Drowning

Chapter 3:



A/N: Elizabeth finally completely falls apart over her father’s death and the seemingly inevitable end of her relationship with William. Tired of feeling empty and alone she turns to Jack for comfort. Will he be the salvation that she has been looking for? Please read and review!!!



The dim gray light of morning seemed to come far too early to Elizabeth’s liking as she groaned and rolled over onto her stomach. Her head pounded slightly as she moved and she gave a small whimper. Her breath caught in her throat when she felt an arm slide across her lower back through the material of her dress. Her brown eyes flew open and she looked to her left only to breathe a sigh of relief when she saw Jack’s sleeping form next to her. Snuggling in closer to him she buried her face in his chest and inhaled his scent deeply. She could smell the salty sea air mixed with the sweet tinge of rum and then something that she could only describe as Jack. Feeling her movement Jack’s coffee colored eyes fluttered open and he gazed down at her. “Hello love, sleep well?”



“It’s the first night that I haven’t had any nightmares.”



“Whatever are ye having nightmares about pet?” She shook her head as she pushed herself up into a sitting position causing Jack’s arm to slip from it’s place around her waist.



“I don’t want to talk about that Jack.”



“That’s what ye said last night Elizabeth. What on earth has ye so upset that ye refuse t’ talk about it?”



“Jack please?” Her voice was so pathetic and pleading that he just nodded and climbed out of bed. “Where are you going?”



“On deck. I have a ship t’ run love, can’t stay in bed all day.”



“Yes you can, you’re Captain Jack Sparrow.” He grinned at her as he walked over to the chair and retrieved his shirt from where he had discarded it last night. “Jaaaack!!”



“Don’t fight with me Elizabeth, I have t’ make my appearance.”



“Then come back to me as soon as you’re done?”



“What’s in it for me if I do?”



“What do you want?”



“That’s a dangerous question t’ be asking me love. Now be serious.”



“Who says that I’m not?”



“Elizabeth….yer engaged to young William.”



“It wouldn’t seem as such anymore.” Jack raised his eyebrows at her inquisitively.



“Do go on love, I’m all ears.”



“I haven’t spoken to William in weeks now. It seems as though he has far more important things that keeping in touch with his bride to be.”



“I see. Well in that case it looks as if yer a free woman. Jus’ like ye always wanted darling.”



“That’s not what I want, not anymore.”



“Tell me pet, what is it that ye want most in this world?” She smiled at Jack as she recognized the familiar question and was half expecting him to drag out his compass.



“I want to be married, more than anything.”



“Married? Are ye certain Elizabeth? A marriage is so, so final. As in permanent, like forever. Kinda reminds me of death really.”



“Jack! Marriage isn’t like dying at all.”



“Weddings and funerals…..same difference I say.” He gave a slight wave of his hand as if to make his remark seem more intelligent. “Now if ye will pardon me for jus’ a little while darling?”



“I suppose.”



“Ye know if ye would rather wear something a bit less…..confining, I have yer breeches and shirt in me chest at the foot of me bed.”



“Thank you Jack.” With a smile and a nod Jack soon exited the cabin leaving Elizabeth alone. In the silence of the cabin she began to think about her father and felt the fresh burn of tears as they began welling up in her eyes. “Damn it!” Blinking she felt the warmth of her tears as they began cascading down her cheeks quickly. She fell back onto the bed and rolled onto her stomach burying her face into the pillow and let out a pained wail as more tears leaked out of the corners of her brown eyes. They were quickly soaked up by the pillow but more followed suit as she kept sobbing into the pillow praying silently that no one could hear her. Elizabeth cried for what seemed like forever. She began to wonder if she was going to cry about her father everyday for the rest of her life.



Feeling more alone and empty than she had ever remembered feeling in her whole life another sob escaped her throat making her body tremble. She fisted her hands and began pounding them into the pillow angrily. “Damn it! I’m sick of feeling this way! God make it stop! I’ll do anything if you will just make the pain go away!!”



Jack’s voice behind her startled her. “What pain is that love?” She pushed herself up and began desperately wiping the tears from her face.



“Oh Jack, it’s nothing. I didn’t realize you came back.”



“How could ye? Ye were crying so hard that ye didn’t hear the door open love.”



“I wasn’t crying Jack.”



“Oh no? Then I suppose yer face is jus’ naturally red like that eh?”



She looked down at her hands that were still clenched in fists in her lap to avoid looking into his beautiful brown eyes. Jack walked over to the bed and sat down on it so that they were sitting across from each other just a few short inches away. He reached out and took her chin in his hand gently to make her look up at him.



