Mouse10 – glad you like
Comfortablynumb89 – glad you like it too; sorry for the confusion at the end of the last chapter, I hope that this one sorts it out for you.
Sorry it's only a short chapter but I thought you might like it, it sort of explains things (a little).
Chapter 7: Rum"Bloody navy." Jack joined his crew in cursing them – the battle had been short and now the crew stood along on the decks of the Pearl. Jack turned and walked back into the cabin.
"Beth?"
"Beth?" He called her name a second time when he could not see her. He became frantic. "BETH!" He practically shouted - but still no response. He looked all round the cabin before his eyes came to rest on a single peace of parchment on his desk. He picked it up:
Jack,
I love you and always will.
Beth.
He re-read it a thousand times before taking it in. His gaze then fell on the desk: a chain with a ring attached to it lay there. He picked it up and instantly recognised it; it was Beth's she was never without it. He had once asked her what it was, her reply had been short but full of meaning: my mother's. He put both items in his pocket and walked out on deck – it did not even cross his mind how she had gone only that she had gone.
"Jack! Jack are you alright." Bill asked, dismissing the pain of his broken arm, at the sight of his captain's face.
"She's gone." Was all his said as he walked past him.
"Where are ye goin'?" He asked but Jack didn't pause to answer but just continued walking. Bill thought he heard the word "rum" in Jack's mumblings as he walked off the ship but wasn't sure.
"Another." Jack said to the bar wench as she walked past banging his mug to emphasis his point.
"Sure luvie." She said, although the look on her face said that if this were her place she'd have stopped serving him – he had been drinking all day, she was amazed he was still conscious.
"Excuse me mate." A voice came to Jack ears
"Mmm." He said raising his head to look at the man addressing him.
"I heard that ye'd be a captain."
"Yes – Captain Jack Sparrow." He told the stranger amazingly coherently.
"Right – now I be wondering if I could join ye crew." He proposed; he had been watching Jack try and drink himself into a stupor and decided that joining his crew would be the easiest thing to do in the world.
"Sure mate – what position would ye like?" Jack asked him, showing just how drunk he was.
"First mate."
"Agreed."
"Agreed."
"Oh mate I'll be needing to know ye name.
"Barbossa."
"Well, Barbossa welcome to the Black Pearl." Jack said and with that he past out.
"Bethany!" He father exclaimed as she boarded the Valiant.
"Father." She said donning on her smile – nothings changed she thought sadly.
"You look a fright – here." He said putting his jacket over her shoulders, and walking her into the cabin telling her how glad he was that she was safe… But she didn't hear any of it, she had only one thing on her mind: Jack.
Please review - I'm feeling lonely without reviews!
