I'll Take my Chances

Chapter 18

Jack walked with Elizabeth, neither of them saying anything. Elizabeth felt safe now that Jack was with her, after everything that had happened he still came and saved her again. Before they got to The Pearl, she wanted Jack to know how sorry she was. As they were walking Elizabeth stopped and Jack looked back at her.

"Elizabeth?" Jack said in a concerned voice.

"I'm so sorry Jack" she said bursting into tears. Jack looked at her in tears, and walked up to her hugging her, she sobbed uncontrollably into his chest. "You have no reason to be sorry"

"I do Jack, I asked you to tell me the truth, and you did, and I hated you for it...I hated you for doing something I told you to do"

"Its in the past now Lizzie, if anything its brought us closer" he held both her shoulder and looked her in the eyes. "Yeah" she said in a upset laugh.

"Now, come on, we've got to go, I saw The Endeavour, I'm sure that Beckett has seen our ship" Elizabeth cringed at the name.

"Don't worry about him, he will not be bothering us" she gave Jack a nervous smile. Jack looked at her as they were walking. "What do you mean?" Elizabeth looked down, she was ashamed "I made a bargain with him, that's all" she made a nervous laugh and looked at him. His eyes moved from hers to The Pearl.

All of the crew were shackled, the deck was full of guards and soldiers. Then appeared Beckett, his eyes gazed upon Elizabeth and grinned, as soon as she saw him she refused to get aboard the ship, not while he was on it. Jack looked at her and put his hand on her waist and led her on The Pearl.

"Get off my ship" Jack said firmly "Go on, all of you, Off!" he shouted. Beckett walked up to Jack and Elizabeth and went to caress Elizabeth's face. Jack pulled her behind him. "Don't you touch her!"

Beckett laughed "I'm afraid your too late for that" Jack's face went serious "What do you mean by that?"

"Oh, did she not tell you" He said playing with a dagger he held in his hand.

Jack turned round to Elizabeth who bowed her head in shame.

"I slept with him" Jacks eyes welled with tears, she looked up at him, walked up to him and placed her hands on his chest "I slept with him, for our freedom, he said, if I slept with him, he let me and you go free" Jack held her tighter, he knew Beckett had taken what belonged to him.

Elizabeth walked up to Beckett with a serious yet upset face, she said quietly almost as if to a friend. "Beckett, why are you here, I gave up something important to me, we made bargain, please, let us go" Beckett looked her in the eyes. "Please, I think I deserve it, don't you think" Beckett understood that he had taken something that was sacrid to her, and knew that he should have let them go free.

"Sorry Lizzie" he looked at Jack, who got angry when he called her his nickname for Elizabeth. "But you end of the bargain was not full filled properly, do you not remember, we were interrupted"

"That was not my fault" Elizabeth looked down, then suddenly she had an idea.

"I propose an agreement" Jack and Beckett both looked up "That one night we spent together, there for you give us one night to be free"

"I don't think I quite follow you" Beckett was confused,but Jack understood her plan perfectly.

"Me and Jack, free until the sun rises" Beckett smiled to himself, he liked it when she was a strong woman "Agreed" he beckoned his men off of the ship, and gave a hungry grin to Elizabeth and walked off of the ship.

Jack hugged Elizabeth,. "Good thinking Lizzie" She gave a huge grin to Jack "Pirate, remember" they both smiled, He lowered his head and kissed Elizabeth as deep as he could. How he had missed kissing her like that.

"I Love you Lizzie"

"And I love you Captain"