Will took it all in. Lines were blurring. Good men, bad men, what exactly deemed one good and one bad? Pirating was stealing there was no doubt and as glamorous as Elizabeth might think it was, it did ruin the lives of innocent people. Will stopped to consider how he'd feel if someone forced him out of his shop and took everything he'd ever worked for, leaving him with nothing but debt and no way to rebuild what he once had. Jack was silent, letting the whelp take in the information with out rush.

"I'm not now nor ever will be a pirate." Will's eyes smoldered. "I'll never sink so low as not to earn my way."

Jack's nose wrinkled, his lips formed an irritated scowl. "Yer Da earned every cent."

"He stole the livelihood of innocent men."

"'ee saved the lives of dyin' men!"

"Pirates!"

"Men none the less!"

"Who deserve what they get!"

"So, you're God now are you Will? Decidin' which life is worth savin' an which ain't?"

Will vaulted out of the chair, nostrils flaring. "I never said that! I meant...Its just...I hope, Bootstrap'," it came off his tongue as if hurling a curse, "can live with himself. " Will stalked out the door.

"Bloody peacock..." Jack muttered as he also exited the room and up on deck.

"So how is it that you know Jack Sparrow?" Elizabeth didn't look up as she unpacked a few things and arranging them neatly in their new accomodations she and Sidi divided up.

"One can only assume it was the work of a curse..."

Sidi had no intention on discussing the complicated story of her life with the girl whose head was so full of ridiculous ideas of adventure and love that she was overcome with the desire to slap it out of her.

"Oh now really. I happen to know Jack very well. I've come to fine that he's a good man"

Sidi stopped digging through a trunk and straightened up. She didn't hide her indignation.

"Is that so?"

Elizabeth lifted her chin and nose in the air. "Yes. It's so. So, I will thank you to refrain from treating him with such disrespect. If you knew him in the way that I do, you'd sing a different song."

Sidi's clenched fists were tucked snug at her waist.

"No, I'm certain I do not know him quite like you do. Just how is it that YOU know my...my friend Jack, Miss Swann, seeing that you seem to be quite comfortable in using his given name?"

"Oh!" Elizabeth snarled. "I should have suspected you'd dirty it. . Not all of us are purse-proud at the sight of rotting teeth, Miss Ross, "

Jewelry clattered to the floor when Sidi burst with anger.

"Purse-proud indeed you little tickle-pincher! It isn't I who is light in the tail and wants to wiggle her navel with two men. I dare say you've mistaken The Black Pearl for a leaping house!"

Sidi jumped back when Elizabeth lurched forward.

"How dare you speak to me like that! You do not know who I am, do you! I am the daughter of Governor Weatherby Swann! I could have you sent south and sold as a slave!"

Elizabeth was instantly ashamed of the evil words hurtling from her lips. She didn't mean it but, this woman deserved it! The tears brimming in the witch's eyes spelled out victory. Elizabeth 's face spawned a smug smile. Good Heavens she cries at everything!

"I thought so. Trust me when I tell you Miss Ross, although there are many women prepared to drop everything to lie down with Captain Jack Sparrow, there are those of us with dignity! "

She pushed past the older woman and stalked out of the cabin, literally bumping into Will on her way out.

"I need to talk to Jack!" she howled.

"I left him in the cabin."

"No you didn't! SHE is in the cabin!"

"The other cabin..."

"Will!" Elizabeth emoted. "I'll not stay in the same room with her. I'll not be sentenced to months at sea with Tortuga trumpery! I won't have it!"

Will knew it would happen eventually, Jack had warned him when trying to convince him to discourage Elizabeth's joining them on the voyage.

"Elizabeth, there's no where else unless you're thinking of staying with Jack and me and I certainly don't think that's a good idea."

"I'll stay with Ana Maria!"

"Ana Maria has other ideas..."

"She won't mind! I know she won't!"

"Adam will."

"Adam?"

"Ana Maria is Jack's first mate. Adam is in with her."

Elizabeth's jaw dropped.

"Yes, I feel the same way." Will sniffed as he led her to a railing. The two looked out into the smooth and glistening water. The gentle waves lapped against the side of the ship. It could only be described as a mirror of heaven accompanied by nature's soft song.

"I'ts as if I'd forgotten how beautiful it was." Will murmured.

"Perhaps Adam could stay with you and Jack. I know Ana Maria would understand!"

"Perhaps you could just try it a bit longer..." Will hedged, trying to come up with a delicate way to remind Elizabeth that Ana Maria and Sidi appeared to be quite good friends and that Elizabeth might want to tread lightly. He looked down at her. Elizabeth wasn't enjoying the view or his company. Instead her mind was elsewhere, in the cabin below and the woman residing there with her.

"Elizabeth, I don't understand. " He took her chin between his thumb and the crook of his index finger. Elizabeth smiled. Her eyes connected with his and in that moment he knew that finally, he was the only thing on her mind.

"I'm sorry, Will." She reached up and playfully caught his bottom lip between her teeth. He inhaled slow and hard.. He tightened his arms around her returning the kiss with one that was hard and breathy. His lips left her mouth and brushed over her throat. Her hands slid under his shirt and as light as a feather caressed their way from his navel to his chest.

"Elizabeth," her name escaped his throat as a low moan and then a whimper when they slipped down beneath his belt.

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