Okay, now I see if I can fit an entire fight scene in one chapter. If not,
it will be over two or more chapters.
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Disclaimer: I only own Tori, Nick, Darren, Reph, Lyra, and James.
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Nick feinted left. The pirate he was fighting wasn't fooled. He parried Nick's cut to his arm. "Nick, watch out!" cried a voice behind him.
Nick ducked just in time as Elizabeth brought her oar crashing down on the head of the pirate he had been fencing. The pirate dropped like a stone. "Mother?" Nick whirled around.
Elizabeth pulled the oar back up to a position in which she could easily use it. "We'll talk later," she called to Nick, "Now's not a good time."
"How did you get out?" Nick asked, taking on another pirate.
"Jack's daughter."
He couldn't say anything else. With all the fighting going on, they'd gotten separated. Elizabeth went this way and that, slamming her oar down on any pirate who opposed her. Will came running onto the deck. He spotted Elizabeth immediately, and fought his way over to her. "Get out of this," he cried, holding off the pirate who had been trying to hurt her, "Lock yourself in the closest cabin and don't come out."
Elizabeth's hair had come un-done. Her teeth were gritted as she wildly swung the oar. She turned to Will, shaking hair out of her face. "I've got a part in this, too," she yelled.
Will was reminded of the time many years ago when he and Elizabeth were still young. They had fought alongside each other against Barbossa the senior's pirates. She was in that kind of rage now. Trying to shut her in a cabin where she didn't know what was going on was the type of torture the Commodore would give her. Will wasn't going to put her through that mental agony again.
Stabbing a pirate in the shoulder, he pushed through the mass of people until he was directly alongside Elizabeth. If he couldn't stop her from fighting, at least going to make sure that he was near her. "I'm right beside you, Liz," he whispered, as they each took on another man.
Meanwhile, Anamaria was in her normal battle mind, anger raging through her. She slashed this way and that with not much care to what she was hitting. The only thought in her mind was to get to Barbossa. She finished off another man and threw him aside. She was almost certain she could see Barbossa ahead, encouraging his men. Something stood in her way. She looked up to see the entire bulk of the huge black man in her path.
She growled angrily and lunged. He was better than most of the Barbossa's pirates, however. He parried, his sword moving so fast it was almost a blur. Ana blocked the riposte and feinted left. He moved out of reach of her sword, moving backwards, away from Barbossa. All thought of revenge towards Barbossa left her mind, as she went after the big man.
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"Hmmm.." Jack observed the fighting with the air of one talking of the weather, "Ya don't suppose anyone else might have some rum?" he asked Tori, "Never go into a battle without a sip of rum, I always say."
Tori rolled her eyes. "Ya've already had some rum."
"Oh right." Jack looked confused at the empty flask tucked onto his belt, "Shall we then?' he asked, nodding to the fight.
Tori nodded.
Raising their swords, the two Sparrows went onto the fray.
Tori looked wildly around for Barbossa. She hoped Ana had heeded Jack and not gone after him. She highly doubted it, however. Ana didn't keep much common sense in the middle of a battle. She quickly elbowed a pirate hard in the ribs, trying to get through to the upper deck.
There was a growl of pain, and he fell back. Tori tried to go farther but Elizabeth and one of the Shadow's crewmembers were locked in battle. Someone sprang on front of her. It was the same pirate that she had just knocked away. He looked very angry and had a sword out in front of him. "Get the bloody 'ell out of the way," Tori snapped.
"I'm not movin' anywhere, missy," he growled, lunging at her.
Tori parried and riposted as he remised. She had to jump back to avoid his blade. He wasn't fighting a fair fight. "Ya want ta play dirty, then," she snarled, tightening her grip on her cutlass.
Nick was trapped under one of the smaller boats aboard the Shadow as a pirate attacked, again and again. Nick quickly moved sideways as the blade came under again, seeking his throat. If he could only move the boat.. Grabbing the sides, he pushed upward with all his might. The boat toppled over, straight into the blade whose owner gave a faint cry before being trapped underneath the boat, like Nick had been.
Reaching for his sword, Nick kicked the pirate's away and headed forward. He wanted to find someone else to fight beside. "Where are ya goin'?"
