Chapter 3 No, you can't have a cigarette
Alyth watched Jack as he walked towards the helm of the ship and away from her. She wasn't sure if that was good, or bad. 'At least I don't have to listen to him proposition me,' she thought, and smiled slightly.
"'Oy, ave ye listened te a single werd I've said?" Ana Maria asked.
"I'm sorry, I was in my own little world for a moment there," Alyth whispered, looking around deck at the large ship.
Ana Maria rolled her eyes, and then began to walk to the
starboard side of the ship. "'Ow much do ye know, anything at all?"
Ana Maria asked hopefully and Alyth nodded happily.
"I can tie off ropes, climb the rigging, raise sails, and adjust
them, I can cook, and clean, as well as steer," she finished, watching
Ana closely.
"Aye, well Jack only lets those he trusts steer the Pearl, so ye
won't be doin none o that. But ye say ye can cook eh? That is sumthin
we most defnitly need. As for the rest, well, we gonna start ye out in
the galley."
Alyth nodded and followed the tall, dark skinned woman as she
walked below deck and down a long hallway. "Can I smoke in here?"
"Eh, what?" Ana asked, turning to look at Alyth.
"Never mind, force of habit," she says, waving Ana off from
asking anymore questions.
"Well, we be here, Alyth was it?"
"Yes, that's it."
"Well I must be goin back on deck, I have work te do. Get
started on lunch, and if ye need help come find me on deck and i'll
find someone that can," after saying that, Ana turned and left the
large galley, leaving Alyth to herself. She reached in her pocket and
pulled out her cigarettes, then looked around to make sure no one was
watching before lighting it. This was going to be difficult, she could
already tell. Taking a long drag from her cigarette Alyth again
thanked God for not only bringing her cartons with her, but also for
letting her buy so many before her adventure. "Why couldn't I have
bought twenty, or thirty cartons?" She mumbled as she searched around
the galley for the supplies. With a sigh she headed for deck, she
would never figure out where anything was by herself. Quickly putting
out her cigarette before leaving the galley, she decided not to smoke
around the crew. She retraced her steps and found the deck quite
easily.
"Ana Maria said ye was cookin lunch," a voice said from behind
her, and she jumped, turning to see Jack.
"Jack, you scared me," Alyth said, placing a hand over her heart
in exasperation.
"Sorry luv, and it's Captain, dun forget it," Jack waggled a
finger at her as he said this, and she noticed he was always making
strange gestures with his hands. "So why ye here?"
"Oh, well Ana said if I needed help to come ask her, and I don't
really know where anything is so, well I need help," Jack laughed as
she said this.
"Aright, I spose I can help ye, come on." Jack pulled her by the
arm, and she found herself returning to the galley quicker than
expected.
"You don't mind if I smoke cigarettes around you, do you
Captain?"
"Naw, jus dun around the crew, they may try an hang ye fer bein
a witch," Jack said with a glimmer in his eyes.
"Well then I could always use my magic and burn through the
rope," she replied, pulling out her lighter and another cigarette.
Jack laughed as he began going through the cupboards and drawers in
the galley.
"What do yer cigarette taste like?" he asked suddenly, turning
to watch her. She saw his eyes on her lips as she took a drag.
"Well, you kind of have to get used to them, it takes a while."
"Could I try one?" He asked, giving her a look like a lost puppy
dog.
"One of my cigarettes? But I only have a few, fifteen cartons
won't last long, and I don't know how long I'll be here," she cried,
holding her cigarette protectively to her chest.
"So? Come on luv, let 'ol Jack have one, I might even let ye
have some o me rum," Jack said, holding out his hand for one.
"But I doubt you'll even like it, and then it would be a waste
and," she stopped, watching his lost puppy expression get even more
pouty. She growled in annoyance and watched as his expression turned
to a wicked smirk, and she knew he was about to say something about
her growl.
"Ye know luv, I bet I could-"
"Stop, stop, you can have a drag of my already lit
cigarette if you don't finish that sentence," she cut him off, then
offered him the butt of her ciggy.
He got a triumphant look on his face as he reached for it. "What
do I do now?" He asked as he held it, incorrectly, in his hand.
"Well first you hold it correctly," Alyth said as she took his
hand, spread out the first and middle finger, then she stuck the ciggy
inside butt first, and closed his fingers over it. "Next you make sure
your lips are dry, because I don't like my cigarette wet." She then
reached up, and ran her finger over his bottom lip. She smirked as he
looked surprised. Nodding when she realized his lips were dry, she
continued, "now what you do is bring the butt of the cigarette to your
lips, suck lightly, inhale, you do know what inhale is right?"
"No," he said, watching her closely.
