I
woke up with Jack on top of me. His brown eyes were staring into mine
looking for sympathy. "Did you lose the remote?" I said
seriously. He shook his head and kissed the tip of my nose and
smiled. "You want a toy don't you Jack?" I sat up with him
still on my lower body and legs. He shook his head again. "What did
you lose? Or what do you want?" He got off and sat next to me.
"Weeeeeellll. I was wondering. About the bachelor party." I
rolled my eyes in disgust and got up. I pulled my robe on and opened
the door and slapped Sirius. "How did you kno-" I left in the
middle of Jack's gaping.
"MY BLOODY NOSE! ITS GONNA FALL
OFF!" Sirius crumpled into a ball on the floor, he was laughing. I
grabbed three Capri Suns and chucked one at Sirius and tossed one to
Jack. Sirius put it on his nose and sat on the couch next to Jack and
glared at the juice on his nose. "Damn 'oo woman. Gotta be so
effin mean to me all the time…"he muttered. I shrugged and played
affectionately with Jacks ear. He looked at me.
"You know you
never answered me…" He winced and opened one eye. I shook my
head.
"Do what you want. Make sure you bake the cake before you
put in the stripper, Sirius. Just don't go off having sex with
woman once you're drunk Jack. Or I'll have your head mounted
above the TV." Jack looked at Sirius wide-eyed because of my
serious tone. "Where's Willow?" I asked Sirius as I watched
Jack try and swat a fly attacking his Rice Krispie cereal.
"Sleeping." I nodded and got up.
"I'm taking a
shower," I said and looked at Sirius coldly. The last time Jack had
lice, I had tried to get rid of it in the sink. Sirius wandered in
screaming "A-HA!" assuming we were doing things not meant to be
done in a bathroom. Before that even he had tried to spy on me while
I showered. I walked into the bathroom and locked the door, and
covered the key hole with three layers of duct tape. I leaned my head
on the tiled wall and stayed like that for at least thirty relaxing
minutes. Long enough for Jack to be banging on the door complaining
he needed to use the toilet. Finally I walked out in fuzzy slippers
and a robe and stood there with a blank expression. "WHAT THE HELL
IS GOING ON?" I was shocked to see Remus, James, Sirius, and Jack
sitting in the living room drinking butterbeers. It had a clear view
to the bathroom door. I stood there tightly gripping the robe over me
and looked at Jack who clearly knew he was in trouble.
"Err…"
I walked into the other room and slammed the door behind Jack. I
locked it and changed behind the dresser. "JACK YOU MORON!" I
slapped him square across the face and by the sounds of it, I had
smacked him loud enough for the guys to hear in the other room. I
fell on the bed on my stomach. He put his hand above my back and
pulled it back. Normally he would have been hugging me but he was in
a lot of trouble. He knew it too so he sat there.
"I'm sorry.
I…wasn't thinking. We were planning the bachelor party and a date
to get tuxes." I looked at him.
"Do you really mean that?"
He nodded. "Honestly?"
He murmured ,"Yes." I hugged
him lightly with one arm.
"You know how I get when Sirius sees
me like that." I looked at the blank TV screen.
"I'm going
to watch TV in here." He smiled and left, closing the door gently.
Remus, James, and Sirius were all smiling widely as he tiptoed back.
"Someone got in trouble with his wife!" Sirius said
happily sipping his butterbeer. I sighed and fell asleep and I was
woken by Jack. Not by his hyper-active morning mood. I knew he got
romantic at night. He kissed me gently on the cheek and stroked my
hair. I was pretending to still be asleep. He knew if I was mad, he
shouldn't bother me for the rest of the day. But every time I fell
asleep around noon and slept late. And every time he'd kiss me
goodnight. Like each time he did it would make me forget what he did
that day and it worked. I opened my eyes and rolled over. I surprised
myself by prodding him in the shoulder. He looked at me. "Mmh?"
I just smiled and just kissed him. He looked surprised but kissed
back. I stopped and sat up, he did the same.
"Is something
wrong?"
"Nothing at all. Its odd but it just hit me now."
He looked at me like I was mad. "I'm going to be married to the
greatest man in the world in seven days." He smiled warmly at me
and kissed me.
"I love you," he whispered in my ear as we
laid back down.
"I love you too Jack." I couldn't fall
asleep and apparently neither could Jack. An hour later we were both
cuddling and stoking each others hands, ears, and cheeks lovingly. I
struck a personal question at him out of no place. "Why did you
stop sailing for me?" I looked up at him with a wondering
expression. He stared at the dresser and tightened his grip on me,
his arms were draped around my shoulders and back. He looked down
after a minute and closed his eyes tiredly.
"You know why."
We both smiled and closed our eyes. Miraculously, we both fell asleep
after he had answered.
