DVD Malfunctions
by Capt. Blue-Eyed Jane
Disclaimer: I don't own Pirates of the Caribbean, or its characters, or George Washington…don't ask we'll get there.
Epilogue: Father? (Of Our Nation…US' Nation. I live in Canada)
The trio looked out at the setting sun from Fort Charles' peak.
"I can't believe we're going to have to leave this all behind." Hayley said sadly looking out at the horizon. "I didn't even get to bed the bastard."
"I didn't even get to have that kiss." Janine said under her breath, Hayley would flip if she knew that she had almost kissed her Jack Sparrow.
"Well, Will and I are engaged!" Sam said happily, Janine smiled
"That's great except, you won't actually marry him because we have to go home."
"We don't HAVE to" Hayley said, Janine glared. "What do you think our parents will say? We've been gone at least a week!"
"Time moves slower in this time. Seven days could be seven minutes" Sam said smiling evilly, she and Hayley locked eyes and turned to Janine.
"Wait, what? NO! We're NOT staying any longer since I have the sword of-" Janine put her hand to her hip to find that The Sword of Cortes was missing in action. Hayley coughed and Janine looked up, Hayley was spinning the rusty blade around her hand.
"We're not going anywhere until I say-" Then James and Elizabeth walked up to them Accompanied by the Governor (Swann.) Hayley put the blade behind her and the Trio bowed slightly.
"Miss Jane?" The governor said. "I have received word from your father who says he'll be arriving in two weeks time from the business he has to attend to in Barbados. You are welcome to stay at our home, or you may go back to you great aunt and uncle's."
"And my great aunt and uncle would be…?"
The commodore blinked, "the Hathaway's, Jane."
"…oh right them!" Janine said laughing, and then looked at Hayley and Sam then back to the little group of Governors and whatnot.
"Give us a second will you?" Janine took the other two by the sleeve and pulled them over to the side.
"Okay, this isn't a game when I say, if you two do not come back in two weeks time, me and my crew will hunt you down and keelhaul you." She looked at Hayley sternly.
"got it?" Hayley gave a smug smile.
"O' course I wouldn't've done anything but."
Janine glared at her, "I'm serious Hayley Jones."
"ooooo spooky you're using my full name, oh god, save me please" Hayley mocked pretending to be a beggar looking up to the sky, then shot up to her feet and smirked. "Honestly"
Two Weeks Later
Hayley, Sam and Janine walked the sandy Beaches of Port Royal but in a little inlet not too far from the harbour, so Hayley couldn't get caught. Janine and Hayley told Sam about their adventures and Sam told them all about the wedding plans that they've made.
"You know there's just one thing that I forgot." Sam said, Janine looked over.
"What?"
"Well didn't we need the Sword of Cortes to get back?" Janine stopped dead in her tracks and swore.
"I forgot all about that when we were fighting Barbossa. GAH! I'm such an idiot!"
"You're not an idiot." Hayley said, "I don't think I could've backstabbed a pirate and a Commodore in less then 24 hrs, what was up with that anyway. One minute you're a wuss that cries a lot and the next you're this … pirate."
"Well, there were things that HAD to be done, and it involved lying and stealing and cheating, you have no idea how great I am at Pirate Dice now. But I needed to get back to you guys so I pushed all the crappy feelings behind and told myself constantly W.W.J.D."
"What would Jesus do?" Sam said sceptically.
"No!" Janine said laughing, "What would JACK do." The Trio walked back up to Marks' house to spend the night when the sun dipped back into the ocean. Stars blanketed the night sky; the warm Caribbean breeze blowing through the palm trees made a soothing 'shhhhhhhh' and the night was still warm enough to not need a blanket on the benches in the garden, which was where Janine and Daniel were sitting this starry evening. Hayley and Sam were inside either reading a cost list for a wedding, or practicing their "mad skills" in Daniel's personal training room. It also came with a practise partner (the butler) who Hayley thought was "un-definingly handsome."
(AN: Remember people, that this is 1777 and the American's are in the middle of their revolution and Daniel is British. The comments I make from Daniel are simply what I believe the British must've thought at the time.)
"I hear your Father's coming down." Janine nodded slowly thinking who her "father" could be. "They say he's an American, but I really don't understand how someone as brutal and as violent as an American could have such an outstanding daughter…"
Janie gave him a 'oh really' sort of look and said-
"well maybe if your country didn't tax the US left, right and centre, for the damages of several wars that they fought with the French for Ohio Valley, and then look at Quebec- which is French, mind you- and say 'oh yeah we'll extend your borders, here take Ohio valley' then maybe you wouldn't have the problem with the American's and they wouldn't rebel. They aren't rebelling for the taxes it's the principal of the tax itself. And you're going to loose by the way." Janine said hotly, sure she was Canadian, but when she studied American History last semester she had now taken a whole different view on the US and Britain. Daniel's face fell and he frowned at her.
