Hey everyone! I'm back…and I have to say…I just reread my last chapter and there were SO many errors…I'm sorry. I'm going to try much harder to avoid such errors in the future. I'm also sorry that I haven't updated in so long…it's been the end of school and everyone knows what a rush that is, not to mention that I went to Cape Cod last week with school…yeah, whales are cool. Lol. Okay, so anyway, I have no idea what's going to happen in this chapter, so I guess I'll just type whatever comes up and go with that.
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As the sun spilled its very first faint rays of light into the deep darkness of the cell aboard the navy ship, Renee stirred. As she rolled over, she was slightly surprised to find herself restrained by a pair of strong, suntanned arms. She smiled at the fact that he had not let go of her all night, and looked upon his peacefully sleeping face. His lips were formed ever so slightly into a smile, and his breathing was soft. As she watched him, he slowly parted his kohl lined eyelids, and his face lightened at the sight of her smile.
"G'morning love," he whispered.
"Good Morning, Jack," she replied in a soft tone. He gently pressed his lips to hers, and she returned the kiss softly. They parted, and smiled lovingly at each other,
"As much as I hate to interrupt this little moment," came Will's voice from the top of the stairs, "The sun is rising, and Renee should be getting back to her cabin before her father or Gillette awake," he finished with a chuckle. Renee gave a little nod, kissed Jack once more, and slowly stood up and let herself out of the cell. She turned around and smiled at Jack once more, mouthed the words "I'll be back later," and followed Will quickly out of the brig and back to her room. Upon arriving there, they entered and she climbed into bed, making it look like she'd been there all along. Will smoothed his friend's covers out gently before he began to speak.
"So, I suppose things went well with you and Jack last night?"
"Wonderfully. He told me he loves me, Will. He really loves me."
"I know, I've known for a long time. You can see it in the way he looks at you. He loves you like you love him." Renee just smiled blissfully. Will bent down and placed a kiss on her forehead, feeling like he was tucking in his little sister. "Sweet dreams, Renee," he said quietly, and then crept quietly back to his own cabin. Renee slipped quietly into a light sleep, for she had about 2 hours before her father would wake her for breakfast.
Later that day, the ship arrived in Port Royale, and Renee was brought out of her cabin by Will, who had been given permission to accompany her back to her home by her father. As they walked down the plank onto the dock, she turned just in time to see Jack being led away toward the Fort in irons, headed to the jail. Tears welled in her eyes.
"Will," she whispered, "What are we going to do? How are we going to get him out of there? The cells on a ship are one thing, there's only one guard. But the fort is more heavily guarded."
"Don't worry," Will soothed. "I have a plan. Meet me at my shop at about 9:30 tonight. Make sure you bring anything you'd miss if you were never to come back to Port Royale."
"You'll already be there Will. There's nothing else I'd miss," she said with a smile. He returned her smile, gave her a hug, and began to walk away, as they had arrived at her mansion by now. She entered slowly and made her way to her room, glad that her father would be out with the commodore talking until late.
As hard as Renee tried, she couldn't find anything to do to occupy herself in her house. So, she decided to pack up her things for that night. All she really needed were a few dresses. 'But first,' she thought to herself, 'a bath.' She had a maid heat up some water and was soon soaking away the dirt and salt water that she had become encrusted with over the past few weeks. When she finished her room smelled of pomegranates and peaches, a soap that she had made herself months ago. She quickly dried and put on a shift, and then set about selecting a dress. She opened her closet, which was incredibly large. As she shifted through the dresses, she picked out one of her favorites, and one that she was sure Jack would like. It was a deep shade of red, almost maroon velvet, and it laced up with gold laces in the front. It wasn't cut very low, and the sleeves flowed at least a foot off her wrist for decoration. The skirt was full, and layered with a lighter shade of red in between the maroon sections. When she had put it on and laced it all up, she quickly put her hair into a French braid, folded it under, and grabbed an extra shirt and pair of breeches to take with her. By this time it was nine o'clock (they had arrived in Port Royale at about 5), so she set out for Will's shop.
