So I know it's been a long time and everything but I had to finish all my exams for uni and I just did and then I'm going back on Monday…..not fun. But in the mean time I plan on trying to get at least two chapters to you by this weekend. I finished this one in about a day and a bit so I think I can do the exact same thing with the next one. I hope you all enjoy it and everything! I wanna thank RosesMoon and SkyPainter1212 for giving me a REVIEW! I'm gonna try and get more chapters up for you guys because I do enjoy when I get comments and REVIEWS back! Thank you soooooooo much!
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Cali couldn't believe that she just told Jack. She paced back and forth trying to figure out what exactly she was gonna do. She didn't exactly go around telling him in a nice way either, she more or less screamed it at him. Pity that he wasn't smart enough to catch on though, she was positive that he would. Cali pondered over and over what she was going to do about Jack, especially since William didn't exactly know about her past. It wouldn't have been safe for her if she actually did tell someone at Port Royal. Especially since Nathan was her closet friend their and he was part of the Navy. Coming out and saying her father was a notorious pirate who is well known, to a Navy man wouldn't have been her brightest idea. Once again Cali grabbed her necklace and started to play with it. She knew they were coming close to Tortuga, she could already hear the sounds of drunken pirates and screaming whores. But it was those sounds that made her truly feel like she was coming home. Cali had lived in Tortuga for a period of her teenage years, helping her mother out while her father was out at sea. Normally they would stay in her childhood home in Ship Wreak Cove but her father was running around to most of the ports near Tortuga so Cali and her mother stayed there for four months. She had helped out as a bar wench in a couple of taverns and knew the owners well. But hopefully they won't remember Cali since being under the radar is exactly what she was trying to do.
Cali knew that she had to get back to the deck to help bring in the ship but that would mean that she would have to face Jack once again knew. She wasn't exactly sure if he would say anything in front of William but she can't be too sure. He is after all a pirate and from what Cali knew from having grown up as a pirate's daughter that you can't trust them. Cali started to pace again. What to do, what to do. Fighting the rest of her daemons from her past, Cali stopped pacing and went up the stairs towards the deck. Reaching the deck she looked around and noticed Tortuga coming closer and closer. She turned her head quickly when she heard the scuffle of someone's boots on the deck. She sighed when she turned to see William standing there.
"Doesn't look like much." Will stated as he stares at Tortuga. Cali turned away from to look towards Tortuga again but couldn't help but notice Jack staring at her. Cali looked at Jack as she spoke her next words.
"You shouldn't judge something on its appearance William, you never know what you may find on the inside" Cali finished and walked to get the rope and sails ready. Will watched her walk away; he didn't understand what Cali was talking about. Surely it had nothing to do with the garbage of a town they were pulling into, something must be wrong with Cali but what did Jack have to do with it. Shaking his head he would have to ask her later on, for now he would go and help her and Jack so they can get off this island faster.
Jack was watching Cali very closely. He heard every word she had said to the Whelp and knew exactly what she was saying. He couldn't believe how stupid he had been. How had he not known it was Catherine? The one person in the world who never judged him for being a pirate, nor did she ever judge him when he was a navy sailor for a short period of his life. She always believed that he was supposed to do great things in his life and he thought it was getting out of piracy for good. But his past always came back and his love of the sea and his dear Black Pearl always trumped what he wanted most in the world. Jack in his years on the sea had learned many different things from famous pirates and intelligent sailors but the one thing he learned on his voyages and one thing he has only ever experienced twice in his life. Well if you were to ask Jack himself he would say he experienced it only once and the other was just a passing. A fling of some sort. A four letter word that till this day has haunted him and his being for the last four years because he was afraid of the person it would make him and if the person was alive. Love. That's right the famous Capitan Jack Sparrow had fallen in love. He would say he loved because it truly was in his past and if anyone knew Jack, they knew that he doesn't like reliving the past. Jack snapped out of his thoughts when he heard the Whelp coming towards the helm.
"How long are we staying here Jack?" Will asked, as they made the last remaining preparations for docking.
"Two days the most get a crew and start heading towards your lady love." Jack replied making the final stirrings of the ship. Will nodded his head and went down to help Cali with a rope that was giving her troubles.
