Chapter 11: A Stow-away?
He turned around and left her there on her own. She didn't know what to do. No one would take her in to their' homes without a man with her. So she went to the beach and for the next 7 days spent it their stilling food from people when they weren't looking. And staring to where the Pearl was making birth. She couldn't stay here not now.
Jack went to all different kinds of bars and café's through out the 7 days trying new drinks, but nothing measured up to his rum. He bought a present for Elizabeth and the baby, for Elizabeth he bought a beautiful dress made of white lace, and for the baby he bought a wooden sword. And when the 7 days were up he made his way slowly to his ship.
Half the men were there, putting what they had purchased (manly alcohol) into their small space they had on the ship. Jack walked into his room and looked around and thought of Eponine. I hope she is safe. He thought.
"C'ptain," Mr. Gibbs came in. "All the men are now here. Best be off."
"Good, How was yer time here spent in Singapore?"
"Good as always but I think I might have married about ten girls." He laughed. "How was yers?"
"I helped some woman leave her family," Mr. Gibbs smiled.
"Aye and did you get any," Gibbs winked and put his hand into a fist and punched the air.
"No, she was barely even 20,"
"The younger the better."
"No. She wasn't ready for it. I knew it when she was embarrass even of the thought of leaving with me." He laughed. "I'm a pirate, not a young girl's thief."
Gibbs laughed. "What are you talking about man? Of coarse yer a young girls thief."
"No Gibbs," he walked over to the window and looked out into the misty sky floating above the water. "I do not steal what a girl is not ready to give."
(Back in Port Royal)
Elizabeth and Will Turner Sr. climbed into a small sailboat and started on their way.
"Are you sure that he will be their in about a month?"
"I'm sure. Tortuga is his home away from the sea. No matter where he goes, no matter the distance he will always start and end his travels there. He believes that it is a place that no man will feel un-wanted." She looked up into the sky, and took a deep breath of the crisp morning air. She needed to find her friend before he was found out.
(Back to Jack)
Both men went up on deck. The men seamed to be in good moods and even though Jack didn't get any on this occasion he was happy too.
"Where are we going this time?"
"Where do you think?"
Gibbs knew exactly where they were going. "Aye C'ptain."
"On deck you prats, lets get out of here." Jack yelled and like always they jumped to their duties immediately and they set sail. For days Jack hardly said anything. While the men danced, sang and drank, he would sit quietly with a bottle of rum.
But on the 15th day back into the sea, to Tortuga one of the men came up dragging someone by its' long black hair out from the hull.
"It looks like we have a stow-away!" He yelled. Jack jumped up and ran up deck when he heard the man yell it. When he saw the figure he knew exactly who it was.
"Let her go!" When she stood up and the men saw her figure and her face they started to whistle and shout. "Shut up all of ye!"
He yelled. A silence fell upon the crew and Jack went up to her and spoke in a very low voice on loud enough for both of them to hear. "So you couldn't take care of yourself?"
"Please, Captain Jack no one would take me in, and I knew when you were leaving so I decided to come too." She smiled and Jack remembered why he helped her.
"Well then I guess I have no choice. You are a stow-away so my right as a pirate I get to make you walk the plank." He yelled and his crew went back into an uproar.
Her eyes started to flash around the greasy grungy men and then to Jack. "Please I will help work."
"Oh ye will? Well then what can ye do? Do you know anything about sailing a ship?"
"No," she looked into his eyes she saw a twinkle that made her feel more aware that he was teasing.
"Oh then what can ye do?"
"I can cook."
"Good," he shouted then turned to a short midget of a man. "Rex you have an assistant."
A very short man walked towards her, smiled and looked Eponine up and down. "Aye sir!"
"Not that way Rex." The mans face dropped from disappointment.
"Jack you know its bad luck to be taking on a woman."
"You know Mr. Gibbs you didn't say that when we took on Elizabeth, what's so different now?"
"Elizabeth was different. She wasn't par' of the crew. This girl is now goin' to be part of us."
"Aye, but it would be worse not too." Jack started to walk away.
"Captain, where am I supposed to sleep?" Eponine called out. He smiled and before he turned around straightened it.
"With the crew."
Her face dropped. "Are you sure?"
"Ye are now part of it, so you sleep with the rest."
"Aye captain." All the men were staring at her while she stood there not exactly knowing what to do.
Rex called over to her. "Hey Stow-away just follow what I do."
Jack smiled and went up to the wheel. He looked down and Eponine was talking with Rex and whenever she would pass another crewmember they would check her out and smile. And Jack couldn't help but smile at how horny men really are.