Upon arriving at Will's shop, Renee tapped on the door and it opened almost immediately. She entered and sat down next to Will at a table in one corner. He had also bathed and changed, and had a grim look on his face. "So," she said nervously, "What's the plan?"
"We're lucky. I discovered today that there is back entrance to both the Fort and the prison, and neither is guarded by more than one man."
"So, we're just going to waltz right in?"
"Pretty much so…The second guard will have the keys, so you're going to have to…distract him."
"Me? I'm the distraction!?" Renee exclaimed.
"We have no choice. The first guard we can knock out, but that one's bigger: I can't take him. Renee sighed in resignation.
"Alright. Fine. I'll deal with him." With this statement she carefully undid the first two or three laces of her dress , making it more low cut. Not too much, but just enough. And so the two of them set out for the back of the fort.
When they arrived, the first guard was dozing lightly, so Will took the flat of his sword and smacked the man on the side of the head with it, causing him to slump into and unconscious heap. They then crept around to the back of the jail, and Renee sauntered over toward the guard, while Will waited in the shadows for a the opportune moment.
"Hello there, sir," Renee cooed as she approached him.
"What is such a lovely young lady as yourself doing here at this time of night?" the big man asked, though he was clearly pleased to see a woman.
"Just…looking for someone to…talk…to," she replied seductively, drawing his attention away from the jail entrance. He turned to face her, and she came up very close to him, until their bodies almost touched. He stood almost two full heads above her, and she looked up as she gently traced a finger along his chest and said, "What is such a handsome man doing guarding a silly jail?" He chuckled and looked into her eyes, and they continued this shameless flirting, giving Will a chance to grab the keys from a box behind him, run into the jail, and open Jack's cell door.
"Where's Renee?" Jack asked as Will freed him.
"Outside, distracting the guard," Will replied quietly. "Come on, let's get out of here, she knows what to do." Jack followed Will out the door but tripped coming up the stairs and cursed.
Outside, Renee was running out of things to say to the guard, when she heard Jack's curse form inside the jail. The guard started to turn, but Renee, thinking on her feet, quickly wrapped her arms around his neck and pressed her lips to his, kissing him passionately, and giving Will and Jack time to run out of the jail and out of the ort while his eyes were closed. As soon as they were safely out, she broke the kiss, smiled demurely and said, "I'm sorry, but I have to go. Meet me here tomorrow night, at the same time?" She proposed. He nodded dumbly, shocked at her sudden kiss. She then sauntered away, out of the fort, and down the street to where Jack and Will were hiding.
"That was some distracting you were doing back there," Jack said bitterly upon her arrival.
"Oh come off it Jack," Renee replied. "You made such a noise that I had to go to desperate measures to keep him looking away. You know it meant nothing." Jack nodded, slightly embarrassed that he had ever felt jealousy toward the kiss. Renee leaned in and gave him a kiss on the cheek to prove her point, and he smiled.
"Come now, both of you, we have to get out of here," Will said. They nodded and followed him down to the docks, where a merchant ship had stupidly been left unguarded, and they were soon aboard it and sailing out of Port Royale, probably never to return.
Once they were safely out of Port Royale, Renee walked quietly up to Jack, who was steering, and placed a kiss on his cheek. He turned to face her, and then moved her carefully so that she stood between himself and the wheel, facing out toward the dark horizon. He placed his hands on her waist and held her close to him, nuzzling his face into her neck. "Thank you," he muttered.
"For what?" she inquired softly.
"For rescuing me: For loving me," he replied. At this she moved her right hand up behind his neck, turned her head and locked her lips with his in a loving kiss. "No, she said as they broke apart, "Thank you." And that is how they spent the rest of that night, holding on to each other and steering the ship together---towards Tortuga.
