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A Bet, Some Rum, and a Wedding
Chapter 5: The Answer

"Mornin'. How's yer head?" Jack asked Amy who just walked into his bedroom, also known as the storage room.

"It's better than yesterday. I was able to take that bandage off. What's that smell?"

"It's breakfast."

"Jack Sparrow can cook? I would have never guessed."

"Well, actually it's the same thing we've had everyday. The only difference is that I cooked it."

"That sounds more like you. You didn't put rum in it did you?"

"No, it would taste awful. Well since this stuff already tastes awful, it probably wouldn't make a difference. I think I might do that, actually. A good and drink all in one."

"You really are crazy you know that?"

"Like I said before, I am not crazy. I just have crazy ideas."

"Why did you make me breakfast?" the woman asked curiously.

"I got up early this morning and I was hungry so I made me own breakfast. When I was done ye were still asleep and I had nothing to do so I thought I would make ye breakfast."

"So you just made me breakfast out of pure boredom?"

"Yep."

"Couldn't expect anything more out of you."

"I could have made ye breakfast because I wanted to, but I just wasn't in the mood."

"Typical Jack Sparrow for you."

"CAPTAIN Jack Sparrow."

"HOW COULD YOU SLEEP WITH ANAMARIA? Doesn't this bet mean anything to you? I thought you might at least be able to go a few months without sleeping with anyone! I guess I was wrong! All you care about is your own damn self! You only did that to have some fun for the night! God, I can't believe you slept with her!" A silence remained in the room after Amy's sudden outburst. Jack stood where he was, not sure if she would attack him or not if he moved.

"What was that all about?" the pirate asked breaking the quietness.

"I never got to yell at you for sleeping with her before because I was too weak but now I'm better so I thought this would be a good time to do it."

"Ye done?"

"Yep. Where's my breakfast?"

"In the bowl." Amy got her breakfast and sat down at the table and started to eat, both acting as though nothing had happened.

"Jack, we're in Tortuga. I thought you would be already to leave by now. Where are you?" Amy looked all over the deck and didn't find him. She walked downstairs to check the storage room and found him there. He was sitting up in a corner, sleeping.

"That's typical, Jack." Amy decided to go ahead into Tortuga to get a drink of rum. She still had a few hours before she had to meet her friend. She put her coat on, put some money in her pocket and headed towards the pub.

When she entered the pub there was a crowd but not a huge one like there is at eleven o'clock at night. It was just eight o'clock and people were now just starting to come in. She found a stool at the bar and sat and ordered a drink. Usually she didn't drink that much, but when she did feel like drinking, she drank lots. After a few drinks, a whore came down and sat next to her. She looked very depressed, like she couldn't get any work. That thought gave Amy an idea.

"Excuse me, miss?"

"Yes," the lady next to Amy answered.

"Are you having a hard time finding work?"

"Maybe. Why do you want to know?"

"I have a business proposition for you."

"Why should I listen to your proposition?"

"What's your normal rate?"

"Five shillings."

"I'll pay you quadruple that."

The 'lady of the night' considered the blonde's proposition and replied. "You have my attention."

"There is a man that will come in here. Go to him and be as seductive as you can be. Then meet me back here at three-thirty and tell me if he slept with you are not."

"What does this man look like?"

"He has a red bandanna in his hair with kohl under his eyes. His hair is black with dreadlocks and acts naturally drunk. He will also be drinking lots of rum."

"Well that sounds like every guy that comes in here. What is his name?"

"Captain Jack Sparrow."

"I'll be able to remember that," the prostitute said. "Why do you want me to tell you if he slept with me or not?"

"It's part of this little bet we have."

"You have yourself a deal. May I be paid now?" Amy took ten shillings out of her pocket and handed them to her.

"Where's the rest?"

"You'll get the rest once you have told me if he slept with you or not."

"Fine."

"Would you like a drink? It's on me."

"I'm not supposed to be working on the job, but business is slow anyways. Yes I would like to have one, thank you."

"Don't mention it. One more thing, do not tell him about our little meeting."

"Trust me, I won't."

"Wake up Jack! Don't make me kick you again!" Jack did not move an inch. He still was in the exact same place as when Amy left. "Fine, I'll have to kick you again." Amy picked up her foot to kick Jack to wake him up, but Jack's hand stopped her from kicking him.

"Never kick me again," Jack said seriously.

"So you really were awake. Why didn't you say something so I wouldn't have to kick you?"

"I thought you weren't actually going to kick me."

"I did it before, what makes you think I won't do it again?"

"I don't know. Just don't kick me again."

"How else am I supposed to wake you up?"

"I don't know. Think of something else, just make sure it doesn't involve kicking me or anything else that might hurt. Ye kick really hard ye know."

"I know. You ready to go?"

"Go where? Are we in Tortuga?"

"We've been in Tortuga for a while now. I came in here to tell you but you were asleep."

