Chapter 4: Something In Common.
Jack could not believe his eyes, there; right in front of him, for his very own eyes to see was the missing piece of his map! The one he had spent months searching for and all along it was with this girl.
"W- w- where did you get that?" Jack breathed.
"It was given to me... by an old friend.... But she's dead now." Kilie folded the map and looked away from him.
"Sorry to hear that, luv."
Kilie took a moment to regain herself before stepping closer to him and glaring up into his eyes. "Do we have an agreement?"
Jack smiled at her and nodded his head. "We do." He said huskily, tipping his hat to her.
Kilie handed over her part of the map.
Jack stared at it a bit before stuffing it in his coat pocket. "Jus' one question, luv."
"Fine." She mumbled.
"What made ye want to turn pirate?"
"TURN Pirate? Jack Sparrow-
"CAPTAIN, Captain Jack Sparrow! Bloody 'ell nobody ever remembers that!"
Kilie smiled, "Sorry, but what I was trying to say was that I don't need to turn pirate."
"An' why is that?" Jack half mocked, this should be good.
Kilie rolled up the sleeve of her shirt on her right arm, to reveal the letter "P" burned into her flesh.
"Because I am one." She grinned darkly.
Jack starred again in disbelief. "Well young missy, yer jus' chop full o' surprises today, aren't ye?"
Jack took hold of her arm, staring intently at the tattoo. "So, 'ow did ye get this?"
"My father was a Pirate..... and my mother, she wanted me to never be ashamed of him, to never be ashamed of where I came from. So, she had it done."
"Did ye ever know him?"
"Who?"
"Yer father."
Kilie looked down at the ground. "No, he died before I was born, British navy.... Snuck up on the ship, caught them all off guard. They left no survivors."
Jack listened intently, she intrigued him.
"My mother, was in London, at the time. She got wind of what had happened by a friend of my father's on another ship. He came and got her upon her request, and she stayed on the ship with him and the rest of the crew for a while after I was born.... I think I was around 6 when we docked in Port Royal. That's where I got this," She pointed to the tattoo. "The Captain did it himself."
"So what happened to yer mother?"
"She got sickness of the lungs.... and died a few months later. I couldn't go with the ship, because they had already left. See, mum planned on finding us a house here, where we could stay. But that obviously never happened, so I was alone, until some people took me in."
"An' what about this friend of yers, the one who died? She 'ave anything to do with ye wanting to leave now?" Jack raised an eyebrow.
Kilie glanced up into his eyes, no more were they mocking, and laughing at her. Now they were filled with sympathy for her pain. "Yes, and No." Kilie took a deep breath. "My friend... well, really she was more like my grandmother. I wished that she were anyway... her name was Marie,"
'Marie,' Jack thought to himself, for some reason he knew he had heard that name-or at least, knew that he should have heard it before.
"She told me, that I wasn't meant to stay here in Port Royal, that my true place was the open sea. She was right, even if my mother had not died; I know I would have left eventually. I never intended to stay here. There's not an island or country to be found that I would call my home. I was born at sea, and that's where I'll die."
Jack smiled. "Yer an inspiration te us all, luv. Shall we be headin' te the ship now? Best introduce ye to the crew." Jack led the way through town and to the docks, where the Black Pearl sat, rocking back and forth in the lapping water.
The ship was a beauty to behold; Kilie wondered why she had never taken notice of it before. She smiled at the black sails that flapped and blew in the wind. A chill ran up her spine, the night was coming on fast and the air was becoming very cool. She stepped up on the platform and on to the ship, right on Jack's heels.
The crew, and a very small crew at that; were going about their nightly routines before heading to bed. A few glanced at Kilie as she stood next to the Captain.
"Mates! I want ye to listen up now! I 'ave great news!" Jack spread his arms wide, narrowly missing Kilie's face.
"I 'ave the other piece of the map! And this fine, young lass 'ere, 'as generously given it te me. 'er name is Kilie, an' she'll be joinin' our lit'ol family. She's a Pirate jus' like the rest of us. So les' all play nice, savvy?"
There was a mutual response of "Aye!" For who was going to question the captain?
Kilie smiled at the crew, they were a rough bunch, but they seemed nice enough.
Gibbs walked up to her, shaking her hand. "Name is Gibbs. Glad te have an extra hand aboard."
Jack raised an eyebrow at him. "I thought ye lived by the fact that it was bad luck te bring a woman on board, Gibbs."
Gibbs glanced around him, looking at Anna Maria, to make sure she couldn't hear him. "Aye, I did say that... but I only mean it with that one" Gibbs jerked his head in Anna Maria's direction.
Kilie furrowed her eyebrows. "Why?"
"Why? She's mad that one! Soon as cut yer throat than look at ye!" Gibbs said hoarsely.
Kilie gave a wry smile. "She'd probably have a good reason to."
Gibbs's facial expression made Kilie burst out laughing. Which made Gibbs smile.
"Aye, she'll fit in well here Cap'n" He nodded to them both and walked away.
"Come on, luv, I'll give ye a grand tour of me ship." Jack jerked his head, leading the way.
