(A/N – Okay, so life's hectic at the moment. Jack and I are leaving for camp on the 31st, and I'm still trying to get my camp buddy Lori to fill out the papers to go! I'll kill her if she doesn't, considering the church will pay for us both. But it's the 22nd now, so I will be done with this and have it posted before we leave. Oh, and Charlie and the chocolate Factory ROCKS!)

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CHAPTER FIFTEEN: "No!"

- Jessica's PoV -

I was in line with Liz and Lindz (hey, that's confusing!) watching as Erica turned around and saw Jack and Miss Garrett coming. The three of us held our breaths as we saw everything happened until the guy in the Rudolph ears and nose pushed us into a balloon-shaped carriage on the Ferris wheel. We went halfway up and stopped near the top, and Erica, Will, and Paige had made a getaway into the fun house.

"We've been spotted," Lindsay said, stating the obvious.

"Duh," I said. "Now what?"

"Um… cocoa stand?"

I considered.

"Brilliant," I said simply. "Good. Very good."

- At the Cocoa Stand -

Erica, Will, and Paige were already there and had been very nice to order cocoa for us! We sat at this nearby picnic table as the snow stated getting thicker and falling faster.

"Um, guys, what time is it?" I asked.

Erica pulled out her cell phone and checked the time.

"It's a quarter after eleven," she said, putting it away again.

"Maybe we should get going," I said. "The snow's really hitting now."

"Yeah, and I'll be hitting later on, too," Erica said with a dangerous glare.

"Maybe we should go," Will said. "A lot of the crowd has thinned out tonight already. It's getting pretty bad."

"No!" Lindsay and Erica said in unison. "Not until I see Jack alone," Erica finished. "That way we can all jump him."

"Jump who?"

The six of us spun around (or looked up, depending which side of the picnic table you were on; I had to turn around), and there was Jack. He was all alone, which made me want to pounce on him before that Miss Garrett showed up again.

"Hello, ladies and Will," Jack said, leaning in on the edge of the picnic table. "Enjoying your evening?"

"To the point where I'm about to murder," Erica said with the biggest and fakest grin I've ever seen. "You and the future Mrs. Sparrow having the time of your lives?"

"Answer wisely," Lindsay warned with a similar glare at him. "Because it's a life or death question."

"No, he's gonna die slowly and painfully either way," Erica said.

Jack backed up a bit, actually looking at me for help when Will, Paige, and Liz made sure that they had gotten it clear they had sided with Erica and Lindz. Eh… no fair! I love Jack! But then again… the bum…

"Sorry, Jack," I said. "You broke your promise."

"Yeah, and isn't that just as bad as breaking the code to some extents?" Will asked sarcastically. "Like, mutiny? Abandoning your crew?"

"No, no," Jack said. "Ye tried that last summer at Gracey's. Nice try."

"Yeah, well, that was fun and games then," I said.

"Yeah," Lindsay said.

"And besides, Jack, in case you didn't hear me the first time we explained it to you, she's off limits!" Erica bellowed. "And you still went and disobeyed us! Ooo… if I had a ship, I'd keelhaul ya!"

Jack leaned away a bit before trying to speak again, but Erica wouldn't let him.

"NO!" she shouted. "I don't wanna hear it! You can't marry her, you can't see her anymore! No more! Got it?"

"And we'll make sure of it," Lindsay said, coming up next to Erica.

"Definitely," I said, following suit.

"Okay, let me say something," Jack said. "First off, this is me own choice. I will see who I want, where, when, and why without ye pokin' in on me business!"

"Business?" I laughed. "What? You hired her?"

"Psh, I wouldn't doubt it," Paige said, arms folded.

"I didn't buy her off!" Jack said, getting angry. "Now stop with the nonsense!"

"It's not nonsense!" Erica shouted. "It's out of hand! Jack, I know for a fact had any one of us pulled what you are back in the Caribbean, you'd've killed us on the spot! And let me tell you, Mr. Man, I am this close to doing it to you!"

"And I'll be helping!" I said.

"Me, too," Paige and Lindsay chorused.

