A/N: Yea! So many reviewers already! Woot! I have some new people too! XD Thanks for reviewing! Well, I thought of a new title for the story-it's going to be called "Where Our Worlds Collide." So, it's the same exact story, just with a different title. Sorry, I had to put that in bold so y'all would see it and not freak out. Thanks to my reviewers!
TriGemini-Hey! Welcome back! Thank you for saying it's interesting, I try my best to write good, funny, interesting stuff and hearing you say such things makes my day! As for Elli and Jack. All I can say is that they are not Ari's favorite people right now. XD They mean well, really they do. Thanks for reviewing!
Incubus2704-Hah! See, I knew you would love me! Oh come on, who could not love me...Elli, don't say a thing.(Same to you Jinxeh!) Congratulations on finishing your story, it's brilliant! You better get that sequel up soon! Thanks for reviewing!
AmericanDrama-Yea, Will better not screw this time or he's gonna have two angry pirate girls after him! O.o Elli and Ari are kinda scary sometimes...I feel sorry for him. Thanks for reviewing!
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Siriusly Sirius Lily Black-Hey, I like your pen name! I'm also a huge "Harry Potter" freak! I'm glad you love my story, I love it too! Lol! And yes people-there will be more of Elli and Jack, I'm just telling ya now! But this first part is about Will and Ari just cause I have to establish their relationship. Thanks for reviewing!
Elli-Yes, I know you're not lying. That would be just cruel of you to have been lying to me this whole time! Thanks for reviewing!
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DeadPoetic-Hey! Welcome back! I'm sorry if it made you sad, but at least you got over it quickly right? Lol. Yea, Jack and Elli will always argue, it's just who they are. But we love them anyways. XD
Katweenathesmiley- Yup, the sequel is here and you'll find out everything in this chapter! Thanks for reviewing!
Wow! It's been so long since I've done reviewer's reposes, but I love it!
Chapter Two- Nerves
You know how I had that whole plan to lose Elli, Jack and Will once we arrived at Tortuga? Well, it turns out that Elli knew I was planning something and kept a close eye on me as we sailed into the crowded harbor and so I never even made it off the Pearl. And now she was dragging me after her as we looked for supplies with Will and Jack. I asked her why we needed to help, seeing as Will and Jack knew more about sailing than we did, but Elli said it would be nice just to help. I think she got hit on the head too hard, why else would she offer to help Jack? Just the very thought revolts her, I know. So why then were we following them around?
"Ari, stop fidgeting- I'm not letting you go." Elli muttered, still keeping a death like grip on my wrist. If I die from my circulation being cut off, I am so coming back to haunt her.
"I'm trying to get you to loosen your grip a little, you're treating me as if I am a dog!" I cried, once again jerked my arm roughly.
"Well if you would stop doing that, I wouldn't hold on so tightly!" Elli shouted.
"Why are you holding onto me anyways?" I demanded, something I really wanted to know.
"Because you're going to run off." Elli replied.
"And that's your concern-why?" I snapped.
"You need to stay here." Elli said simply.
"Why?" I asked. (Most popular question of the night)
"Because I want you to." Elli said lightly. I rolled my eyes and was drug off to a tavern which Jack was leading us to.
It was only after we had walked into the tavern and took a seat in one of the back tables did Elli let go of my wrist, which was starting to throb. I glared at her darkly and rubbed the dark red finger prints that circled my thin wrist. Elli just smiled at walked off, leaving Will and I sitting at the table together. (Jack was at the bar of course)
"Stupid Elli." I muttered and pulled my sleeve over my wrist, wishing it would stop throbbing. Will carefully leaned over and pulled up my sleeve, looking at my wrist.
"She was holding onto you pretty hard. Does it hurt?" He asked softly. I looked up at him and noticed that he was really close. I felt my heart beat begin to quicken again.
"Not...not so much." I replied. He nodded, still looking down at my wrist. Elli's fingerprints were beginning to fade, making my pirate brand visible again.
"I think I'm the only one on the Pearl who doesn't have a pirate brand." Will said and gently traced my brand with his thumb. My hand jerked slightly and I resisted the urge to snatch my hand completely away from his. Will looked at me, concerned.
"Um...my wrist is still a little sore...and it just...yea, it still hurts." I finished my pathetic lie.
"I'm sorry." Will said softly and took his hand away. I felt horrible for making Will feel like he had done something wrong, but I couldn't tell him the real reason why I reacted that way when ever he touched me.
I felt like the walls of the tavern were starting to close in on me, so I stood up and started off towards the bar when I turned around again.
