Disclaimer: Pirates of the Caribbean and its characters are owned by Disney, NOT me.
Notes: Sorry it's a short first chapter, but I thought it was needed. Please R&R! This is the first story I've published and I would love to know if I should continue with it!
Elizabeth's Decision
Chapter 1
Word had spread quickly through all of Port Royal that Jack was dead. And there was no reason to doubt it. Everyone who even vaguely remembered him knew he would eventually perish at sea at an early age, for his trickery and foolishness would eventually get the best of him. All the sailors around knew from the start that his personality would eternally doom him. However, most people forgot one very important fact. The fact that he was Captain Jack Sparrow.
"I did it!" Elizabeth cried out in her sleep. "It was I who did the deed! I killed Jack Sparrow!" she wailed.
Elizabeth had been tossing and turning every night for a month now, not able to catch a wink of sleep. Her conscience filled with guilt, she was unable to shake the fact that she had committed murder. Elizabeth Swann had killed a man, a fine man, a friend. She had selected a horrible fate for a good friend, a friend who was maybe even more than a friend, maybe…
It troubled Elizabeth so much, too much not knowing if she ever really did have any feelings towards Jack. Did he truly like her? Or did he only engage in flirting because she was the only woman on board, the only woman foolish enough to send him signals back…
Every day she would find herself day dreaming about that man.
"What had enticed me to risk my relationship with Will to begin with?" Elizabeth would wonder.
Was it the adventure? The excitement? The mystery in him? Or was it solely due to the fact that somehow he was always forbidden and she wanted to break the rules, just once…
Sometimes she would find herself thinking about how her life would be different if Jack had lived. Would she still be here, on her father's estate, awaiting William to bring up the topic of marriage again? Or would she be on Jack's brand new ship right now, sailing by his side, the cool spray of salt water on her face? So many questions were left unanswered and unresolved in her mind. However, just thinking about whether or not she had actually loved Jack seemed like treason.
"How could I!" Elizabeth would think, disgusted with herself. "How could I even imagine betraying Will!"
But no matter how much effort she put into moving on without Jack, she could not block him from her mind. He always seemed to slip back into her thoughts. Elizabeth was waging a war against her emotions in which neither side could win.
"But that kiss…the kiss that sealed Captain Jack's fate…it tasted so good…"
Elizabeth's thoughts would always seem to wander to the pirate who pilfered and pillaged and plundered. And that same pirate just may/might have stolen her single most valuable possession…
her heart.