Don't be mad! I know I'm repeating myself a lot and the situations keep repeating. But Jack is SUPPOSED to get her drunk a lot to take advantage of her. And Audrina is just impulsive at times, she goes against her better judgment. And for future chapters, the getting drunk tonight actually makes something else far worse happen. (hehe a little hint but NO DIRTY STUFF!) Well, yet. DD

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Tortugan Beginnings

Generosity and Unpredictability

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"What's with this party, Jack? I don't believe it would just be because of a merchant ship," Audrina asked, her hand resting lazily on her hip.

Usually, ships didn't have parties just because they plundered a ship. Inside the cabin, was just them two Audrina and Jack. She was beginning to be suspicious of him.

Jack grinned lopsidedly. "I told yer, luv. The ship we plundered from had a very…..generous cargo, my darlin'."

"Don't call me, your darling." She snapped but her curiosity got the better of her. "How generous?"

"Very generous." He provided, the grin still gracing his features. "My darlin'." She scowled and he simply smiled back at her.

From behind his back, he revealed a beautiful necklace. The necklace was gold with small diamonds encrusted into the chain causing it to glitter in the moonlight. Hanging off the end was the most spectacular thing Audrina had ever seen in her life. The sapphire was heart shaped and very large, it was framed in diamonds causing a very startling effect. The many facets of the sapphire glimmered in the light causing Audrina's breath to catch in her throat. It was the most gorgeous thing she had ever seen in her life.

"Jesus, Jack! What type of bloody merchant ship do you take this from!?" She exclaimed, her eyes as round as saucers.

Jack smirked at her and went behind her. He placed the sapphire between her two breasts and clasped it. He moved closer to her hair, breathing in her scent. Audrina felt her hand hovering up to the sapphire and she was sure that he could feel the nervous pitter patter of her heart.

"I lied." She heard in her ear, his breath tickling her neck. "It might not have been a merchant ship…."

Audrina blinked, savoring his hot breath on her body. Regaining her self control, she pulled her touch from the sapphire almost immediately. "I can't wear this! Are you bloody mad?!"

"Madness is in the eye of the beholder, luv." He replied and turned towards the dresser top. Taking a brush, he pulled her hair from her long plait.

She turned to him and arched an eyebrow suspiciously. "What do you think you're doing?" She snapped.

He tilted his head at her. "I do believe I'm making your hair all pretty like but y'know I could be wrong." He joked, grinning.

Audrina nodded slowly and allowed him to pull the pieces of the plait free. She didn't know why he was doing this but only that she didn't really mind it.

Untying the bandana, he brushed the tangles and knots from her black hair. She was surprised, most very surprised at how gently he was doing it. Audrina never realized how gentle Jack could be, the way he handled her hair bemused her. She so very wished she could see his face.

The gentle tugging at her strands of hair finally ceased. With a hand, she touched the hair upon her head softly and was surprised to feel the softness brought back to it. She turned to him to only bet met with that intolerable smugness stretched upon his upturned lips. Usually she would have supplied some somewhat rude but still playful comment but however today, she felt somewhat grateful to him. Audrina smiled back at him and turned sharply towards the looking mirror.

She would have called herself almost radiant. With the healthy glow from her cheeks to the mischievous twinkle in her blue green eyes, she looked almost beautiful. Well, she would have called herself almost beautiful. The black hair that cascaded in loose curls down her back had that shine to it and framed her angular face quite nicely. The sapphire that stood between her breast and over her collarbone shined with the night moon's rays of light. It glimmer, it glittered and she couldn't catch her breath at the woman staring back that was dressed as a pirate but looked more like a lady.

Jack was so curious with her. He couldn't help himself. She was so delicious. He wished she would give into him. But he already had a scheme for tonight and his earlier moments of doubt in his character when she had fainted were quickly forgotten. No matter how many 'good moments' Jack would have, the fact always remained that he loved to wave at them as they passed by. He would always be selfish in some way and even if he did doubt his character, he didn't care. He wanted her and he would have her.

"Audrina….." Jack cooed in her ear, snaking his arms around her waist, holding her close to him. "Audrina, do you know what curiosity tastes like?"

She felt her heart beat against her chest hard and her body stiffen in his arms. "No." She said simply while trying to slither away from his grip but he was too tight around her, she could hardly move.

Suddenly, she felt his lips on the back of her neck and she quivered from the softness of his lips on her flesh. His teeth grazed the nape of her neck, bordering on her spine, shivers ran up her body. Chewing her lip in a nervous moment, she shut her eyes, very badly wanting to utter a moan or groan so he could recognize her pleasure. But she didn't like granting him such satisfaction.

