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Chapter 6: Setting It Up
In Kate and Jack's room, meanwhile, Jack was lying on the bed while Kate paced around the room, ranting.
"Did you see that pig grab me? Did you see where he grabbed me?" Kate raged. "I mean. If I had had a chance....ohhhh....he'd be regretting it right now! I would make him pay for that if I had the chance!"
"Okay....yes, I saw what happened. We all saw what happened. Are you alright?" Jack asked sleepily.
"Oh course I'm all right! I told you that already! Do I look hurt to you? Am I saying, 'Oh, I hurt....please help me.' or something? I don't see me complaining!"
"You don't look hurt but your eyes do."
"What do you mean my eyes look hurt?"
"They have a haunted look in them."
"Hmmm . . . lets think about that for a second. What could possibly give me a haunted look in my eyes? Other than the fact that in the past day I have gotten my feet cut open, shared a bed with a man, my kidnapper and a pirate, seen more drunken men than I have in my entire life, been grabbed while walking down a street and oh yeah, been threatened and felt up by another pirate. Now, what could possibly give my eyes a haunted look? That is a really tough question."
Jack sat up and said soothingly, "Okay, love, I know. Alright. I know that you've had a tough day, but don't blame it on me. I didn't do it to you."
"Didn't do it to me?! It's your fault that I'm here. I wish that you had let me burn!" Kate yelled as she took out her comb and undid her hair.
"You don't mean that," Jack said calmly. "You don't really even know what you're saying." Kate didn't seem to care what he said as she was busy running the comb jerkily though her hair in an obvious effort to pull out as much hair as possible. "Do you want me to do that?"
"Fine. Whatever trips your trigger," Kate said coolly while sitting down on the bed and handing him the comb.
"It just seemed that it would be a shame to pull out all of that hair," Jack said as he began to comb Kate's hair. "And rather painful, too," he added as an afterthought.
"I don't mind pain. I reminds me that this isn't some sick nightmare."
"Sick nightmare? Come on, love. It hasn't been that bad."
"Fine. It hasn't been that bad, all the time," Kate said half-heartedly. "Granted, I wouldn't have gotten to see as much as I have if I had stayed at home. My parents have been trying to marry me off for ages," she added.
"You're 17!?"
"Yeah, but my family marries off its kids young. My sister already has a 5- year-old and a 3-year-old and she's only 22. She got married when she was 15. My dad thinks that I'm far too . . . oh, what's the word . . . spirited to stay unattached . . . or whatever."
"Unattached???"
"Yeah, you know, a house to look after, a husband and a crowd of brats to keep me smothered by," Kate said, laughing. "I just remembered! I was supposed to meet with some git whose dad is a friend of my dad and all that, the day after you took me! That's definitely something that I won't be sorry that I missed!"
"Now! That's better! Do you think that you'd have had to marry him?"
"Probably. I scared the other 2 gits that he brought home away. Something about me not being a normal girl," Kate said. "I've never shown any interest in things a normal girl should. You know, hair, clothes, future husbands, having lots of kids and everything else like that. It all sickens me."
"Well, at least now I know why you didn't moan about the less than frequent bathing, usually that is a huge complaint."
"Yeah, well, I figure why worry. No one else cares about me, why should I bother getting concerned about appearances?"
"Hang on a minute, love. We care about you. If we didn't I would have let you drown or let Albert or the other git haul you away!"
"Whatever. I just mean that if no one is going to care how I look, not whether or not I'm still with you all or anything. Why do you care anyway?"
"Because I do. Because Will and Katie do too," Jack said as he continued to comb Kate's hair.
"Fine. Whatever."
"Okay, then."
"Are you nearly done? I want sleep," Kate snapped.
Jack handed the comb back to Kate and said, "Yep. Here you go." As he gave her the comb, their fingers brushed.
"Thanks," Kate said before flopping down on the bed near the wall.
"Yep. Night," Jack said while lying down as well. Just for kicks, he didn't lie quite as far away as he had the previous night. Kate, whose back was facing him, didn't notice and fell right to sleep. Jack, too, fell victim to sleep.
~*~
Tonight, it was Kate's turn to wake in the middle of the night. She woke, horrified from the nightmare she was having. It involved that Albert guy making good on his threats and then him turning into the first stranger and then into Jack. Only after a minute did she realize that something was touching her. Completely awake now, she looked down to find Jack's arm on her side, right below the ribs. She bolted up to a sitting position, breathing hard, and wondered what to do. She could run for it, but the town was full of drunk pirates and prostitutes, so she'd probably end up worse for wear. She could wake up Jack and shout at him, and not sleep all night. But she decided to use the third option she had developed.
