Disclaimer: see chapter 1
a/n: finally! A new chapter! R&r so I can continue. Even flames are welcome, just so I know what you all think of it.
As Ana Maria and Izzy were getting ready to sleep, Ana Maria asked, "If you had such a posh home in Ireland, why do ye talk like rest of us?"
"Ah, well ye see, I left Ireland quite some time ago, and I was very impressionable by pirates and whores in Tortuga, I suppose. I don't really know, come to think of it. Perhaps twas only to fit in with the rest of the lot." Izzy considered the question for sometime before Ana Maria broke the silence, "Why did ye mum leave ye?" Izzy looked into her lap. "I dunno that either. Me pappy wasn't too nice, but he certainly never abused her or me. He was the posh one too, she was just as low-class as I be now. Maybe the high life was too stifling for her. Alls I remember is she ran away morning whilst pappy was out. She ran away with the handsome stable-hand."
Ana Maria snorted and Izzy laughed. "But me dad took to sailing, scouting out new routes and such for the King, and he always brought me with him, but a few years later the ship was commandeered by pirates. I was too young to be of any use to them so they gave me to Finnegan's family in Tortuga." Ana Maria made a noise of sympathy and Izzy grinned at her. "That was for the best, I'm sure. The Kelly's be much nicer than me parents ever was."
Ana Maria was puzzled at that. "Then why would ye leave them behind? Finn an' ye be running back to Ireland together?"
"Nay, Finn and I aren't together; he be the closest thing I gots to a brother. Its high time for me to have a family, I was thinking' the other day. And I certainly don't want to settle down with me kiddies in Tortuga. That's no place for a family."
Ana Maria grinned. "How very boring of ye, Izzy." she stated. "What about Finn's childhood, then? Did he grow up in Tortuga?" She asked casually, playing with the embroidery on Izzy's pillowcase. When Izzy didn't answer right away, the pirate looked up to see what caused the delay, and caught Izzy giggling at her. She blushed and looked away again.
"Ye seem very interested in the lad." Izzy said, controlling her laughter. "And I know he happens to be somewhat interested in ye. Might I be able to play matchmaker?" Ana Maria blushed more.
"I just don't know much about him, ye see. He's new."
Izzy laughed. "I see. I don't blame ye for being so interested, girl. He does have a certain was of seeing right through ye. And he always seems to know exactly what I'm thinking' about. He's very good at reading people, it seems."
Ana Maria sighed. "Aye." Her soft expression hardened. "Don't you be tellin' no one about this, though!" Izzy giggled again and nodded.
The next morning, Ana Maria woke Izzy up at the crack of dawn. "Cap'n says if ye be wanting a free fair to yer home, ye gotta help the crew. Cook says he wants ye to help him with the food." Groaning, Izzy rolled and squirmed around on the large bed, collecting the sheets and blankets as she writhed. She then rolled off the bed onto the floor and made her escape towards the darkness under the bed in the corner where the bedpost met the wall. Ana Maria watched from the doorway in amused silence, and suddenly Izzy began screaming and scurried out from under the bed faster than a bat out of hell, ripping off the cobweb-covered sheets and battling a huge spider that clung to one of her curls.
Jack rushed into the cabin to see what caused the screams that continued to echo throughout his ship. The first thing he noticed was Ana Maria collapsed in a corner laughing so hard she clutched her stomach with one hand and wiped tears from her mocha colored cheeks with the other. Then he noticed Izzy screaming and ripped at her hair at the other side of the room. He slowly walked over to her, picked the monster off her head, and proceeded to drop it to the ground and crush it with the toe of his boot. Izzy smiled, slightly embarrassed, and muttered a thank you. Ana Maria, still chuckling a bit, grabbed on to the doorknob and used it as support to pull herself up. She sniffed and wiped a tear from her eye. "She be out in a few minutes, Jack.," she said.
Jack, still looking at Izzy with a slightly bewildered expression, turned and left the room, and Ana Maria slammed the door behind him. The lady pirate stepped over to Izzy, who was clutching her heart.
"Jesus on a cracker, Ana." She said. "Me heart don't even beat this fast when I'm 'avin sex!"
Ana Maria laughed. "It just be a spider, girl. We've got much worse on this ship than that. Christ I don't think I've laughed that hard since I as a child. I nearly pissed myself."
a/n: finally! A new chapter! R&r so I can continue. Even flames are welcome, just so I know what you all think of it.
