AN: Sorry it took so long, I was recently infected with spyware. And a really hot guy at Tobinworld. A special thank you to Second Star to the Right for reviewing every chapter. And InsanityIsNotACrime. For saying she loves me. Tear. I was going to thank some more of you, except I forgot what I was going to say, so... Wait 'til I remember.
CHAPPY FIVE
He couldn't get her out of his mind. The bones. Those horrible bones. Jack shuddered as he remembered the feel of them against his palm. He contemplated telling Will about what he had seen, but decided against it. Will didn't need to know anyway...
Oh Christ! Who was he fooling? He was dying to tell someone.
Libba P.O.V.
Libba lifted herself off the bed and walked in the direction of the mirror. It was old and spotted with odd things, but she didn't care. She lifted up her shirt and pulled the breeches down to her hipbones. Almost perfect. Libba began to graze her fingertips over her ribs just as Jack had done earlier that morning.
Maybe he liked her. Maybe he liked her bones. Libba smiled as she looked down at herself. She remembered yesterday's promise and vowed not to touch a morsel of food for three days. She was going to keep this feeling.
Libba righted herself and sat on the bed. Jack had never mentioned anything about going outside, and frankly, she just didn't want to.
Will P.O.V.
Will listened intently as Jack told his story. He knew that the girl was thin, he had felt it himself, but what Jack was describing was... insane. It was almost as if he was describing a foreign animal. An emaciated dragon, perhaps.
"Jack," Will began, "How long has she been in your room?" It was obvious that he was changing the subject, but he didn't want to think about the sad bones Jack was speaking of.
"I don't know... And don't you think that this conversation's over." Jack said, shaking his index finger in Will's face, as if he were a little boy.
"Find, but don't you think it would be helpful if we introduce her to the crew?"
"And how is scaring the crew supposed to be helpful?"
"Don't be crude."
"I'm not bein' crude, I'm bein' truthful. The girl's... sort of nice, but she's a fright to look at."
Will ignored that and instead replied, "Well, you can't keep this girl on the ship and expect the others to not notice."
Will may have been daft, but he was usually the voice of reason.
Jack P.O.V
Jack had asked the crew to assemble in the kitchen. He planned on telling (warning) them about Libba. It may have been a bit extreme, but he didn't want anyone to cower in fear of the skinny girl. Especially Kato, the young cabin boy who had an unnatural fear of extremely thin people and the number thirteen. Not to mention an equally unnatural love for extremely large women and tar. Jack didn't think it'd be very welcoming if the first thing the girl saw when she stepped on deck was the cabin boy huddled in the corner with only a small bucket of tar to protect him.
Jack made a mental note to get that boy's head checked the next time they docked.