She moved Jack's arm over to the rest of him and tried to roll him over. He grunted loudly and she froze. This wasn't going to work. So, resignedly, she laid back down, practically on top of the wall and tried to sleep. Sometime a long while later, she fell asleep but still had the fear of waking with another arm, or worse, on her. Eventually, however, she did sleep and didn't wake till morning.
~*~
Katie woke up early the next morning. The run in with Albert last night had hardly been a coincidence. She knew what it meant, and knew what she had to do. Quietly, she got out of bed and left the room. She stole out of the inn and went to the pub where they had eaten the previous night. In a dark corner of the pub, sat the very man she had been looking for.
"Morning, Albert," Katie said as she sat down.
"Ahh, Katie. I was wondering if you had forgotten or not," Albert said in a low purr.
"No."
"Well, what's it gonna be? What do you have to give me?"
"Jack."
"And how are you going to manage to give me Captain Jack Sparrow?"
"Use the girl."
"The red-headed lass. . . it might work."
"It would work."
"But how?"
"You take her and Jack comes as fast as the Black Pearl will go to rescue her."
"Why would he rescue her?"
"Because," Katie said quietly. "Because he fancies her more than you could imagine."
"Ahhh . . . so, we'll be pluckin the heartstrings, then?"
"Exactly."
"Good. You get yourself and the girl onto Key Hole Island in 4 days or I'll just have to do this another way and you won't be coming back on board, or at least not except to die. Understand?"
"Aye," Katie said while getting up to leave. "Four days then, Captain." She left the pub and quickly walked in the inn, and into the room where she climbed back into bed. She feigned sleep until Jack came pounding on the door, and pretended to be mad about being woken up.
~*~
Jack woke up the next morning feeling completely refreshed. Not only had he slept, but as far as he could tell, so had Kate. She at least looked peaceful. He really hated having to wake her up. . . partially because she looked so peaceful while she slept, and partially because she didn't look that way the rest of the day. The other issue was waking her up as he wasn't sure how to do it without getting hurt. Oh well, he thought as he reached over and shook her.
Kate started and punched Jack in the nose. "Piss off. I want sleep!"
"Get up," Jack moaned as he held his nose.
"NO!" Kate said stubbornly, as she lay back down and closed her eyes.
"Argh!" Jack cried. "PLEASE get up!"
"NO! I'm asleep! Go away!"
"Fine, you asked for it," Jack said. He got out of bed and pulled the covers off. However, Kate didn't react. Was she asleep already? No, there was a faint smile on her face. "All right, love, you have one more chance to do this the easy way."
Kate still didn't move. Jack forced the bed away from the wall and walked over to Kate's side. Her back was to him and her eyes were shut tightly. "You've been warned," Jack said in a mock serious voice. He picked Kate up and held her upside down.
"I'm up! I'm up! I'm UP!" Kate cried, flailing wildly. "Put me down!"
"What's the magic word?" Jack asked sweetly.
Kate, still upside down said, "Argh! Fine! Please put me down!"
Jack swung her to the ground and asked, "Better?"
"I'd be better if you had let me sleep!" Kate growled as she picked up one of her new shoes and threw it at him. She quickly combed and braided her hair and asked, "Where's Katie and Will?"
"Haven't woken them up yet."
"Why did you have to wake me up first?" Kate asked angrily.
"Because---Because I did, so live with it," Jack replied sleepily. "Now, if you'll excuse me, I have two more people to annoy this morning!" he added as he left the room. He walked over to Will and Katie's room and pounded on the door until he heard them complaining.
~*~
"You know," Will grumbled, "I am really beginning to hate mornings."
"That makes two of us!" Kate moaned. "What is it with him and the less that great bedside manner?"
"I don't think that he knows the meaning of that phrase. I think that he would rather pound in doors than saying, 'Good morning' or something like that."
~*~
Kate followed Katie around that day as they sought to find a crew. It took all morning, but they managed to find 10 able-bodied men to be part of the crew. Will and Jack found the other 10. So, they ended up with a crew of 20 men who included One-Eyed Bill, Tall John, Little Mike, and Old Mute Newt. Kate was less than impressed but Jack insisted that they would do fine.
"Alright, men. We set sail tomorrow. Be on the dock at sunrise or I'll leave your sorry bag of bones behind," Jack said.
"Does that include me?" Kate piped up, hopefully.