They arrived in Tortuga late the next morning, and anchored the boat in a cove where it could not be seen except from the island. As Jack rowed the three of them toward the island, Renee asked why they were here of all places.
"Because love," Jack replied, "We have to find out where the Pearl is, and I believe a little shopping is in order; You can't be sailin' in a dress now, can ye?"
"No, I don't suppose the one change of clothes I brought will do forever. Alright then." Jack nodded, and the continued on toward the beaches of the island.
When they arrived, the three of them headed off to the nearest clothing store to get Renee some new breeches and shirts. After that was finished, Jack had a surprise.
"C'mon now, let's go get ye a new dress."
"What? Didn't you just say that I couldn't sail in a dress?"
"Who said it was for sailing? There are times when a pirate must leave their ship, luv," he said playfully. She laughed and followed him into Madam Estella's Dress Shop.
After searching through the dresses, Renee and Jack found some for her to try on. She proceeded into the dressing room, and tried on the first dress. It was a bright red, with silver lining. The minute Renee put it on, she know it was wrong. It was terribly low cut, and ended only two inches above her naval. She walked out anyway, and Jack's eye's lit up, thought he wasn't looking at her face. She laughed and smacked his arm, and went back in to try on the next dress. This one was light blue with dark blue and silver lining, but she came across the same problem. On went the next dress. It was lovely, purple with lavender trim, but the cut was terribly high; It hugged her neck. She and Jack agreed that it was no good. Finally, she came to the last dress. It was her favorite color yet, forest green with pastel green trimming and the same color designs on the bodice and running down the full skirt. She put it on, and gasped. It had a plunging neckline that went just low enough that it showed some of her chest, but not too much like the others had. She walked carefully out of the dressing room, and Jack's jaw dropped. Never had she looked as beautiful as she did in that dress. It hugged all of her curves and brought out the green in her eyes brilliantly. Will, who had been quietly shaking his head in disgust at all the other dresses, now shook his head in disbelief. "It's…it's beautiful on you Renee."
"That's the one, love." Jack said as soon as he has overcome the shock of her beauty.
"I thought so, too," she replied. She reentered the dressing room and changed back into her own red dress and then carried her new one out and over to the counter. Jack paid for it, and the two exited hand in hand. Will was waiting outside, and the three smiled at each other before Jack announced," I have some business to attend to, so Will," he looked at his friend, "take this," he handed him a pouch of coins, "and go buy Renee and yourself a drink. I'll be back soon." With that he headed off down the street, so Renee and Will shrugged and walked off toward the most respectable pub in town, which wasn't really saying much. They sat down and had a drink, enjoying each other's company. More than one man made a pass at Renee, but Will warned them all off, and before they knew it Jack was back. He sat down at the table and had a few drinks himself. Soon it was getting close to night, and Jack decided that it was a bad idea to have Renee in Tortuga after dark, so they went back to the ship.
Later that night, after Will had taken over steering, Renee and Jack sat at the back of the ship. Jack was half laying on some crates, propped up on some others, and Renee was leaning against him, both gazing up at the stars. After a long, comfortable silence, Jack rummaged around in his pocket and withdrew a long black velvet box, which he held in front of Renee. "Open it," he whispered in her ear. She carefully pushed up the lid and gasped at what she saw. Inside, perched on white satin, was a beautiful silver necklace, on which hung a perfectly round diamond, medium in size. Inside of the diamond was a beautiful emerald, exactly the color of Renee's eyes, in the shape of a sparrow. Renee's eyes took in every detail of the pendant, by far the most beautiful thing she'd ever seen.
"Jack…it's…it's…beautiful." she breathed.
"It's for you, luv," he said, carefully taking it from the box and fastening it around her neck.
"Thank you…" she said, unable to say anything else.
Jack just pressed his lips to hers, and then smiled at her. She returned the smile, and then rested her head on Jack's shoulder. He leaned his own head on hers, and the two fell asleep, just like that.
