Author's Note: I dedicate this chapter to howlongmustiwait because they helped me SOOO much. You totally rock! Also, since this chapter is a little more adult then the last one, I'm changing the rating to T instead of K+. Just a side note. On with the story!
Disclaimer: I love and hate Disney. They created Pirates of the Caribbean, but they own Jack…and I don't.
There. She's done it.
When she told them-the crew, to be exact-how to get to Worlds End and what to do there, they looked at her as though she'd grown about five extra heads and twenty-nine eyes on each head to match. They'd only believed her when a certain someone had vouched for her.
It'd turned out that Barbossa had known where they were going all along-he was, to say the least, extremely annoyed that Elizabeth had known how to get there as well. But he did have to agree-the crew would've been in a turmoil, and it would've taken several death threats, the burning of rum, and the cutting off of extremities to maintain order again.
So, four days after the dream (seven days into the voyage), there were the usual night guards on the Lavender Seas, ready to see the 'green flash' thing, and eager to get Jack back as captain. Everyone was already sick of Barbossa.
Elizabeth had volunteered every night to be one of night watchers, scanning the skies for any sign of the flash, but luck had escaped them-only three nights left before the time of the flash would pass. Then it would be months until another one.
Elizabeth, at the moment, was not properly doing her job-she was staring at the black-as-night waters below them. Will had been avoiding her the entire time, but she knew something had to be done about it. Soon.
She thought hard for a moment. Will wouldn't go near her-she caught his eye once and all he'd given her was a wooden expression-so he obviously was not going to confront her …she would have to do it. She groaned. Great.
She didn't want to be engaged to Will any longer. She just didn't love him anymore. Elizabeth considered what Beckett had said the night she'd gotten the Letters of Marque.
"A marriage interrupted-or fate intervenes?"
What if he was right? She had loved Will, she had, but…she no longer felt any desire for him. Every time she thought of him-romantically-a man with dark eyes and dreadlocks interfered. And maybe that was what she wanted. Maybe she just wanted Jack to automatically take his place. She'd hoped-as for a while now-that Will would lose interest in her and Jack would come into the picture. But it wasn't really happening. Will hadn't lost interest, he was just jealous-and angry about the kiss.
The kiss.
Elizabeth wanted another one more than anything. It was so different from Will's kisses, and so much more passionate-she found herself longing for it again, after it was over. Will's were nice, but Jack's-Jack's were filled with lust and desire. What she wanted. She didn't want to share a kiss like that with Will. Just Jack. Only Jack. No one else.
It was difficult to admit it-especially to herself-but she had fallen for Jack. She knew it, no matter how much she tried to ignore it, that it was true. Elizabeth wasn't ready to say it out loud, but she repeated it in her mind. It was a relief to finally admit it. Even to herself.
She shook herself out of her mental state. Who was she to become sentimental like this? She was supposed to be doing her job.
Speaking of which…
Elizabeth scanned the horizon. Dawn was coming soon. Pale blues and greens were starting to form in her direction. A few crewmembers joined her, also searching steadily.
'Come on,' She thought, 'Jack, please…please be right.'
And then-suddenly-almost too quickly, there it was. It didn't even last two seconds. Jack was right; she almost missed it. Bright green, nearly miniscule, a flash of light startled her. Then she smiled, hardly aware of it. It was Gibbs who shouted it.
"Come on, men! The green flash of light has approached us! Hard to port! Follow it, ye cavernous dogs! This way!"
Men scrambled, eager to get to Worlds End. Wherever it might take them.
A/N: Okay. I like this. I don't know when chapter three is going to be up (Working ahead is too efficient.) but you'll see it soon. Sometime. Maybe. Oh well. Review!!!! 8)
