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A Bet, Some Rum, and a Wedding
Chapter 13: The Knock
"And where do you think you're going Miss Jones?" Amy froze in her steps. She knew that voice. She knew who it was. She only hoped she was wrong. Amy bit her lip and closed her eyes. She turned around and opened her eyes to find none other than Jack Sparrow smirking at her.
"Jack. Hello. Um, Gibbs and I were just heading over to Sarah's house to make sure everything was locked up and safe. You know how forgetful she can be. We'll just be on our way. Come on Gibbs." Amy turned around and tried to walk away as fast as she could but Jack quickly grabbed her shoulder and made her come back.
"I knew it wouldn't be that easy."
"It never is. Now, about you escaping from my ship…"
"Oh yes, about that. Sorry. And sorry I took some of your rum and pillowcases. I also took a shirt."
"Where are they now?"
"At the bottom of the ocean."
"So I'm not getting back them eh?"
"Unless you want to swim down there and get them, no." Amy tried to walk away again but Jack grabbed her arm.
"You're not going anywhere. Come on, we're going back to the Pearl." Jack pulled Amy's arm in the direction of the Black Pearl but Amy was able to get her arm lose and got away from Jack.
"No, I'm not going back there. I really have to make sure everything at Sarah's house is all right. I have to go. If you really want to talk that badly, the three of us can talk there."
"And why should we go to Sarah's house instead of going to my ship?"
"Because Sarah has a lot of rum and food that's going to spoil and be wasted unless someone eats it right now. Not to mention the fact that we will have more privacy there."
"Rum eh? We can't let that go to waste now can we. To Sarah's house."
"Here we are." Amy, Jack, and Gibbs had just reached Sarah's house. Her house was very dirty looking and on the outside and it was well, small. Very small. Amy got the hidden extra key from the top of the door and opened the door. When all of them walked in, it was not what they expected. Although the house was very small, only two rooms, the house actually looked clean. Everything was in order. All of the blankets and pillows were stacked up neatly in a pile, there was no trash on the floor, and almost everything was spotless. You could almost say the room felt cozy. Almost.
"Make yourselves at home. I'll be right back with some drinks." Amy went over to the kitchen area of the house while Jack and Gibbs sat down at a nearby table. Amy pulled out two bottles. She took two mugs out from the cabinet and filled them with rum. She then picked both mugs up and a bottle of rum and brought them over to the table. She gave one mug to Gibbs, one to herself, and gave the whole bottle to Jack then sat down.
"Why did you give me a whole bottle?"
"I don't want to be running back and forth all the time filling you up so I just thought this would be easier. Do you have any objections?"
"No. Just that much easier for me." He popped the cork off of the bottle and drank almost a forth of the rum.
"Maybe I should get you two more bottles."
"No, I'll get my own next time." Amy took a small drink from her own rum and turned to Gibbs.
"So Gibbs, when did you happen to walk aboard?"
"You had your pistol to Jack's head and was yelling at him 'bout not killing Anamaria."
"So you saw me push her off the ship?"
"Yes I did."
"Crap. I'm sorry you had to see that, but she deserved it."
"Exactly what did she do? Did she do something to Jack?" Amy looked down at the table and hoped that Jack would say something.
"Amy, we both need to tell him this." Amy looked up at Jack and sighed.
"Do we have to tell him now?"
"If we don't tell him now, then when?"
"How about five years from now."
"Amy, he deserves to know. We might as well get it over with."
"Yes, I guess you're right. Now Gibbs, you have to promise not to yell at Jack or kill him. It was not his fault. Well, it is partly his fault, but he didn't know it at the time. Do not blame Jack for any of it. Remember that he took care of me right after this."
"Right after what?"
"I better start. Remember, you promised not to kill Jack. We were in Port Smith at the time because I needed to get supplies. I went shopping for the day while Jack went to the pub. I got done early, so I dropped off all of the food and supplies at my ship and decided to go dress shopping. On my way both to the market, Anamaria pulled me aside into a dark ally and told me that Jack…" Amy was afraid to say what Anamaria said and looked at Jack to see what he thought.
"Just say it. He's going to need to know it anyway for the story to make sense," and took a very large drink of his rum.
"She said that Jack promised to sleep with her the next time he came to this port and that Jack told her about our bet. She then put a knife to my throat and she said she would kill me if Jack didn't sleep with her and then hit me in a head to knock me out."
"She did that? And Jack…"
"Gibbs, you promised. Listen to the whole story first before you say anything."
"Fine, I will."
"Thank you. When I woke up, I was in a small hiding spot that looked into a bedroom. Eventually Jack and Anamaria came in. Jack did want to do it, he thought of me first but Anamaria got to him and well, you know what happened." Jack took another large from drink his bottle.
"Don't worry Jack, the lost of blood got to me and I eventually blacked out. Sorry I didn't tell you before."
"Then you didn't see- never mind."
"I really don't want to know now or ever. Once I met Jack again, I told him about what she did to me and he wanted to kill her but we knew she already ran off and had no clue where she was. Then I fainted from the loss of blood and fell into the water so Jack had to get me out and he took care of me while I was unconscious. And I woke up and well, that's it." Gibbs face showed no expression. Amy had no idea how he felt about this. It must not be very good because he had not said anything yet.
"Gibbs, are you ok? You haven't said anything yet. Gibbs?" Amy gently shook Gibbs's arm and he finally said something.
"Jack, did you really do all of this?"
"Sadly and regrettably, yes."
"I don't know what to say. It seems like you did everything you could, and you kicked Anamaria off the ship, I guess all I can say is ok."
"OK? All you can say is ok? Don't you want to beat up Jack or be extra protective of me or never let me go out on my own again or something like that?"
