Chapter Thirty-Seven

The Final Betrayal

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Kate had changed into her pajamas, which, tonight, consisted of a silky pink lingerie tank-top and pink low-rise boy-short underwear. She examined herself in the mirror. She thought she looked pretty good

Kate sat back down on the bed. She still had one more hour until she would be sure that both Melissa and Will would be in a deep sleep. She looked at the night stand and saw a flower of a lily on the table.

Flower! she thought. It's everywhere! I'm about to -- as Jack would say -- give my flower away in an hour, and here it is, staring me in the face!

Jack had no clue that Kate was about to see him during the night. Kate hadn't said she was going to and Jack had never asked – not about this weekend, anyway.

She listened to her iPod and put it on shuffle. The first song that came up was Gym Class Heroes's "Clothes Off!". She was irritated that everything seemed to be about her and Jack...Jack and her...them...tonight.

Just like last night, she watched the clock change. First to 10:15, then to 10:30, then to 10:45, then to 10:55.

10:56.

She started to get more nervous, like this was not what she should be doing. She loved Will. Why was she doing this?!

10:57.

"Lying is the Most Fun a Girl Can Have Without Taking Her Clothes" by Panic! at the Disco came on her iPod. Another omen.

10:58.

Her heart started speeding up whenever she thought of Jack. Just one night to settle her lust. But no, she knew she'd want more once she tried it once.

10:59.

One more minute. Sixty seconds seemed to last a lifetime.

What about Will, how crushed he would be if he found out? What about Melissa? This was her best friend! But it was Jack...Jack! How was she supposed to resist him? Exactly.

11:00.

She turned off her iPod and stood up. She dabbed a little bit of grapefruit perfume behind her ears and onto her wrist. Kate took a deep breath. This was it. No going back now.

She quietly opened her door and tip-toed to the stairs. She saw Will sleeping peacefully on the sofa, which was right by stairs.

Part of Kate couldn't believe that she was actually doing this. She had known Jack for a week and a half and she was going to throw away a perfectly good relationship with Will just for one satisfying night?

Apparently, since her feet started going down the stairs. She closed the door leading to the basement, just like it always was.

She saw Jack shaking the compass, then stopped. He looked up, and their eyes met.

Kate was silent, literally at a loss for words. What could she say if she came downstairs to see Jack like this?

"You said you'd give me freedom," Kate said, once at the bottom of the stairs. "I accept your offer."

"What formalities," Jack said, getting up from his bed, still fully clothed. "Ya could've just said you want one wild..." his lips came closer to her's. "...uninhibited..." Their lips grew even closer. Each of them was daring the other to kiss the other, to see who would break first. "...passionate..." he whispered into her ear, then slowly brought his lips back so they were right in front of her's. "...night."

Kate took his jacket off of him. She felt his fingers touch her bare arms. It gave her chills, just like every time he touched her.

Their eyes locked, still teasing each other. Jack grabbed her hand, then lead her to his bed. Without thinking, Kate took Jack's shirt off.

She wasn't sure who kissed who first. Maybe it was both of them deciding to kiss at the same time. It was the kiss that had been building between them since the moment they met. It was but a matter of time before it would surface.

Their time was now. Jack and Kate...Kate and Jack...

Jack's lips left her's and went down to her neck. She let out a soft moan.

Her mind flashed back to the dream that she had last night, of the person kissing her. She remembered how the person was kissing her neck, how she couldn't get enough of them. That's how she felt right now. She wanted Jack to keep kissing her and kissing her. Why had she waited so long in the first place?

He kissed her lips again while Jack's hands trailed down to the bottom of her shirt and rested his hands there for a few moments, then pulled the pink lingerie shirt over her head, his hands trailing up the side of her torso and up her arms as he did so..

She gently pressed her chest to his. This time she kissed his neck. She noticed that he still smelled like the sea.

He smelled like freedom.

He ran his hands across her bare back. It still sent chills up her spine.

Neither needed to say anything. Kate felt incapable of saying anything. She was losing herself in Jack's kisses. God, they felt amazing...

Kate remembered she still had to finish undressing them. Her hands moved down to his chest, but she stopped dead when she heard "Kate?" in a bewildered, small voice behind her.

And that voice did not belong to Jack.

Kate froze. Without needing to turn around, she knew that it was Will. Her blood turned to ice. Her heart seemed to catch in her throat.

"Oh my God," she said, grabbing her shirt from the floor and quickly putting it on. She got up and saw Will looking more heartbroken than a person could imagine.

Will shook his head, then went up the stairs. Kate stood at the bottom of the stairs looking up at him. She felt an aching lump in her throat. She looked behind her at Jack, who sat on his bed, shirtless, looking at her.

Way to jump in there, Jack, she thought, following Will up the stairs.

