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Argentinean Beauty- Thank you so much! I hope you update your story soon, because I totally love it! It's so good! Hope you enjoy this chapter! If it weren't for you, I wouldn't' even be updating, because you were the first and only review for that chapter! Anyone reading this should thank you, because I was so down in the dumps from getting no reviews that I wasn't writing any of my stories. Thanks again!
***A/N- Finally updating! Aren't you so proud? Anyway, that lullaby song I write a few chapters back, has been running through my head lately, and I'm thinking of writing music to go along with it. It'll probably be a cello duet or trio so I can play it for festival. If anyone's interested, I'll be able to e-mail you the music, when it's written. My cello's reeeeeeeeally out of tune right now, so I won't be able to work on it until next weekend at least. Ok, chapter dedicated to me for reviewing. Why don't you read anymore, B? I miss your no-emotion reviews! Ok, on with the chapter! (Started on 1/2/04 at 11:57 am)
~*Chapter 5- Talking with Jack*~
~*Will POV*~
I walked into Shining Stars and saw Cathy busing a table towards the back. I walked to her, looking down the whole time. "Um, Cathy..."
She whirled around and stood facing me. "Will! You came back, I knew you would. You know I still love you. Who was that girl, anyway? Just someone you're dating at the moment?"
"That was Elizabeth Swann, the governor's daughter. We have been dating for a month now and I love her. She loves me as well. I plan on proposing soon. I just stopped in to say that I'm sorry. I saw Jack on the beach and he confirmed to me that you did not turn into some slut in Tortuga. I again repeat my apology and ask for your forgiveness, I should have trusted you more."
"Jack's in town?"
"Yes, Elizabeth and I gave him instruction here around an hour ago. Has he not shown up?"
"No, not yet. I'm guessing he found a nice pub on his way up. He'll be here soon."
It was just then that Jack burst in the front door of the restraint, more drunk than usual. "'Ello mates! Jus came from de pub, good brew they got 'er. Recommend it to ya'll."
"Crap," Cathy muttered under her breath as she ran for the front door. I followed her at a walk. When I caught up with them, Cathy had led jack out of the restraint into the street, much to the satisfaction of many of the customers. "Will, I need your help. Can you take Jack to the inn down the street? Just stay with him for a while, I finish work in half an hour. Here's some money," she emptied her change purse into my hand; barley enough for one night in the inn. I'd have to add some of my own coins, assuming Jack was broke, having just been at a pub.
"Couldn't Jack just stay with you, in our apartment?"
"Uh, Will, this is Jack we're talking about. He might wake up, and you know, not remember who I am."
"I am rig' here, luv. I can hear ya'. I won't forget where I am when I wake up, neva have before."
Cathy sighed loudly and looked up, as if to say, 'God, please forgive me for what I'm about to do.' "All right Jack, you can stay in my room. You're sleeping on the floor; I've got an extra mattress you can sleep on. Will, do you remember where I live?" I nodded. "I'll meet you there in a little more than half an hour. I have to go to the market. I don't have enough food for both of us. Oh, I got to go, my boss gets mad easily. See you in half an hour!" She ran inside and closed the door behind her.
Jack and I began walking down the street; me in a straight line, and Jack weaving across the street bumping into every person we passed. "Jack, are you all right?"
"Wha ya mean, mate?"
"You've bumped into every person we've passed."
"Not just that. Look." He pulled a handful of coins from his pocket, a large handful of coins.
"You pick-pocketed every person we've passed?!?!"
"Just a little, one coin from each man, none from the ladies. Gunna give 'em to Cathy as a thank ye present. Think she'll like 'em?"
"Won't she ask where you got it? I mean, we both know you just blew all your money on rum, at the pub. She'll want to know where you got that much money."
"I'll leave it for her, somewhere where she won't find it until after I'm gone. She'll have to take it."
I sighed and continued walking. Jack would never change.
* * *
"So, tell me Will, how do ya know Cathy?" Jack asked me. We had made it back to Cathy's small room, and Jack was starting to sober up.
