Chapter Sixteen:
Aboard the Interceptor-
Megan stood at the bow of the ship, humming as she watched the sun set below the waves. She was the only one out on deck, save for Jack, who was at the wheel at the stern of the ship. Everyone else was down in the galley, enjoying their dinner.
Well, actually, Jenny and Alexa were enjoying Will, but everyone else was enjoying their dinner.
Jack watched Megan as she stood there, leaning against the rail. She had been quiet all day, and she had even refused both lunch and dinner. Jack knew the girl well enough by now to know that that was a Bad Thing.
When he was sure that he wouldn't need to mind the steering for a while, he walked over to her. Megan was so content with her looking and her humming that she didn't even hear him behind her until he spoke.
"Whatcha hummin' love?" Jack asked softly.
"Whoa!" Megan cried, jumping ten feet into the air.
Jack smiled. "Sorry."
Megan glared at him, covering her heart with her hand. "Apology accepted." she said breathlessly before returning to her position and continuing to hum.
Jack leaned on the rail next to her, following her gaze to the horizon. After a few moments, he repeated his question. "Whatcha hummin'?"
Megan glanced at the pirate out of the corner of her eye, but said nothing.
"Will you sing it for me?" Jack asked, trying to get a response.
She drew her gaze from the sea. "I am no Elf."
Jack stared at her in confusion. "Elf?"
Megan shrugged. "Meaning I am not the best singer in the world."
The pirate laughed. "Neither is Gibbs when 'e's 'ad a few." he commented.
Megan chuckled. "Aye, that sounds like something that Gibbs would do."
"Yes," Jack agreed. "But you still didn't answer my question: will you sing your song for me? Please?" he added.
Megan shrugged and resumed looking towards the horizon.
"All my bags are packed,
I'm ready to go.
I'm standing here,
Outside your door.
I hate to wake you up,
To say goodbye.
"But the dawn is breakin',
It's early morn.
The taxi's waitin'
He's blowin' his horn
Already I'm so lonesome,
I could die.
"So kiss me and smile for me,
Tell me that you'll wait for me
Hold me like you'll never let me go.
'Cause I'm leavin' on a jet plane.
Don't know when I'll be back again
Oh, babe, I hate to go.
"There's so many times
I've let you down.
So many times
I've played around.
But I tell you now,
They don't mean a thing.
"Every place I go
I'll think of you.
Every song I sing
I'll sing for you.
When I come back
I'll bring your wedding ring.
"So kiss me and smile for me,
Tell me that you'll wait for me
Hold me like you'll never let me go.
'Cause I'm leavin' on a jet plane
Don't know when I'll be back again
Oh, babe, I hate to go.
"Now the time has come
To leave you
One last time
Let me kiss you
Then close your eyes
And I'll be on my way.
"Dream about
The days to come.
When I won't have
To leave alone.
About the times
I won't have to say:
"Kiss me and smile for me
Tell me that you'll wait for me
Hold me like you'll never let me go.
'Cause I'm leaving on a jet plane
Don't know when I'll be back again.
Oh, babe, I hate to go.
"'Cause I'm leaving on a jet plane
Don't know when I'll be back again.
Oh, babe….I hate to go….."
There was a silence when she finished, and she and Jack both watched the sun slip beneath the waves. Finally, he turned to her. "That is a very pretty song, and you sung it beautifully."
Megan smiled. "Thank you, Jack."
The pirate captain nodded. "Well, you'd best go an' tell the crew to come up 'ere, cos we 'ave a storm chasin' our tail, and it's gonna hit us before long."
Megan nodded as she and Jack left for their separate places. "Oh! And Megan?" Jack called to the girl's retreating back.
"Yes?"
"Make sure you tell Will's Girls to stay b'low. They won't be much help in those outrageous outfits."
Megan sniggered. "Aye, sir." she saluted him and walked down below deck.