They had finally gotten to Tortuga and Cali took in the smell and sights before. Nothing had change from the past four years. Cali could have sworn that every person she left, every barrel that was filled with ale was all still there. In the exact spots she left it. Of course that really couldn't happen. It would be near impossible for that to happen. Walking down the plank behind Will and Jack, she could of sworn she someone was watching her or them really. Looking around her she saw someone hiding in the shadows looking directly towards them, well her. Making sure that she was closer to Jack and Will, Cali heard Jack ask Will what he thought of Tortuga. Cali snorted when she heard William say it will linger. She knew very well that this place is exactly what Will thought all pirates do. A typical stereotype. As they continued to walk Cali noticed a lot of familiar faces. Not paying attention and still freaked out by someone watching them she walked right into Wills back. She looked around Wills back to see what was going on in front of her. She saw a woman standing in front of Jack and Cali noticed that she didn't look at all happy. The woman of course was the typical 'whore' as most people would notice because her breasts were practically hanging out of her dress. But Cali couldn't help but notice that the woman actually looked familiar. She could place on her name or when she had met her until she started to speak.
"Scarlet!" Jack exclaimed when he saw her. Scarlet looked at Jack and slapped him right across his face. The slap was so loud that Cali even flinch when she heard it. Jack was rubbing his cheek when he turned towards the two.
"Not sure if I deserved that one" Jack said still rubbing his cheek. Cali rolled her eyes at him trying hard to contain her laughter. Will only smirked at Jack. Jack turned away from them and Cali noticed another coming towards them. This time she actually did recognize her. It was Giselle. Cali couldn't help but hide behind Wills back hoping that Giselle wouldn't see her. Not only did Cali not like Giselle, the last time she saw her, Cali and Giselle didn't exactly exchange happy greetings.
"Giselle" Jack once again said with his arms open.
"Who was she? And who is that?" Giselle said with a fake smile on her face, pointing towards Cali's back. Jack turned towards Cali who was now lifting her head to see what was going on. He turned back towards Giselle with a confused look on his face.
"What?" Jack asked confused.
Another loud smack could be heard and the other cheek of Jacks was turning red again. As Giselle went to walk away she looked at Cali once again. A confused look came across her face.
"Catherine?" Giselle asked trying to get a better look at her. Cali straightened up and decided now would be a good time to get herself out of trouble.
"Ah…No sorry, my names Cali Swann actually. I don't know who this Catherine is you're looking for." Said Cali trying to get out of this mess. Giselle's face didn't change, until she gave a giant huff and walked away from them. Cali let out a huge breath that she had been holding. Turning towards Jack she noticed that his cheeks were slowing turning back to normal. He turned and started to walk towards a tavern. Cali and Will started to follow after Jack. Cali read the sign of the tavern right before they walked in. The Faithful Bride. Cali did a double take on the sign. Just what she needed right now, to walk right into the tavern where she worked. Yep perfect. Cali couldn't help but shake her head at the luck she was managing to have while in Tortuga. Cali looked around the tavern and couldn't help but noticed that nothing in the tavern was different. Everything was in the same position as it was all that time ago. Cali saw Jack go up to bar. He was talking to one of the bartenders. Cali didn't recognize him. As she looked around the room she saw Will was fidgeting around with his belt adjusting it. He looked nervous and Cali couldn't blame him, this place was filled with drunken pirates and their whores either passed out, or dry humping each other. Yeah, Cali couldn't blame Will for being nervous at all. Cali was suddenly startled when a drunken pirate came up to her grabbing her ass with on hand.
"Ya wanna get out of this place love, it's a little cramp." He said still with his hand on her ass. He brought up his other to cup one of her breasts but Cali had had enough of this harassment. In a flash Cali had whipped out her sword and pushed the man up against one of the wall posts. The man's eyes flashed wide open and he tried to wiggle out of Cali's grasp. Only Cali made sure he couldn't move and dug her sword a little deeper into his throat that blood started to show. She leaned down and to say something to him.
"Don't ever touch me again, if you want to keep all your fingers and your precious family jewels" Cali growled at him. As soon as Cali mentioned his family jewels, his eye brows shot up in horror. Cali let him go slowly and put her sword away. She turned back to notice Jack and Will looking at her. Jack raised an eyebrow at her. Cali just shrugged and started to walk towards them.
"So did you find out what you needed?" Cali asked looking at Jack. Will was still looking at her with a shocked expression, trying to figure out what had just happened. Jack nodded his head and pointed for them to follow him. Jack walked to the back of the tavern to where apparently they keep their pigs. Will looked absolutely discussed while Cali looked over Williams shoulder to see a man actually sleeping with the pigs. Cali immediately knew who they had been in search for. She really should of known, this was Jack go to man. Mr. Joshamee Gibbs. Cali saw Jack kick Mr. Gibbs foot to try and awaken him but he didn't even budge. Seeing how this wasn't going to work, Jack saw two buckets full of water. He leaned over and picked them up giving one to Will and keeping the other for himself. Will completely confused about what was going on, just stood there holding the bucket. Jack swung back and threw the water towards Gibbs. As soon as the water hit him he swung up raising a dagger yelling out a line of curses.
