DISCLAIMER: I DO NOT OWN ANY OF THE POTC CHARACTERS
" Has anybody seen the Turner's on board yet?"
" No Captain, no-ones been aboard since you returned in such fine mood late last night!"
Jack ignored Gibbs remark and made his way to the helm of his beloved ship, The Black Pearl. As his hands felt the soft wood he looked longingly into the heart of Port Royal, the sun was rising and the pale orange glow from the sun made the water glisten.
" Hoist the anchor! Prepare to set sail!" Jacks heart sank as the words rang out across the empty harbour, he want them to be with him, on his next adventure
"We could wait Captain. I'm sure they wont be long"
"No we have to go, if we don't it's back to the noose for me!"
Just as Jack got ready to leave to wet figures appeared from over the side of the ship
"Captain! You would let member's o your crew get left behind now would you?" a soaking wet Elizabeth stood at the side of the ship look at Jack
"Got to keep to the code lass! Got to keep to the code!"
Evening came and the ship was filled with the merry sound of Captain and crew indulging themselves in Jacks favourite song, a pirate's life for me.
" How long has Jack had them singing that song?"
" Only seven times everyday since you and him got marooned on that God forsaken spit of land. That's all Jack talks about that song, um and things a lad shouldn't hear"
"I hope you don't mind me asking, but what's going on between you and Jack if you don't mind me asking AnaMaria"
"There is something there but he doesn't want the crew to know, cause it's the Captain and his first mate. Lizzie if I tell you something you can't tell anyone, you have to swear to me on pain of death" Elizabeth sat at the edge of her seat, they had been at sea for three months and Jack still hadn't revealed were he was going
"I think… I think I might be in love with Jack Lizzie!" her cheeks blushed bright red at hearing the words come out of her mouth. She was declaring her love for Jack, but not to Jack, she needed help and knew this was her only chance
" You need to tell him AnaMaria! I'm sure he feels the same"
"Jack doesn't love Lizzie, no girl gets too close to Jack, and the minute they mention the L word Jack runs a mile. I'm stuck between a rock and a hard place: tell Jack how I feel and risk losing him or don't tell and go as crazy as him" AnaMaria sat with anguish in her eyes, how could she solve Jacks problems without creating ones of her own?
"It will all work itself out, I promise. Now I'm going to commandeer my husband from Jack and go to bed. Night AnaMaria, don't worry Jack works in mysterious ways!" Elizabeth removed herself from the table and found herself walking straight into Will's open arms. AnaMaria looked on wishing she and Jack could be so open, she herself turned away and went to her own bed.
As Will opened his eyes he realised that it was too calm outside for them to be at sea. Questions ran through his mind when he noticed the empty space next to him where his beloved Elizabeth had been: has she been taken? Was there something wrong with the ship? Had they finally reached their destination? Will began to get dressed but he found it hard to concentrate with all these questions running through his mind. He made his way up to the helm where Jack was standing
" Good afternoon Mr Turner!" Will could hear the sarcasm in Jacks voice
"Jack have you seen Elizabeth? And where are we? I thought you said we didn't need to stop?" Will glanced his eye over the impress dock
"Calm down, she's with AnaMaria just like she said she would be, I came to get you just like I said and you get to worry about like you always do so we're all men of our word really, except for Elizabeth who is in fact a woman! Anyway we had to dock in Port Augustus late last night… we ran out of rum. There was no point in waking you, you and your wife were… shall we say otherwise engaged!" a cheeky grin overcame Jack's face at the though of teasing Will.
Will ignored Jack's teasing and continued to question him, " Where are we going Jack? I mean we've been at sea for nearly four months and you still wont tell us where we are going"
Jack stopped Will dead, " If I tell you, you have to not go mad okay?" Jack raised his eyebrows waiting for a response; Will nodded his head in acknowledgment.
" Okay… we are sailing to a Port just off the coast of Argentina"
" Why are we going there?"
" Let me finish… there was a rumour goin' round Tortuga that… that Bootstrap Bill Turner was alive and is working as a dock keeper at Porta del Mar. I thought since I had you on me ship that we should go find out right?"
Will was stunned the words would not come to his mouth, Jack looked at him as if he was an alien, "Well speak or has the cat got your tongue?"
"Do you know how long he's been there?"
" No, but that's where me and me crew are goin' and if you don't want to there's a ship that sails for Port Royal in the morning"
" No we're going, he's got a lot of explaining to do"
Will walked away from Jack to the side of the boat. He could feel the sick rising to the back of his throat; he tried his best to suppress his feelings of hatred, gradually the feeling passed and he noticed that they were on their way to meet his father.