"They threw three-hundred and sixty-five crate of tea overboard into the Boston harbour!" he nearly shouted, "That's over a thousand pounds of tea!" Janine glared and shouted fiercely:
"Yeah well maybe that wouldn't happen if Britain repealed The Stamp and Quartering act! Who wants to support the lives of soldiers who basically tax everything you buy! Glass, paper, tea, oh wait that was the Townsend Acts which the lead to the Boston massacre in 1766! Didn't it! What was it? 8 dead and 15 wounded due to a British soldier that fired when told not too!"
"We were being pelted and yelled at!"
"At least you weren't being taxed!"
"Oh cry me a river."
"Build me a bridge me a bridge!"
"So you can get over yourself? Certainly!"
"Do you wanna kiss me as much as I wanna kiss you?"
"I can't believe someone as smart as you has to even ask me that!" Daniel hungrily pushed his lips against her in a ferocious kiss.
Sam tapped her foot impatiently on the docks and looked at her watch.
"Dude where's your dad? Though Norrington said he was going to be here?"
"That's what he said four o'clock" Hayley looked around nervously.
"Well Jack's coming tonight so if your 'father' doesn't show up I'm gone" from up on the fort a cannon sounded in celebration. The Trio's heads whipped to the see where a Brigantine sailed into the harbour at alarming speed.
"Fair American! It's the Fair American!" Janine tapped her shin.
"Why does that sound familiar?"
"Because it's probably a common name among…ships." Hayley said Janie turned to Hayley.
"You know a lot about America, the ships; do you remember any names of them?"
"pffft No, I know more about the present."
"Oh."
"Dudes-" Sam said tugging at their sleeves but they shook her off.
"I know one of George Washington's ships was called Betsy but I only remembered it because I thought it was a stupid name."
"They had Subs named after presidents-"
"Uh guys I really think you should see whose docking." Sam said now poking them. But they kept shaking her off until she had enough and turned their heads.
"wha-?" their mouths dropped open.
"George Washington?!" Hayley said disbelievingly. "no fucking way, you're Italian! He's American!"
"just remember that this isn't a real world, I could be stepping in for his daughter-" He stopped in front of the girls, all 6'2" of him, he had striking blue eyes that looked grey, Identical to Janine's.
"Well her hair is wavy brown!" Hayley said pointed out, Sam smacked the back of her head.
"Idiot! That's a wig." George Washington took off his wig and he had short wavy brown hair. His hand trailed Janine's cheek.
"You look just like your mother Jane." He said. Then Janine remembered something from her history text books.
"But I thought you didn't have any biological children?"
"You are my only. On my trip to Barbados in 1751 I met a girl named Andrea Melinardi-"
"Sounds pretty Italian" Sam said to Hayley who just mimicked her silently "-and it was Love at first sight. But when the doctor there said they had nothing for my brother's tuberculosis we have to leave. You were barely a month developed." Janine nodded, and smiled, not for the fat that George Washington was her 'not real' father but for the fact that over a million history text books in the world were wrong! Janine embraced her…father, and as soon as she did the high pitched whistle came back and the earth below the three was shaking violently.
"wos happening?" Hayley shouted over the whistle. It stopped. They looked up to see Janine's mom standing in front of the DVD player.
"Hello? I asked why aren't you all in bed it's past 3 o'clock!" They looked at each other
"Where did you come from?"
"Work. A woman went into labour at twelve it was a quick birth only half an hour, but the baby was breech, which is what-"
"Mom!" Janine said, she stopped talking then apologized.
"Sorry, you're usually so into this stuff."
"I am just not now. What were we doing when you came in?"
"Staring at a blank screen"
"Oh." The trio looked at each other in shock and amazement, then quickly said goodnight to Mrs. Rome and bolted up the stairs into Janine's room and started talking about all the things that could've happened to bring them back to the real world, but before they could actually get to the bottom of everything Janine's mom told them to "GO TO SLEEP!!"
The next morning was the start of a new semester and luckily Hayley, Janine and Sam all had Dram first period, best part? Their first Play (because it was Gr. 10/11) they were going to do a snippet of a hit movie.
"Alright Class settle down." Slowly everyone stopped talking and turned to Mrs. Neil, "For the writing portion of your mark for the first unit, I would like you to take a scene from Harry Potter, Lord of the Rings, Four Brothers, or Déjà vu and make it into a ten minute production. You need to be in group of three and the sign up sheet will be on my desk."
Janine, Hayley and Sam quickly latched onto each other and fought over which movie they were going to do, in the end they had wasted 45 minutes on the subject and there was only one movie left.
Hayley walked up to the desk and signed their group up. She sat down beside Sam, who had the Laptop on her lap and said.
"So which book from Harry Potter are we going to do?"
TBCIS (to be continued in sequel)
Sorry guys, but I can't find my floppy that has the first chapter of the sequal but I promise absolutely that tomorrow I will post it.
Have a good night and I hope you all liked the story.
Caio ciao
Capt. Blue-Eyed Jane