[A/N] Hello People! Yes, I know, Its been a few days, but I'm back! I got really mad at my parents last night so I wrote a chapter in my notebook seeing as I had managed to get myself grounded off both the computer and the phone. Oh Well. Anyway, I really need you guys to review more!! Please? Also, special thanks to Renee and Sarah again for being two of my besties. And thanks to Renee for being my inspiration. Anyway, you guys rock hard and should get some kind of special award. Oh well…..here we go!
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The ocean churned around Renee as she tried to find the surface, the salty water making the laceration on her neck burn painfully. She gasped air as she finally rose from underwater, and she whipped her head around looking for Jack or Will. As she was searching she felt Will's hand grab her shoulder.
"Will, where's Jack? What are we going to do?"
"Jack's already gone off toward the island looking for you, but we can catch him. Come on!" They started off in that direction, but Renee was beginning to feel weak form all the blood she was losing. She could just barely make out the form of another person swimming a few yards ahead of them.
"Jack!" she called, using a great deal of what little strength she had left. Fortunately, Jack's ears picked up her weak cry and he turned just in time to see her begin to sink as Will tried frantically to hold her up. Swimming with all his might, he was beside them in an instant. He wrapped one arm around the weak form of Renee's waist and turned to Will. "Let me take Renee. I'm the stronger swimmer," he said. Will nodded and released his hold on Renee, and both started swimming toward shore. Renee, who was in a slightly dreamlike state on the edge of unconsciousness, looked up and saw Jack's face, set with grim determination. She smiled as she felt his strong arm wrapped around her, and promptly blacked out.
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Jack drug the limp form of Renee up onto the sand and towards Will, who had arrived a few minutes earlier and was trying to start a fire. He succeeded rather quickly, and Jack brought Renee over near it to examine her wound. He grimaced. It wasn't deep enough to be fatal, but it was deep nonetheless. In fact, while it hadn't slit her throat, she had bled so much by now that he feared for her life anyway. He set to work, pouring rum from his flask on it as a disinfectant and tearing off some of his shirt to bandage it with. As he worked, Will began to speak.
"Jack, do you think she'll be alright?"
"Truthfully Will, I'm not sure. Her throat's not cut, but she's lost a lot of blood. Let's just hope that with some rest she'll pull through. We have the time." he spat the last word. "Damn Robbins for doing this, I'll have his head if it's the last thing I do!"
"Where are we, anyway?" Will inquired.
"I don't know, but I sure hope there's some food. Or a rumrunner's cache," he joked.
"Or sea turtles…" Will teased.
"Right then, must get some sleep!" Jack replied, ignoring Will's comment about his "famous" escape from another deserted island. "We'll search for food when there's light out, eh?" Will nodded in reply and lay down on his side of the fire, wondering if he'd ever see Elizabeth again. Jack lay down close to Renee, examining her sleeping face. (Well, unconscious face really, but that's not the point.) He thought to himself, for the thousandth time, how beautiful she was. The fire cast a bronze glow on her tan skin, making her even more radiant. He saw how the light caught through her hair, making it glow a reddish color. Wrapping her in his arms, he pulled her as close to him as he could, resting her head on his chest. "Please lass," he thought to himself, "don't leave me. Try to hang on. I need you to. Do it for ol' Jack. Please live to see another dawn." Little did he know that it would be the following day's down that she's live to see.
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Dawn's first rays peered over the horizon, bathing everything in a pale gold light. It was to this light that Renee awoke, looking around herself in a confised way. Suddenly, all the night's events came flooding back to her, up until she'd last seen jack carrying her through the water. Jack! It wasn't until then that she noticed jack holding her close, a worried expression on his sleeping face.
"Jack," she whispered, shaking him a little. He awoke with a start and took a moment to register what he saw.
"Lass!" he announced suddenly. "You're okay!" He pulled her even closer, into a crushing hug, making her laugh.
"Jack, were you really that worried about me?"
"Yes, Renee. I was terrified that you wouldn't wake up! Ye lost quite a lot o' blood!" This reminded Renee of her injury, and she reached up to feel, nto the cut, but a neatly wound bandage.
"Did you do this?" she asked, pointing to the bandage.
"Aye, that I did," he replied. She wrapped her arms around his neck and pressed her lips to his softly.
