Chapter Five
Peanut Tolerance

"You still haven't answered my bloody question. JACOB!" Jack was smirking as he walked down the deserted corridor. No one was still bothering to be in this wing of the castle, not wishing to disturb the two newlyweds. Lila was feuming as she stormed down the hallway after her cousin, trying to pull her dress back on. Will, who had managed to find his shirt somehow, now was following an annoyed Saphira down the hallway.

"I'm guessing you don't know what's going on?" Will asked Saphira quietly as he looked back up to see his wife still charging after Jack like a mad woman. One thing that he learned with being with Lila, never mess with a pregnant pirate. A pregnant pirate that just so happens to be queen, can order to have your head chopped off, and has access to weapons of all kinds.

"I do. But I was hoping that Jackie could explain it to you. Sorry about your honeymoon." Will smiled down at Saphira and said in a gentle voice that he always used around her, wishing he could say the same about Lila, "Don't worry about it, Saphie. I knew it would be...an interesting one-"

"JACOB! You tell me what the bloody hell...why are you looking at me like that?" Lila put her hands on her hips, somehow making the small bump in the middle of her stomach more noticable. Jack was smirking down at her as he said, "I need your help?"

"Again!? I am preg..." She glanced over at Will who made a face. Glaring over at him as she pulled her golden-brown locks back she said, "Love, pregnant is not a foul, dirty curse word. It's a word. Alright? With child sounds like a disease or something. I'm not saying it." Will sighed softly as Saphira looked sadly over at him, knowing how it was being in love with a Sparrow. You were never bored, that was for sure. Or in one place at one time.

"Love, It's Saphira." Lila's face instantly changed when Jack said the name of the girl that was so much like Lila's sister. Seeing this, Jack nodded and said, "Her father's looking for her and we need to help her get away from this and...Lila, everyone's lives are at stake. Saphies, mine...yours." Lila looked up at the sound of her name being mentioned. Now, caring for the baby as well, anything that put her in danger scared her. Not just because of herself, but because of Anne's safety as well. She looked over at Will who gave a slight nod. Lila sighed, and looked back up into the face of her cousin as she said, "Fine. Let me change."

She mumbled something as she stormed past Will and back into their room. Will smirked when she pulled the other strap of her dress up, and turned back to Jack. His smile was completely wiped off of his face when he said, "You owe me a honeymoon, Sparrow."

"I owe lots of things, mate." Jack said with a slight smirk. Will rolled his hazel eyes, before smiling down at Saphie and walking back into their room. Jack turned down to Saphira, and said to her as he wrapped his arm around her shoulders, "That went well."

"Jack." Saphira said with a slight sigh as she rested his head against him. He chuckled softy as he awaited the newlyweds to come back up.

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"But Your Highness-"

"I think I asked you a question." Lila said in a snappy voice that she usually only used with Jack and when Will was in his 'Captain Control' mode. Rupert looked taken back as he stared at the queen in shock, which Will and Jack were also using. Saphira had a look of understanding, though. "Rupert, I'm sorry. I truly am. But where's the Dutchman."

"Your Highness-"

"-Lila-"

"-Lila." Rupert instantly corrected himself as if he was scared that she was about to order his head chopped off. There had been a rumor that she had ordered one of her servants heads to be chopped off when he went missing that previous week. The truth was that his mother was sick, and he had to sail back to London to be with her. But Lila, being herself, let everyone think what they wanted to think. "-I don't see why-"

"I told you why!" Lila said with a frustrated groan as if he was speaking a foreign language to her. Rupert glanced back at Will who gave him a look as if to say 'Just do it'. But Rupert was assigned to protect the queen. And protect her he was going to do. "Lila, do you think-"

"Rupert, darling. I love you. I really really do. But be a dear and tell me this-" Lila leaned closer to the soilder, making Will's eyebrows shoot up. "-where on earth is the Dutchman?"

"Your father ordered it to be taken behind the east ports...Your Highness!" But it was too late. Lila was already walking down the pathway that led to the docks. Rupert sped after her, followed by Will, Saphira and an amused Jack. Saphira smacked his arm, making the smirk on his face wipe clean off. He rolled his chocolate eyes, and continued following his cousin down the path. "-he said not to...LILA! Will, control her!"

"Mate, I've been trying to control her for over a century." Will said, ingoring the laugh that he got from Jack. Once again, Saphira smacked his arm. Will sighed as he picked up his pace and started after his wife. "Darling, let's not be rash...LI!"

"William, she's a bloody Sparrow. Rash is practically her middle name." Jack paused for a moment, waiting for someone to say 'But it's Mercedes'. Probably would come from Lila, but no one said it.

"Lila, maybe we shouldn't be this...rash..." Saphira glanced over at Will who smiled as he gave her a silent 'thank you'. "...not all of this on my behalf...especially. I mean..."

"I'm never rash." Lila said, pulling her curls up, and turning to reveal her sparkling ,kohl-lined,emerald eyes. "I'm just doing what we should do. And I say we do this. Which I'm doing." Jack smirked at that comment, but once again was wiped off of his face when Saphira and Will turned around to glare at him. He sometimes wondered how Will and Saphira managed to put up with him and Lila. But he never questioned it.

Will turned back to his wife who was already pulling out a longboat. "Lila, the baby!" Will tore his eyes away from Jack and ran down to the docks to pull her back. Jack watched Lila and Will with amusement, before saying to Saphie, "You know. I really don't think William and Lizzie were 'alf as amuesin' as these two are..."

"Jack, darling. Please don't make it worse." Saphira said, taking Jack's arm. He smirked down at her as he planted a kiss on her cheek and said, "I never do, angel. Never do."

"I'm the captain! You'll listen to me!" Will shot at Lila. It was plain to anyone who knew these two that they were often to much a like for their own good. Stubborn. Too stubborn. Both of them. Lila tugged on the rope and said, "Queen out rules captain, love. So sorry."

"I don't care!" Will said, pulling the rope so hard that Lila fell into him. Jack gave a slight groan at this, apparently thinking he knew where this was going. "Li, the baby-"

"Will, I'm pregnant. I don't have a life-threatening plague. Alright? I am fine. Trust me." Lila said. Will couldn't stand her eyes. He gave in to them almost everytime. Well, everytime. Will let go of the rope, and said, "Fine. Li, I'm sorry. It's just this is new to me-"

"-and me. Trust me." Lila kissed his cheek and pushed the longboat into the water. "And besides, you may want to be calling me captain as well, love." Jack gave a snort, simply not minding that Saphira had once again smacked his arm. But when he saw the Morning Sun in close distance, the smirk was once again wiped clean off of his face.

"Bugger."

"I guess there's two Captain Turners now?" Saphira asked Jack with a smile as she took his arm. Jack groaned slightly as he wrapped his free arm around her and said, "Yes. It would appear so..." He trailed off as he followed the still arguing Will and Lila down into the boats.

"But-" He continued, "-only one of them has the tolerance level the size of a peanut..." Saphie glanced up to see a worried Jack as he finished, "Only one really scares me..."

"JACK SPARROW!" Lila yelled. "GET DOWN HERE NOW!"

Saphira giggled as she and Jack made their way to meet them. And seeing Will's scared face didn't really calm his nerves...

Jade is up next!
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-Captain Autumn-