Falling For the Cabin Boy

Chapter 17

Everyone fell silent after Jack spoke. Looks on every pirates face went from completely shocked to extremely worried. My expression was blank, I didn't know how to react. 

"Jack...?" My voice trailed off as my gaze remained on the quiet pirate. His gaze remained at my feet, not daring to look up. I watched his frowned lips flick up to a sad smile and back down to a frown again. Looking over at Blackbeard, I could see how livid he was as he lowered the pistol in his hand. 

"I believe now is the time to talk to her, Jack." Angelica spoke softly out loud to him. Jack looked up to meet my eyes, he was feeling the same emotion I was. 

Licking his lips, he spoke up. "I am your real father." He started, pausing for me to respond.

Looking at Blackbeard once more. "Is this true?" I asked him distressed. 

"No, you're not Jack. You're my daughter and I won't let this bastard come and take you from me! I am your father, I raised you-" 

I cut him off. "Papa..." I let out quietly which caused his breath to hitch his throat. Very rarely would I call my father papa, it was a special name I only when I'm serious. 

And he knew it.

Robbie slipped out of the quartermaster's grip and over to me. He hesitated before reaching out to grab my hand. My body felt so weak and numb I felt my hand slip out of his. 

Blackbeard sighed and stuffed the pistol in his hand of the quartermaster. "There once was a time when I was only exploring in search of a child. Not so much a wife but a child of my own to raise. I missed Angelica growing up and I wanted to try again. One day I came to this island where it had a once beautiful town before it was demolished by pirates who had come before me. I took my crew to the town searching for anything we could use on our ship when I came across your mother. She was laying on the ground in the middle of the flower field that stood right before the town and she was dying. Your mother was stabbed in the stomach and was holding you to her chest. When she noticed me, she explained what had happened and gave me her dying wish; she asked me to take you to the man of the name Jack Sparrow and let him know of his daughter, if not then to take very good care of you and raise you as my own. Her last words was the name she gave you. She kissed you and was gone. I had my chance of raising my own child so I took it and never brought you to Jack." 

I gasped as I covered my mouth trying to stifle a cry. My eye filled with water while I placed a hand on my stomach. Too much pain... Slowly, I removed my hand from my mouth and felt my tears slip down my face. "My mother gave you her dying wish and y-you couldn't even bother to fulfill it, you selfish bastard. How could you keep me from my own father? Let alone hide this from me for seventeen years?" I felt myself grow hysterical as I covered my mouth again. Jack stood there frozen with teary eyes. Part of me wanted to run into his arms and the other part didn't. 

Robbie reached out to hold my elbow causing me to flinch. His expression grew sad as he gently pulled me to him. Wrapping an arm around me, I leaned into him slightly. 

"You kept my daughter from me? All these years, I thought she was dead along with the love of my life but you took her from me." Jack felt himself grow angry as a tear fell down his cheek. Angelica let a few tears slip out as well as she watched Jack and I react to this news. 

"Oh please, you left." Blackbeard scoffed coldly.

"But I was coming back! I only left to go on a job to get more money to help raise my daughter and take care of my family. I never wanted to loose Anna Marie or her mother." Jack argued.

 The two went at each other for a bit while I stayed silent. 

"Love, are you alright?" Robbie whispered in my ear.

Looking up, I shook my head no slowly. "I don't think I ever will." Robbie leaned down towards my forehead and pressed a little kiss to it causing more tears to form in my eyes again. 

"Enough! I am running out of time here. Now go get those chalices, do it or so help me god I will shoot her." Blackbeard spatted and pointed to me. I looked down at my feet and didn't say a word. 

"This is nonsense!" Angelica screamed and threw her hat on the ground, marching up to the edge. Jack ran passed her and jumped off the edge, letting out a big scream as he fell. 

"No!" I shouted and ran after him. 

"No!" Angelica reached out to grab me but I jumped off before she could touch me.  

"Marie no!" Robbie ran after me as I jumped off the edge. Philip reached out and grabbed Robbie holding him back as he fought to get free. "No..please." He cried softly as he stared at the edge. 

I screamed as I fell into the water right next to Jack. 

"What do you think you are doing?" Jack asked dumbfounded.

"What do you think?" I panted as I gasped for air. Struggling slightly, I tried my best to keep myself up, kicking my legs like a mad women.

"Oh Marie," Jack sighed. "You shouldn't be here."

"But I...have...to talk...to you!" Jack reached out and lifted me up slightly so I could breath. "I'm not the best swimmer." I added sheepishly. Jack gave me a small smile before helping me swim over to the land.

Hello everyone, so I have a story for you. Get ready for story time with Bella folks! Here is my story of my absence: so it started a few days before Christmas like the first day of my holiday break when I ended up getting a food poisoning until Christmas eve day. Then on Christmas day I woke up with a HORRIBLE cold that I could not shake off. Week later I'm on vacation in Georgia and I started feeling better then when I came back (which was this Tuesday) I have been getting worse and worse. I'm getting what my mom had for a month which was asthmatic bronchitis which turned into pneumonia. So I'm praying and hopping I don't get pneumonia since my holiday break was dreadful and my teacher are slamming me with so much work. 

I have been ill for three weeks now.

The end.

Sorry this isn't much but again I feel like I'm dying.

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