Disclaimer: Don't own Jack, Will, Elizabeth, and all those people. If only I owned Jack… But I do Amy and other people, and I am the RULER OF ALL THINGS GINGER! All things ginger bow down to me. I am there pirate queen. I also control werewolves. (Don't ask). Anywho… read the story already! Why are you reading this crap! This has nothing to do with the story! Read it I say! READ! Oh, and italics are thoughts. Ok, NOW read.

A Bet, Some Rum, and a Wedding
Chapter 9: The Stars

"It feels good to be back home. Hey, I'm alone on my own ship again. I can do whatever I want. I have two hours before Jack comes back. Let's see, what should I do? I have to really think about this. What can I never do while Jack is on board? I can get out of this dress. I could never do that while Jack is here. He would find some way to peek into my room and watch me undress because of the pervert he is." Amy walked across the deck, down the stairs and into her room. She took out an outfit from her dresser, she left her other clothes at Sarah's house, and put them on. When she was dressed again, she took a good look at her dress. The front of it had dirt and a few spots of mud near the bottom and looked like she had not washed it for months.

'Sarah had to have noticed my dress. How could she not say anything about it? She let me walk around all day in a dirty dress. She probably did notice but she didn't say anything because she just wanted to get the wedding over with. She could have at least said something after the wedding. But Sarah was probably just too lazy to tell me. Well there wasn't anything I can do about it now. The dirt probably came from when I beat Jack up. I really was sorry about that.' Amy bundled up her dress and threw it onto a chair in the corner because she felt too tired to put it with the other dirty clothes. She felt so wiped out that she just walked over to her bed and collapsed on it. Her face was right in the covers but she didn't care. She did not want to move. All she wanted to do is lie there and sleep. It felt so good to lie down. She closed her eyes and just kind of faded away from reality. She was almost asleep too when she smelled a faint smell of rum coming from her bedspreads.'

From Jack's first night here. That was kind of fun until he tried to take advantage of me. I really should still be mad at him but I can't help it. It's hard to stay mad at him. He just has a way of making you smile whenever you see him. Damn you Jack! I wanted to get some sleep!' Amy slowly got up from her current lying position and moved so she was now lying down vertically on the bed. Her face landed right in the middle of her pillow, which she did on purpose, and screamed at the top of her lungs.

'God Jack I wanted to get some sleep but you just can't let me have any sleep can you? The smell reminded me of you. Why did you have to be so messy? Now all I can think about is you! I really wouldn't mind it, but right now I really want to sleep! Is that too much to ask? I've already been thinking about what you said at the wedding all day. Great, now I'm going to be thinking about that even more. Jack! I hate you! Can't you just let me sleep in peace?' Amy picked up her head for a second and smashed it back down into the pillow and let out another scream. She started to feel more relaxed, but still was thinking about Jack. Amy finally decided she could not take the smell of rum any more. She got up, took the bedspread off the bed, and threw it in the same corner as her dress. Yes, she would get cold, but she did not care. She just wanted some sleep. The coldness would not bother her. Amy jumped back on her bed and grabbed her pillow. She put it against her face and let out one last scream. Amy started to breath very heavily from screaming and her throat was starting to hurt. She flipped her body over so she was now lying on her back staring at the ceiling.'

Finally. I'm not thinking about J- no, I can't say it. If I do I'll start thinking about him again. Ill just try to focus on other things. I can't believe that- crap, can't think about Gibbs. He knows J- someone. Um, what can I think about? I know, I'll think about Sarah. I hope they got home fine. Knowing Sarah, she probably got sidetracked somewhere and will finally end up back at her house in five hours or something. She probably took Johnny to the beach or something like that. She always was the romantic type. I wander if- someone is like that. Like he would ever do that. Jack would never do anything like that. Crap I said his name. Now I'm going to be thinking about him for the rest of the night. You know what? I don't care. As long as I get my sleep, I don't care if I think about him or not. Maybe I do want to think about him but all I really care about right now is getting some sleep. Ok, that's not true either. I do hope that Jack gets home all in one piece and we don't have to go sailing off right away because someone is going after him. Can't he just stay out of trouble for one night? What am I thinking, of course he can't! He's Jack Sparrow. Compared to the stories I've heard about him, he's been acting tame since he's stayed here. I just feel so tired. I really have to get some sleep. Bring on the thoughts about Jack. If I get sleep, I don't care if I think about him or not.'

Amy got herself in into a comfortable position and closed her eyes.'Jack you better get home in one piece. Crap, I'm thinking about him again. I have to do something that will help get to sleep. I'll try counting sheep. Actually for my mind's sake, I'll count Jacks hopping onto my ship. One Jack, two Jack, three Jack,…'

Amy started to stir and stretched out her arms. She yawned for a second and forced herself to open her eyes.

'That was the worst sleep of my life. I did get sleep though. Not a lot, but I did get some sleep. I accomplished my goal. The question is how much sleep did I get? Maybe half an hour or something. I would check the clock, but I just feel to lazy to sit up and look at the clock. But I really have no choice now do I?'Amy groggily forced herself to sit up and leaned against the headboard. She looked around her room forgetting where she put the clock and then remembered that she had a small clock on her night stand. That meant she had to move even more to see the clock. She flipped her legs over the side of the bed and sat up and reached over to get the clock. Only an hour and a half had past since she came back from the pub. She did get more sleep than she thought though, about an hour of sleep. Amy still felt tired but at least now she had the energy to force herself to do get up.