"Will..." Kate said. What was she supposed to say after that? That she could explain? She couldn't!

Will didn't respond.

"Will!" she repeated.

She could see that he was going to her bedroom, probably to yell at her. No, Will wouldn't yell at her. Just give her an icy/hurt glare and say "why?" then leave the room.

"Will, I'm so sorry," she said. Tears felt like they were about to spring from her eyes.

In the dark of the room, she could see that Will looked more different than she had ever seen him before. He looked angrier than she could ever think possible for sweet William Turner.

"Why did you do it?" he asked.

Kate was speechless and had nothing to back her up. All she could do was stand in silence, try not to cry, and beg for forgiveness.

"Will, I didn't think–"

"What? That I would find out that you're in love with Jack?"

"That's not it!"

"Then what is it? What made you want the kiss of a pirate?" He took both of her arms tightly. "What made you want the kiss of a pirate more than my kiss? Do you like having men be aggressive with you?"

"Will, what are you doing–"

She was cut short by a long, fierce kiss that had her bent her over. Kate's back was starting to hurt, as well as her legs for having him keep her there for that long.

"There!" Will said. "Is that what you want?!"

"Will, what are you doing?"

"What made you do it, Elizabeth?!" Will snapped.

The room became silent. Kate felt like she was slapped across the face. His words stung her harshly more than the kiss he had just given her.

"What did you call me?" she said softly.

Both of them were silent again. It was obvious that Will wasn't about to apologize.

"I should have given you something a long time ago," he said. "You want freedom, Kate? Well, here it is. You're free to go back to Jack now."

Will left the room. The coldness of him remained, even as Kate stood in the empty, uninviting darkness.

She felt a lump in her throat and did something that she rarely did: she cried. She cried into her pillow until she felt as if there was nothing left.

She had risked it all by wanting to sleep with Jack. Turns out, she did lose it all. And now she had no more Will.

That made her cry even harder. She had betrayed him. Will had trusted her, and here she was, wanting to go sleep with the man that he lost his first love to.

Kate loved Will. She really did. She didn't know what possessed her to want to sleep with Jack. And now that thing that was responsible made her a lonely, lonely girl.

Will had lost two women to the same pirate.

First it was Elizabeth. That was a kiss right before Jack was eaten by the Kraken. Something to remember her by, he figured. Seeing that kiss hurt more than he could imagine. But, no...he had to relive it two weeks later with another girl that he loved. This time Kate and Jack were trying to make love.

What did women see in the man? A cheap thrill, a night that the only thing they could keep were memories? What made someone want to kiss him, much less make love to him?

Will couldn't seem to stop reliving the moment he found Kate and Jack together. They were kissing each other, and his hands were on Kate's back...her bare back. Kate looked more than happy to be there. Was she not even bothered by the fact that she was supposed to at least end the relationship before doing something like that?

Will felt empty inside. He had just broken up with Kate. He could hear her sobs from her bedroom. He didn't feel anything towards her now. He didn't want to comfort her. She had brought this upon herself. It was about time that she accepted responsibility for the consequences of her actions.

Will looked out at the lake. Just twelve hours they were out on a boat. Had they kissed out there? Was that why Kate couldn't talk to him today? She felt guilty for her actions? Or was she so caught up in her lust for Jack that she couldn't focus on anything else?

How could he move past this hearbreak?

How would he tell Melissa tomorrow morning?

Kate had eventually stopped crying. She looked blankly out the window with glassy eyes. She hugged her pillow to her...it gave her a support that wouldn't go.

She was a horrible person. She deserved to die and burn in hell. She had broken Will's heart and cheated. What else was there that she could do?

Will was right to break up with her. He deserved so much better than this. He deserved a stable girl who didn't need her sexual desires fulfilled by someone that her boyfriend despised.

She traced a lazy pattern on the pillow that she was hugging, just like she had done this morning. She couldn't think of anything else but Will's hurt eyes. She couldn't hear anything else except him saying "Kate?" and "What made you do it, Elizabeth?!"

She hated Jack. He had sat there stupidly and not even said a thing. If he really cared for her, he would have said that it was his fault, that she had too much to drink or something of the sorts. But, no, it was Jack. He was a pirate. They only did things for their profit, not the profit of others.

"I'm sorry, Will," she said. She was sure that he couldn't hear her, but she said it again, anyways.

"I'm so sorry."

Kate's Blog Entry

Things I Did This Evening

1) I kissed Jack.

2) I almost slept with Jack.

3) Will caught us.

4) Will called me Elizabeth.

5) Will broke up with me.

Oh my God. It really did happen. How could I have been so stupid? And now I've lost Will...NO!!!!! I need him! I love him! I want him to take me back! If he does, I promise to never do anything like that again. I just want Will!

XOXO,

Kate