Jack ignored the interruption and continued, "So, that's how its gonna be. Savvy?" he asked.
"Aye, Captain," The crew responded as one.
"Savvy. Now go enjoy life until tomorrow," When none moved, Jack added, "That means go."
"Ohhh....." someone said and the crew left.
"So, Mr. Turner, what do you think?" Jack asked Will.
"Well, I think that they are dumber than any pile of rocks that I've ever seen...but I guess that they'll have to work," Will replied hesitantly.
"And you, Miss Katie, what do you think?"
"I think that it is an insult to the rocks to compare them to those nim- wits! But, oh well."
~*~
The remainder of the day passed very slowly for Kate. She didn't think that she had ever been so bored in her life. She was fidgeting constantly with her hands so much that Jack threatened to tie her up, again. For about 2 minutes after that, she sat still but, once that was over, she resumed fidgeting.
"Can you PLEASE find something to do?" Jack asked after 10 more minutes of this.
"What am I supposed to do?" Kate asked nonplussed.
"Something!"
"What?"
"Find something!"
"What?"
"Anything!!!!!"
"What?"
"Can you sew?"
"Yep."
"So sew something!"
"What?"
"I dunno. Katie's dress."
"Do you have any idea how many rips are in her dress?"
"Yes. That's why I want you to do it."
"But that'll take ages!"
"That's the point!"
"Fine! What am I supposed to sew with?"
"You mean that you don't carry your own needle and thread and everything with you at all times?"
"No. And if I did, I didn't exactly have time to grab my belongings when I was ripped out of my house."
"Not this again."
"Hey, you brought it up! It isn't my fault that you try and make me mad!" Kate said.
"Whatever, but I think that you like getting mad at me, love!"
"I don't think so!"
"Sure . . . you know you love me!"
"I do not!" Kate hissed. "I wish that I had a sword. So, I could beat you again."
"Fine. Let's go get swords and see if you can!"
"Fine," Kate said, defiantly while getting up and walking towards the door.
"Let's go!" Jack said, as he too walked over to the door and led Kate to the ship. Once they had gotten there, he handed her a sword and took a position opposite her. "You think this wise girl? Crossing blades with a pirate?"
"Actually, yes. You threatened me."
Jack pulled his sword across Kate's and said, "Only a little," before he attacked. Kate was able to hold him at bay until eventually he said, "You know what you're doing, I'll grant you that, but how's your footwork? If I step here . . ." Jack did a bit of sword work that Kate had never seen before but nevertheless, she was able to parry him. "Very good. And again I step . . ." Jack said as he attacked again. Again, Kate was able to hold him off.
"Is this supposed to be hard?" Kate asked calmly.
"What did you do all day when you were at home?"
"I practiced with the swords, stayed out of my family's way and attended school . . ." Kate said while fighting furiously.
"You need to get yourself a hobby, love. Or a guy," Jack said laughing.
"I have a hobby....boxing....so that when I get kidnapped by pirates, I can put up one hell of a fight."
"Well, I can see that you need a guy then....too much time to practice your hobby."
"Yeah, well, even if I was looking for a guy, which I'm not, there isn't anyone that I'd be interested in!" Kate said fuming.
Jack pretended to look hurt, "What about me, love?" he asked while attacking fiercely.
"I wouldn't . . . how dare you . . . you're despicable!" she cried. She attacked with a fury so that their swords were close together at the base and she was using all her strength to try and knock away his sword.
"Sticks and stones, love," Jack cooed. He kissed her roughly on the lips. Kate drew strength up from the bottom of her and knocked his sword to the ground. She then proceeded to attack Jack with her hands alone. She pounced on him and began attacking in fury. Jack laughed insanely and wrestled her off of him. Kate ended up lying flat on her back with Jack holding her fists, still laughing and smiling down at her. She kicked up with all her strength and caught Jack in the stomach causing him to roll over onto the deck.
"NO!" Kate cried.
"Easy, now, tiger! I was only playing. No need to take it so seriously," Jack said still laughing.
"Very funny," Kate said coolly. "But I kicked your butt!"
"Too true....too true....but it wouldn't happen again."
"I imagine that it would!"
"Oh yeah?" Jack said, still laughing.
"Yeah!"
"Fine then, love, do your worst."
"What?"
"Attack me."
"Why?" Kate asked hesitantly.
"Didn't you want to?"
"With a sword . . ."
"Then get your sword."
"Fine!"
"Fine. Grab your sword, then," Jack coaxed.
