A Few Good Years To Be Alive
Chapter 4, Cut Away Details
Shavai wringed out her bandana "That was no reason to push me in. It was just a bit of fun." She cut herself off as Megan and Jaden turned toward her with their eyebrows raised. "I dunno what on earth you're talking about." Megan began to whistle as she looked down at her nails and to the sky. "Oh really? Then how do you explain the time you left me in Tortuga with 3 gold coins, no sword, and completely alone? Or the time when you guys sent me out to run some errands and when I came back you were gone?" Jaden raised a finger "Hang on! When we left you at Tortuga, we didn't know you weren't with us and the second time we thought you were faster than that and we thought you were on the damn boat so don't you pull that on us!"
"Uh huh." Shavai said unamused with her hands on her hips. "How do you explain me running on the dock screaming for you to wait and then my best buddy in the world, Megan, decided to shoot at me?!" Megan spoke in her own defence "What do you mean 'Shot at you'? I thought you were someone else that I owed money. Plus it was dark!" Shavai sighed "It was the morning and you were drunk, you blithering idiot!"
Megan threw a hand behind her head smiling "Oh yeah! Heehee... Almost forgot about that part..." Shavai shook her head. "I'm sorry. Forgive me?" Megan gave Shavai a hug. "Yeah, ok. I forgive you." Shavai pushed Megan off the dock. Megan fell off arms flailing trying to grab the air as she screamed. It seemed to last forever to her. She completely submerged and swam back to the surface as she gasped for air. "Just wait till I get back up there, Missy!" Shavai glared at Jaden, as she stepped calmly towards her. "Now Shavai... you said you weren't going to do anything rash." Jaden continued moving back forgetting that she was on a dock and there were no walls to grab onto or be safe by. She continued moving back as Shavai promptly moved forward, and before either knew it, Jaden fell backwards into the water, taking Shavai down with her.
Megan swam over to Shavai and began dunking her repeatedly and a match of who-could-dunk-who-more ensued. Megan grabbed Shavai's neck and wrestled her under while Jaden merely slunk to the shore and got out. Shavai caught on and swam to the shore and Megan pulled Shavai's foot pulling her backwards. They began making yet another competition out of it. They ran to the shore pushing, and pulling eachother down throwing sand at one another and pulling one another to the ground. When suddenly their laughter was interrupted by a rock falling beside them. They all looked up to meet Jack's eyes "I hope I didn't interrupt anything, but we do have things to do. You know, a little job we have to do with little time to do it in... not to add any pressure." Jaden felt embarrassed covered in sand. They all did, so they all ran back in the water and cleaned the sand off.
They all ran back to the port that Jack stood waiting on with another man. The man wore an oversized hat that covered the top half of his face. The girls walked up to Jack as they all stumbled in a line. Jack looked at Megan's shirt, and began to laugh. "Nice... uh, nice shirt." He pointed to it and showed a piece of the sleeve to her "Yeah, uh, shirt." She looked down and realized it was white. She crossed her arms over her chest and turned red as a cherry. The man with the hat coughed into his hand to get them to realize he was there. They looked even more embarrassed now. Shavai took his hat off him and threw it off the dock. He looked angered and grabbed Shavai's arm "Why did you do that?!" Shavai got a little worried "It made you look....gentle-men friendly, if you get my meaning." Jaden looked to Megan and whispered "Hmm, big hat, big boots. Makes you think he's covering up for something." Megan thought for a second on the meaning and looked back understandingly "Euphnic?" Jaden shook her head in agreement. Jack smiled hearing the commentary.
"So, Jack? Are we leaving or what?" Shavai, Jaden, and Megan turned around suprised. "Who the hell are you?!" They pulled out their swords and pointed them at a woman in her late teens with fairly dark blonde hair done half-way in dread locks with dark tanned skin. She looked uninterested and held a jug over her shoulder and her other hand on her hip. "Not now." She casually said as she pushed the swords aside. Jaden spoke up, "Oh, I don't think so. I think now is the perfect time." They pointed them back in her direction. She pulled her hand from her hip with her index and thumb finger extended and aimed at Megan. "Oh," She looked down and realized neither her gun nor sword were on her "Damn it all to hell. Alright. Fine. I'm Jack's sister if you really, really, dothley, truely, duely need to know." She took a sip from the jug and moved to Jack, glancing at Megan. "Aah, a color- blind one. Sweety, your shirt's white." Megan blushed heavily again. "I know!" She yelled back at her.
