Chapter 4

As Jess went outside, she could see that the crew were already getting ready to set sail. She could see Jack up at the helm barking out orders. She saw Anamaria near the ropes doing some kind of knots in them, and wandered over to her.
"Hi Anamaria, Jack said I'd find you here".
"Well here I am, now do you know anythin' about ships?". Asked Anamaria hopefully.
"I'm afraid not. I've only been on a ship once, and that was when I came to Tortuga". Replied Jess.
"Well, if your gonna be a member of Jack's crew, ye gotta know yer way around. Follow me, I'll give ye the grand tour". Said Anamaria.
They started at the front of the ship. "Now, this is called the bow of the ship. The back of the ship is called the stern, ye with me so far?". Asked Anamaria.
"Front-bow, back-stern, got it". Replied Jess.
"Good, lets keep goin". Said Anamaria.
Anamaria spent the rest of the day teaching Jess all she needed to know. When they'd finally
decided to call it a day, it was around dinner time and they were getting hungry.
"Let's go get some grub". Said Anamaria.
"Good idea, I'm starving!". Exclaimed Jess.
When they went down into the galley, they saw that it was almost full. "Jess, Anamaria, over ere'". It was Jack, he was pointing to two spare seats in front of him.
"I guess the foods really good on this ship, hey?". Asked Jess sitting down and looking around at all the other pirates.
"It's not actually, which brings me to my next question. Can ye cook at all?". Asked Jack
looking very hopeful.
As soon as he asked this question, the whole room went silent. Jess looked around and then replied.
"Well yes actually. I worked as a cook for a few years", replied Jess confidently.
The entire room suddenly burst out with cheers and whistling. Above all the cheering and
clapping, Jess could just make out what Jack said.
"Well Jess, you've got yerself a new job!". Replied Jack, grinning so you could see his gold teeth.
After dinner, everyone went to bed, except for the odd person keeping watch in the crows nest.
Jess sat near the edge of the ship, just watching the sunset go down. She heard soft footsteps
behind her
"Beautiful aint' it?". Jess jumped and saw that it was Jack.
"You scared me Jack!". Exclaimed Jess.
"Sorry luv, didn't mean to". He replied smirking.
"I'm sure you didn't". Muttered Jess.
They just sat watching the sunset for a while, when Jack asked, "So how do you like life on the sea?".
"It's the best thing that's ever happened to me, and I want to thank you for giving me the
opportunity". Said Jess.
"S'alright luv". Replied Jack softly.
After a moment, Jess said. "Well, I'd better get off to bed, goodnight Jack".
"G'night luv, see you in the mornin'". Said Jack
As Jess was about to go into 'her' quarters, she turned and asked. "Oh, Jack. Where are we going?".
"A little place called Port Royale". Replied Jack.
"What's in Port Royale?". Asked Jess confused.
"You'll see". Replied Jack, grinning.