I sat there on a stool as girls fussed over my makeup and hair. Hours later I was to be Mrs. Sparrow. Nervously, I walked up the isle. I couldn't see well because the veil was almost blinding. I could hear the priest, Jack's "I do". "You may now kiss the bride…" I saw hands lift the veil. I screamed as a sword was sent through me. The next thing I knew I was…
Sitting
bolt upright dripping icy cold sweat at 4:00 AM. I ran my hand across
my forehead and sighed. Jack was snoring lightly. I loved the way he
did that. I couldn't fall back to sleep so I decided to annoy my
friends by waking them up. Ring…Ring…"Yullo?"
"Morning Pie," I yawned.
"What the eff are you doing
calling me at…FOUR AM?"
"I couldn't sleep. Bad dream.
Horrible," I admitted bashfully.
"Mmmhmm. About?"
I
hesitated. "The wedding." There was a short silence.
"That's
it? You know it's just a case of the nerves. I'm going back to
sleep."
"It wasn't the same Pie! Jack, or whoever lifted my
veil, drove a sword through me before I could see who even lifted
it."
"Nerrviesss." I ignored her and pulled an ice cream
cone from the freezer. I sighed.
"I suppose you're right. I
don't want to believe you but I will…For once." I paused and
added randomly ,"Am I still on that shoot list?" We both laughed
and I bit into the ice cream.
"Hell, you weren't, but now you
are. Waking me up at 4:00 AM for nothing." "It was a dream
but it was something." She yawned.
"You should move
into my apartment building. I could be on you're murder as soon
as I get my breakfast list for ringing your doorbell at 4 in the
morning offering ice cream!" I heard her chuckle. "I'm gonna
go. I bet you're dying to get back to sleep."
"Mhm. I am."
I sat on my bed after eating the ice cream with the phone.
"Call
me at noon. I'll be up around then." She said if she was up by
then she would. I hung up and put my hand over Jack's shoulder
sleepily. "It is the nerves." He woke up at my touch and rolled
over to face me. "Couldn't sleep huh?" He questioned drowsily.
I shook my head and draped my arm over his shoulder. "I'm going
to the store," I muttered as I got up. He got up and held onto my
hips as I neared the door. "Don't leave meeee…" He whined
unhappily. I turned and pushed him onto the bed. Jack gaped
playfully. "Gasp. Is someone feeling naughty?" I jumped on the
bed next to him and he growled. I shook my head and kissed him.
"Nope. Not a dirty thought in my mind."
He sighed and got
up,"At least I tried." I opened the door again. "Where're you
really going?"
"I told you, the store. I'm going to
get a magazine." He pulled his shirt on and got up.
"I'll
come with then. I couldn't sleep either."
We
walked two blocks to a general store holding hands and talking. We
must have looked like weirdos. Wouldn't you find it odd watching
two people in pajamas walk down the sidewalk at 4 A.M. laughing? I
stopped inside and got more than expected. Four bags of chips, two
sodas, and three magazines. Jack gaped at me when I walked out with
it all. By the time we were back half of the food was gone, and we
were completely awake. I jumped on the couch and opened the remaining
chips. Jack clambered on my legs and grinned. "Is that all
you ever think about, Jack?" He nodded with his goofy smile stuck
on his face. I leaned up as much as I could and pecked him lightly.
"My legs are going numb." He got off and kissed me. I blinked a
few times. "What was that for?"
"I dunno."
The
phone was ringing like mad when I woke up. Jack had his back side
sticking up in the air as he drooled into a pillow. I got up and
answered it. "Ya what the hell do you want?" I looked at the
clock. It was two in the afternoon.
"FINALLY! I've been
calling for at least fifteen minutes! You told me to call you at
noon," the familiar voice said into the ear piece.
"Mmhm.
Jack keeps sitting on my legs. A bit odd really, but I know what he
wants," I whispered. Luckily the phone was in the bedroom and Jack
couldn't hear out conversation if he stirred in his sleep.
"I
can figure out that one. He lost the remote?"
"Surprisingly,
no. I can't believe how slow you are toda-"
"Well EXCUSE ME!
If I am not mistaken you are the one who woke me up at FOUR IN THE
MORNING!"
I smiled widely. "Eh. Well. It's like he wants the
honeymoon to come early. WAIT WHY AM I EVEN EXPLAINING THIS TO YOU?"
We both burst out in a fit of mad giggles for minutes. I began to
speak but started laughing again. I tried hardly to suppress my
laughter and I managed to gasp,"My SPLEEN!" Only to make
us laugh harder. My side was in pain. "I have to go. I think my
side is split open. I'm gonna wake Jack up if I talk to you any
longer! Bye."
"Bye!"
"What was tha bout?" Jack
scratched his side and flopped on the bed.
"Nothing. We were
acting like crushing school girls is all."
Jack kissed me
lightly and walked out. Why was he acting so mushy all of a
sudden? He would normally be hyper-active and annoying…
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A/N:
Giggle. I love this chapter, Jack is acting like this for a reason
and its not because he's getting married.
