Confession of the broken hearted

This is the 4th chapter of my story I'm sorry it took so long. I have had exams this month. I'm not sure when the next chapter will be published. So I hope you enjoy this one .

(By the way I don't own the POTC, but I do own Scarlet)

It took a few days for me to leave the Captain's cabin. The Captain has been kind enough to let me sleep on the floor for a while so I wouldn't have to see Jack for a bit. He had heard the argument. I think the whole ship did.

I completed the shipping route the day before so now I knew there was no escape. I had promised to work while I was here, so work I'd have to do. I put on a new pair of trousers and a plain white shirt that I had been leant and walked onto deck. It was probably safer that I had stayed in the cabin for those days anyway there had been a bad storm for the last few nights and the ship was damaged by the waves. The Captain had informed me this morning that he didn't think it was over yet.

I took in the fresh sea air as I existed the cabin, walking over to the port side of the ship and watched as the waves that had gotta so large the days before. I felt someone walk up behind me. I turned and came face to face with Bootstrap, one of the sailors on the ship who I had befriended. He was kind to me, didn't ever treat me differently like some of the pirates did. He told me about his wife and son once, which was why he was a pirate to get money for them. I had tried to explain about my family, but it was always hard to talk about. He hadn't pushed me though.

"Scarlet, we were beginning to think that something was serious," he said to me, in a worried father way.

"No I'm fine," I said shrugging before turning back to the sea.

He moved to stand next to me, "He is missing you, you know," Bootstrap said, staring out at the sea as I turned to face him.

I knew immediately who he meant, "He'll be fine, we'll be back at his ship in a few days then I'm back in Tortuga and he is away on another adventure, on another ship, with I'm sure another girl," I tried to keep the hurt out of my voice, the thought of Jack with another girl made me want to curl up into a ball and cry.

"I've never seen him like this with a girl the way he is with you Scarlet," Bootstrap confined, turning to face me so I could see the truth on his face, "Before you were here, Jack was different he didn't want to be on the ship. He didn't talk to anyone, the minute you came aboard it was like you had breathed life into you. He didn't stop talking suddenly, then when you yelled at him like that. He just stopped talking, stopped eating. Scarlet whatever happened between you two it's broken him."

I felt the tears starting to build in my eyes, but I wouldn't let them fall. It would show weakness, "I can't forgive him. He lied to me, sorry but I can't."

I walked off before he could talk to me more. I knew he was trying to sort things out between me and Jack, but I knew it couldn't happen. He left me, not only that if I got back together with him. He would just leave me when some better offer came around. I couldn't deal with that heartache.

I spent most of the day cleaning the deck and sorting through the food in the kitchen to help the chef find something edible. It wasn't until around dinner time I realised the only person I had seen today was the chef after Bootstrap everyone had avoided me.

I had snacked throughout my time in the kitchen so I didn't have to eat with everyone else. So I didn't see Jack. Hearing that he was suffering was enough, but seeing it would kill me.

I didn't notice the person behind me until it was too late. I felt a cloth be placed over my mouth, before the world around me went black.

The room slowly came into focus, the scene in front of me went from black and white to colour. I looked around, carefully getting up.

Someone grabbed my arm, and I screamed. I turned around, preparing for the phrases I wanted to yell.

"Hello Scarlet."

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Artistic-Blue-Eyes