High Seas

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I sat in my captains chair staring at her, oh what to do with a women who was on the run from her father, A king. I watched as she shifted in the chair from my intense gaze. Her bag contained food and money it wasn't packed well and I could tell she left in a hurry.

" why stowaway on a pirate ship," I asked

"I didn't mean to board your stupid ship, I was hiding from my father in a crate and happened to be yours" she said rubbing her wrists it slipped my mind to untie her the night before so she soent the night bond on the floor

"Well This stupid ship is gonna be your home for the next month so you better treat it with respect," i told her sternly she looked at me confused

"Wait month? but i thought it took 4 weeks to get to America" i looked at her and then started laughing and leaning back futher into my chair

"Oh sweetheart who told you we were going to America" i laughed

"I- well no one but i command you to take me there" i laughed more

"Oh doll you command nothing on this ship" i leaned forward in my seat i smirked " remember you step out of line, you go overboard" i could see her gulp and shift in her seat

"I won't take commands from a man i don't know" she crossed her arms and looked away from me

"Luke" she looked at me confused
"The name is Captain Luke Savage" That's when it hit her as to who i really was one of the most dangerous pirate's to sail the seven seas

"Y-Your...Your-"

"Captain Savage of the Seven Seas," i said standing from my seat "its a pleasure to meet you Elizabeth"

"You- You don't intimidate me," she said standing as well shes has to look up at me due to our height differences. I walk around my desk to her she starts to back up she ends up falling back into her chair i lean down and look at her trapping her in the chair.

"Wench you know damn well what I'm capable of, everyone has heard the stories and if you don't want to become one of those stories i suggest you calm the fuck down, and realize who the fuck you are talking to" i threatened all she did was nod and i smiled and i stood up straight

"Now if you want to stay on this ship you gotta learn a few things, first things first you will clean this ship from top to bottom"

"Oh no I don't cl-" I looked at her with fire in my eyes and she stopped talking

"That includes each deck and my room when that's done you will help cook and then clean the gally," I said with my arms crossed

After explaining to the stowaway her duties I immediately put her to work as the ship was a mess. She went to mopping the main deck as I went above to the poop deck where Jackson was stirring the ship I started to explain to him that we need to turn 20 degrees to port in order to avoid an incoming storm, then there was a blood-curdling scream from below we looked over the railing to see the stowaway standing on some creates.

"OYE WHAT'S WITH THE SCREAMING" I yelled at her

"THERE WAS A RAT, A RAT JUST CAME OUT OF NOWHERE" she cried in her little British accent I rolled my eyes as jackson laughed and we went back to talking

"so what are you going to do with her captain" Jackson asked

"I haven't the slightest clue, she's disobedient but strong-willed shes also on the run from her father because of an arranged marriage" I explained

"oh just like you on the run, I remember when you first joined the crew" Jackson laughed ah yes just like her my father wanted me to marry a woman I didn't know but I didn't want to marry at all. I grew in on a small island in the Caribbean it was poor and the guy who ruled it didn't give to shit about his people. my father had a wealthy friend on the mainland with a daughter and wanted us to marry, but I of course didn't want to marry her I wanted to see the world and adventure. so one night I took a boat and left little did I know the next day a massive storm wiped out the entire island and my family. i spent weeks adrift at sea almost starving to death, until i was picked up by a pirate ship and well the rest is history.

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It's been a couple of hours and the sun has just set when my cabin door burst open it was the stowaway

"ah stowaway how was your day of cleaning" i smiled she looked at me disgusted

"my father was right, you pirates are disgusting, rooting food, dirty clothes, RATS everywhere, how do you live like this," she asked

"it's pretty easy if you don't worry about it" i said

"it's very hard to ignore something like that its dreadful," she said crossing her arms there was a comfortable silence between us

"So why are you here," i asked standing from my seat

"I'm done with my duties and its late so i demand you show me where I will be sleeping," she said crossing her arms

"below deck with the other hands" i watched as her eyes basically popped out of her head

"are you out of your mind i am not staying down there with those...those... animals"

"well then you can sleep outside" i said taking off my gear followed by my shirt i turned to the stowaway as she stared at my hairy chest than she looked back into my eyes

"i will not do any such thing as sleep outside" she looked over to my couch that I had in my office and smiled " how about I sleep in your bed and you sleep on that run-down old couch" i started to laugh my ass off than when i looked up and she had a straight face

"oh your serious, yeh no princess that's not gonna happen, i don't know if it's your sun-dried brain but as i said you don't boss me around" i smiled then she smiled back at me

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"Good night" i smiled at her as i closed my cabin door looking her outside. She groaned and knocked on my door yelling

"HOW DARE YOU, I COMMAND YOU TO OPEN THIS DOOR" I laughed and continued to ignore her out burst