Chapter 5: Too Much Rum
I was standing at the bow of the boat drinking some much-needed rum while Jack was steering the ship. I turned around and looked at him, he stared back. I saw him squint his eyes and almost immediately come running forward. "Where did you get that?" He asked anxiously.
"I found it in a cupboard somewhere." I said teasingly.
"Ye wouldn't mind sharing that with Ol' Jack now would you?
" I don't know… I am pretty thirsty and it has been an awfully long time since my last drink. Anyways, aren't you supposed to be steering the ship, I wouldn't want you to crash into a rock or something." I saw Jacks eyes get really big. He snatched at the bottle of his beloved rum and knocked it into the sea.
"My rum!"
"You're rum? That was my bottle, you just wasted a perfectly good bottle of rum!"
"Please tell me there's more!" Jack looked scared, so I played with his mind a little.
sigh "No Jack, that was the only bottle I could find." Now he looked really scared.
"Ok… I'm going in after it!"
He was about to jump over board to get the rum and I shouted, "No Jack, there is two full cupboards of it!" A wave of relief went across his face.
"Take me to it!"
"Fine, have it your way. Go steer the ship and I'll bring you a bottle."
"Oh goody, goody." Jack said excitedly almost skipping away. A few moments later I appeared from were the 'secret' stash was at, which I moved so that he wouldn't find it. If he knew where it was I feared he would drink it all. I handed him the rum and he chugged half the bottle.
"Slow down Jack!" I said a tiny bit surprised, "that's all you're getting till tomorrow." Once again his eyes got really big.
"You like seeing me in pain, don't you luv."
"No, I just don't know how long I'm going to be stuck on this ship. Where are we going?"
"Port Royal, I want you to meet a friend."
"Alright, if you're a good boy ill give you another bottle of rum later." I gave Jack an evil smile and went back to the bow of the boat and stared out to sea. I didn't realize how long I was there until the sky got brighter and the sun began to rise. Making the stars and the moon disappear. "Jack must be craving for rum." I said aloud to myself. I went to where the rum was stashed and found Jack looking frantically for it. "You're never going to find it." I said startling Jack.
"You don't understand how bad I need it!" I smiled and started to walk away. "But I was good. And you said I could have some more if I was good!"
"I will, just not now. If I get it now you might find out where it's at and then there won't be any rum for anyone." He went back to steering the ship and I snuck out a couple bottles. "Here, are you happy now?"
"Why are you so mean to me?"
"You'll thank me later." I walked away taking a sip of my rum. After I finished the bottle. I went to my 'secret' stash and got some more. And then I did it again. The next thing I knew I was standing on the railing at the bow of the boat shouting, "Look Jack!" He looked up to see what I was doing. I look of shock went across his face.
"No! Don't do that!"
"I can fly! WEEEEEE!" He came up behind me a grabbed me pulling me down making me fall on top of him, which cause him to fall. "Awwwwww… you're such a party Jack, pooper."
It took Jack a little while for him to figure out what I said, "I think you have had a little too much to drink luv." He said finally. "How much did you have?"
"This many." I said holding out 10 fingers.
"How many were there?" He said frightened.
"This many!" I said once again holding out 10 fingers. "You know what Jack."
"You drank it all! There's no way!"
"You are one beautiful pirate."
"You, YOU… what was that." I poke his nose and giggled. "Come on luv, I better lock you up somewhere before you do something incredibly stup…"
I grabbed his hat and put it on my head. "Look I'm a pirate! ARRGG!"
"Me hat! Give it back! I don't look like a captain with out it!" I ran up to the to the steering wheel on the boat grabbed it and gave it a quick spin. "Not good, NOT GOOD!" The boat made a sharp turn causing the both of us to fall over. He got up and ran over to me. Apparently the fall made the hat fall off. "Where's me hat!"
"I fell…" I said with a drunken slur. He turned his head and saw his hat. He picked it up brushed it off and put it back on his head. He was about the scream at me as I passed out. He stepped over me and turned us back on course.
"That rum would have been safer if I hid it from you. I can hold my liquor…" He said picking me up. He brought me into one of the small rooms on the ship shut the door and locked me in. He walked into the room he thought the rum would be in. Sure enough it was. The last time I got the rum out I left the not so secret, secret cupboard open along with seven emptied bottles of rum.
