As you may have noticed, this is no longer a oneshot. The disclaimer from the first chapter still applies.
"Ask me a question, love," Jack told Marie. They were sitting high above the meeting place of the Brethren Court, looking out at Shipwreck Cove.
"How old are you?" she asked, toying with a playing card.
"Ask me another question," Jack said while taking a swig of rum.
Marie laughed, then obliged. "How long have you been pirating?"
"14 years," he announced, "Since I was… young."
"You've beat me," she replied, "I've only been a pirate for seven."
"That'll be the first time I've beaten you," he pouted.
"If it was a fair fight, you would've beaten me, I've got no doubt," she said.
He took no notice of her answer and continued on. "Beaten by a twenty-year old. A girl. A French girl. I'm ashamed of myself."
"Don't be melodramatic," she ordered, "I cheated."
"Being a Pirate Lord, I can't just kill myself out of disgrace," he went on, "I'll have to find myself a bloody successor!"
"You drunk idiot," she muttered.
"I am not a drunk!" Jack said defensively, "I can stop anytime I want. I just never particularly want to."
"Bloody Englishmen," she growled softly.
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"Gentleman Jocard."
"Madam Ching."
"Sumhajee votes for Sumbhajee."
"Elizabeth Swann."
Captain Barbossa."
"Elizabeth Swann," Jack voted, looking smug.
"Barbossa," Captain Villepin said pointedly, looking even smugger.
The entire Court started yelling.
Captain Teague's voice, though quiet, instantly silenced the Lords. "I believe we have a tie. Which means, according to the Code, it'll stay undecided until either Marie or Jackie give up their positions."
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"Going to give up, love?" Jack asked cautiously once the Court had been dismissed.
"No," Marie snapped.
"Didn't think so," his voice turned seductive and he moved closer to her, "What you're in need of is a little persuading."
"Jack, you're twelve years older than I am," she reminded him.
"Never stopped me bef- How'd you find out how old I am?" he asked suspiciously.
"I asked around," she said innocently.
"If you haven't noticed, love," he said, "Aside from Ms. Swann, I'm the youngest person besides yourself in the tow of Shipwreck."
Marie was silent for a moment, then said, "When Madam Ching said we were well supplied, she didn't just mean food and water."
She began to walk out of the room, but at the door, stopped and said, "Think about it."