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A Bet, Some Rum, and a Wedding
Chapter 12: The Bottles
"I HATE YOU!" Amy hit her hand hard on the door and sighed.
'Why did he have to make me stay here? I would have come back…eventually. We don't have to talk now, but we have to talk sometime. But why did he lock me in his room? It doesn't make any sense. Well I kind of just did threaten to kill him in front of his whole crew. That's it, his ego! That's why I'm in here. He wanted to prove he was still in charge to his crew. Couldn't blame him. Damn Jack's ego. At least he didn't put me in the brig. But I really have to go. I promised I wouldn't miss them before they leave to England. I can't miss this. Though it shouldn't be too hard getting out of his room. The hard part will be getting past Jack. He probably knows every way I could get out of here. He probably is just waiting for me to jump out the window and come storming down here while his crew will be looking out every second for me. Wait…he would come down here and his crew would be looking on this side of the ship for me. Not paying attention to the other parts of the ship, giving me a chance to escape. But how can I get them to look over on the other side without me jumping off the ship?'
Amy looked around the room trying to get an idea. All she saw was some maps, books, a few rotting pieces of food, what looked like to be an apple, some full rum bottles, and many, many empty rum bottles.
'Empty rum bottles. If I got enough of them together and maybe some of the full ones,…yes, that could work. I could throw them over the edge, making a splash, and he would think it's me. It's very risky though. Not the best plan in the world. It probably won't even work. But the least I could do is try. What is he going to do to me if he catches me? Bring me back here? Wow, I'm so scared. I'll probably have to wait at least half an hour. That way Jack will be less suspecting that I will be trying to escape. Just a little bit. He knows I'll be trying to escape. But I have to try soon if I want to be there in time. I don't even know where the ship is. I'll work that out later.'
Amy walked over to the desk, where most of the bottles were, and started piling them up on the bed. Once she had about six bottles, she took out some of the full and put them on the bed. Of course she had to make sure that the rum she was going to waste wasn't the really expensive kind Jack had before that she threw out. She didn't want to go through that again. She took one of the bottles on the bed and took a drink out from it. It actually tasted pretty good. But it was nowhere near as expensive as the kind he has before. The only reason the rum probably tasted so good was because she had a dying need of thirst.
Amy took one of Jack's pillowcases and stuffed the thing with as many bottles as she could. She was able to fit all six bottles in one pillowcase and one full one, for extra weight. She took another pillowcase and gathered seven more bottles and stuffed them into it. She tried to pick up one case and felt how heavy it was. With two of those, it will surely sound like a body diving into the ocean. She tied the tops of both pillowcases and put them on the floor and heard a knock on her door.
"Amy? Are you alright? Can I come in?" She let out a sigh of relief when she heard the voice. It was Gibbs.
"Yes you can come in." She heard him doing something to the doorknob and walked in closing the door behind him.
"How did you get the door open?"
"Found out a few years ago how to pick the lock. Jack doesn't know that I know."
"Interesting."
"What were you doing down here? I thought I heard clanging bottles coming from this room."
"Has Jack been down here since he brought me down here?"
"No, don't think so."
"Good. I have a plan to escape."
"Escape? How are going to do tha'? You're not going to dive out the window are ye? You know he's going to come right down here. He might even dive in after you."
"Really? All the easier it is to escape."
"What do you mean? How can that make it easier to escape?"
"I know that Jack will coming running down here if he hears a splash. I'm going to use that to my advantage."
"Not following."
"I filled two of the pillowcases with empty bottles of rum. When the time is right I'm going to throw them out the window and make it look like I jumped out. When he comes down and opens the door, I'll sneak out while he's still looking and run right off the ship."
"Because the crew will be looking on the other side of the ship to see what the splash was. That might actually work. It's still a very risky plan. Ye sure you want to do it?"
"What's the worst he would do to me if he caught me? Bring me back down here?"
"True. He might put ye in the brig though."
"Oh well. He's still going to keep me here. I have to at least try to meet Sarah and Johnny before they head to England. If I don't I won't see them in months. I have to say goodbye before they go on their honeymoon."
"Aye, I understand. Anything I can do to help?"
"You can make sure no one sees me."
"I'll try my hardest."
"Once you see that everyone is on the other side of the ship and Jack is gone, come down and meet me."
"What? I can't. Jack will get suspicious if I'm not there."
"Please Gibbs? Sarah will be so happy to see you. And besides, I never got her a wedding present. I have to do something for her."