"Surprisingly, no I don't. I do worry about you all the time, but you can defend yourself and there was no way you could have prevented this from happening. You didn't know about it. And besides Jack was there too. You did the best you could."
"So you're not mad?"
"I want to kill Anamaria right now, but no, I am not mad at you or Jack." Amy let out a huge sigh of relief.
"I thought you would be ready to kill Jack any moment. I so glad you're not mad."
"Me too."
"That's because he would have killed you."
"Well, yeah, but that's besides the point."
"So why were you aiming your pistol at Jack's head?" Gibbs asked.
"I didn't want him to kill Anamaria."
"Why not?"
"Even though she did do something wrong, and I really want to beat her up for it and I wouldn't mind if she just happened to 'disappear' and never come back, that doesn't mean that she had to be killed. It wouldn't be right. Bloody morals."
"Aye, I understand where ye are coming from. Always had morals, good ones." Gibbs took a drink from his rum and smiled at Amy and Jack.
"So…do you two have anything else you would like to tell me?"
"Nope, can't think of anything. Can you Jack?"
"Nope. Can't think of anything."
"Not even about last night?" Amy widened her eyes and sat up in her chair and Jack spat out the rum he was drinking at the time onto the table.
"Jack! Now I'm going to have to clean it up!" Jack wiped the dripping rum off of his mouth and looked at Gibbs.
"You can clean it up later. How did you find out about that?"
"You didn't talk all that quietly in the pub this morning. Your voices carried since we were the only ones there."
"Oh."
"So what happened? Amy?"
"Sorry Gibbs, but I think it would be best not to tell you." Gibbs turned away from Amy and looked at Jack.
"I defiantly am not going to tell you, especially for my own safety."
"Ye didn't…"
"Gibbs! Hell no we didn't! I would never do that! I just cringe at the thought!" Amy cringed.
"You would never even think about it?" Jack said now with a huge toothy grin on his face.
"Don't even start with me Sparrow!"
"Sorry. I couldn't resist." Amy slapped Jack upside the head.
"Ow! That hurt!"
"I know."
"Is this what you do all day? Have these weird little talks and slap each other upside the head or throw something out the window?" Gibbs asked.
"Yep this is what me and Jack basically do all day. Of course, it's usually Jack who gets hit."
"Yes, and it really hurts."
"That's not my problem." Gibbs could sense a fight coming on and quickly interrupted it.
"Interesting. Well, we should probably get back to the Pearl Jack. Crew's probably wondering where we are."
"Aye. Will you be alright here by yourself?"
"Yes, I'll be fine. I should be leaving in about an hour anyway. I'll be home long before dark if that's what your wondering." All three of them got up from the table and Amy gathered her and Gibbs' mugs and Jack took the bottle with him. Jack walked towards the door and waited while Amy and Gibbs put the mugs on the counter and put away the bottle she had used for her and Gibbs's drinks. Amy and Gibbs were just finishing when there was a knock on the door. Jack opened the door and saw a very tall, brown haired, man.
"Hello. Is this Sarah Dorn's house?" the man asked.
"Who wants to know?"
"I have a delivery for her." Gibbs walked back from the kitchen and saw the man standing in the doorway.
"Harry is that you?"
"Gibbs! What a pleasant surprise!" Gibbs gave Harry a very strong handshake and Amy walked out from the kitchen and saw Harry in the doorway.
"Amy Jones is that you?"
"HARRY!" Amy ran up to Harry and hugged him, making Jack grunt in disgust.
"Harry I haven't seen you in such a long time! What are you doing here?" Amy happily asked.
"I did have a delivery for Sarah but I guess she's not here."
"She left for her honeymoon this morning."
"She got married? About time she settled down. I was beginning to think she would never get married."
"So did I." Jack made a fake cough to get Amy's attention and introduce to him Harry.
"Oh, Harry this is Jack. Jack this is Harry, a very good and old friend of mine."
"Please to meet you Jack." Harry stuck out his hand for Jack to shake but Jack just grunted.
"CAPTAIN Jack Sparrow."
"Sorry, captain."
"So what is this delivery for Sarah?" Amy asked.
"She brought in a necklace to be repaired at the jeweler's and I finally finished it."
"You got that job at the jeweler's? That's great!"
"Thank you."
"I'll take the box. I'm just here to make sure everything is locked up and safe."
"Do you need any help? This is my last delivery of the day, my delivery boy got sick so I had to make most of them myself."
"Sure I could use some help. Jack and Gibbs were just leaving."
"Actually, we could stay here a little longer if wanted us to, couldn't we Gibbs?" Jack interrupted.
"No Jack it's fine, really. You have to go make sure your ship is in order. Harry and I will do the cleaning." Amy pushed Jack out the door as Gibbs followed.
"Don't worry Jack. I can take care of myself. You can trust me." Amy smiled at them and waved goodbye as she closed the door.
"It's him I don't trust." Jack turned around and started walking away with Gibbs following.
"Jack, Harry is a true gentlemen. If he wasn't I wouldn't let Amy be in there right now."
"I hope you're right Gibbs. He better not try anything on her. If he does I'm going to kill him, without any hesitation." Gibbs stopped walking and smiled at Jack.
"I knew it." Jack turned around and looked at Gibbs.
"What? Why are you smiling?"
"Ye love her, Jack."
Yep. That Gibbs is a smart one.Wow. That was one quick update. Aren't you proud of me? You have this fast update thanks to my wonderful beta Renajah. And thanks to her, all chapter up to chapter 20 are edited and ready to be posted! I get off early from school tomorrow so there is a very good chance for another update. Thanks for the reviews and I have replied to most of them. Keep on reading!