The next day, the Pearl set sail for Tortuga, to give the men a
short break before their next raid.
"Ah,
the never-ending pillaging of piracy! What a life!" Elsa said,
sitting on her bed.
"I think it's
brilliant," Danielle stated, unpacking her trunk.
Danielle was sharing Elsa's room for her stay, even though Jack had
offered her the spare cabin in the back of the ship. She insisted on
rooming with her and pestering her about her new "lover",
as she liked to put it. Her 'midnight talks' were especially
unhelpful.
"Will!" Elsa
screamed after another night of Danielle's badgering. "May I
shoot you?" She pulled her pistol from her belt. "Please?"
"Aw, Jacky," Danielle said
cutely. "You couldn't kill me!"
"Arrgh," Elsa said, putting it back in her belt. "I
know. But please! Let it go, man! Jack can't, can't, can't know about
this guy, alright?" Danielle nodded. "Plus, it was a one
time thing. I'll probably never see him again."
"Oh my God! What if you saw him in Tortuga?" Danielle asked
happily. "Wouldn't that be awesome! You have to point him out to
me!"
"Hello!" Elsa said,
knocking on Danielle's thick head. "Do you really think that's
even possible?"
"Well, it's
Tortuga, you know. Pirate haven of the Caribbean," she
explained, rubbing her head.
"Good point," Elsa reflected. "God I hope he's not
there." She kicked her desk.
"Why
not?" Danielle asked, confused. "Don't you want to see him
again?"
"Yes, I-Wait! No! Do
you know how awful that would be?! Plus I don't even have any
feelings for that guy."
"Well
that was the lie of the century. Why wouldn't you want to see him
again? I don't get you sometimes."
"Captain Andrews killed Jack's dad, Will! If he was in port the
same time we were, it would be Hell-for all of us!"
"Okay, fine, fine," Danielle gave in, sitting on the bed
beside her. "But if we do see him, you have to point him out to
me. Don't worry; we'll make sure we don't get caught." She
smiled, and Elsa punched her.
"I
hate you," she said simply. "Do you have to make me feel
like I want to see him again?"
"I
know you hate me. And I hate you. We hate each other so much that we
absolutely adore each other."
"You
know I despise that philosophy," Elsa groaned.
"But it's true!" Danielle defended.
"Sure. Whatever you say, Will my boy!"
Danielle slapped her.
"Ow! Not sure
I deserved that!"
"Never call
me that again, you bloody pirate!"
Danielle got up and left the cabin.
"Will! I'm sorry!" Elsa said, following her out onto deck.
"But it's so cute!"
"Tortuga
ahoy, Capn'!" Gibbs told her, a hand on his telescope.
Cheers erupted from the deck. Pirates-especially this crew-loved
Tortuga. If Jack hadn't been so eager to go himself, there would have
been a mutiny on his hands!
