Crossing Blades (POTC FanFiction)

twenty three➵ remembrance

Evelyn's POV

"Love is not blind but it leads to blindness."

- Auliq Ice

Three Months Ago...

"Jack, stop it!" I yelp as he pulls me over his shoulder and starts carrying me towards the beach.

    "You're going in the water, and that's that, love," I try to maintain composure at his words but as we edge closer and closer to that deadly water, I realize that he'll see me for what I really am any moment now.

    "Seriously, Jack put me down," I lose the playfulness from my voice and actually start pushing against him to put me down, but he refuses, continuing to march towards the water. As my heartbeat quickens I realize that I have to do something. He can't find out. Not like this, anyway. I'm honestly surprised I've been able to keep the secret for this long.

    "Put me down. Now. I'm not joking." I growl and he stalls slightly at this before continuing on. We're so close now...

    "What's that?" I gasp and he immediately turns on his heel, stopping in his tracks. Before I can waste another moment, I'm jumping out of his arms and shoving him away from me. His confused eyes turn back to me when he realizes there was nothing there.

    "What's wrong, love? Why can't you-"

    "I just don't like it. That's all. Bad experience when I was younger," I manage a small smile towards him which just makes him more puzzled.

    "So...you love the sea but...you refuse to swim?" His playful smile makes my heart flutter and I just run my hands through my salty hair and laugh awkwardly.

    "Yeah...?" I stammer and he just takes a half-step closer to me, quickly grabbing up my hands in his own. We stand there for a moment, just staring deeply into the other's eyes before he scoffs, staring at the sea for a moment before glancing back to my eyes.

    "What?" I chuckle, squeezing his hands a bit tighter as my heartbeat picks up. He knows...

    "You just...continue to amaze and mystify me by the minute, Evie," His glimmering gold and silver teeth are displayed as half of his mouth cocks up into a smirk and I just playfully slap him across the face.

    Before I can move them, however, he automatically presses his own hands against my own so as not to move from his face. And just like this, we're both enraptured in each other's eyes again.

    "Screw you, Jack Sparrow." I laugh again, trying to pry my palms from his face, but he forces them against his cheeks, chuckling at me.

    "For what, love?"

    "For..." For making me love you....letting my guard down...making me feel actual emotions for the first time in my immortal life... "For distracting me from my job," I decide instead, swiftly removing the hand knife from his belt, and stabbing it into the water next to me without ever removing my gaze from his eyes.

    He scoffs, looking a bit disappointed at my answer but his focus then moves to the meal I just caught us, as I lift the fish out of the water, dropping it into his hands.

    "You're welcome," I smirk, poking his cheek as I start to shove the knife back into his belt. I'm interrupted by his hand covering the belt, and him pushing the knife back towards me.

    "Keep it," I'm surprised to hear his soft voice say, "In case we ever...I want you to have something to remember me by," My heart almost drops at this statement and I look up to view a sappy smirk on this amazing man's face.