Chapter 5: Bahama Mama or Bust!

Two days went by & Jack was true to his word she never say him again in the next five years. Rumor was he never left his cabin. Said he stayed in it & sulked.
When the W.(White) Pearl was about a week out to sea when Jess realized something, she hadn't seen Ana the whole time. Her face showed horror when she realized she must still be in Tortuga.
"Cap'n, 'ow far are we from the next port?" Shelly asked in the door way of Chell's room.
"We ain't goin ta the next port. We've got enough supplies ta get 'ome so tha's where we be goin'." Jess said, "it could give Jack the time he needs ta catch up with us. If I see 'im now I could go ballistic on 'im & Chell ain't 'ere ta clam me down."
"Cap'n," Kat said from Chell's door as well, "we 'ave enough energy ta dive fer three days."
"All 'ands below deck!" Jess said on the intercom. She told Tasha she was in charge. She walked next door to her room & started to rearrange things in her room so she wouldn't think of Jack every time she was in there. She got new sheets & all the things that had removable cloth coverings were changed. She left his room as it was name plate & all.
She was trying to move her desk when a small book fell out. It was bound in black leather & as she flipped through it she realized it was a diary. She closed it & looked at the cover & saw it had her name engraved upon it: Jessica L. Adams.
A knock on the door interrupted her thoughts & she looked up to see Tasha's boyfriend Jesse standing in the doorway. "Want some help movin this stuff? Me & the boys ain't doin nuthin."
"Sure." For about an hour she told them where everything went. When the left she went back to the diary atop her bed. She opened it & realized that it was her mother's hand writing.
August 16th
Dearest Jessica,
If I am not there to see you read this, I know what happened. If you haven't figured out what this is, it's a diary. My mum gave me one when I was your age & now I give one to you. This tradition has been in my family for generations so that a grandchild who does not know his or her grand mother or grandfather may learn about the early stages of that persons life. The other diaries are in my safe that is in the closet of the quarters you are probably in right now. The key to it is the one that you wear around your neck every day, now it's probably to remind you of the good days, more so than less.
My mum once told me & your uncle Mark to bleed on paper, not in our hearts. Mark wrote very little in his diary once he got married to Sara. I also wrote les after I married Shaw. I hope that you can bleed on paper & not in your heart as well. We all know what can happen when emotions get in the way, lets just say it ain't pretty.
Now as far as some unanswered questions.
1. What's in the room that you could not open, no matter how hard you tried?
· That room is full of stuff that Mark & Sara left for Chell when they died. We were not to give it to her until she turned 18 or we died, we hoped it wouldn't be the later. Now we leave you with the key. In your quarters there is a nightstand that has a smaller drawer inside than it looks outside. This book would barley fit last I checked. In the very back to this drawer there is a loose piece of wood, press it down. A small hatch should open, inside should be the key.
I think this be the only repeated question I remember. As I write this we run from the royal navy. We are on a wooden ship & sending the White Pearl home to safety before she gets hurt. This will go with her as she will depart when this is safely on board .
If there is one thing I'd give my life for you to listen to, it's this: DO NOT LEAVE Chell ALONE ON THAT ISLAND!!! I think the navy might try to attack her. Two princesses fighting to defend their home are stronger than any navy alive.
Luv,
Mum & Dad

After reading this she slammed the book down, realizing that they had passed by a royal navy ship called the Dauntless which had been headed towards Bahama Mama. "DAMN IT!" Jess shouted, "I hope she is okay. I should've known."
"Ye should've known what?" Kat asked from the door way.
"Do ye remember the navy ship we passed by on the way to Tortuga?" Jess asked.
"Aye, it was called the Dauntless," Kat said, "headin' east were they not?"
"Aye Kat, they were headed straight fer Bahama Mama!" Jess said pointing to the island on the map in front of her just to illustrate her point.
"Oh, No! I 'ope there are some survivors left if we can't get there in time!" Kat said worriedly.
"I jus' 'ope sis is ok. I don't think I could take two losses at once." Jess said.
"She will be, if she's anything like you, she would've found somewhere ta hide." Kat assured her.
"Thanks Kat, yer Prolly right. By the way next time ye see the boys tell them I said thank ye fer the 'elp." Jess said not knowing that Jesse just walked in trying to find Kat as Lance had asked for her in the kitchen.
"Anything fer ye Jess. We all know what 'appened back there. We were in the bar when it happened. Tha' may not 'ave 'appened ta me nor any other person on this ship but we can tell yer 'urtin'. So we want ta do all we can ta 'elp ease yer pain." Jesse said catching Jess by surprise.
"Well thanks, yer such a sweetie. I think I'm gonna write in me journal fer a li'l while, savvy?" Jess said making Jesse blush, "call me when dinner is done."
"Aye cap'n." her company said as they walked out of the door.