"Thank you," she whispered, pulling away a bit. Jack was shocked.
"Twa..Twas nothing…"he whispered in reply. He leaned in to kiss her again when he heard the loud sound of Will's teasing voice.
"Am I interrupting something?"
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The ocean churned around Renee as she tried to find the surface, the salty water making the laceration on her neck burn painfully. She gasped air as she finally rose from underwater, and she whipped her head around looking for Jack or Will. As she was searching she felt Will's hand grab her shoulder.
"Will, where's Jack? What are we going to do?"
"Jack's already gone off toward the island looking for you, but we can catch him. Come on!" They started off in that direction, but Renee was beginning to feel weak form all the blood she was losing. She could just barely make out the form of another person swimming a few yards ahead of them.
"Jack!" she called, using a great deal of what little strength she had left. Fortunately, Jack's ears picked up her weak cry and he turned just in time to see her begin to sink as Will tried frantically to hold her up. Swimming with all his might, he was beside them in an instant. He wrapped one arm around the weak form of Renee's waist and turned to Will. "Let me take Renee. I'm the stronger swimmer," he said. Will nodded and released his hold on Renee, and both started swimming toward shore. Renee, who was in a slightly dreamlike state on the edge of unconsciousness, looked up and saw Jack's face, set with grim determination. She smiled as she felt his strong arm wrapped around her, and promptly blacked out.
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Jack drug the limp form of Renee up onto the sand and towards Will, who had arrived a few minutes earlier and was trying to start a fire. He succeeded rather quickly, and Jack brought Renee over near it to examine her wound. He grimaced. It wasn't deep enough to be fatal, but it was deep nonetheless. In fact, while it hadn't slit her throat, she had bled so much by now that he feared for her life anyway. He set to work, pouring rum from his flask on it as a disinfectant and tearing off some of his shirt to bandage it with. As he worked, Will began to speak.
"Jack, do you think she'll be alright?"
"Truthfully Will, I'm not sure. Her throat's not cut, but she's lost a lot of blood. Let's just hope that with some rest she'll pull through. We have the time." he spat the last word. "Damn Robbins for doing this, I'll have his head if it's the last thing I do!"
"Where are we, anyway?" Will inquired.
"I don't know, but I sure hope there's some food. Or a rumrunner's cache," he joked.
"Or sea turtles…" Will teased.
"Right then, must get some sleep!" Jack replied, ignoring Will's comment about his "famous" escape from another deserted island. "We'll search for food when there's light out, eh?" Will nodded in reply and lay down on his side of the fire, wondering if he'd ever see Elizabeth again. Jack lay down close to Renee, examining her sleeping face. (Well, unconscious face really, but that's not the point.) He thought to himself, for the thousandth time, how beautiful she was. The fire cast a bronze glow on her tan skin, making her even more radiant. He saw how the light caught through her hair, making it glow a reddish color. Wrapping her in his arms, he pulled her as close to him as he could, resting her head on his chest. "Please lass," he thought to himself, "don't leave me. Try to hang on. I need you to. Do it for ol' Jack. Please live to see another dawn." Little did he know that it would be the following day's down that she's live to see.
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Dawn's first rays peered over the horizon, bathing everything in a pale gold light. It was to this light that Renee awoke, looking around herself in a confised way. Suddenly, all the night's events came flooding back to her, up until she'd last seen jack carrying her through the water. Jack! It wasn't until then that she noticed jack holding her close, a worried expression on his sleeping face.
"Jack," she whispered, shaking him a little. He awoke with a start and took a moment to register what he saw.
"Lass!" he announced suddenly. "You're okay!" He pulled her even closer, into a crushing hug, making her laugh.
"Jack, were you really that worried about me?"
"Yes, Renee. I was terrified that you wouldn't wake up! Ye lost quite a lot o' blood!" This reminded Renee of her injury, and she reached up to feel, nto the cut, but a neatly wound bandage.
"Did you do this?" she asked, pointing to the bandage.
"Aye, that I did," he replied. She wrapped her arms around his neck and pressed her lips to his softly.
"Thank you," she whispered, pulling away a bit. Jack was shocked.
"Twa..Twas nothing…"he whispered in reply. He leaned in to kiss her again when he heard the loud sound of Will's teasing voice.
"Am I interrupting something?"