"We dated for two years before she moved to Tortuga. I might have proposed to her, had she not moved. I was worried of what she might become, and I did not trust her as much as I should. She loved me, and she would never betray me."
"So now you got Elizabeth instead 'o Cathy, it that it?"
"Well, yes, I suppose."
Jack scoffed, before turning over on his mattress and falling into a drunken sleep. I kicked him awake. "Why do you scoff at me? You think Cathy is a better woman than Elizabeth? You, who hit on Elizabeth when she was in love with me and engaged to the Commodore; you who goes to Tortuga to buy a wretch, forgetting her name an hour later? Jack, I'm sorry but I do not count you as a good judge of woman."
"Ie, but tis I, matey, who knows what woman want. Elizabeth wants a loving, caring man, who loves her for what she is. Cathy, on the other hand, wants no one but ya. If ya died, she'd neva date again. Elizabeth would find someone else."
"Only because her father would make her!"
"Even if he wasn't making her, she would find someone. You've heard how quickly she went to Norrington."
"To save me!"
"Yes, but she still gave ya up. If Norrington 'ad felt like it, she'd be married to 'im, not allowed to see ya. 'Er position in society makes it hard for 'er not to marry. The pressure on 'er and she knows it. She'd 'ave to marry anyway; she'd do it on 'er own."
"Elizabeth would not fall for the pressures of society. She can think for herself."
"So it would seem. But can Cathy not think for 'er self as well? They both luv ya."
"So what are you telling me? I have to choose between Cathy and Elizabeth?"
"Yes."
"I choose Elizabeth."
"If I were ya, I'd choose Cathy."
"But you're not me."
"No, I'm not, but I'm just trying to help ya."
***A/N- There you go! Not THAT interesting, but hey, I'm really trying not to rush the plot. Hope you all liked it! Please leave reasons for me to dedicate chapters to you! (Finished at 12:33pm on 1/3/04. Total time: one day and 36 minutes) Later Dayz!
-TKF :-D
Argentinean Beauty- Thank you so much! I hope you update your story soon, because I totally love it! It's so good! Hope you enjoy this chapter! If it weren't for you, I wouldn't' even be updating, because you were the first and only review for that chapter! Anyone reading this should thank you, because I was so down in the dumps from getting no reviews that I wasn't writing any of my stories. Thanks again!
***A/N- Finally updating! Aren't you so proud? Anyway, that lullaby song I write a few chapters back, has been running through my head lately, and I'm thinking of writing music to go along with it. It'll probably be a cello duet or trio so I can play it for festival. If anyone's interested, I'll be able to e-mail you the music, when it's written. My cello's reeeeeeeeally out of tune right now, so I won't be able to work on it until next weekend at least. Ok, chapter dedicated to me for reviewing. Why don't you read anymore, B? I miss your no-emotion reviews! Ok, on with the chapter! (Started on 1/2/04 at 11:57 am)
~*Chapter 5- Talking with Jack*~
~*Will POV*~
I walked into Shining Stars and saw Cathy busing a table towards the back. I walked to her, looking down the whole time. "Um, Cathy..."
She whirled around and stood facing me. "Will! You came back, I knew you would. You know I still love you. Who was that girl, anyway? Just someone you're dating at the moment?"
"That was Elizabeth Swann, the governor's daughter. We have been dating for a month now and I love her. She loves me as well. I plan on proposing soon. I just stopped in to say that I'm sorry. I saw Jack on the beach and he confirmed to me that you did not turn into some slut in Tortuga. I again repeat my apology and ask for your forgiveness, I should have trusted you more."
"Jack's in town?"
"Yes, Elizabeth and I gave him instruction here around an hour ago. Has he not shown up?"
"No, not yet. I'm guessing he found a nice pub on his way up. He'll be here soon."
It was just then that Jack burst in the front door of the restraint, more drunk than usual. "'Ello mates! Jus came from de pub, good brew they got 'er. Recommend it to ya'll."
