The Fine Line Between Legends And Lies

Chapter 12:

A/N: Jack and Elizabeth are safely aboard the Pearl but for how long? Jack is torn between wanting to keep Elizabeth and the baby safe and his awful relationship with his father. Will he be able to put aside his pride and head for Shipwreck Cove? Review and let me know what you think!

Elizabeth woke up with a start her heart slamming against her chest as she felt around the bed for Jack. He wasn’t there. Where was he? She sat up abruptly and looked frantically around the cabin. Her racing heart slowed when she saw him bent over the table staring at the map that was sprawled across it with a bottle of rum clutched in his left hand tightly. His right hand came up to scratch at his head as he looked at the map. There were plenty of places they could run, but only one place where he knew they would truly be safe from the Commodore and the whelp. And that one place was the one place that he most definitely did not want to chart a course for.

Jack sighed heavily as he traced a path through the ocean on the map until the pad of his index finger landed on the island that had become known to every man that called himself pirate as Shipwreck Island. That was in Shipwreck Cove and there was the legendary Shipwreck City, a fortress that had been constructed of the countless shipwrecks that had collected in the waters of what was now Shipwreck Cove. He chuckled to himself as he realized how unimaginative the names for these places really were. As much as he hated to admit it to himself or anyone else he knew that was the safest place for him to take Elizabeth. Her soft hands coming to rest on his shoulders made him jump a bit before he looked up to see her smiling down at him. “Oh hello love, did I wake ye?”

“No, I was having a dream and it woke me up.”

“Bad dream love”

“More or less. Jack?”

“Yes love?”

“What are you doing up so early? It’s still dark out.”

“Oh yes, I uh was thinking.”

“About?”

“What I have t’ do t’ keep ye an’ the runt safe.”

“And what have you come up with?”

“As much as I hate the idea I’m taking ye t’ Shipwreck Cove.”

“Do you think we will be safe there?”

“Aye love, it’s the only reason I’m taking ye there. Now why don’t ye go back t’ bed?”

She grinned at him impishly as she moved to straddle his lap. Elizabeth leaned in just until her lips were hovering over Jack’s. “Why don’t you come to bed with me?”

“Ah ye want some company eh?”

He gave a small groan as Elizabeth rocked her hips forward dragging her womanhood against his lap. The immediate beginnings of his arousal could be felt and she smiled at him as she rocked against him again. “Jack?”

“Yes love?”

“Come to bed with me?”

“Eliza….oh” His voice trailed off in a moan as she ground herself against him again this time a little harder.

“Jack please, I need you, now.” Reaching down she grabbed his right hand and lifted it to place it over her left breast. Through the taffeta shirt Jack could feel her nipple hardening underneath his palm. “Make love to me Jack.” Her voice sounded breathless and needy as she rocked herself against his quickly hardening erection.

“Love jus’ let me…..need t’ give the heading t’ the crew……an…..oh bloody hell!” Elizabeth was steadily grinding herself against the rigid bulge in his breeches. Jack could feel the heat radiating from her core as she rocked against him. It was making it increasingly difficult for him to form words. He abruptly pushed his chair back and went to stand. The bottle of rum was left forgotten on the table as Jack stood up grabbing Elizabeth’s thighs and bringing her legs around his waist tightly. She gave a small moan against his ear as her entrance was pressed directly against his erection.

Jack’s calloused hands slid down and gripped her bottom pulling her more closely against him. “Yer going t’ be the death of me love.”

“No more talking Jack, I want your lips all over me!” He grinned devilishly at her wanton request as he swaggered over to their bed. Elizabeth gave a small whimper as Jack let himself fall forward onto the bed with her still draped around him. His dark eyes glittered in the dim candlelight as he watched Elizabeth hastily pull off her taffeta shirt baring her body to him. Her dusky pink nipples hardened as soon as the cool air in the room caressed them inviting Jack to lean down and suck one of the rosy buds into his mouth.

She arched into his touch as she reached down between them and began unfastening Jack’s breeches. Jack chuckled against her breast as he felt her tugging at his breeches trying to get them off his hips. But the belt and sash he wore were clearly impeding her in her task. Hearing her pathetic whimper of frustration he reached down and unfastened the belt and sash. She quickly pushed his breeches down past his hips and freed his erection. Jack groaned against her neck as he felt her soft hand close around his cock.

“Lizbeth, me boots love.”

“Lose them!” Jack chuckled again as he toed off his boot and climbed onto the bed to straddle her hips pressing his cock against her belly. Elizabeth looked down at him to see the thick head of his cock glistening with a few drops of semen and she licked her lips in anticipation. Her hands came up to quickly remove Jack’s shirt as it was the only thing separating them from complete skin to skin contact. Jack slid down until he was kneeling beside the bed and pushing her thighs apart. Elizabeth leaned up on her elbows to look down at him as he lowered his head between her thighs.

