A/N: Sorry I haven't updated in a while, but I was camping with my family. So, now I'm back and I tried to make this chapter longer for you all-enjoy. Also, happy late St. Patrick's day. Is anyone here Irish? I am! (Partly)
DeadPoetic- Hey! Welcome aboard! I don't think 'cute' is a good word to describe Elli and I, but I know what you meant. (Sigh) Yes, guys are always the last to know how a girl feels about them-it's frustrating, but we love them anyways. And I tried to make this different from the typical 'girl- goes -back -in -time- and- falls- in- love -with- Will- or-Jack' stories. Not that those stories are bad, but there are just to many of them. Thanks for reviewing!
TriGemni-Thanks again for your wonderful reviews and I understand how you have so many ideas for other stories, I'm like that as well and I think this is the first story I have ever finished(I have it all written down on notebook paper.) And I've never finished any of my original stories...Yes, Elli does jump to conclusions, but what would you do if you heard that kind of conversation between some guy and your best friend?
blossomlite- Hey! Thanks for coming back! I'm glad you like this story! I sure hope Will can forget about Elizabeth or Ari is going to be sad! And Will feels kind of torn between Ari and Elizabeth, he can't seem to chose who he loves more. I'm sure that's a horrible situation to be in! Thanks for reviewing!
Jinxeh- Tell Karolyn I'm sorry, but it is the truth! And tell her not to frighten Will too much or Ari just might come over and beat her up or something. If Karolyn has to torment someone, make it Elizabeth! By the way, I liked your 'Coffee Isn't For Teenagers' it's a funny story (the whole rap-off thing was hilarious) Also, thank you for mentioning me in your bio. page. And yes I know I update quickly but that's because I have so many ideas! So thanks for reviewing!
Elli- How could I leave that part out, it was the funniest part! And yes, Jack is gross, but that part was funny too, come on, you have to admit it! Thanks for your review! (And yes I have heard of that song)
Chapter Eleven-Unintended
It seemed like an eternity before we reached the reached the island. No one had said much on the way there, but Jack and Will had a little argument about pirates and all. I still wondered why Will was so against pirates because Jack proved that all pirates are not crazy, violent, sex-deprived heathens. But that was his issue, not mine. At least he didn't hate me!
Once we arrived at a back entrance leading inside one of the caverns, we abandoned the boat and carefully crept into the large cavern where Barbossa's voice could dimly be heard. Jack went and knelt behind a large shelf like rock, hiding himself from the view of the pirates, but still able to see what was going on. We all followed him and ducked down, wondering how we were going to save Elizabeth. Well, Will and Jack might've been wondering that, but I knew Elli and I weren't.
Barbossa now held a sharp dagger in his hand and I saw Will's eyes grow wary. "Jack!" He cried and sprang up, but Jack roughly pulled him down again. I crossed myself and prayed
that the pirates had not seen him, but soon I heard Barbossa going on with his speech and I knew we were still a secret to them.
"We wait." Jack muttered in a low voice, "for the opportune moment." At this he stood up and proceeded to walk out into the crowd of pirates. Elli looked at him as if he was stupid, but didn't do anything.
'If he wants to get himself killed, it's fine by me.' She thought to herself.
"Why? When it's the greatest profit for you?" Will hissed, also standing up. Jack sighed and turned around.
"Have I ever given you a reason not to trust me?" He asked.
"Yes." Elli muttered. Jack shot her a dark look before continuing on.
"Listen, do us a favor, I know it's very difficult for you, but stay here and don't do anything stupid." He replied and began to walk off towards the crowd once more, but not without shooting one last warning glare at all of us. As soon as he turned his back to us again, Will grabbed one of the oars from our row boat and knocked Jack out cold with it.
"Whoa! You're my new best friend!" Elli cried as softly as she could. I just blinked, still not believing that Will just did that. After all, he always seemed so nice and peaceful.Will walked off towards the crowd, careful to stay in the shadows and close to the wall.
"What are you doing?" I hissed at him, wondering what was going through his head right now. What if Barbossa saw him, did he not even care? He ignored me as well and kept walking, but that was no surprise because when he has Elizabeth on his mind, how can he even think of me?
