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Chapter 17

"Now What?"

I lay on the bench, my arm over my eyes to try and block out the sum. I had been in here what seemed an eternity but in reality had only been a day or so. I shook my head at the thought of the fuss Jack made over his favorite shirt. Jack sat at the other end of the cell on a small ledge, his legs propped up on the small wooden table. A silence had run between us for quite sometime now. I never minded the comfortable silences that ran between us.

"Ye know what I could use?" I asked, breaking the silence.

"Rum?" Jack asked, his ears perked up

"No." I said, removing my arm from my eyes, dropping it to my side as I looked over at him. "A bath."

"Oh, well here is some water." He said giving me a suggestive grin. "Ye can bathe with this."

I rolled my eyes. "I don't think so."

"Aw, why not?"

"I think it's obvious why not."

"Fine stay dirty." He remarked

"Ye know what yer problem is?" I asked sitting up

"No, but I lay odds yer going to tell Me." he said, looking over at me

"Damn right I'm going to tell ye. Ye have a one-track mind. That is yer problem."

He chuckled slightly "so? It keeps my time occupied, which is more I can say for ye. Ye have been complaining the whole time. "I'm so bored, I need something to do."" He mocked. "Then I give ye a suggestion and ye turn it down."

I stood up, putting my hands on my hips. "Maybe because all of yer suggestions do not meet my approval."

"Well, they would if ye would just give in and admit that ye want Me." he said, also standing.

"Why would I want to do that? I don't want ye."

He swayed over to me in his normal manner. "I think ye do." He said, his arms coming up slightly.

I raised a brow. "When have I made ye think I want ye?"

"All the time." he whispered.

My jaw dropped. "Well if I have, I'm sorry, but I don't want ye."

"Well, maybe not right at this moment, but one day." He grinned

"Ye sure are full of yerself!"

"Well, if I'm not who would be?" he asked

"Definitely not me."

I watched him walk closer to me; he stood directly in front of me now. I stood up straighter, looking straight into his chocolate brown eyes. "I don't think that's true, luv."

"Let me get this straight, yer questioning the way I feel about ye." He nodded slightly. "Aye, admit it, ye missed me."

"I..." I trailed off. "Well, maybe a little."

"Ah HA! So ye admit it, ye missed me." he grinned.

"Just because I missed ye don't mean I want ye." I said, pushing him slightly.

"Why not?" My eyes rose in thought, what could be a comeback to that? "I don't know, it just doesn't!"

"See, exactly my point, ye missed me and ye also want me." he said, his head moving from side to side as he spoke.

"I forgot how irritating ye are." I said, my green eyes flashing at him.

"I only irritate ye want me, luv." He grinned.

I pushed him backwards. He stood straight and looked at me, showing a toothy grin. He walked back toward me, grabbing my wrists that were up and ready to hit him. For some reason I didn't resist. He threw me against the hard steal they used for bars. My hands were now held above my head in Jack's grip.

"Let me go." I said, getting frustrated

"Nope, not going to happen."

"Well, at least I finally know ye missed me." I grinned.

"So what if I did?" he asked I raised a brow; I wasn't exactly expecting him to say that.

"So tell me Jack, since we are stuck here in this little tiny cell all by ourselves. How is it that I came to be kept alive?"

He quickly looked away, dropping my arms back to my side as he walked to the other end of the cell.

"Tell me Jack, now is the opportune moment." I said.

He continued to keep his back to me; he stood at the front of the cell by the door. Resting his arms on the bars. I walked over to him, placing my hand on his shoulder.

"Tell me, or I'm going to beat the crap out of ye, savvy?"

Jack turned on his heel and eyed me. "Fine ye want to know so bad! I'm the one who admitted to it! I love ye, luv." He practically yelled.

My eyes went wide, he said it, and he saved my life? But, how, why? My mind raced with more questions that had no answers. "Why, how?" I breathed out of confusion.

"I don't know why, or how, luv. It just happened to be sprung on me at the last moment."

I backed up slowly; I needed to sit. I sat on the bench, my eyes moving rapidly. I ran my right hand through my hair.

"What does this mean?" I asked

"Means nothing, luv. Means that I love ye, I'm the one who brought ye back by saying it. In a way ye owe Me." he nodded as he spoke, the beads and coins braided into his hair moving slightly.

"But, it means everything Jack. Yer the reason I'm here, well not here in the jail.. But the reason I have been able to continue with my life." I stood and walked over to him, I threw my arms around his neck. I felt his arms wrap around my waist.

"Thank ye, for saving me life." I whispered

"It was nothing." He smiled.

"I only wish ye would have told me sooner." I said pulling away.

"And what would ye have done, luv? Ye were dead set on sailing off on yer own ship. I respected that, the only thing I had ever wanted is fer ye to be happy."

"Things could have been so different had ye told me before I left."

"I made my decision, it was the right one. We both know that." He said, his hands coming up in his normal manner and then dropped to his side. I sighed; this was too much to handle in one sitting. The confusion continued to run over my features.

"Well, I can't thank ye enough." I smiled slightly.

"I'm sure we will find a way, luv."

"How's that? I'm going to the gallows in what a day and a half?"

"Don't worry, luv. I'm Captain Jack Sparrow I have a plan to get us out of here." he grinned

"Plan? What plan?" I questioned.

"Ye will have to wait and see until the opportune moment, savvy?" He grinned.

"I hate when ye say that!"