Chapter 5 – A Misunderstanding
When morning came, Jack opened his eyes and looked down at Romi and Celeste who were still asleep. The thought of almost losing his little girl still weighed on his mind. He felt somewhat responsible for what happened, wanting to keep the ship moving so that they didn't waste any time. Perhaps if he had been there with them, this wouldn't have happened. All this played out in his mind as he lay there staring at the ceiling. Romi was awake and saw that something was troubling Jack by the look on his face. And she knew why. "Jack it wasn't your fault."
Startled out of the trance he was in, he looked at her then back at the ceiling. "I wasn't there to keep her safe, and if it wasn't for me wanting to keep going, this wouldn't have happened."
Romi sighed. "Jack there was nothing you could have done. She ran out into the storm and everything happened so fast." He didn't say anything. Romi extended her arm to him and began stroking his face with the back of her fingers. He welcomed the touch and placed his hand on hers. With the movement on the bed, Celeste woke up, looked at her father and smiled. "Good morning daddy." She then looked at her mom. "Good morning mommy."
Jack was overwhelmed by his emotions of just hearing her voice. Last night he thought he would never be able to hear her little voice again. "Good mornin' darlin'." He placed a kiss on her forehead. "Let's get up and go get some breakfast aye?"
"Ok." Celeste rolled over Jack and out of bed. She rushed to her room to get dressed. Jack and Romi got up and dressed and walked out to the deck. The sun was now shining and the only traces of the storm were the water soaked wooden planks of the deck. Apparently the crew cleaned up any mess the storm left behind. Will rushed up to him suddenly.
"Jack, the Pearl sustained some damage from last night, there are 2 small holes on the starboard side. I suggest we head into the nearest port to fix it up."
"Alright, first port we get to, we'll drop anchor there."
Celeste ran up to them, now changed into her clothes. "Hi Will, where's Brennan?"
"I believe he's in the mess hall with his mother."
"That's where we're going." She grabbed Jack's hand and started pulling him. "Come on daddy let's go." Jack laughed out loud at her persistence. They arrived at the mess hall and sat at the table with Angela and Brennan. Sal brought out the food for his captain and his family. Brennan began questioning Celeste. "Are you ok?"
"Yeah I'm fine." She didn't really want to talk about what happened, so Brennan didn't push any further. "You want to go play when you're done eating?"
Celeste looked at her parents for approval. Romi smiled at her. "Of course you can, but you have to finish your breakfast first."
"Ok." And she quickly shoved food into her mouth, eating as fast as she could. When she was done she jumped up and ran with Brennan up the stairs.
"So is she alright then?" Angela asked Romi.
"Yes she's fine. Just shook us all up."
"Brennan was so shocked over the whole thing, he cried last night when we got to our room. I think the sight of Celeste laying there like that frightened him."
"Well thank God he seems fine now."
"Yes he is. Well I'm going to go upstairs and help clean up anything that may be left." Angela excused herself and went upstairs leaving Jack and Romi alone in the mess hall.
"Jack you've barely touched your food." Romi asked worriedly.
"Not hungry I guess." He played around with the fork and stared at his plate. Romi looked down not knowing what else to say to him. She knew he was blaming himself for what happened to Celeste. They sat quietly, not touching their food. Jack finally looked up at Romi who was staring down deep in thought. He felt bad for ignoring her and behaving the way he was. "I'm sorry luv. I just don't know how to feel about this. This is all new to me. My whole life I've been a pirate. The only thing I've had to look after for is my ship and myself. Now I have a wife and daughter to look after and keep safe."
Romi looked at him with concern in her eyes at what he was saying. She didn't quite know what to think about it. "What do you mean?"
"I just don't know what to do anymore Romi."
She had tears in her eyes now. "Don't worry about what else you have to do Jack Sparrow. At the next port you can just drop me and Celeste off and we won't be a burden for you anymore." With that said she got up not giving him a chance to speak and ran out of the room. Jack stayed in his chair baffled by what just happened. What did he say that caused her to react like that. Instead of getting up to go after her he sat there thinking.
Angela saw Romi run crying into her room. Worried about what happened to her friend, she went over and knocked on the door. "Romi? It's Angie. Can I come in?" Sobbing was her only reply. She opened the door and peeked inside to see Romi lying on the bed still crying. She came in and shut the door and walked to the bed. "Honey are you alright?"