"So...what's your name, handsome?" Shavai began messing with the other man's shirt running her finger over his chest. He stepped back uncomfortably "I'm Will. Will Turner." Shavai repeated the name silently to herself. "Well, I'm Shavai. Shavai Hopkins, Mr. Turner. And I'm a theif by trade, pirate for life." Megan and Jack almost gagged. "Ugh, anyway, I'm Jacinda. Jass for short." The woman introduced herself to Jaden and Megan. Megan mumbled "Sounds like a whore's name...perhaps we should rob her." Jass turned and grabbed Jack's gun out of it's holster and pointed it at Jack while she stared in Megan's direction. "I don't think you wanna be doin that." Jack ducked under her gun and moved to the outside of it before he turned it to Megan's direction. "Ah-ha! Found you."
Jass fainted and fell off the dock dropping the gun at Jack's feet. Everyone stared into the water as she fell off. "Ah, she'll be alright." Jack stated as he looked down and saw her float back to the top. She gurgled the water as they all stared at her. "On second thought, maybe we should go get her." Everyone stood solemnly and stayed in their positions. "Fine, lets not all go at once." Jack started to walk off the other direction before Jaden yelled back to him "Hey! The water's that way!" She pointed down and looked annoyed. Jack simply looked back and smirked as he said "And get my clothes wet and have my sword rust? I think not. She may be my sister and I love her to death...but I don't love her that much." He continued walking down to the water.
He picked up her jug from the shore and began to shake it. Jacinda moved quickly through the water hearing the familiar sounds. She looked up and grabbed it. Before they knew it, they were shipping off to sea.
Shavai wringed out her bandana "That was no reason to push me in. It was just a bit of fun." She cut herself off as Megan and Jaden turned toward her with their eyebrows raised. "I dunno what on earth you're talking about." Megan began to whistle as she looked down at her nails and to the sky. "Oh really? Then how do you explain the time you left me in Tortuga with 3 gold coins, no sword, and completely alone? Or the time when you guys sent me out to run some errands and when I came back you were gone?" Jaden raised a finger "Hang on! When we left you at Tortuga, we didn't know you weren't with us and the second time we thought you were faster than that and we thought you were on the damn boat so don't you pull that on us!"
"Uh huh." Shavai said unamused with her hands on her hips. "How do you explain me running on the dock screaming for you to wait and then my best buddy in the world, Megan, decided to shoot at me?!" Megan spoke in her own defence "What do you mean 'Shot at you'? I thought you were someone else that I owed money. Plus it was dark!" Shavai sighed "It was the morning and you were drunk, you blithering idiot!"
Megan threw a hand behind her head smiling "Oh yeah! Heehee... Almost forgot about that part..." Shavai shook her head. "I'm sorry. Forgive me?" Megan gave Shavai a hug. "Yeah, ok. I forgive you." Shavai pushed Megan off the dock. Megan fell off arms flailing trying to grab the air as she screamed. It seemed to last forever to her. She completely submerged and swam back to the surface as she gasped for air. "Just wait till I get back up there, Missy!" Shavai glared at Jaden, as she stepped calmly towards her. "Now Shavai... you said you weren't going to do anything rash." Jaden continued moving back forgetting that she was on a dock and there were no walls to grab onto or be safe by. She continued moving back as Shavai promptly moved forward, and before either knew it, Jaden fell backwards into the water, taking Shavai down with her.