"Curse you for breathing, you slack-jawed idiot!" Gibbs shouted at the three. He looked around the room at all of them finally relaxing when he saw Jack. "Mothers love! Jack! You should know better than to wake a man when he's asleep. It's bad luck." Gibbs finished shaking his head towards Jack. Cali rolled her eyes as soon as she heard the superstitions fool begins with all his mumbo jumbo rules.
"Ah, fortunately I know how to counter it," Jack said. Cali looked at Jack knowing right away he what he was going to say to Gibbs before he did. "The man who does the waking buys, the man who was sleeping, a drink. The man who was sleeping drinks it while listening to a proposition from the man who did the waking." Jack said with a grin on his face. Gibbs looks confused for a moment and then his face lights up and he starts grinning right back at Jack.
"Aye, that'll about do it," Gibbs replies grabbing Jacks hand to help him get to his feet. Cali groans as she realized how bad Gibbs smelt and apparently so did Will because he threw his bucket of water at Gibbs.
"Blast it child! I'm already awake!" Gibbs yells at Will. Cali started laughing so hard that she had to cover it up with a cough.
"It's for the smell" Will replied to Gibbs with a shrug. Gibbs gave Will a glare until he realized that he was probably right about the smelling part. As they all looked at each other they agreed they should get going. Jack and Gibbs were walking ahead of Will and Cali when Gibbs turned to Jack.
"Who's the girl?" Gibbs asked Jack.
"No one. No one at all" Jack said to Gibbs not even looking at him.
"Really? Because she reminds me of someone that I once knew" Gibbs said to Jack slyly. Jack looked at Gibbs quickly and knew that Gibbs had recognized Cali. The old man never let anything slip under his fingers.
"Oh really? Who does she remind you of?" Jack said forcing himself to give away anything.
"A little girl I once knew. Of course Jack you would know her to, because you used to faun over her." Gibbs said with a smirk. Jack stopped walking and turn directly towards Gibbs.
"She is nothing like her" Jack snapped and started walking faster than he was before. Everyone had to walk faster in order to catch up to Jack. He had marched into the tavern and found a table that was empty. He quickly grabbed it and ordered two rums. As he handed the rum off to Gibbs, Jack turned towards Will and started to speak in a hushed tone.
"Keep a sharp eye" He said directly towards Will. He moved to go sit but turned sharply around to face Cali. He marched up to her so that he stood directly in front of her. He bent down so that his lips where right by her ear.
"Keep the Whelp in line. Make sure he keeps a sharp eye and when this is all over we need to talk." Jack whispered into her ear. The feel of his breath on her sent a shiver down her spine and Cali felt her breath come in sharp gasps. Jack pulled away and took a look at her face. Cali had managed to close her eyes when Jack was talking into her ear. He smirked and walked to sit down with Gibbs. Cali opened her eyes and went to stand by Will.
Cali wasn't even bothered to listen to Jack and Gibbs conversation. Even though she knew that Jack was probably gonna go after the pearl to get her back. Plus if William says he's a Turner that would mean Jack will use him as leverage. Which means keeping her identity hidden just got more desperate than normal. If she couldn't hide from Gibbs how was she gonna hide from Barbossa and the rest of the pearls crew. Almost an impossible mission. But if Jack knows, he'll make damn sure to keep her invisible. Cali's thoughts were disrupted by a sudden brawl in the tavern. She turned to makes sure William was okay and saw this huge woman hanging off of him. Cali started to laugh when she saw Will trying to get out of her hold. Thinking that maybe she should help Will out; she pulled her dagger out of her boot and turned it to the woman's next.
"Leave or I slit your throat" Cali growled into her ear. The woman turned towards Cali and ran like hell to get away from the two. Will turned towards Cali to thank her when a drunken pirate came up behind her and wrapped his arms and pulled her tight against his chest. Cali was so surprised by this she dropped her dagger. This man was touching her waist and cupping one of her breast. Cali had no idea how she was getting out of this, she started to wiggle but all it did was make the man grasp her harder towards him. Cali was trying so hard to get out of this trouble she was currently in and found no way out of it without any help. She looked up to see if Will was anywhere around her to help her out and saw that he wasn't even close to her. Who the hell was gonna help her out? Still struggling Cali was now frantically trying to get out. And then a miracle happened. The dirty bastard that was holding loosened his grip because someone had knocked him out. Finally getting out of his grip, she turned towards the man that now laid on the floor and saw Jack standing over him. Without even thinking Cali ran forward and hugged Jack tightly around his chest. The force of the impact caused Jack to stumble and the shock of her hugging him. Jack didn't know what to do, should he hold her? Should he comfort her? Did he know how?
