Yes...but would you be able to get over Jack?...I mean...Have you taken a Look at him!?
Blue waves now replaced the land. Back at sea. It's always been home to Jack, it's been his favorite place to be.
When he was younger he'd almost always be at the beach, rain or shine. Once , the wind was howling and the waves were crashing on the beach, the thunder seemed to be a monster with it's constant thunder, and lightening was flashing all around. But young Jack stood bare-foot in the sand with a wide grin on his face. His mother punished him for it, saying he should have common-sense and not be there when a storm was.
His father taught Jack how to swim when he was about seven or so. Not really 'taught' as much as pushed him off the dock, and yelling what to do.
Now though, he was being forced to sailing...to France, by a woman. "Four times the bad luck." Is what Gibbs would mumble from time to time. Supposedly it was bad luck to have a woman on board. Now there was Anamarie, Elizabeth, Maud, and the little Camille.
Maud, Jack forget, was quite the clever one. A few times she'd let Camille be with Jack, then she tore her away from him. She knew it only hurt him worse, to have Camille, then to have her taken away from him. Maud had somehow managed to take the Captain's quarters. Jack's quarters, more to the point. Also she had at least two of her crew standing guard at the door while she was sleeping. But when they were sailing, there would be Maud, carefully watching Jack. You could tell but the look on her face, that she was constantly planning something of some kind.
The same look was on her face now, as she glanced over at Jack and Camille. Camille was behind the wheel, with a barrel to sit on, she had her small hands on the wheel. Jack stood behind Camille, looking over the top of her head. Every so often, he glanced down to the compass, the one that could actually point north. He turned the wheel slightly to the left, then looked up again at the blue ocean.
Today the air was muggy and humid. The sky though was covered in gray clouds, but , the shine was trying to shine through it. It would sprinkle every so often, then the rain would come pouring down every now and then. A sudden crack of thunder took Camille by surprise and she jerked back into Jack's chest. He stumbled, but quickly caught himself, acting as if nothing had happened. Camille looked back at him and gave a n innocent grin, "Sorry Jack." She said honestly.
Jack nodded once, "Quite alright, Camille."
She smiled and gazed at Jack. After a moment, she reached up a hand, grabbing his hat from his head and putting it on her own. Camille put her hands on the wheel, "How much farther?"
"No, not the hat, dear." Jack said, taking his hat and putting it back on his head. For a moment he paused. He called her 'dear'. Jack cleared his throat then answered her question, "Mmm... About a week's worth of sailing."
"Ooh..." Camille said , "And how much is that?"
"Seven days." He said shortly.
"So do you mean seven days, then we'll get there on the next day? Or do you mean six days, and we'll get there on the seventh day?"
Jack let out a sigh, thinking, "Five days, then we'll be there on the sixth night, or six days and we'll get there on the seventh morning." He straightened the wheel out. Camille nodded then took a breath, but Jack interrupted her, "Not so many questions, Camille."
She pouted and looked at him, giving him a puppy-eyed look, "Just one more...?"
Jack resisted the urge to smile, he nodded, "Alright then...But this is the last one."
"No, no... Your right, Camille has asked you quite enough questions." Maud said, walking back to them. She pushed Jack's arm out of the way then picked up Camille and began to walk back to the Captain's Quarters.
Camille wiggled out of her arms and ran back to Jack, "Elizabeth taught me a song!" She said in a rush, "The pirate one! The one that goes, 'A pirate's life for-'"
Maud came back and picked up Camille. She walked again toward the quarters, then put Camille inside. Maud walked back to Jack and stared at him, "Let me."
Jack stared back at Maud, no, he wouldn't allow her to take over his ship. He gripped on tighter to the wheel, "No...You've taken the girl I was watching over, your ordering my crew around,your getting a ride...But ye can not steer my ship, that is where I draw the line!"
"Fine." Maud said calmly, "I'll have it soon enough anyways..." She said, walking to the bow of the ship.