'An hour and a half. I knew he would never come back on time. I probably have an hour until he comes back. I need something to wake me up. I have to be awake when Jack comes back. That way I can tease him about being late. He'll hate that. I think I'll have some fresh air. It is a beautiful night out anyway. I can look up at the stars.'Amy hopped off her bed and stumbled towards the door. She leaned against the wall for a second and straightened herself out and walked up to the deck.

The sky was very clear out. You could see all the stars in the sky. It was the clearest night Amy had seen in a long time. She loved to look at the stars. It made her think of her father. Every night during the summer, her father would take her out onto the deck and teach her about the stars. That is why she had all those books about astronomy in her bedroom. She got them from her father. She never could get enough of the stars. Amy walked up to the railing of the ship and put all of her weight on it. All she did was gaze up into the stars. It would have been very romantic if Jack were there. But he would never do anything romantic. Thinking about Jack reminded her of a song that Gibbs taught her many years ago. She had always heard other pirates singing it and wanted to learn the whole song. She had not sung that song in years. She clearly still remembered the words to it though. Amy figured that since she was alone she would sing it. Amy did always love to sing. She used to sing all the time until Jack came. She did not want Jack hearing her singing all the time and teasing her about it and had to stop.

As Amy was singing, Jack walked up onto the deck but saw that Amy was singing and decided to keep quite until she was done singing. And she happened to be singing one of his favorite songs, 'A Pirate's Life for Me'. He slowly backed away from Amy and stayed quite. She had a really pretty voice.Amy did love that song. She closed her eyes and just stood there breathing in the fresh sea air. Jack decided that this would be a perfect time to sneak up on Amy. As Amy was just standing there, Jack slowly and quietly walked up behind Amy and grabbed her waist and twirled her around three times, making her scream, before letting her down.

"What was that for? You scared me half to death."

"Just annoying you, that's all."

"Well you're doing a good job."

"Thank you. I take great pride in annoying people."

"It seems like you're an expert at it."

"I am."

"That's nice to know."

"Where did you learn that song?"

"Don't tell me you heard me singing."

"I did."

"Wonderful."

"You shouldn't be ashamed of it. You have a nice voice."

"Thank you. I learned that song from Gibbs many years ago."

"Gibbs taught you a lot I see."

"Yes he did. I would probably be stuck somewhere as dinner entertainment if it wasn't for him."

"You could make a lot of money if you did though."

"Shut up. I'm not going to be singing for anyone any time soon."

"But you sung for me."

"I did not sing for you. I sung that song because I figured you would not be coming back anytime soon and I wanted to sing."

"Why didn't you believe me when I said I was going to be back in a hour?"

"Would you have believed you?"

"I see your point. Well you can always sing for me."

"Don't get used to the idea. That was just a one time thing." Amy turned away from Jack and looked up back at the stars.

"So, what were you doing standing up here all by yourself?"

"I was looking at the stars."

"Really?"

"Every summer night my father would take me outside and teach me about the stars. That's why I have so many books about astronomy in my bedroom. Every time I look at the stars I think of my father. That's why I love to look at the stars."

"That's interesting."

"I look at them not only because they remind me of my father, but because I think they are beautiful. They're my favorite things in the world to look at."

"And I'm not?"

"Why would I be interested in looking at you?"

"Because I'm Jack Sparrow, captain of the Black Pearl."

"Oh, so you did think of something different. Not much of a change though, but it's different."

"Told you I would think of something luv." Amy raised her hand to slap Jack but slowly put her arm down next to her side."Nah, I'm too tired to slap you."

"Why don't you call me my real name?"

"I'm too tired to call you that too."

"Why didn't you get some sleep while I was gone?"

"I tried to, but the smell of the rum on my bedspreads kept me awake."

"Sorry. Why didn't you go under the covers like normal people?"

"Because I was too lazy and tired. I ended throwing the bedspread in the corner."

"Well, that's one way to fix the problem."

"I was tired and I wasn't thinking right, ok."

"Fine." Amy went back to looking at the stars but Jack kept staring at her. After a minute Amy looked away from the stars and realized that Jack was still staring at her."What?"

"Oh, I was trying to remember the color of your eyes."

"Why?"

"Don't know."

"Well, did you remember?"

"Um, no."

"They're blue."

"Really, I was just thinking that."

"Look at my eyes." Amy turned toward Jack and looked directly into his eyes. Amy never realized it, but this was the first time she has ever really looked into Jack's eyes. She never noticed how much of a dark brown his eyes were. It was like a chocolate brown. She had never seen anyone's eyes such a dark color. He eyes were comforting and made her feel warm. Like she was protected all the time. She was so busy staring into Jack's eyes that she didn't notice how close their faces were. They were just inches apart.

'This is it. He's finally going to kiss me. He better kiss me, for his own safety.' Their faces were now so close together that their noses almost touched. Jack was slowly moving closer until he suddenly pulled away from Amy.

"Yep, they're blue alright. Sapphire blue. Well I'm really tired and I would like to go to be going to bed. Good night Amy," Jack said and kissed Amy on the cheek. Jack looked right into Amy's eyes for a second and quickly walked away shaking his head. Once he was gone, Amy put her hand up to her face where Jack kissed her, still in shock and awe of what just happened.

'Well it's not what I wanted, but it's a start."

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