"Do you want anything?" I asked Will, who shook his head. "Right then." I muttered and walked off to the bar once more, planning on ordering the strongest alcoholic liquid they had.
"Now where are you going?" I heard someone demand. I looked up and saw that it was Elli.
"Going to the bar-I need something to drink." I muttered, trying to push past her, but she grabbed my wrist again.
"No, we're going to check into the inn now." She replied.
"But-..." I began, but Elli ignored me and dragged me after her.
Once we got to the check in counter, we found that Will and Jack were already there. Jack looked annoyed and was trying to get the innkeeper to listen to him.
"What's going on?" I asked Will, jerking my wrist out of Elli's grip. Will sighed deeply and turned to me.
"Apparently there's only one room left at the inn and we're going to have to share it." He replied. Elli's eyes widened, as did mine.
"What! No, no, no, no!" Elli cried, shaking her head furiously. Will looked apologetic and Jack was still trying to work things out with the innkeeper who suddenly leered in our direction.
"Well maybe I ken give up one of me rooms if one of tha ladies would be wantin' to stay wit me tonight." The innkeeper replied, grinning lewdly.
"I am not a whore and if I was you'd have to pay me with more than just giving me a room!" Elli cried and I snickered. The innkeeper looked disappointed and then turned to Jack.
"Sorry mate, only one room left." He reminded him. Jack rolled his eyes and pulled out a small pouch, counting out a couple coins.
"Fine, we'll take it." He replied. The innkeeper smiled and snatched the coins out of Jack's hand and gave him the key.
"What? No, let's stay somewhere else!" Elli shouted.
"Yea!" I agreed, not really wanting to share a room with Will. I was already extremely uncomfortable around him, think of how worse it would be to share a room with him overnight!
"The rest of the inns are about as full as this." Jack muttered while Elli seethed.
"That's a lie!" She shouted, pointing a shaking finger at Jack. She was shaking from rage, I could tell because her blue eyes were full of it and her voice was strangled as well. I never met anyone who could make Elli so mad. She must really hate him.
"If you don't believe me, then go look around for yourself!" Jack cried. Elli shut her mouth at this, but still glared at Jack with so much hatred in her gaze that it was starting to scare me.
"How are we going to determine who gets the bed and who gets the floor?" I asked after a moment of uneasy silence. Suddenly Jack got this odd gleam in his amber eyes and that freaked me out a little. Usually that meant he was scheming up something. Elli and Will looked wary as well.
"We'll have a little race." He began, his Cheshire cat like grin growing wider. "The two people that get to the room first can stay on the bed."
"You have got to be kidding me." Elli groaned.
"You mean it? Whoever gets there first can have the bed?" I asked. Jack put a hand over his heart and held the other hand up in the air.
"A pirate's honor." He assured me in a solemn voice.
"YOU FREAKS AIN'T GOT NOTHING ON ME!" Elli suddenly shouted and raced up the stairs to the room.
"What the hell? GET BACK HERE!" I cried, also racing up the stairs, tripping on every other one.
"CATCH ME IF YA CAN!" Elli hollered.
"The really are insane, aren't they?" Jack muttered, looking at Will.
"Not so much." Will replied, smiling to himself.
"Well, right now I got me a bed to win." Jack said and also took off up the stairs with Will right behind him.
But Elli was first, of course. All I can say is that 4 'o clock morning training pays off after a few years. I was right behind her and we were now both waiting outside the door for Jack and Will to catch up because Jack had the key. Maybe I should've grabbed it from him.
"How the hell did we beat them up here?" I panted.
"I don't know, you would've thought they would be faster than us. Wimps." She muttered and I snickered. Soon I heard Jack coming up the stairs, but instead of him opening the door for us, he opened the door-dashed inside the room and locked the door again.
"Hey-what the...?" I shouted, whipping around to face the door, which Elli was already pounding on.
"Jack! Let us in damn it!" She cried. She stopped pounding on the door and after a few minutes, Jack opened it a crack-but that was enough for us. Elli sprang forward and slammed open the door while I hopped in right behind her, nearly tackling her.
"You freak! What were you trying to pull?" Elli hissed.
"I was just trying to win the bed and I did." Jack replied, flopping down on the bed.
"No, Elli and I beat you, so we get the bed." I protested. Jack sat up again and held up a finger.
"Aye, but you didn't beat me into the room." He countered, smiling evilly.
"But you said..." Elli began.
"Whoever got here first could have the bed." I finished. Jack just continued to smile.
"You didn't get here first." He replied and gestured around the room.
"Jack, that's not fair." Will said gently from where he was standing at the far wall. I hardly noticed him come in.