A/N Okay, I think that was the longest chapter I've ever written…Please review and let me know what you think, and, I ask again, does anyone know how to make thinks come up in bold or italics? Thanks! I love you all! XoXo Sadie
((ReAd. ENjOy. ReViEw.))
As the sun spilled its very first faint rays of light into the deep darkness of the cell aboard the navy ship, Renee stirred. As she rolled over, she was slightly surprised to find herself restrained by a pair of strong, suntanned arms. She smiled at the fact that he had not let go of her all night, and looked upon his peacefully sleeping face. His lips were formed ever so slightly into a smile, and his breathing was soft. As she watched him, he slowly parted his kohl lined eyelids, and his face lightened at the sight of her smile.
"G'morning love," he whispered.
"Good Morning, Jack," she replied in a soft tone. He gently pressed his lips to hers, and she returned the kiss softly. They parted, and smiled lovingly at each other,
"As much as I hate to interrupt this little moment," came Will's voice from the top of the stairs, "The sun is rising, and Renee should be getting back to her cabin before her father or Gillette awake," he finished with a chuckle. Renee gave a little nod, kissed Jack once more, and slowly stood up and let herself out of the cell. She turned around and smiled at Jack once more, mouthed the words "I'll be back later," and followed Will quickly out of the brig and back to her room. Upon arriving there, they entered and she climbed into bed, making it look like she'd been there all along. Will smoothed his friend's covers out gently before he began to speak.
"So, I suppose things went well with you and Jack last night?"
"Wonderfully. He told me he loves me, Will. He really loves me."
"I know, I've known for a long time. You can see it in the way he looks at you. He loves you like you love him." Renee just smiled blissfully. Will bent down and placed a kiss on her forehead, feeling like he was tucking in his little sister. "Sweet dreams, Renee," he said quietly, and then crept quietly back to his own cabin. Renee slipped quietly into a light sleep, for she had about 2 hours before her father would wake her for breakfast.
Later that day, the ship arrived in Port Royale, and Renee was brought out of her cabin by Will, who had been given permission to accompany her back to her home by her father. As they walked down the plank onto the dock, she turned just in time to see Jack being led away toward the Fort in irons, headed to the jail. Tears welled in her eyes.
"Will," she whispered, "What are we going to do? How are we going to get him out of there? The cells on a ship are one thing, there's only one guard. But the fort is more heavily guarded."
"Don't worry," Will soothed. "I have a plan. Meet me at my shop at about 9:30 tonight. Make sure you bring anything you'd miss if you were never to come back to Port Royale."
"You'll already be there Will. There's nothing else I'd miss," she said with a smile. He returned her smile, gave her a hug, and began to walk away, as they had arrived at her mansion by now. She entered slowly and made her way to her room, glad that her father would be out with the commodore talking until late.
As hard as Renee tried, she couldn't find anything to do to occupy herself in her house. So, she decided to pack up her things for that night. All she really needed were a few dresses. 'But first,' she thought to herself, 'a bath.' She had a maid heat up some water and was soon soaking away the dirt and salt water that she had become encrusted with over the past few weeks. When she finished her room smelled of pomegranates and peaches, a soap that she had made herself months ago. She quickly dried and put on a shift, and then set about selecting a dress. She opened her closet, which was incredibly large. As she shifted through the dresses, she picked out one of her favorites, and one that she was sure Jack would like. It was a deep shade of red, almost maroon velvet, and it laced up with gold laces in the front. It wasn't cut very low, and the sleeves flowed at least a foot off her wrist for decoration. The skirt was full, and layered with a lighter shade of red in between the maroon sections. When she had put it on and laced it all up, she quickly put her hair into a French braid, folded it under, and grabbed an extra shirt and pair of breeches to take with her. By this time it was nine o'clock (they had arrived in Port Royale at about 5), so she set out for Will's shop.