Alyth grumbled in annoyance, "you breath in the smoke you've
sucked in your mouth, then you exhale it. Like this," Alyth picked up
his hand, and brought the cigarette to her mouth and showed him by
taking a large drag, and blowing out the smoke. He looked surprised
again. "Now you."
Jacks hand brought the ciggy to his lips, she watched him suck
on the butt for a second, and then breath it in, and before she knew
what was happening he was hacking and coughing like there was no
tomorrow. She burst out laughing as he continued to cough, and then
abruptly broke off as his coughing didn't stop. She ran over behind
him and smacked him a couple times on the back, then ran to a bucket
that held water and grabbed a glass. By this time his coughing had
basically subsided, and his eyes were watering. She ran back over to
him and noticed the cigarette on the ground, she picked it up then
handed him the water. "I'm sorry, I didn't think you would cough like
that," Alyth said, taking a drag from her smoke. Jack looked at her
and took a sip of his water, and then spit it out all over her.
"What the 'ell is this?" He asked in a disgusted manner.
"It's called water Jack," she said, a smile tugging at the
corners of her mouth.
"That was even worse then the cigarette, from now on only bring
me rum, luv," he said, and she laughed hysterically. "What be funny?"
"I'm sorry, I've just never seen anyone spit out water and order
rum before, normally it's the other way around."
Jack looked at her as if she were insane, "Spit out rum? Who
would do such a thing. As for yer... cigarette, how can ye stand them?"
"Well I've always loved to smoke, and I've never burst into a
bout of coughing like that. I told you that you wouldn't like them,
but you didn't listen to me," she told him off.
"Aye, next time I be listenin to ye," he said, eying her
cigarette with distaste.
"Okay, so show me where everything is, will you Captain?" She
asked, and he nodded.
"Aright, come here," he ordered, and she walked over to him,
looking over his shoulder into the cupboards. "Everything in here is
spices," he started saying, then moved over slightly to the next one,
"in here is dried some dried meats, jerkey 'n whatnot," Jack
continued down the line, showing her barrels filled with fruits, fish,
and especially the rum. He showed her where the pots and pans were,
along with the utensils.
"Thanks Captain," Alyth said when he was done with the tour.
"'twas no problem. Do ye need anymore help luv?"
"No, stop calling me luv," she told him, finally becoming sick
of the nick name, "or else I'll start calling you Jack."
His eyes danced as she said this, "ye drive a hard bargain, ring
the bell there when lunch is ready, luv." Jack's eyes sparkled, and
his lips turned up into a smirk.
"Can do Jack," Alyth said, smirking right back at him.
"That's,"
"Captain, I know, but like I said if you call me luv, I call you
Jack, okay Jack?"
He laughed slightly, "Aye, savvy," he told her.
"Savvy? What's that?"
"It means I understand, now back te work, luv." Jack winked at
her, then left the galley.
"Well this may just be some fun after all," she whispered, then
started searching for something for lunch. Alyth had never cooked for
so many people before, mostly she had cooked for herself, her parents,
and her five brothers. While that was a lot of people, it was no where
near the number on this ship. "Shit, I didn't even ask him, oh well, I
suppose I'll have to guess," she mumbled, and got to work on the stew
for lunch.
Alyth walked to the bell, threw her cigarette out the port hole,
and rang it loudly. She had spent over two hours making the stew,
seasoning it to perfection, and cooking it long enough for the jerky
she had thrown in there to soften, and become more tender. Without
warning twenty people charged into the galley almost stomping over her
as she tried to get out of the way. Alyth had laid out a plethora of
bowls, bread, and glasses, not sure how many people were coming down.
"So what's for lunch luv?" She heard Jack ask from behind her,
and turned to look into his glorious eyes. He had a large smirk on his
face, and she knew this would be fun.
"Beef stew, Jack," she answered, grinning mad.
"That's Captain Jack, luv."
"That's Alyth, Jack. I know it must be difficult for you to
actually remember my name and all, but it's just five little letters,
A-l-y-t-h." Jack looked at her as if she had spouted another head, and
they both noticed for the first time that the entire crew was watching
them.
"Eat your lunch you scabordous dogs," Jack shouted, and she
giggled as they quickly turned and began shoveling food into their
mouths.
"Well now, I only let women sharin me bed call me Jack, what do
you say, Alyth?" Jack raised a suggestive eyebrow, and then began to
wiggle it, Alyth couldn't help it and burst into laughter.
"Well Captain, thank you for using my name," she got out when
her laughter had finally subsided, "but I think I will stay with Ana
Maria, her company has got to be better then yours." Alyth smirked,
and then walked away from him to eat her own lunch. Alyth glanced at
him from the corner of her eye, and saw him grumbling something to
himself, she tried hard to keep the laughter at bay.
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