"No. Jack said me and Celeste...." She was crying so hard she could barely speak.
"Jack said what?"
She sniffed a couple of times and tried again. "Jack said me and Celeste were a burden for him. That he never had to take care of anything else and now here we are." She began sobbing again. Angela sat on the bed next to her. "I'm sure he didn't mean that Romi. Jack loves you two so much."
"If that were true, why didn't he come after me? He's still sitting there thinking about the days when all he cared about what this ship and drinking his precious rum all day getting drunk off his ass!"
This stunned Angela. She knew Jack could be a bit of an egocentric but he would never wish Romi and Celeste to be out of his life. Or would he? Angela stayed in the room with Romi trying to comfort her. After a while she left to make sure the kids were all right. Romi sat there thinking to herself. The door creaked open suddenly and Jack stood there in the doorway.
Romi looked away when she saw him.
"I know ye're upset, and you have reason to be. I didn't mean what I said. It came out wrong." He just stood there. Romi looked up at him through her puffy eyes. "Then why didn't you come after me?"
He didn't know what to say to that. "I just had to think."
"Oh I see. You had to think. Well why don't you think somewhere else tonight, cause I don't want you in my bed."
This hurt Jack. But it made him angry too. "Don't worry, I'll be out of ye're way." And with that said, he slammed the door shut. Romi fell back on the bed crying even harder than before.
Jack went back to the mess hall and into the kitchen. He looked in the cupboards until he found what he was looking for. "Ah my trusty rum." He turned the bottle over in his hands and went into the mess hall. He sat down and began his drinking. When he finished that one, he went off to find another bottle and finished that one too.
Evening came and Will wandered into the mess hall looking for his captain. He found him sitting on the chair seemingly asleep with his boots propped up on the table and his hat over his eyes. He saw 3 bottles of rum on the table. Two were empty and the third was halfway. Will shook his head at the sight of him like this. He hadn't seen him like this in several years.
"Jack. Wake up." He shook his shoulder a little. Jack woke up startled and his feet fell off the table. "What?"
"Jack you need to get up."
"Ah Will my friend, come drink with me." He grabbed the bottle that wasn't empty and took a big swig of it.
"Um no, I think I'll pass."
"Suit yer'self then. More for me." He laughed out loud which made him look very silly. His head was bobbing back and forth and slurred as he tried to speak. "Ye know Will, I don't know what ever became of me. I was the most fearsome pirate that ever sailed the Caribbean. And now. Now I am j'est a prissy man with a wife and kid."
Will had to hold back the urge to punch him. "Jack I know you're drunk and don't mean the things you're saying right now, so I'm going to just let it go. But I better never hear you say those things about Romi and especially about Celeste again. I suggest you sober up and go apologize to your wife." Will stood up and left him to be with his bottles of rum. Jack just sat back in his chair and finished the bottle, which he then threw at the wall smashing it to pieces.
Little did they know that Brennan and Celeste heard everything. Celeste sat at the top of the stairs with tears falling down her rosy cheeks.
Will reached the top of the stairs and was shocked to see them there. He sat next to Celeste. "Don't worry about what Jack said, Celeste. He's not feeling well today. He doesn't mean a thing he's said." Will put his arm around her. "Come on let's go to the helm, I'll let you take the wheel."
Celeste jumped up and ran downstairs to face her father. He heard her come down the stairs and looked ashamed as he saw that she was crying.
"I'm sorry I'm your daughter. I don't ever want to see you again. I hate you!" She ran back up the stairs and ran into her room slamming the door behind her.
Will couldn't believe all this was happening. He stood up and went to the helm with Brennan.
Romi heard Celeste in her room and she dried her tears before going in. Celeste was on her bed crying. Confused about what could be wrong she went and sat on the bed with her. "What's wrong baby?"
"Daddy doesn't love me." She sobbed.
"Why do you say that?" She asked with a bit of anger in her voice.
"Cause I heard him say mean things about you and me."
Romi was enraged. She didn't care that Jack had hurt her, but to have their daughter hear hateful things said about them was too much. She held Celeste tightly in her arms. "There, there now. Daddy didn't mean anything he said. He loves you very much."
"Then why did he say those things?" She was clutching her mother so tight.