Her head lulled back and her brown eyes slipped closed as she felt Jack’s tongue begin to caress her most intimate spot. “Oh Jack, Jack! Don’t stop!” Reaching up Jack spread her folds and began lapping at her heat hungrily. He pressed the pad of his thumb against her pink pearl that had come out of hiding as he continued to flick his tongue across her silken flesh. Elizabeth arched and whimpered as Jack continued his assault on her body by sliding a finger inside of her. She jerked her head up to look down at him again and felt her toes curl against the mattress as Jack looked up at her while he stroked her with his tongue.

Upon making eye contact with Jack while he did such a sinful thing to her was enough to send her careening over the edge of her climax. Jack sucked her clit and pumped his finger inside her as he felt her inner muscles beginning to quiver. Soon he felt the warm rush of her pleasure as it dribbled down his finger and came to pool in the palm of his hand. Elizabeth looked down just as Jack brought his hand to his lips. Her eyes widened as she watched his long pink tongue peek out to sweep across his palm to taste her nectar. It was enough to make her muscles clench one more time. She sighed contently as she came back down from her wave of ecstasy. Jack slid back up to join her on the bed.

Elizabeth moaned as she felt Jack lay over her pushing her legs apart wider. She could feel him sliding the head of his cock between her slick folds to lubricate himself for her. Elizabeth raised her hips welcoming his throbbing erection into her tight sheath. Jack bit his bottom lip as he slid all the way to the hilt inside of her. He grabbed her hips and began a steady pounding rhythm against her. Elizabeth’s hands came up to grasp at Jack’s shoulders as he pumped inside her. He always made her feel so full and complete every time they laid together. It was almost as if they had been made to join together like this. She dug her nails into his shoulders as he increased the force of his thrusts against her.

Jack grabbed Elizabeth’s thighs and yanked them up around his waist pushing himself deeper inside of her. “Ah….fuck….Lizbeth!”

“Oh Jack, harder, do it harder!” Jack kissed her roughly as he complied with her request. The force of his thrusts had almost become painful but Elizabeth felt as if she could never get enough of him. She slid her hands down his back and grabbed his bottom pressing him harder against her. “Jack do it harder!”

“Can’t get much harder love, sorry.” Jack pulled out and slammed back into her roughly making her breasts bounce. “Unless ye turn over an’ we have a go at it like that?”

She nodded quickly and he pulled out of her. Elizabeth rolled over onto her stomach and got up on her hands and knees. Jack pushed himself back inside her deeply making her whimper. He began pounding into her feverishly his thrusts now as hard as he could manage to make them. Elizabeth felt her arms beginning to tremble and then they gave out sending her face first into the pillow. Jack reached down and grabbed onto the back of her neck firmly but not hard enough to hurt her and began pounding into her making his balls slap against her backside. Elizabeth cried out jack’s name into the pillow as another wave of pleasure crested over her. “Jaaaaccckkk!!!”

Jack felt her inner muscles grip his cock tightly and he grunted out Elizabeth’s name as his own release exploded inside of his body. “Elizabeth!!!” He shuddered against her as he felt his seed flood into her welcoming body. Jack felt his knees tremble as he collapsed onto her back panting heavily. They lay there still intimately joined trying to catch their breath when a knock on the door startled them causing Jack to slip from Elizabeth’s body. She gave a small whimper at the loss of him inside her. “Who the bloody hell is it?”

“Captain, a storm’s brewing mighty quick out here!” Gibbs’ voice shouted through the cabin door to them.

“Be right out mate!” Jack sighed as he climbed off the bed and began hastily pulling his clothes back on. Elizabeth climbed underneath the covers not bothering to put her night shirt back on. Jack leaned down to place a quick kiss on her lips that were still swollen from all the bruising kisses he had placed on them while they had been making love. “I’ll be back shortly love.”

“Want me to wait up for you?”

“No I’ll figure out a way t’ wake ye up darling.” The impish grin he flashed her was enough to make her shiver which in turn made him chuckle. She watched as he left the cabin to go out on deck. Jack always liked to be the one at the wheel of the Pearl during a storm. On deck he approached Gibbs who was currently at the wheel. The rain had just started coming down in a steady sheet.

In the distance Jack noticed the faint flashes of lightning. The water was beginning to toss them about a bit more roughly now that the storm was upon them. This should serve to slow Norrington in his pursuit of them. He shouted to Gibbs over the roar of the wind as he took the older man’s place at the wheel. “Gibbs!”

“Aye captain?”

“Once we make it through this storm we’re going t’ set course for Shipwreck Cove!”

“Shipwreck Cove, but captain, yer father is there?”

“I know that! I’ll explain it later when the storm dies down savvy?”

“Aye captain!”

“Now see t’ it that every man pulls his weight during the storm Gibbs!”

