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Italics are a memory sequence.
The next morning, Elizabeth awoke to the sound of something hitting water.
"Nice try Jamie boy. Bet I can get it further."
"You're on Sparrow."
She turned to the side and her husband was still fast asleep. He looked absolutely adorable with his mouth slightly open as he took deep breaths in and out. Elizabeth didn't want to wake him, so she quickly and quietly got up and went to see what the other two were so busy doing.
Jack and James were standing a good fifty yards away, probably allowing Will and Elizabeth extra time to sleep. The two men were throwing stones into the ocean trying to see who can throw it furthest. What was most surprising though was that they seemed to actually be having a good time of it. James was the first to see Elizabeth coming.
"Since when are you two such good friends?" she asked, slightly amused as she crossed her arms.
"Since neither one of us wanted to be the one to wake you two. He still sleeping then?" Jack asked, throwing another stone into the ocean. It sank rather quickly.
"Yes and I really hope he's sleeping well now. After last night…I was getting worried for a bit."
James looked towards the trees and sighed. "I suppose we should begin gathering some breakfast. Or should we search the island a bit more first?"
"Breakfast now, island later, savvy?"
"Fine Sparrow; let's get on it then."
The three survivors walked over to the crate and chose one piece of fruit each; Elizabeth chose for Will as well. She went over to him and made sure that he was fine.
"Turner was making an awful lot of noise last night," Jack commented.
James nodded but didn't voice anything else as he took out his sword and gently began peeling back the rind...
It was fairly late at night. Everyone had been asleep for awhile now, save for the Commodore, and the moon had just disappeared behind a cloud. James looked up from the fire and frowned.
"No, no. Ah!!"
Quick as a flash, James looked at Will who had begun trembling back and forth on the ground.
Elizabeth was shaking his shoulders trying to wake him but he continued moaning as though in pain. His back was arched much like that of a cat. Jack raised his head slightly.
"What's wrong with him?" Sparrow asked only half awake.
"I don't know. Will, speak to me," Elizabeth said. She tapped the sides of his face but it still wasn't working.
"It hurts," he whispered pitifully. Will sounded like nothing more than a little child. It was heartbreaking and Elizabeth didn't know what to do.
James got up from his seat and began to shake Will by the shoulders as well. "Mr. Turner, William, wake up." James then leaned in close to Will's ear and whispered, "We're not on the ship anymore. No more whippings. We're all safe now."
Will's eyes cracked open the tiniest bit and he seemed to nod before drifting off again.
Elizabeth and Jack stared at James and Will in nothing short of amazement.
"He should be fine now,"James said resolute. "You can both go back to sleep now,"
"But James..." Elizabeth started to say.
James just shook his head. "Sleep," he said in that deep, relaxing tone of voice.
"But are you sure...?" Elizabeth persisted.
"He'll be fine. Trust me," James said giving her a slight smile. She nodded and laid her head back down and to the side Jack did likewise. "Sleep well all," James muttered, poking the fire again with a stick.
"Will, time to wake up. I've got a nice, juicy apple for you," Elizabeth whispered sensually.
From across the now burnt out fire, Jack leaned over to James and asked, "Has she been hanging around with any escaped pirate fugitives who mention bones and dogs? Excluding myself of course."
James quirked an eyebrow and didn't ask for an explanation of that.
"Will..."
Will opened one eye and shut it, clenching his eyes as though he'd never seen anything in proper light before. "Morning already?" he asked with a yawn.
"Yes, here's your breakfast," she said, dropping the apple on his chest before beginning to peal her banana.
Will sat up and scratched the back of his head before pulling his wife into a kiss. He then broke away and waved towards the other two. "Morning."
"Morning," they both said back just loud enough to be heard.
Will bit the apple and some of the juice flowed down his chin. He was about to wipe it away himself when Elizabeth swallowed her piece of fruit and licked the juice off his cheek for him, then kissing the spot afterwards. Will then raised an amused eyebrow and dropped the apple onto the sand before leaning back on her causing Elizabeth to fall backwards and Will to be on top of her.
From their spot on the beach, James and Jack could only stare at them. "I don't think we should be watching this," James muttered, turning away.
Jack still stared however as Elizabeth began the tedious process of attempting to take off Will's shirt while still kissing.
"Sparrow come on," James said, pulling Jack to his feet, "we're going exploring."
Poor Will, his memory is torturing him.
Okay, this is a loaded question but, would you rather next week the next chapter be about Jack and James or Will and Elizabeth. It'll be one or the other with the other being the following week. Before you ask, no I'm not going into any more detail on Will and Elizabeth. Come to your own conclusions ;) Thank you for reading everyone. Let me know what you thought about it. And for those of you who know what I'm talking about, this story is definitely going to be a sort of clean GS with those sort of lines being thrown in there for comedy effect. Have a good week everyone.
