An Eye for an Eye, A Kiss for a Kiss

Disclaimer: Unfortunately, Captain Jack Sparrow still isn't mine... The irresistable pirate with a golden grin , as well as other PotC characters belong to Disney.


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CHAPTER 3 "A debt to pay"

Deeply troubled by her loneliness just moments ago, Elizabeth was now scared to death by the fact that she was not alone.

"God, help me..." She whispered through her tears, feeling utterly helpless. Horrible images of herself being raped, brutally tortured, and finally killed by the stranger who held her so firmly to his body were flashing across her mind.

"Shhh... It's alright, Lizzie. It's just me." She heard him whisper softly into her ear, before he released her from his tight grip.

Gasping for air,she spun round, staggering a few steps back. She stood there staring at him with her mouth agape, not knowing what to say or do; fear and tears still evident in her glassy eyes. It was really him !

"Surprised, eh?" said Jack smiling insolently, rubbing his hands with satisfaction.

"Wha...what are you doing here?!" she growled curling her palms into fists.

He cocked his head, gaping at her for a while before answering her softly: "Let's say... that I'm not finished with you, luv."

"What do you still want from me? Haven't I suffered enough? You came to kill me! Didn't you?" she hissed, taking another step back.

Jack frowned, leaving her question unanswered. "Come, 'Lizbeth. We need to talk," he said quietly, offering her his hand.

She, however, refused to step forward, and moved backwards instead.

"Take your hands off me, wretch!" she protested through her gritted teeth.

Jack's patience worn out. He grabbed her hand, and dragged her along with him.

"You'll warm up by the fire." He could feel her body tremble, and knew that cold was only one of the causes.

Standing close to the burning flames, Jack looked straight into her eyes.

"Let me make something clear to you darling, for it's the second time you accuse me of planning to kill you. This-" he pointed at the branded P over his right wrist "marks me as a pirate, and I won't deny who I am. Yet, I still have a heart like every other human being, believe it or not! Did you hear anything like premedited murders on me list of crimes, luv? Murders of women ?"

Totally dumbfounded, she couldn't say a word.

"Answer me," he demanded.

"I recall there were none," she admitted at last in a low tone of voice.

"Glad to hear that," said Jack, biting back a smile. "Then why the hell did you even think I would actually kill you, eh?"

"Well, maybe because you've left me here all alone to starve to death! Is it not the same?" she yelled.

"Oh! Have I now? Then I wonder what I'm doing here?...Any ideas?"

"I have no clue! Would you be so kind and enlighten me?" Lizzie spit out glaring at him.

"Maybe I came back for you like you did for me?"

"You mean...you are taking me away from this place?"

Jack squinted his eyes, smiling cunningly .” It depends, luv... Gibbs is soon coming back, and if you are a good girl, you may come aboard. Savvy?"

"A good girl..." she repeated with a note of suspicion in her voice. "And just what do you happen to mean by that?"

"Well, in fact- " he cleared his throat "-I think you know exactly what I want from you. Want it desperately... And if you give it to me, I shall take you back to me Pearl.”

"How dare you!" she hissed slapping him so hard that he cursed, holding his stinging cheek.

"Bloody hell! Woman, I did not deserve it!"

"Yes, you did, Captain Sparrow! I will not bed you to barter a passage off! I won't bargain with my body, even if I had to die on this damned spit of land!"

"Actually... what I so desperately want from you Lizzie, is a sincere apology..."

"Oh..." She fell silent, suddenly realizing that she had just made a fool of herself.

"Oh!" he replied.

"I'm sorry, Jack. I must have... misunderstood you." She guessed that she was blushing and indeed her cheeks turned scarlet red. Deeply ashamed, she dropped her gaze, looking at her bare toes.

Jack stared at her with his golden smile, visibly amused. "So...will I get it or not?" he finally asked.

"What I said while standing on the plank was all true. I meant every word, Jack," she said while raising her gaze to find his eyes. "I'm sorry for what I've done to you..." Looking away again, she added in a whisper "...except for the kiss."