Nick looked up: Barbossa. He realized he had come to the upper deck. Barbossa was no doubt standing in front of his cabin to make sure it didn't get pillaged. Hatred even worse than what he had felt for Reph, swelled inside him. "Bastard," he growled.
"That's not very nice," Barbossa raised his eyebrows.
Nick lunged, fury raging within him.
"None of that, now," Barbossa parried and suddenly attacked so quickly that Nick barely had time to parry.
Barbossa left him no time for a riposte. He just did an attack after attack after attack, driving Nick back against the railing. "Pirates don't fight fair," Barbossa murmured, menacingly, "A Turner should know. As ya don't, now is yer time ta learn."
Nick didn't answer. All his concentration was on finding an opening. One small opening was all he needed to turn the tide. There was none. Barbossa had him backed up straight against the railing. It was pressing against his back, almost painfully as he fought to stay alive.
"Ready to die, Turner?"
Knocking out the pirate with whom she had been fighting, Tori finally gained a view of Barbossa and her heart plummeted. She saw his and Nick's sword locked together. Nick was fighting for his life, being backed up as much as possible.
There are times when you need something horrible to happen to realize how much you care for someone. This was one of those times. All her feelings came back in a rush and Tori realized how much she would care if Nick were to be killed.
"STOP!"
She didn't realize what she was doing. She knocked aside everyone, almost as Ana did. "Stop!" she cried again but neither one could hear her.
Nick still held his ground even after a few minutes but this was too much for the railing. As though in slow motion, it collapsed sending Nick crashing into the waves. Tori screamed. He was gone. It wasn't possible.
Barbossa was re-sheathing his sword. He turned to open the door to his cabin. Red-hot fury blazed inside Tori, even stronger than before. Killing the pirate in front of her, she grabbed the nearest rope and swung across the deck, in a similar fashion as before.
She landed in front of Barbossa just as he was about to open the door. "Ya again?"
He sounded bored. She raised her cutlass. "Ya made a mistake ever ta come near us, Barbossa."
He gave a soft laugh. "No, I really think it was ya who made the mistake of comin' here today, Ms. Sparrow."
He leaned against the door of his cabin, lazily. He wasn't holding a weapon. It would take her one slash to kill him but somehow she didn't think he was that foolish to stand like that without being ready to fight or spring some sort of trap. "What do ya want?" she asked him, rudely.
"Treasure, mainly," he drawled, "A few good women... anythin' else ya'd expect from a pirate."
"Maybe I'd expect it of ya but I wouldn't expect my father ta hold another pirate captive for their treasure. Pirates all sail under one flag and go under the same code..."
"And hold no bonds to each other whatsoever..." Barbossa interrupted, "If ya're goin' ta be a pirate, ya might as well do it properly. I'm sure yer father would hold a noble captive for ransom... what's the difference?"
"He doesn't torture, rape, and threaten them!" Tori yelled, lunging at him.
As she expected, Barbossa's sword came out in a flash to parry her. He didn't just parry, he held her blade down, forcing it down with his. "I wouldn't do that if I were ya," he threatened, his voice going from soft to menacing, "I'm fair better than my father ever was. I've practiced swordplay since I was five. I don't mind killing anyone but it would be a pity to kill a woman, even one that's not so helpless."
"Well damn the tides if I die but it least I'll go down with Nick," Tori snarled, forcing her blade out of Barbossa's lock.
"So then we fight," Barbossa growled, softly, "It will be interesting to see how long you last before goin' down ta join Turner."
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Ana ducked as the black man threw a small axe at her. It buried itself in the deck next to her: deep. The man's strength didn't seem to lessen at all. It was almost as though she was a mosquito to him. Something very small and annoying but that he couldn't get rid of easily. But even a mosquito could be deadly if it had a disease.
They had been fighting for almost ten minutes. Sweat rolled into Ana's eyes, threatening to effect her vision. She made a wild cut to his side. Her arm was that of a man's. There was nothing weak about the attack. The man parried. Ana quickly rolled away, before he could riposte and cut to his other side. The parry was no slower than the right. It didn't seem like she could wear him out by fighting on one side.
He was a bit had a bit slower reaction time than the average person, however. It would definitely be an advantage to her. She was small, light, and fast. Though he might have a longer arm, she might be able to slip her blade in faster than he could parry. She continued her wild attacks. Maybe if she could just wear him out a little more..