"I'm getting to it! Stop . . . existing!"
"Great choice of words, love. But if I stopped existing, then you wouldn't be having such a great fencing lesson with the guy of your dreams."
"HA! You're hardly the guy of my dreams," Kate scoffed as she grabbed her sword. "You're more like the guy of my nightmares!"
"Well, at least I can be in your mind all the time, even when you sleep. See we have a great relationship we have already!" Jack said laughing as Kate bristled.
"The only type of relationship that we have and will ever have is a love hit relationship. You see, I love to hit you," Kate said grinning.
"You certainly seem to."
"Are we going to fight already?"
"On guard."
Kate and Jack fought until it was nearly too dark to see. As they walked back to the inn, Kate asked, "I thought that I was going to have a great fencing lesson. What didn't I already know that the great Captain Jack Sparrow just spent his valuable time teaching me?"
"You . . ." Jack seemed to be trying to find something that Kate wasn't already good at. "You, love, were taught by the great Captain Jack Sparrow how to receive a kiss and not run away."
"No. I suppose that's true. I just came very close to clawing your eyes out when you did that this time. But it was such a worthwhile lesson. But I am NOT glad that I learned it," Kate hissed. "I don't enjoy that type of lesson. Every kiss that I've ever gotten, save a goodnight kiss from my family, has been unwanted. That has to be some sort of record."
"Perhaps it is," Jack said smoothly. "But, the best thing about records is being able to break them."
"I thought that was what the best thing about rules was."
"But, if you do like breaking records, I could help you work on that."
"You do and you'll NEVER have children, ever, with anyone," Kate threatened. "And, you'll talk in a high voice for the rest of your life."
Jack laughed nervously. "You wouldn't do that, would you?"
"Wouldn't I?" Kate said with an evil glint in her eye.
"Shall we meet Will and Katie for supper, then?" Jack asked in an obvious effort to change the subject.
"Whatever," Kate said, grinning to herself. She had scared a pirate! Maybe this wouldn't be as bad as she feared.
~*~
Katie and Will were in their room when Jack and Katie walked in. Kate had an uncharacteristic smile on her face and Jack looked very uncomfortable. Katie was wondering what exactly had happened to bring this on but couldn't ask Kate with Jack and Will in the room. She and Will had been rather bored all day and when the idea of getting something to eat came up, Katie jumped at it. While they were walking down the street, Katie hung back to talk to Kate.
"Why are you so happy tonight?" Katie asked Kate.
"I made Jack uncomfortable!" Kate exclaimed in a sing-songy voice.
"How'd you manage that?"
"Well, he said that I had learnt how to not run away when someone kissed me. So I said that it wasn't a lesson that I wanted to learn, seeing as every kiss I've ever received, save for those from my family, has been unwanted. And he said that we could work on changing that. So I said that if he tried, I would make him loose the ability to have children and would have to talk in a high voice. And it made him nervous when I said that I would do it and so . . . my job here is done!" Kate exclaimed happily.
Kate didn't think that she had ever seen Kate so happy. She merely stared at the girl in shock for a moment before laughing.
"What? He deserved it! I figure that I may as well let him have it, considering what he's done to me!" Kate said, annoyed.
"Remind me never to get on your bad side. You've got a little too much rage for someone your age!" Katie exclaimed.
"I've been told that before. Usually I just ignore what people tell me or I'll hit them if no one else is around. But now it seems funny, I never really noticed that."
"So I've noticed," Katie said as they walked into the pub. "Let's sit down."
"Ok."
The meal passed quickly. Once again, Katie, Will and Jack got drinks. Kate still held true to the fact that she didn't drink and watched as her unlikely companions lost more and more knowledge of what they were saying. Before they got too out-of-it, however, Kate pulled them all to their feet, threw a few shillings onto the table and led the group back to the inn.
Before Katie and Will walked into their room, Katie turned to Kate and said quietly, "If you need help making good on your threat tonight, I have a sharp knife. Just come and get me."
Kate smiled grimly and pushed the stumbling Jack toward the door and through it.
~*~
Katie and Will went into their room and bolted the door. Katie turned to Will and asked, "Is it just me, or is he really drunk?"
"He's really drunk. I'm really drunk. The whole bloody world is really drunk, tonight and it couldn't get any better than this," Will slurred.
"Too right you are!" Katie shouted before breaking into a loud chorus of "The Drinking Song". Will joined her and before long, he passed out on the bed. Katie pushed him over and soon fell to sleep herself.
