Chapter Thirteen: To the Taverns, Yo Ho!
Alaina, in complete boredom, watched the clouds floating by in the sky the next afternoon while Will, Jack, and Gibbs were talking on the deck.
Caitlyn had gone shopping with her father. Alaina would rather have her hand chopped off than go shopping, especially for what Caitlyn wanted: dresses.
Will glanced over at his daughter every few moments, making sure she was all right. He wasn't all too sure about her feelings toward him since last night when she had caught him drinking with Jack.
He grimaced at the memory of her face. Anger, disappointment, fright, shock. He thought he had even detected betrayal in her eyes. He couldn't remember the words the two exchanged; he'd had too much to drink.
Of course though, it was all entertainment to Jack, who had just sat back in his chair, a bottle of rum in one hand, cards in the other, and watched the scene unfold before him.
Jack had guessed that much, that Will's family was broken. He felt sorry for him, never said so, but he did. He knew that Will and Elizabeth shared something exclusive, something he would never share with anyone. Love.
Both Will and Jack however, were pulled from their thoughts by Alaina's laughter. Will looked at her strangely. What on earth could be so amusing?
Alaina felt their stares and buried her head in her arms, trying to muffle her amusement. It didn't work very well however, and they continued to stare.
The three tried to ignore it but it was extremely hard to do so. Finally Jack glided over to her and tapped her on the shoulder.
"May I ask what is so amusing?"
Alaina took a deep breath and tried to calm herself but she began to giggle as soon as she saw his face. "I just remembered," she said in between laughs. "When Jack first saw you around the house," she said after a few seconds, making the captain raise on eyebrow at the name.
"Yes?" he asked, motioning for her to continue.
Alaina stopped for a few seconds. "He thought you were a woman."
The captain frowned and turned to look at Gibbs and Will. Both were trying hard not to laugh. Will was hiding it better than Gibbs.
"You have a son named Jack?" he inquired of Will, striding back over to them. "Elizabeth's idea," Will assured, making the captain raise an eyebrow.
"Never knew she liked me that much," he mused to himself.
Will shook his head and looked behind Jack at Alaina, who was looking at him, her laughter subsiding. She turned her face away from him and suddenly became interested in her hands.
"Still hasn't forgiven you for last night, eh?" Jack asked, seeing what had happened.
Will shrugged. "What did I say last night anyway?"
"Do you really want to know?" Jack asked. Will nodded and Jack took a few steps over to him so he was only a few inches from Will. "You told her that you wouldn't drink so god damn much if she hadn't gotten Elizabeth killed."
Will looked horrified at Jack who kept a completely straight face while he told him.
"Actually it was more along the lines of 'you've already caused me enough damn pain getting Elizabeth killed and you could drink all the god forsaken rum you wanted since nothing mattered anymore.'"
Will frowned at Jack but had a sinking feeling that the pirate was telling the truth. "Though," Jack continued, "if I was her I wouldn't forgive you either."
Will sighed and decided to try to talk to her. "If you'll excuse me," he told them, then walked tentatively over to where Alaina stood, still twirling her thumbs and watching them like they were the most interesting thing she'd ever seen.
"Alaina," he began, touching her shoulder gently. Alaina flinched and took a step away from him, not even looking at him. "I want to explain what happened last night."
"Well, I don't want to hear it, since I don't matter," she told him cruelly.
'Oh Lord, what did I say?' he wondered, frightened at the look in her eyes. It was almost identical to the one that had greeted him after the argument with Jack. But this time there was another expression: hatred.
She was silent for a long time, and Will tried to recall what had happened below the night before. Finally Alaina just walked off towards the gangplank.
Will was about to stop her when Jack suddenly came up beside him. "I'll go with her, you know," Jack said, pausing to try to think of how he wanted to put it. "Keep an eye out for her."
Will looked carefully at Jack for a second, then shrugged. Alaina didn't want to be near him and that was understandable, but he didn't feel all too well about Jack 'watching out for her' as he called it.
Nevertheless, Jack began to follow Alaina down the gangplank and out into the crowded harbor.
"Why do I have a bad feeling about this?" Will asked aloud.
Gibbs began to chuckle. "Do you really want me to answer that?"
***
"So, Captain Sparrow," Alaina said, blinking as the rum settled in her stomach. "When are we leaving?"
The tavern was well lighted and crowded, with people laughing and drinking everywhere, except for the small group sitting at one of the tables playing poker.
Jack had insisted on buying her a pint, which turned into another and then another. It didn't matter that she was a girl; she held her liquor quite well.
"If you want to leave, we can," he told her, setting down his drink and leaning toward her, almost falling off the seat.
"Whoa," Alaina said, grabbing his shoulders, trying to steady him. "No, I don't want to leave, I was just asking," she assured, letting go of him and smiling at a man who was staring at her.
Jack took notice off the man and gave him a hard look. After all, she was Will's daughter. "Well we can't stay 'ere all night," he told her, trying to sound responsible. "Oh, I'm sure we can find something else to do," Alaina told him, winking and taking a swig from her mug.
