I awoke in the same position as we had fallen asleep the night before. I grinned evily as I saw that Jack was not yet awake. I shifted under his arm, which was losely draped over my waist, and planted a kiss on his lips. "Mmm..." My goal was being acheived as he awoke and tightened his grip on me as we kissed. Right when he was fully awake, however, I pulled away and stood. "Alex that's not nice." I helped him up and fought back a laugh as I took in his appearance.
His kohl was smeared slightly and his eyes were heavy with sleep. Jack looked at me strangely then led me to the longboat, grumbling about how ladies never teased men. I questioned him on that. "So it's alright for men to tease ladies?" I raised my eyebrows at him as we sat next to eachother as Gibbs rowed back to the Pearl.
Jack considered this peice of information for a moment. His response was enough to make me shut him up with a kiss. "Well, no, yes, no... Is there a correct answer?" He was silenced by my lips on his. We continued to kiss untill he decided my mouth wasn't enough for the moment.
His lips began to nip at my neck the way he liked and I stopped him, for I didn't want the crew to see this. When he saw that my face could've been mistaken for a tomato, he settled for my lips once more. I laughed and at one moment, the wrong moment might I add, I opened my eyes during the kiss and I spotted a ship. A ship with a flag that I knew ment trouble no matter who it belonged to. Jack pulled back and followed my gaze. "Don't worry love. Probablly just an English ship..." He stopped and climbed onto the Pearl, for we had arrived. I nodded and followed suit.
Once on deck Jack made his way to the bow while Gibbs took over at the wheel. Jack tried to avoid me from seeing his actions, but I didn't allow him. He peered through his spy glass at the ship. His dark eyes widened as he made his way over to Gibbs, trying to whisper who the ship belonged to but failing to do so; Barbossa. I had never met him, but the crew and Jack had told me stories and rumors of him. He was the man who every pirate, especially Jack, loathed. Jack, being the smooth person he was, swaggered down to me, a smile plastered onto his handsome, flawless face. I was about to interupt his attempt to kiss me when a voice sounded from the Pearl's side. We both looked, Jack moving his arm around my waist and holding me close to him as a monkey jumped onto my shoulder. Jack tried to shoo it but it refused to leave until I took the apple it was offering. A man with an unruly beard and eyes that had an annoying threatening glint to them proved to be the keeper of the voice that Jack seemed to want to silence. "Well if it isn't Jack Sparrow?"
"Well if it isn't the man who hates that I have his lovely ship, thank you by the way, and who I shot and killed and would pleasure in..."
"No need to be vile Jack." The man who I assumed was Barbossa leaned on his ship's railing and eyed the two of us, causing Jack's tight grip on me to grow even firmer. I squirmed slightly to signal him to let go a little, and he did so. But only slightly. "Not if you want your lass to be safe." He flashed a toothy grin at me. I just gave a false smile, wanting to smack him. "Who I assume is you, eh? I have a deal for you Jack."
"C'mon then. Ain't got all day."
The annoying glint in the older pirate's eyes grew even more annoying as he grinned wildly. "If you give me the Pearl, then I can get the EIT of your back and help your bonnie lass stay safe by doing so. But I assume you'll need time so I'll give you a couple of days." With that, he was sailing off, leaving Jack in a trance.
I dared and broke the silence. "Jack?" He pulled his arm lose and walked to the helm. "Jack?!"
"I'm fine love." He just kept walking, leaving me broken. I could tell from his walk that he was ANYTHING but fine. Gibbs came down and strolled past.
"Give him time." That was all I got from my pirate's first mate.
And time I granted him. A full night and day passed before he even touched me. It was the second night since he had left me alone and we were both lying in bed. My night attire was bothering my back so I was scratching it with my right hand as I lay on my left side, away from Jack. I had been tearing at my skin when I heard the first word leave his mouth since he had told me he was fine. He hadn't spoken to anyone in a couple of days from what I had gathered. If Gibbs would speak, he would just hum at him and continue what he was doing. "Stop." I obeyed, shocked that he was awake and watching me. Almost all thoughts of him being upset at me for who knows what reason left my wondering mind as I tucked my left arm under my neck and closed my eyes as his hand scratched my back. I quickly fell into a deep sleep.
I awoke on my back in a cold sweat, the open window allowing the cool breeze to chill me. I felt my heart racing as I closed my eyes again and tried to forget the nightmares of losing everything important to me, namely Jack. I felt Jack move on the matress, facing me. I cracked my eyes slightly as I saw him propped up on his left elbow staring at my damp face. I found myself drifting off again as he spoke softly. "Shh Alex. Relax, darling. I love you." His voice soothed my racing breathing. I felt his rough lips against my damp forehead as I fell into another deep sleep.
The next morning proved that something was still the matter with him for he showed no sign of what had happened last night. Prehaps it was because I was supposed to be asleep while he was being the sweet Jack that only I would know of. None of his actions proved to show that he wasn't mad at me. As we lay in bed that night, I began to wonder if he really was upset about me. Or something. I felt rediculous with thinking those thoughts when his actions of the previous night proved the contrary. My left arm was once more tucked under my neck as I chased those thoughts through my head. They haunted me as I fell asleep then awoke once more. It was obviously late and the moon was in the center of the sky according to the window and the moonlit shadows casting on the Pearl. My thoughts unwillingly became verbal without my control. It was nothing more than a whisper. "What did I do?" The thought that I had doubted had obviously chased it's way back into my mind despite what I believed. As if my verbal thoughts weren't a shock, the voice that responded from behind me send me into a whirlwind of surprise.
"Nothing love." Jack's arms pulled me to him.
He was on his left side, I noted as I turned and burried my head into his chest. He didn't seem to mind as his arms encircled me and pulled me to him. His left had would escape every once and a while to cradle the back of my head and to rub my neck. I finally stopped my tears of happiness and pain as I met his gaze. "It's not your fault, Alley. It's Barbossa. I was never mad at you. I know you probablly didn't want to think that but I didn't help convince you otherwise did I? I'm sorry my darling."
"Don't be..." My voice was silenced by his lips covering mine.
I arched my neck back as he did what I promised him three days ago that he could do. His lips nipped and kissed my ear and my neck. I knew we had to stop and get sleep before it got too far but it was hard to stop him when he was making his way up my left shoulder and across my collar bone. "Jack..." I groaned into his ear. He grinned in the dark.
"Mmm... There you go with teasing me again darling." I grinned at him in the faint moonlight as I ran my hand across his face, his lips nipping at my knuckles as my hand passed over them.
"Mmm..." He met my lips again in a fiery kiss as he shifted so I was halfway on him that he was on his back. I found myself comfortable where his shoulder met his chest. Through his shirt, I could hear his faint heartbeat.
"You shouldn't get a man aroused then stop them, Alley." His eyes shimmered in the dark as I smacked his chest and made a face at him.
"Oh shush." With that, we both fell into a deep sleep.
AN:: Kay so my arm hurts now. Lol. Please R&R. And thanks for the constructive critisism:). I really thought about it. If people (and the previous reviewers) don't think this is going much better (I worked on it) , then I'll start fresh:). I review back.