"I am seriously going to beat you!" Elli snarled, launching herself at Jack, but I grabbed onto her wrists and held her.
"No Elli-don't. Let him have the bed if he wants it that badly." I replied.
"Hell no! I'm not sleeping on the floor." Elli protested.
"Where then? On the bed with him?" I asked. Elli's eyes narrowed and she looked like she was repulsed.
"NO!" She shouted. "I'd die first!" Out of the corner of my eye, I saw Will trying hard to keep a straight face. I smiled at him and then turned back to Elli.
"Then you're sleeping on the floor." I replied calmly, meaning that I wasn't going to discuss this anymore.
"Bastard." Elli muttered, grabbed an extra blanket and pillow and laying them on the floor. I did so as well and took off my shoes.
"Elli, you know you care about me. Remember when you and I were marooned on the island with Elizabeth? I remember you and I became pretty close." Jack said, propping himself up on an elbow.
"Really now-I guess I missed that." I added, as I laid down on the floor.
"Some how that doesn't seem too unlikely." Will said and smiled at the two of them.
Elli glared at all of us and shoved Jack with such force that he fell off the bed. Quickly, Elli pounced on it and sprawled out across it so he couldn't get back on.
"Ari, get over here!" She hissed. I got up and went and took the space next to her on the bed so now Jack couldn't get on.
"That was not fair." Jack muttered.
Will laughed. "Well you weren't entirely fair to them either." He noted, laying down on his blanket.
"Shut up Will." Jack hissed and laid down on the blanket I had set out. Elli and I just cackled.
xXx
It was incredibly late at night when I finally closed my eyes to try and go to sleep. I'm not an insomniac, it just takes awhile for me to fall asleep and this night it was taking longer. Everyone else had long since fallen asleep and it made me wonder how late it was. The strange sounds coming from the other rooms beside us were not helping me fall asleep and neither were the thoughts of Will that were floating around in my head. I was debating with myself. Part of me wanted to just tell Will that I loved him and stop torturing myself like this, but the other half of me was afraid that he may not love me back and I don't think I could handle rejection right now.
My thoughts were interrupted by someone kicking me hard in the shin.
"Ow." I cried and drew my leg up against my chest. It was Elli who had kicked me, honestly-who else would it be? She was asleep, so it's not like she did it on purpose, but half of me was seriously doubting that. Suddenly she aimed another hard kick at the back of my knees and this time I moved over more so that I was nearly at the edge of the bed. Elli sprawled out more and was still. I rolled my eyes and gripped the blankets tighter, only to have Elli snatch them out of my grasp and wrap them around herself tightly.
"Give me those." I muttered and seized the blankets. She thrashed around in them and then smacked my hand. I sighed and laid back down again. "Fine-keep them you little freak." She seemed satisfied and I closed my eyes, trying to sleep again. After about ten minutes Elli grew restless again and began tossing and turning. I moved over to give her more room, but forgot that I was at the edge of the bed and fell right off of it, landing on something that felt like another human. I looked over and saw that I had landed right on top of Will. Worst of all, he was awake.
This is my current position, my feet are still propped up on the bed and I'm on my back, laying on Will's chest. God hates me.
"Oh-hi there." I said lightly, as if things like this happened everyday.
"Hello." Will replied, smiling. "Any particular reason why you fell out of the bed?" He asked.
"Um...not really?" I answered, smiling weakly. Now how to get up. Will solved that for me by carefully moving out from under me. I stood up again and brushed myself off, trying not to look him in the eyes. "Have you been awake this whole time?" I asked him.
"Yes, for some reason I find it hard to sleep tonight." He replied.
"Hm, so do I." I murmured and looked out the window at the pale moon.
"Do you want to walk around? The island is actually pretty peaceful at night." Will suggested out of nowhere. I looked up at him sharply, feeling incredibly nervous. I didn't want to turn him down, but I didn't want to be alone with him either. For some reason I just wasn't comfortable around him anymore and I really hated that because I wanted to tell him how I felt about him, but my fear kept getting in my way.
"Um...sure." I replied after a couple minutes of careful consideration. Will smiled at me brightly and we left the room, making our way down to the tavern. Things were still very much alive in the tavern, I thought most people would be sleeping by now, but then again-it was Tortuga.
But as soon as we left the tavern and got a good way away from it, everything grew calm and quiet. In the distance you could hear the shouts from the taverns, but only faintly. The whispering of the ocean and the wind were the only sounds. The full moon flickered on the dark waves and shone through the large leaves of the palm tree. In all, Will was right-it was very peaceful and I no longer felt so nervous around him as we walked by the ocean. Instead, at this moment in time, I felt like I could tell him anything.
