Chapter Ten

Strawberries

By now it was nighttime. I had skipped dinner because I was too busy thinking of away to save my friends…and Peter. Normally he saved me. Now it is my turn to save him. I was out looking at the waves trying to think of a way to convince Jack to turn the boat around and save them.

"You alright, love?" Jack asked putting his hand on my shoulder.

"Do I look alright?" I asked turning around to how that I was starting to cry.

He brought me closer to him to let me cry on his shoulder like Peter use to let me do.

I was quiet for a minute but then I had to ask. "What was the deal?"

"What?"

"Jack. We know that you made another deal…what was it?"

"Don't worry about it, love."

"Don't worry? Don't worry! Why would I worry? It's not like my two best friends and my fiancé and me are the payment. Oh wait…we are!!!" I started to stomp off but then paused to turn around. "Oh… and did you have fun making-out with Anna Ruth?" His jaw dropped and I left. I guess he felt bad or just wanted to…get drunk. I think it was the second one.

When I woke up the next morning, I thought Jack would be out there bright and early like he usually is. He wasn't. Oh well! Will came out right as I found Jack. He was on a bench hugging a bottle of rum. "Do you think he's dead?" I asked Will

"No. If he was he would have dropped the bottle."

"Darn!"

"How to save them…how to save them…how to---" I said to myself.

"Don't worry, we'll get them back. Just remember…Peter is my brother and I will not let him live on the Flying Dutchman. We'll get your friends too. Anything for my sister-in-law." Will said coming over to me. By now we were even farther away. I wonder how they are doing.

"Oh Davy! Over here!" Anna Ruth called.

"Not again!" he said quietly to himself.

"Davy," she said playing with his tentacles, "can you take us back to the Black Pearl? Pretty pretty please with…with…do you like cherries?"

"No."

"Uhmmm…with…strawberries on top! Everybody LOVES strawberries!"

"I don't."

"Well, you are weird! I mean look at you! You are an octopus!" Anna Ruth screamed then stomped off.

"Now you are definitely not getting back!" Jones called after her.

Peter was still in the same spot I left him and looked like he didn't sleep all night.

Taylor…well…let's say she got all the autographs she wanted. She was having a blast.