Upon arriving at Will's shop, Renee tapped on the door and it opened almost immediately. She entered and sat down next to Will at a table in one corner. He had also bathed and changed, and had a grim look on his face. "So," she said nervously, "What's the plan?"
"We're lucky. I discovered today that there is back entrance to both the Fort and the prison, and neither is guarded by more than one man."
"So, we're just going to waltz right in?"
"Pretty much so…The second guard will have the keys, so you're going to have to…distract him."
"Me? I'm the distraction!?" Renee exclaimed.
"We have no choice. The first guard we can knock out, but that one's bigger: I can't take him. Renee sighed in resignation.
"Alright. Fine. I'll deal with him." With this statement she carefully undid the first two or three laces of her dress , making it more low cut. Not too much, but just enough. And so the two of them set out for the back of the fort.
When they arrived, the first guard was dozing lightly, so Will took the flat of his sword and smacked the man on the side of the head with it, causing him to slump into and unconscious heap. They then crept around to the back of the jail, and Renee sauntered over toward the guard, while Will waited in the shadows for a the opportune moment.
"Hello there, sir," Renee cooed as she approached him.
"What is such a lovely young lady as yourself doing here at this time of night?" the big man asked, though he was clearly pleased to see a woman.
"Just…looking for someone to…talk…to," she replied seductively, drawing his attention away from the jail entrance. He turned to face her, and she came up very close to him, until their bodies almost touched. He stood almost two full heads above her, and she looked up as she gently traced a finger along his chest and said, "What is such a handsome man doing guarding a silly jail?" He chuckled and looked into her eyes, and they continued this shameless flirting, giving Will a chance to grab the keys from a box behind him, run into the jail, and open Jack's cell door.
"Where's Renee?" Jack asked as Will freed him.
"Outside, distracting the guard," Will replied quietly. "Come on, let's get out of here, she knows what to do." Jack followed Will out the door but tripped coming up the stairs and cursed.
Outside, Renee was running out of things to say to the guard, when she heard Jack's curse form inside the jail. The guard started to turn, but Renee, thinking on her feet, quickly wrapped her arms around his neck and pressed her lips to his, kissing him passionately, and giving Will and Jack time to run out of the jail and out of the ort while his eyes were closed. As soon as they were safely out, she broke the kiss, smiled demurely and said, "I'm sorry, but I have to go. Meet me here tomorrow night, at the same time?" She proposed. He nodded dumbly, shocked at her sudden kiss. She then sauntered away, out of the fort, and down the street to where Jack and Will were hiding.
"That was some distracting you were doing back there," Jack said bitterly upon her arrival.
"Oh come off it Jack," Renee replied. "You made such a noise that I had to go to desperate measures to keep him looking away. You know it meant nothing." Jack nodded, slightly embarrassed that he had ever felt jealousy toward the kiss. Renee leaned in and gave him a kiss on the cheek to prove her point, and he smiled.
"Come now, both of you, we have to get out of here," Will said. They nodded and followed him down to the docks, where a merchant ship had stupidly been left unguarded, and they were soon aboard it and sailing out of Port Royale, probably never to return.
Once they were safely out of Port Royale, Renee walked quietly up to Jack, who was steering, and placed a kiss on his cheek. He turned to face her, and then moved her carefully so that she stood between himself and the wheel, facing out toward the dark horizon. He placed his hands on her waist and held her close to him, nuzzling his face into her neck. "Thank you," he muttered.
"For what?" she inquired softly.
"For rescuing me: For loving me," he replied. At this she moved her right hand up behind his neck, turned her head and locked her lips with his in a loving kiss. "No, she said as they broke apart, "Thank you." And that is how they spent the rest of that night, holding on to each other and steering the ship together---towards Tortuga.
They arrived in Tortuga late the next morning, and anchored the boat in a cove where it could not be seen except from the island. As Jack rowed the three of them toward the island, Renee asked why they were here of all places.
