Misty's POV…
After scrubbing the deck, for which I had berated Jack for making me do, I sat down and sighed, my hands were now calloused. The things I had found cleaning, Rats, Mold, and other filth. I wanted to hurl at some of it, Jack told me to burn some brimstone to fumigate the bottom and keep it clean. I didn't enjoy the whole ordeal but I did it, I looked over and saw Tessi standing on the deck looking out into the sea, she seemed bothered by something.
I stood up and walked over to her brushing my hands off on my clothes, "You ok?" I asked smiling at her somewhat.
She looked over and shrugged, "Yeah, I kind of feel uncomfortable around Jack, I mean I know that you can trust him unless you do something horrible to him, but…I don't know, I just get a weird feeling around Jack." She said sighing.
I couldn't help but grin at her, "Do you love Jack?" I whispered teasing her she looked at me and glared.
"No!" She said firmly, "I hardly know him."
"Yeah but you think he's hot." I said.
"Yeah but you think Will's hot." She retorted, I huffed at her and walked away I could almost see her grinning, I shook it off and walked to the end of the ship, it was getting dark out and I could see a small town, most likely Tortuga, I was a little excited but yet a little nervous.
In the movie they didn't make it all that dangerous, but this was the real thing now, and it could be totally different. As we neared, I grew even more nervous, Will came up and looked down, smiling at me, he towered over me, "Nervous?" He asked.
"Yeah a little…" I said looking back at the city, he chuckled a little and grabbed my hand squeezing it reassuringly even though I knew it was only because we were friends, I still hoped it was more.
I mean he hardly knew her, it wasn't as if, he was allowed to have tea with Elizabeth, our father being stuck up as he is, would never allow it. And would Will be able to handle the annoying things about Elizabeth? She nitpicked at everything, and had a, "my way or the highway" kind of attitude, and how would she take care of him? She had never cooked a day in her life so how would she cook for him and do all the things a lady is supposed to do?
I had one good thing going for me; I could do all those things, and help provide a nice home for my husband when he came home. I could cook and clean and I knew how to take care of kids.
But Elizabeth had something I didn't, beauty. She maybe ugly on the inside but her outer beauty is stunning, I'm plain and not big into make up, I'm not skinny nor am I fat, my hair is frizzy and I'm tan. I'm the complete opposite of Elizabeth.
I groaned as my head started to hurt, Will looks at me worried, "You alright?" He asked looking at me.
"Yeah just a headache." I mutter another memory flashes through my head quickly like a film reel.
"Will's head over heels for me. I feel bad that I'm not in love with him, tomorrow is the Commodore's promotion ceremony, I do hope, James proposes." I heard Elizabeth say from her room to a maid in the memory I could feel a glimmer of hope.
"He's finer then Will, after all Will is only a blacksmith! Not really respectable enough for someone like me to marry." Elizabeth continued, I try and hold back a growl, how dare she talk about Will like that!
"And he has to have that hair on his face a goatee," Idiot I think, "I mean what man has that? It looks too much like something a pirate would wear!" She said as if it was a horrible thing. I remember feeling upset, there was no excitment I had a chancewith Will,I quick flash of someone flew across my mind, it was a male with darker hair then Will's, but as quick as I saw it, it was gone. I felt a fondness towards this male.
The memory stops and I sigh in relief, I also notice I am starting to forget small things that happened in 2005, like where I went to school it seems to be replacing those things with things that happened here. I smile somewhat, a realization hit's me, if this is true, Elizabeth is changing and her feelings towards Will, will become not love, not even friendship but just looking at him as a blacksmith.
I feel horrible, feeling happy that this will happen, but I can't help it, I soon am woken from my thoughts when Tessi taps me on the shoulder, "We're here." She says, I nod and follow closely to Will.
"Tortuga! More importantly it is indeed a sad life that has never breathed deep this sweet proliferous bouquet that is Tortuga, savvy?" Jack said smiling. "What do you think?"
"It'll linger." Will said with distaste.
"I tell ya mate, if every town was like this one, no man would feel unwanted." He said smiling.
"Or no woman would be without child." I said curling my lip at the sight of Tortuga, it was night, smoke was thick in the air as pirates, men and even a few women smoked clay pipes, and the smell of rum, beer, ale and other drinks were strong in the air as well. Women were sitting around drunk and half dressed as men took over them, doing as they pleased. Some men lay on their backs drinking down rum. Guns were going off, men were holding others over railings and shaking them, some were laughing like they were insane.
"Scarlet!" Jack says as a woman with brown hair, in a red dress and heavy make up comes up and slaps him, stomping off, I thought Tessi would die of laughter.
"Not sure I deserved that…" He said frowning looking around again as a blonde woman stared at him, "Giselle!" He said happily.
"Who was she?" She asked jealously.
"What?" He asked, as she slapped him glaring and stomping off, Tessi was now leaning against a wall for support Jack looked over at her and glared.
"Let's go we have a crew to round up." He said testily, some man threw a walking stick at Will, well maybe not intentionally but Will caught it, he looked at it for a moment before handing it to a man, with gray hair, clothes that were moth eaten and rotting teeth, he looked at it before taking it and beating some man with it. I looked at the scene and inched closer to Will and grabbed his hand. Tortuga was a town for Crazies.
