The Fine Line Between Legends And Lies

Chapter 17:

A/N: Okay Will and Elizabeth are going to have the inevitable confrontation about her choice to give herself to Jack while she had still been engaged to him. This is going to get pretty nasty! Enjoy!

The first rays of dawn crept into their cabin making Elizabeth’s eyes flutter briefly before opening. She turned slightly to look at her still sleeping husband. A smile stretched across her face as she gazed at the beautiful dark haired man she had fallen in love with so long ago. The covers were draped low across his hip and she could see the beginnings of the dark course hair that his cock was nestled in. Elizabeth reached out and carefully grabbed the sheet that was covering his hips and lifted it gently. Her brown eyes lowered to steal a glance at his manhood. Even while not erect Jack’s cock was still quite large. She licked her lips feeling the tingling begin between her thighs as she simply looked at him. A smirk etched onto her pretty face as she decided that she wanted to do more than just stare at her husband’s cock. Scooting down beneath the sheets Elizabeth stopped when she was eye level with his cock. She snaked her tongue out and gave his manhood a tentative lick. Grinning when it twitched at her touch she decided to be a little bolder and ran her tongue down the length of his thick shaft.

Jack gave a low groan as his cock began to harden. Wrapping her slender fingers around the base of his cock she lowered her mouth onto him and began sucking gently. Jack’s hips arched up towards her mouth as she began sucking a little harder on him. When his cock had stiffened completely Elizabeth slid back up above the sheets and straddled his waist. She pressed her already wet sex against his rigid length making the head of it slip between her folds. Jack’s eyes snapped open and his hands grabbed her hips firmly. Elizabeth gasped when she felt Jack thrust his hips upward and slide his cock deeply inside her. “Morning love.”

“Oh Jack!”

Jack grinned up at her as he began moving her hips against him. Elizabeth threw her head back and began rocking her hips against Jack on her own. It didn’t take long before she was trembling and crying out his name as her honey leaked from her body to coat his member and dribble down onto his lower abdomen. Feeling her inner muscles clenching his cock tightly Jack pushed up as far as he could sending his seed shooting quickly inside of her. Elizabeth could feel the rush of heat as his liquid pleasure surged into her. Her name falling from his lips had sounded hoarse and strangled as he jerked his hips frantically against her. When the last tremors of their orgasms had faded Jack looked up at Elizabeth with a crooked grin plastered onto his face. “Now that’s one hell of a wake up call love.”

“Jack!” Her face turned a dark crimson as she moved to get up causing his now only semi erect penis to slip from her still wet entrance.

“Come on love, ye can’t be shy after a wake up call like that.”

“Stop trying to embarrass me Jack Sparrow!”

“I’m not love, jus’ wondering what I owe the pleasure of such a glorious way t’ be woken up by me lovely wife t’?”

“Nothing.” Her cheeks still flamed with her blush making Jack grin broader.

“Ah jus’ feeling a little horny then eh?”

“Something like that.” She climbed out of bed and went over to the desk where the basin sat. Jack sat up and watched as she wet the washcloth and washed her face before lowering the cloth between her thighs and washing away the remains of their lovemaking. She then pulled on her breeches that she could no longer fasten because her belly had gotten too round to do so. Instead she had to secure the breeches by tying a sage green colored sash around her waist. Jack continued to watch as she bound her breasts before pulling on a men’s white taffeta shirt. Elizabeth sat down on the edge of the bed and pulled on her black leather boots quickly grunting as she did so.

“Jus’ where are ye going love?”

“To talk to Will.”

Jack scowled before speaking again. “Is it really necessary t’ talk t’ the whelp Elizabeth?”

“Yes Jack, it is. We have a lot that needs to be said.”

“I don’t suppose I could persuade ye t’ change yer mind an’ opt for another go round in the bed?”

She smiled before answering. “We can have sex again later Jack, this needs to be addressed immediately.”

“Well I’ll have something that will need t’ be addressed immediately later this afternoon then.”

“I’m sure you will darling. And don’t worry we will address it.”

“Good. How bout jus’ before lunch then darling?”

“I’ll be here with bells on Jack.”

He grinned devilishly before replying. “I’d prefer nothing at all love.”

Blushing she shot back. “As you wish. It shall be nothing at all then Captain.”

“Ooh I love it when ye call me that.”

Rolling her eyes Elizabeth left Jack alone in their cabin to go find Will. There was much that they needed to talk about and it couldn’t wait any longer. She found Will leaning against the railing at the helm of the ship staring out into the only slightly choppy sapphire water. “Will?”

He turned and gave her a halfhearted smile. “Morning Elizabeth.”

“We need to talk.”

His eyes fell to her pregnant bump before he answered her. “What about? I think we’ve said everything that needs to be said don’t you Elizabeth?”

“Will please?”

“Fine. What is it you wish to talk about Elizabeth?”

“I want to apologize.”

“For what?”

“I know that I hurt you Will and I’m sorry. That was never my intention.”

He scowled looking back out at the sea. “I see. So it wasn’t your intention to lay with a pirate?”

“Will that’s not fair! I thought we were going to die on that island!”