Kilie listened intently to Jack as he rambled on and on about his "Pearl" she remembered most of what he told her, though it had been fourteen years since she had been on a ship, she felt that things were slowly coming back to her.
"This is where some of the crew sleeps, not much te look at, but at least it's comfortable. If ye don't like the crowd then ye can always sleep on deck, pretty nice weather on most nights. Though it does get a bit cold." Jack continued past the crew's quarters with Kilie following behind him.
The moon was up in the sky now, and Kilie felt her eyes drooping, she needed to get some rest... soon. She rubbed her eyes and shook her head a little, waking herself up.
"Thank you very much Jack, for that... awe inspiring tour. " Kilie yawn.
Jack bowed playfully, "Yer welcome, luv."
"So, where can I put my things?" Kilie asked as she took her sack in both hands, eager to set it down somewhere.
A mischievous grin crossed Jack's face, as he stopped at his quarters, the CAPTAIN'S quarters. He unlocked the door and opened it, to reveal a surprisingly comfortable setting, with a few candles burning on the walls.
"In 'ere." Jack raised his eyebrows twice, quickly, giving Kilie his best suggestive look.
Kilie sighed, rolling her eyes at him. She came close to his face, her nose a mere inch from his.
Jack liked his lips and squinted at her, trying to figure this out.
"Jack..." Kilie whispered seductively.
"Yeah?"
Her eyes hardened and she drew away, glaring. "In Your dreams."
Jack's eyes widened, his face looked shocked. "How did you know tha- Uh.... Er, What I mean is um...nevermind"
There was a long awkward silence between the two of them.
Kilie raised a reddish eyebrow, confused and a little wierded out. "I.... I think I'll sleep out on deck tonight." She turned away, glancing over her shoulder at him, shaking her head. ' He actually DREAMS about me? Yuck.'
Jack stood in the doorway of his quarters, watching her go. Dammit! If she were any other girl she'd have been all over him by now. But then, that's what he liked about her; she wasn't like every other girl. Where most women couldn't resist him, she could..... and man, was that pissing him off! She was turning out to be the one woman that he really, truly wanted, and she had basically, in more words or less, told him to "Screw off!"
"Bloody women...." he grumbled and went into his room, closing the door. It was clear to him now that there would be no fun with her tonight.
Kilie went up on deck, it was vacant, she found a nice little spot to hunker down for the night. She lay down on her back, her arms folded behind her head. She smiled softly as the stars glittered in the dark sky above; the wind blew gently, bringing with it a sweet smelling freshness.
Kilie sighed, closing her eyes to sleep. This was the life she'd dreamed about.
Jack could not believe his eyes, there; right in front of him, for his very own eyes to see was the missing piece of his map! The one he had spent months searching for and all along it was with this girl.
"W- w- where did you get that?" Jack breathed.
"It was given to me... by an old friend.... But she's dead now." Kilie folded the map and looked away from him.
"Sorry to hear that, luv."
Kilie took a moment to regain herself before stepping closer to him and glaring up into his eyes. "Do we have an agreement?"
Jack smiled at her and nodded his head. "We do." He said huskily, tipping his hat to her.
Kilie handed over her part of the map.
Jack stared at it a bit before stuffing it in his coat pocket. "Jus' one question, luv."
"Fine." She mumbled.
"What made ye want to turn pirate?"
"TURN Pirate? Jack Sparrow-
"CAPTAIN, Captain Jack Sparrow! Bloody 'ell nobody ever remembers that!"
Kilie smiled, "Sorry, but what I was trying to say was that I don't need to turn pirate."
"An' why is that?" Jack half mocked, this should be good.
Kilie rolled up the sleeve of her shirt on her right arm, to reveal the letter "P" burned into her flesh.
"Because I am one." She grinned darkly.
Jack starred again in disbelief. "Well young missy, yer jus' chop full o' surprises today, aren't ye?"
Jack took hold of her arm, staring intently at the tattoo. "So, 'ow did ye get this?"
"My father was a Pirate..... and my mother, she wanted me to never be ashamed of him, to never be ashamed of where I came from. So, she had it done."
"Did ye ever know him?"
"Who?"
"Yer father."
Kilie looked down at the ground. "No, he died before I was born, British navy.... Snuck up on the ship, caught them all off guard. They left no survivors."
Jack listened intently, she intrigued him.
"My mother, was in London, at the time. She got wind of what had happened by a friend of my father's on another ship. He came and got her upon her request, and she stayed on the ship with him and the rest of the crew for a while after I was born.... I think I was around 6 when we docked in Port Royal. That's where I got this," She pointed to the tattoo. "The Captain did it himself."
"So what happened to yer mother?"
"She got sickness of the lungs.... and died a few months later. I couldn't go with the ship, because they had already left. See, mum planned on finding us a house here, where we could stay. But that obviously never happened, so I was alone, until some people took me in."
"An' what about this friend of yers, the one who died? She 'ave anything to do with ye wanting to leave now?" Jack raised an eyebrow.