Then I realized that when Elizabeth is safe and sound on the Interceptor with us, Will wouldn't even give me a second thought. He went on this whole adventure to save her, so what importance would I be to him? Why would he bother himself with me anymore when he can have Elizabeth? I remembered how we stayed up late talking together last night, or how Will always seemed to grab my hand or lay his hand on mine and then I felt stupid for thinking that those things could've meant something, that it could've meant that he loved me now instead of her.
And with those thoughts came the reality that I could never tell Will how I felt about him because he loved Elizabeth. He had a chance to be happy with her and I couldn't take that away by telling him that I loved him. That was just selfish and as I said earlier, I just wanted Will to be happy.
It really hurts when the whole world falls down on top of you.
All too soon, Will crept back over to us with Elizabeth clinging to his arm. I swear if she held onto him any tighter then his arm would turn blue and fall off. I instantly narrowed my eyes at her and stood up straight, making my eyes hard and emotionless. I wasn't going to break down and cry now, not in front of her and Will. I pushed all those thoughts of Will out of my head and walked over to our row boat again. Will carefully helped Elizabeth in the boat while Elli just hopped in lightly and sat next to me. I took up the oars and began rowing, but stopped when Will laid a hand on my shoulder.
"Here, let me row." He offered in a soft voice.
"I think I can do it Will. I'm not some delicate lady." I muttered darkly. Will smiled a little.
"I know. You're far from it in fact, I just thought it would be nice to help you." He replied, but let me row anyways and I did. I rowed vigorously with powerful strokes, propelling us far from the island and back to the Interceptor.
As soon as we got to the Interceptor, I was the first one out of the row boat, with Elli following me. I hopped up on deck and was greeted by the crew who looked relieved that we were back. But soon the attention was stolen away from Elli and I(the brave heros) and was turned to none other than Elizabeth.
"Welcome aboard the Interceptor Ms. Swann, we've been searching for you." Mr. Gibbs greeted her gruffly.
"Mr. Gibbs?" Elizabeth asked, as if she used to know him. He nodded at her and then turned to Will.
"Hey boy, where be Jack?" He demanded. Will grew silent at that and my eyes widened. Jack! How could we have forgotten him? We all walked right past him while he was still out cold!
"He fell behind." Will muttered and was about to take Elizabeth off to a cabin, but I stopped him, grabbing onto his wrist.
"Will, we can't just leave him in there with Barbossa and his men!" I cried. It was inhuman and immoral! He helped us after all.
"Of course we can!" Elli said hastily, but I tuned her out.
"Will." I said softly, nearly pleading with him while he looked out at sea.
"We can't go back there Ari. If we do, we're as good as dead and you know it." Will replied, looking me in the eyes.
"But Jack risked his life to help us and you risked your own life by helping him break out of prison!" I cried. Will winced as if he hadn't wanted to remember that.
"Ari, please try and understand that we can't help him now. We have to stick to the code and I thought you would know more about that since you are a pirate." Will said darkly and my eyes widened even more.
"I didn't know I was a bloody pirate until Jack told us about the pirate brand, so would you just let it go Will Turner?" I shouted, letting go of his wrist. "Just-never mind about going to help Jack. Just forget it. It's not like you could do anything anyways-you're so pathetic." I muttered and stormed off to the bow.
The whole crew was staring at me in shock. I could feel them eyeing me, but I didn't turn around-I just set about to working on the riggings.
Will and Elizabeth walked off to a cabin, but I didn't care. At least I tried to tell myself that I didn't care, but who knew what they were going to do and who knew what Will thought of me now. But it's not like I cared...
"Ari..." Someone called softly, laying a hand on my shoulder. I turned around and saw that it was Elli. She smiled softly, apologetically. I smiled back weakly, but it probably came out as a grimace.
"He probably hates me now." I said in a whisper.
"No, you were just upset. He'll understand." Elli replied, trying to encourage me. I smiled a little brighter. "But why do you care about Jack so much?"
"Why not? He's a nice guy." I replied.
