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Chapter 9
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Will smiled to himself, he had single handedly convinced the infamous Captain Jack Sparrow to woo a respectable woman. It was a great feat that he had just accomplished.
Jack shifted a bit on the place he was sitting. "So Will, what should I do first to woo Min? I not sure where te start, ye know?"
Will thought a moment, "Well, you could bring her flowers, but not any from our gardens. Only ones you have bought."
"Ones I've bought," Jack murmured, stroking his chin braids.
"Yes, you have to buy them, not commandeer them. That way it's a nicer gesture."
"'lright, I get that. Where do I find flowers te buy 'round 'ere?"
"Well it just so happens that I know a place and since I'm about done here I'll show you in a minute." Will turned back to the sword he was working on. Taking it out of the fire he placed it on an anvil and banged it a couple times with a hammer. Finally satisfied, he stuck the sword in water to cool off. It hissed, sending steam into the air then stopped and cooled off. He wiped his hands on a cloth and looked around the workshop to make sure everything was in place.
"Okay, I'm all done, let's go." Will led the way out of the smithy and out onto the street. Jack followed diligently behind him.
Weaving through a few back streets Will led Jack out into the main market square where many from the town were currently shopping. Jack saw the scene and his eyes widened in surprise, this was unlike anything he'd seen before. Even Tortuga couldn't have prepared him for all these clean, dignified people shopping. Tortugans were dirty, no-good, rotten pirates who were just looking for a quickie with a whore; or whores looking for a quickie with a pirate. The Port Royal people here were tidy and excited to be out and about in the market.
Pointing out a certain market stall, Will led the way to it. Stopping in front of it Jack saw so many different kinds of flowers for sale he couldn't see straight.
"Will," he whispered, "how the hell am I going to choose from all this?" He swept his arms wide at the selection.
"You're going to choose by thinking what would look the best with Min's eyes or match them." He glanced at Jack to make sure he was getting it. "So? What do you think?"
Jack frowned in concentration, what flower would match Min's eyes the best? He ran his fingers idly on the flower petals as he walked back and forth along the stall. His hand finally stopped on a bunch of flowers. They weren't big at all, only about an inch and a half across, with a yellow center and the petals a deep purple color. They would be perfect for Min.
"These ones, these are the ones I want fer her."
"Good choice. We'll take a dozen of these please," Will addressed the shop keeper who nodded and sold them the flowers.
"Wait! Wha' are they called so I can tell 'er?" Jack asked the man selling the flowers.
"They are African Violets sir; one of a kind for your special lady."
Jack nodded and fingered the delicate petals, saying, "Aye, one of a kind."
"Let's get those back to the house before they die. Come on." He led the way back to the house.
When Jack and Will walked into Min's bedroom it was the same sight as they'd seen for the last twenty four hours: Min still sleeping, feverish, on the bed with Elizabeth watching her for any change.
Jack scurried into the room ahead of Will, "Any change in 'er?"
Elizabeth looked up from a book she was reading. "Nothing really, though I think her fever is diminishing, she's not as warm as before. So I called the Doc back and he said that she's coming along very well and could wake up soon." She got up and went to Will to give him a kiss on the cheek.
Jack sat down to occupy the seat Elizabeth had left. He set the flowers down by Min's prone side and took one of her soft hands in his rough ones.
"Jack, Will and I shall be downstairs if you need anything and I'll get a vase with water for those flowers sent up. Also we're having a few guests over for dinner tonight so we need to prepare. If you'd like to join us you can, though I should warn you that the Commodore will be here."
Jack didn't glance up, "No need to invite me 'Lizbeth. I don't wanna see bloody Norrington any more than he wants te see me onesies so no worries. I'll jus' stay 'ere with Min tonight if ye don't mind."
"No? Alright then, I'll have a maid send something to eat up for you two then with the flower vase. Call us if anything changes." With that her and Will left the room.