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Chapter 6: Setting It Up
In Kate and Jack's room, meanwhile, Jack was lying on the bed while Kate paced around the room, ranting.
"Did you see that pig grab me? Did you see where he grabbed me?" Kate raged. "I mean. If I had had a chance....ohhhh....he'd be regretting it right now! I would make him pay for that if I had the chance!"
"Okay....yes, I saw what happened. We all saw what happened. Are you alright?" Jack asked sleepily.
"Oh course I'm all right! I told you that already! Do I look hurt to you? Am I saying, 'Oh, I hurt....please help me.' or something? I don't see me complaining!"
"You don't look hurt but your eyes do."
"What do you mean my eyes look hurt?"
"They have a haunted look in them."
"Hmmm . . . lets think about that for a second. What could possibly give me a haunted look in my eyes? Other than the fact that in the past day I have gotten my feet cut open, shared a bed with a man, my kidnapper and a pirate, seen more drunken men than I have in my entire life, been grabbed while walking down a street and oh yeah, been threatened and felt up by another pirate. Now, what could possibly give my eyes a haunted look? That is a really tough question."
Jack sat up and said soothingly, "Okay, love, I know. Alright. I know that you've had a tough day, but don't blame it on me. I didn't do it to you."
"Didn't do it to me?! It's your fault that I'm here. I wish that you had let me burn!" Kate yelled as she took out her comb and undid her hair.
"You don't mean that," Jack said calmly. "You don't really even know what you're saying." Kate didn't seem to care what he said as she was busy running the comb jerkily though her hair in an obvious effort to pull out as much hair as possible. "Do you want me to do that?"
"Fine. Whatever trips your trigger," Kate said coolly while sitting down on the bed and handing him the comb.
"It just seemed that it would be a shame to pull out all of that hair," Jack said as he began to comb Kate's hair. "And rather painful, too," he added as an afterthought.
"I don't mind pain. I reminds me that this isn't some sick nightmare."
"Sick nightmare? Come on, love. It hasn't been that bad."
"Fine. It hasn't been that bad, all the time," Kate said half-heartedly. "Granted, I wouldn't have gotten to see as much as I have if I had stayed at home. My parents have been trying to marry me off for ages," she added.
"You're 17!?"
"Yeah, but my family marries off its kids young. My sister already has a 5- year-old and a 3-year-old and she's only 22. She got married when she was 15. My dad thinks that I'm far too . . . oh, what's the word . . . spirited to stay unattached . . . or whatever."
"Unattached???"
"Yeah, you know, a house to look after, a husband and a crowd of brats to keep me smothered by," Kate said, laughing. "I just remembered! I was supposed to meet with some git whose dad is a friend of my dad and all that, the day after you took me! That's definitely something that I won't be sorry that I missed!"
"Now! That's better! Do you think that you'd have had to marry him?"
"Probably. I scared the other 2 gits that he brought home away. Something about me not being a normal girl," Kate said. "I've never shown any interest in things a normal girl should. You know, hair, clothes, future husbands, having lots of kids and everything else like that. It all sickens me."
"Well, at least now I know why you didn't moan about the less than frequent bathing, usually that is a huge complaint."
"Yeah, well, I figure why worry. No one else cares about me, why should I bother getting concerned about appearances?"
"Hang on a minute, love. We care about you. If we didn't I would have let you drown or let Albert or the other git haul you away!"
"Whatever. I just mean that if no one is going to care how I look, not whether or not I'm still with you all or anything. Why do you care anyway?"
"Because I do. Because Will and Katie do too," Jack said as he continued to comb Kate's hair.
"Fine. Whatever."
"Okay, then."
"Are you nearly done? I want sleep," Kate snapped.
Jack handed the comb back to Kate and said, "Yep. Here you go." As he gave her the comb, their fingers brushed.
"Thanks," Kate said before flopping down on the bed near the wall.
"Yep. Night," Jack said while lying down as well. Just for kicks, he didn't lie quite as far away as he had the previous night. Kate, whose back was facing him, didn't notice and fell right to sleep. Jack, too, fell victim to sleep.
~*~
Tonight, it was Kate's turn to wake in the middle of the night. She woke, horrified from the nightmare she was having. It involved that Albert guy making good on his threats and then him turning into the first stranger and then into Jack. Only after a minute did she realize that something was touching her. Completely awake now, she looked down to find Jack's arm on her side, right below the ribs. She bolted up to a sitting position, breathing hard, and wondered what to do. She could run for it, but the town was full of drunk pirates and prostitutes, so she'd probably end up worse for wear. She could wake up Jack and shout at him, and not sleep all night. But she decided to use the third option she had developed.