Something caught her eye. Her daughter had her sword raised and was standing in front of Barbossa. 'No!' Ana wanted her to get away from Barbossa and it wasn't only because she wanted to be in her place but because she was afraid for her. 'Tori, move!' she pleaded, in her mind, 'Let me get to him.'
Tori didn't lower her sword. Ana lost sight of her, as the black man's blade came at her again, piercing her shoulder. Blood spilled across her shirt. For a moment Ana just stared at it. She was used to seeing her enemies blood: not her own. The black man's blade came at her again. Ana parried it, coming back to her senses with a jolt. Her shoulder throbbed. With a roar of anger, Ana slashed at her enemy, determined to at least win this battle.
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So before you start going into hysterias, Nick isn't dead. I just like melodrama. I wouldn't kill off the main character for no reason. If I really were to kill of a character, I would make no doubt about the fact that she/he was dead. It would be obvious and I would say that they were dead. Also, do you think it's too much of the same thing if Reph were to try to make a bigger move on Tori (like Barbossa did to Elizabeth)? Because I can think of better ways to get him out of the way but that seems like the best way. (It wouldn't be the same because I don't think Tori really needs any help getting rid of him.) To reviewers:
totallyobsessedwithLOTR: Firstly, ode to anyone how underestimates my LOTR obsession. I never said that I wasn't obsessed. I'm very obsessed. I speak some elvish, have an elvish name for myself, own a cloak made in a LOTR style that I've worn to school before, and have seen the Fellowship somewhere around ten times and the Two towers probably seven times. (Yes, and I still don't know the lines that well. It's been a month since I've seen either of the first two.) Well, I'll answer your question even though it's incredibly easy. Aragorn says it to the Gondarian and Rohanian armies before the Black Gate just before they're about to battle Sauron's forces to get attention off of Frodo and the ring. And please don't read all my pieces of crap. My LOTR stuff sucks. I might write a Lego-mance after this but at the moment, I have nothing even slightly good that has to do with LOTR (it's so hard. The story has such a definite ending that it's hard to write a sequel.) Yeah, I take fencing (saber- it's the best type. I wouldn't recommend foil: you can't cut, you can only thrust. There's also epee but I don't know anyone who teaches that.) I take fencing at an NIH fencing center but I highly doubt you life in Maryland so that doesn't really help you. Look it up on the web, though. You can probably find something near you.
Terra-Carina: I'm trying to post as often as possible.
TheSiriusSparrow: I didn't do a double update. I don't tend to do that with the amount of time it takes me to write one chapter. Yeah, that is sad about Jack's parents. It's something I just sort of threw in there for an extra twist. I think it's sort of funny that he thinks it's embarrassing to have respectable parents, though.
x0x-PiRaTe-ShIvVeRs-x0x: Weird name. Yeah, so did you read up to here? Just wondering.
Laraliae Black: *Sigh* I'm so bad at grammar. Guess I should read it over more than two times but I probably wouldn't catch it, anyway. Repetitive romance does get annoying but sometimes I'm annoyed at how little romance I can fit in before the ending. Oh well.
Anmras: Um yeah. *Sheepish smile.* I'm late on updating as normal.
zeldagrl436: Hehe. Cliffys are so fun. Here's another one.
Karin: Yes, the big showdown that spans over several chapters. *Sigh* And I thought that I could write a short fight scene. Apparently not.
VagrantCandy: Yeah, a plot twist that doesn't really effect much but I liked to throw it in there anyway.
Reese Sparrow: *Pats back, sympathetically.* I hate computer problems. Yeah, so I'm going to try to write the next chapter soon.
anonymous: I'll finish it. You don't have to worry about that.
jacks_little_girl: Okay, my number one list of hotties is #1: ORLI!!!!! #2: ORLI!!!!! #3: ORLI!!!! Yeah, so I'm obsessed if you can't tell. Why did you say sorry that Johnny Depp was second? Johnny scares me even though I like him as Jack. I'm trying to update soon.
Norena: That was not one sentence! Your review was. *Big grin* Okay, so it was better than Dana going "GET AWAY FROM MY LIJ, YOU FUCKING MORON!" I'm updating now anyway, so what's your problem?
