(Four)
Elizabeth sat up with a gasp, images from her dream still flashing behind her
eyes. She blinked her eyes and looked around Jack's cabin. She had been staying
in there since they left Port Hanan. Jack was staying in in the first mates cabin while
Gibbs was still staying with the crew.
Elizabeth shook her head and climbed out of bed, bending over and pulling on her
pants as she stood.
Jack smiled to himself as he opened the door to his cabin to check on Elizabeth. But
he slammed it shut as she screamed out and threw one of her shoes at him hitting the
door as he slammed it shut.
He leaned against the door and looked up to see Gibbs heading towards him with a
worried look on his face, Jack shook his head and said, "No worries mate. Just a slight
misunderstanding is all..."
Gibbs went to reply but was stopped by Elizabeth opening the cabin door. Jack was leaning
against the door and lost his balance and fell to the floor.
"Can't you knock?...I mean I know it's your cabin..." she looked down at Jack sprawled on
the deck and started giggling.
Jack looked up and smirked as he said, "Don't worry, I didn't see nothin'. Shirts too long
anyway."Gibbs looked at Jack then at Elizabeth and walked away.
Jack got up and entered the cabin with Elizabeth following him in and shutting the door.
"How are ye holding up, luv?" Jack asked as he opened a bottle of rum and sat down
at his desk.
"I'm...doing better. I mean...uh,..it's hard...but I'm doing better. How about you?...How
are you doing?..."
"Same..."he looked slightly strained and Elizabeth decided to change the subject. "So...uh...
where are you from?" he looked up at her and shook his head.
"Why do you want to know luv?" she shrugged and replied, "I don't know that much about
you. Other than the 'stories' I read when I was younger, I mean."
Jack shook his head and looked down at the maps on the desk. Elizabeth rolled her eyes
and said, "How about we make a deal?..." Jack looked up at her with a spark of mischief
in his eyes, "And what kind of deal is that, luv?"
"You tell me something about you and I'll tell you something about me..."
Jack looked at her and smiled a true smile as he realized she really did want to know
about him.
"India..."
"What...?"
"Where I'm from...India."
He looked at Elizabeth and could see another question on her lips..."Tsk tsk tsk...My turn
to ask a question...How long have you been in Port Royal?" he figured he'd ask something
simple to start out.
"Eight years... I was twelve. What's it like?" he looked over at her with a confused look on
his face. "What's what like, luv?"
"India...I've heard tells but..."
"It's hard to describe luv. It's...amazing really is what it is.But I think you would like Greece a
bit more."
"You've been to Greece?"
"Yeah,... it's got all these old temples where folks would go to pray to the gods in the old
days. There's this place in Pella called Edessa it has some of the most beautiful waterfalls.
The water is very warm to and it feels like something else when you stand under it..."
"Sounds wonderful...Have you been to Italy?...What about the Americas?..."
"Hold up luv...one question at a time...Italy...no...the Americas a few times...how
about you?...Where all have you been?..."
"London and Port Royal...though I seem to have been to quite a few places since I met you,
Jack."
A FEW HOURS LATER
Jack and Elizabeth still sat talking at his desk in the cabin as Gibbs brought in a tray
carrying dinner for the two of them. They thanked him as he set it down but went
right back into their conversation. As Gibbs left the cabin Elizabeth looked at Jack and
smiled softly.
"Jack?.."
"Yea luv?..."
"Tell me something..."
"Something..."
"No... I mean something nobody else knows..."
"I already did...told where I was from..." he looked at the annoyed look on her face and
smirked, "Alright...but this doesn't leave the room...the Pearl wasn't always the name
of this ship."
"What do you mean...? what was the name of this ship?..."
"The Wicked Wench."
"'The Wicked Wench'?...How long has it been known as the Pearl, then?"
" Thirteen Years...since I... uh ..."
"Since what?...Jack?... What are you not saying?"
"Since I rechristened it 'The Black Pearl'. It's getting late..I'll leave you to sleep. Goodnight
Lizzy." He hurried out of the cabin and headed to the first mates cabin and slammed the
door and locked it.
He had to get out of there before he screwed up big time and told her that it was because
of him that Will her fiance was trapped on 'The Flying Dutchman'. he shook his head
and realized that he would have to tell her but not just yet.