“Come on love it’s me, Jack. Ye can tell me anything love.” He watched as her bottom lip began to quiver and a fresh batch of tears welled up in her soft brown eyes. Looking everywhere but his face she blinked trying to keep her tears in check. But it was a battle that was already lost because the second she blinked her tears flooded down her face betraying her. “Let it out darling.”



“Oh J-jack!! I’m so alone!!” Her shoulders shook as she sobbed. “I don’t have anyone!!”



“Ye have me Elizabeth.”



“Beckett….he killed my father! Had him hanged and forced me to watch!”



“That bastard! I swear t’ ye love I’ll carve out his heart an’ make him watch me do it! Have ye sent for Will?”



“Will can’t help me. He can’t come ashore for another ten years Jack.”



“Right. So yer all alone in Port Royal now love?”



“Oh Jack I can’t go back there. There’s nothing left for me in Port Royal now. Father is dead and Will has obviously abandoned me. You’re all I have left Jack. I’m so sorry! I had nowhere else to go! Jack please let me stay with you!” Elizabeth scooted closer to Jack and grabbed onto his shoulders tightly. “Please don’t send me away?”



The look in her eyes was that of pure fear as she waited for him to respond.



“I won’t send ye away love. Yer welcome t’ stay with me as long as ye like.” She leapt into his arms and buried her face in the crook of his shoulder. She nuzzled her nose against the side of his neck and hugged him tighter. Jack froze where he sat when he felt her lips brush against his skin softly. He shook his head silently telling himself that he had just imagined that had happened. Then a moment later he felt Elizabeth shift in his arms so that she was now straddling his lap. Leaning in she placed a wet open mouthed kiss on the hollow of Jack’s throat making him groan softly.



“Elizabeth, ye best be stopping that now love.”



“I don’t want to.” She raised up and boldly placed a chaste kiss on his rough weathered lips. “I don’t want to feel alone anymore Jack.”



“Yer not alone love, I’m right here.”



“I want to be closer to you.”



“Ye can’t get much closer than we are right now darling.”



“Yes you can. Jack you know what I’m asking don’t you?”



“Indeed I do love, but do ye know what yer asking me?”



“I do. I want to feel your skin against mine. Jack please, I want this.”



“If we do this ye can’t take it back love.”



“I don’t want to take it back.”



“No regrets then?”



“None.”



“Ye belong t’ me now Elizabeth.”



“Always.” Somehow in the back of her mind she had always known that she belonged to Jack Sparrow. Now that they were together and alone in his cabin her entire body practically ached for him. Seeing the hunger in Elizabeth’s eyes Jack leaned forward and covered her mouth with his own in a blazing kiss. He grabbed the back of her neck and pulled her closer to him to deepen the kiss and felt her melt against him. Elizabeth could feel her head starting to get light as the lack of oxygen to her brain became apparent. She pushed away from Jack only long enough to draw in a deep and ragged sounding breath. Jack grinned at her impishly as he reached behind her and began loosening the ties of her black taffeta dress. Elizabeth let her eyes slip closed as she felt the dress loosening around her waist as Jack untied it. Once he had finished untying the dress he slipped it off her shoulders gently and let it slide down to her waist baring her perfect breasts to him. Leaning down Jack kissed a scorching path down her neck until he reached her breasts. Taking one of her breasts into his mouth he suckled her nipple until it hardened in his hot mouth. Elizabeth arched forward forcing more of her creamy breast into her pirate lover’s mouth.



Jack slid over to her other breast and suckled hungrily until it’s nipple hardened as well. Grabbing her hips he lifted her off his lap eliciting a small whine from her. Grinning like a Cheshire cat he stood her on the floor so that he could slip the dress the rest of the way off of her. She stepped out of the dress still in her leather boots and was about to kick them off when Jack stopped her. “Leave em on love.”



“What for?”