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Disclaimer: I only own Tori, Nick, Darren, Reph, Lyra, and James.
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Nick feinted left. The pirate he was fighting wasn't fooled. He parried Nick's cut to his arm. "Nick, watch out!" cried a voice behind him.
Nick ducked just in time as Elizabeth brought her oar crashing down on the head of the pirate he had been fencing. The pirate dropped like a stone. "Mother?" Nick whirled around.
Elizabeth pulled the oar back up to a position in which she could easily use it. "We'll talk later," she called to Nick, "Now's not a good time."
"How did you get out?" Nick asked, taking on another pirate.
"Jack's daughter."
He couldn't say anything else. With all the fighting going on, they'd gotten separated. Elizabeth went this way and that, slamming her oar down on any pirate who opposed her. Will came running onto the deck. He spotted Elizabeth immediately, and fought his way over to her. "Get out of this," he cried, holding off the pirate who had been trying to hurt her, "Lock yourself in the closest cabin and don't come out."
Elizabeth's hair had come un-done. Her teeth were gritted as she wildly swung the oar. She turned to Will, shaking hair out of her face. "I've got a part in this, too," she yelled.
Will was reminded of the time many years ago when he and Elizabeth were still young. They had fought alongside each other against Barbossa the senior's pirates. She was in that kind of rage now. Trying to shut her in a cabin where she didn't know what was going on was the type of torture the Commodore would give her. Will wasn't going to put her through that mental agony again.
Stabbing a pirate in the shoulder, he pushed through the mass of people until he was directly alongside Elizabeth. If he couldn't stop her from fighting, at least going to make sure that he was near her. "I'm right beside you, Liz," he whispered, as they each took on another man.
Meanwhile, Anamaria was in her normal battle mind, anger raging through her. She slashed this way and that with not much care to what she was hitting. The only thought in her mind was to get to Barbossa. She finished off another man and threw him aside. She was almost certain she could see Barbossa ahead, encouraging his men. Something stood in her way. She looked up to see the entire bulk of the huge black man in her path.
She growled angrily and lunged. He was better than most of the Barbossa's pirates, however. He parried, his sword moving so fast it was almost a blur. Ana blocked the riposte and feinted left. He moved out of reach of her sword, moving backwards, away from Barbossa. All thought of revenge towards Barbossa left her mind, as she went after the big man.
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"Hmmm.." Jack observed the fighting with the air of one talking of the weather, "Ya don't suppose anyone else might have some rum?" he asked Tori, "Never go into a battle without a sip of rum, I always say."
Tori rolled her eyes. "Ya've already had some rum."
"Oh right." Jack looked confused at the empty flask tucked onto his belt, "Shall we then?' he asked, nodding to the fight.
Tori nodded.
Raising their swords, the two Sparrows went onto the fray.
Tori looked wildly around for Barbossa. She hoped Ana had heeded Jack and not gone after him. She highly doubted it, however. Ana didn't keep much common sense in the middle of a battle. She quickly elbowed a pirate hard in the ribs, trying to get through to the upper deck.
There was a growl of pain, and he fell back. Tori tried to go farther but Elizabeth and one of the Shadow's crewmembers were locked in battle. Someone sprang on front of her. It was the same pirate that she had just knocked away. He looked very angry and had a sword out in front of him. "Get the bloody 'ell out of the way," Tori snapped.
"I'm not movin' anywhere, missy," he growled, lunging at her.
Tori parried and riposted as he remised. She had to jump back to avoid his blade. He wasn't fighting a fair fight. "Ya want ta play dirty, then," she snarled, tightening her grip on her cutlass.
Nick was trapped under one of the smaller boats aboard the Shadow as a pirate attacked, again and again. Nick quickly moved sideways as the blade came under again, seeking his throat. If he could only move the boat.. Grabbing the sides, he pushed upward with all his might. The boat toppled over, straight into the blade whose owner gave a faint cry before being trapped underneath the boat, like Nick had been.
Reaching for his sword, Nick kicked the pirate's away and headed forward. He wanted to find someone else to fight beside. "Where are ya goin'?"
