I'll Take my Chances
Chapter 13
Jack and Elizabeth stood in the middle of the dock, inches apart yet not touching. Elizabeth's head was down and Jack was moving his head to to and see her face. Her head rose and she looked him in the eyes, she was sad, yet she felt safe near him.
"Thank you Lizzie" he whispered to her, they had attracted some attention before when the raised their voices.
"For what?"she whispered back, she may have said she loved him, but that does not rid him of what he had done.
"For forgiving me" She backed away from him, almost falling off the edge of the docks.
"Jack, I have not forgiven you," Jack looked around, he saw people gather around them, they could hear them arguing.
"What, but I thought you just said that you loved me" Jack started to get upset, tears started to fill his eyes. He wiped his eyes, looking at the tears left of his hand . What tears? He started to get even more upset, he had never cried over a woman before. He had the woman he loved, and he had gone and messed it up. Typical Jack Sparrow He thought.
"I do, and that's what makes it harder. I'm sorry" she said, she felt tears roll down her cheeks. She ran away, pushing the crowd they had attracted out the way.
"Elizabeth no" he shouted "I love you" the crowd turned back around and looked at Jack "Please" He whispered "Come Back"
Jack began to run after her but the crowd started to grab his clothes as he tried to get to her.
"Get off me" he struggled to get free, but the men in the crowd were not about to let him go, he struggled some more "ELIZABETH" he shouted at the top of his voice.
At the scream Elizabeth turned around., she could see him trying his best to get to her. She stood and stared at him for a while, watching him struggle, then she just continued to walk away from him. When she began to walk again Jack stopped trying to get free, he had lost her.
Jack turned around, he could no longer see Elizabeth, he made his way back to The Pearl, ignoring Gibbs and the crew and entered his cabin, he saw her ripped trousers on the chair "I thought I'd lost you" he remembered the day he rescued her.
What an idiot Jack, you've lost her this time.
He picked up the trousers and lay on the bed, clutching them close to him, smelling her as if she was right there next to him. He began to cry uncontrollably. Gibbs put his ear to the door, he could hear his Captain crying.
That night Jack Sparrow cried himself to sleep, holding Elizabeth's ripped trousers.