Chapter 2: Suspicions

"Jack wants me to come with you guys? To a Baroness' birthday party?"
"Yes! The party is tomorrow afternoon and we have to disguise ourselves. Since she has never seen us, it doesn't have to be something very fancy."
"I don't know, Elizabeth... I really apreciate that he wants to give me a chance as pirate and all that, but I'm not so sure I can trust him... He's pretty mad since Isla Azul..."
"You must admit that you messed up that time. No wonder he's mad..."
"What did you want me to do? Marry that ugly princess just to get that blue stone?"
"It was a magic stone! And she wasn't that ugly..."
"For heaven's sake! She had a beard!!"
Jack who was listening to the whole conversation giggled in the corner he was hidden.
"Alright, alright... But we could have traded that stone for a ship at Tia Dalma's! And you just had to be with her until we got off the island."
"Knowing Jack, he would have insisted in staying a night there!"
The pirate smirked in his corner 'The whelp can read my mind!'
"Well, do you want to come with us or not? If not, we'll just ask Mr. Gibbs."
"I really don't know, Elizabeth... Why does he suddenly want ME to come? There must be something you're not telling me."
'Tell him a lie! Don't let him suspect!' Jack told her with signs.
"Actually... Actually it was me who insisted to bring you along!" she forced a smile.
"Really, Elizabeth? So it wasn't Jack's idea..."
'Smart girl!'
"Yes! I knew how much you wanted to participate in something so big so I insisted until he agreed."
'That wasn't really a lie...'
"Well. Then I'll do it!"
Jack jumped out of his corner "That's exactly what I wanted to hear, mate!"
"Oh my God! I have to do something dirty right?"
"Not at all. You and Lizzie just have to distract the Baroness while me is going to steal her precious shiny things."
Will eyed him with suspiciously.
"And why aren't you the one distracting? You are the master at twisting words after all."
"'Cause there are things in which even your Captain isn't very good at. So you will have to do that thing."
"And what would that be?"
Jack didn't want to answer and there was a long silence.
"He can't dance..." Liz finally spoke.
"Jack Sparrow can't dance?" Will burst out in laughter "You've got to be kidding!"
"I CAN dance. I'm just not good at it... Laugh all you want you stupid whelp! At least I'm not an eunich like you!"
Will stopped laughing immediately.
"I'm not an eunich!"
"Oh, God... Here they go again..."
"Then why didn't you want to sleep with Princess Violeta?"
"It's called having a stomach! I could hardly sleep with that..." Will gestured with his hands trying to find the adecuate wordsto describe her "...that hair-ball!"
"Come on! She wasn't that horrible!"
"Guys." she tried to interfere but none of them listened.
"Have you even looked at her?! She had a beard! It was as if she was a man!"
"Guys!"
"Come on, William! I know exactly that you tried several times to spy the men on the rare ocassions they bathe!"
Both, will and Elizabeth looked shocked.
"WHAT?! You're nuts!"
"Is that true Will?"
"Of course not!"
"Don't act all innocent! I saw you!"
"You like men? That would explain why he never layed a finger on me."
"I do NOT like men. Why else would I need to go to Giselle and Scarlet?"
"Because men don't like eunichs!"
"If he likes men, he could have slept with Violeta..."
"I'M NOT AN EUNICH!!"
"YES YOU ARE! Else you would have tried to seduce Elizabeth!"
"...he's right..."
"She's a lady!"
"I can't belive he likes men..."
"I DO NOT!"
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Will and Gibbs were on deck talking.
"Jack must be daft to go to that mansion just to git some jewels."
"As if that were something strange... Elizabeth said there was a special one amongst them that Jack is really interested in."
"The Cap'n is interested in anything that caches his eyes..."
In that moment Jack came out of their cabin with Elizabeth holding his arm.
"How do we look?"
Both men were speachless.
Jack was wearing a dark blue suit with a white shirt, his hair tied back with a leather string in a ponytail with a feathered hat on top of his head.
He looked so different without his red bandana and without the kohl adorning his brown eyes. Wait! Without kohl?
"Jack! You actually washed yourself?!"
"I do that quite often. Why? Regret not spying on me?"
Will just rolled his eyes and noticed for the first time that the unknown woman giggling besides Jack was actually Elizabeth.
"Elizabeth..."
He admired her from head to toe. She was wearing a beautiful red dress with a golden corset and borders, her shoes matching the dress. And she had dyed her hair black and carefully pinned up with only a lock of hair waving down her shoulder.
"Miss Swann! Ye look lovely! No wonder the Cap'n is all crazy about you."
"Thank you, Mr. Gibbs."
"Carefull Gibbs. Ye don't want me to get jealous, savvy?" poor Gibbs just closed his mouth and erased the smile he was wearing. "And you, stop drooling all over her! You're gonna ruin her dress! Besides..." he gestured Will to lean closer to whisper something in his ear "She's not a man. I've proven that meself plenty of times."
"You stupid bastrad!" and both began hitting each other as if they were two little boys.
"Stop it guys!" Elizabeth scolded.
"He started it!!!" both said at the same time pointing at each other, Mr. Gibbs just rolled his eyes.
"I don't care who started it! We're going to that party now and I want both of you to behave properly! Understood?"
Both nodded quietly.
"Now lets get to the carriage and go over the plan again just to make sure we all know what to do."
Both of them pouted and got going.
"Mr. Gibbs, please take care of the Pearl and don't worry if we're late, I don't think anything will go wrong."
"That is if both of them start to act like adults. I'll prepare everything just in case..."
"Alright."
She already was walking down the plank when she turned around to tell the older man something.
"Ah, Mr. Gibbs."
"Aye, Miss?"
"There's a bottle of rum for you under my bedside."
This caught Gibbs' attention but he didn't understand for what the bottle was.
"Miss?"
"Just a little thank you for getting me this beautiful dress."
"Thanks, Miss! Always a pleasure to do you favours!"
He took quickly off to get the bottle and she smiled.