Jack looked down upon Min's finally peaceful face. She was so beautiful, he thought with a sigh. God, what the hell was he thinking? This wasn't the normal Captain Jack Sparrow. Though if he had to admit something, it wasn't an unpleasant feeling because he'd realized he'd gone through life a long time without experiencing any feeling any lingering affection towards anything. Yes, he did love the Black Pearl, but it was a ship, not a woman. And Min was a woman that he was beginning to have affection for and it was a bit scary for him.
He sat next to Min for a while until a maid came up with supper and the vase. When done eating he put the flowers in the vase and on the dresser. Sitting back next to Min he soon drifted off to sleep.
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Later that evening when all the guests had left, only Commodore James Norrington was left, along with Lieutenant Robert Gillette. For some reason Gillette had been acting strange all evening and Norrington didn't know why. Every few minutes he would catch Gillette looking around the house as if someone would walk around the corner. All who ever did were the servants, no one else.
Finally Norrington pulled him aside, "Gillette? What are you looking for?"
"Commodore, sir, it's just that late last night I witnessed something that makes me wonder if we are in the company of pirates." Gillette stammered, looking around suspiciously.
"What do you mean by that?" Norrington questioned, suspicious now too.
"Well, sir, last night I thought I caught a glimpse of the Black Pearl leaving an anchorage around here."
Norrington sucked in a breath quickly, "Are you sure about that Lieutenant?"
"I'm as sure as I love my own mother Commodore, and I've been keeping a sharp eye out for Sparrow just in case, for you know the Turners are friends with that pirate."
"Perhaps we should ask the Turners then what exactly is going on?"
"Yes sir, Commodore."
Norrington led the way to where the Turners were talking quietly to themselves. He gently cleared his throat, making them look towards him.
"Yes, James?" Elizabeth asked.
"It has come to my attention that a certain pirate friend of yours may be lurking around Port Royal. Do you know anything about this?"
Elizabeth glanced at Will with surprise in her eyes. How did they know about Jack being here? They shook their heads 'no' in quick unison. Norrington glared a bit at them, thinking that they were probably hiding something from him.
"So, did you meet the lovely Miss Tabitha Pilkington James? She seemed to take a liking to you." Elizabeth tried to change the subject.
"Don't try to distract me from the subject Elizabeth. Gillette here informed me that he saw the Black Pearl in the vicinity last night. So there's no denying you've seen Sparrow. The only question I have is: where is he now?"
"We don't know what you're talking about James. Why would we be hiding Jack here?"
"You would hide him if something were wrong because he is your friend. I will tell you that I do have the authority to search your house and your father would approve of it. So, Gillette, please go fetch a few more men from the fort and then we shall commence on looking for Sparrow. Meanwhile, I shall start looking." Norrington ordered, while the Turners looked on, shocked that he would do that to them. "Don't worry Will, Elizabeth, this shouldn't take long."
With that Norrington began searching, and the first place he went to was the upstairs bedrooms; where Jack was watching over Min.
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Not knowing the danger, Jack had climbed into the bed next to Min and fallen asleep. After drifting off just holding her hand he'd grown uncomfortable and gotten in the bed. He had heard the people downstairs, but he wasn't worried, Will and Elizabeth would make sure nobody found him.
But that hope was shattered when he woke up to footsteps outside the bedroom door. He sat up in the bed quickly and sent glance at Min and was happy to find he hadn't woken her up. Quietly he snuck over to the door and pressed an ear to the door just in time to hear Norrington tell someone to start searching in some other room.
Jack sucked in a quick breath. If he didn't hide he'd be found. Shit, he thought, bloody Norrington is going to catch me. He couldn't afford to be arrested because he needed to stay with Min.
"Shit, shit, shit! Where to hide? Where to hide?" Jack whispered, shaking his hands as if drying water off of them.
"Maybe you could hide under the bed?" A voice suggested.
Jack whipped around, "What?" There on the bed, finally awake was Min. He rushed over to her and grabbed her hand. "Min, luv, you're awake!"
