A/N okay I know I havnt updated since...wel a long time ago, but im back now so to my old reveiwers don't hold a grudge and to any new ones, welcome aboard. Now, on with the story.
Jack was strolling down the streets, casually whistling a tune he had heard somewhere and thinking about Ana Maria.
He was so used to girls just sitting there, smiling, and occasionally nodding their heads like well-trained lap dogs, the bluntness of Anna caught him off guard, something that didn't happen very often at all. He was thinking about what she had told him, about how the woman had run into her and just kept walking as if nothing had happened. It frustrated him to no end that people could get away with things like that and still be considered "proper" and acceptable, while there were people out there scrubbing other people's floors and sweating for a living and they were considered filth.
All thoughts were pushed out of his mind however when he spotted the docks, and sitting by them his good friend, William Turner.
"Ahoy there Bill!" shouted Jack.
"Ahoy mate!" responded Will, "What in blazes took you so long? I started to think you wouldn't show."
"And miss this? Not on your life you scallywag," said Jack giving Will a slight shove. They always played around like this, pretending that they were already captains of a ship instead of just watching other captains and occasionally helping out on random ships to get little tid-bits of advice from captains and crews alike. Today was an especially special day for the young sailors-to-be, a ship newly built was coming into the port today, straight out of a highly respected town in America.
"Did ya ever remember the name of that town this ship is hailing from Jack?"
"No, I swear it's right on the tip o' me tongue but I just can't remember it. I think it's Port something. Oh well doesn't really matter. The name o' the ship is what counts really. She's called "The Interceptor," she was finished just shy of a month ago; this'll be her first ocean voyage."
"And we'll be here te see it," stated Will.
"Aye mate, that we will, that we will..."
They settled into a comfortable silence then, both thinking their separate thoughts. Will thinking about the future, Jack about the present, the future, and the time in between. They sat like that for a pretty decent amount of time and Jack was about to suggest going to stretch their legs when they saw a small dot on the horizon. Both boys looked at each other and got identical smiles of glee then leaped to their feet and ran down to the pier to stand on the edge and wait for the grand ship to pull in.
"You know they say this is the fastest ship ever built?" said Will.
"Well once we get a hold of enough money to build our own that'll change," said Jack with a premature pride already developing.
"Aye, and she'll be the grandest ship the seas have ever seen."
Both boys sighed just picturing their vision. Then they realized that the real ship that had, just a moment ago, been an indistinguishable speck on the horizon, was now no less than 40 feet away.
"That really is a fast ship."
Minutes later the ship docked and sailors started unpacking. Jack and Will strolled up to them and offered their help.
"I dunno laddies, ye look awful young ter be workin' on a ship. 'Specially a navy ship at that," said a sea man with a weathered face, his hair was white and he looked so aged and Jack believed the man would tell Jesus he was too young to work on a ship. Of course he kept that to himself and instead said:
"Oh but sir we both know more then ye may think we do. We've been aboard many- a ship, we know our way around them well as anyone."
"Oh is that right? Well tell me lad, have ye ever weathered a storm so rough that almighty God himself seemed to want ye dead? Have ye ever spent 4 weeks with a rumblin' belly and parched throat and mean layin in rot all around ye? Well have ye?"
"Oh for goodness sake Smithy their not captaining us 'cross the Atlantic, just want to help with repairs and unloading and whatnot, I say they look like they got backs that can handle loads, and eyes that can spot a leak. And lord knows we could always use more o' them round here."
Their savior looked to be a man that had seen his share of storms for his face has tanned and rough, but also kind and laughing. He seemed nice enough and besides, he had gotten them on the boat!
"Well lads, you ready te do some work around here?"
"Yes sir!" both boys cried in unison.
"Then get below deck and see what needs doin."
The boys rushed past Smithy, who was glaring daggers at the man who had allowed them on board, up the gang plank and on the deck. They stood there taking in their surroundings and feeling the ever so slight shifts as the ship bobbed up and down.
Looking at each other, they knew what the other was thinking without it being said. 'We're home.'
I considered writing a bit more but I think that's a good place as any to end. Besides I have other fics that need my attention. I haven't updated in a long long time. Well I'm glad im back and I hope you enjoy this chapter. Reviews make my day so please gimme a lot of them. I'll try to be a bit more loyal in my updates in fact I hope to start chapter three tonight. Well till next we meet.