He turned around and left her there on her own. She didn't know what to do. No one would take her in to their' homes without a man with her. So she went to the beach and for the next 7 days spent it their stilling food from people when they weren't looking. And staring to where the Pearl was making birth. She couldn't stay here not now.
Jack went to all different kinds of bars and café's through out the 7 days trying new drinks, but nothing measured up to his rum. He bought a present for Elizabeth and the baby, for Elizabeth he bought a beautiful dress made of white lace, and for the baby he bought a wooden sword. And when the 7 days were up he made his way slowly to his ship.
Half the men were there, putting what they had purchased (manly alcohol) into their small space they had on the ship. Jack walked into his room and looked around and thought of Eponine. I hope she is safe. He thought.
"C'ptain," Mr. Gibbs came in. "All the men are now here. Best be off."
"Good, How was yer time here spent in Singapore?"
"Good as always but I think I might have married about ten girls." He laughed. "How was yers?"
"I helped some woman leave her family," Mr. Gibbs smiled.
"Aye and did you get any," Gibbs winked and put his hand into a fist and punched the air.
"No, she was barely even 20,"
"The younger the better."
"No. She wasn't ready for it. I knew it when she was embarrass even of the thought of leaving with me." He laughed. "I'm a pirate, not a young girl's thief."
Gibbs laughed. "What are you talking about man? Of coarse yer a young girls thief."
"No Gibbs," he walked over to the window and looked out into the misty sky floating above the water. "I do not steal what a girl is not ready to give."
(Back in Port Royal)
Elizabeth and Will Turner Sr. climbed into a small sailboat and started on their way.
"Are you sure that he will be their in about a month?"
"I'm sure. Tortuga is his home away from the sea. No matter where he goes, no matter the distance he will always start and end his travels there. He believes that it is a place that no man will feel un-wanted." She looked up into the sky, and took a deep breath of the crisp morning air. She needed to find her friend before he was found out.
(Back to Jack)
Both men went up on deck. The men seamed to be in good moods and even though Jack didn't get any on this occasion he was happy too.
"Where are we going this time?"
"Where do you think?"
Gibbs knew exactly where they were going. "Aye C'ptain."
"On deck you prats, lets get out of here." Jack yelled and like always they jumped to their duties immediately and they set sail. For days Jack hardly said anything. While the men danced, sang and drank, he would sit quietly with a bottle of rum.
But on the 15th day back into the sea, to Tortuga one of the men came up dragging someone by its' long black hair out from the hull.
"It looks like we have a stow-away!" He yelled. Jack jumped up and ran up deck when he heard the man yell it. When he saw the figure he knew exactly who it was.
"Let her go!" When she stood up and the men saw her figure and her face they started to whistle and shout. "Shut up all of ye!"
He yelled. A silence fell upon the crew and Jack went up to her and spoke in a very low voice on loud enough for both of them to hear. "So you couldn't take care of yourself?"
"Please, Captain Jack no one would take me in, and I knew when you were leaving so I decided to come too." She smiled and Jack remembered why he helped her.
"Well then I guess I have no choice. You are a stow-away so my right as a pirate I get to make you walk the plank." He yelled and his crew went back into an uproar.
Her eyes started to flash around the greasy grungy men and then to Jack. "Please I will help work."
"Oh ye will? Well then what can ye do? Do you know anything about sailing a ship?"
"No," she looked into his eyes she saw a twinkle that made her feel more aware that he was teasing.
"Oh then what can ye do?"
"I can cook."
"Good," he shouted then turned to a short midget of a man. "Rex you have an assistant."
A very short man walked towards her, smiled and looked Eponine up and down. "Aye sir!"
"Not that way Rex." The mans face dropped from disappointment.
"Jack you know its bad luck to be taking on a woman."
"You know Mr. Gibbs you didn't say that when we took on Elizabeth, what's so different now?"
"Elizabeth was different. She wasn't par' of the crew. This girl is now goin' to be part of us."
"Aye, but it would be worse not too." Jack started to walk away.
"Captain, where am I supposed to sleep?" Eponine called out. He smiled and before he turned around straightened it.
"With the crew."
Her face dropped. "Are you sure?"
"Ye are now part of it, so you sleep with the rest."
"Aye captain." All the men were staring at her while she stood there not exactly knowing what to do.
Rex called over to her. "Hey Stow-away just follow what I do."
Jack smiled and went up to the wheel. He looked down and Eponine was talking with Rex and whenever she would pass another crewmember they would check her out and smile. And Jack couldn't help but smile at how horny men really are.