Chapter 11 I want a cigarette too.

Alyth, stumbled down the street supported by Jack and Will. "I could get use to this," she mumbled. Jack and Will just nodded, not understanding a word that she said. Wait, I need to rest, just sit down for a minute."
"Luv, ye know what happened last time we rested," Jack said seriously.
"Well yea, but I don't think Will wants to see that," she smirked as she sat down. Jack and Will looked at each other, then sat on opposite sides of her. She just smiled and lay her head on Jack's shoulder. "Jack, can I stay on the Pearl, I don't have anywhere else to go, and I don't think I'm ever goin home."
"'O course ye can luv, I wouldn't dream o kicken ye off me ship," he responded, nuzzling her hair.
"Yay, I like the Pearl, she's a beautiful ship," Alyth said yawning.
"Alright you two, break it up, we need to get back to the Pearl before you can stay there Alyth," Will said. He abruptly stood and pulled Alyth to her feet.
"You're right Will, you're always right. You're such a good friend Will, what would I do without you?" Alyth rambled drunkenly, making both men smile and try to hold back their laughter. "I'm tired, when will we get there?" She asked no one in particular.
"Well the tavern Jack chose was quite a ways from the Pearl, we're about half way back now Alyth," Will said.
"I could carry ye luv," Jack said enticingly.
"Okay," she said simply, and held out her arms. Jack smiled and scooped her up. She wrapped her arms around his neck and laid her head against his chest.
"No fallin asleep now luv, luv?" Jack looked down to see a slumbering Alyth in his arms, he turned to Will, "she fell asleep," he whined.
"Well of course, she has eight bottles of rum in her, what did you expect?" Will asked, laughing.
"Well, uh, ummm," Jack sputtered.
"Jack she's completely drunk," Will yelled outraged.
"Well that's the best time whelp."
"You know Jack, sometimes you just disgust me." Will stalked ahead of Jack, leaving him staring at Will.
"That boy, I just dun understand him," Jack whispered to Alyth. 'She's so sweet when she sleeps,' he thought, hoping she would wake up. Sweet was good sometimes, but right now he was looking for kinky, sarcastic, and sexy. 'Oh well, guess I'll just have to wait until next time.' Jack was so lost in thought he didn't hear the men walking behind him until three were standing in front of them.
"Tha's a purdy piture if'n I eva saw one," one of the men said. Jack stepped back and looked for a safe place to drop Alyth quick.
"Why dun ye jus give us tha lass, an all yer money. We migh jus let ye live," another one said. Jack continued to back up, until he ran into a thick, muscular body. They were trapped.
"Alyth," he whispered, trying to shake her awake to no avail. "This is yer own fault, member that when ye wake," he mumbled and dropped her.
"Ow, Jack what was that for?" Alyth asked, and looked up at him anoyed.
"Sorry luv, was the only way te wake ye," he whispered, and looked at the men in front of them. Alyth's eyes followed his, and she saw at last why he had dropped her.
"Shit," she whispered, and stood beside Jack.
"So tha li'l lass has quite tha mouth on 'er, tha's wha gags are fer," the one behind them said.
"I knew you two couldn't stay out of trouble, good thing I came back isn't it," Will said, walking up behind the three in front of Jack and Alyth.
"I spose, I prolly coulda handled them by meself though, after all I'm Captain Jack Sparrow," Jack said with a smirk.
"Enough Sparrow, hand over the girl and ye'll live, come on, ye have enough woman, ye can let us have some fun," the third man in front of them spoke.
"I dun think I can," Jack pulled his sword from its sheath, and attacked the man behind them, quickly slitting his throat. "One down, three te go, seems a bit uneven te me. I feel sorry fer ye three," Jack said, and the three attacked. Alyth jump kicked the one in front of her, not having a sword she had to be creative. The man stood up, and charged at her again.
"ye'll pay fer that ye strumpet," he cried, and slashed her arm with his sword. "Damn it, I love this shirt," she yelled and kicked the sword from his hand. They both watched as it landed a few feet away. She then kicked him in the face, and watched him drop to the ground.
"You're hurt Alyth," Will said, running to her and looking at her arm.
"It's nothing. Come on let's go," Alyth said, and walked to Jack. You alright?"
"I'm fine, how bout you Will?" Jack asked.
"I'm great, looks like you're the only one hurt Alyth."
"Yea, well I would have kicked ass if I had a sword," she grumbled, staring pointedly at Will.

He smiled sheepishly. "I brought it for you, but I forgot to give it to you," he mumbled "

"Come on, to the Pearl," jack cried, and they both nodded their agreement and started to the Pearl.

By the time they got there Alyth was ready to black out again, this time from blood loss. "Gibbs," Jack called as they walked up the gangplank.

"Yea Cap'n?" A sleepy Gibbs asked as he charged up the stairs from the crew quarters.

"Bring bandages, and lots of them to my cabin, now," he called, lifting Alyth from her feet and charging into his cabin. He laid her down on his bed and ripped of the sleeve, trying not to touch the wound. It was long and jagged, and deep.