"I don't know baby."
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When morning came, Jack opened his eyes and looked down at Romi and Celeste who were still asleep. The thought of almost losing his little girl still weighed on his mind. He felt somewhat responsible for what happened, wanting to keep the ship moving so that they didn't waste any time. Perhaps if he had been there with them, this wouldn't have happened. All this played out in his mind as he lay there staring at the ceiling. Romi was awake and saw that something was troubling Jack by the look on his face. And she knew why. "Jack it wasn't your fault."
Startled out of the trance he was in, he looked at her then back at the ceiling. "I wasn't there to keep her safe, and if it wasn't for me wanting to keep going, this wouldn't have happened."
Romi sighed. "Jack there was nothing you could have done. She ran out into the storm and everything happened so fast." He didn't say anything. Romi extended her arm to him and began stroking his face with the back of her fingers. He welcomed the touch and placed his hand on hers. With the movement on the bed, Celeste woke up, looked at her father and smiled. "Good morning daddy." She then looked at her mom. "Good morning mommy."
Jack was overwhelmed by his emotions of just hearing her voice. Last night he thought he would never be able to hear her little voice again. "Good mornin' darlin'." He placed a kiss on her forehead. "Let's get up and go get some breakfast aye?"
"Ok." Celeste rolled over Jack and out of bed. She rushed to her room to get dressed. Jack and Romi got up and dressed and walked out to the deck. The sun was now shining and the only traces of the storm were the water soaked wooden planks of the deck. Apparently the crew cleaned up any mess the storm left behind. Will rushed up to him suddenly.
"Jack, the Pearl sustained some damage from last night, there are 2 small holes on the starboard side. I suggest we head into the nearest port to fix it up."
"Alright, first port we get to, we'll drop anchor there."
Celeste ran up to them, now changed into her clothes. "Hi Will, where's Brennan?"
"I believe he's in the mess hall with his mother."
"That's where we're going." She grabbed Jack's hand and started pulling him. "Come on daddy let's go." Jack laughed out loud at her persistence. They arrived at the mess hall and sat at the table with Angela and Brennan. Sal brought out the food for his captain and his family. Brennan began questioning Celeste. "Are you ok?"
"Yeah I'm fine." She didn't really want to talk about what happened, so Brennan didn't push any further. "You want to go play when you're done eating?"
Celeste looked at her parents for approval. Romi smiled at her. "Of course you can, but you have to finish your breakfast first."
"Ok." And she quickly shoved food into her mouth, eating as fast as she could. When she was done she jumped up and ran with Brennan up the stairs.
"So is she alright then?" Angela asked Romi.
"Yes she's fine. Just shook us all up."
"Brennan was so shocked over the whole thing, he cried last night when we got to our room. I think the sight of Celeste laying there like that frightened him."
"Well thank God he seems fine now."
"Yes he is. Well I'm going to go upstairs and help clean up anything that may be left." Angela excused herself and went upstairs leaving Jack and Romi alone in the mess hall.
"Jack you've barely touched your food." Romi asked worriedly.
"Not hungry I guess." He played around with the fork and stared at his plate. Romi looked down not knowing what else to say to him. She knew he was blaming himself for what happened to Celeste. They sat quietly, not touching their food. Jack finally looked up at Romi who was staring down deep in thought. He felt bad for ignoring her and behaving the way he was. "I'm sorry luv. I just don't know how to feel about this. This is all new to me. My whole life I've been a pirate. The only thing I've had to look after for is my ship and myself. Now I have a wife and daughter to look after and keep safe."
Romi looked at him with concern in her eyes at what he was saying. She didn't quite know what to think about it. "What do you mean?"
"I just don't know what to do anymore Romi."
She had tears in her eyes now. "Don't worry about what else you have to do Jack Sparrow. At the next port you can just drop me and Celeste off and we won't be a burden for you anymore." With that said she got up not giving him a chance to speak and ran out of the room. Jack stayed in his chair baffled by what just happened. What did he say that caused her to react like that. Instead of getting up to go after her he sat there thinking.
Angela saw Romi run crying into her room. Worried about what happened to her friend, she went over and knocked on the door. "Romi? It's Angie. Can I come in?" Sobbing was her only reply. She opened the door and peeked inside to see Romi lying on the bed still crying. She came in and shut the door and walked to the bed. "Honey are you alright?"