Suddenly I got Will looking at me with such a seriousness in his eyes that it startled me and I wondered what he was thinking of.
"Ari, why did really you come back?" He asked after awhile. I froze in my steps without meaning to. I met his gaze, trying to think of what I could say. I knew what I wanted to say, what I needed to say so it would no longer drive me insane, but for some reason- whenever I opened my mouth to say the words, they froze right on my tongue and I couldn't force them out. So I settled for the next best answer.
"Because I wanted to see you again." There, maybe that implied something. Maybe Will would realize what I was trying to say and I wouldn't have to spell it out for him. But apparently Will didn't realize what I was implying. He just smiled somewhat sadly and continued walking while I followed him. Damn him! If he knew that I loved him, he was being very sick indeed. "Um...I can leave if you want me to." I offered halfheartedly, worried about his silence. He shook his head firmly.
"No Ari, I don't want you to leave." He assured me. "I was just in deep thought."
"What were you thinking of?" I asked, knowing it was rather impolite and knowing that I probably wouldn't get an answer, but right now I didn't care. Will stopped walking and I did as well, looking up at him.
"Ari, there's something I want to tell you." He said softly. I nodded slowly, finding my heart beating loudly in my chest again and that my throat had closed up on me, so even if I knew what to say, it's not like I could say it.
Suddenly a series of gunshots from a tavern nearby went off and distracted us for a minute. We looked off in the direction it came from and after making sure it was just some drunk and that no one was mortally wounded, I looked at Will again.
"Um...what was it that you were saying?" I whispered. Will looked away, seeming embarrassed and ran a hand through his hair.
"Oh, I'll tell you later." He assured me with a smile and proposed that we began walking back to the tavern again. I agreed and soon we were back up in our room with Elli and Jack right as we left them. I laid down in bed, feeling considerably more light heartened than I did earlier this night. It seemed being with Will did that to me and if that was the case, than I should really be with him more. I closed my eyes and fell asleep smiling.
xXx
"Thanks to you, my last night was hell!" Jack was shouting
"Well at least you're used to sleeping on the floor!" Elli replied.
"So are you!" Jack protested.
"How do you know?" Elli demanded.
"How about both of you shut up? Normal people are trying to sleep." I muttered, sitting up in bed. Instantly the attention was directed towards me and both Jack and Elli were smiling evil smiles that were strangely identical. "What?" I demanded.
"Where were you last night missy?" Elli asked.
"Out with young Mr. Turner perhaps?"Jack added.
"No." I replied flatly, hoping that I sounded convincing. I looked around the room and saw that Will was gone. He must be down getting breakfast or something.
"Sure. When I woke up, the room was empty except for me and that freak." Elli replied and pointed to Jack.
"One day you're going to annoy the wrong person and I'm going to laugh when they starting beating you." Jack said in a low voice.
"I'm so frightened." Elli snapped and then turned to me. "You were with Will, weren't you?" She asked me eagerly.
"I already told you no." I replied. Elli rolled her eyes and Jack laughed shortly.
"You're a good liar lass and I would believe you except for the fact that I saw you two leave the room last night." Jack put in.
"You were awake the whole time too?" I cried.
"No, I woke up to you two talking and then you left. I don't remember all that you said though." Jack muttered and titled his head to one side, as if trying to remember.
"Oh my God, did he tell you that he loves you?" Elli gushed.
"Eh?" I cried, taken aback. "What the hell? No!"
"Did you tell him that you love him?" She asked, crossing her arms over her chest.
"No." I muttered.
"What the hell is wrong with you?" Elli demanded, smacking me.
"What are you talking about?" I hissed.
"You know that you love him and he loves you too! So what I don't get is-..."
"How do you know he loves me?" I cut her off.
"The real question is, how do you not know? Everyone can see it. Even the whole crew does." Jack cut in casually.
"That's not possible." I whispered.
"Not probable." Jack corrected me.
"Oh shut up." Elli snapped and then turned to me, her eyes bright and I knew she was planning something. "But Ari-you seriously have to tell how you feel about him. You both love each other and Elizabeth isn't here to complicate things. This is your opportune moment." Elli exclaimed.
"Hey, that's my phrase." Jack muttered.
"I thought I told you to shut up." Elli snapped.
"What if he doesn't feel the same way?" I asked, feeling timid. Jack laughed.
"Are you kidding me?" He asked in reply. Elli nodded vigorously. It was kind of scary to see the two of them getting along and agreeing about something. This must be very import to them in order for them to put aside their differences and try to work things out between Will and I.