Megan swam over to Shavai and began dunking her repeatedly and a match of who-could-dunk-who-more ensued. Megan grabbed Shavai's neck and wrestled her under while Jaden merely slunk to the shore and got out. Shavai caught on and swam to the shore and Megan pulled Shavai's foot pulling her backwards. They began making yet another competition out of it. They ran to the shore pushing, and pulling eachother down throwing sand at one another and pulling one another to the ground. When suddenly their laughter was interrupted by a rock falling beside them. They all looked up to meet Jack's eyes "I hope I didn't interrupt anything, but we do have things to do. You know, a little job we have to do with little time to do it in... not to add any pressure." Jaden felt embarrassed covered in sand. They all did, so they all ran back in the water and cleaned the sand off.
They all ran back to the port that Jack stood waiting on with another man. The man wore an oversized hat that covered the top half of his face. The girls walked up to Jack as they all stumbled in a line. Jack looked at Megan's shirt, and began to laugh. "Nice... uh, nice shirt." He pointed to it and showed a piece of the sleeve to her "Yeah, uh, shirt." She looked down and realized it was white. She crossed her arms over her chest and turned red as a cherry. The man with the hat coughed into his hand to get them to realize he was there. They looked even more embarrassed now. Shavai took his hat off him and threw it off the dock. He looked angered and grabbed Shavai's arm "Why did you do that?!" Shavai got a little worried "It made you look....gentle-men friendly, if you get my meaning." Jaden looked to Megan and whispered "Hmm, big hat, big boots. Makes you think he's covering up for something." Megan thought for a second on the meaning and looked back understandingly "Euphnic?" Jaden shook her head in agreement. Jack smiled hearing the commentary.
"So, Jack? Are we leaving or what?" Shavai, Jaden, and Megan turned around suprised. "Who the hell are you?!" They pulled out their swords and pointed them at a woman in her late teens with fairly dark blonde hair done half-way in dread locks with dark tanned skin. She looked uninterested and held a jug over her shoulder and her other hand on her hip. "Not now." She casually said as she pushed the swords aside. Jaden spoke up, "Oh, I don't think so. I think now is the perfect time." They pointed them back in her direction. She pulled her hand from her hip with her index and thumb finger extended and aimed at Megan. "Oh," She looked down and realized neither her gun nor sword were on her "Damn it all to hell. Alright. Fine. I'm Jack's sister if you really, really, dothley, truely, duely need to know." She took a sip from the jug and moved to Jack, glancing at Megan. "Aah, a color- blind one. Sweety, your shirt's white." Megan blushed heavily again. "I know!" She yelled back at her.
"So...what's your name, handsome?" Shavai began messing with the other man's shirt running her finger over his chest. He stepped back uncomfortably "I'm Will. Will Turner." Shavai repeated the name silently to herself. "Well, I'm Shavai. Shavai Hopkins, Mr. Turner. And I'm a theif by trade, pirate for life." Megan and Jack almost gagged. "Ugh, anyway, I'm Jacinda. Jass for short." The woman introduced herself to Jaden and Megan. Megan mumbled "Sounds like a whore's name...perhaps we should rob her." Jass turned and grabbed Jack's gun out of it's holster and pointed it at Jack while she stared in Megan's direction. "I don't think you wanna be doin that." Jack ducked under her gun and moved to the outside of it before he turned it to Megan's direction. "Ah-ha! Found you."
Jass fainted and fell off the dock dropping the gun at Jack's feet. Everyone stared into the water as she fell off. "Ah, she'll be alright." Jack stated as he looked down and saw her float back to the top. She gurgled the water as they all stared at her. "On second thought, maybe we should go get her." Everyone stood solemnly and stayed in their positions. "Fine, lets not all go at once." Jack started to walk off the other direction before Jaden yelled back to him "Hey! The water's that way!" She pointed down and looked annoyed. Jack simply looked back and smirked as he said "And get my clothes wet and have my sword rust? I think not. She may be my sister and I love her to death...but I don't love her that much." He continued walking down to the water.
He picked up her jug from the shore and began to shake it. Jacinda moved quickly through the water hearing the familiar sounds. She looked up and grabbed it. Before they knew it, they were shipping off to sea.