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CHAPTER 9: I'M AN IDIOT
"Jack?"
"Connor?"
Jack made his way to the cell and met Connor at the bars. They stood staring at each other for a few seconds, both in shock.
"I thought they wouldn't tell you about me."
"They didn't. I heard someone screaming."
"You gonna get me outta here?"
"Where are the keys?"
"Nate has them."
"I'll be right back." Jack turned and ran up the steps.
"Nate, the keys to the brig, now!"
"I see you found Connor."
Jack stepped up to the Captain of the Red Star and whispered in his ear, "Your dead now. And if I find out that you touched my lass, you better hope we don't meet in the afterlife."
"Your lass? I'm sorry but last time I checked I was the last person to have her. I'll admit it, I touched her, for a year, and she enjoyed it."
Jack punched Nate hard in the stomach before turning to his crew. "Prepare the ship to blow!" He ordered, running back to the brig.
He unlocked the door and held her in his arms. She didn't struggle in his embrace, but leaned into it instead. They stood like that until they heard Will yell for Jack to hurry up. He released her and the two of them made their way to the deck.
The Pearl's crew stared in awe at Connor as she came above deck. She avoided the crew of the Red Star, not wanting to see Nate as Jack led her to the Pearl.
Jack waved off the crew as he led Connor into his cabin. He shut the door behind her and turned to find her looking around the room. He felt awkward, not sure what he should do, though he knew what he wanted to do.
"What happened?" He asked and sat down at his desk.
Connor sighed and walked over to the bed and sat down. "I fell overboard I guess. All I know is that I woke up on that ship. I spent the week in the brig. Everyday Captain Nate would come down and talk to me, give me my food, which was pathetic, a piece of bread."
"Did anything else happen?"
"No. Not what your thinking."
"I thought ye were dead Connor. I had given up on you. I should have realized that a strong headed girl like you wouldn't be taken by the sea."
"Yeah, well, what can I say? She doesn't like my attitude." Connor closed her eyes and took a deep breath.
Jack watched her closely. He wondered what Nate's words had meant, and though he dreaded the answer he had to ask. "Connor, Nate told me that he had touched ye for a year and that you enjoyed it. What did he mean by that?"
Connor's eyes shot open. This was a part of her past she wanted to leave in the past. She looked at Jack and saw the look of worry in his eyes. "He used to be my boyfriend. We were together for a year."
"What happened?"
"I left him. I thought I loved him, but I couldn't stay."
"Why?"
"Nate was the jealous type, didn't like anyone talking to me, or anything. He also had a short temper. If he got mad he took it out on me. He was abusive, so I left."
Rage built itself inside Jack. Could this man be the same person who scarred her back.
"I can't believe that I stayed with him as long as I did." Connor added in a mutter.
"But you did leave." Jack said, walking over and sitting next to her.
"Jack, I'm an idiot."
"No your not luv. You're very very smart."
"Yes I am. Jack I tried to hide from my feelings, I tried to run. I sat in that brig thinking of you, and how I could possibly never see you again. And that made me feel like crap, because if I never saw you again then I wouldn't be able to tell you that I love you. I was going to die never knowing if I could have been happy or. . ."
"What did you say?"
"Jack, all I ask is for you to listen. But no, you let your mind wander off somewhere else." "No I heard you. You said that you love me."
"I did?" Connor thought over what she had just said and realized her words. "I guess I did."
"Did you mean them?"
"Am I saying I didn't?"
"Well, that's interesting, very interesting. In that case, I am also an idiot."
Connor's eyes opened wide and she stared at Jack.
"For you see luv, I had the exact same thoughts and I guess I was just scared. I should. . "
"Jack, shut up and kiss me."
Jack smiled and complied. Their lips met in a passionate kiss. Connor's arms wrapped around Jack's neck and his hands landed on her waist. They pulled apart for the need of air. Jack rested his head on her forehead
"And this time, there will be no abusive relationship." He told her, staring into her eyes.
The door opened and Will and Elizabeth barged in. "Where is she?" Elizabeth said. The couple stopped in their tracks at the sight in front of them. They turned to each other smiling before leaving the cabin.
Jack and Connor watched them turn and leave and erupted in laughter. Connor leaned her head onto Jack's chest and his arms tightened around her.
"Jack, I should have told you sooner. But now that I have, I need to tell you some other things."
"Captain, we're ready now." Gibbs said through the door.
"Come on, we'll talk later." Jack helped her up and went out onto the deck.
Everyone faced the Red Star, and Jack yelled fire. The Pearl shot at the ship. The cannon hit it's mark and the Red Star erupted in an explosion. Connor couldn't help the smile that spread across her face.
