Sorry its short! And just a quick vocab lesson for those of you who don't know what obstinate means, it means stubborn ;) Thank you to my lovely reviewers, keep them coming! I have a couple more chapters written and more reviews mean more updates :D xxx
O is for… Obstinate
When Jack woke up in his cabin the next morning, he saw Angelica sleeping next to him and smiled as he remembered the events from the previous night. He turned onto his side and propped himself up on one arm so as to watch her, still unbelieving that he had found a girl from whom he would not be running before she awoke. Even if he wanted to, he couldn't. He had tried that before, and had ended up going back for her.
Eventually, the Spanish beauty stirred, her eyes fluttering open and coming to rest on Jack. She smiled.
"Good morning, Jack." She said, softly.
"Morning, love."
Shortly before noon, Gibbs arrived back at the Pearl, still somewhat hungover from his night in Tortuga.
"How was your night, Cap'n?" he grinned, remembering what he had been asked to do the previous evening. Jack grinned back.
"Couldn't have gone better, Mister Gibbs."
"I'm glad you've finally found a girl worth sticking around for, Jack." The Captain's grin remained at his lips, but his eyes softened. He turned away, but Gibbs hadn't finished talking. "Did you tell her?"
"Tell her what?" Jack turned back around to face his first mate.
"How you feel."
"Actions speak louder than words, mate. That's what last night was about."
"Aye, that be true. But it be my guess she'd like to hear you say it, too."
"She already knows. I don't need to tell her."
"But…" He was cut off as Jack frowned at him. Gibbs sighed. "Cap'n, it's only three words."
"Five." Jack corrected. "I have stirrings for you." He counted the words off on his fingers and then waved them at Gibbs. "See? Five words."
"My God, Jack. You're not still claiming it's stirrings!" Gibbs' eyes widened in shock.
"Of course I am, after all that's what they are." Gibbs shook his head.
"You're a stubborn one, Jack." The first mate said, before walking away.
"You're a stubborn one, Jack." The Captain muttered once his first mate was out of ear shot. They were stirrings. He would never say they had grown into feelings, even if deep down he knew they had. He knew exactly what three words Gibbs had been talking about, but he would never say them. Better to say it with actions and never have your true feelings known than to say it with words and then have them thrown in your face.