"I met you when I pillaged and plundered the weasley black gut out of Port . . . what ever the name of that port was. We csme face to face at the fountain in the middle of town. I was in disguise, dressed as a simple farm boy, and you were with your mother, dressed to meet the man she desired you to marry. She and he went off to talk for a while, and, seeing you were going to be miserable for the rest of your life, I stole you away with me, to give you an hour or so of happiness before you were, as I would say, condemned to death. "
"At least I had a mother then." you whisper under your breath.
"What?" Jack asked.
"Nothing." you say, wiping away a tear. Nothing at all. Go on."
He does, happy to oblige.
"Let's see. . . we confided in each other and when the Army showed up, I knew I had to leave. But I promised to return, and that I did. I found you a year later, on the eve of your wedding day, weeping in your balcony. I snuck into your room and said I would gladly shoot your supposed fiancee, if it would only stop grieving you. Unfortunately," -here he laid down on the bed, his hair splayed out in all different directions.- "you took my joke for seriousness. When we spoke again an hour later, you told me your rich king had been stabbed to death. You swore p and down it wasn't you. I believed you. You grabbed a knife off of your dresser and asked if you could leave with me, since you were the prime suspect. I said yes. So, I took your hand and we left. I took you here, to the Pearl. You were shocked I was a pirate, but no matter, because by then, you had become one as well. When we reached the Pearl, you sank down on this very bed, collapsed in fear. You believed we'd be caught and hanged. That was a month ago. You got used to this life and now you simply enjoy it, savvy? You got used to it and for some unknown reason, we fell for each other and are now married."
"As of when?" you ask, baffled at your own story.
"As of yesterday."
"You are kidding. I mean, yesterday I was living my own life, home in Florida, and then I wake up next to you and suddenly my whole world's upside down!" You are close to tears under this immense amount of pressure. You sink down on the bed, covering your face with your hands.
Jack calmly lifts your hands and stares deeply into your eyes. You stare back, you can't help it. It seems you have lost control of your actions because before you can help it, his lips are on yours and you are locked inside a passionate kiss.
After God knows how long, you pull away, frightened. You can't believe your stupidity. Ignoring his calls and apologies, you get up and run in search of a private place.
The kiss scared you, but you have found something even more terrifying buried in your heart.
You might love him.
You sink onto the floor in a hidden corner somewhere on the ship. Sleep overcomes you at long last.