Captain-Ammie: Thanks for the reviews!
Disclaimer: Unfortunately, neither Elizabeth, nor I, own the rights to Pirates of the Caribbean so we have no right to claim other characters as our own (except Beth and Meg, of course...Through we did come up with the names for CD and Greg (also known as Grapple) ...late night in Houston...LOL). The Pirate King and Pirate Prince will forever belong to Buena Vista Home Entertainment.
"Meg…Meg wake up,"
Meg opened one eye and saw Jack standing over her.
"Mufferhunner…" was all she replied and closed her eye.
"Fine, I'll just have flip you—,"
Meg sprung up and jumped onto Jack, wrapping her legs around his waist.
"ANYTHING BUT THE FLIP!"
At that moment, Will walked down. He looked from one pirate to the other and started backing away.
"Shall I leave you two alone, then?" he said.
Jack and Meg looked at each other for a moment and Jack shoved Meg off just as she let go. She lost balance and fell on her bum.
"Ow…"
"Come on," Jack lifted her to her feet and dragged her up onto the deck. Will woke up Beth.
"Elizabeth," he said softly. "Elizabeth, wake up. We're here,"
"Where's here…hmmm…" she groaned.
"Tortuga,"
"…pants?"
"What?"
"Nothing," she sat up and rubbed her eye. She looked at the other hammock.
"Where's Meg?"
"Jack already woke her up. Quite a show, really,"
Beth laughed and got out of the hammock.
The four walked through an alley in Tortuga.
"I'll tell you mate," Jack said to Will. "if every town in the world were like this one, no man would ever feel unwanted," with that, Jack absent-mindedly put an arm around Meg's shoulders. She looked down at his hand and gave a quizzical look to Beth whom only mirrored it.
"Scarlet!" Jack said in surprise as a woman with red hair in a…scarlet…dress walked over to him. Meg shrugged the Captain's hand off her shoulder before he was slapped. She backed away until she was at Beth's side.
SMACK!
"Not sure I deserved that," Jack said to the remaining three. "Giselle!"
"Who was she? And who's she!" this Giselle said nodding at Meg. Meg scooted behind Beth.
"What?"
SMACK!
"…I may have deserved that…"
Later, Jack, Gibbs (after waking him), Will, Beth and Meg walked into the tavern, The Faithful Bride. Jack bought everyone a round of rum but failed to pass Meg one. As he walked by she stopped him.
"How come I didn't get one?"
"You're underage, love,"
"I'm nineteen…"
Jack rolled his eyes and handed her his mug and went to order another. As he walked by again Meg said her thank-yous and Jack nodded. Beth was enjoying her drink…perhaps she was enjoying it a little too much. After taking many gulps of her rum and ordering another, Beth was flirting with men! Meg, however, was taking small sips and trying to keep sane. She was also trying to keep an eye on Beth. Soon it was just too much. So, with mug in hand, Meg wove her way over to Beth.
"Hey, Beth,"
"Hmm?" Beth giggled.
"Come here," Meg then dragged Beth back to Will. "Stay here. Watch her, will you?" Will nodded and Meg went to get another drink. Beth was grinning like a madman and giggling.
"Are you alright?"
"Hmm?"
"I think you've had little too much," Will took away Beth's rum, but with no where to put it, he just held it.
"Will?"
"Hmm—?"
Beth surprised him and kissed him forcefully on the lips. She then grabbed her drink out of Will's hand and chugged what was left of it.
"I love you!" and with that, she fainted and hit the floor. Will blinked.
"Uhmm, Meg!"
Meg came back.
"What—oh…Well, let's get her back to the ship, shall we?"
Will nodded absent-mindedly, obviously thinking about what Beth had said.
After getting Beth back to her hammock, Will went off on his own around the ship. Meg sat on the steps still drinking rum. Jack came back after a little while. First he talked to Will and then wandered over to Meg and sat down.
"Beth is drunk, she fainted…" said Meg to the captain.
"So I heard,"
Meg nodded and took a sip of the alcohol.
"So, what do you make of it?" Jack asked suddenly.
"Make of what?"
"Will and Elizabeth,"
"Which Elizabeth?"
Jack nodded over to Beth's hammock.
"Oh…I dunno, they're great together, but there is the…obstacle of the other…Elizabeth…isn't there?"
Jack nodded.
"Jack?"
"Hmm?"
"Can you keep a secret?"
"Can you trust a pirate?"
"Oh…that's right…"
"What's right, love?"
"'If any man shall offer to run away, or keep any Secret from the Company, he shall be marroon'd with one Bottle of Powder, one Bottle of Water, one small Arm and shot.'"
Jack smirked, impressed by Meg's knowledge of the Codes.
"Aye, there is that rule but you aren't a man and we don't have much of a company…yet,"
Meg sighed rather annoyed. How was it that Jack could get around all the rules?
"Fine. Beth really does love Will," she said rather fast.
Jack nodded again and took a drink of his rum. He spilled a little on his hand and tried to get it off by shaking his hand. When this did not work, he looked over at Meg's arm and wiped it there, on her brown coat. Meg looked down at the spot. She blinked.
"Cool!" she murmured.
"What?"
"Nevermind," Meg drained her second mug of rum, handed the mug to Jack, and wobbled off to her hammock.
That's a fun chapter the write...and even funnier when Beth and I were there doing it! Lol R&R please!