Jack grinned as he felt her body involuntarily shudder from his touch, he gazed at her face in the mirror, her eyes shut in ecstasy. Pressing his lips to her neck more firmly, he began to suckle on her flesh causing her to utter a soft moan. As she did so, her eyes flew open and she quivered in his arms.

"Do yer want to know, Rina?" He whispered in her ear, his voice vibrating through her ear and tickling her neck. With a finger, he ran it up and down her arm, his mouth still by her ear, so very close to her flesh. "We'd be very good. You and I. I and you." He continued on to say. "We. Us."

"I….can you stop?" She regained herself and pulled free from his tight embrace. "Please, stop. This isn't right!" When he failed to pull away, she frowned. "Get the bloody hell off me!"

"And why not?" He countered, his eyes twinkling in the moonlight. "Why isn't this right?"

Audrina scowled and realized she didn't have an answer for that particular question. Why wasn't it right? She didn't know and maybe figured it was because it, in fact, was quite right. She was silent for some time. "I'm not wearing this." She said all of a sudden. Her hands hovered up to the clasp of the necklace. She was unable to undo it as her hands were shaking so badly.

"Yes yer are, missy." Jack answered. "Yer know, yer never answered my question. Perhaps it might be because yer know its right. At the moment, yer know its right. I know its right. Yer know I know its right. And I knew yer know its right. And now that I'm describing the situation, we both know each other knows it's right because maybe it is right. So for some reason, I don't see any fault, do yer?"

Audrina stared at him blankly and actually thought he did make sense. She lowered her eyes from his face. She wasn't going to say anything; she didn't think she could anyway.

"Wear it, luv." He said and removed her hands from the necklace. "It's yers."

His hands were still grasping hers and he pulled her close to him and kissed her softly. She was faintly surprised at the delicate way he pressed his lips against hers. For a moment, she thought she was going to utter some type of protest but she did not. She found she didn't want to.

As he pulled away, Jack searched her turquoise eyes inquisitively. The corners of his mouth lifted gentle in his familiar grin. Audrina tilted her head and frowned as he disappeared through the back.

As he returned minutes later, he had arrived with a delicate dress draped across his arms. The dark shade of navy mingled with the dark tan of his skin. The white lace of ivory trimmed the sleeves and skirts of the dress. The neckline plunged and Audrina fingered the fabrics with a slight smile on her upturned lips.

"Why are you doing this?" She asked, touching the fabrics still.

"Why not?" He said once more with a smile and Audrina found she could provide no answer.

"Put the dress on, darlin'." She shook her head and sucked in her breath. No, she couldn't give him the satisfaction. Jack smirked, he saw it coming. "All right, either way yer takin' those clothes off. I don't really mind one bit if yer don't put the dress on. It's an order from yer captain to take those clothes off. On or off. On or off. I really don't see how I could choose!"

"Bastard." She spat, scowling at him and eyed the dress warily.

Jack smirked and handed it to her. "Pirate." He grinned at her as she narrowed her turquoise eyes on him further.

"That's no excuse." She countered.

Jack shrugged. "Good enough excuse fer me, luv."

Audrina sighed and rolled her eyes at him. She gazed at the dress and pictured it on her body, biting her lip she nodded to him. Motioning with her hands, she made him turn around.

She slipped the dress on but realized she needed him to lace her up as it was corset styled. "Jack…." She said, making him turn around. He did and grinned at her and pulled the corset tighter, causing her to inhale sharply. When he finished, she turned and eyed him.

Jack let his eyes wander over her body, over the tops of her breasts threatening to spill over. Audrina felt his eyes probing her body and she pushed him, and gazed at herself in the mirror. The dress accented her curves nicely and created some that weren't there as well.

"Keep your eyes in your bloody head." She snapped playfully before turning away from the mirror.

"But that's no fun at all!" Jack whined, still letting his eyes move over her rather generous body.

Audrina couldn't help the grin coming to her lips and she looked at him. What was this she was feeling? And why was it scaring her so? "Isn't this going to be a tad uncomfortable? We are still on a ship, you know."

"Either that or no dress." He said.

"Oh you make it such a hard decision." She teased. "But I think I'd rather wear the dress, aye?"

He mocked a fake pout. "Now ain't that depressing, aye missy?"