"No. Jack said me and Celeste...." She was crying so hard she could barely speak.
"Jack said what?"
She sniffed a couple of times and tried again. "Jack said me and Celeste were a burden for him. That he never had to take care of anything else and now here we are." She began sobbing again. Angela sat on the bed next to her. "I'm sure he didn't mean that Romi. Jack loves you two so much."
"If that were true, why didn't he come after me? He's still sitting there thinking about the days when all he cared about what this ship and drinking his precious rum all day getting drunk off his ass!"
This stunned Angela. She knew Jack could be a bit of an egocentric but he would never wish Romi and Celeste to be out of his life. Or would he? Angela stayed in the room with Romi trying to comfort her. After a while she left to make sure the kids were all right. Romi sat there thinking to herself. The door creaked open suddenly and Jack stood there in the doorway.
Romi looked away when she saw him.
"I know ye're upset, and you have reason to be. I didn't mean what I said. It came out wrong." He just stood there. Romi looked up at him through her puffy eyes. "Then why didn't you come after me?"
He didn't know what to say to that. "I just had to think."
"Oh I see. You had to think. Well why don't you think somewhere else tonight, cause I don't want you in my bed."
This hurt Jack. But it made him angry too. "Don't worry, I'll be out of ye're way." And with that said, he slammed the door shut. Romi fell back on the bed crying even harder than before.
Jack went back to the mess hall and into the kitchen. He looked in the cupboards until he found what he was looking for. "Ah my trusty rum." He turned the bottle over in his hands and went into the mess hall. He sat down and began his drinking. When he finished that one, he went off to find another bottle and finished that one too.
Evening came and Will wandered into the mess hall looking for his captain. He found him sitting on the chair seemingly asleep with his boots propped up on the table and his hat over his eyes. He saw 3 bottles of rum on the table. Two were empty and the third was halfway. Will shook his head at the sight of him like this. He hadn't seen him like this in several years.
"Jack. Wake up." He shook his shoulder a little. Jack woke up startled and his feet fell off the table. "What?"
"Jack you need to get up."
"Ah Will my friend, come drink with me." He grabbed the bottle that wasn't empty and took a big swig of it.
"Um no, I think I'll pass."
"Suit yer'self then. More for me." He laughed out loud which made him look very silly. His head was bobbing back and forth and slurred as he tried to speak. "Ye know Will, I don't know what ever became of me. I was the most fearsome pirate that ever sailed the Caribbean. And now. Now I am j'est a prissy man with a wife and kid."
Will had to hold back the urge to punch him. "Jack I know you're drunk and don't mean the things you're saying right now, so I'm going to just let it go. But I better never hear you say those things about Romi and especially about Celeste again. I suggest you sober up and go apologize to your wife." Will stood up and left him to be with his bottles of rum. Jack just sat back in his chair and finished the bottle, which he then threw at the wall smashing it to pieces.
Little did they know that Brennan and Celeste heard everything. Celeste sat at the top of the stairs with tears falling down her rosy cheeks.
Will reached the top of the stairs and was shocked to see them there. He sat next to Celeste. "Don't worry about what Jack said, Celeste. He's not feeling well today. He doesn't mean a thing he's said." Will put his arm around her. "Come on let's go to the helm, I'll let you take the wheel."
Celeste jumped up and ran downstairs to face her father. He heard her come down the stairs and looked ashamed as he saw that she was crying.
"I'm sorry I'm your daughter. I don't ever want to see you again. I hate you!" She ran back up the stairs and ran into her room slamming the door behind her.
Will couldn't believe all this was happening. He stood up and went to the helm with Brennan.
Romi heard Celeste in her room and she dried her tears before going in. Celeste was on her bed crying. Confused about what could be wrong she went and sat on the bed with her. "What's wrong baby?"
"Daddy doesn't love me." She sobbed.
"Why do you say that?" She asked with a bit of anger in her voice.
"Cause I heard him say mean things about you and me."
Romi was enraged. She didn't care that Jack had hurt her, but to have their daughter hear hateful things said about them was too much. She held Celeste tightly in her arms. "There, there now. Daddy didn't mean anything he said. He loves you very much."
"Then why did he say those things?" She was clutching her mother so tight.
"I don't know baby."
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