He looked down and smiled somewhat as we headed inside, it was just as crazy. Tessi seemed to be enjoying herself, Jack got some drinks and looked at me and Tessi who had our arms crossed and were glaring, he sighed walking back and getting more rum handing it to Tessi and I. Tessi had never had any, but I had.
It was kind of why dad hated me the most even though he hated Tessi she didn't go out and drink, it was mostly to drown the pain it was sad, I wanted a relationship with my father and one of my favorite drinks was rum, though I didn't know what kind of difference it would be now in the 1600's.
I took a swig, it burned a little but then again it always did the first swig, but it was weird I liked it, but it tasted like I had never had it before, I shrugged this really made me think that we were born in the 1600's and somehow we switched with modern girls. And now that we are here we are remembering the real memories and forgetting the ones that should have never happened.
Tessi didn't seemed bothered by it she drank it in a few swigs, we put it down and looked over a blonde wench as having her way at Will, he seemed uncomfortable and then out of no where, he took his cutlass out and swung it around, looking around wildly. Testing anyone to come near him. It grew quiet everyone staring at him at the sudden outburst. He looked around wildly at all the women who were hiding behind men. I raised an eyebrow, at this, he always had to flip out, I sipped my drink enjoying watching him flip out, people were staring at him startled, like he was insane, obviously he's never been around rough people.
"I say," I said, "Put the sword down, you ruffian." I joked, but he wasn't putting it down, he just stared at me, and anyone else, daring to test him.
I ran up to him as I heard Jack say, "You have no idea" I ignored it and walked over to Will, "Will put it down…" I said looking at him, he looked around some more, people were still looking at him in fear he reluctantly put it away and calmed down.
"She was grabbing at me and not just one, several!" He said breathing heavily, as if he was going to hyperventaliate, I wanted to laugh my ass off, but I figured it wasn't the right time.
I sighed and rolled my eyes, "They're just like that." I said softly, he calmed down a little and sighed, Tessi was smirking, she either found it amusing that Will go so high strung or the fact that I had gone over to him, most likely both.
"Let's just say it's a matter of leverage…" Will and I heard Jack say, I went to whip around but Will grabbed onto my arm, "Shush…" He whispered, it was quiet expect for Jack's grunts, "That is the son of Bootstrap Bill…his only child." Jack said, I gritted my teeth, I tried to remember what happened at the end of the movie but I couldn't, in fact I couldn't even remember past the tavern.
I could see Tessi was fighting to remember, she had her head in her hands looking confused, Will sighed. "It was my fault I should have never trusted him." He said softly.
"Will, I'm sure anyone could have made this mistake." I said reassuringly. He only shrugged as the man and Jack got up, "Will this is Mr. Gibbs he'll be finding us a crew." He said.
Will only nodded as Jack and Mr. Gibbs walked out, Tessi followed Will and me as we followed Jack and Gibbs, and we walked for quite awhile before coming to an Inn.
"We'll stay here for the night, Tessi and I will be together and Misty and Will, will stay in a room." Jack said to Gibbs, as he took his cutlass and sliced of the neck of an alcohol bottle, my eyes went wide. Tessi looked somewhat nervous and I was shaking inside, Gibbs nodded and made his way to who knows where as we walked into the Inn.
Jack paid for our rooms and Will and I went off alone together, we walked into the room and it would only be my luck that there was only one bed…oh god help me.
Will looked nervous as well, "I'll sleep on the floor." He said, walking in.
I shook my head, "No, that's not right you need a good nights sleep as well." Will only gave me a stern look before grabbing a blanket from the small closet and laying it next to the bed.
The room was small if you turned wrong you would smack you're face against a wall, which was exactly what I did, I whipped around and smacked my face hitting the wall.
"Shit." I muttered holding my face, Will hadn't noticed, when he stood up I quickly put my hand down and grinned, he looked at me oddly I raised an eyebrow and looked down and saw a little bit of blood running down my face. Damn I broke my nose. I thought annoyed.
"What happened?" He asked.
"Um well…I cracked my face on the wall…maybe I broke my nose?" I said trying not to laugh for some reason I found the humorous. He walked over and looked at it and touched it, I wasn't sure what was worse, him touching it and making me shiver or that when he touched it, it made my nose sting.
He grabbed some cloth from the small bathroom and dabbed at my nose, "It'll have to do, it's not like I can wrap you're nose." He said with a slight hint of amusement, I grinned somewhat.
He yawned, "Night." He said laying down on the floor, I sighed I felt horrible, I grabbed the blankets on the bed and laid down on the floor next to him, he turned around and raised an eyebrow.
"Tis not fair for one to sleep on the floor." I said, he groaned and stood up, "Fine we can both sleep on the bed, because I'm not having you sleep on the floor." When I made no move, he picked me up and put me in bed, more like threw me.
I pouted, "That's not very gentlemen like William." I said pouting he only chuckled climbing in on the other side and blowing out the candle.
"Good night Misty." He said, I yawned and mumbled good night before drifting off, the bed was cramped so I could feel his body heat, which helped relax me, within minutes I was out.
A/N: Woot! Review people!