Suddenly, in the thick of the high tension, Erica, Lindsay, Paige, and I all walked up to Jack and started dragging him off into the blustery snow and through the fair gates. Liz and Will followed as Jack thrashed to get loose, but we held on to him until we were outside of Lindsay's Dad's white van. Then, Lindsay opened the sliding door, and we pushed Jack inside with much difficulty. Then the rest of us climbed in; Erica in the driver's seat, Lindz in the passenger seat, Jack and Paige back in the two seats, and Will and Liz were sitting in the back where all this junk was.

- Erica's PoV -

"Listen to me!" Jack yelled once we were all settled and staring him down. "I understand I went against yer rules. But I've already apologized from what I remember."

"Then why are you still seeing her?" Paige asked.

"Yeah, and why did you propose to her, you retard!" Lindsay hollered.

"Yeah, Jack, explain that to me!" I said loudly. "Why are you being so stupid and retarded and dumb! You're Jack Sparrow! You couldn't settle with one woman for a week let alone the rest of your life!"

Jack was quiet, looking at me with a searching expression.

"Ye wanna know why?" he asked. "It's because of ye, Grace. And what ye said this mornin' to me."

I bent my eyebrows, trying to remember anything. My mouth was slightly open. I was the cause for him proposing to Miss Garrett?

"What?" Elizabeth asked. "This doesn't make sense."

"Everything would make a hell of a lot more sense had ye all given me a chance to talk instead of blowin' up on me," Jack said before looking back at me. "But then again, what ye said this mornin', Grace, got me te thinkin'."

"What did I say?" I asked quietly.

"Well, "Jack said, looking up in thought. "I believe it was somewhat along the lines of what ye just said. How I, a pirate, a no good filthy scallywag, could never settle on just one woman and that was what love meant."

Oh shit.

"I thought and thought about it all day," Jack continued. "I looked back, seeing how I was a bit selfish to have everything I wanted when I could never truly have it. Ye said that love was one person and a family and bein' happy. I didn't like the idea, but I knew ye were right, Gracey. I've got nothing except all of ye characters, and for me, that's enough. But after a bit of revelry, it isn't. So, I decided to take yer words for it."

My eyes were big, realizing that he was serious.

"Jack, I didn't mean it!" I said suddenly. "I was mad! Everyone says things they don't mean when they're mad! You should never take what an angry person says to heart!"

"But ye're right," he said.

"No! No no no!"

"Jack, don't be absurd!" Elizabeth said. "You don't even know this woman! You should know her before you ever even think of marriage. Truly know her. Her fears, her strengths, her desires…"

"Is this a stab at me?" Will asked her.

Ignoring them, I continued to stare at him. He was doing this because of something stupid I said. Okay, so it's not exactly stupid, but this is Jack! He doesn't listen to anybody! Why would he start now?

"Jack, you aren't thinking straight," I said desperately. "What about your life as a pirate? All the pillaging, the plundering, the rum, the yo ho?"

"On the contrary, lass, I'm thinkin' straighter than I have in years," he said. "And I'm still debatin' whether or not to tell her all about me. The ship and piracy, as you've said."

"You're gonna marry her and not tell her you were a pirate?" Stewie asked. "But that's the best thing about you!"

"When ye're a lady like Isabelle, I don't think ye really want to get along with a pirate for the rest of yer life. So I could tell her, show her the ship and everything, but I risk losin' her. But if I keep it to meself, I can just have you all make up a fitting lie for my past."

"No way!" Lindsay said. "I'm not gonna lie for you!"

"Me neither!" I said.

"None of us are, so you better just tell her the truth," Paige said. "And you've only got a few months to decide."

"Actually, a few days," Jack said not making eye contact with us.

"WHAT!" we all screamed.

"A few days?" I asked.

"I can explain that one, too," Jack said, holding up his hands. "When I decided on marryin' her and that and proposed, she said she wanted to do it as fast as possible. I didn't argue. The faster I do it, the less time I have to ponder any second thoughts."

"So let me get this straight," Lindsay said. "You're gonna marry a girl we told you was off limits in a few days, but you still haven't told her you're a pirate?"

Jack just glared at her in response.

"I'm surprised she hasn't figured it out by now," Stewie said. "Hasn't she ever seen the movie?"

"I have no clue," I said, putting my face in my hands. "This is bad… really bad."

"Have you ever even met her parents?" Paige asked. "Isn't that how it usually goes?"