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The deck was alive with festivities. The smile erupted on Audrina's face as she walked out from the cabin. Francis Owen played the harmonica in the far left, tapping his feet to the music, the happiness evident on his bronze face. On his side was Gregory Adams, a large black man with a round face and round, saucer chocolate eyes. His voice was deep and low, a baritone. The tall black man sang the sea shanties that Audrina had grown up with in Tortuga. It made the smile on her tanned face widen even further. It brought back happy memories….well some happy memories. Others not so much. But moving her turquoise eyes over the crowd of pirates on the deck, she quickly forgot them.

Angel and Lucas stood huddled in the corner, talking softly while Lucas kept his arm protectively snaked around her waist. His eyes narrowed on any daring to come near them, no one did of course. It wasn't that Lucas Hart was a threatening looking man; he was the total opposite of that in fact and it wasn't because of Lucas' obvious affections for Angel. No one dared to insult Angel or Audrina or even Lucas himself for that matter for a total different reason.

He was unpredictable. It was a trait that the twins shared. They were spontaneous, unpredictable and honestly, a little stupid at times. The crew didn't really trust Lucas; maybe they respected him a little for being a noble man but they feared him a little as well. Jack sensed this, he always had but it didn't really bother him too much either. A man should be feared as well as respected. They were pirates. They wouldn't be so if the fear wasn't present. However, Jack knew that Lucas did not sense this fear that others had for him.

That brings up another fact that differed between the twins. While Audrina was a confident woman, Lucas was not a confident man. He doubted his skills with a blade. He doubted his pirating skills at all. He wasn't meant for this cutthroat world the pirates of the Black Pearl lived in however he did anyway. In the end, Lucas Hart was too much like Will Turner in Jack's mind.

Angelina was quiet. Well, she was always quiet. She was shy and timid. It was almost expected of her to be mouse like. She had been almost brain washed to be as such for nearly six years. However tonight, she spoke almost no words at all. It didn't exactly frightened Lucas but it did in fact concern him. But, he was always concerned when it was about Audrina or Angelina.

"Miss Lewis, do you feel pleasant this night?" He somewhat stuttered, his concern evident in his voice yet the nervousness was as well present. The statement itself was also rather…..oddly phrased.

Angelina turned her head to look at him, her eyes were dry. It was true that she didn't cry too much. It actually surprised him. "I'm decent." She answered with a slight smile on her rosy lips yet her voice was low and almost inaudible above the roar of the party.

"Would you like something to drink, Miss?" He asked politely.

"I don't drink alcohol, Mister Hart." She answered quickly, shaking her head.

"No, no. I meant as in water or perhaps a little apple cider we might have picked up in a port." Lucas answered. "Of course I do not expect you to drink alcohol. Personally, I do not care for it. And I'll have to ask you to call me Lucas."

"Likewise, Lucas. Likewise."

"Angel." He said with a slight smile on his lips.

Angelina felt her head shaking slowly. "I'm nothing but a rag doll." She said rather quietly.

Lucas looked up sharply and rather spontaneously grabbed her hand rather tightly. He narrowed his turquoise irises on her blue, watery ones. His face was inches from hers and she felt her breath grow short. She could almost see the anger in his eyes. Yet she wasn't sure if it was targeted at her or Marcus Addison.

"Never, never ever say such a thing, Angel. You're the farthest thing from a rag doll. The farthest thing." He lifted his hand and placed it on her cheek. It was cold. "You're the most beautiful thing I've ever seen."

And she smiled. He almost kissed her. Almost. But Lucas Hart was not like most men. He was unpredictable. And kissing her at that moment would have been predictable.

And he didn't roll like that.

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Meanwhile that was happening…

"Drink up me hearties, yo ho." Jack slurred, well he actually said or rather sang it in his normal voice but that was normally a slur.

Audrina tilted her head at him. "Trying to get me drunk again, Jack?" She said sharply, realizing his obvious intentions.

"Rum is God!" He answered, grinning slightly. Oh this wasn't going to be easy. But Jack had to have her. At least once.

"No, God is God." She answered smugly.

"Which is rum." He further argued. No, Jack was not drunk. But Audrina did not know that. In fact, he only knew that he was really in fact sober.

Audrina sighed and shook her head. "You're intolerable."

"Yer mean adorable?" He said with that boyish smirk gracing his handsome features.

"No, I mean intolerable. If I said adorable, I must be as bleedin' drunk as your sorry ass is." She again answered sharply with that hint of sarcasm gracing her words.

"That was not very nice, Audrina Hart!"

"Did I ever say I was nice, Captain Sparrow?" She said now with a wide smile. Audrina was amused with him.

And maybe even infatuated.

"C'mon, luv, one sip won't kill ya." He edged further.

Audrina shrugged. "What the hell."

And then the mug of rum was drained.

"Helluva sip, darlin'."

And the night began.

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