Nick looked up: Barbossa. He realized he had come to the upper deck. Barbossa was no doubt standing in front of his cabin to make sure it didn't get pillaged. Hatred even worse than what he had felt for Reph, swelled inside him. "Bastard," he growled.
"That's not very nice," Barbossa raised his eyebrows.
Nick lunged, fury raging within him.
"None of that, now," Barbossa parried and suddenly attacked so quickly that Nick barely had time to parry.
Barbossa left him no time for a riposte. He just did an attack after attack after attack, driving Nick back against the railing. "Pirates don't fight fair," Barbossa murmured, menacingly, "A Turner should know. As ya don't, now is yer time ta learn."
Nick didn't answer. All his concentration was on finding an opening. One small opening was all he needed to turn the tide. There was none. Barbossa had him backed up straight against the railing. It was pressing against his back, almost painfully as he fought to stay alive.
"Ready to die, Turner?"
Knocking out the pirate with whom she had been fighting, Tori finally gained a view of Barbossa and her heart plummeted. She saw his and Nick's sword locked together. Nick was fighting for his life, being backed up as much as possible.
There are times when you need something horrible to happen to realize how much you care for someone. This was one of those times. All her feelings came back in a rush and Tori realized how much she would care if Nick were to be killed.
"STOP!"
She didn't realize what she was doing. She knocked aside everyone, almost as Ana did. "Stop!" she cried again but neither one could hear her.
Nick still held his ground even after a few minutes but this was too much for the railing. As though in slow motion, it collapsed sending Nick crashing into the waves. Tori screamed. He was gone. It wasn't possible.
Barbossa was re-sheathing his sword. He turned to open the door to his cabin. Red-hot fury blazed inside Tori, even stronger than before. Killing the pirate in front of her, she grabbed the nearest rope and swung across the deck, in a similar fashion as before.
She landed in front of Barbossa just as he was about to open the door. "Ya again?"
He sounded bored. She raised her cutlass. "Ya made a mistake ever ta come near us, Barbossa."
He gave a soft laugh. "No, I really think it was ya who made the mistake of comin' here today, Ms. Sparrow."
He leaned against the door of his cabin, lazily. He wasn't holding a weapon. It would take her one slash to kill him but somehow she didn't think he was that foolish to stand like that without being ready to fight or spring some sort of trap. "What do ya want?" she asked him, rudely.
"Treasure, mainly," he drawled, "A few good women... anythin' else ya'd expect from a pirate."
"Maybe I'd expect it of ya but I wouldn't expect my father ta hold another pirate captive for their treasure. Pirates all sail under one flag and go under the same code..."
"And hold no bonds to each other whatsoever..." Barbossa interrupted, "If ya're goin' ta be a pirate, ya might as well do it properly. I'm sure yer father would hold a noble captive for ransom... what's the difference?"
"He doesn't torture, rape, and threaten them!" Tori yelled, lunging at him.
As she expected, Barbossa's sword came out in a flash to parry her. He didn't just parry, he held her blade down, forcing it down with his. "I wouldn't do that if I were ya," he threatened, his voice going from soft to menacing, "I'm fair better than my father ever was. I've practiced swordplay since I was five. I don't mind killing anyone but it would be a pity to kill a woman, even one that's not so helpless."
"Well damn the tides if I die but it least I'll go down with Nick," Tori snarled, forcing her blade out of Barbossa's lock.
"So then we fight," Barbossa growled, softly, "It will be interesting to see how long you last before goin' down ta join Turner."
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Ana ducked as the black man threw a small axe at her. It buried itself in the deck next to her: deep. The man's strength didn't seem to lessen at all. It was almost as though she was a mosquito to him. Something very small and annoying but that he couldn't get rid of easily. But even a mosquito could be deadly if it had a disease.
They had been fighting for almost ten minutes. Sweat rolled into Ana's eyes, threatening to effect her vision. She made a wild cut to his side. Her arm was that of a man's. There was nothing weak about the attack. The man parried. Ana quickly rolled away, before he could riposte and cut to his other side. The parry was no slower than the right. It didn't seem like she could wear him out by fighting on one side.
He was a bit had a bit slower reaction time than the average person, however. It would definitely be an advantage to her. She was small, light, and fast. Though he might have a longer arm, she might be able to slip her blade in faster than he could parry. She continued her wild attacks. Maybe if she could just wear him out a little more..