“It makes it dirtier somehow.” She grinned at him as she did as he told her. Jack stepped out of his own boots and then began taking off his sword and pistol and the two sashes he wore. Elizabeth watched him as he ripped his shirt off and tossed it to the floor carelessly. His hands slipped to his breeches where they worked quickly to unfasten the hindering garment. He shucked his breeches off and stepped out of them hastily. Grabbing Elizabeth he pulled her to him and lifted her up making her legs wrap around his waist instinctively. He grunted a little when he felt the head of his erection brush against the soft folds of her womanhood as he walked them back over to the bed. Tossing her onto the bed Jack pushed her knees apart and slid down in between them. Elizabeth watched curiously as Jack leaned in closer to her center. Her eyes widened and then snapped shut when she felt his tongue slip between her silky folds to graze the hidden pearl between them. Jack grabbed her ankles and placed them on his shoulders as he began to devour her womanhood. Elizabeth fisted her small hands in the sheets as Jack’s tongue moved in small tight circles around her clit and then moved in long strokes up and down the entire length of her sex.





She mewled and whimpered as Jack flicked his tongue against her clit before sucking it into his mouth and humming softly against it. That was all it took to send Elizabeth careening over the edge of sanity. A billion white lights exploded behind her closed eyes as a scorching wave of electricity pulsed through her body. Jack lapped up the honey essence that flooded into his mouth eagerly. “Oh Jack…so…good!!”



He smiled as he slid back up to lay over her pressing his mouth back over her own once more. She tasted her orgasm on his lips and it made her want to kiss him even harder. Forcing her tongue into his mouth she raised her hips and pressed against him feeling his erection poke her belly. Sensing her desire Jack reached down between the two of them and took his cock into his hand and guided it to her entrance. Elizabeth shivered when she felt the thick head of Jack’s cock slip between her satin folds. He sank into her tight body slowly just an inch or two at first. Grabbing her hips he pressed her down into the mattress as he prepared to break her barrier. “This is going t’ hurt a little pet.”



Without hesitation he rocked his hips forward hard and pushed the rest of his length into her body to the hilt. Elizabeth let out a small cry as she tried to raise her hips off the mattress but Jack’s grip on her held firm. He stayed still for a moment letting her relax and adjust to the thickness of him. Then he began to slowly rock his hips pulling out and pushing back into her. His eyes slipped closed as he savored the deliciousness of how tight and warm she felt around him. Elizabeth stayed still at first too afraid to move with him. Then she cautiously raised her hips and pushed back into Jack. Feeling a small shockwave of pleasure from her action she tried rocking her hips a little more. Soon she was raising her hips and meeting Jack’s thrusts with as much effort as he was giving. Their moans filled the small cabin as their bodies rocked together.



From the moment Jack had rescued her from the sea he had wanted to do this to her. Many a night he had gone to bed alone in his cabin thinking of what it might be like to make love to this beautiful creature. And now here she was lying beneath him in all her naked glory moaning as he pushed into her as far as he could. She was truly a sight to behold her skin glistening with a thin layer of sweat as they continued to make love. Jack slipped his hands beneath her and grabbed her bottom making Elizabeth whimper against his mouth. He lifted her up off the bed not even bothering to pull out of her as he walked over to the table. With one hand he slid off the maps and empty rum bottles clearing the table to lay her down on it. Keeping her bottom right at the edge of the table Jack began to pound into her roughly making her breasts bounce with every thrust. Elizabeth wrapped her legs tightly around Jack’s waist the heels of her leather boots resting against his backside. She arched upward pushing herself against him making more of his throbbing erection sink into her. Jack grunted and slowed his pace a little as he suddenly realized that if she kept that up their little tryst would be over very shortly.



He grabbed her hips and forced them back down against the table. She looked up to see him shaking his head at her quickly. Grinning she tightened the muscles in her lower abdomen making him shiver as her inner walls tightened around his cock. “Elizabeth!” Jack squeezed her hips and quickly pulled out making her whine in protest at the loss of him. He pulled her to her feet and turned her around so that her back was to him. Elizabeth gave a small yelp as Jack forced her down so that her stomach was pressed against the table. She soon felt the head of his erection pressing back into her entrance this time at a much deeper angle. Jack began pumping roughly in and out of her body biting his bottom lip as the beginning tingles of his climax began to pulse through his erection. It wouldn’t be much longer now. Elizabeth could feel her orgasm making the insides of her thighs slick as Jack continued to drive into her. He grunted against her ear as he pushed into her one final time before his cock throbbed with his release. Jack half moaned half whimpered out Elizabeth’s name as he felt his seed shooting from his length into her body.



Finally feeling as if his knees were going to give out Jack pulled his softening cock from Elizabeth’s pulsing entrance and staggered over to the chair. He sank down onto it panting heavily as he tried to catch his breath. Elizabeth straddled his lap wrapping her legs around his waist and laid her head against the crook of his neck. “Oh Jack….that was….that was incredible!”



“Yeah I was wasn’t I?”