She chuckled, "Yes I am, but Jack, are you in trouble?"
"Kind of luv, bloody Norrington is in the hall looking fer me now."
Min's eyes widened, "Then you do need to hide! Get under the bed!"
"I can't luv, he'll look there. I could crawl out the window or something else if we can think of anything."
"Oh Jack that won't work, they're probably outside now!" She thought a moment. "I have an idea of where you can hide and Norrington will never look for you."
Jack's face lit up, "Where luv?"
"In the bed with me, under the covers, he'll never ask to look there," Min suggested with a glint in her eyes.
"Are you serious luv? Ye'd do that fer me?"
"Aye, you scallywag, you saved my life so the nice thing for me to do is help you. Now hurry up and climb in before he finds you!" She held up the covers and a bit tentatively Jack climbed in. He settled himself next to her: his head next to her breasts and his feet trying not to slide off the end of the bed. He grinned to his onesies and thought: this is the best hiding place I've ever used. Min smelled delightful and her body was so soft feeling.
"Now be quiet and don't make a noise, I think he's coming in here."
Just then the door opened and Norrington strode in but stopped when he saw Min in the bed.
"Ahhh...I'm sorry, I did not realize there was anyone in here. My apologies miss." He cleared his throat a bit uncomfortably and under the covers Jack smothered a snort.
Min smiled and hit the covers hard where Jack's head was, she'd heard him. "That's fine sir, the Turners are letting me stay here and recover since I became sick while visiting them."
James nodded. "Yes, so I see. Umm...have you seen any suspicious characters around this house lately? I hate to ask but I must."
Min shrugged innocently. "No, I'm sorry. Is there someone in particular you are looking for?"
"A pirate named Captain Jack Sparrow, though a lady such as you would not know him most likely. Just know that if you should see a strange looking man you need to alert me. I will take my leave now, I am sorry to have disturbed you." He bowed and left, closing the door.
"Well that was close," Jack's muffled voice said through the covers.
"Yes it was," Min responded; then scowled. "Jack! Don't touch me there! Now get out from under the covers!"
Jack's head popped out of the blankets and he grinned. "Sorry luv, but I have to admit I love yer breasts, they're perfect. And you didn't have te hit me that hard luv!" He rubbed his skull where she'd hit him and pouted adorably.
"Sorry but that doesn't mean you need to feel my breasts when you want to!" Min frowned at him and crossed her hands over her breasts to cover them from his gaze. All that did, though, was draw his attention back to them.
Jack shrugged, still staring. "Apologies luv, now what should we do till the coast is definitely clear? I could think of a few things?" His eyebrows wiggled up and down suggestively when he finally looked at her face again.
Min rolled her lovely violet eyes and caught sight of the flowers. She gasped and clapped her hands together.
"Jack! Did you get me flowers?" Min asked, excitedly changing the subject.
Jack blushed a bit, looking away, then back at her to catch her gaze. "Aye, I did. Ye like them luv?"
"Do I like them? Jack, I love them!" She bubbled out. "Can you hand me them so I can smell them?"
Reluctantly, Jack got out of the bed and retrieved the flowers from where he'd put them in a vase on the dresser. He brought them back to Min, who grabbed them and inhaled their lovely smell.
"Oh, this is the best gift ever. What kind are they?"
"African violets, I thought they matched yer eyes luv."
Min smiled softly, "You know Jack; you are a better man than I thought you were. I never thought a pirate would be this nice of a person."
Jack sat back down next to her on the bed and cupped her cheek in his hand. Good time to start wooing her, he thought.
"I'm glad ye like me luv, I like ye very much," he murmured and kissed her.
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Wow! I think this is the longest chapter I've ever written for this story. I hope you all like it!
Please read and review! It is greatly appreciated and encourages me to write chapters faster.
Anyway, like I said, you all know what to do. Yeah that's right: Review!!!!!!!!
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Disclaimer: I don't own nuffin', absolutely nuffin'!
