A/n: Hey everyone…sorry it's taken me so long to update! I've been pretty busy and I kind of got struck with laziness! :D Well…here it is! I'm warning you though, it's FLUFF!! PURE FLUFF!!! Lol I know I like it that way ;D and I hope you all do to. So please people just read it!! Read I say!!!! Lol don't know what came over me all the sudden there, sorry. Please review it also, I NEED your feedback! Well…njoy! :D
P.s. I really hope that your happy now Misty!! Lol I finished this chapter tonight with you in mind!! Kisses dahhhling! ;D lol
Jack
"Goodnight" Mr. Sparrow!"
Jack saw the smile on her lips in the split second before the door shut. Even though he could tell that she was trying to sound stern, he heard a tinge of amusement in her voice.
Aaargh! Why do they always do that?!
"It's Captain Sparrow!" he shouted at the closed door.
Despite how it seemed that he was merely brushing this off, it really did hurt his pride. It didn't used to bother him when he still had his ship, but now that he had lost his crew and ship, it stung.
Barbossa he thought suddenly angry I will get my ship back!
Jack finally turned and started to walk across the beach, he felt the anger rising in him steadily .
"He was like a brother to me…" Jack muttered " And he betrayed me and left me on this BLOODY GOD-FORSAKEN ISLAND!" He shouted all the sudden his anger getting the best of him. He kicked a coconut that was lying on the ground in front of him as hard as he could. It rolled about three inches and it felt like it about broke his foot.
"OWW! YOU STUPID COCONUT!"
He sat down heavily and sighed, feeling the anger drain out of him about as quickly as it came.
"But wow…she is absolutely….amazing." he lay down on his back and gazed up at the sky. Thousands of stars were glittering on the velvet black of the night sky like the most precious diamonds. Jack watched as one came loose from it's seat in the sky and went tumbling to the horizon, leaving a sparkling tail behind it. It winked out of view
He remembered being wrenched from his dream and he seriously didn't realize it at first. When he asked her if he was still asleep she looked at him like he was insane, but he truly believed that he was!
"Normally" he mused to himself " It's so easy for me to talk to women."
Normally, it only took about five minutes till they were under his spell.
"But not her…not of course not."
He turned to his side and closed his eyes. He had tried every trick he knew on her…He'd acted like he was completely spellbound and that he thought she was the most beautiful creature he had ever laid eyes on (which wasn't to far from the truth if he was completely honest with himself) . She didn't fall for it. He'd tried the "I'm so helpless, let me lean on you" ploy, and that one almost always worked because most women wanted to feel sorry for him. She wasn't moved. He'd tried to seduce her. He'd given her the sexiest look he could muster and made a few "suggestive" comments. That one always worked because he was just so hot…but she wasn't fazed. He'd even tried flattery, he'd made a few comments about her being beautiful, some about offering to help her because he was so taken with her. She was not impressed.
"Perhaps her heart is made out of stone. No…more like it's a big black hole. Yep…that about sums it up." He sat up talking to himself because, well, there was no one else there to talk to, right? He also had a tendency to gesture a lot, and not only when he was drunk contrary to popular opinion. This was what he was doing now.
" A HUGE" he flung his arms out wide "black hole, that sucks you in and then spits you out" a random hand gesture there " on the other side. " He put his arms down slowly " and you land hard dazed and confused and not knowing what hit you…"
See all these other women were just "toys" to him. He liked them only until he got what he wanted. Once he got it he normally lost interest in them. Call it whatever you want… shallow, immoral, inconsiderate. But after all, he is a pirate, and all those character traits were a good thing in the pirating world. So I guess you could say that by those standards…he was a complete jewel of a man! He's wanted a lot of things from women, among these, money, goods, jewels, food, their bodies, you name it! But whatever he wants, he gets. But it was different with Marie, he had just met her and he felt something special about her. He actually valued her opinion, and he sensed that under that beautiful face ( that really was the most beautiful that he had ever seen) there was an even more beautiful mind . And a beautiful heart and soul to match. Jack sighed, flopped back on the sand and closed his eyes
Yeah right Jack…like your ever going to get her to ever have feelings for you!! He thought
Wait! Mabye if I'm completely honest with her about everything…
Now that was a very sudden and unexpected thought! Him be honest!? HAH!! A man who has commandeered countless ships, done anything for money, a murderer, a thief, and a gambler?? Someone who has lied and cheated since he was a child! That almost made him laugh.
Nah… he thought amused at himself.
"Now it's not like I'm really that bad of a person…" he said gesturing in the air again " I'm a good person for… the… most…part. Besides, I'm a pirate…I'm allowed to be bad if I want ! "
He turned over on his side " I wonder how she thinks that she'll be able to help me anyway…" He scoffed " I mean she's only a woman.
"Of course obviously a very capable one at that. She looks strong and sure of herself, maybe she will be able to help me. "
And he thought Perhaps eventually she'll warm up to me a little once we spend the day together…
He snorted in amusement at his stupid self and flipped over on his stomach, resting his head on his arms.