"That's right Jack, you'll have to win them over before you say 'I do,'" Lindsay said. "How do you figure you'll manage that in a few days."

"She asked me if I'd like to have dinner at their house tomorrow night," Jack said. My face did one of those sinking things with the shoulders and jaw falling.

"Jack, you haven't had one evening with us since we came," Elizabeth said. "And the first night doesn't count because we weren't all together. All you've done is gone out with that Isabelle, leaving us to wait for any sign that you still know us."

"Oh I get it," Jack said, pointing at her. "Ye're all jealous then, eh?"

"No!" some shouted.

"Yes!" the other half did (I'm on that half).

"Well, yes and no," I said. "Jack, this can't happen. I know you really must like Miss Garrett, but this-"

"And don't call her that anymore," Jack said, interrupting me. "She asked me to tell you just to call her Isabelle when ye're not at the school place since we're acquainted and she wants to have ye all in the wedding."

"I'm not gonna be in the wedding!" I said. "There isn't going to be a wedding! You're here to hide from the angry mob that wants you and Paige for kidnapping the Governor! And yeah, so what if you didn't do it? It's only been three or fours days. I'm sure Norrington hasn't convinced all of Port Royal that a pirate who threatened the life of the governor's daughter is innocent yet."

"Me and Paige both are bloody innocent," Jack said, leaning back in his chair. "Besides, I like to see you even attempt to send us back."

Then, Lindsay clapped her hand over my mouth before I could talk back and leaned in, whispering something in my ear.

"He's gonna want us to help him, Erica," she said. "He's gonna want our support because he won't do it unless we approve."

"Good," I whispered back. "Then we're doing a fine job so far."

"Let's just smile, nod, and agree for right now," Lindsay sighed. "We'll work something out later, I promise. Just go with it."

"You promise," I repeated, having to hear it one more time for it to sink in. Then I sat up away from Lindsay, looking around at everyone with a sullen face, knowing I possibly making one of the biggest mistakes of my life.

"Fine," I said quietly and calmly to Jack. "I won't… I won't send you back. If it really means that much to you, the lot of us'll be up bright and early on the big day all spiffed up and ready to go."

Everyone (for the exception of Lindsay) looked at me like I was nuts. I just sighed deeply and continued.

"Just don't do anything you'll regret," I said after a long pause. At that, I turned around in my seat, folded my arms across my chest, and shut my eyes. What have I done? Most importantly, what's going to happen overall? I couldn't believe I just said what I did.

Suddenly, I jumped as my cell phone rang loudly. I pulled it out and looked at the number. I didn't recognize it, but I answered it anyways.

"Hello?"

"Erica? This is Miss Garrett! Is Jack with you? I just came out of the bathroom and I can't find him anywhere."

I held my hand over the phone and lowered it, glaring back at Jack.

"You gave her my cell phone number?" I asked dangerously. Jack just shrugged his shoulders and looked out the window, trying to make it look like I was speaking some other language.

Then I held the phone back up to my ear and said, "Yeah, Jack's with us. But we're on our way home. He's tired and told us all about meeting your folks tomorrow night, so he thought he should be well-rested for that to make a good impression."

"Aww, how sweet," Miss Garrett chuckled. "Well, alright. Be careful on your way home!"

"We will," I said, rolling my eyes.

"Goodnight to you all."

"Night," I said, hanging up and throwing my phone back down in my bag. Then I went to open the door, but it wouldn't budge. I even unlocked it and it didn't move, so I started slamming myself against the door.

"What are you doing?" Lindsay asked. "Don't break the freakin' door off!"

" I was gonna go get in my car, but the door's stuck!" I said. "It's like, frozen!"

"Well, we've been in here for a while," Stewie said. "And the snow drifts are pretty high, too. I don't think we're gonna make it home tonight."

"You mean I'm stuck here on the fairgrounds parking lot in a van with all of you?" I asked. "Lovely, just lovely! Now what'll we do?"

"Turn on the radio!" Lindsay said, doing just that.

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Poo dah! Another chapter for you fine folks!

Well, Jack, looks like we're off to camp Lutherlyn for a week! We'll be back around dinnertime on the 6th, so look for a new chapter within a week of our return. No promises! You may tar and feather me, lol.

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