"Good girl," he grinned contentedly "Apology accepted. But...you still owe me a kiss."

Lizzie smiled wholeheartedly, stepping forward and watching Jack still rubbing his sore cheek with a pout on his face.

"Let me kiss it for you then," she cupped his face with both hands, blowing gently at his reddish cheek as if he was a child that had just run to mummy because it hurt so bad.

Jack was clearly enjoying the treatment, and there was no way for Lizzie not to notice that. His eyes were half hooded, lips slightly parted, his entire body trembling in response to her gentle touch. After soothing his cheek, she placed a sweet kiss on the painful spot and looked back at him.

"Satisfied?" she asked proud of herself, seeing what effect her innocent gesture had on him.

"I would lie claiming that I didn't have me pleasure..." he said still breathing raggedly.

"But..." he continued, "you still have a debt to pay, Lizzie."

"I don't remember having any debt!" she exclaimed, annoyed with him once again.

"As I've already said...you owe me a kiss, darling. "

"Jack, but I already kissed you for that undeserved slap!"

"That was not the type of kiss I meant, luv. Let me refresh your memory. After you had chained me to the mast, you wanted to kiss me once again. But in the end you didn't! And I was standing there like a fool, waiting for your lips to touch mine again... Even though you deceived me, shackled me and left me for the beastie, I still wanted to know what it would have tasted like. Would it have been even more passionate than the first kiss...?"

Elizabeth opened her mouth, once again finding herself unable to speak. Jack's words ignited a familiar overpowering fire inside her; the same fire, that nearly had made her forget the purpose of kissing him months ago.

"Lizzie, are you ready to pay your debt?" he asked seductively.

She couldn't resist staring at him. He was a huge temptation with his mesmerizing eyes, his cheeky, roguish grin. Jack's lips seemed to be made for kissing and his body... He had no shirt on, so for the first time she had an occasion to admire the sleeky muscles of his dark, tanned chest. She noticed that both his coat and shirt hung by the fire. "I bet he undressed on purpose - to tempt me." She thought

"Well, are you paying or are you staying, 'Lizbeth?" he asked playfully.

"And what if I choose not to pay? Will you be a rotten bastard and leave me here?"

Jack sighed and rolled his eyes before meeting her gaze again."No, of course not," he answered huskily. "But I guess it's only fair to pay one's debts. Is it not?"

"In such case Captain Sparrow, I think I should square my debt," she said leaning into him, brushing his lips with hers. "And I'll do it with pleasure..."

Jack couldn't believe that she did it. Unforced, knowing that he would take her away from this godforsaken place even if she refused him. Her kiss was sweeter than anything he had imagined in his numerous fantasies, plaguing him day and night in Davy Jones' Locker. It was long and fierce, but still it couldn't slake their lust. Jack finally broke the kiss, gently nipping her bottom lip.

"Can't get enough of you, Lizzie..."

"Well, if it's so, then I guess I shall continue until you are fully satiated, Captain."

"At last I hear you say something reasonable, lass."

Her lips belonged to him again, but this time he took the control of the kiss. She was absolutely lost in him, tasting him hungrily, moaning as he deepened the kiss. Her body was trembling from desire, her legs getting weak and she would have fallen down if Jack wasn't holding her so tight, pressing her body against his. Totally consumed by the fire of their passion, they staggered without control until Lizzie's back hit a palm tree.

Their eyes locked for a moment and he found an unquenched thirst in her eyes. "She wants me. She's ready for more..." He thought and without hesitating, he started caressing her neck with his sensuous mouth, while his slender palms slid under her wet shirt.

"Jack...What are you doing?" she gasped.

"If you don't like it, let me know and I'll stop immediately,” he said jokingly.

"Please, don't!” she begged

Taken aback, he abruptly stopped kissing her throat. He felt guilty for using the opportunity of the kiss to move further, but also deeply disappointed that she didn't want anything more from him than a kiss.

"I'm sorry, luv. Got carried away... Forgot it's the whelp's territory " he mumbled leaving her at the palm tree, and heading towards the sea.


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