Pirates Of The Caribbean: Not all treasure is gold and silver
Disclaimer: I do not own any of the rights to The Pirates of the Caribbean however any characters I do create are my own so no stealing!
Rated: R!! (Due to scenes of a sexual nature, violence and language)
Note: to see note, see previous chapters (1 and 2)
Chapter 7:
Alexandra opened her eyes slowly, stretching a slender hand up she rubbed her eyes in a childlike manner. Sitting up she looked about her feeling disorientated and tender. Feeling the bed shift and somebody softly mutter in their sleep, Alexandra turned to look at the sleeping form that lay beside her. Jack was sprawled on his front, the bed sheet crumpled around his waist revealing his tanned and well toned back marked by the occasional scar. He looked peaceful, his bandana removed allowing his hair to lie about him, giving Jack a mysterious yet somehow innocent appearance. The kohl around his eyes was smudged in places and some of it removed, in desperate need of being tided.
Leaning down Alexandra tucked a beaded lock of hair behind his ear and pulled the bed sheet from its pooled position in her lap, up to cover her chest. From the way the dim light that shone between the gaps in the red satin curtains, Alexandra assumed that it was probably some early hour in the morning. She knew that the crew would be awake soon and that if Jack were caught leaving her room at that hour there would be questions and suspicions all around.
It was then the pangs of guilt began to ache in Alexandra heart. She had done the one thing that would shame her, her father and her sister if anyone were to ever find out. She had broken a rule of upper class society, which she had been determined to keep…but she had broken that rule and slept with a man before marriage…but not just any man, no she had successfully slept with a pirate. And it wasn't as if he was just some nobody pirate that no one had ever heard off. To make the situation even worse she had slept with the one man half the British Navy were out to catch and have hung in the gallows. The humiliation that it would cause if anyone were to ever find out what she had done would make her an outcast. She couldn't go back to London and marry the well-regarded accountants son, Laurence Williams.
But somehow throughout all of this Alexandra felt happy. She didn't care that she had slept with the Captain of the legendary Black Pearl. Anyway Elizabeth had married a blacksmith who was also half pirate in his blood. So what difference would it make if she were to sleep with a pirate. If she really wanted she could run away with Jack and forget her life as the Governors youngest daughter. He would only want her to consider marrying the Commodore, Elizabeth had already told her about how he had wanted her to marry the Commodore but instead she had stayed with Will. It was her life and her mother wasn't there any more to tell her what to do! She was a young lady and able to make her own decisions…sort of.
Jack shifted in his sleep breaking Alexandra's trail of thought. She looked at him and sighed blinking back the tears.
He wouldn't want some stuck up lady anyway.
They would have to forget the whole situation, pretend it had never occurred. Act as if they were nothing more than associates and that they had only been friends. It was the only way. If Jack were caught in Port Royal there would be uproar at the thought that he had escaped once again and this time with the Governors daughter. No, she had to leave it all. Anyway it wasn't as if she had fallen in love with him. Or had she?
The cry of a seagull as it flew past the ship made Alexandra look towards the window. It had been gradually getting lighter and the need for Jack to leave was getting more urgent. If they were found together there would be no end to it. She would have to talk to him later about it preferably tonight when she had had a chance to think about what to say. For now she would act as if everything was okay.
She felt guilty for having to wake him from his peaceful slumber but there was no other way the situation could be resolved. Alexandra placed a chaste kiss on Jack's cheek and ran her fingertips lightly over the scars on his back. Her gentle administrations made Jack sigh his muscles twitching at the soft feel and sensation across the more sensitive skin. Alexandra kissed her way across Jack's shoulders her fingers still passing over the scars. Feeling him begin to wake she pulled away lying beside him and closing her eyes pretending to be asleep.
Jack opened his eyes slowly and looked directly at the slumbering Alexandra, he noticed then that she was smiling and knew that she was not asleep. He reached out wrapping his arm around her waist, tugging her roughly against him. Alexandra's eyes flew open and stared at him as she bumped against his naked form. Her hands flew to her cheeks in an attempt to cover the sudden rush of colour as she blushed. Jack grinned one of his typical toothy grins that made Alexandra smile. She hit him gently on the shoulder trying to push him away playfully, pretending to be insulted by the way he had treated her roughly. Before she could turn away Jack lifted Alexandra's hand to his face and pressed his lips to the palm. The hairs of his moustache and goatee like beard tickled her hand and Alexandra let out a light giggle and pouted.