Kilie glanced up into his eyes, no more were they mocking, and laughing at her. Now they were filled with sympathy for her pain. "Yes, and No." Kilie took a deep breath. "My friend... well, really she was more like my grandmother. I wished that she were anyway... her name was Marie,"
'Marie,' Jack thought to himself, for some reason he knew he had heard that name-or at least, knew that he should have heard it before.
"She told me, that I wasn't meant to stay here in Port Royal, that my true place was the open sea. She was right, even if my mother had not died; I know I would have left eventually. I never intended to stay here. There's not an island or country to be found that I would call my home. I was born at sea, and that's where I'll die."
Jack smiled. "Yer an inspiration te us all, luv. Shall we be headin' te the ship now? Best introduce ye to the crew." Jack led the way through town and to the docks, where the Black Pearl sat, rocking back and forth in the lapping water.
The ship was a beauty to behold; Kilie wondered why she had never taken notice of it before. She smiled at the black sails that flapped and blew in the wind. A chill ran up her spine, the night was coming on fast and the air was becoming very cool. She stepped up on the platform and on to the ship, right on Jack's heels.
The crew, and a very small crew at that; were going about their nightly routines before heading to bed. A few glanced at Kilie as she stood next to the Captain.
"Mates! I want ye to listen up now! I 'ave great news!" Jack spread his arms wide, narrowly missing Kilie's face.
"I 'ave the other piece of the map! And this fine, young lass 'ere, 'as generously given it te me. 'er name is Kilie, an' she'll be joinin' our lit'ol family. She's a Pirate jus' like the rest of us. So les' all play nice, savvy?"
There was a mutual response of "Aye!" For who was going to question the captain?
Kilie smiled at the crew, they were a rough bunch, but they seemed nice enough.
Gibbs walked up to her, shaking her hand. "Name is Gibbs. Glad te have an extra hand aboard."
Jack raised an eyebrow at him. "I thought ye lived by the fact that it was bad luck te bring a woman on board, Gibbs."
Gibbs glanced around him, looking at Anna Maria, to make sure she couldn't hear him. "Aye, I did say that... but I only mean it with that one" Gibbs jerked his head in Anna Maria's direction.
Kilie furrowed her eyebrows. "Why?"
"Why? She's mad that one! Soon as cut yer throat than look at ye!" Gibbs said hoarsely.
Kilie gave a wry smile. "She'd probably have a good reason to."
Gibbs's facial expression made Kilie burst out laughing. Which made Gibbs smile.
"Aye, she'll fit in well here Cap'n" He nodded to them both and walked away.
"Come on, luv, I'll give ye a grand tour of me ship." Jack jerked his head, leading the way.
Kilie listened intently to Jack as he rambled on and on about his "Pearl" she remembered most of what he told her, though it had been fourteen years since she had been on a ship, she felt that things were slowly coming back to her.
"This is where some of the crew sleeps, not much te look at, but at least it's comfortable. If ye don't like the crowd then ye can always sleep on deck, pretty nice weather on most nights. Though it does get a bit cold." Jack continued past the crew's quarters with Kilie following behind him.
The moon was up in the sky now, and Kilie felt her eyes drooping, she needed to get some rest... soon. She rubbed her eyes and shook her head a little, waking herself up.
"Thank you very much Jack, for that... awe inspiring tour. " Kilie yawn.
Jack bowed playfully, "Yer welcome, luv."
"So, where can I put my things?" Kilie asked as she took her sack in both hands, eager to set it down somewhere.
A mischievous grin crossed Jack's face, as he stopped at his quarters, the CAPTAIN'S quarters. He unlocked the door and opened it, to reveal a surprisingly comfortable setting, with a few candles burning on the walls.
"In 'ere." Jack raised his eyebrows twice, quickly, giving Kilie his best suggestive look.
Kilie sighed, rolling her eyes at him. She came close to his face, her nose a mere inch from his.
Jack liked his lips and squinted at her, trying to figure this out.
"Jack..." Kilie whispered seductively.
"Yeah?"
Her eyes hardened and she drew away, glaring. "In Your dreams."
Jack's eyes widened, his face looked shocked. "How did you know tha- Uh.... Er, What I mean is um...nevermind"
There was a long awkward silence between the two of them.
Kilie raised a reddish eyebrow, confused and a little wierded out. "I.... I think I'll sleep out on deck tonight." She turned away, glancing over her shoulder at him, shaking her head. ' He actually DREAMS about me? Yuck.'
Jack stood in the doorway of his quarters, watching her go. Dammit! If she were any other girl she'd have been all over him by now. But then, that's what he liked about her; she wasn't like every other girl. Where most women couldn't resist him, she could..... and man, was that pissing him off! She was turning out to be the one woman that he really, truly wanted, and she had basically, in more words or less, told him to "Screw off!"
"Bloody women...." he grumbled and went into his room, closing the door. It was clear to him now that there would be no fun with her tonight.
Kilie went up on deck, it was vacant, she found a nice little spot to hunker down for the night. She lay down on her back, her arms folded behind her head. She smiled softly as the stars glittered in the dark sky above; the wind blew gently, bringing with it a sweet smelling freshness.
Kilie sighed, closing her eyes to sleep. This was the life she'd dreamed about.