They stayed silent for a few moments trying to slow their racing hearts and let their breathing return to a normal pace. Elizabeth chewed her bottom lip nervously as she contemplated breaking the blissful silence between them. She wanted so desperately to tell Jack how she truly felt about him, how she had always felt about him and could never be truthful to herself about it until that very moment. Looking up at the handsome pirate whose lap she sat on she reached up to wipe the beads of sweat that had collected on his brow. It was now or never. Taking a deep trembling breath she cleared her throat. Jack’s brown eyes opened and he smiled at her. She smiled back feeling a little nervous as she got ready to break the silence.



“Jack?”



“Yes love?”



I…..I…”



“Well go on love, ye what?”



“I uh I love you Jack.”



“Come again darling?”



“I love you Jack, I’ve always loved you. It’s always been you Jack, but I couldn’t let myself say it out loud until now. I love you.”



“Ye love me eh?”



“Yes Jack, I’ve loved you for as long as I can remember now.”



“An’ ye were prepared t’ marry the whelp knowing that?”



“Yes.”



“Why? Is it so frightening t’ ye t’ feel that way about me?”



“Jack I was afraid.”



“No William was safe love, that’s all it was. Ye wanted safe an’ boring instead of wild an’ unbridled.”



“I suppose I did. The thought of being madly in love with you terrified me Jack. You’re this untamable untouchable man.”



“I was once love but that was before I met ye.”



“Jack are you saying that you love me?”



“Elizabeth ye know declarations of love jus’ ain’t me style pet. I’m Captain Jack Sparrow love, I’ve got a reputation t’ uphold an’ all.”



“Just tell me that you love me too Jack. You don’t have to admit it to anyone else.”



“Alright yes, I love ye Elizabeth. I’ve loved ye from the day I laid eyes on ye.” Snuggling against his chest she smiled as she felt his arms close around her shoulders tightly.



“Does this mean you’re going to marry me Jack Sparrow?”



“Marry ye? Can’t ye jus’ be happy I told ye that I love ye for now darling?”



“But Jack I couldn’t possibly live with myself after what we just did and not be married to you.”



“That my darling is a subject entirely for another day.”



Jack Sparrow! You’re not going to marry me are you?”



“Oh bloody hell love is it really that important?”



“Yes it is!”



If I said that we’re going t’ be making a trip t’ France would ye be happy?”



“Why are we going to France Jack?” Sighing heavily he shook his head as he looked down at her.



“Ye jus’ don’t give up do ye?”



“Nope.”



“Alright. But jus’ so ye know yer ruining yer surprise Elizabeth.” She grinned up at him urging him to continue. “We my darling, are going t’ France…Paris actually, t’ have a minister perform a marriage.”



“Oh Jack! A wedding in Paris?” She leaned in and kissed him passionately.



“I thought ye might like the sound of a French wedding.”



“Oh I love you Jack Sparrow!”



“I love ye Elizabeth Swann…soon t’ be Sparrow. Hmmm Elizabeth Sparrow….has a nice ring t’ it eh?”



“Yes it does.”



“Speaking of rings love…” Jack stood up and walked over to place Elizabeth on their bed. She watched him as he walked across the room to the desk that was in the corner. Reaching into the middle drawer Jack pulled out a small blue velvet bag. He walked back over to the bed and sat down beside Elizabeth. Handing her the bag he waited for her to open it.



“What’s this?”



“Jus’ open it love.” She carefully opened the blue velvet bag and reached into it. Her slender fingers soon closed around two smooth metal bands. Pulling her hand out she opened it to reveal two identical silver bands that had been woven like a rope.



“Oh Jack, they’re beautiful!”



“Nothing fancy but I could change that if ye like?”



“No they’re perfect, just like you.” He leaned in to kiss Elizabeth softly as he put the rings back into the velvet bag. Those were to be used in the ceremony in Paris when he made her his wife. Elizabeth kicked her leather boots off and beckoned to Jack. He put the velvet bag back in it’s drawer and complied. Jack climbed into bed and lay down over Elizabeth. She gasped softly against his ear as he entered her once again. They let the world around them fade as they made love for the second time since she had come to him. Elizabeth closed her eyes and buried her face in the crook of Jack’s shoulder as he made love to her. Finally the dull ache that had consumed her when her father had died had melted away into a feeling of blissful content. She was with the man that she loved and they were on their way to France to become husband and wife. This was where she truly belonged and nothing would ever keep her away from Jack Sparrow again.