"Oh, alright. I'll meet you in front of the pub."
"Thank you Gibbs. Do you have any suggestions on when I should carry out my plan?"
"Wait about twenty minutes. Jack will here the splash for sure."
"Thanks."
"I must really be headin' back up. Bet Jack's wonderin' where I am."
"Of course. Don't want Jack to come down here."
"Good luck." Gibbs slowly opened the door, and looked up and down the hallway to make sure no one was watching and walked out closing the door behind him. Amy quickly untied the sash she had on her waist on tied the two pillowcases together making them look like one big, giant, pillowcase. She then went snooping around Jack's room looking for a shirt. She found one just lying on the floor that looked like it hadn't been washed in months. Hoping that Jack didn't like that shirt, she took it and put it over the pillowcases. She wanted to make the pillowcases actually look like a body just incase Jack saw the pillowcases sinking and was wondering what it was. Amy rolled the bottles over to the window and looked at the clock. She still had about ten minutes until she would throw the bottles out the window. This would be an excellent time to go snooping around Jack's room.
She started with the bookshelves to see what kinds of books he had. He had a ton of books about sailing and different kinds of boats. He probably had as many books on sailing as she did with astronomy. Next, she started to look through his desk. All she found was old papers, maps, and papers that just had scribbles on it. The words were so scratched out that she had no idea what he was trying to write. 'What does this man do in his free time?' She tossed the papers aside in disappointment on not finding anything about him and thought it would be funny to write Jack a little note for him to find someday. Something nice, short, and sweet. Just something for him to remember her by. She actually found a nice clean sheet of paper and an inkwell and started to write.
Dear Walter Jack Sparrow,
I am sitting at you desk in your room right now because you locked me in here. Why you locked me in here I have some idea, but I will never really know the truth. One more thing I will not know about Jack Sparrow. Sorry, CAPTAIN Jack Sparrow. I am waiting for the right time to escape from your ship. Sorry about your pillowcases and your shirt and rum. I tasted some and you're not really missing anything. I hope you are not angry for escaping, if I escape. I really had to meet Sarah and Johnny. You know how much she means to me. She's my best friend. Please forgive me. You could not have expected me to wait here locked up in your room. Get used to it. Because whether you like it or not, you which you better, we are stuck with each other. Now that I know where Gibbs is, I am not losing contact with him again. Fact is we will see each other again someday. There's no way around it. Our lives will be connected forever. Personally I don't mind, and you better not either. You're one of the cleverest, craziest, and most drunken people I've ever met. And I wouldn't have it any other way. No matter what happens, I'll never forget you Jack.
Sincerely,
Vivian Amy Jones
Amy finished writing the letter and folded it up. She searched around the desk and found and envelope. She put the letter inside and sealed it. She took her pen and labeled the outside Walter. Amy smiled and put the letter inside of a book on the bookshelf. Everything in that letter was true. She wouldn't change anything about him, and their lives will always be joined together by Gibbs. They will see each other again, no matter what. Hopefully, they would meet often. Amy was so into thinking about Jack that she didn't realize that she had to escape. She quickly snapped out of her daze and looked at the time. Ten minutes have passed and it was time to start the escape plan.
Amy made sure that the pillowcases would hold together and opened the window. She plucked a few hairs from her head. She then put them on the handle of the window so it would look like she really did jump out the window and her hair got caught in the handle. Amy took one deep breath telling herself that she could do this. She picked up the pillowcases and threw them as hard as she could out the window. There wasn't a lot of time until Jack would come down here. Amy hid the pillows that were now without pillowcases and made sure everything looked like normal. She ran over to the right side and stood as still as she could. Yes, it was more likely that Jack would see her over there but she would be able to get out faster, which was more important. She could hear Jack's angry footsteps come running down the stairs very fast and heard him searching for the key. Amy held her breath in when she saw the doorknob turning and Jack walking in.
He did what Amy hoped he would do, Jack came storming right in and she could hear the crewmembers running to this side of the deck. She figured this would be the opportune moment to leave now while Jack was looking outside the window. She took one great big step into the hallway and quietly ran up the stairs.
She poked her head out onto the deck first to make sure no one was watching and saw that everyone was indeed on the other side of the deck. Gibbs was giving them orders to look down below to see if they could see her swimming towards the shore.
'I owe you one Gibbs. Hope he'll be able to get away from everyone without anyone seeing him, especially Jack. I knew I should have locked him in his room. But I didn't have enough time to think up of a plan for that. I'll save that for next time.'