Jack was taken aback at the suggestiveness in her tone. "Aren't you a little small for me?" he asked, putting his hand near her face so he could see that his index finger and his thumb were just a few centimeters apart. "Just a little," he said with a wry smile.
"Says who?" she asked, setting his hand down and leaning in closer so their faces were almost touching.
Jack gave her nervous grin and sat back. "How much rum 'ave you 'ad, luv?"
***
Will paced nervously on the Constance's deck, his eyes scanning the darkness every few seconds, hoping that he would catch Jack and Alaina coming back.
It was long after dusk and Will became more worried as time wore on. 'Maybe they decided to spend the night somewhere else.' Immediately he dismissed the thought; Jack and Alaina, both probably drunk, spending the night in the same room… That wasn't even remotely comforting, it was disturbing.
Jack after all, wasn't the best judge of things when he was drunk, although Will wasn't sure how Jack acted when he was sober either.
***
Alaina sat silently for a few minutes, trying to think about anything but the words her father had said last night. He had confirmed all her fears. Turning back to the captain, she found he was occupied by one of the many whores around the place. 'God, he's disgusting,' she thought with a scowl, scooting away from him.
"So I says to meself, 'Jack why don't ye go out and find the loveliest lady.' And look what I did," Jack said to the woman, grinning.
The woman smiled but shook her head. "I've heard a lot about you, and I think I'll find business elsewhere."
Jack shrugged. "Now what do you say we go and head back for the ship?" he asked, turning back to where Alaina sat, only to find her gone. "Now where did she go?" he asked aloud, looking under the counter and then around the bar, not seeing anyone fitting her likeness. "Damn that lass," he said, getting up. Suddenly he stopped with a realization.
'Will's gonna kill me,' he thought and began to panic. When Will found out that he had been flirting with some whore and wasn't paying any attention to Alaina—
"Stop doing that," he chided himself aloud. "After all, she's a smart girl. Will's still pretty new to the whole pirate gig and I am Captain Jack Sparrow."
Though somehow none of the excuses he gave were good enough, not even that he had, in fact, beaten Barbossa, taken back the Black Pearl and escaped from the Royal British Navy a dozen times made him any closer to figuring out what happened to her.
"Now Jack," he said to himself, closing his eyes and tapping his forehead in thought. "If you were drunk and saw an attractive, unarmed, unescorted female, what would you do?"
***
A/N: Two chapters in one day. Wow, I'm on a role. Like I said in my last A/N, once I have my disc working again I'll repost these to their original form. I'd like to thank ALL OF YOU for your wonderfulness. I LUV YOU ALL!!!
Alaina, in complete boredom, watched the clouds floating by in the sky the next afternoon while Will, Jack, and Gibbs were talking on the deck.
Caitlyn had gone shopping with her father. Alaina would rather have her hand chopped off than go shopping, especially for what Caitlyn wanted: dresses.
Will glanced over at his daughter every few moments, making sure she was all right. He wasn't all too sure about her feelings toward him since last night when she had caught him drinking with Jack.
He grimaced at the memory of her face. Anger, disappointment, fright, shock. He thought he had even detected betrayal in her eyes. He couldn't remember the words the two exchanged; he'd had too much to drink.
Of course though, it was all entertainment to Jack, who had just sat back in his chair, a bottle of rum in one hand, cards in the other, and watched the scene unfold before him.
Jack had guessed that much, that Will's family was broken. He felt sorry for him, never said so, but he did. He knew that Will and Elizabeth shared something exclusive, something he would never share with anyone. Love.
Both Will and Jack however, were pulled from their thoughts by Alaina's laughter. Will looked at her strangely. What on earth could be so amusing?
Alaina felt their stares and buried her head in her arms, trying to muffle her amusement. It didn't work very well however, and they continued to stare.
The three tried to ignore it but it was extremely hard to do so. Finally Jack glided over to her and tapped her on the shoulder.
"May I ask what is so amusing?"
Alaina took a deep breath and tried to calm herself but she began to giggle as soon as she saw his face. "I just remembered," she said in between laughs. "When Jack first saw you around the house," she said after a few seconds, making the captain raise on eyebrow at the name.
"Yes?" he asked, motioning for her to continue.
Alaina stopped for a few seconds. "He thought you were a woman."
The captain frowned and turned to look at Gibbs and Will. Both were trying hard not to laugh. Will was hiding it better than Gibbs.
"You have a son named Jack?" he inquired of Will, striding back over to them. "Elizabeth's idea," Will assured, making the captain raise an eyebrow.
"Never knew she liked me that much," he mused to himself.
Will shook his head and looked behind Jack at Alaina, who was looking at him, her laughter subsiding. She turned her face away from him and suddenly became interested in her hands.
"Still hasn't forgiven you for last night, eh?" Jack asked, seeing what had happened.
Will shrugged. "What did I say last night anyway?"
"Do you really want to know?" Jack asked. Will nodded and Jack took a few steps over to him so he was only a few inches from Will. "You told her that you wouldn't drink so god damn much if she hadn't gotten Elizabeth killed."