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Chapter 9
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Will smiled to himself, he had single handedly convinced the infamous Captain Jack Sparrow to woo a respectable woman. It was a great feat that he had just accomplished.
Jack shifted a bit on the place he was sitting. "So Will, what should I do first to woo Min? I not sure where te start, ye know?"
Will thought a moment, "Well, you could bring her flowers, but not any from our gardens. Only ones you have bought."
"Ones I've bought," Jack murmured, stroking his chin braids.
"Yes, you have to buy them, not commandeer them. That way it's a nicer gesture."
"'lright, I get that. Where do I find flowers te buy 'round 'ere?"
"Well it just so happens that I know a place and since I'm about done here I'll show you in a minute." Will turned back to the sword he was working on. Taking it out of the fire he placed it on an anvil and banged it a couple times with a hammer. Finally satisfied, he stuck the sword in water to cool off. It hissed, sending steam into the air then stopped and cooled off. He wiped his hands on a cloth and looked around the workshop to make sure everything was in place.
"Okay, I'm all done, let's go." Will led the way out of the smithy and out onto the street. Jack followed diligently behind him.
Weaving through a few back streets Will led Jack out into the main market square where many from the town were currently shopping. Jack saw the scene and his eyes widened in surprise, this was unlike anything he'd seen before. Even Tortuga couldn't have prepared him for all these clean, dignified people shopping. Tortugans were dirty, no-good, rotten pirates who were just looking for a quickie with a whore; or whores looking for a quickie with a pirate. The Port Royal people here were tidy and excited to be out and about in the market.
Pointing out a certain market stall, Will led the way to it. Stopping in front of it Jack saw so many different kinds of flowers for sale he couldn't see straight.
"Will," he whispered, "how the hell am I going to choose from all this?" He swept his arms wide at the selection.
"You're going to choose by thinking what would look the best with Min's eyes or match them." He glanced at Jack to make sure he was getting it. "So? What do you think?"
Jack frowned in concentration, what flower would match Min's eyes the best? He ran his fingers idly on the flower petals as he walked back and forth along the stall. His hand finally stopped on a bunch of flowers. They weren't big at all, only about an inch and a half across, with a yellow center and the petals a deep purple color. They would be perfect for Min.
"These ones, these are the ones I want fer her."
"Good choice. We'll take a dozen of these please," Will addressed the shop keeper who nodded and sold them the flowers.
"Wait! Wha' are they called so I can tell 'er?" Jack asked the man selling the flowers.
"They are African Violets sir; one of a kind for your special lady."
Jack nodded and fingered the delicate petals, saying, "Aye, one of a kind."
"Let's get those back to the house before they die. Come on." He led the way back to the house.
When Jack and Will walked into Min's bedroom it was the same sight as they'd seen for the last twenty four hours: Min still sleeping, feverish, on the bed with Elizabeth watching her for any change.
Jack scurried into the room ahead of Will, "Any change in 'er?"
Elizabeth looked up from a book she was reading. "Nothing really, though I think her fever is diminishing, she's not as warm as before. So I called the Doc back and he said that she's coming along very well and could wake up soon." She got up and went to Will to give him a kiss on the cheek.
Jack sat down to occupy the seat Elizabeth had left. He set the flowers down by Min's prone side and took one of her soft hands in his rough ones.
"Jack, Will and I shall be downstairs if you need anything and I'll get a vase with water for those flowers sent up. Also we're having a few guests over for dinner tonight so we need to prepare. If you'd like to join us you can, though I should warn you that the Commodore will be here."
Jack didn't glance up, "No need to invite me 'Lizbeth. I don't wanna see bloody Norrington any more than he wants te see me onesies so no worries. I'll jus' stay 'ere with Min tonight if ye don't mind."
"No? Alright then, I'll have a maid send something to eat up for you two then with the flower vase. Call us if anything changes." With that her and Will left the room.