She moved Jack's arm over to the rest of him and tried to roll him over. He grunted loudly and she froze. This wasn't going to work. So, resignedly, she laid back down, practically on top of the wall and tried to sleep. Sometime a long while later, she fell asleep but still had the fear of waking with another arm, or worse, on her. Eventually, however, she did sleep and didn't wake till morning.
~*~
Katie woke up early the next morning. The run in with Albert last night had hardly been a coincidence. She knew what it meant, and knew what she had to do. Quietly, she got out of bed and left the room. She stole out of the inn and went to the pub where they had eaten the previous night. In a dark corner of the pub, sat the very man she had been looking for.
"Morning, Albert," Katie said as she sat down.
"Ahh, Katie. I was wondering if you had forgotten or not," Albert said in a low purr.
"No."
"Well, what's it gonna be? What do you have to give me?"
"Jack."
"And how are you going to manage to give me Captain Jack Sparrow?"
"Use the girl."
"The red-headed lass. . . it might work."
"It would work."
"But how?"
"You take her and Jack comes as fast as the Black Pearl will go to rescue her."
"Why would he rescue her?"
"Because," Katie said quietly. "Because he fancies her more than you could imagine."
"Ahhh . . . so, we'll be pluckin the heartstrings, then?"
"Exactly."
"Good. You get yourself and the girl onto Key Hole Island in 4 days or I'll just have to do this another way and you won't be coming back on board, or at least not except to die. Understand?"
"Aye," Katie said while getting up to leave. "Four days then, Captain." She left the pub and quickly walked in the inn, and into the room where she climbed back into bed. She feigned sleep until Jack came pounding on the door, and pretended to be mad about being woken up.
~*~
Jack woke up the next morning feeling completely refreshed. Not only had he slept, but as far as he could tell, so had Kate. She at least looked peaceful. He really hated having to wake her up. . . partially because she looked so peaceful while she slept, and partially because she didn't look that way the rest of the day. The other issue was waking her up as he wasn't sure how to do it without getting hurt. Oh well, he thought as he reached over and shook her.
Kate started and punched Jack in the nose. "Piss off. I want sleep!"
"Get up," Jack moaned as he held his nose.
"NO!" Kate said stubbornly, as she lay back down and closed her eyes.
"Argh!" Jack cried. "PLEASE get up!"
"NO! I'm asleep! Go away!"
"Fine, you asked for it," Jack said. He got out of bed and pulled the covers off. However, Kate didn't react. Was she asleep already? No, there was a faint smile on her face. "All right, love, you have one more chance to do this the easy way."
Kate still didn't move. Jack forced the bed away from the wall and walked over to Kate's side. Her back was to him and her eyes were shut tightly. "You've been warned," Jack said in a mock serious voice. He picked Kate up and held her upside down.
"I'm up! I'm up! I'm UP!" Kate cried, flailing wildly. "Put me down!"
"What's the magic word?" Jack asked sweetly.
Kate, still upside down said, "Argh! Fine! Please put me down!"
Jack swung her to the ground and asked, "Better?"
"I'd be better if you had let me sleep!" Kate growled as she picked up one of her new shoes and threw it at him. She quickly combed and braided her hair and asked, "Where's Katie and Will?"
"Haven't woken them up yet."
"Why did you have to wake me up first?" Kate asked angrily.
"Because---Because I did, so live with it," Jack replied sleepily. "Now, if you'll excuse me, I have two more people to annoy this morning!" he added as he left the room. He walked over to Will and Katie's room and pounded on the door until he heard them complaining.
~*~
"You know," Will grumbled, "I am really beginning to hate mornings."
"That makes two of us!" Kate moaned. "What is it with him and the less that great bedside manner?"
"I don't think that he knows the meaning of that phrase. I think that he would rather pound in doors than saying, 'Good morning' or something like that."
~*~
Kate followed Katie around that day as they sought to find a crew. It took all morning, but they managed to find 10 able-bodied men to be part of the crew. Will and Jack found the other 10. So, they ended up with a crew of 20 men who included One-Eyed Bill, Tall John, Little Mike, and Old Mute Newt. Kate was less than impressed but Jack insisted that they would do fine.
"Alright, men. We set sail tomorrow. Be on the dock at sunrise or I'll leave your sorry bag of bones behind," Jack said.
"Does that include me?" Kate piped up, hopefully.