"Sure." Elli muttered and rolled her eyes. I laughed a little, but stopped once I saw Elizabeth walk back up on deck. Now that was odd. I expected her to be down there with Will for at least an hour, or I thought that he would be up here with her, but she was all alone. Elli noticed this too and smiled mischievously.
"Well, I do believe this is your opportune moment." She said and walked off.I watched her walk off, wondering why she just used one of Jack's phrases. I paid no attention to it though and decided to take this opportune moment.
As soon as I walked down below deck, Will stood up and narrowed his eyes at me. I instantly straightened my back and stood by the exit, not letting him get away without listening to me.
"Will, please listen to me." I said in a soft, but firm voice.
"Why?" He hissed. "So you can go on about how pathetic I am?" I winced at the harsh tone he had spoken in and at the memory of our recent fight.
"You know I didn't mean it." I said gently. He gave a short and bitter laugh.
"I do? Sometimes I don't think I know you as well as I thought I knew you." He replied. Normally that would've confused me, but I was completely focused now so I could chose my words carefully and not make this any worse than it already was.
"Will, I am sorry. I truly am. What I said about you being pathetic...that was wrong and not true at all. You're far from pathetic." I muttered.Will sighed tiredly and sat down again.I slowly edged forward and sat at the chair next to him.
"Calling on the help of a pirate and a crew from Tortuga is pretty pathetic. If I was better than that, I would've found a different way." He said softly and clenched his fists. Now he was no longer frustrated with me, but frustrated with himself and I couldn't have that either. I leaned forward and laid a hand on his clenched fist.
"Will, sometimes you have to take the hard way. Sometimes you have to do things differently in order to get something done." I whispered in a soft voice. He looked up at me and I realized how close we really were. "And you're not pathetic."
"I'm sorry for getting on you about being a pirate, because I'm one too." Will admitted suddenly.
"What? But how?" I asked softly.
"Jack was right. My father was a pirate..." Will said softly and looked down at a golden medallion in his hand. I ran my fingers over it lightly and felt that pulling feeling. So this is what was calling to me? I took my fingers away quickly, I didn't like the way the medallion felt. "Barbossa needs my blood, I'm the sacrifice." Will murmured. I looked up at him again, my eyes full of fear. He couldn't be the sacrifice! I felt an overwhelming amount of feelings wash over me and fought the urge to once again tell Will how I really felt towards him.
"Will..." I began and tried to stop myself, but the words were threatening to spill out. I clamped a hand over my mouth a turned away. I wouldn't ruin his life with Elizabeth. He would hate me. I couldn't tell him I loved him, I couldn't.
"Ari, are you alright?" He asked softly and laid a hand on my back. He was so nice and caring! Why? Why did he have to be this way? I bit my tongue because the words were right on them. It would be so easy to open my mouth, say those three words and ruin his life.
'But what if he doesn't love her?' Another voice in my mind argued and at that I couldn't stop the words, so I did the only thing my brain would allow me to think of at the time. I leaned forward and kissed Will, wrapping my arms around his neck and everything.
I felt him grow stiff underneath me and I knew I had made a mistake. What I had done was wrong, but I couldn't help that now. I found myself kissing Will deeper, even though I knew I should pull away, but I was just afraid that I would still tell him that I loved him. (As if he hadn't figured it out by now.
To my surprise though, I felt his arms around my waist and I swear I could feel him kissing me back. This was too much for me to handle though. Did he love me? Was he just imagining I was Elizabeth? He was supposed to love her after all.
As if to answer my question, I felt him push me away from him and I knew I was wrong. He would never love me now and that just proved it.
"I'm so sorry." He said and gently touched my cheek. I shivered and wondered why he was still acting this way. Why did he kiss me back and then shove me away? Why was he still touching me. He was playing a sick game with me and I was tired of it.
"Stop it!" I cried and stood up, knocking my chair over.
"Ari..." He whispered, but I turned around and ran back up on deck, seeking refuge in my cabin. "Ari!" He called again.
But I didn't hear him because I had locked the door and crawled underneath my bed covers, trying not to cry.
A/N: Okay, so maybe it wasn't that long, but it's late over here! I do have to sleep sometime! Well, at least this chapter was interesting right? How do you think Will is going to handle this? Hm?
