Never Meant To Be

Chapter 2:

A/N: Jack wakes up to find himself tangled in Elizabeth’s embrace and panics. He pushes her away abruptly causing her to cry. Not being able to stomach the sound of her sobbing he hurries out onto deck and makes a beeline for the hold to drown himself in rum. Please read and review, comments are greatly appreciated on all my stories!

Jack’s coffee colored eyes fluttered open and he blinked them a few times to clear his bleary vision. He froze when he felt someone shift against him. Looking down he realized that he and Elizabeth were tangled up in each other’s arms and were very naked. Feeling his heart start to hammer in his chest he contemplated on how to best disengage from her without waking her. But before he could begin to move Elizabeth’s eyes fluttered open and she lifted her head from his chest to look up at him. A broad smile stretched across her pretty face as she snuggled closer to him. Jack forced a nervous smile as he leaned back further into his pillow. This was not good. Of course he had successfully accomplished the much desired tryst with Elizabeth earlier that afternoon but he had been foolish and allowed himself to fall asleep while she was tangled in his arms. Now she would undoubtedly expect this to become a regular occurrence. And if he had anything to do about it he was going to make sure that this did not happen again. It couldn’t happen again if he wanted to keep himself from breaking her heart. As he had repeatedly told himself over and over in his head it was for her own good. Things simply had to be this way between them. Perhaps it had been foolish to begin an intimate relationship with the young woman altogether. She was after all not much more than a child compared to him. What had he been thinking bedding a twenty one year old anyway? This was all his fault and perhaps it was God’s way of punishing him for being such a scoundrel. Either way he had no one to blame but himself for the situation he was currently up to his eyeballs in.

Jack began sliding towards the edge of the bed but Elizabeth simply wrapped her arms around his neck tighter as she desperately clung to him. Perfect….this was exactly what he hadn’t wanted to happen. Sighing heavily he looked down at her a frown etched onto his face.

“Lizbeth….kindly let go of me darling.”

“No.”

“Don’t be difficult love…please let go?”

“No.”

Now he was started to get angry with her insubordination. His frown turned into a scowl as he began trying to pry her arms from around his neck. Elizabeth frowned as she tightened her grip on his neck even more.

“Damn it Elizabeth….stop acting like a spoiled child!”

“Why do you want to get up Jack?”

Why indeed! He did have to relieve himself something awful so there was a legitimate reason for him wanting to disembark from his current place wrapped up in her arms.

“I have t’ take care of some personal business love.”

She followed his dark eyes as they shifted to his hips suggestively. She could feel that his cock was rigid against her belly as she pressed herself against him. Not wanting him to leave her she scrambled to climb onto his lap. Jack groaned when he felt her press her sex against his rigid member. Elizabeth rubbed herself suggestively against him. He could see her nipples already hardening. Bugger, why did this woman have to be so damn stubborn! Knowing she wasn’t going to take no for an answer Jack grabbed her hips roughly and lifted her. She gave a small yelp as he lowered her impaling her on his erection. He began thrusting his hips upward roughly making her whimper as she began moving on top of him. Feeling her press into his bladder reminding him of his problem he realized that this position was not going to get the job done quick enough. Pushing her off of him he rolled her onto her stomach. Jack grabbed Elizabeth’s hips and forced himself into her from behind making her yelp. He began a fast pounding rhythm against her desperate to find his release. From this position Jack sank deeply inside her making her orgasm manifest almost instantly. She threw her head back and cried out his name almost painfully as she came. Jack could feel her nectar as it flooded out of her to run down his length to his balls.

He gritted his teeth as he increased the intensity of his thrusts. Now that he had made her cum it was his turn. Jack pumped deeply into her heat making her whimper and push back against him. A few more thrusts like that and he was at his peak. Elizabeth gasped as she felt him tremble against her and whisper under his breath nearly to soft for her to hear.

“Oh…..God….fuck!! Izzy…I…l-love…y… being inside ye!”