Something caught her eye. Her daughter had her sword raised and was standing in front of Barbossa. 'No!' Ana wanted her to get away from Barbossa and it wasn't only because she wanted to be in her place but because she was afraid for her. 'Tori, move!' she pleaded, in her mind, 'Let me get to him.'
Tori didn't lower her sword. Ana lost sight of her, as the black man's blade came at her again, piercing her shoulder. Blood spilled across her shirt. For a moment Ana just stared at it. She was used to seeing her enemies blood: not her own. The black man's blade came at her again. Ana parried it, coming back to her senses with a jolt. Her shoulder throbbed. With a roar of anger, Ana slashed at her enemy, determined to at least win this battle.
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So before you start going into hysterias, Nick isn't dead. I just like melodrama. I wouldn't kill off the main character for no reason. If I really were to kill of a character, I would make no doubt about the fact that she/he was dead. It would be obvious and I would say that they were dead. Also, do you think it's too much of the same thing if Reph were to try to make a bigger move on Tori (like Barbossa did to Elizabeth)? Because I can think of better ways to get him out of the way but that seems like the best way. (It wouldn't be the same because I don't think Tori really needs any help getting rid of him.) To reviewers:
totallyobsessedwithLOTR: Firstly, ode to anyone how underestimates my LOTR obsession. I never said that I wasn't obsessed. I'm very obsessed. I speak some elvish, have an elvish name for myself, own a cloak made in a LOTR style that I've worn to school before, and have seen the Fellowship somewhere around ten times and the Two towers probably seven times. (Yes, and I still don't know the lines that well. It's been a month since I've seen either of the first two.) Well, I'll answer your question even though it's incredibly easy. Aragorn says it to the Gondarian and Rohanian armies before the Black Gate just before they're about to battle Sauron's forces to get attention off of Frodo and the ring. And please don't read all my pieces of crap. My LOTR stuff sucks. I might write a Lego-mance after this but at the moment, I have nothing even slightly good that has to do with LOTR (it's so hard. The story has such a definite ending that it's hard to write a sequel.) Yeah, I take fencing (saber- it's the best type. I wouldn't recommend foil: you can't cut, you can only thrust. There's also epee but I don't know anyone who teaches that.) I take fencing at an NIH fencing center but I highly doubt you life in Maryland so that doesn't really help you. Look it up on the web, though. You can probably find something near you.
Terra-Carina: I'm trying to post as often as possible.
TheSiriusSparrow: I didn't do a double update. I don't tend to do that with the amount of time it takes me to write one chapter. Yeah, that is sad about Jack's parents. It's something I just sort of threw in there for an extra twist. I think it's sort of funny that he thinks it's embarrassing to have respectable parents, though.
x0x-PiRaTe-ShIvVeRs-x0x: Weird name. Yeah, so did you read up to here? Just wondering.
Laraliae Black: *Sigh* I'm so bad at grammar. Guess I should read it over more than two times but I probably wouldn't catch it, anyway. Repetitive romance does get annoying but sometimes I'm annoyed at how little romance I can fit in before the ending. Oh well.
Anmras: Um yeah. *Sheepish smile.* I'm late on updating as normal.
zeldagrl436: Hehe. Cliffys are so fun. Here's another one.
Karin: Yes, the big showdown that spans over several chapters. *Sigh* And I thought that I could write a short fight scene. Apparently not.
VagrantCandy: Yeah, a plot twist that doesn't really effect much but I liked to throw it in there anyway.
Reese Sparrow: *Pats back, sympathetically.* I hate computer problems. Yeah, so I'm going to try to write the next chapter soon.
anonymous: I'll finish it. You don't have to worry about that.
jacks_little_girl: Okay, my number one list of hotties is #1: ORLI!!!!! #2: ORLI!!!!! #3: ORLI!!!! Yeah, so I'm obsessed if you can't tell. Why did you say sorry that Johnny Depp was second? Johnny scares me even though I like him as Jack. I'm trying to update soon.
Norena: That was not one sentence! Your review was. *Big grin* Okay, so it was better than Dana going "GET AWAY FROM MY LIJ, YOU FUCKING MORON!" I'm updating now anyway, so what's your problem?