"God, it'll need stitches, do either of you sow?" Alyth asked weakly.

"I can sow Alyth, ye dun need te worry none, I'll fix ye up good as new," Ana Maria said, walking into the room with Gibbs and a lot of bandages.

"Will, bring me some rum," Jack ordered, and Will ran to the cabinet and pulled out a large bottle.

"Now is hardly the time Jack," Alyth whispered and smiled up at him.

"It's te clean around the wound, and once it's stitched ye'll need te clean it everyday, this will hurt luv," he whispered, pouring the rum on the bandages.

"Will it hurt me, or you?" She asked, eying his rum.

"Both luv, both," he whispered, and started cleaning the blood from around the edges.

"That didn't hurt," she whispered, looking into his dark mahogany eyes.

"I haven't cleaned the cut yet," Jack said.

Suddenly a searing pain shot through her arm, it hurt worse then the actual cut. Alyth screamed, it felt like her arm was burning off. She Struggled futilely, Jack was stronger than her and held her arm in place. The pain stopped as suddenly as it had started, and Alyth blacked out.

"Din't do a bad job Ana," Alyth heard a voice say.
"'O course I din't Jack, I stitched you up many times before and they look fine," Ana said back.

"Where am I?" Alyth moaned as her eyes opened.

"Finally awake are we?" Will asked looking down at her.

"I suppose, where am I?" She repeated.

"In me cabin. Ye blacked out before Ana had a chance te stitch ye up, but she's all done now," Jack told her, joining Will and staring down at her.

"Where are my cigarettes?"

"Here ye go luv," Jack said, sticking a cigarette in her mouth and lighting it for her.

"You're getting pretty good at that Jack," Alyth told him as she took a drag. He smiled sheepishly and showed her the one in his hand. "And you're getting really good at smoking all my cigarettes." He nodded and took a drag himself.

"A'right, time fer everyone te leave, she needs her rest," Jack said, and Alyth watched in amusement as her actually shooed people out the door.

"Jack," she said after everyone had left, and he was getting ready to.

"Yea?"

"Where are you sleeping?"

"I'll sleep in the crew's quarters tonight," he told her.

"Stay with me tonight, just sleeping?" Alyth asked.

"Well since ye asked me so nicely I will, but no funny business, ye need yer rest."

Alyth burst out laughing. "I never thought I'd hear those words from Captain Jack Sparrow."

"Jack," he said, taking off his shirt and sitting next to her.

"What?" She asked, clearly not understanding.

"To ye, the names Jack," he said, and kissed her. She had forgotten what it felt like to be kissed by him, his hands caressing her body while their tongues battled for dominance. Their wills were too strong and independent, but Alyth knew that she would willingly give up everything to Jack.

'I love him,' the thought popped unbidden into her mind. 'I can't love Jack, I barely know him, can I?' she wondered, her tongue still dueling with his. Before she knew it her hands were moving up his back, one played with a tendril of his hair while another simply felt the muscles of his back. 'Oh God it's true, I'm in love with Jack.' She pulled away from him, needing air, and space to think. She lay her head on his chest and sat there for a few minutes, toying with the beads in his dreads.

"What?" He asked, and she looked up skeptically.

"Nothing, just tired," she murmered.

"Then let's sleep. I was serious before, ye need yer rest." Jack laid her down, blew out the candles, and wrapped his arms carefully around her waist. She had been so wrapped up in her thoughts that she had forgotten about her injury. She laid it on top of Jacks arm, since the cut was on the outside of her arm she could rest her arm against her side and be fine. They were facing each other, and she reached up and played with his dreads again.

"Goodnight Jack," she whispered, kissing his lips softly.

"Goodnight Alyth," he whispered, then closed his eyes.

Will waited for Jack to come out of his room. He had said he would sleep with the crew tonight and let Alyth recover on her own. Will couldn't understand how she could care about Jack. He was wild, unruly, a pirate, and destined only to break her heart. In the little amount of time that Will had spent with Alyth he found it hard to believe that he could be in love with her, but his heart kept saying he was. The more time he spent with her the deeper he seemed to fall. Jack would never appreciate Alyth the way he would. 'Jack can never love her, he cares about her I know that. Jack only loves two things though, the Black Pearl, and treasure. He could never love Alyth,' Will thought as he watched the cabin doors. The candle light died suddenly, and he knew the truth, Jack wasn't coming. He was alone with Alyth doing God knew what. 'No, I know,' he thought as he walked to the other side of the ship. "She needs time to heal though," he whispered to no one.

"Cap'n knows what he's doin Will, dun worry 'bout Alyth," Ana said from behind him, and he nodded to let her know he heard her. "He woudn't do nothin te hurt her, an ye know it Will. Why the sudden interest anyway?" She asked, watching him closely. Will blushed, and Ana had her answer. "Well, maybe ye should try te tell Alyth, until then what she does in her free time is her business, not yers," Ana said, and walked away.

"You're right Ana," Will said, then walked down the stairs to the crews quarters and to his hammock, not sure himself what he was agreeing with.

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