"Because love," Jack replied, "We have to find out where the Pearl is, and I believe a little shopping is in order; You can't be sailin' in a dress now, can ye?"
"No, I don't suppose the one change of clothes I brought will do forever. Alright then." Jack nodded, and the continued on toward the beaches of the island.
When they arrived, the three of them headed off to the nearest clothing store to get Renee some new breeches and shirts. After that was finished, Jack had a surprise.
"C'mon now, let's go get ye a new dress."
"What? Didn't you just say that I couldn't sail in a dress?"
"Who said it was for sailing? There are times when a pirate must leave their ship, luv," he said playfully. She laughed and followed him into Madam Estella's Dress Shop.
After searching through the dresses, Renee and Jack found some for her to try on. She proceeded into the dressing room, and tried on the first dress. It was a bright red, with silver lining. The minute Renee put it on, she know it was wrong. It was terribly low cut, and ended only two inches above her naval. She walked out anyway, and Jack's eye's lit up, thought he wasn't looking at her face. She laughed and smacked his arm, and went back in to try on the next dress. This one was light blue with dark blue and silver lining, but she came across the same problem. On went the next dress. It was lovely, purple with lavender trim, but the cut was terribly high; It hugged her neck. She and Jack agreed that it was no good. Finally, she came to the last dress. It was her favorite color yet, forest green with pastel green trimming and the same color designs on the bodice and running down the full skirt. She put it on, and gasped. It had a plunging neckline that went just low enough that it showed some of her chest, but not too much like the others had. She walked carefully out of the dressing room, and Jack's jaw dropped. Never had she looked as beautiful as she did in that dress. It hugged all of her curves and brought out the green in her eyes brilliantly. Will, who had been quietly shaking his head in disgust at all the other dresses, now shook his head in disbelief. "It's…it's beautiful on you Renee."
"That's the one, love." Jack said as soon as he has overcome the shock of her beauty.
"I thought so, too," she replied. She reentered the dressing room and changed back into her own red dress and then carried her new one out and over to the counter. Jack paid for it, and the two exited hand in hand. Will was waiting outside, and the three smiled at each other before Jack announced," I have some business to attend to, so Will," he looked at his friend, "take this," he handed him a pouch of coins, "and go buy Renee and yourself a drink. I'll be back soon." With that he headed off down the street, so Renee and Will shrugged and walked off toward the most respectable pub in town, which wasn't really saying much. They sat down and had a drink, enjoying each other's company. More than one man made a pass at Renee, but Will warned them all off, and before they knew it Jack was back. He sat down at the table and had a few drinks himself. Soon it was getting close to night, and Jack decided that it was a bad idea to have Renee in Tortuga after dark, so they went back to the ship.
Later that night, after Will had taken over steering, Renee and Jack sat at the back of the ship. Jack was half laying on some crates, propped up on some others, and Renee was leaning against him, both gazing up at the stars. After a long, comfortable silence, Jack rummaged around in his pocket and withdrew a long black velvet box, which he held in front of Renee. "Open it," he whispered in her ear. She carefully pushed up the lid and gasped at what she saw. Inside, perched on white satin, was a beautiful silver necklace, on which hung a perfectly round diamond, medium in size. Inside of the diamond was a beautiful emerald, exactly the color of Renee's eyes, in the shape of a sparrow. Renee's eyes took in every detail of the pendant, by far the most beautiful thing she'd ever seen.
"Jack…it's…it's…beautiful." she breathed.
"It's for you, luv," he said, carefully taking it from the box and fastening it around her neck.
"Thank you…" she said, unable to say anything else.
Jack just pressed his lips to hers, and then smiled at her. She returned the smile, and then rested her head on Jack's shoulder. He leaned his own head on hers, and the two fell asleep, just like that.
A/N Okay, I think that was the longest chapter I've ever written…Please review and let me know what you think, and, I ask again, does anyone know how to make thinks come up in bold or italics? Thanks! I love you all! XoXo Sadie