" Yeah Jack…and I'm sure Barbossa's just going to show up right now with your ship and crew and just stand there while you shoot him in the head. "
He turned on his other side restlessly
Unlikely
He closed his eyes again and as he lay there random images from the day began to run through his head as often happens as one approaches the brink of sleep. He saw the noon sun high in the sky and almost felt the white-hot heat beating down on his face again. He saw the Black Pearl as it sailed over the horizon and disappeared, he saw the white sand, the palm trees and the beautiful blue turquoise sea of, of course it would be even more beautiful if it wasn't his own little hell of a tropical prison. Of course technically he wasn't alone
"She really is quite beautiful…" he muttered drowsily.
The very last image he saw before he slipped over the edge of sleep was Marie sitting on the beach, her bright blonde hair and pale orange- pink color as she sat watching this evenings brilliant sunset. Her eyes glittering and alive, the sun reflected in them, and a small smile on her face. She turned to him "Jack…" she smiled and leaned toward him…
Marie
Marie couldn't sleep. She turned onto her right side and lay in the darkness watching out the window at the sea. It could normally relax her and help her get to sleep, and tonight it looked especially beautiful. It looked vast and endless, the moon was reflected on it and left a silver path on the ocean leading to the heavens. The stars were reflected on it too and the waves made them twinkle. Stars on water always reminded her of little fairies dancing upon the water, twinkling and sparkling…like they were laughing at her almost. The whole sky though kind of looked like another world underneath this one and the ocean was simply just a piece of glass separating them. Tonight though…it didn't calm her, or distract her either. She couldn't get the earlier encounter with him out of her head. She was able to tell that morning when she saw him that he was handsome, even from a distance, but she had no idea how much so until she had seen him up close.
I should be asleep right now…it's been such an emotionally tiring day… she thought
She had gone from confusion, to suspicion, to wonder, to shock, to anger, and then to a feeling she couldn't quite describe…love perhaps?
She flipped over again and squeezed her eyes tighter shut, snuggling deeper into her blanket.
Nah… she thought There's no such thing as love!
And even if there was…you wouldn't fall in love. Your way to much of a rational person .
She hadn't had a very good childhood. Brought up taught by experience, of her own household, that a person married for position, power, and money. Love didn't come into that mix. Her parents never got along, and it wasn't that they fought all the time, there was just a continual, permanent, cold, hateful, and impersonal silence between them that was much worse than if they had yelled and screamed at each other. Actions always speak much louder than words , they say. Both of them had always loved Marie, but every child just wants their parents to love one another, to be a complete family…but it doesn't always work that way. It all got worse when her dad started drinking when she was just ten.
Marie flopped over again and buried her face in her pillow NO! I will not think about him right now! Nevertheless she felt her breathing get difficult.
"Not again…" she gasped . She sat up and turned her legs over the edge of her bed and propped her elbows up on her knees, and leaned her head on her hands. She closed her eyes tight and concentrated on getting it back to normal.
Why me… she thought Why me of all people…
She closed her eyes and took deep breaths until she felt like she was back to normal again. With a sigh she turned and laid back down on her back. No, there was certainly no such thing as love.
But he was quite amazing though…
She turned over on her stomach with and screamed into her pillow with utter frustration. Then sighing she looked up out of her pillow at the wall through a curtain of hair. " Phht! " She tried to blow it out of her way , and then just gave up and ignored it since it was obviously no use.
"That stupid pirate…..he just won't leave me alone!!" she yelled, it muffled into her pillow
She couldn't stop the images of him passing through her head. Him digging in the sand, the strong muscles in his back flexing beneath his tan skin, him laying there sleeping with that ridiculous hat of his pulled over his eyes, his insolent teasing smile, his dark eyes. Now she had kind of wished that she had let him sleep in the hut with her, even though it would probably have made her a nervous wreck. But she just wanted to look at him one more time, it was weird, but she felt like if she could just catch one more glance of him then the images of his face would leave her and she could get some sleep.
With a sigh she sat up and leaned against the wall with her face near the open window. The late night ocean breeze felt cool on her face and it smelled like the tangy salt of the sea and the sweet smell of the jasmine that bloomed in excess on the island, and it also smelt just of green things like grass, and trees.
What is that? She thought as she spotted a black shape about 10 feet from the house. She squinted at it, trying to make out enough details to figure out what it was. Just then the moon came out from behind a cloud and threw the scene into full view.
"It's Jack !" She gasped and felt an unaccustomed tightening in her chest as she sat watching him lay there sleeping a fetal position, his mouth hanging half open, and his hat half-way on.
Now I feel guilty…I guess I'll go ahead and let him sleep inside with me tomorrow night. She thought .
She leaned her head up against the wall watching his sleeping form, and thinking about spending all tomorrow with him. She felt herself getting drowsy.
It's going to be fun with him tomorrow… she thought hazily and when she fell asleep a few minutes later, he was the last thing she saw that night.