"I can't." I said at last. "Things...just feel too awkward right now."
"What?" They both shouted.
"Sorry guys, I'm glad you want to help...but now just isn't the time." I murmured and left the room before they could say anything else. Elli looked at Jack and he looked at her.
"Well, what are we going to do now?" She asked.
"Oh, you're actually asking me to help you? I'm touched." Jack said and smiled devilishly at her, laying a hand on his heart. She shot him a dark look that said she wasn't amused.
"Just shut up and help me think of how to make them tell each other their true feelings." Elli snapped.
"A 'please' would be nice." Jack muttered.
"You are so frustrating!" Elli shouted.
"And you aren't?" Jack demanded.
And thus their arguing and scheming went on for many hours while Will and I wandered around the town, which was nearly deserted during the day. After tonight I learned that Elli and Jack are very smart when they put their heads together and that's just scary.
Here's their ingenious plan-
As soon as evening fell, Will and I tired of walking around the town and returned to the tavern for dinner. I saw no sign of Elli and Jack all through dinner and it made me wonder what exactly was going on, I knew something was up and I don't think it was a very good thing. Just as soon as I finished eating dinner, I made my way back up the stairs and found Elli waiting outside our room.
"There you are, I haven't seen you the whole day." Elli said pleasantly and I immediately put my guard up. When Elli tries to convince me to do something I don't want to, she becomes really nice and sweet.
"Where's Jack?" I asked. She just smiled and waved her hand.
"That doesn't matter, does it?" She replied.
"No, I guess not." I muttered. "So why are you waiting out here?" I asked.
"I just wanted to see you. Let's go talk in our room." She suggested hastily. Yea, something was going on here, I could feel it. Plus Elli's smile was really fake.
"Um...that's ok, I'm just going to go back down to the tavern..." I began, but before I could make it to the stairs, Elli caught my wrists in a death grip and turned me around. "What the hell...ow Let me go! HELP!" I cried, hoping someone would hear me and come to my rescue, but no one did. Now, Elli wasn't hurting me and I really wasn't that frightened, I just didn't like where this was going.
"Shut up!" She shouted and shoved me into the room, closing and locking the door behind me. I wheeled around and started pounding on the door, maybe someone would hear me and come help. But at Tortuga that seemed unlikely. So after my fists were throbbing and my voice was hoarse, I sat down on the bed and waited for Elli to let me out-wondering why on earth she locked me in here in the first place.
At last I heard the door open and looked up expectantly, but to my shock-it was Will. I could only watch as the door slammed behind him and then a soft click was heard-confirming me fears. He turned around quickly and jiggled the doorknob, but it didn't move at all. He looked back at me slowly and the realization hit us-we were locked in the same room together...and knowing Elli and Jack, they could leave us in here for as long as they pleased.
I swallowed hard and looked out the window, the only glimpse of the outside world this room had. What on earth was going to happen now that Will and I were all alone?
xXx
In their room(another one had opened as soon as we checked into ours-you can only imagine how frustrated Elli and Jack were) Elli and Jack were facing the same problem, because neither one of them wanted to sleep on the floor. After a lot of yelling, name calling and negotiating-Elli finally just gave up and let Jack have the bed. Her head hurt horribly from all the yelling and she was now so tired that she didn't care where she slept, just as long as she could lay down. Jack was surprised that Elli had given up, seeing as how stubborn she was, but he still took the bed and watched Elli as she laid down on the hard wooden floor, under a thin blanket. He closed his eyes and tried not to care, but the next time he opened his eyes, he saw that Elli was shivering from the cold and he wasn't surprised,it was a cold night.
"Elli." He hissed, knowing she was still awake. He hadn't heard any deep breathing from her in the last thirty minutes. She didn't answer though, which meant she was probably more upset about losing the bed than she let on. "Elli." He called again, a little louder this time. She still didn't answer. 'Stubborn wench.' He thought to himself and grabbed his pillow. "HEY YOU!" He shouted and chucked the pillow at her, where it hit her square in the back of her head. Instantly she whipped around and faced him, her blue eyes glittering dangerously in the moonlight.
"What?" She demanded.
"Look-I know you're cold and tired. Just...for the night...how about you share the bed with me?" Jack suggested. Elli narrowed her eyes.
"You're really pathetic." Elli muttered and Jack rolled his eyes.
"I'm trying to be sincere. Please, just come on-I don't like to see you in the cold like that." Jack replied. Elli, instead of being angered even more-was actually touched by his kindness and stood up, crossed the room and laid down next to Jack in the same bed, something she never in her life thought she would do.
A/N: Whoo! Drama! Interesting no?