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Chapter 9

Allie woke up the next morning and wasn't really surprised to find that sometime during the night Jack had wrapped one arm around her waist. She had guessed that this might happen. In the movie, Jack had seemed like a major flirt.

She carefully lifted Jack's arm off her waist and dropped it somewhere behind her. She eased out of the bed and grabbed her boots. Allie quietly opened the door to Jack's cabin and slipped out. She shut the door soundlessly behind her.

Once outside, she pulled her boots on. She made her way to the galley and found Liz already hard at work.

"Morning, Liz," Allie said, hoisting herself up and sitting on one of the counters, her feet dangling over the side.

"Morning yourself." Liz looked at her friend quizzically. "Why are out and about so early?"

"It's not that early. It's only about 7ish. I just thought you'd want to know about the conversation that happened in the galley yesterday right before lunch."

"It's about time someone told me," Liz said, stopping what she was doing to listen attentively.

Allie gave Liz a quick recap of the conversation between Jack and Will. "…and when Jack finally asked Will what he wanted, Will couldn't remember. That did it. I couldn't hold back any longer. I burst out laughing. Needless to say, they didn't find it very funny. That's when you came in and asked if we were talking about you. Will kinda flipped out. I don't think he wanted you to know he'd been looking at you earlier or whenever he was. So, that's what happened." Allie grinned impishly. Liz couldn't help but smile when she heard this. Allie noticed her friend smiling. "Are you and Will still 'just friends'?"

"Yes," Liz said uncertainly.

"Oh, cheer up. He'll come around."

"What are you implying?" Liz asked, eye brows raised.

Allie shrugged her shoulders. "Nothing."

"Who said that I had any romantic intentions toward Will Turner?" Allie laughed. "Nobody has to say anything. You can read it all over your face. Especially when you look at him." Liz was speechless.

"That is not true!" she gushed out. Then thinking about it started again, "Is it that obvious?" Allie nodded her head. "I'm really trying to ignore him. I don't want another serious boyfriend. Besides, we don't even know how long we'll be here." Liz decided to change the subject. "Hey, show me those new clogging steps that you learned."

"I don't have my clogs."

"So go get them." Allie sighed.

"Alright, fine. I'll be right back!" She hopped off of the counter, landed off-balance, and ended up in a heap on the floor. Liz snickered.

"Very graceful, Allie."

"Shut-up, Liz." Allie got up and brushed herself off. "At least Jack didn't see me make a total fool out of myself." Allie heard a voice from across the room.

"Don't count on it, luv." She gasped and spun around. To her utter horror and embarrassment, Jack was leaning against the doorway, smirking.

"Better you than me," Liz said, smiling.

"Thanks for the warning, Liz," Allie said, glaring at her friend.

"Hey…I didn't know he was there." She said winking. Jack laughed and walked over to the girls. He wrapped his arm around Allie's shoulder and started walking her towards the door.

"Isn't time you got to work, luv?"

"Not until I've had my breakfast." They both turned around and looked at Liz. She got up and walked over to the oven and checked the biscuits. Then looked back at her friends.

"It will be ready in about fifteen minutes. The biscuits are nearly done and I've just got to finish the eggs." Jack looked down at Allie.

"There you go…after you eat I expect ye to be awork." He let go of her and walked out of the room. Allie went back over to Liz.

"Do you need any help with the rest of breakfast?" Liz looked over her shoulder.

"Actually… I'm done. I was just trying to give us a bit more time to talk. I feel like we've barely seen each other since this crazy affair has started."

"I know what you mean," Allie said, hoisting herself back up on the counter.

They sat there talking for the next 10 minutes while Liz started dishing up eggs on plates. They didn't discuss anything of importance. But when you're friends it's always a pleasure to be able to get together and laugh, talk about good times, and joke around. It was such a stress reliever for both of them and they could forget about being lost in time. In the middle of reminiscing the girls heard a loud boom, boom, boom and quickly stood up to pretend that they were working so Jack wouldn't yell at them, smiling all the while.

When the door opened the girls turned giggling expecting to see Jack there getting ready to tell them to go back to work. As soon as they saw who was standing at the door the laughter died.