Jack looked down upon Min's finally peaceful face. She was so beautiful, he thought with a sigh. God, what the hell was he thinking? This wasn't the normal Captain Jack Sparrow. Though if he had to admit something, it wasn't an unpleasant feeling because he'd realized he'd gone through life a long time without experiencing any feeling any lingering affection towards anything. Yes, he did love the Black Pearl, but it was a ship, not a woman. And Min was a woman that he was beginning to have affection for and it was a bit scary for him.
He sat next to Min for a while until a maid came up with supper and the vase. When done eating he put the flowers in the vase and on the dresser. Sitting back next to Min he soon drifted off to sleep.
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Later that evening when all the guests had left, only Commodore James Norrington was left, along with Lieutenant Robert Gillette. For some reason Gillette had been acting strange all evening and Norrington didn't know why. Every few minutes he would catch Gillette looking around the house as if someone would walk around the corner. All who ever did were the servants, no one else.
Finally Norrington pulled him aside, "Gillette? What are you looking for?"
"Commodore, sir, it's just that late last night I witnessed something that makes me wonder if we are in the company of pirates." Gillette stammered, looking around suspiciously.
"What do you mean by that?" Norrington questioned, suspicious now too.
"Well, sir, last night I thought I caught a glimpse of the Black Pearl leaving an anchorage around here."
Norrington sucked in a breath quickly, "Are you sure about that Lieutenant?"
"I'm as sure as I love my own mother Commodore, and I've been keeping a sharp eye out for Sparrow just in case, for you know the Turners are friends with that pirate."
"Perhaps we should ask the Turners then what exactly is going on?"
"Yes sir, Commodore."
Norrington led the way to where the Turners were talking quietly to themselves. He gently cleared his throat, making them look towards him.
"Yes, James?" Elizabeth asked.
"It has come to my attention that a certain pirate friend of yours may be lurking around Port Royal. Do you know anything about this?"
Elizabeth glanced at Will with surprise in her eyes. How did they know about Jack being here? They shook their heads 'no' in quick unison. Norrington glared a bit at them, thinking that they were probably hiding something from him.
"So, did you meet the lovely Miss Tabitha Pilkington James? She seemed to take a liking to you." Elizabeth tried to change the subject.
"Don't try to distract me from the subject Elizabeth. Gillette here informed me that he saw the Black Pearl in the vicinity last night. So there's no denying you've seen Sparrow. The only question I have is: where is he now?"
"We don't know what you're talking about James. Why would we be hiding Jack here?"
"You would hide him if something were wrong because he is your friend. I will tell you that I do have the authority to search your house and your father would approve of it. So, Gillette, please go fetch a few more men from the fort and then we shall commence on looking for Sparrow. Meanwhile, I shall start looking." Norrington ordered, while the Turners looked on, shocked that he would do that to them. "Don't worry Will, Elizabeth, this shouldn't take long."
With that Norrington began searching, and the first place he went to was the upstairs bedrooms; where Jack was watching over Min.
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Not knowing the danger, Jack had climbed into the bed next to Min and fallen asleep. After drifting off just holding her hand he'd grown uncomfortable and gotten in the bed. He had heard the people downstairs, but he wasn't worried, Will and Elizabeth would make sure nobody found him.
But that hope was shattered when he woke up to footsteps outside the bedroom door. He sat up in the bed quickly and sent glance at Min and was happy to find he hadn't woken her up. Quietly he snuck over to the door and pressed an ear to the door just in time to hear Norrington tell someone to start searching in some other room.
Jack sucked in a quick breath. If he didn't hide he'd be found. Shit, he thought, bloody Norrington is going to catch me. He couldn't afford to be arrested because he needed to stay with Min.
"Shit, shit, shit! Where to hide? Where to hide?" Jack whispered, shaking his hands as if drying water off of them.
"Maybe you could hide under the bed?" A voice suggested.
Jack whipped around, "What?" There on the bed, finally awake was Min. He rushed over to her and grabbed her hand. "Min, luv, you're awake!"