Jack ignored the interruption and continued, "So, that's how its gonna be. Savvy?" he asked.
"Aye, Captain," The crew responded as one.
"Savvy. Now go enjoy life until tomorrow," When none moved, Jack added, "That means go."
"Ohhh....." someone said and the crew left.
"So, Mr. Turner, what do you think?" Jack asked Will.
"Well, I think that they are dumber than any pile of rocks that I've ever seen...but I guess that they'll have to work," Will replied hesitantly.
"And you, Miss Katie, what do you think?"
"I think that it is an insult to the rocks to compare them to those nim- wits! But, oh well."
~*~
The remainder of the day passed very slowly for Kate. She didn't think that she had ever been so bored in her life. She was fidgeting constantly with her hands so much that Jack threatened to tie her up, again. For about 2 minutes after that, she sat still but, once that was over, she resumed fidgeting.
"Can you PLEASE find something to do?" Jack asked after 10 more minutes of this.
"What am I supposed to do?" Kate asked nonplussed.
"Something!"
"What?"
"Find something!"
"What?"
"Anything!!!!!"
"What?"
"Can you sew?"
"Yep."
"So sew something!"
"What?"
"I dunno. Katie's dress."
"Do you have any idea how many rips are in her dress?"
"Yes. That's why I want you to do it."
"But that'll take ages!"
"That's the point!"
"Fine! What am I supposed to sew with?"
"You mean that you don't carry your own needle and thread and everything with you at all times?"
"No. And if I did, I didn't exactly have time to grab my belongings when I was ripped out of my house."
"Not this again."
"Hey, you brought it up! It isn't my fault that you try and make me mad!" Kate said.
"Whatever, but I think that you like getting mad at me, love!"
"I don't think so!"
"Sure . . . you know you love me!"
"I do not!" Kate hissed. "I wish that I had a sword. So, I could beat you again."
"Fine. Let's go get swords and see if you can!"
"Fine," Kate said, defiantly while getting up and walking towards the door.
"Let's go!" Jack said, as he too walked over to the door and led Kate to the ship. Once they had gotten there, he handed her a sword and took a position opposite her. "You think this wise girl? Crossing blades with a pirate?"
"Actually, yes. You threatened me."
Jack pulled his sword across Kate's and said, "Only a little," before he attacked. Kate was able to hold him at bay until eventually he said, "You know what you're doing, I'll grant you that, but how's your footwork? If I step here . . ." Jack did a bit of sword work that Kate had never seen before but nevertheless, she was able to parry him. "Very good. And again I step . . ." Jack said as he attacked again. Again, Kate was able to hold him off.
"Is this supposed to be hard?" Kate asked calmly.
"What did you do all day when you were at home?"
"I practiced with the swords, stayed out of my family's way and attended school . . ." Kate said while fighting furiously.
"You need to get yourself a hobby, love. Or a guy," Jack said laughing.
"I have a hobby....boxing....so that when I get kidnapped by pirates, I can put up one hell of a fight."
"Well, I can see that you need a guy then....too much time to practice your hobby."
"Yeah, well, even if I was looking for a guy, which I'm not, there isn't anyone that I'd be interested in!" Kate said fuming.
Jack pretended to look hurt, "What about me, love?" he asked while attacking fiercely.
"I wouldn't . . . how dare you . . . you're despicable!" she cried. She attacked with a fury so that their swords were close together at the base and she was using all her strength to try and knock away his sword.
"Sticks and stones, love," Jack cooed. He kissed her roughly on the lips. Kate drew strength up from the bottom of her and knocked his sword to the ground. She then proceeded to attack Jack with her hands alone. She pounced on him and began attacking in fury. Jack laughed insanely and wrestled her off of him. Kate ended up lying flat on her back with Jack holding her fists, still laughing and smiling down at her. She kicked up with all her strength and caught Jack in the stomach causing him to roll over onto the deck.
"NO!" Kate cried.
"Easy, now, tiger! I was only playing. No need to take it so seriously," Jack said still laughing.
"Very funny," Kate said coolly. "But I kicked your butt!"
"Too true....too true....but it wouldn't happen again."
"I imagine that it would!"
"Oh yeah?" Jack said, still laughing.
"Yeah!"
"Fine then, love, do your worst."
"What?"
"Attack me."
"Why?" Kate asked hesitantly.
"Didn't you want to?"
"With a sword . . ."
"Then get your sword."
"Fine!"
"Fine. Grab your sword, then," Jack coaxed.
"I'm getting to it! Stop . . . existing!"
