Free From Hell.
Disclaimer: I do not own POTC, how many times do i have to say that!
An: So this is my second chapter! Enjoy!
Chapter 2- Pretending happy families
Jack's eyes fluttered open, he noticed the sun was out. He felt so sore, his jaw was throbbing like hell. He decided to lay in bed and relax for a few minutes to wake up properly.
"Jack! Breakfast! Get up ye lazy thing!" Jack's mother called as she served the food on plates.
Jack groaned and got up out of bed slowly and made his way to the dining room. He could smell the delicious eggs and bacon that his mother had cooked. He had always loved his mother's cooking. He smiled at Karla who had egg all over her face as he passed her to sit down at the table. He reached over and ruffled her hair. Then he dug into the food that his mother just placed in front of him.
"Where's daddy?" Karla asked worryingly as she took another mouthful of bacon.
"He's out, baby girl. now just eat ye breakfast, okay." Mrs Sparrow said as she sat down to eat her own plate of food. Jack watched her closely, looking for any signs of abuse from his father. Just as he thought, there was a big purple bruise on the side of her face that Mrs Sparrow tried to hide by hanging her long black curls loosely around her face. Jack punched the table, frustrated. His mother looked at him sternly.
"Jack Sparrow! There will be no behaving like that at my table! What's gotten into you this morning?"
Jack looked at her with hurt and anger in his chocolate coloured eyes. "This is what." He said as he pointed to his jaw. "Why do you let Father always hurt you, Mamma? Why do you let him hurt your kids?" He yelled as he looked into his mother's blue eyes with intensity.
Jack's mother turned away from him and looked at Karla who was looking at her mother with questioning eyes. She was sick of living like this every day of her life aswell. She was only young but she knew that little girls should not be living in fear of their fathers every single day. "Yeah Mamma, Jack is right! Why do we have to always live here being scared!" She said unsteadily as tears welled up in her eyes. Jack walked around the table and hugged Karla soothingly. Then he turned to his mother. "Why do we always pretend like this, mamma? We pretend like everything's all fine. I know ye not happy either! But still, everyday I wake up and it's the same thing. Pretending to be all happy families, and I'm sick of it!" He whispered sternly to his mother.
"Jack! please! None of this now, go and take ye sister for a walk or something, okay. We'll talk about this later." Mrs Sparrow said as she started shakily cleaning the table. She reached for the plates and she fell on her hands and knees crying. Jack put Karla down and walked over to comfort his mother. "Mamma..."
Mrs Sparrow just shook him off. "Please just take Karla and go somewhere, Jack. Go and have fun, okay." She cried softly looking at her twelve year old son and five year old daughter with pleading eyes. Jack just nodded and helped Karla put her coat on and took a last glance at his mother before he shut the door behind him.
"Jack, is Mamma gonna be alright?" Karla asked as she walked by Jack's side, her small hand in his. Jack stopped and turned to look at his sister with truthful eyes. " I don't know, sis. But i can tell ye one thing, one day she will be okay! And you will be too." He said as he smiled at Karla and took her hand and started walking again. Karla just nodded and kept quiet for the rest of the walk. Jack thought it would be good to go to the docks and watch the ships come in and out of the harbour. He knew how much Karla loved watching the sea. She would always stare out at the horizon with wonder and joy in her eyes, and Jack loved seeing that joy, because she really didn't feel that joy very often in her life.
"Ooh Jack look! What a pretty boat! oh, sorry i mean ship!" Karla exclaimed as she pointed to one of the ships in the port. She clapped her hands together with happiness. Jack wished he could see that happiness in his mother and sister's eyes all the time. Of cause he has seen happiness in his mother's eyes, but he doesn't just want to see that pretend happiness. He wanted them to feel real happiness forever. And one day he was going to show them that too.
"It is nice, isn't it lass?" He agreed.
Jack sat along side his sister watching the horizon for most of the day and Jack was happy that he could at least see that genuine joy in Karla's eyes for at least one day. He suddenly realized the sun was setting, so he got up and started walking back home.
"C'mon, Karla. It's getting late sis, we should be getting home. We'll come back here tomorrow if ye like, aye?" He said as he took Karla's hand in his once again. Karla was looking sad but brightened up when her big brother told her she could come back and watch the ships tomorrow. Jack smiled down at her and ruffled her hair as they both walked back towards hell.
An: There you go! Well i don't know if this is still short, but i tried to make it longer than the first chapter! please read and review constructively! thankyou! Chapter 3 coming soon!