"Crap," Cathy muttered under her breath as she ran for the front door. I followed her at a walk. When I caught up with them, Cathy had led jack out of the restraint into the street, much to the satisfaction of many of the customers. "Will, I need your help. Can you take Jack to the inn down the street? Just stay with him for a while, I finish work in half an hour. Here's some money," she emptied her change purse into my hand; barley enough for one night in the inn. I'd have to add some of my own coins, assuming Jack was broke, having just been at a pub.
"Couldn't Jack just stay with you, in our apartment?"
"Uh, Will, this is Jack we're talking about. He might wake up, and you know, not remember who I am."
"I am rig' here, luv. I can hear ya'. I won't forget where I am when I wake up, neva have before."
Cathy sighed loudly and looked up, as if to say, 'God, please forgive me for what I'm about to do.' "All right Jack, you can stay in my room. You're sleeping on the floor; I've got an extra mattress you can sleep on. Will, do you remember where I live?" I nodded. "I'll meet you there in a little more than half an hour. I have to go to the market. I don't have enough food for both of us. Oh, I got to go, my boss gets mad easily. See you in half an hour!" She ran inside and closed the door behind her.
Jack and I began walking down the street; me in a straight line, and Jack weaving across the street bumping into every person we passed. "Jack, are you all right?"
"Wha ya mean, mate?"
"You've bumped into every person we've passed."
"Not just that. Look." He pulled a handful of coins from his pocket, a large handful of coins.
"You pick-pocketed every person we've passed?!?!"
"Just a little, one coin from each man, none from the ladies. Gunna give 'em to Cathy as a thank ye present. Think she'll like 'em?"
"Won't she ask where you got it? I mean, we both know you just blew all your money on rum, at the pub. She'll want to know where you got that much money."
"I'll leave it for her, somewhere where she won't find it until after I'm gone. She'll have to take it."
I sighed and continued walking. Jack would never change.
* * *
"So, tell me Will, how do ya know Cathy?" Jack asked me. We had made it back to Cathy's small room, and Jack was starting to sober up.
"We dated for two years before she moved to Tortuga. I might have proposed to her, had she not moved. I was worried of what she might become, and I did not trust her as much as I should. She loved me, and she would never betray me."
"So now you got Elizabeth instead 'o Cathy, it that it?"
"Well, yes, I suppose."
Jack scoffed, before turning over on his mattress and falling into a drunken sleep. I kicked him awake. "Why do you scoff at me? You think Cathy is a better woman than Elizabeth? You, who hit on Elizabeth when she was in love with me and engaged to the Commodore; you who goes to Tortuga to buy a wretch, forgetting her name an hour later? Jack, I'm sorry but I do not count you as a good judge of woman."
"Ie, but tis I, matey, who knows what woman want. Elizabeth wants a loving, caring man, who loves her for what she is. Cathy, on the other hand, wants no one but ya. If ya died, she'd neva date again. Elizabeth would find someone else."
"Only because her father would make her!"
"Even if he wasn't making her, she would find someone. You've heard how quickly she went to Norrington."
"To save me!"
"Yes, but she still gave ya up. If Norrington 'ad felt like it, she'd be married to 'im, not allowed to see ya. 'Er position in society makes it hard for 'er not to marry. The pressure on 'er and she knows it. She'd 'ave to marry anyway; she'd do it on 'er own."
"Elizabeth would not fall for the pressures of society. She can think for herself."
"So it would seem. But can Cathy not think for 'er self as well? They both luv ya."
"So what are you telling me? I have to choose between Cathy and Elizabeth?"
"Yes."
"I choose Elizabeth."
"If I were ya, I'd choose Cathy."
"But you're not me."
"No, I'm not, but I'm just trying to help ya."
***A/N- There you go! Not THAT interesting, but hey, I'm really trying not to rush the plot. Hope you all liked it! Please leave reasons for me to dedicate chapters to you! (Finished at 12:33pm on 1/3/04. Total time: one day and 36 minutes) Later Dayz!
-TKF :-D