There'll be no livin' with her after this
Chapter 18-Revealing
Disclaimer: No, I don't own POTC… BTW, interruptedxthoughts, the fact that Johnny is in The Libertine is why I added that line. LOL…I can't wait for that movie to come out!
I probably won't be able to put up anymore chapters till next weekend, cause exams are next week (bleh). Johnny won best actor for the People's choice awards! He didn't come, but he made a speech from France.
Johnny alert: Golden Globes! Sunday, Jan. 16th!
Jack lay there, reminiscing about the night. He was still half-asleep, and it suddenly hit him. He rolled over, and saw that the other side of the bed was unoccupied. He just gazed for a few moments, before he realized that Jade was not there.
"What the devil?", he exclaimed, as he got up. "Must this always happen?"
"Mere?" the young woman walked cautiously into the pleasant house, she had once called her home. When she heard no answer, she walked into the family room.
"Mere? Pere?", she called again. She stopped at the mantel, and picked up a statuette of a ballerina that she loved when she was a girl.
""Who is it?" came a heavily French accent.
The young woman spun around, and ran to the figure, embracing her.
"Oh, Jade, mon amor!"
"Mom!"
They were speechless for a few moments, as they hadn't seen each other for quite a few years.
"My, my, look at you!", Jade's mother exclaimed, as she stepped back. "How you've grown…you're so beautiful and slender."
"Oh, mom!" Jade looked back at her mother. She was as lovely as she had always been, even though her beauty had palled over time.
"Well, darling, it's been at least 5 years, now. What are you doing back? I mean, what has happened?"
Jade blushed slightly, and brushed a loose strand away from her face, which had fallen out of the clips, of which she held her pretty tresses back. "It's a long story, mother. And, I wanted to see you. You know before I left that I wanted to come back. J'adore le France."
Her mother sighed, putting her hand to her lips. "Lots of things changed, Jade."
Jade looked at her questioningly.
"For one thing, your father is in Spain."
"Spain?"
"Oui…."
Jade looked heartbroken.
"Jade…I'm sorry."
"No. C'est bien", she said sarcastically.
"Darling, you know your father and I like to move around a lot…", she shrugged futilely, and chuckled halfheartedly. "Que voulez-vous?"
"You know why I left in the first place, mom? Because I was tired of you and pere doing this all the time."
"Darling, if you just told us how you felt…"
"You wouldn't listen."
"Well, love, perhaps we can start telling each other things now", Madame Rochet said earnestly, taking her daughter's hand. "As you'll come with us", she added.
"No! Mere", Jade answered, still bitter. "I will not leave the one I love."
"Jade!"
Jade was now filled with distress. "Mom, you've been making me do these things in all mon vie. I won't stand for it."
Madame Rochet frowned at her, as she had done when Jade was a little girl. "I can't believe you! Your love? You'll do…"
"Mere! I'm a woman now", Jade exclaimed and rushed to the door. Her mother went after her, stopping her as she took her arm.
Before she could retort, Jade said, "I thought I could just say 'Bonjour', but obviously that was a mistake. You've never changed. I love you, mother, but you can't rule my life ceaselessly."
Jade raced out of the house, running as swiftly as she could down the hill, until she reached the marketplace. She stopped, catching her breath, and putting her hand to her forehead.
"I knew she would make me do something like this."
She looked up, her hand still resting across her forehead, and saw her mother at the door. Presently, Madame went back into the house.
Jade sighed, and sat down at a nearby table. She was still quite unsettled from this unexpected outburst.
Jack paced back and forth around Jade's quarters.
"Where the bloody hell could she be!", Jack muttered to himself. He worried sick about her.
"Damn, she shouldn't go out in this condition. Somethin' could happen to her", he ran his hands through his hair, and sighed, trying to calm himself down. He briskly walked out of the room, and made his way to the kitchen. He sat down, and drummed his fingers on his chin.
He suddenly heard the front door click, and raced to it. He went to Jade, who looked fatigued, but her gold and emerald eyes lit up when she saw him.
"Bloody, damn it love, what the bloody devil did ye think ye were doin'?"
"It's nothing, Jack", she said, trying to brush away the subject. She looked at him blissfully. "I'm just so happy to see you."
"God, you're so beautiful" he kissed her.
He took her to the kitchen, and sat her down in a chair. She sat carefully, and recuperated herself.
"Jade, ye know ye shouldn't jus' go somewhere in yer state."
"I know, love. It was a mistake…" she faltered, and Jack sat next to her.
"I went to see my mother…"
"Really, now?"
"Oui. I shouldn't have. She doesn't approve of my decisions…But I suppose that's right, since I don't approve of hers….I love you, Jack, and I'm so relieved to see you."
She kissed him passionately, and they began to move out of the room;
"There's the libertine I know…", she breathed, and Jack resumed kissing her, his hands wandering along her back.
There were some sounds of a door and some talking in the background, but it went ignored.
They were in the hallway, almost to Jack's quarters, when the talking grew louder, and someone bounded in.
"Oh! God…!"
There was a gasp.
Jack and Jade broke the kiss. It was Jade's turn to gasp.
"Will", Jack said, a bit breathlessly, his hands still around Jade's waist. He glanced over at Elizabeth, who had a look of pure shock on her face.
"Oh dear", Jade uttered in the same breathless tone as she rested her head on Jack's shoulder.
Will cleared his throat, and said, "Well, we'll be, uh…Come on, Elizabeth."
He took his wife by the hand, and had to practically drag her away.
Still in complete shock, she managed as they walked away, "But Will! It's Jack! I didn't know it was this serious…!"
The sound of their voices dimmed as they went outside, and to the other side of the house.
"Now…where were we, love?"
"Jack"
"Aye", he said, not resisting to kiss her again.
"We're found out now…"
"It's Will an' Elizabeth, Jade."
"Oui, but soon…everyone else is going to find out."
"Hmmm", Jack paused for a moment, seeming to be contemplating. "Ah, well. There's no harm in it, eh?"
"You're so hot, darling", she said, her hands moving to his shoulders. "But, the grand couple is here now, and poor Will, and even more so poor Elizabeth, who didn't even have an idea…"
"Don't think they're too happy, eh?"
Jade smiled. "And besides the fact, that, again, we're in the hallway…"
"Oh, we almost made it, savvy?", Jack said, motioning to the door of the room. "You're not goin' to suggest we talk to them now, love?"
"Mmm."
"An' just pretend nothing happened?"
Just at that moment Governor Swann walked by, and Jack took his hands off her waist, and moved a bit off from her.
"Ah! Just looking for you, Captain, Miss Rochet. Mr. and Mrs. Turner have arrived back."
"Oh!"
"We shall have a spot of tea with them out on the terrace."
"Alright, Governor", Mr. Sparrow said tolerably.
He let Governor Swann walk ahead of them.
"I guess we'll have to pretend…just a bit…for now", Jade whispered.
Jack took her arm as they walked. "Jus' don't make me pretend too much, lass."
Mere: Mother
Pere: Father
J'adore le France: I love France
Que voulez-vous: What do you expect?
mon vie: My life