“Aye captain!” Gibbs hurried off to make sure that every member of the crew was at their station and tending to the duty they had been charged with.

Inside the cabin Elizabeth lay in the middle of the bed on her side hugging onto one of Jack’s pillows tightly. Her nose was pressed into it and she could smell Jack’s scent lingering on it. She loved the way Jack smelled, it was exotic. He smelled of rum and the sea and sweat and something else that she could only describe as Jack. The constant rocking of the ship and Jack’s lingering scent mixed with the lingering smell of their lovemaking began to lull Elizabeth into a comfortable sleep. Her brown eyes fluttered before drooping shut finally as sleep overtook her.

Back on deck Jack held onto the wheel tightly as the cold rain pelted him relentlessly. He loved a good storm, it excited him somehow. While most men dreaded the thought of sailing in this kind of weather Jack rather enjoyed the challenge of the elements. He inhaled sharply taking in the smell of the rain mixed with the salt of the sea. It invigorated him and he began humming the ridiculous tune that he and Elizabeth had gotten drunk and belted out around that bonfire on the island. A small smile stretched across his face as he remembered their time trapped on the island together. That was where everything had changed for them. She had given him her virginity and they had unintentionally created a life that night. When he had found out about her pregnancy it had made him realize how much this young woman had truly come to mean to him. She wasn’t just another notch on his belt so to speak, no she was……dare he say it? Elizabeth Sparrow was the love of his life. Jack felt the smile on his face broaden as that thought swirled about in his brain. Yes, he loved her more than he had ever thought himself capable of loving someone other than himself. And when the runt was born, he could hardly imagine how much love he would feel for their child.

Jack wondered what their child would be like. Would it be a girl all stubborn and full of determination like her mother? Or would it be a boy who was as mischievous and free spirited as Jack? Either way, boy or girl, their child would be quite a force to be reckoned with. He chuckled to himself as he continued humming his and Elizabeth’s pirate song. Then his smile melted as thoughts of seeing his father began to creep into his head. How he truly hated the idea of having to go to Shipwreck Cove for refuge. Jack could almost hear the condescending tone in his father’s voice even now. “Ye got yerself into another fine mess I see Jackie!” Or what was it that he always seemed to say to Jack? Ah yes…. “yer in my way boy!”

Jack frowned at the unpleasant images of his overbearing father and shook his head trying to drive them from his mind. He would have all the time in the world to hate being around his father once they made it to Shipwreck Cove. As much as he hated his father Jack would put those feelings aside for the safety of his wife and their unborn child. “Yer doing this for Elizabeth an’ the runt mate.”

“Jus’ keep telling yerself that Jackie.” Suddenly a mini image of Jack appeared on his left shoulder. Jack frowned at the image.

“Go away!”

“Oh come on Jackie, how long has it been since ye saw yer dear ol’ dad?” Another mini Jack appeared on his right shoulder sitting cross legged.

“Not long enough as far as I’m concerned. Bugger off ye two, I don’t have time for this!”

The image on his left shoulder spoke. “Ah come on Jackie, are ye really going t’ Shipwreck Cove for Lizzie or are ye going jus’ t’ save yer own worthless hide?”

“Course I’m doing it for Lizzie! I lo….oh she means a great deal t’ me!”

The image on his right shoulder spoke up this time. “Careful Jackie, ye almost said it.”

“Said what? Haven’t a clue what yer going on bout mate.”

The image on his left shoulder cut in. “Ye do so! Ye almost said ye loved her!”

“No I didn’t! I didn’t almost say I loved her!”

The image on his right shoulder spoke up. “Jackie, jus’ be honest with yerself mate. Ye know ye love her. Ye married her, that should be proof enough that ye love her.”

Jack was just about to reply when he noticed Gibbs standing at his side staring at him wide eyed. “Oh. Gibbs! How long have ye been there?”

“Uh not long captain.”

“Ye heard nothing right?”

“Aye captain, nothing at all.”

“Wonderful! The storm seems t’ be subsiding, so ye may take over now.”

“Aye captain.”

“Set course for Shipwreck Cove, I’ll be in me cabin if anyone needs me.”

“Aye captain!” Gibbs shook his head as he watched Jack swagger back towards his cabin and retire. “The captain having conversations with imaginary people can’t be a good sign.”

The storm eventually passed and the Black Pearl turned in the direction of Shipwreck Island. It would be three full days before they would reach Shipwreck Cove and Jack sincerely hoped that the Commodore would be caught in the storm they had just sailed through. That would give them a nice jump on the voyage to Shipwreck Cove and he needed all the help he could get.

A/N: The Commodore is going to get caught in the storm and be forced to make port and wait it out costing him precious time in catching up to Jack. I’m going to jump ahead a bit to make Elizabeth’s belly start showing that she’s pregnant. How long will Jack be able to tolerate being under his father’s roof without exploding?