CHAPTER 9: I'M AN IDIOT
"Jack?"
"Connor?"
Jack made his way to the cell and met Connor at the bars. They stood staring at each other for a few seconds, both in shock.
"I thought they wouldn't tell you about me."
"They didn't. I heard someone screaming."
"You gonna get me outta here?"
"Where are the keys?"
"Nate has them."
"I'll be right back." Jack turned and ran up the steps.
"Nate, the keys to the brig, now!"
"I see you found Connor."
Jack stepped up to the Captain of the Red Star and whispered in his ear, "Your dead now. And if I find out that you touched my lass, you better hope we don't meet in the afterlife."
"Your lass? I'm sorry but last time I checked I was the last person to have her. I'll admit it, I touched her, for a year, and she enjoyed it."
Jack punched Nate hard in the stomach before turning to his crew. "Prepare the ship to blow!" He ordered, running back to the brig.
He unlocked the door and held her in his arms. She didn't struggle in his embrace, but leaned into it instead. They stood like that until they heard Will yell for Jack to hurry up. He released her and the two of them made their way to the deck.
The Pearl's crew stared in awe at Connor as she came above deck. She avoided the crew of the Red Star, not wanting to see Nate as Jack led her to the Pearl.
Jack waved off the crew as he led Connor into his cabin. He shut the door behind her and turned to find her looking around the room. He felt awkward, not sure what he should do, though he knew what he wanted to do.
"What happened?" He asked and sat down at his desk.
Connor sighed and walked over to the bed and sat down. "I fell overboard I guess. All I know is that I woke up on that ship. I spent the week in the brig. Everyday Captain Nate would come down and talk to me, give me my food, which was pathetic, a piece of bread."
"Did anything else happen?"
"No. Not what your thinking."
"I thought ye were dead Connor. I had given up on you. I should have realized that a strong headed girl like you wouldn't be taken by the sea."
"Yeah, well, what can I say? She doesn't like my attitude." Connor closed her eyes and took a deep breath.
Jack watched her closely. He wondered what Nate's words had meant, and though he dreaded the answer he had to ask. "Connor, Nate told me that he had touched ye for a year and that you enjoyed it. What did he mean by that?"
Connor's eyes shot open. This was a part of her past she wanted to leave in the past. She looked at Jack and saw the look of worry in his eyes. "He used to be my boyfriend. We were together for a year."
"What happened?"
"I left him. I thought I loved him, but I couldn't stay."
"Why?"
"Nate was the jealous type, didn't like anyone talking to me, or anything. He also had a short temper. If he got mad he took it out on me. He was abusive, so I left."
Rage built itself inside Jack. Could this man be the same person who scarred her back.
"I can't believe that I stayed with him as long as I did." Connor added in a mutter.
"But you did leave." Jack said, walking over and sitting next to her.
"Jack, I'm an idiot."
"No your not luv. You're very very smart."
"Yes I am. Jack I tried to hide from my feelings, I tried to run. I sat in that brig thinking of you, and how I could possibly never see you again. And that made me feel like crap, because if I never saw you again then I wouldn't be able to tell you that I love you. I was going to die never knowing if I could have been happy or. . ."
"What did you say?"
"Jack, all I ask is for you to listen. But no, you let your mind wander off somewhere else." "No I heard you. You said that you love me."
"I did?" Connor thought over what she had just said and realized her words. "I guess I did."
"Did you mean them?"
"Am I saying I didn't?"
"Well, that's interesting, very interesting. In that case, I am also an idiot."
Connor's eyes opened wide and she stared at Jack.
"For you see luv, I had the exact same thoughts and I guess I was just scared. I should. . "
"Jack, shut up and kiss me."
Jack smiled and complied. Their lips met in a passionate kiss. Connor's arms wrapped around Jack's neck and his hands landed on her waist. They pulled apart for the need of air. Jack rested his head on her forehead
"And this time, there will be no abusive relationship." He told her, staring into her eyes.
The door opened and Will and Elizabeth barged in. "Where is she?" Elizabeth said. The couple stopped in their tracks at the sight in front of them. They turned to each other smiling before leaving the cabin.
Jack and Connor watched them turn and leave and erupted in laughter. Connor leaned her head onto Jack's chest and his arms tightened around her.
"Jack, I should have told you sooner. But now that I have, I need to tell you some other things."
"Captain, we're ready now." Gibbs said through the door.
"Come on, we'll talk later." Jack helped her up and went out onto the deck.
Everyone faced the Red Star, and Jack yelled fire. The Pearl shot at the ship. The cannon hit it's mark and the Red Star erupted in an explosion. Connor couldn't help the smile that spread across her face.