"Why didn't ye wake me up?"

"Would you have wanted me to wake you up?"

"Well, no."

"That's why. I'm going to meet my friend Sarah now, so you can go off and drink rum as I promised. Just don't do anything stupid."

"I'll try my hardest not to."

"Be back here by three, alright?"

"Fine. Ye know the last time we did this, ye ended up getting hit in the head with a rock," the captain pointed out.

"I had no control over it. Besides, Anamaria is nowhere close to here. She can't come out and hit me again."

"Still, there are lots of people here who would do that. Try and stay safe, savvy?"

"Am I hearing what I think I'm hearing? Jack Sparrow wants me to be careful?" Sparrow's shipmate mocked.

"I'm not as heartless as ye think ye know. I just don't want to take care of ye like I had to before."

"I promise I'll watch out for myself. I have to be going now if I want to get to my friend's house on time. Are you going to be leaving anytime soon?"

"Yes, I'll be leaving. I can hear that rum calling my name."

"Well, I'm off then. Be sure to lock the door."

"I know, I know."

"I have some really valuable stuff on this ship that I don't want to be taken away. Is that too much to ask?"

"Sometimes it is."

"Well your just going to have to live with it. I don't want to be late to my friend's house so I'm leaving. Goodbye." Amy walked out of the storage room and toward her friend's house.

"The last time I came here, I got slapped," the pirate captain thought aloud. "Seeing as Amy has slapped me numerous times, I won't worry about it. That side of my face is starting to get numb anyway."

"Jack, I'm back. What's the point of me saying this, he's not back. I'll be surprised if he shows up in the next thirty minutes. I have to go meet that girl at the pub in fifteen minutes anyway so it's a good thing he's not back. Wait, if he's not here than that means he's still in the pub. How am I going to get past him without him seeing me? I'll wear my father's coat. It should do the trick." Amy walked into her bedroom and hung up the coat she was already wearing. She opened the same chest where she hid Jack's hat and pulled out a nice, but old, coat. When she put it on and looked at herself in the mirror, the coat looked to big on her, but it did make her look like a man. Jack would never be able to tell that it was her. She put her hair into a low ponytail and put Jack's hat, which he left behind mistakenly, on. She looked herself in the mirror again and she looked exactly like a man. She reminded herself of her father. Amy took fifteen shillings out of her other coat pocket and headed to the pub.

When Amy walked into the pub, she expected for there to be a huge crowd, and there was. This made it harder for her to stop Jack but it also made it harder for Jack to stop her. Amy thought that there was little chance that Jack would see her because he was busy drinking away with his friends. The sailor sat down in the same spot at the bar as she did before and ordered a drink while she waited for the girl. About fifteen minutes after she came, the same whore she hired for her special deed came.

"Excuse me sir, can you please move one chair over? I'm expecting to meet someone here."

"I'm here."

"Is that you?" the other woman asked skeptically.

"Yes it is the same person you met this morning. I didn't want Jack to see me."

"Well, you did a very good job looking like a man."

"Thank you, I guess."

"Your welcome."

"So, what did he do?"

"He didn't."

"Really?" Amy said surprised by his actions.

"Yep. When I walked over to him, he did pay attention to me but not very much. I worked my charm on him as hard as I could but it still wouldn't work. Usually I would have a guy all over me by now, but he didn't really care about me. Eventually he asked very politely if I would leave and gave me a shilling."

"He did that?"

"Yes he did. I swear that I am telling the truth. He must really like you to turn me down."

"He doesn't like me."

"When he was talking to his mates, all he ever really talked about was you. When someone changed the subject, somehow he managed bring it back to you."

"Jack wouldn't do that."

"I think he really likes you, but that's just my opinion. You're very lucky to have a guy like Jack." Amy began to smile.

"Yes, I guess I am aren't I? He did stick up for me and took care of me when I was unconscious. Even my friend said that was a good thing that he did for me. That many other men wouldn't have done that for me."

"It's true. I would hold on to a guy like Jack. May I be paid the rest now?"

"Yes. Here you go. I put in an extra five shillings for you." Amy took her money out and gave it to the girl.

"Thank you."

"It was nothing."

"Well, I do have to be getting back to my job now. This is my peck hour. All the men are drunk by now and have no idea what they are doing. It's heaven to me."

"I hope you find a job."

"Thank you. Remembered what I said. Hold on to a guy like Jack. You don't find a man like that very often."

"I'll keep that in mind." The girl got up from the stool and left. Amy couldn't believe what she said. Jack Sparrow, the guy that she had secretly loved, likes her. She thought it was too good to believe. But that would explain why he made her breakfast. Amy thought that she was lying, but still, it felt good to know that there was a possibility that he might actually like her. Amy snapped herself out of her daydream and noticed Jack walking out of the pub. She had to get back to her ship before Jack. The small female hoped that he would get sidetracked so Amy could sneak out in front of him. Amy quickly headed out another door on the side of the building so Jack wouldn't see her. She snuck around the building and ran behind a crate that was near the ship. She looked out for Jack and didn't see him. Even though it was unlikely that Jack got onto the ship before she did, she took out her ponytail and took of her coat so he wouldn't get suspicious. Amy quickly ran on to her ship and ran under the deck. The sneaky blonde looked in the storage room and didn't see Jack there.