"Its still early but you must leave before anyone finds you Jack." Jack barely even uttered a word as he continued to kiss her hand and slowly kiss his way up her arm. Alexandra attempted to sound serious and tried to ignore the fact that jack was now kissing along her shoulder and neck. "Jack! The crew will be up soon! You wouldn't want Elizabeth and Will to catch us." Her giggles made her voice sound even less serious and jack leant back smiling a handsome yet fairly toothy grin.
"Now I could handle the crew…possibly Will. But your sister…that is another matter." He lifted his head for a moment and looked at Alexandra. "How are you feeling?"
"A little tender but alright thank you… anyway if you think my sister is scary when she is angry you should see me."
Jack raised an eyebrow looking at Alexandra who had sounded deadly serious. Her face held no emotion and he watched her for a moment before kissing her.
"But you wouldn't want to hurt me. I mean…I could escape your sister and you since I am…Captain Jack Sparrow, savvy?"
Alexandra laughed and smiled sitting up. "That's all well and good Jack. But you still need to go before anyone sees you leaving…mainly my sister."
Jack nodded knowing full well that Alexandra was right. He had to leave before everyone else found out. He didn't want them thinking that Jack had gone soft over some woman. He got up picking up his clothes that lay strewn across the cabin floor. Dressing quickly he walked over to the bed he lifted the hat from under it and placed it on his head. Alexandra watched him and held the blanket against her chest. He nodded and kissed her gently feeling her melt into him if somewhat more reluctant than last night but he ignored it thinking that it was probably a female thing. Alexandra waited till Jack had left the room before slowly getting up careful not to move to fast, as she still felt tender.
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The Black Pearl continued its path towards Port Royal, the crew, Will and Elizabeth unaware of what had taken place between Jack and Alexandra. It would be now less than a week before they would arrive back in Port Royal and go their separate ways. Jack had tried not to think of what was going to happen now between him and Alexandra when they finally reached Port Royal. He was hoping for once that something spur of the moment would save him from having to make the terrible decision of having to give her up or take her with him.
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Commodore Norrington thanked the Lord for the sudden change in his luck. He had watched his precious Enlighten sink beneath the waves after being caught on the coral reef. He had had to suffer the Governors complaints about his daughter and son in law not being found anywhere and being stranded on tiny little boats with nowhere to go. It had only been when another British Navy Ship sent to follow them in case such a situation should occur picked them up that the Commodore realise what terrible situation he was in. Not only had he been unsuccessful in rescuing the Governors youngest daughter, he had in the process managed to lose Elizabeth and Will as well.
To make matters worse the Governor had threatened to have the Commodore's title stripped and him placed responsible for his daughters and son in laws disappearance. His luck had now changed though and now again taking charge of the situation he had got word that the Black pearl had been sighted heading for Port Royal. From what he could tell, Elizabeth and Will had recognised the second ship and had made off with one of the little rowboats to it. But now it was his chance to rescue Elizabeth and Will and finally have that wretched Jack Sparrow hung for good.
His new ship was now heading to intercept the Black Pearl and see if luck was really with him. If he could finally bring Jack Sparrow to trial and see it the entire way through…well who knew what possibilities there could be. He had always liked Elizabeth but had lost her to the Blacksmith and half pirate Will Turner, but the lovely Alexandra was not yet married. If he could rescue her and return with her safely to Port Royal there could be a possibility there, since the Governor had once approved of him marrying Elizabeth.
There was only one small problem with his plan, he didn't know where Alexandra was, but he was sure if he asked Jack Sparrow, that he would answer and give him a few details on her possible whereabouts. The Governor coughed loudly behind the Commodore trying to get his attention subtly.
"Yes Governor Swann, is there something that you wished to ask me?"
"Actually there is Commodore. When we actually meet up with the pirate ship what do you intend to do about my other daughter. If you are correct about your assumptions of Elizabeth being on the Black Pearl then that is one step in the right direction. But as I said before…what of Alexandra?"
The Commodore smiled the best he could, wanting to curse the Governor for trying to ruin his perfectly good day. He knew he had to give an answer and quick but what to tell the Governor.
"I plan to question the Captain of the Black Pearl and ask him of the possible whereabouts of the Jaded Dragon and how we might find your beloved daughter Governor."
"That is all well and good Commodore. But what if Captain Jack Sparrow doesn't wish to comply?"
"I am sure I can make him Governor, I have an offer he wont be able to refuse."