Amy slowly stepped out onto the deck and did a very quiet run across the deck and tried to hide behind the mast. She poked her head out again to make sure the crew was still looking the other way. All she had to do was make it off the ship and she would be free. She was already halfway there. She took a deep breath and ran as fast as she could. Amy was halfway when she saw a pirate starting to turn around and quickly dove behind a few barrels, hitting her hand during her landing on the wooden floor. She slowly lifted her head from behind the barrels and looked to see if Gibbs had taken care of the pirate. Gibbs had made the pirate go back to looking into the sea with the rest of the pirates. She smiled and saw that Gibbs mouthed the word 'go' to her and went back to giving orders. Amy realized Jack would be coming back up any second now. She did have to leave now if she wanted to get out of here. Amy got off the ground, still crouched over, and ran off the ship.
As soon as she was off ship, she ran as fast as she could to the pub. When she finally got there, she just threw herself against the brick wall and caught her breath.
'I can't believe it, I actually escaped. I escaped from the Black Pearl. I escaped from the infamous Captain Jack Sparrow. I didn't even think my plan would work, but it did. That's all that matters. I probably would have gotten caught if it weren't for Gibbs. At least he understands how much it means to me to meet Sarah before she leaves. Why can't Jack understand that? They only reason he locked me in his room for was it make it look like he still had control over the situation, after I threatened to kill him and all. I did the right thing to do though. No matter how badly I want to beat up Anamaria and make sure she has a horrible life, she did not deserve to die. And that's the truth, no matter how much I wish it wasn't. I still can't believe I did it. Wonder what he's going to say to me the next time I see him. I don't want to even think about that. Right now, all I can do I hope that Gibbs got away fine and that Sarah's ship hasn't left yet. If it has, she's going to kill me the next time she sees me. I don't want to think about that either. Come on Gibbs, hurry up.'
Amy regained all her energy back, knowing that she'll need it to run and find Sarah's ship, and waited patiently for Gibbs. Finally he came walking down the street.
"It's about time."
"Sorry Amy. You know how hard it is to get around Jack."
"I understand. Now come on! If we don't leave now, we'll miss Sarah and she'll kill me the next time she sees me!"
"She will. I've seen her when she gets mad."
"Then you know what I mean. Do you know which way the passenger ships are? Don't they have a special section just for them or something?"
"Aye, they do. It's all the way on the other side of the docks though. It'll take at least ten minutes to get there."
"Then we better hurry."
"I don't know if I can do it Amy. I'm not as young as I once was a very long time ago."
"All we have to do is walk at a fast pace. We don't have to run. Based on what she did at her wedding, the ship will actually depart at one-thirty."
"I might be able to do it then. Just don't be surprised if I have to stop and rest for a second along the way."
"Don't worry Gibbs. I'll make sure you get there on time."
"I'm not going to like this am I?"
"Probably not."
"Let's just get this over with. I still don't know what I'm going to tell Jack when I get back on why I was gone."
"We'll think of something. Come on, we don't have all day."
"This is going to be the longest fifteen minutes of my life."
"Come on Gibbs, we're almost there." Amy stopped for a moment and waited for Gibbs to catch up. He stopped and was bending over and breathing very heavily. He had done a jog all the way from The Pearl to the passenger side of the docks.
"That was not a fast walk. That was a jog."
"I'm sorry Gibbs, but I just want Sarah to see you again. She'll be so happy to see you again."
"If this weren't for Sarah or you, I would have never agreed to this."
"Don't worry. I have to check on Sarah's house after this so you can rest there. You can have some of her rum. She won't mind."
"Aye, we'll go there. But I can't stay for long. Who knows what Jack is going to do to me if I'm missing for a few hours."
"You know I'm very thankful for this."
"I know." Amy walked over to Gibbs and helped him stand up straight.
"So which ship is hers?"
"Um, I'm not exactly sure. But it's in the middle of the week, there can't be many passenger ships here."
"Aye. Next time learn the name of the ship."
"I promise. Come on, I can see two passenger ships from here. One of them has to be Sarah's." Amy smiled at Gibbs and led him over to the ships. They searched the passenger area of the first ship, but did not find Sarah or Johnny. Both of them headed over to the passenger area of the other ship and found Sarah and Johnny almost instantly.
"Sarah!"
"Amy!" Amy ran over to Sarah and hugged her.
"We were staring to think you weren't going to come."