"Thank god, he's not here. I beat him here. That was too close."

"Why are ye glad ye beat me here?" Jack said from behind her and Amy let out a scream.

"Don't you ever do that to me again."

"Sorry. Why are ye glad that ye beat me here?"

"Because I didn't want you to find out that I came back late, like you."

"Well, ye know how things are, luv."

"I told you not to call me luv. If you call me luv one more time, I'll going to call you a name."

"Oh really, what might that name be?"

"You will have to wait and see. I am very tired right now and if you don't mind I would like to go to bed."

"Go right ahead, it won't bother me."

"Ok then. Goodnight Jack."

"Night."

"Jack wake up, I have a surprise for you. My god Jack, can you ever wake up without me having to kick you or something like a normal person? I promised I wouldn't kick you so I won't." Amy slowly crept up to Jack, who was sleeping on the floor as usual, and put her mouth right next to his ear.

"GOOD MORNING!" Jack sat up very quickly and let out a small scream. He nearly slapped Amy in the face but she ducked just in time.

"Why did ye bloody do that for? My ear hurts like crazy now." Jack had his hand covering his ear from the pain.

"I promised I wouldn't kick you or touch you to wake you up and I didn't so I did nothing wrong."

"What's that noise?"

"I don't hear anything."

"I guess it's just the RINGING IN MY EARS!"

"Those are the side affects. I wouldn't have to yell at you or kick you if you just learned to wake up like a normal person."

"But I'm not a normal person."

"Somehow I knew you were going to say that. Come on, I made breakfast."

"What are we having? The same old thing right?"

"Actually I made bacon and eggs."

"Is there some special occasion today or something?"

"No. I just feel that I haven't been as nice to you as I promised I would, so I made you breakfast."

"Oh. Did you say something along the lines of surprise before you made my ear hurt like hell?"

"I forgot about that. I'll be right back." Amy walked out of the room for a minute and came back with Jack's hat.

"Here you go."

"Me hat! Ye didn't do anything to it did ye?"

"Of course I didn't. I know how much you love your hat. I would never do anything to it. I even put some extra dirt on it just for you." Jack quickly got up from the floor and took his hat from Amy. He inspected it to make sure there was nothing wrong with it. He then gave Amy a quick nod of approval before putting it on his head.

"Are you going to be wearing that all the time now?"

"I was separated from my hat for such a long time. Don't worry, I will leave it on for a few days straight and then find it annoying and then take it off."

"Great."

"When are we leaving Tortuga?"

"Actually last night I found out that my friend is getting married tomorrow, so we will be staying here for a while longer."

"A wedding? I love weddings! Drinks all around!"

"You'll have to wait till tomorrow for the drinking."

"Am I going or something?"

"Well she said that I needed to bring a date, so that means you."

"Me?"

"Yes you. I'm not going with someone my friend sets me up with. Those men are always jerks. At least I know you won't try to rape me. I feel much safer going with you."

"Really? That's interesting."

"I've met some really big jerks before. I lot of them always try to hurt me or treat me like I'm a whore or something. Then I knock them out or least punch them hard enough so I have time to run away."

"They've never hurt ye right?"

"Nope. Always got away before they could. In an hour I'm meeting my friend to go dress shopping for tomorrow, so do what you like while I'm gone."

"Does that include rum?"

"No. Take a day off from rum and wait till tomorrow."

"Fine. I'll go see some of my buddies then. There's not much else to do here besides rum."

"You'll find something that you like to do. Eat your breakfast before it gets cold because I'm not making it again."

"Ye sound like my mother. It's scary."

"I might sound like your mother now but I definitely do not act like her."

"That's for sure."

"Your breakfast is on the plate. I already ate mine."

"And what are going to do while I eat?"

"I'm going to buy some more of that perfume that you dumped out the window."

"Sorry about that. Let me give you some money to help buy it."

"Jack, you don't have to."

"I want to. It's the least I could do for ye."

"But you really don't have to."

"I want to. Take it."

"Thank you Jack." Jack took some money out of his pocket and handed it to Amy. Amy smiled at him for a few minutes until Jack saw her smiling at him.

"What are you smiling about?"

"What? Oh nothing. I'm just excited about tomorrow that's all."

"Shouldn't ye be getting your perfume if ye want to meet yer friend on time?"

"Yes I supposed I should. The shops should be opened by now. I hope you enjoy your breakfast."

"Thanks."

"Bye, Jack."

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