"Why my ship?" muttered Jack on his way back to the Pearl. Will had told him that he had a plan that couldn't be said in the tavern. Jack walked up the gangplank muttering to himself about love and women. Once aboard, Jack felt a stinging slap across his face. "What the bloody hell was that for woman?!" exclaimed Jack rubbing the coloring hand shaped splotch on his left cheek.
"You're not alone Captain," said Ana Maria smoothly. "I heard you mumbling from below decks."
"Where's the rest of the crew?" asked Jack looking around the deck to find only a handful of men lounging about in coils of rope.
"Off getting soused, no doubt."
"…Where are they Ana Maria?"
"In the taverns or the beds of the local chambermaids and Lords wives, but I really don't know, thankfully."
"Well send a ships boy to find them, all of them. We're leaving with the morning tide." Then Jack stomped off toward his cabin saying something about needing another drink.
"Captain, why are we leaving?" Ana Maria yelled after him.
"Love," came the answer drifting on the evening fog. Ana Maria gave a sigh of longing. After that thing a couple of years ago with that Turner boy, she completely fallen head over heels for the man. She flaunted the fact when ever he was around, but he never notice. Feelings that she had kept at bay for years surfaced and would not leave this time. She had to be near Jack, so after send a pack of ship's boys for the crew she walked up to the aft cabin with one thing in mind.
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There was a knock at the door of Jack's cabin. He rolled his eyes, 'Probably Ana Maria wondering which ship's boy to send after the crew,' he thought. He opened the door to see Ana Maria just as he had thought, but it was plain to see she wasn't there to talk about ship's boys. "Can I help you?" asked Jack.
"You could ask me in, you know."
"Okay then, come on in my lady," Jack bowed her in. Ana Maria walked in some what stunned by the pirates change in actions. "Can I offer you a drink? We have rum, rum and… more rum."
"I'll have… umm… rum please." This friendly conversion was so out of character for either of them, they shocked themselves.
"What can I do for you my lovely little thing?" asked Jack taking a seat behind a table and motioning for Ana Maria to do the same. She didn't sit though. She walked around the table and kissed the captain rather soundly on the mouth. "I think I know exactly what to do for that," said Jack, touching the side of his nose with his index finger.
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Just then Will walked on board the Black Pearl followed by the rest of the ship's crew in varying stages of drunkenness. The ship gave a small lurch, some of the crew stayed up right, barely. The other part of the crew was not so lucky. Groans filled the air around the Pearl as men tried getting up. The wind had picked up a bit and with that the waves began to rock the ship, among other things (but we won't go there). More groaning and foul words arose over the deck of the Black Pearl. The only man sober enough to stay standing was Will; he didn't actually have anything to drink. The young man search the decks for Jack, but the pirate was no were to be seen. So Will walked up to the aft cabin and knocked on the door (always proper that Will). There was the sound of people rushing to the door. Jack opened the door and rolled his eyes at ol' dependable Will standing there. "Couldn't this have waited five minutes?"
"Do you want to know my plan or not?"
"Wait, I'll… we'll be right with you."
"It took you long enough." Will smiled at the door as it slammed in his face. "Get up you dogs!!" Will shouted at the crew. "We sail with the morning tide."
"Ay! You ain't the captain!" yelled a particularly soused sailor.
"For this voyage I am."
"Who said you were?" Jack emerged from the cabin still buttoning his shirt. Right behind him came a well satisfied Ana Maria tying red sash around her middle. Some of the crew gawked at her; other gave loud cat calls and congratulations to their captain. Ana Maria chose to ignore these signs of immaturity, besides she was second in command, no matter what happened between her and Jack, they still had to do what she ordered.
"We're going to Port Royal boys," said Will. Ana Maria just shook her head. 'Here we go again,' she thought.
