Pearl Beads

Chater Seven: The Conspiracy

CHAPTER SEVEN

It feels so great to be out of that damned corset! How have I survived for so long in those god awful things! I have changed into my new clothes and I look into a cracked mirror, now I almost look like the pirate I've always wanted to! But one things missing, I search the cabin until I find a small container holding fine black powder, I smear it around my eyes, Captain Jack style, barely resisting the temptation to do a moustache, I look in the mirror, and there it is, the real me.

I walk out of the cabin, looking forward to showing off my new outfit in front of Mikie, always loved strutting my stuff, if you've got it, FLAUNT IT BABY. I practice my amazing pirate walk and head over to the back of the ship, where I last saw Mikie. I'm about to jump up when I hear voices, "Well what's in it for me?" I hear Jack say, "A warm fuzzy feeling in your tummy," Mikie replies, I let out a small giggle. They stop talking, opps, I guess they heard me. I walk out, "gold, jewels?" I start, "Unclaimed properties of a valuable nature?" Mikie finishes for me. I chuckle, "do you even know what we're talking about?" Jack asks, "Nope," I reply, "but I just HAD to say that line," I let out a yawn, "Tired Hun?" Mikie asks, "yerp," I reply, "but not too tempted to sleep,"

"You can share my cabin if you like?" Jack offers, I accept graciously and am soon fast asleep in Jacks bed.

I wake up and its pitch black, I go to get out of bed but stand on something lying on the floor, it lets out a surprised yelp, "Jack? Oh my gosh I'm so sorry,"

"Need a light on luv?" he asks helpfully, I wave him off, "pff, I don't need a light, I know exactly where I'm OFF-" I stop suddenly as I run into something hard, "Run into the door luv?" Jack asks, I can just hear the smirk on his face, "No! Of course not! The door just looked sad so I gave it a hug," I reply, sounding horrified that he'd mention such a thing as me running into doors! Well I never!

It's nice to get some fresh air, I'm sitting in the same spot as before, now officially named, my favourite spot, though this time I sit cross-legged with my hands on my knees, meditating. I sense a drunk man coming up the steps (okay, okay, I can hear him, still counts as sensing him though :) ) I want to talk to him but I have to keep my mind blank, yes, I do fail at meditating, but it's called pretending... I feel the wind as Jack waves a hand in front of my face, then he sits down next to me, I'm guessing he's pretending to meditate too... suddenly I hear a low hum... you can't be bloody serious. I peek out under my eyelashes to see Jack sitting next to me in lotus position, humming, why does everyone have to stereotype meditation? He opens his eyes slightly and looks sideways at me, he's smirking now, I'm pretty sure he's trying to make me laugh, well I won't let him! It's time to put my amazing acting skills into action! (Okay, so we all know how well that worked out last time, but I'm getting better! REALLY!) He continues humming, getting louder and louder, then he starts talking, dragging on the sounds so it's all still a hum, but with words,

"ommmmmCaptainJackSparrowisthebestbravestandmostfearlesspirateevertosailthesevenseasommmmmheisalso,andiquote'extremlyhot'ommm," its all too much, I burst out laughing, "bloody great mediator you are!" he smirks at me, "I won!" I give him a little push, "for some odd reason I don't seem to remember the word 'extremely,' ever being used,"

"Ah, but you do admit that was said," I smile at him, choosing not to deny anything (anything you say can be recorded and later used against you in the court of 'but you said this') "sorry again for standing on you by the way," I say, closing my eyes and trying again to clear my mind (but failing miserably) "No worries luv, it's me own fault for falling out anyway," I open my eyes and eye him suspiciously, "Falling out?"

"Heh heh, umm... Sleeping on the floor, I shouldn't have slept so close to the bed," He corrects himself quickly. I smirk at him and go back to meditating, "I'm sorry, I know, I'm just so irresistible," he pauses. "Ah, but I believe it was the bed that was so tempting,"

"Oh really?" I ask him with a sideways glance and a smile, "well then why did you give it to me?"

"It gets lonely,"

"I could make you a teddy bear?"

"Teddy bears are evil,"

"Naww, well that's not a very nice thing to say, you could hurt Mr. Teddy's feelings,"

"Fine then, Mr. Teddy is part of an evil breed of cute fluffy toys that act innocent but are actually planning to take over the world,"

"IT'S A CONSPIRACY!" I yell, standing up. There's a pause, "what's a conspiracy?" Jack asks me, I chuckle, "I heard someone mention conspiracies," I hear Mikes voice behind me, I turn around to see him standing there, clutching teddy bear to his chest, I scream and grab it, drop kicking it to the other side of the ship. "THATS IT, THATS THE BEAR THAT STOLE MY SHIP!" Jack yells, we run across the ship, grab the bear and chain it to the mast, "where were you the night of the robbery?" I ask the bear in my best Sherlock Holmes voice, pretending to smoke a pipe. "What the hell is going on?" Mikie asks. Jack and I burst out laughing, literally ROFLMAO, never thought I would but it does happen. Mikie just stares at us, then he starts laughing too, it's like a scene from a dream, not something Jack would actually do, oh well, I'm not complaining. When I finally stop laughing, I link arms with Jack and Mikie, "Were off to see the... who should we go off the see this time?" We all start giggling like mad people, (probably because we are...) Suddenly a voice rings out and cuts us off, "land ho," I rush to the edge of the ship and look out over the horizon, and there it is, lighting up the dark night sky, "Tortuga," I whisper, "Tortuga," Jack repeats, "DONKEY!" Mikie yells, and we all start laughing again.

hey guys, hope you liked this chappie :) i know that jack doesnt really act like jack in this one, i never actuall meant to post it, i just wrote it randomly and liked it so im posting it, thats why its a bit random... hope you liked it anyway :)

-CJ