“And so you decided it was just unbearable to die a virgin and decided to bestow your most precious of gifts to a man that is clearly unworthy of having received it?”

“Don’t insult Jack! He is my husband you know.”

Will snorted not trying to hide his contempt for the man that had stolen her away from him. “Elizabeth you protect him as if he is a man whose life is worth protecting. He’s a bloody pirate Elizabeth! Why can’t you see that?”

She clenched her fists growing angry at Will’s harsh words. “And why can’t you see that I’m in love with him? Jack is a good man, pirate or no!”

“How can you lower yourself to his level by warming his bed every night Elizabeth? He’s made you nothing more than a pirate’s whore.”

Her hand came up and struck his cheek hard. “How dare you speak to me in such a manner! I loved you Will Turner!”

“Yes but not enough to keep your honor and virginity intact around the infamous Captain Jack Sparrow! That’s it isn’t it? You’ve been obsessed with that man your whole life! So when the opportunity arose you couldn’t pass up the chance to give yourself to him could you?”

“When did you ever become so cruel? You’re not the boy I grew up with at all!”

“Perhaps. And you’re not the girl I grew up with either. You’re not enough a shadow of the lady that I fell in love with! I don’t even recognize this pirate’s whore standing in front of me!”

“You bastard!” Just as Elizabeth went to strike him again Jack’s voice barked across the deck from their cabin door.

“I’ll not have ye speak t’ me wife like that boy! Apologize t’ her now!”

“She doesn’t deserve my apology!”

Jack removed his hand from his sword that still hung at his side before approaching them. “Pintel! Ragetti!”

The two men hurried over to where Jack stood and waited for his orders. “Shackle Mr. Turner’s hands and throw him in the brig!”

“Aye sir!”

“Aye Captain!”

Elizabeth touched Jack’s arm lightly drawing his attention to her when she spoke. “Jack?”

“Don’t worry love, we’re dropping the whelp off at the first port we come t’. Savvy?”

“But Jack-”

He cut her off abruptly holding his hand up as he spoke. “I’ll not have that traitorous dog speaking t’ ye like that Elizabeth. An’ I will not have him on me ship love.”

She nodded and watched as Pintel and Ragetti shackled Will’s hands and then dragged him below deck to the brig. Tears pricked her eyes before she quickly blinked them away. So it had come to this? Will didn’t have a kind word to offer her and she wouldn’t allow him to insult her husband. Their friendship as children seemed like a lifetime ago to her now. He had been cruel and short with her as if she was someone he hadn’t known for most of his life. Will had treated her as a complete stranger. It was clear to her now that anything he might still feel for her was greatly overshadowed by his feeling of being betrayed by her relationship with Jack.

It saddened her when she realized that Jack was right and that they had to leave Will behind at the first port they arrived at. He would only serve to hinder their attempt to escape the Royal Navy. She stood at the helm of the Pearl staring out into the sapphire waves as they danced all around her. Jack’s hand on her lower back made her jump.

“Sorry love, didn’t mean t’ startle ye.”

“I was just thinking that’s all.”

“Bout William?”

“Yes, but not in the way you think.”

“Oh?”

“Jack we grew up together. For as long as I can remember I just assumed that Will and I would be married.”

“An’ now?”

“I’m in love with you and will never regret becoming your wife.”

“But?”

“It still hurts. Will spoke to me as if he didn’t even know me.”

“He doesn’t know ye love, not anymore. Yer not the girl he grew up falling in love with.”

“I don’t understand.”

“Course ye don’t love. People change darling, an’ ye have changed a great deal.”

“I suppose I have.”

“For one yer married t’ a pirate an’ for two yer having a pirate’s child.”

“Both of which I’m deeply happy about.” Jack smiled as she leaned up to kiss him.

“Don’t worry bout William love, he will move on eventually.”

“I hope so. I still care for him Jack, and I want him to be happy too.”

“I know ye do love, an’ I’m sure he will be one day.”

Jack pulled Elizabeth closer to him so that her back was now pressed tightly against his chest. They enjoyed each other’s company in silence as they continued to watch the sea. Jack’s words seemed to ease the tension in Elizabeth’s body as she finally allowed herself to relax.

Down in the brig Will cursed to himself as he yanked on the shackles that held him to the wall securely. Jack had thought better than to just simply throw him in the brig without restraining him. Otherwise Will would have already managed a clever escape from the damp brig that currently held him. He hadn’t really meant to say such nasty things to Elizabeth but the way she had spoke of Jack as if he were some honorable and decent man had simply driven him over the edge. And before he knew it he was spouting the hurtful words at her as quickly as they would leave his mouth. Elizabeth had looked so hurt as he hurled the harsh words at her. At the moment he hadn’t cared about hurting her. But now that he sat alone in the dank brig he was regretting every vicious word that he had uttered. Wishing he could cut out his own tongue Will leaned his head back against the wall and closed his eyes. How had things gotten so messed up between himself and Elizabeth? He guessed it didn’t really matter how it had happened. The sad fact of the matter was that it had happened and Elizabeth was forever lost to him.

