Beauty and the Pirate

Disclaimer:I do not own any of the characters mentioned in this story from the movie "Pirates of the Caribbean: Curse of the Black Pearl". Nor do I own any dialogue that matches up to the dialogue from Disney's "Beauty and the Beast" nor any storyline plots from said movie. I solely own the characters of Isabelle and Marcel Cheney and Gaspard and all additional creative story lines. Hope you enjoy the story and feel free to send a review!

Chapter 18

Something There?

The next morning, well afternoon actually, but to Jack it was still early to be getting up for he had stayed up until the early hours of the morning at the wheel until Gibbs' shift, Jack woke up to consistent knocking at his cabin door.

Jack groaned at the knocking but because it sounded very anxious he quickly got out off bed, grabbed his robe, and ran over to open the door.

Finding Will and Elizabeth at his door with happy little smiles, Jack groaned all the more knowing that their knocking wasn't about to match the level of importance as what they were going to say, "What do ye bloody want?"

Will and Elizabeth exchanged looks before Will asked, "How did it go last night with Isabelle?"

Jack, as tired as he was, rolled his eyes and then shut the door in their faces.

Though as soon as he did, the married couple began knocking on his door again.

"What now?" Jack whined as he opened the door again.

"Well, tell us, Jack," Elizabeth said eagerly, "What happened between you and Isabelle last night?"

Jack groaned yet again, "How much more will it take to convince ye people that there's nothin' goin' on between us!"

"Not as much as it's taking you to convince yourself that nothing's going on," Elizabeth sighed.

Jack thought about what she said for a moment then backed out of the doorway and shut the door again.

"Come on, Jack!" Elizabeth's muffled voice called from the other side of the door as she began knocking once more.

"Go away and let me sleep!" Sparrow roared in the direction of his cabin doors.

After a few more seconds of knocking, it seemed that Will and Elizabeth finally gave up and left him alone.

Jack smiled in satisfaction and then collapsed onto his bed.

However, not even within five minutes later was there knocking at his door once again.

Furious, Jack got up and stormed across the room and flung the door wide open.

"Now look 'ere!" Jack had begun bellowing but came to an abrupt stop as realized that it was Isabelle at his door, not Will and Elizabeth.

"I'm sorry," Isabelle said as she began to retreat with a bit of fear, "I didn't mean to disturb you, I'll come back at a better time."

"Wait!" Jack called out as she began to turn to leave, "I'm sorry to have scared ye… I just thought it was Will and Elizabeth again. Ye didn't bother me, Isabelle, what can I do for ye?"

Isabelle quickly turned back to Jack looking at him in his robe, "Are you sure? I mean, you look like you just woke up."

"Well, as a matter-of-fact I did, but that wasn't 'cause of ye, love. But yes please come in," Jack smiled as he gestured for her to come into his cabin.

Isabelle smiled sweetly and slowly made her way past Jack into his cabin.

After shutting the door behind her, Sparrow asked her again, "So 'ow may I be of service to ye, Miss Isabelle?"

"I just wanted to return the book I finished yesterday and hopefully find a new one to read," Isabelle replied as she looked over at the bookcases.

"Well, go on and 'elp yourself to any book ye want while I go get dressed in me bathroom," Jack nodded as he took up some clothes and went into said bathroom.

…..

"So did ye find one, darlin'?" Jack nearly yawned as he entered back into the cabin from his bathroom.

"Yes, I did, thank you," Isabelle replied lifting her eyes from her book to Jack, "Are sure I'm not bothering you? Perhaps it would be best if I left you to catch up on sleep."

"Who said anythin' 'bout me bein' tired?" Jack asked as he approached her sitting on the windowsill.

"Besides that yawn you tried to hide?" Isabelle smiled as if about to laugh, "Your lovely hair gave me another hint."

"Me hair?" Jack laughed as he came all the closer, standing right beside her, "Me hair may be messed up, but not as much as yours."

"What?" Isabelle asked in confusion, but within a split second later she was given her answer to why Jack had said that for he reached out his hand onto Isabelle's head and moved it back and forth quickly, disheveling her hair from the nice ponytail she had.

Once she realized what he was doing, she closed her book and began swatting him with it. As she stood up, continuing to swat him, Jack tried backing away, but as he did so he pulled out the lilac-colored ribbon, that matched her dress, from her hair. At this point Isabelle stopped in mid swat her hair falling onto her shoulders as Jack teasingly dangled the ribbon in front of her.

"Now, who's hair is more messed up, missy?" Jack taunted.

"Yours!" Isabelle laughed as she removed Sparrow's red bandana and flung it onto his bed.

"That wasn't nice, Isabelle!" Jack laughed as she tried gaining back her ribbon, which he simply held up his arm so it was out of her reach.

After a few more tries of trying to get her ribbon, Isabelle began swatting at him playfully with the book again forcing him back around onto the windowsill. But cornering him there didn't last long, for he quickly dismantled the book from Isabelle. As soon as Jack took the book from her, he gave her a mocking look before charging towards her as she tried to back away.

Seeing Jack charging in her direction, Isabelle took off running towards his bed and grabbed one of his pillows.

"I don't believe gettin' hit with a pillow will make much difference after bein' hit with a book, love," Jack laughed heartily at her attempt to use the pillow as a new weapon.

"Well then let's find out, Jack," Isabelle snickered as she wound up and then unexpectedly hit Jack on the side of the head with the pillow.

"Hey now!" Jack cried, "You're not playin' very nice, Isabelle!"

Isabelle just gave Jack a mock look of pure innocence.

Jack smirked at her look, put the book aside, and then ran for two of his pillows.

"Me not playing very nice?" Isabelle laughed as she observed the two pillows the pirate captain took hold of, "You're the one not playing very nice nor fair, Jack!"

Jack shrugged his shoulders and then began to attack Isabelle with both pillows. Isabelle tried to defend herself as well as gain another pillow so that the fight could be fair.

In the end, the pillow fight lasted quite a bit of time, not to mention caused a blizzard of white feathers to continue floating all around.

"So…" Jack began as he pulled away the last pillow out of Isabelle's hands as he cornered her between the cabin wall and one of the bookcases, "Do ye surrender?"

Before Isabelle could reply a heavy knocking came to the door with an announcement, "Lunch is ready for ye and Miss Isabelle, captain."

"Be right there," Jack yelled back at the double doors before turning back to Isabelle, now putting his arms up to lean against the wall and bookcase to block Isabelle from escaping.

"Well?" Jack asked lifting his head with a bit of pride.

"Well, what?" Isabelle teased.

"Do ye surrender?" Jack pressed as he showed off some of his gold teeth in his prideful smile.

Isabelle pretended to be thinking for a couple of moments and then replied very confidently, "No." She then very quickly slipped under one of Jack's arms and began retreating to the double doors.

"And just where do ye think you be goin', missy?" Jack called after the retreating maiden as she reached the doors.

"To lunch of course," Isabelle answered as she began to turn one of the handles and opened a door.

"Then I s'pose ye won't be needin' this?" Jack approached as he dangled her missing hair ribbon.

"Give it here, Jack," Isabelle said with her hand held out waiting for him.

"No," Jack said quickly as he put the ribbon in his pocket and walked out of the cabin.

"Jack!" Isabelle whined as she followed him down the hall.

"You're not ready to get it back."

"Yes, I am."

"No, you're not."

"Yes, I am."

"No, you're not."

"Jack!"

"Yes, Isabelle?"

"Give it back."

"No."

Isabelle and Jack continued their teasing bickering over the ribbon until they reached the galley for lunch, in which Jack, after much more taunting, reluctantly gave the ribbon back to Isabelle.