As Ana Maria and Izzy were getting ready to sleep, Ana Maria asked, "If you had such a posh home in Ireland, why do ye talk like rest of us?"
"Ah, well ye see, I left Ireland quite some time ago, and I was very impressionable by pirates and whores in Tortuga, I suppose. I don't really know, come to think of it. Perhaps twas only to fit in with the rest of the lot." Izzy considered the question for sometime before Ana Maria broke the silence, "Why did ye mum leave ye?" Izzy looked into her lap. "I dunno that either. Me pappy wasn't too nice, but he certainly never abused her or me. He was the posh one too, she was just as low-class as I be now. Maybe the high life was too stifling for her. Alls I remember is she ran away morning whilst pappy was out. She ran away with the handsome stable-hand."
Ana Maria snorted and Izzy laughed. "But me dad took to sailing, scouting out new routes and such for the King, and he always brought me with him, but a few years later the ship was commandeered by pirates. I was too young to be of any use to them so they gave me to Finnegan's family in Tortuga." Ana Maria made a noise of sympathy and Izzy grinned at her. "That was for the best, I'm sure. The Kelly's be much nicer than me parents ever was."
Ana Maria was puzzled at that. "Then why would ye leave them behind? Finn an' ye be running back to Ireland together?"
"Nay, Finn and I aren't together; he be the closest thing I gots to a brother. Its high time for me to have a family, I was thinking' the other day. And I certainly don't want to settle down with me kiddies in Tortuga. That's no place for a family."
Ana Maria grinned. "How very boring of ye, Izzy." she stated. "What about Finn's childhood, then? Did he grow up in Tortuga?" She asked casually, playing with the embroidery on Izzy's pillowcase. When Izzy didn't answer right away, the pirate looked up to see what caused the delay, and caught Izzy giggling at her. She blushed and looked away again.
"Ye seem very interested in the lad." Izzy said, controlling her laughter. "And I know he happens to be somewhat interested in ye. Might I be able to play matchmaker?" Ana Maria blushed more.
"I just don't know much about him, ye see. He's new."
Izzy laughed. "I see. I don't blame ye for being so interested, girl. He does have a certain was of seeing right through ye. And he always seems to know exactly what I'm thinking' about. He's very good at reading people, it seems."
Ana Maria sighed. "Aye." Her soft expression hardened. "Don't you be tellin' no one about this, though!" Izzy giggled again and nodded.
The next morning, Ana Maria woke Izzy up at the crack of dawn. "Cap'n says if ye be wanting a free fair to yer home, ye gotta help the crew. Cook says he wants ye to help him with the food." Groaning, Izzy rolled and squirmed around on the large bed, collecting the sheets and blankets as she writhed. She then rolled off the bed onto the floor and made her escape towards the darkness under the bed in the corner where the bedpost met the wall. Ana Maria watched from the doorway in amused silence, and suddenly Izzy began screaming and scurried out from under the bed faster than a bat out of hell, ripping off the cobweb-covered sheets and battling a huge spider that clung to one of her curls.
Jack rushed into the cabin to see what caused the screams that continued to echo throughout his ship. The first thing he noticed was Ana Maria collapsed in a corner laughing so hard she clutched her stomach with one hand and wiped tears from her mocha colored cheeks with the other. Then he noticed Izzy screaming and ripped at her hair at the other side of the room. He slowly walked over to her, picked the monster off her head, and proceeded to drop it to the ground and crush it with the toe of his boot. Izzy smiled, slightly embarrassed, and muttered a thank you. Ana Maria, still chuckling a bit, grabbed on to the doorknob and used it as support to pull herself up. She sniffed and wiped a tear from her eye. "She be out in a few minutes, Jack.," she said.
Jack, still looking at Izzy with a slightly bewildered expression, turned and left the room, and Ana Maria slammed the door behind him. The lady pirate stepped over to Izzy, who was clutching her heart.
"Jesus on a cracker, Ana." She said. "Me heart don't even beat this fast when I'm 'avin sex!"
Ana Maria laughed. "It just be a spider, girl. We've got much worse on this ship than that. Christ I don't think I've laughed that hard since I as a child. I nearly pissed myself."