked Will. "She beat me at Strip Poker and won't give me back my clothes" Will mumbled trying best to cover himself. "Ah! Know the feeling mate!" Matt winked at him while suppressing his own laugh. Becky gave Daisy a warning look as if to say 'give him back his clothes or else!' and Daisy, and surprisingly Rach, both moaned. "Oh ok" Daisy grinned passing Will his clothes and peering at Rach's look of longing, "You feeling ok Rach?"
Rach turned slowly to Daisy slightly memorised, "Yeh....fine...I'm just fine thanks cap'n" She pulled a silly grin and then turned to see that Will actually had his clothes on now and groaned under her breath. Becky rolled her eyes – after all it was her brother Rach was eyeing up, "I'm off below deck if you need me." Matt nodded and turned to Daisy, "So err, when are we to set sail?"
Daisy sighed and looked up into the night sky. She would have dearly loved to set sail there and then and would have if she weren't thinking about her crew. If they were to have set sail then they would have been caught by the Navy who were out and about. She gave it some serious thought but realised that there was only one thing to do. "We set sail tomorrow in the cover of dawn. Tell the crew to get the best sleep they can for there will be no sleep tomorrow night..." she trailed off and her mumblings became silent. And with that she turned and headed for the Captain's Cabin where she would find a nice bottle of Rum to take her troubles away.
Rach sat on her bed in her cabin which she shared with Nikki – excellent if you have any personal injury problems that need immediate attention, however not so good if you are a light sleeper and snoring wakes you up instantly. All was very quiet on board the Black Pearl, in a way quite unnerving and as Rach couldn't get any sleep she thought she'd go for a little wonder. "Huh?....what are you doing up so late?" Daisy had just swayed past with a rather large bottle of rum in her hands. Rach gave her a look as though to say I-could-ask-you-the-same-question but replied with, "Umm I can't sleep really." Daisy leant casually against the wooden beam next to her cabin door, "Well what a coincidence...neither can Mr Turner...why don't you go say hello?" But it was obviously an excuse to get rid of her. Rach nodded slowly and wondered off down the corridor.
Daisy dropped the now empty bottle of rum over board but immediately regretted it because she had forgotten to give it an extra lick to see if there was any left. She was drunk...completely drunk and it comforted her. She stared out across the land and slumped onto the wooden beam. She hated the land, couldn't understand why anyone would actually willingly live on it when it didn't move! "Bloody grass" she muttered, "Bloody rocks, Bloody animals, BLOODY LAND!" she yelled into the darkness and then passed out onto the deck.
Meanwhile back below deck, Rach had asked around all the cabins to see if Will was lodged with any other crew members. It turned out Will was lodged with Matt at the end of the ship next to the kitchen. Kinda obvious really as Matt was the only other male onboard. But she did wonder then what might have happened to the little cabin-boy. Shaking that thought aside she peered into the cabin, "Hello? You guys awake?" Everything was silent for a few moments until one of the oil lamps was lit and Will's head could be seen at the other side of the room, Matt was apparently still fast asleep. "You can't sleep either?" Will nodded with a smile.
Daisy blearily opened an eye to find the small cabin boy knelt down beside her poking her. "Cap'n?" he asked in his annoyingly high pitched voice. Daisy sat up, still very very drunk. "If my Jack were here he would call you a eunuch!" she slurred, "Oh I miss my Jack so much!" She put an arm around the frightened looking cabin boy and pulled another bottle of rum out nowhere. "My poor Jack!" she cried, "All alone on that DAMNED ship!!! My poor Jack he misses me so!" She whipped tears from her eyes to pause and take more rum. The poor cabin boy was terrified, having never seen an emotional female pirate drunk before. "DAMN THOSE SPAINYARRRRRDS!!! DAMMMNN THEMMM TO HELLL!" she slurred in her loudest voice.
A good half and hour had passed before Daisy had stopped her wailing on deck and before everyone, and yes that does include Rach and Will, were back in their beds...all tucked in nice and warm getting a good nights rest before they set sail in morning. However they all awoke a little too early then they had wanted... "OI!!!! Wake up!!" Daisy called as she wondered down the corridors – she hadn't quite sobered up just yet. The crew groaned and stumbled out of bed and glared as she grinned skipping past them. It appeared that she was very happy that they would finally be off to rescue Jack Sparrow.
"Woohoo!" she cried skipping away until she had the whole crew assembled on deck. "RRRright! We sset saiiil!" she laughed but suddenly held up a finger while she jumped overboard. A tremendous splash erupted and the crew groaned. Five minutes later Daisy climbed back on deck again, the freezing water having sobered her up. "Sorry about that. Right! Set sail for the Spanish Main!"
Rach and Daisy and Will and Becky, all rushed silently down the secluded beach towards the cove where the Black Pearl was waiting for them. As they reached the similar smell of salt engraved wood and worn rope, Matt popped his head up from the darkness and grinned with delight, "Will!? Oh great you're here!!" Rach threw him a look of daggers..."Shhhhh!!! We're trying to keep a low profile here silly!!" Daisy too gave her a warning look...Rach wasn't exactly quiet herself. As the four of them moved closer to the lamp light on board the ship, Matt pulled on odd face, "Errr, Will? What happened to your clothes?"
