.:.morning glory.:.
by: Cecile Li
-Chapter One: Enter Evie-7 years later…
"Set sail!" Captain Jack Sparrow shouted, a bottle of rum in one hand. "To Tortuga!" He winked devilishly. "Rum capital."
-Tortuga, a bar-
Fifteen tankards of rum arrived at the crew's table. Jack snatched 3 and gulped them down shamelessly. As a girl passed the table, Jack grabbed her arm and stood up, staring at her.
"You're a pretty one, aren't you, luv?" Jack leaned against the wall. "Work here?" continued Jack casually, still holding the girl's arm.
The girl was slightly shorter than Jack, hair billowing around her face, cut into soft layers. Her brown eyes were narrowed into dislike. She did not look like a girl you wanted to mess around with. Unfortunately for Jack, he didn't notice this feature.
Her hand moved to slap Jack, but Jack caught her hand. "Uh-uh! Captain Jack Sparrow is --!" The girl's knee hit hard between his legs. Jack never got to say what he was because he doubled up in pain, eyes watering.
The young woman smirked. "You're Jack Sparrow, huh? Nice crew." She said nodding toward the table.
"Captain Jack Sparrow." Jack choked out. Suddenly straightening, eyes on the girl, he whispered, "Ana? Is that you?"
'Ana' glared at him. "I am no Ana."
Jack examined her closely. "Your mother must have been beautiful."
She smiled, reminiscing. "She was."
An awkward silence fell.
"What's your name, luv?"
"I go by Evie."
Annamaria, who had been eavesdropping, grinned and pulled Evie the table, "Where do you live?" Annamaria said, cheerily.
Evie smiled back. "Oh, I don't really live anywhere. I mostly wander around."
Annamaria, who had taken an instant liking to her, looked beseechingly at Jack. "Would you like to join our crew?"
Jack, who'd been listening, choked on his rum. No, no, no! he mouthed desperately behind Evie's back.
Evie smirked again. "Bet it'd piss old Jack off, huh?"
"Captain Jack." Jack feebly corrected.
Annamaria sneered at Jack. "Yep."
Evie turned around, blowing a kiss at Jack. "You bet."
-On the Black Pearl-
Evie knocked on Jack's door nervously. The door opened and Jack's face peered out. "Ah, it's you. Evie"
Evie bit her lip. "Can I come in?"
"Certainly."
Evie sat in a chair. "I…uh...I…"
Jack leaned so close into her face, she could smell the rum on his breath. Evie wrinkled her nose in disgust. "Yes, luv? Have something to confess?"
Evie lowered her eyes. "I…I lied to Annamaria. I don't 'wonder around'. I'm…I'm looking for someone."
Jack grinned. "Your father?"
Evie's eyes widened in surprise. "Yes."
Jack smirked. "Ah, the glory."
Evie flinched at his choice of words. "You…you…know?"
He smirked again. "I knew the moment I saw you."
She snorted in disbelief. "Not exactly. You thought I was an overpriced whore."
Jack looked sheepish. "Anyway, your story's pretty popular among us pirates. You face isn't though…Well, I knew your father. And I know your secret."
Evie looked defiantly at him. Jack whispered something in her ear. Something that made her dark eyes enlarge drastically.
She turned eerily pale. "How many other know?"
"Just me, luv. Don't worry, your secret's safe with me." Jack stood up and looked out the window. "Tomorrow, we start looking for your old man. But first, we need to pick someone up."