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 22
A Lesson, Then a Question
"Is she asleep?" Jack anxiously asked Elizabeth as she entered his cabin after Will.
"I believe so," Elizabeth replied closing the cabin door behind her, "Didn't hear any noises coming from within her room."
Jack released a deep breath.
"Everything alright, Jack?" Will looked to the pirate captain.
"Of course," Jack smiled, "Now how 'bout this dancin' business?"
"To begin," Elizabeth said as she took hold of her husband, "I want you to observe Will and I closely."
Jack nodded and stepped back to give the couple room to dance.
As the couple began to dance, Will counted the endless one, two, three, while Elizabeth pointed things out to Jack, "Notice Will's posture, how his arms stay strongly in place."
Jack nodded trying to take in all that he could see.
"You must have this rhythm drilled in your mind. If for whatever reason Isabelle missteps, you must keep going."
Jack nodded again.
Slowly Will and Elizabeth came to a stop in front of Jack.
"You're turn," Will said handing Elizabeth off to Jack.
Jack seemed to hesitate for a moment before reluctantly taking Elizabeth's hand.
"Alright, Jack," Will instructed, "Stand tall. Make sure your arms are supporting Elizabeth. And now slowly follow me first by stepping this way, two, three, and back, two, three, and over here, two, three, and back again, two, three."
"Well, done," Elizabeth complimented, "Now this time try to flow, be more graceful."
…..
By nearly midnight, Jack had learned the basics and was starting to learn simple turns.
"Very, very well done, Jack, I must say," Elizabeth said at the end of their lesson.
Jack beamed, "So I'm a quick learner."
Elizabeth laughed before turning to Will, "Alright, well I think we'd better be off to bed."
"Yes," Will agreed, "We'll teach you more tomorrow night, Jack."
"Wait, Will," Jack said just as the blacksmith and his wife opened the door, "could ye spare a moment, I need to ask ye a quick question."
Will looked to Elizabeth for an answer.
"Go on, I'll see you in our cabin," Elizabeth smiled wickedly before leaving the two men alone.
"So what is it, Jack?" Will asked shutting the door.
"It's about Isabelle," Jack replied before changing his mind, "Or perhaps it's more about me."
"Well, which is it?"
"I'm not entirely sure now come to think of it," Jack answered as he began to pace his cabin.
Will took a seat at the pirate captain's desk.
"Alright, then let's get on with that question," Will breathed out.
"Fair enough," Jack stopped pacing and took a deep breath, "What's wrong with me, mate?"
"Is that a rhetorical question or do you really want me to answer that?"
Jack's eyebrows furrowed as he looked angrily at Will.
"Alright, alright, nothing's wrong with you," Will stated flatly.
"No, man, there's definitely somethin' wrong with me."
"What do you mean, Jack?"
"I mean this afternoon, Isabelle was showin' me how to catch these tiny li'l fish."
"Uh-huh."
"And she touched me arm."
"So…?"
"She didn't hesitate at all when she touched me."
"What's you're point, Jack?"
"Well it got me thinkin' of her and every other girl in me life that has ever touched me."
"Please, let's not go there, Jack, I really don't care to hear-"
"All those other women hesitated when it came to approachin' me and touchin' me… but not this 'ere lass, no, not Isabelle."
"Congratulations," Will rolled his eyes.
"But it ain't just that, Will."
"Great, there's more?"
"Somethin' happened to me when she touched me arm, somethin' inside o' me! A shiver went up me spine and me heart started racin'… that's not normal, Will!" Jack shouted as his arms flew about wildly.
"But of course it is," Will broke into a wide grin, "In fact it's perfectly normal to react like that to the touch of a woman you're in love with."
"What?" Jack's arms dropped as his eyes opened wide with fear, "What did ye say, mate?"
"You heard me, Jack," Will's grin grew all the more, "You're in love."
"No, I'm not!"
"Oh come on, Jack, just admit it!"
"No, I'm not in love! I'm a pirate! Pirate's don't fall in bloody love!" Jack cursed, his arms once again flying about him.
"Well then," Will laughed to himself as he made his way to the door, "my mistake. It's very late, I should be getting back to Elizabeth. Good-night, Jack."
Jack grunted in reply as Will left the cabin.