Chapter Eleven: Canons
Cannon Fire. That is what his kisses felt like. They set her body afire like the sails of a ship. They made her body shake uncontrollably like the haul when battered with several cannons. He was kissing her collar bone now as she whispered, "Like cannon fire."
Jack paused and smiled up at her in the mirror, "Aye love" he said before he turned her around to kiss his way to her breasts. All Addy could hear was the pounding of her heart in her ears and there was something else.
"Just cannon fire love." he said against her skin. Once realizing what he said, he abruptly looked up at her. "Get down!" He yelled throwing them both to the floor just in time for a cannon to shoot through his cabin. Not but a split second later he heard his men clamoring about on deck.
Jack stood up and helped Addy up. He hurried her into some clothes. Once mostly covered he grabbed her hand and pulled her to the door. "Don't you want me to stay here?" she asked and they both looked at the holes in either side of his cabin and shook their heads.
Jack opened the door to see Gibbs standing there ready to knock. "Captn' we be getting' battered with cannon fire."
With a slow blink and shake of his head Jack responded, "Gibbs, I didn't notice. Really man, you were much more observance when you were inebriated." He finished with irritation. "Stay close to me Addy." Jacked turned and said with the most serious expression Addy had ever seen on the man. If she didn't know better she would have thought she was his love.
As Jack took the helm and started barking orders, Addy sat down close enough to hold on to him if needed and stay out of the way. She glanced up at the sky and saw the light of the moon fade behind a cloud and prayed they would all make it through this alive.
The battle raged on throughout the night. Closer to dawn, The Pearl managed to disable the main mast on Barbossa's ship, but not without serious damage done to the Pearl.
"What be ye orders captn''" Gibbs asked surveying the tired crew. Addy disappeared back toward the cabin a couple of minutes ago.
"Continue on course." Jack said quietly to Gibbs.
" Jack we be in need of some serious repairs, shouldn't we head to a port." Gibbs said trailing him to his cabin.
"Aye that we should Gibbs. But in case you have missed it we are running perilously close a late arrival on the island." Jack said absently looking about the shipas he walked.
"Jack this is insane. We can't take another battle or even the tiniest storm in this condition.."
" I am well aware of that. Make what repairs we can as we go and pray for good fortune!" Jack yelled as he slammed the door to his cabin. Bloody hell he was loosing his mind. His delirium in the locker was nothing compared to the trials this woman was putting him through.
Jack turned to survey the damage to his cabin and a slight smile parted his lips. Addy had taken spare pieces of clothing to cover the gapping holes in the walls. Perhaps she wanted some since of privacy. Then he looked to the bed and saw her curled up sleeping with her back to him. She held up remarkably well though it all, toward the end she was even smiling at him. The scary part was the look of trust in her eyes and the thought of what it would cost him should they have failed. It might have cost him her life and quiet possibly his heart.
Jack stepped closer and brushed the hair out of her face. She was sleeping peacefully. With a sigh, he quietly took of his boots and stripped down to only his pants and without a second thought crawled in bed beside Addy. She rolled into him and he held her close. Kissing her forehead he whispered words that he would never admit to saying and fell asleep in record time.
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Addy opened her eyes to the bright light of day and Jack sleeping quietly next to her. He was holding her loosely in his arms and she smiled to herself. A very quiet voice inside her begged her to scream at him for his presumption, but she quashed it quickly and finally admitted to herself that this man had taken her heart and their was no hope for it. If it happened in the midst of the battle lastnight, she didn't know. She saw the man he was lastnight and loved him for it.
Of it own accord, her hand began tracing the scars on his chest. She wondered to herself where they had all come from and if he remembered each of them. Looking up she saw Jack was still sleeping peacefully and with a swallow for courage she decided to pursue his body a little further. Perhaps a taste of him.
Lifting her head up carefully not to wake him, she kissed his newly healed wound. Decided she liked the salty taste of his skin and moved to the next scare, and the next, tracing her tongue along each of them. Feeling braver as she went she found a particularly jagged scare that disappeared under his pants. Before she could find the end of it Jack lightly grabbed her hair.
"As much as I am seriously enjoying your mouth, I have to warn you that your are fast approaching a point of no return." Jack said in a rough voice. Addy looked up and saw his eyes were still closed and he had a slight frown creasing his brow. Feeling confident in herself she smiled and continued on her path. Before she got much further Jack picked her up and in one move he was over her and had her pinned. " I gave you fair warning, there is no stopping now love." Jack said before he claimed her mouth in a scorching kiss.
A/N: Long time no write, I know and am sorry. Things were crazy around here for a while. All is better and I hope you guys enjoy this update, things should go pretty quickly now. Let me know what you think! Thank you