Daisy burst out into giggles as she peered down, once more, at the naked Will. "She beat me at Strip Poker and won't give me back my clothes" Will mumbled trying best to cover himself. "Ah! Know the feeling mate!" Matt winked at him while suppressing his own laugh. Becky gave Daisy a warning look as if to say 'give him back his clothes or else!' and Daisy, and surprisingly Rach, both moaned. "Oh ok" Daisy grinned passing Will his clothes and peering at Rach's look of longing, "You feeling ok Rach?"
Rach turned slowly to Daisy slightly memorised, "Yeh....fine...I'm just fine thanks cap'n" She pulled a silly grin and then turned to see that Will actually had his clothes on now and groaned under her breath. Becky rolled her eyes – after all it was her brother Rach was eyeing up, "I'm off below deck if you need me." Matt nodded and turned to Daisy, "So err, when are we to set sail?"
Daisy sighed and looked up into the night sky. She would have dearly loved to set sail there and then and would have if she weren't thinking about her crew. If they were to have set sail then they would have been caught by the Navy who were out and about. She gave it some serious thought but realised that there was only one thing to do. "We set sail tomorrow in the cover of dawn. Tell the crew to get the best sleep they can for there will be no sleep tomorrow night..." she trailed off and her mumblings became silent. And with that she turned and headed for the Captain's Cabin where she would find a nice bottle of Rum to take her troubles away.
Rach sat on her bed in her cabin which she shared with Nikki – excellent if you have any personal injury problems that need immediate attention, however not so good if you are a light sleeper and snoring wakes you up instantly. All was very quiet on board the Black Pearl, in a way quite unnerving and as Rach couldn't get any sleep she thought she'd go for a little wonder. "Huh?....what are you doing up so late?" Daisy had just swayed past with a rather large bottle of rum in her hands. Rach gave her a look as though to say I-could-ask-you-the-same-question but replied with, "Umm I can't sleep really." Daisy leant casually against the wooden beam next to her cabin door, "Well what a coincidence...neither can Mr Turner...why don't you go say hello?" But it was obviously an excuse to get rid of her. Rach nodded slowly and wondered off down the corridor.
Daisy dropped the now empty bottle of rum over board but immediately regretted it because she had forgotten to give it an extra lick to see if there was any left. She was drunk...completely drunk and it comforted her. She stared out across the land and slumped onto the wooden beam. She hated the land, couldn't understand why anyone would actually willingly live on it when it didn't move! "Bloody grass" she muttered, "Bloody rocks, Bloody animals, BLOODY LAND!" she yelled into the darkness and then passed out onto the deck.
Meanwhile back below deck, Rach had asked around all the cabins to see if Will was lodged with any other crew members. It turned out Will was lodged with Matt at the end of the ship next to the kitchen. Kinda obvious really as Matt was the only other male onboard. But she did wonder then what might have happened to the little cabin-boy. Shaking that thought aside she peered into the cabin, "Hello? You guys awake?" Everything was silent for a few moments until one of the oil lamps was lit and Will's head could be seen at the other side of the room, Matt was apparently still fast asleep. "You can't sleep either?" Will nodded with a smile.
Daisy blearily opened an eye to find the small cabin boy knelt down beside her poking her. "Cap'n?" he asked in his annoyingly high pitched voice. Daisy sat up, still very very drunk. "If my Jack were here he would call you a eunuch!" she slurred, "Oh I miss my Jack so much!" She put an arm around the frightened looking cabin boy and pulled another bottle of rum out nowhere. "My poor Jack!" she cried, "All alone on that DAMNED ship!!! My poor Jack he misses me so!" She whipped tears from her eyes to pause and take more rum. The poor cabin boy was terrified, having never seen an emotional female pirate drunk before. "DAMN THOSE SPAINYARRRRRDS!!! DAMMMNN THEMMM TO HELLL!" she slurred in her loudest voice.
A good half and hour had passed before Daisy had stopped her wailing on deck and before everyone, and yes that does include Rach and Will, were back in their beds...all tucked in nice and warm getting a good nights rest before they set sail in morning. However they all awoke a little too early then they had wanted... "OI!!!! Wake up!!" Daisy called as she wondered down the corridors – she hadn't quite sobered up just yet. The crew groaned and stumbled out of bed and glared as she grinned skipping past them. It appeared that she was very happy that they would finally be off to rescue Jack Sparrow.
"Woohoo!" she cried skipping away until she had the whole crew assembled on deck. "RRRright! We sset saiiil!" she laughed but suddenly held up a finger while she jumped overboard. A tremendous splash erupted and the crew groaned. Five minutes later Daisy climbed back on deck again, the freezing water having sobered her up. "Sorry about that. Right! Set sail for the Spanish Main!"