Oh he could try and pretend all he wanted that he didn’t give a damn about her but deep down he knew that wasn’t true. No his heart still painfully reminded him every time he looked at Elizabeth or thought about her that it still belonged to her. Will began to think that his heart would forever belong to the girl that had rescued him from a shipwreck at sea. For a time he had been the luckiest man alive because her heart had belonged to him as well. But he knew that she had always been fascinated with pirates, one pirate in particular, and that she longed for the freedom that a life at sea offered. Elizabeth had never been quite cut out to be the high society lady that she had been forcibly groomed to be all her life. No she was a pirate at heart and the adventurous life at sea was one that seemed to captivate her. He smirked as he began to realize just how truly perfect Jack and Elizabeth were for each other. Elizabeth was a headstrong free spirited woman who loved adventure and freedom. And Jack Sparrow was exactly that, adventure and unconditional freedom. As a girl she had read everything she could get her hands on about the notorious Captain Jack Sparrow. Once Will had remembered being in her room as a boy, maybe ten or eleven years old at the time. She had been called into her father’s study and he had sat waiting for her to return.

His curious nature overtaking his rational side he began looking through the drawers of her desk. Will had stumbled upon her journal. It had been a tan colored leather bound journal with her initials burned into it on the cover. He had glanced around quickly to make sure he was still alone and then had decided to open it. Flipping through the pages he finally came upon her most recent entry. It had been about Jack Sparrow and how she longed to one day meet him. Oh the things she had written went far beyond simply just longing to meet the pirate. Elizabeth had written about her secret desire that Captain Jack Sparrow would one day sail into Port Royal and take her away with him on his ship and make her his wife. So it had already started even when she was just a young girl. The smirk returned to his face as he remembered Jack Sparrow leaping into the harbor to rescue Elizabeth when she had fallen off the terrace of Fort Charles because her corset had been too tight and cut off her oxygen. Who would have thought that Elizabeth would more or less get her wish? Her beloved Captain Jack Sparrow had fearlessly dove into the harbor and plucked her from the bottom of the sea rescuing her from drowning. Will should have known then that she was lost to him. How could he have known that Elizabeth would betray him by falling in love with the scoundrel pirate that she had spent her whole childhood idolizing? He couldn’t have known that she would actually ever meet her childhood hero.

But she had and now she was married to him and having his child. Deep in the back of his mind Will knew that Elizabeth was truly where she belonged and would never give up her life with Jack to come back to him. But the less rational part of him, the part that was still madly in love with her, still held out hope that she would come back to her senses and realize that she had made a mistake by marrying Jack. Will glanced around as he felt the Pearl’s movement slowing. They were preparing to drop anchor somewhere. A short time later he heard boots as they came down the stairs leading to the brig. Will frowned as he saw Jack standing outside the brig. “We’ve arrived William.”

“Arrived where exactly?”

“Santa Marta, Columbia. Yer new home.” Jack unlocked the brig and walked over to unlock the shackles from the wall. Will glared at him as he realized that the shackles would not be released until he was out on deck. Jack, pistol in hand, guided Will up the steps until they were both back on the main deck of the Pearl. His eyes searched for Elizabeth and he found her standing next to Gibbs at the helm. She looked at him for a brief moment before forcing her eyes out to the sea. His dark eyes then shifted over to where the gangplank had been extended. Jack intended to make him walk the plank. Jack removed the shackles from his wrists and pressed his pistol firmly into the middle of Will’s back once more as he led him over to the plank. Will stepped up onto the plank and began walking toward the end of it. His eyes met Elizabeth’s once more and he held her gaze for a long while. Jack noticing this stepped up onto the plank behind Will and gave him a good shove. Elizabeth stifled a gasp that threatened to escape her throat as she watched Will fall into the sapphire waves.

The pier of Santa Marta was a short distance away so Will didn’t have far to swim. Jack’s voice brought her eyes away from the water to rest upon him. “Now then let’s get moving. Weigh anchor!” Elizabeth stood motionless as she watched the crew scurry about the deck to obey Jack’s orders. Soon they were turning around and sailing away from Santa Marta. She hurried to the rear of the ship and looked out to sea. Will was swimming towards the pier not looking back. Tears stung her eyes as she watched her former fiancee get smaller the further they sailed away from the port. ‘Oh Will, I’m so sorry it had to come to this.’

Jack’s hands on her shoulders startled her before she leaned into him. “I’m sorry love.”

“You did what you had to Jack.”

“I take no pleasure in hurting ye Elizabeth. Ye know that don’t ye?”

“Yes Jack, I know you would never do anything to hurt me deliberately. You love me, I know that.”

“Aye love, I do love ye.” His hands slipped around her waist coming to rest on her pregnant belly. She smiled as she felt him rubbing small circles against her belly. Things would work out for them, they just had to. She hadn’t sacrificed everything she had ever known just to lose the one man she was certain that she could never live without.

A/N: Okay so Will has been abandoned. But don’t think for a minute that he’s out of the picture. He will make his way back to Port Royal and from there he will resume his effort to bring Elizabeth back home. Please read and review!!