She chuckled, "Yes I am, but Jack, are you in trouble?"
"Kind of luv, bloody Norrington is in the hall looking fer me now."
Min's eyes widened, "Then you do need to hide! Get under the bed!"
"I can't luv, he'll look there. I could crawl out the window or something else if we can think of anything."
"Oh Jack that won't work, they're probably outside now!" She thought a moment. "I have an idea of where you can hide and Norrington will never look for you."
Jack's face lit up, "Where luv?"
"In the bed with me, under the covers, he'll never ask to look there," Min suggested with a glint in her eyes.
"Are you serious luv? Ye'd do that fer me?"
"Aye, you scallywag, you saved my life so the nice thing for me to do is help you. Now hurry up and climb in before he finds you!" She held up the covers and a bit tentatively Jack climbed in. He settled himself next to her: his head next to her breasts and his feet trying not to slide off the end of the bed. He grinned to his onesies and thought: this is the best hiding place I've ever used. Min smelled delightful and her body was so soft feeling.
"Now be quiet and don't make a noise, I think he's coming in here."
Just then the door opened and Norrington strode in but stopped when he saw Min in the bed.
"Ahhh...I'm sorry, I did not realize there was anyone in here. My apologies miss." He cleared his throat a bit uncomfortably and under the covers Jack smothered a snort.
Min smiled and hit the covers hard where Jack's head was, she'd heard him. "That's fine sir, the Turners are letting me stay here and recover since I became sick while visiting them."
James nodded. "Yes, so I see. Umm...have you seen any suspicious characters around this house lately? I hate to ask but I must."
Min shrugged innocently. "No, I'm sorry. Is there someone in particular you are looking for?"
"A pirate named Captain Jack Sparrow, though a lady such as you would not know him most likely. Just know that if you should see a strange looking man you need to alert me. I will take my leave now, I am sorry to have disturbed you." He bowed and left, closing the door.
"Well that was close," Jack's muffled voice said through the covers.
"Yes it was," Min responded; then scowled. "Jack! Don't touch me there! Now get out from under the covers!"
Jack's head popped out of the blankets and he grinned. "Sorry luv, but I have to admit I love yer breasts, they're perfect. And you didn't have te hit me that hard luv!" He rubbed his skull where she'd hit him and pouted adorably.
"Sorry but that doesn't mean you need to feel my breasts when you want to!" Min frowned at him and crossed her hands over her breasts to cover them from his gaze. All that did, though, was draw his attention back to them.
Jack shrugged, still staring. "Apologies luv, now what should we do till the coast is definitely clear? I could think of a few things?" His eyebrows wiggled up and down suggestively when he finally looked at her face again.
Min rolled her lovely violet eyes and caught sight of the flowers. She gasped and clapped her hands together.
"Jack! Did you get me flowers?" Min asked, excitedly changing the subject.
Jack blushed a bit, looking away, then back at her to catch her gaze. "Aye, I did. Ye like them luv?"
"Do I like them? Jack, I love them!" She bubbled out. "Can you hand me them so I can smell them?"
Reluctantly, Jack got out of the bed and retrieved the flowers from where he'd put them in a vase on the dresser. He brought them back to Min, who grabbed them and inhaled their lovely smell.
"Oh, this is the best gift ever. What kind are they?"
"African violets, I thought they matched yer eyes luv."
Min smiled softly, "You know Jack; you are a better man than I thought you were. I never thought a pirate would be this nice of a person."
Jack sat back down next to her on the bed and cupped her cheek in his hand. Good time to start wooing her, he thought.
"I'm glad ye like me luv, I like ye very much," he murmured and kissed her.
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Wow! I think this is the longest chapter I've ever written for this story. I hope you all like it!
Please read and review! It is greatly appreciated and encourages me to write chapters faster.
Anyway, like I said, you all know what to do. Yeah that's right: Review!!!!!!!!
DaydreamBeliever14 aka Angie