Jack smiled to himself as he returned to the wheel, humming. "'Cause I'm leavin' on a jet plane…"
"AGAIN! AGAIN! AGAIN!" Megan cried joyfully as she resurfaced from beneath another wave. Jack hadn't been lying about the storm, much to the crew's disappointment. But Megan, who had remembered the storm, was prepared, and was enjoying every single moment of being in this storm.
"Shush!" Gibbs shouted at her as he and Will helped her with the rigging she was pulling on. "You'll jinx us!"
Megan just shook the wet hair out of her face and laughed. "You're nuthin' but superstitious, Gibbs! No wonder you look so old! You're filled wif worry!"
Suddenly, an even bigger wave then before came crashing down on them, sending the three out into the middle of the deck. Gibbs and Will resurface, coughing up water, to find Megan already standing and laughing with joy. "Yay!" she cried. "That was good!" she nodded. "Let's get another one!" (a/n: merry and pippin….fotr…yah…)
Will just gave her an odd look, deciding it would be best not to say anything. Gibbs had managed to get himself all the way over to Jack at the wheel, and now he was dragging himself back. Megan smiled and swam towards the man.
"Was your chat enlightening?" she shouted over a crack of thunder. But she had to wait for her answer, since she had apparently "jinxed" the ship.
When the wave rolled back off the ship, megan cheered and then repeated her question.
"The Cap'n wants you to go b'low and check on the other two." Gibbs replied, coughing out a mouthful of water.
Megan glared at him as though going below was his idea - which it probably wasn't, but still…
"Aye, sir." she growled. She sloshed around until she found the steps that led to the cabins and the galley, and then she sloshed down those.
Megan got to the bottom of the stairs to find them playing - or, should I say, attempting to play - a card game. Jenny nor Alexa noticed Megan as she squished over to them.
"Four threes." Alexa said lightly, placing four cards face down on the pile of cards on the table. Jenny smirked.
"Ha! B.S.!" she shouted. "You can't have four three's, 'cause I have one!" But Alexa just smiled and flipped over her cards, revealing three threes and -
"A joker!" Jenny moaned, exasperated. "That is so unfair!" Alexa smiled as she shoved the pile of cards towards her friend.
"Life isn't fair." Alexa said pointedly.
Jenny glared at her. "Oh, shuddup."
"Wotcha playin'?" asked a voice from above. The girls looked up to find Megan standing over them, swaying with the ship.
"B.S." Alexa said happily.
"I take it you're winning." Megan asked Alexa, sitting down.
"Yes." Alexa replied, looking over at her friend. "What the - Megan! You're soaked!" she cried.
"Really?" Megan replied, amused. "I suppose one would get wet during a raging storm."
Jenny smiled. "Having fun?" Megan beamed.
"Am I? Ha! You guys would love it, but only because Will's soaked to the bone, implying that his white shirt is see - through."
Jenny and Alexa smiled at the thought of Will being wet until Megan dragged them back into reality.
"I was sent down here to check on you….soooo….are you two okay?"
Alexa and Jenny nodded. "A bit bored, slightly sea sick, but besides that, we're good." Alexa commented as Jenny glared at her large pile of cards.
"Only because you're winning!" she shot back. She turned to Megan. "Is the storm almost over?"
Megan shrugged. "Dunno." she said dryly. "You never see what happens during the storm after Jack says 'we're catching up.'."
Jenny and Alexa nodded in agreement just as Megan sneezed. "Maybe you should stay down here and dry off." Alexa said, adopting a motherly tone. Megan shook her head as Jenny smiled.
"No! I wanna be knocked down by more waves!"
Jenny shook her head and grabbed Megan's arm. "No! You are staying down here and drying off. You are not gonna catch a cold!" Megan scowled as soon as she saw she wasn't getting back above deck.
"Blerg! Ten points says this is either Jack's doing, or everyone is in a confudling conspiracy against me!" she cried.
Jenny laughed. "We say the latter!"
A/N: Well, heyaz peeps! Just wanna say Merry Christmas to you guys, and these three current chapters are you lots x mas prezzies! I love you all, and Piratica, plz make legible and sensible reviews…sigh….PHE