"Well, I got a little sidetracked I guess you can say."
"Jack right?"
"I had to escape from his ship."
"Why were you on his ship in the first place?"
"I don't have time to tell you now. You can make up your own little story on why I was over at his ship. You always do whenever I don't tell you something."
"I'm coming up with ideas right now." Johnny walked up to be carrying what looked like to be their bags and put them down on the ground.
"Hello Johnny."
"'Ello Amy. How have you been?"
"At the moment, pretty good."
"That's good to hear. Jack right?"
"Yep. Wow, he catches on quick."
"Just one reason why I married him." Sarah gave Johnny a small kiss.
"Sarah before you go, I have a surprise for you."
"I told you not to get me anything."
"I didn't buy it. I sort of found it."
"What is it then?" Amy singled for Gibbs to come over, who was hiding behind a group of people so Sarah would not see him.
"'Ello Sarah."
"Gibbs!" Sarah took one large step towards Gibbs and gave him a very tight hug.
"Wow, I never thought I would see you today. It's been so long since we last saw each other."
"Yes it has." Johnny did a fake cough and nudged Sarah to introduce him to Gibbs.
"Oh yes. Gibbs, this is my husband Johnny. Johnny, this is Gibbs. He's a very old friend of me and Amy."
"It's nice to meet you, sir." Johnny put his hand out towards Gibbs as an invitation to shake hands and Gibbs accepted.
"So you're Johnny. Amy has told me all about you."
"All good things I hope."
"Yes, all good things. Hear you're quite the gentlemen."
"Thank you sir."
"Call me Gibbs. You're a member of the family now." Gibbs gave Johnny a friendly pat on the back.
"I guess I am aren't I." Sarah could sense that Johnny was feeling uncomfortable and changed the subject.
"So Gibbs, what brings you to Tortuga?"
"I'm here on the Pearl."
"It turns out that he's Jack's first mate," Amy interrupted.
"Really? Wow, I guess it is a small world after all."
"Yep." Other passengers were now starting to board the ship and Sarah and Johnny both thought that it was time to leave.
"Well, I guess we probably should leave now. You ready Johnny?" Johnny had already picked up the bags and was ready to leave.
"Well, I guess this is goodbye."
"I guess so. Goodbye Gibbs." Sarah gave Gibbs a hug and a peck on the cheek.
"It was so nice to see you again."
"It was nice seeing you too Sarah." Sarah turned to Amy and both made a soft squeal and gave each other the biggest hug that you ever saw. Both of them now had a few tears running down their cheeks.
"I'm going to miss you."
"I'm going to miss you too." They slowly separated from each other but were still hold each other up.
"I hope you'll be ok while I'm gone."
"Don't worry I will be."
"But what if something happens with you and Jack? Who's going to be there to hurt him if you want me to?"
"Don't worry, I can take care of myself. And besides, I think Gibbs would be more than willing to do that."
"Yes I am." Both girls smiled at each other and hugged one last time.
"I hope you have a safe trip. You have to tell me everything when you get back. Tell your folks I say hello."
"I will. Bye Amy."
"Bye Sarah. Goodbye to you too Johnny."
"Goodbye Amy." Amy nudged Gibbs on his arm to say something to Johnny.
"I hope you have a safe voyage. And make sure you take care of her. I'm just as protective with Sarah as I am of Amy."
"Don't worry, I promise I will not let a single harm come to her Gibbs. Goodbye."
"Goodbye Johnny." Sarah took one of her bags from Johnny and they both boarded the ship. Once they got on, they waved down to Amy and Gibbs. Both of them waved back and walked away.
"So…what did you think of Johnny?"
"He's a good man. He is good for Sarah. She really needs someone stable in her life."
"And I'm not?"
"Well, you are, but you're sailing around all the time and can't always be there for her."
"I understand. I'm really not that stable to begin with. Come on Sarah's house is this way." Amy and Gibbs walked away from the ship but were stopped by someone talking to them from behind.
"And where do you think you're going Miss Jones?"
Wow. That was a pretty darn fast update. Yay! If things keep going to way they are, the chapters will keep coming up like daises. Of course you have to thank my wonderful beta and very best friend Renata. She's the fantastic person who edits the many, many mistakes I make. Thanks for the reviews! They always make my day. I shall try and reply to them more often. I know I haven't been very good about that. Sorry! I am determined to that this story up and the beginning of the sequel by the end of the school year (early June). I hope I can make it! Ta!