Blue waves now replaced the land. Back at sea. It's always been home to Jack, it's been his favorite place to be.
When he was younger he'd almost always be at the beach, rain or shine. Once , the wind was howling and the waves were crashing on the beach, the thunder seemed to be a monster with it's constant thunder, and lightening was flashing all around. But young Jack stood bare-foot in the sand with a wide grin on his face. His mother punished him for it, saying he should have common-sense and not be there when a storm was.
His father taught Jack how to swim when he was about seven or so. Not really 'taught' as much as pushed him off the dock, and yelling what to do.
Now though, he was being forced to sailing...to France, by a woman. "Four times the bad luck." Is what Gibbs would mumble from time to time. Supposedly it was bad luck to have a woman on board. Now there was Anamarie, Elizabeth, Maud, and the little Camille.
Maud, Jack forget, was quite the clever one. A few times she'd let Camille be with Jack, then she tore her away from him. She knew it only hurt him worse, to have Camille, then to have her taken away from him. Maud had somehow managed to take the Captain's quarters. Jack's quarters, more to the point. Also she had at least two of her crew standing guard at the door while she was sleeping. But when they were sailing, there would be Maud, carefully watching Jack. You could tell but the look on her face, that she was constantly planning something of some kind.
The same look was on her face now, as she glanced over at Jack and Camille. Camille was behind the wheel, with a barrel to sit on, she had her small hands on the wheel. Jack stood behind Camille, looking over the top of her head. Every so often, he glanced down to the compass, the one that could actually point north. He turned the wheel slightly to the left, then looked up again at the blue ocean.
Today the air was muggy and humid. The sky though was covered in gray clouds, but , the shine was trying to shine through it. It would sprinkle every so often, then the rain would come pouring down every now and then. A sudden crack of thunder took Camille by surprise and she jerked back into Jack's chest. He stumbled, but quickly caught himself, acting as if nothing had happened. Camille looked back at him and gave a n innocent grin, "Sorry Jack." She said honestly.
Jack nodded once, "Quite alright, Camille."
She smiled and gazed at Jack. After a moment, she reached up a hand, grabbing his hat from his head and putting it on her own. Camille put her hands on the wheel, "How much farther?"
"No, not the hat, dear." Jack said, taking his hat and putting it back on his head. For a moment he paused. He called her 'dear'. Jack cleared his throat then answered her question, "Mmm... About a week's worth of sailing."
"Ooh..." Camille said , "And how much is that?"
"Seven days." He said shortly.
"So do you mean seven days, then we'll get there on the next day? Or do you mean six days, and we'll get there on the seventh day?"
Jack let out a sigh, thinking, "Five days, then we'll be there on the sixth night, or six days and we'll get there on the seventh morning." He straightened the wheel out. Camille nodded then took a breath, but Jack interrupted her, "Not so many questions, Camille."
She pouted and looked at him, giving him a puppy-eyed look, "Just one more...?"
Jack resisted the urge to smile, he nodded, "Alright then...But this is the last one."
"No, no... Your right, Camille has asked you quite enough questions." Maud said, walking back to them. She pushed Jack's arm out of the way then picked up Camille and began to walk back to the Captain's Quarters.
Camille wiggled out of her arms and ran back to Jack, "Elizabeth taught me a song!" She said in a rush, "The pirate one! The one that goes, 'A pirate's life for-'"
Maud came back and picked up Camille. She walked again toward the quarters, then put Camille inside. Maud walked back to Jack and stared at him, "Let me."
Jack stared back at Maud, no, he wouldn't allow her to take over his ship. He gripped on tighter to the wheel, "No...You've taken the girl I was watching over, your ordering my crew around,your getting a ride...But ye can not steer my ship, that is where I draw the line!"
"Fine." Maud said calmly, "I'll have it soon enough anyways..." She said, walking to the bow of the ship.