When she got to the carriage, Will and Jack were already arguing again.
"And what is your outfit supposed to be?"
"Why, pirate of course! And you? Couldn't you find anythin un-blacksmith like?"
"I put the fanciest clothes I had on!"
"You still look like a poor smithie! So NOT original!"
"Look who's talking! Mr. 'Ponytail and that's it'!"
"You're just jealous I look better than you!"
"Guys!" she stopped them quickly "Let's focus on our mission! Get into the carriage! You'll sit together so my dress wont get wrinkled and I want no fussing, alright?"

The carriage headed off to Baroness Lucile's mansion. Meanwhile our three heroes went over the plan once again.
"What do you have to do, Will?"
"I have to stay with you to distract the Baroness. Talking, dancing, drinking, ..."
"And you, Jack?"
"Once she's distracted, I'll sneak off to her room to get the jewels and any other thing that looks valuable."
"Jack... Do we really have to steal everything? Isn't it enough with just the thing you want?"
"Love, this ain't the first time we robbed someone."
"I know... But it's her birthday. It's just not right..."
"Liz, we're pirates. We take what we can and give nothing back!"
"It still isn't the right thing to do..."
"Oh my God! Will what did you do to her?" Will just stared quizzical at him "She's starting to sound like you!"
"I'm not intervening. I want to keep my head."
"Can't we rob her another day?"
"Elizabeth, this is just the perfect chance. It couldn't be any easier. And we can't just go in for one little thing. What would the crew think? Do you understand, love?" she nodded "Good girl. Besides, she will recieve quite a few presents today, right? She won't lose everything."
She smiled a bit but then noticed they didn't bring any present with them.
"Don't worry, love. Ol' Jack has already thought of that." He showed her a little box. "We give her one and take the rest!"
"What is is?" Will asked.
"If I told you, it wouldn't be a surprise."
The carriage stopped.
"Well. Let's get out! We're here!"
Both of them got out first and then helped the lady out.
"Wow! This mansion is enormous!"
"I know, love. I told you she wasn't a poor one. She can afford a lot of expensive jewels."
"You mean just because she's rich she won't care that somebody stole her jewelery?"
"She'll replace them soon enough, love."
The three of them took a deep breath before entering.
"So, are we ready? Yes? Then let's get in!"
They started walking and Jack turned to Will.
"And remember, Will. Don't mess this one up! This is your chance to prove you're pirate enough for me ship."
"You'll be proud of me, daddy."
"Yeah. Daddy-My-Ass."