Will looked horrified at Jack who kept a completely straight face while he told him.
"Actually it was more along the lines of 'you've already caused me enough damn pain getting Elizabeth killed and you could drink all the god forsaken rum you wanted since nothing mattered anymore.'"
Will frowned at Jack but had a sinking feeling that the pirate was telling the truth. "Though," Jack continued, "if I was her I wouldn't forgive you either."
Will sighed and decided to try to talk to her. "If you'll excuse me," he told them, then walked tentatively over to where Alaina stood, still twirling her thumbs and watching them like they were the most interesting thing she'd ever seen.
"Alaina," he began, touching her shoulder gently. Alaina flinched and took a step away from him, not even looking at him. "I want to explain what happened last night."
"Well, I don't want to hear it, since I don't matter," she told him cruelly.
'Oh Lord, what did I say?' he wondered, frightened at the look in her eyes. It was almost identical to the one that had greeted him after the argument with Jack. But this time there was another expression: hatred.
She was silent for a long time, and Will tried to recall what had happened below the night before. Finally Alaina just walked off towards the gangplank.
Will was about to stop her when Jack suddenly came up beside him. "I'll go with her, you know," Jack said, pausing to try to think of how he wanted to put it. "Keep an eye out for her."
Will looked carefully at Jack for a second, then shrugged. Alaina didn't want to be near him and that was understandable, but he didn't feel all too well about Jack 'watching out for her' as he called it.
Nevertheless, Jack began to follow Alaina down the gangplank and out into the crowded harbor.
"Why do I have a bad feeling about this?" Will asked aloud.
Gibbs began to chuckle. "Do you really want me to answer that?"
***
"So, Captain Sparrow," Alaina said, blinking as the rum settled in her stomach. "When are we leaving?"
The tavern was well lighted and crowded, with people laughing and drinking everywhere, except for the small group sitting at one of the tables playing poker.
Jack had insisted on buying her a pint, which turned into another and then another. It didn't matter that she was a girl; she held her liquor quite well.
"If you want to leave, we can," he told her, setting down his drink and leaning toward her, almost falling off the seat.
"Whoa," Alaina said, grabbing his shoulders, trying to steady him. "No, I don't want to leave, I was just asking," she assured, letting go of him and smiling at a man who was staring at her.
Jack took notice off the man and gave him a hard look. After all, she was Will's daughter. "Well we can't stay 'ere all night," he told her, trying to sound responsible. "Oh, I'm sure we can find something else to do," Alaina told him, winking and taking a swig from her mug.
Jack was taken aback at the suggestiveness in her tone. "Aren't you a little small for me?" he asked, putting his hand near her face so he could see that his index finger and his thumb were just a few centimeters apart. "Just a little," he said with a wry smile.
"Says who?" she asked, setting his hand down and leaning in closer so their faces were almost touching.
Jack gave her nervous grin and sat back. "How much rum 'ave you 'ad, luv?"
***
Will paced nervously on the Constance's deck, his eyes scanning the darkness every few seconds, hoping that he would catch Jack and Alaina coming back.
It was long after dusk and Will became more worried as time wore on. 'Maybe they decided to spend the night somewhere else.' Immediately he dismissed the thought; Jack and Alaina, both probably drunk, spending the night in the same room… That wasn't even remotely comforting, it was disturbing.
Jack after all, wasn't the best judge of things when he was drunk, although Will wasn't sure how Jack acted when he was sober either.
***
Alaina sat silently for a few minutes, trying to think about anything but the words her father had said last night. He had confirmed all her fears. Turning back to the captain, she found he was occupied by one of the many whores around the place. 'God, he's disgusting,' she thought with a scowl, scooting away from him.
"So I says to meself, 'Jack why don't ye go out and find the loveliest lady.' And look what I did," Jack said to the woman, grinning.
The woman smiled but shook her head. "I've heard a lot about you, and I think I'll find business elsewhere."
Jack shrugged. "Now what do you say we go and head back for the ship?" he asked, turning back to where Alaina sat, only to find her gone. "Now where did she go?" he asked aloud, looking under the counter and then around the bar, not seeing anyone fitting her likeness. "Damn that lass," he said, getting up. Suddenly he stopped with a realization.
'Will's gonna kill me,' he thought and began to panic. When Will found out that he had been flirting with some whore and wasn't paying any attention to Alaina—
"Stop doing that," he chided himself aloud. "After all, she's a smart girl. Will's still pretty new to the whole pirate gig and I am Captain Jack Sparrow."
Though somehow none of the excuses he gave were good enough, not even that he had, in fact, beaten Barbossa, taken back the Black Pearl and escaped from the Royal British Navy a dozen times made him any closer to figuring out what happened to her.
"Now Jack," he said to himself, closing his eyes and tapping his forehead in thought. "If you were drunk and saw an attractive, unarmed, unescorted female, what would you do?"
***
A/N: Two chapters in one day. Wow, I'm on a role. Like I said in my last A/N, once I have my disc working again I'll repost these to their original form. I'd like to thank ALL OF YOU for your wonderfulness. I LUV YOU ALL!!!