"Thank you, thank you, thank you…." Cali mumbled into Jacks chest. She then pushed away from him and looked him dead in the eyes. Jack looked down at Cali and couldn't help but reach out and cup her cheek.
"It was no problem love." He said as he stroked her cheek with his thumb. He quickly dropped his hand and turned to Gibbs, he waved his hand and Gibbs stood up, grabbed William by his arm and dragged him towards the door of the tavern where now Cali and Jack stood waiting for them.
"I've booked rooms for us, Gibbs have a crew ready for us by the noon tide." Jack said tugging on Cali's arm forcing her to come with him. Gibbs nodded his head at Jack and took off towards a different tavern. Will walked with Jack and Cali towards the rooms they had booked. Turns out Jack really only booked two which means someone has to share a room with Cali. She should have known. Jack pushed Will into the other bedroom and closes the door right behind them. He then turned and pushed Cali into the other room. Shutting the door behind them Cali noticed that there was only one bed and thank god it was a big bed. Cali went over and sat down on the bed. Jack was looking at her and Cali knew he wanted to talk about what has happened to her, or more of what happened to her.
"Catherine…I…um…I" Jack started to say but suddenly stopped talking. Cali looked up at him, she couldn't figure out what was going on in his head. "What happened to you? I thought you were dead, when I heard about the ship wreck, I…just…"Jack sighed and ran a hand over his forehead. He took off his hat and put it down on the night stand beside the bed.
"Jack, I thought I was dead. I woke up in Port Royal with no memory of what had happened to my family. I still don't know what happened. I don't know if Leighton is alive, I don't know if my mom and dad survived the ship wreck either. As of right now my family is dead and I have no clue if their alive." Cali said towards Jack, she had tears starting to form in her eyes. She still hadn't moved from her spot on the bed, but noticed that Jack had decided to take off his effects and laze back against the wall and the bed. He was looking at her trying himself to figure her out. This definitely wasn't the Catherine he had once known. This woman in front of him is someone way stronger and has the strength to defend herself. This wasn't the girl he taught to fight with a sword or taught hand to hand combat, though with what he saw today she needed a refresh. He found the woman in front of him sexy, charming and he was seriously turned on by her physical features. Jack shook his head to get the ideas that where now forming in his head.
"Well love you better get some sleep, early morning tomorrow wouldn't want you to be dead on your feet if you spend the night up with me." Jack winked at her and turned over onto his side.
"Umm Jack? Are we supposed to just sleep in the same bed together?" Cali asked looking confused at what the sleeping arrangements are gonna be.
"The beds big enough for both of us love no need to fret over something like sleeping arrangements. Besides I'll be a complete gentleman." Jack said with his back to her.
"Fine but as long as you don't touch me, and don't even think about trying anything while I'm sleeping, then you won't lose any limbs tomorrow morning." Cali said pointing her finger right at Jack.
"Fine, fine whatever you say love, just go to bed." Jack said waving his hand at her. Cali laid down underneath the covers and brought them up to her shoulders. This was gonna be a long night for her and she wasn't sure what she might do during it.
Hey! SOOOOOO I bet a lot of questions are going through your head like…WHO DOES JACK LOVE?! Well I'm sure you've gotten the basic romantic ideal between both Cali and Jack so I think you all can answer that question. I think the real question is JACK ADMITS TO LOVING SOMEONE! Well not out loud so I guess it's a step in the right direction. Admitting it to himself. I don't know about you guys but what do you thinks gonna happen during the night? I have many ideas and over the night I'm gonna put them all together. I really hope you guys like where this is all going. Of course Gibbs knows who she is just won't admit it till the next chapter when they are back on the Interceptor. That's where Gibbs does all is best talking! Of course he'll briefly tell William the story behind Cali's parentage but not tell Will it's Cali's story….but subtle hints will be given William is just too oblivious to figure it out. The last thing I wanna say is Cali's family and Barbossa are gonna have a past that will be relieved when Cali comes face to face with Barbossa himself. SOOO that being said I hope you all enjoyed this super long chapter because I'll know by you REVIEWING! So REVIEW REVIEW REVIEW! THANKS I LOVE YOU ALL!
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