"Great choice of words, love. But if I stopped existing, then you wouldn't be having such a great fencing lesson with the guy of your dreams."
"HA! You're hardly the guy of my dreams," Kate scoffed as she grabbed her sword. "You're more like the guy of my nightmares!"
"Well, at least I can be in your mind all the time, even when you sleep. See we have a great relationship we have already!" Jack said laughing as Kate bristled.
"The only type of relationship that we have and will ever have is a love hit relationship. You see, I love to hit you," Kate said grinning.
"You certainly seem to."
"Are we going to fight already?"
"On guard."
Kate and Jack fought until it was nearly too dark to see. As they walked back to the inn, Kate asked, "I thought that I was going to have a great fencing lesson. What didn't I already know that the great Captain Jack Sparrow just spent his valuable time teaching me?"
"You . . ." Jack seemed to be trying to find something that Kate wasn't already good at. "You, love, were taught by the great Captain Jack Sparrow how to receive a kiss and not run away."
"No. I suppose that's true. I just came very close to clawing your eyes out when you did that this time. But it was such a worthwhile lesson. But I am NOT glad that I learned it," Kate hissed. "I don't enjoy that type of lesson. Every kiss that I've ever gotten, save a goodnight kiss from my family, has been unwanted. That has to be some sort of record."
"Perhaps it is," Jack said smoothly. "But, the best thing about records is being able to break them."
"I thought that was what the best thing about rules was."
"But, if you do like breaking records, I could help you work on that."
"You do and you'll NEVER have children, ever, with anyone," Kate threatened. "And, you'll talk in a high voice for the rest of your life."
Jack laughed nervously. "You wouldn't do that, would you?"
"Wouldn't I?" Kate said with an evil glint in her eye.
"Shall we meet Will and Katie for supper, then?" Jack asked in an obvious effort to change the subject.
"Whatever," Kate said, grinning to herself. She had scared a pirate! Maybe this wouldn't be as bad as she feared.
~*~
Katie and Will were in their room when Jack and Katie walked in. Kate had an uncharacteristic smile on her face and Jack looked very uncomfortable. Katie was wondering what exactly had happened to bring this on but couldn't ask Kate with Jack and Will in the room. She and Will had been rather bored all day and when the idea of getting something to eat came up, Katie jumped at it. While they were walking down the street, Katie hung back to talk to Kate.
"Why are you so happy tonight?" Katie asked Kate.
"I made Jack uncomfortable!" Kate exclaimed in a sing-songy voice.
"How'd you manage that?"
"Well, he said that I had learnt how to not run away when someone kissed me. So I said that it wasn't a lesson that I wanted to learn, seeing as every kiss I've ever received, save for those from my family, has been unwanted. And he said that we could work on changing that. So I said that if he tried, I would make him loose the ability to have children and would have to talk in a high voice. And it made him nervous when I said that I would do it and so . . . my job here is done!" Kate exclaimed happily.
Kate didn't think that she had ever seen Kate so happy. She merely stared at the girl in shock for a moment before laughing.
"What? He deserved it! I figure that I may as well let him have it, considering what he's done to me!" Kate said, annoyed.
"Remind me never to get on your bad side. You've got a little too much rage for someone your age!" Katie exclaimed.
"I've been told that before. Usually I just ignore what people tell me or I'll hit them if no one else is around. But now it seems funny, I never really noticed that."
"So I've noticed," Katie said as they walked into the pub. "Let's sit down."
"Ok."
The meal passed quickly. Once again, Katie, Will and Jack got drinks. Kate still held true to the fact that she didn't drink and watched as her unlikely companions lost more and more knowledge of what they were saying. Before they got too out-of-it, however, Kate pulled them all to their feet, threw a few shillings onto the table and led the group back to the inn.
Before Katie and Will walked into their room, Katie turned to Kate and said quietly, "If you need help making good on your threat tonight, I have a sharp knife. Just come and get me."
Kate smiled grimly and pushed the stumbling Jack toward the door and through it.
~*~
Katie and Will went into their room and bolted the door. Katie turned to Will and asked, "Is it just me, or is he really drunk?"
"He's really drunk. I'm really drunk. The whole bloody world is really drunk, tonight and it couldn't get any better than this," Will slurred.
"Too right you are!" Katie shouted before breaking into a loud chorus of "The Drinking Song". Will joined her and before long, he passed out on the bed. Katie pushed him over and soon fell to sleep herself.
A/N: Hey, you! Review! You know you wanna! Just do it! PLEASE! Review!