Damn that was nearly too close for comfort! He had nearly told her he loved her! And that was something he knew he couldn’t do. Not if he wanted to keep his promise to himself that he would never allow them to be together. And that was because he never wanted to break her heart. Elizabeth felt Jack pulse inside her as he spilled his seed into her welcoming body. It filled her so completely and he was still pulsing inside her. She could feel as his hot sticky seed dribbled out of her to coat the insides of her thighs. Jack’s cock gave one last pulse to spill the last of his essence into her before she felt his arms tremble and him collapse onto her back sending them both crashing into the mattress. After a few moments Jack pulled out of her and sat up to look down at her. There was a scowl on his face.

“Jack?”

“We shouldn’t have done that Lizbeth.”

“Why not? It felt good.”

“Doesn’t make it right. We need t’ think bout perhaps making new sleeping arrangements.”

He could see tears start to well up in her tea colored eyes as she opened her mouth to speak. Her voice shook unsteadily as she tried to keep from crying.

“You bastard! You’re throwing me out of your cabin now?”

“No….Izzy…”

“Don’t! Don’t you dare call me that like you care about me! I never meant anything to you did I? I was just another wench to warm your bed!”

“Love that’s not true…”

“My name is Elizabeth! Don’t call me your stupid little pet names like you actually care about me Captain Sparrow.”

So they were back to formalities again were they? Perhaps it was for the best. Right. If it was for the best then why did he feel like such an inconsiderate ass?

“Shall I call you Miss Swann then?”

“Yes. It’s Miss Swann to you.”

“Have yer way lo…Miss Swann. I never meant to hurt ye.”

“Liar! Everything you said to me…everything that has ever come out of your self serving mouth has been a lie!”

“If that makes it easier for ye t’ hate me then so be it love.”

“It’s Miss Swann!”

He nodded and climbed out of bed to start getting dress. He could hear her small sobs as they escaped her throat. Damn why did she have to cry? He hadn’t wanted her to cry.

“Lizbeth…er…Miss Swann, for what it’s worth m’ really sorry darling. I truly never meant t’ hurt ye. It was never my intention.”

Her sobs became louder as he spoke to her in a tone so soft that someone overhearing the conversation might mistake them to be lovers. Jack frowned at the pitiful sound of her sobs as he pulled on his boots and then reached for his hat. He couldn’t stay in here and listen to that. Elizabeth watched as he headed towards the door. So he meant to just fuck her and walk out did he? Like she was nothing but one of the many whores that he had allowed to service him in Tortuga. She leaned down and grabbed one of her boots from the floor.

“Jack Sparrow…you’re nothing but self serving bastard and I…..I…..”

Damn why couldn’t she say it? Because she knew it was an outright lie, that’s why. As much as she might want to she couldn’t bring herself to hate that man.

“I wish I hated you!”

Jack turned to face her just as she hurled her boot at him. He easily sidestepped it to let it crash into the door and fall on the floor. Their eyes met and he could see the tears that were rolling down her cheeks now red from crying. Still she looked beautiful to him. His heart tightened painfully in his chest as he opened the door to their cabin and strode out on the deck slamming it behind him. Elizabeth flung herself back down onto the mattress pulling the blanket back up onto her naked body. She pressed her face into the pillow and let out a pathetic sounding cry. Jack strode towards the stairs leading down into the lower bowels of the ship. Gibbs caught sight of him from the wheel and called out.

“Captain?”

Jack merely waved his hand in a dismissive gesture to his first mate and continued down into the bowels of the Pearl. He stormed angrily through the dimly lit lower decks of his ship until he reached the hold where all the rum was kept. Jack stalked into the dim hold and reached for a bottle of rum off the shelf. Pulling the cork from it he tossed it to the floor hearing the faint sloshing of the water as it landed. He sank down onto a crate in the corner and began drinking. He was in a foul mood now and rum was the only salvation he had available. No he knew that wasn’t true but he tried to convince himself it was anyway. Jack knew full well that he could rush back up to his cabin and take Elizabeth in his arms and tell her that he desperately loved her. But he refused to do it because he was much too proud a man to ever admit that he needed the young woman in such a way. Jack Sparrow had never needed anyone and he wasn’t about to start now. Yes he intended on sitting down in the dark hold and get drunker than he ever had until he deemed himself ready to deal with the young woman who had somehow crept into his heart without him knowing it.

A/N: Okay things seem hopeless between Jack and Elizabeth…but it’s just to lead up to Jack finally getting past his pride. Let me know what you think!