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Will stood on the rigging enjoying the feeling of the sea air in his face and the feeling of being high up away from the others. He was meant to be telling the crewmember who was in the crows nest that he would go on watch for a while but he had been distracted by the feeling of the wind in his face. This must have been how his father felt when he was still alive. The feeling of freedom and only having to answer to the Captain, who most of the time was fairly easy going. Will opened his eyes and looked across the open expanse, there was nothing for miles…apart from a tiny black dot on the horizon, hardly noticeable at all. He climbed the rest of the way up to the crow's nest and shook the crewmember awake.
"Excuse me, but look to the horizon on the starboard side. That black dot…what is it?"
The crewmember rubbed his eyes and looked in the direction Will had told him. For a moment neither of them said anything, eventually the crewmember nodded.
"Tell Cap'ain Jack that tis a ship approachin' to Starboard. Not sure wha' tis yet but I am watching it for certain."
Will nodded climbing down the rigging quickly and walking up to the helm. Jack looked at him confused to why Will had climbed down so fast.
"Something not savvy Will?"
"There is a ship to starboard side. Not sure what it is but its approaching us at a steady pace." Will managed to get everything out breathing heavily. Jack nodded and pulled out his telescope looking to the starboard side he nodded slowly.
"Looks like we will be having an escort to Port Royal or some interesting company shortly."
Anamaria smiled at what Jack said and nodded to the other crewmembers.
"And what should we do Captain?"
"Keep heading for Port Royal, steady speed. If it looks like our friends over there are trying to catch up with his we will need to show them why the Black Pearl has never been caught. But for now leave it as it is.
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The Black Pearl had lived up to her legends and had managed to keep the second ship always on the horizon to the starboard side. It was getting dark and Jack had decided to retire for an early night. He had set himself up in a small cabin originally meant for a cabin boy beside his room. No on had thought it weird that Jack had done this, assuming it was for the protection of his precious rum and his treasures that he had collected over the years.
Jack knocked on the door to his cabin knowing that everyone else was below deck or busy doing something. He opened the door and found Alexandra curled up on the bed busily sowing up some of his clothing. He made his way over to the bed and leant down to kiss her but instead of finding his lips pressed up against her own his face was greeted with a hand.
"Not now Jack. We need to discuss something of great importance and I can't have you trying to distract me."
Jack looked hurt by her rejection but soon complied and sat on the bed a reasonable distance from her. "What is it you wanted to discuss?" Jack had a fairly good idea. Especially after what had happened last night.
"We need to discuss what is going to happen when we arrive in Port Royal. After last night the matters have become far more complicated than I am sure we both first intended." Alexandra twisted the material of the shirt in her hands. "You see I am the Governors daughter and you are a pirate Jack. And normally such things like this would never occur but since they have we now have to decide what is going to happen between us."
"As you said before Alexandra…if we were different people in a different place."
She sighed remembering that had been her comment to him that had upset him so. She hadn't meant it like that but it was the truth.
"But that's not what I want anymore Jack. I want freedom…like Anamaria has…like you have on the black Pearl. I don't want to be told what to do, who to marry and where to live. I don't want to go back to London and pretend that we never happened. So what do we do?"
"You want freedom?"
"Yes Jack! Freedom! Freedom to be who I want to be. As a child I used to dream of being a pirate like you. The tales I heard of the Black Pearl made me think that maybe I wasn't meant to be a lady of society. I wanted to be a pirate and see the world."
"But you cant Alexandra! Love, it won't happen. When we return to Port Royal Elizabeth will take you back to your father and we will go our separate ways. I don't want to but it is the only way for us to ever live. You would make a perfectly good pirate apart from the fact that you are the Governors daughter. The entire British Navy would be after me let alone who else knows. I maybe Captain Jack Sparrow but I cant stop you from living your life of luxury."
"But Jack!"
"No buts! I want you to come with me I really do. But I mustn't ruin your chances in life. Anyway why would a pretty lady like you fall for a pirate like me?"
"I don't know! But I wont give you up that easily Jack. I will find away. And when I do there will be no getting rid of me!"
Jack looked at Alexandra who was sat there, fist clenched tightly around the shirt, her cheeks flushed and her breathing deep and heavy. He smiled and leant forward stroking her cheek trying to calm her down.
"Lets not worry about it for now. Not till we get to Port Royal. Savvy?"
Alexandra nodded and collapsed all her weight against Jack.
"Yes Jack."
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Sorry this isn't an all exciting chapter but I am back to school now so updating this will be a little slower until I get sorted. Please keep reviewing it and telling me all your helpful ideas. Thank you for your patience!