Chapter 4

"Well love I do have to admit, I enjoy your company," Jack said to Jaclyn as he wobbled around in a drunken manner.

"Yes, I am sure you do," she replied as she placed her finger on the tip of his nose.

They were both full of rum drinking their misery away happy to have each other in each ones company because the both of them were lonely. Sure they had many friends and acquaintances but they didn't have that one person that you can trust your whole life with and never loose it. Jack and Jaclyn had a lot more in common then just the same names. They both were the free sprit type they were not going to let any one person or thing stop them from that. They had no problem using people as their own little puppets using their cunning and manipulating ways. Of course nobody could tell when they were sincere but they still liked Jack and Jaclyn.

"Are you ready for the evening to be over darling," Jack questioned as he looked into her eyes.

"No sir… I mean Captain," Jaclyn replied with a giggle. She leaned over the bar to the bar tender. "Lee, my good man we need rum more," she giggled again.
"I mean we need more rum more. No we need…. We need. Oh dear. We need," she kept muttering to herself trying to figure out what it was that she wanted to say.

Jack noticed she was having difficulties trying to find the right words. "Sir we need more rum this way. Well I do. Give her a little less this time."

"That's it! We need more rum," Jaclyn boasted in pride.

She got sat back down proud of what she had accomplished. She looked at Jack; he was one of the handsomest men she has ever laid eyes on. From the way he wore his red headband to his boots the man was gorgeous. This was the kind of man she could really see herself falling for. There was no way that she was going to allow that because he is a pirate after all and they don't have a great track record of staying faithful to one person.

The bartender placed the rum down on the counter in front of each of them. They grabbed their drinks and clicked them together then drank them.

"What's on your mind my dear," Jack questioned her when he noticed she was staring a bit too hard at him. Not that he minded it at all, he was just curious to what she was thinking. Jaclyn was prettier than any wench or uppity woman that he has ever been encountered with. She had long brown hair with huge curls that feel perfectly in a row on her shoulders and the most beautiful eyes that he has ever seen in his life they were a mixture of blue and greens that nobody could ever describe. She was beautiful and there was no denying it.

"Nothing really, just that your…," before she got the rest of her words out she passed out and her face fell on top of the counter.

Jack felt bad for her and didn't think it would be the right thing to allow her to lay here by herself. The men in Tortuga were not as gentlemanly as he was. So he paid the bar tender what was owed and picked up Jaclyn and was off back to the Pearl.

Once they arrived to the ship Gibbs helped bring her aboard.

"Not what I was expecting," he said to Jack.

"I couldn't just leave her for those scallywags they may have done something to her," Jack protested.

"And are we to keep her aboard until the morning?"

"I will take care of her; tell the men we are on schedule still. I will be in my cabin if you need anything," with that said Jack carried Jaclyn back to where his cabin was below deck.

In his room he placed Jaclyn on his bed and he began to take off her boots and place them aside to make her as comfortable as possible. He began to prepare himself for bed. As he was taking off his shirt he heard a noise outside the door of his cabin. He opened the door to see what the commotion was about but when he opened the door there was nobody there.

"Must be hearing things my man," he said to him self.

He shut the door and found a few spare blankets that he kept and placed one on the floor as a mat and placed the other under his head. As he was falling asleep he whispered to Jaclyn, "goodnight love."

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When Jaclyn woke up the next morning she didn't really understand why she was laying in a bed and how her boots were no longer on her feet. She then noticed Jack asleep on the floor beside where she was sleeping. He was so peaceful when he slept, he twitched with his mouth a bit like he was counting something and it was the greatest thing that she had ever seen. Oh why can he not be more available to me, she thought to herself.

As she got out of bed to put her boots back on there was a knock at the door.

"Sorry to interrupt Capt'n but you said we needed to be on our way soon," Gibbs said as he opened the door.

"Hmm what? Oh yes," Jack said as he was woken up by his first mate.

"Didn't mean to wake you sir, are we sticking to the schedule?"

"Lets wait until the afternoon. I am hungry," he said as he turned to where Jaclyn was sitting on the end of the bed. She was struggling with getting on her boots and Jack couldn't help but to smile at her.

"Love, all you do is pull and tug."

"Yes yes I know. They just don't work that way sometimes," Jaclyn said with a chuckle. "You mentioned you were hungry I am as well. What are we having?"

"What ever the cook is making," he said with a grin.

He walked over to where she was sitting on the bed and grabbed her hand to help pull her up.

"For a Pirate, you're such a gentleman," Jaclyn said as she grabbed his hand and stood up.

As they were walking out of the cabin Jaclyn realized that she did not have her hooded cloak.

"Jack, did you get my cloak that I had with me last evening," she questioned.

"No, I don't suppose I did. We will have to go retrieve it."

"Thank you, I don't mean to be trouble. It just has a lot of sentiment and meaning to me. My father gave it to me as a gift for my 18th birthday," she said as she lowered her head to the floor with the memory of her father.

"Well then love we should be off."

They left the Pearl and went back to where they had met the evening before. As they entered the bar Lee noticed that it was Jaclyn.

"Hello darling, come back for your cloak?"

"Yes Lee, I know I got a little to happy with the rum but it sure was delicious. Do you have my cloak?"

"Yes darling, I know how much it means to you lass," he reached below the counter and grabbed it and placed it on the counter.

"Thank you so much Lee! I owe you one!"

"Yes thank you Lee, I don't quite know what I would have done if you didn't have it mate," Jack said as he reached out his hand to shake the bartenders.

With that they left and Jaclyn put on her cloak and lifted the hood over her head. The hood sat on top of her forehead right above the eyes if it were any longer it may have blocked her vision. Jack couldn't help but notice how much more distinguished she was. He wanted her, he has wanted her for a very long time now since the dream he had about her.

When they got back to the Pearl there was a familiar face greeting them.

"Jack! Thank God I found you! Something is wrong. Elizabeth needs your help," Will said to Jack once he and Jaclyn were closer to the Pearl.

"What is it," Jack said to Will.

"I don't really know Jack but something is wrong. Elizabeth and I were set to get married yesterday and before we did Beckett showed up to congratulate us or so he says. And from there something happened. I don't know what it is but it's not right."