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Swain means Love/ Lover

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Chapter 4:

Dalliance

Footsteps echoed in Jack's ears. He bit his lip trying to avoid the person standing behind him. He shook his head slightly and asked, "Come to give me more orders Captain Swann?" She looked at him sadly and whispered "Nay. I have not." Jack's eyes widened and he turned around to look at her and asked surprised "Really? So what service can I provide for you then?"

She gave him a small smirk and touched his arm while saying seductively "Depends on what ye mean by service." Jack rolled his eyes and walked towards the side of the ship and said frustrated "Gibbs was right. Women pirates are horrible!" He then sighed and looked into the ocean water while covering his face with his hands.

Elizabeth looked at him with a blank expression until she finally followed him to the side of the ship. She stood with her back to the side while asking confused "Gibbs? Ye mean Joshamee Gibbs?" This caught Jack's attention so his head rose slightly while he asked interested "Why yes. You know him?"

Elizabeth smiled at him and answered "Of course. He and me father used to be best mates. A wise man he be, but though sometimes the screw can be a bit too loose…" Jack sighed, looked into the ocean and whispered, "Yes, sounds like him." He then looked over at Elizabeth and asked seriously "Was there something that you wanted from me?"

Elizabeth nodded and replied while taking a few steps over to him "Aye. Thar would be. About before Jack, I may be havin' said something's that I did nay mean. An' on accoun' o' I did mean them, well, I don't mean them. Therefore t' make a long story short, an' less confusin' o' course… on accoun' o' ye know nay one likes long confusin' stories…" She paused to look at Jack and he had a confused look on his face so she shrugged and continued "Anyway, swain. What I mean t' say be, ye didn't deserve them said things that be said. Savvy?"

Jack's eyebrows narrowed and his eyes focused on hers as he asked blankly "Are you apologizing to me?" Elizabeth gave him a half dramatic "Ha! Like I, Captain Elizabeth Swann, would ever do that." Jack took a few steps closer to her and whispered "That is what you sounded like you were doing." Elizabeth's eyes softened, as she spoke dramatically "I would never do that." Jack gave her a soft smile and asked tempting her "Are you sure Captain?" She nodded and then he chuckled and walked away from her while saying loudly "Apology accepted Captain. If you need me I'll be pretending to enjoy this journey with you."

Elizabeth's mouth dropped as he walked away from her. She closed her mouth and couldn't help but let out a soft chuckle. She then followed him and asked "Pretending, swain?" Jack nodded while giving her a small smirk "Yes, pretending. Why? Does it matter to you?" Elizabeth grinned at him and replied "Of course not." Jack chuckled once more and whispered to her "I would think it matters since you did just a few moments ago apologize to me."

Jack took a few steps but Elizabeth grabbed his arm and forced him back to his original stature. Elizabeth then said to him trying to sound angry "How dare ye! If 't wasn't fer me freedom, I would never want t' be in th' same place wi' ye!" Jack grabbed her arm and whispered "Stop pretending Elizabeth. Can I call you Elizabeth? How about Lizzie?"

Elizabeth pulled her arm away and shouted at him "Don't ye ever touch me Sparrow! Or else I'll slice ye into wee piece wi' me sword. Me job be t' take ye t' th' Pearl, never did ye say that ye had t' be alive!" Jack shook his head and said more frustrated then angrily "Very well then. I shall see to it that I never speak to you again."

He nodded and then walked away from her and he then looked at his left hand and sighed out in aggravation. He turned back around to Elizabeth and shouted, "Give me back my ring!" Elizabeth took the ring that she stole from him out of her pocket and gave it back to him while whispering "Couldn't resist. But didn't ye tell me jus' a wee seconds ago that ye be nay ever goin' t' speak t' me again."

Jack rolled his eyes and shouted, "I didn't mean that literally!" Elizabeth smiled at him and looked towards the steering wheel to see Will steering. She chuckled and then whispered "Natural, like his father." Jack turned to look at Will and asked Elizabeth "What do you mean by that?" Elizabeth walked towards the side of the ship while replying "His father. Bootstrap Bill...was a pirate. Nay, wait...still is a pirate...haven't heard of him in years though."

