Drinking Tales
Summary – Jack pays a visit to the Turner house hold.
It was dark by the time the small dinghy plowed softly onto the sand strew shore. The moon was full and the ocean calm, there was a slight wind and on this wind was the sent of coconuts and banana's. Jack took a long deep breath of this wind and let it out softly. He knew it was dangerous to come back to this island. But he had to see Will, and Elizabeth.
He hopped out of his dinghy and tied the rope to a stake that he tacked a couple of yards away from the dinghy; then he took off into the forest surrounding Port Royal. By this time, the port was still alive and going, if only fueled by ruffians and pirates, and other sorts that no honorable citizen would have mixed with. The ruffians took pride in their muscles, while the pirates whiled their time away by downing rum. Jack didn't mind not having any rum, he would rather see Will anyway.
About a mile into the rain forest; jack turned west and inland he was quickly coming too; he could still hear and smell the ocean, but he saw why it was prudent for Will and Elizabeth to make their home more inland that at sea; at least, inland, you didn't have to worry about pirates. Now, wild animals and thieves were another thing all together, mind you, a pirate was not a thief, a thief was not a pirate, and it was as simple as that.
After walking a few more miles; Jack finally saw a cottage, it was a bit dark to see its surroundings, but he could tell that it stood in a grove of palm trees. All the windows were lit from the inside, and as Jack snuck closer, he saw that Will was reading the paper. Jack went up to the front door and knocked.
He heard Will curse as he tripped over something; curse abut the time of night it was and when his friend finally opened the door, Jack gave him the most shocked look he could come up with and not smirk while doing it!
"Jack?"
"Captain Jack!"
"Well, I knew that, what I don't know is why you're here," Will said, stepping to the side he let Jack enter. They both moved to the parlor.
"Just a social call, mate! We're stocking up and so I thought I'd just stop by, where is Elizabeth?"
"Elizabeth went to spend a couple of months in England; her Aunt is sick and may die soon, I'm holding down the fort," Will replied.
"I'm sorry to hear that, but I can't say that I ain't glad that the lass ain't here, so, where's the rum?" Jack asked as he flopped down on the sofa. Will laughed and got up. He went to the window seat that looked onto the front yard of the house. He lifted up the lid and rummaged through the stacks of books that he had put there. Finally he got to the bottom.
"Elizabeth hired the builder for our cottage, I picked out the location; the builder put a fake bottom here, he said that I may need it. So, when I was looking for a place to hide the rum, I thought of this, and it has worked so far, I don't dig it out often," Will said as he returned with a bottle of expensive rum. Not that Jack cared, rum was rum but he could tell the difference between. This was spiced rum; and in all truth, he liked it.
"So, have you two decided on having kids yet?" Jack asked.
"We've tried, but it just won't work, I don't know what I am doing wrong," Will said.
"I'm sorry to here that, I'm sure with enough practice, you'll get it," Jack smirked.
"I hope so, Elizabeth says that her biological clock is ticking and if she doesn't have a child soon…she'll go crazy. I have enough craziness to deal with when your around, I don't think I can handle Elizabeth is she can't stand straight and goes about asking where all the rum had gone," Will replied.
"I see; she's got the mother vibe going on! Anna Maria is getting that way too, but she ain't just sleeping with anyone…"
"Has she roped you into the world of marriage?"
"No, but she's hinting, I just ain't sure if I want to be chained down in that way," Jack replied and swigged from the bottle they both shared. Will followed gallantly.
"I see, I didn't think of Anna Maria as the sort to marry,"
"Well, she is, she wants to marry a captain and sail with him as first mate and have his children, I just ain't so sure if that captain is me, or should be me,"
"Do you like her?"
"She's all right when she ain't nagging me all day long!"
"Do you like having her around?"
"Yeah, sometimes," Jack shrugged.
"Would you like her to be the father of your children? Hell, do you even want children?"
"Do I want children….naw, nasty buggers those are,"
"Jack, be reasonable, if Anna Maria figures you to not want her, she'll ditch you and go after a Captain who would," Will replied.
"Like Elizabeth ditching you for Norrington?"
"No, Elizabeth never ditched me, she was trying to save me, there is a big difference,"
"Yeah, I guess your right,"
"Finally!"
"But I still ain't sure this is the best, maybe she aught to go after some other bloke,"
"Like Blackbeard? I had heard he was quite the gentleman,"
"What? No way! She would never…!"
"If she thought it would get your attention…she probably would," Will replied.
"Damn!"
"Damn right!"
"Look at you, your cussing like a pirate! I'm right proud of you boy!"
"Thank you, I try, and since Elizabeth isn't around, I guess I can let it out every now and again, though I try not to make a habit out of it," Will replied.
They swigged from the bottle for a few minutes before Jack opened his mouth once again.
"You don't happen to know where Blackbeard had headed, do you?" he asked.
"No, no I don't, last I heard he was some where near Hawaii, why?"
"Just wondering, I thought I had seen another ship near the Port, with a black flag with bones in a cross and a sword going through them, but now I ain't so sure,"
"What's going on in that world of pirates anyway? There have been more raids in the past six months than ever in the years before I met you,"
"I ain't so sure, it seems to me that all the pirates have gotten together and have formed an armada, which doesn't make sense because pirates are all for themselves, well, some of us are," Jack amend.
"I knew you cared," Will joked.
"Don't you go spreading it about, my line of work is almost through and I shall be the scourge of the Spanish Main once more!"
"I know, but with an armada of other pirates just waiting to blow you out of the water…I would figure that to be quite hard,"
"Indeed, but I am Captain Jack Sparrow, who'd want to blow me out of the water?"
"Blackbeard's armada," Will replied.
"Oh, Har. Har. Har. Hardy. Har. Har. You are so NOT funny!"
"I try, so what are you going to do about it? Pick off all their boats till they figure out you ain't one for them invading your waves?"
"That's what I plan on doing,"
"Good luck, if you die, make sure to haunt me for a bit would you?"
"Course I will! How could I not pass up that?"
"Thanks,"
"Not a problem…"