Jack couldn't believe it. His best mate's father was a pirate? He shook his head and said softly "Poor Will, his father is a pirate. Who would ever want to be that?" Elizabeth gave him a dirty look and said back sternly "Well, yer father be nay so perfect either. He be a gentleman o' fortune as well, but he left our world once he had ye." Jack's mouth dropped and he asked shocked "My father was a pirate?" Elizabeth nodded and looked in her coat for a bottle of rum.

She uncorked it and replied "Aye, and a good one too. It's a shame that ye came along, he would probably be a pirate Lord by now." Jack shook his head and screamed out "I don't believe you! My father would never be a pirate! After all the awful things he said about them, how could he?" Elizabeth smiled at him, took a sip of rum and whispered desperately "Believe 't or not. Tis' true. Life be cruel, an' so be th' truth. But avoidin' th' truth can stop yer life."

Jack closed his eyes and began muttering some weird statements. Elizabeth looked at him confused and asked, "What are ye doing? No lad should ever neglect the truth or else the truth will find him later on in the future." Jack then started to say the statements louder "God, please just take my life. How much punishment can a man take? First, I am promised to that awful lady Juliana, and now I must go through this journey with a Pirate who believes herself to be Shakespeare!"

Elizabeth rolled her eyes and hit Jack lightly on the shoulder while muttering evilly "That joke will only be funny after I be havin' about 5 more rum bottles." Jack opened his eyes and sighed then put his hands on the side of the ship. Elizabeth watched his hands squeeze the ledge tightly and this made sexual thoughts run through her mind.

She continued to stare at him and noticed that he was completely serious so she ignored her thoughts and asked, "Why do ye listen to them?" Jack puffed out in disbelief "Because if I don't, then my father will kill me. And now knowing that he was a pirate, I believe that he would literally kill me!" Elizabeth put her hands out on the ledge and said "Ye be havin' t' listen t' them about marriage too, that doesn't seem very fair, swain." Jack chuckled and said back "My whole life isn't fair. But what would you know about being fair? You're a pirate, you have freedom all day long."

Elizabeth took another sip of rum and replied proudly "Aye that I do, and all the rum in the world. But, ye know Jack. You could be havin' this too." Jack looked at her shocked and shouted out "Never! (Pause) All I wish is that I didn't have to marry Juliana." Elizabeth smiled at him and whispered, "Ye don't have to Jack. Ye don't have to choose that path."

Jack was about to debate that statement but Elizabeth continued, "I know what ye're goin' t' say, swain. An' well, yer wrong! Sea dogs and landlubbers have a choice, and yer choice be t' listen t' yersef or t' listen t' other swabbies. An' if ye don't want t' marry that Juliana wench, then all ye be havin' t' say be 'I don't'."

Jack looked at her in silence and he whispered, "I wish I could say I don't. When I do decide to get married, I want it to be with someone I love." Elizabeth gave him a small grin and whispered "Aye, me too. That is if I ever fall in love." She continued to stare at him and he looked at her back while chuckling. He then tucked a strand of his hair behind his ear and she remembered "Oh, an' that hair o' yours! Do somethin' wi' 't."

Jack asked pretending to be hurt "My hair? It looks bad?" Elizabeth took a strand of his hair and played with it while replying "No, not bad. I'm just saying it would look better if ye did something with it. Yar not living in England anymore, we're in Jamaica. That's it! You should braid it." Jack chuckled and whispered "I thought you were mad before, now your just hitting extreme levels!" Elizabeth hit him lightly on the shoulder and said back while giggling "Oh come on. It would make ye look good." Jack then asked tempting her "What do you mean by that? You mean I look bad now?" Elizabeth smiled softly and whispered, "I don't mean that, swain."

Jack chuckled and said smiling "Oh so you think I'm good looking." Elizabeth gasped and shouted at him "I didn't say that either Jack"! Just then Will screamed out "We're near the next Port Captain!" Elizabeth smiled happily and walked away from Jack while shouting "Tortuga."

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