ManEater

A/N: Hey guys! I didn't realize that I haven't posted since January! Sorry for the long wait! I've been busy. I'm trying to get an apartment so next week I am handing in my application to this apartment that I love! Pray for me that I get it! Now back to the story...for those of you who have read the bonus chapter on aff, you all know what Jack told Elizabeth. For those of you who don't, I mentioned it in this chapter...some of it. This chapter and some of the ones after it will be dark. This is where unexpected things happen. So, enough of chit chatting...read!

P.S...I know the chapter title seems weird but I wanted it to have a little twist on this story I'm sure you all have heard of Of Mice and Men...

Enjoy!
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Elizabeth

Immediately after Jack left my cabin, I began to tidy up the room, as well as my appearance. I knew Will would walk in any moment and I didn’t want him to be suspicious. I just hoped that my guilt wouldn’t reveal itself to him. I could still smell Jack’s spicy scent in the air…his presence could still be felt in the room and around my body. Hopefully, Will won’t detect that Jack has been in here with me. If he happens to question me about Jack, I won’t know what to say. He will notice that I am hiding something and become even more apprehensive. Then all hell will certainly break loose again. I cannot let that happen.

I pushed the desk back against the wall and placed the books that were thrown onto the floor back onto the desk. I ran over to the mirror, smoothed out my tousled hair and fixed my dress. After I made the last finishing touches to my appearance, a compelling feeling came over me. I tried to walk away from the mirror, but I couldn’t help but to study my reflection. It was as if my conscience was forcing me to examine myself. I stepped closer to the mirror and stared into my own eyes for a few moments. They seemed peculiar…perhaps a little distant. I looked at my face, my hair, and then I took one step back and examined my whole body. My physical appearance was the same, but my inner being was different. I realized that the person staring back at me had changed. It was not the same Elizabeth Swann, the inexperienced, naïve governor’s daughter who stood before me. It was an entirely different person…someone whom I wasn’t sure if I recognized anymore. I was certainly startled by this revelation.

Should I be ashamed or proud of whom I’ve become? I’m not referring to anything I’ve done, such as my duplicity with Jack and Will…that’s a different situation. I’m referring to the fact that certain familiar qualities, such as my high societal morals have disappeared…and I’ve adapted to ways that I’ve always found uncouth. I’m surprised, yet somewhat satisfied by this sudden metamorphosis. I can definitely credit Jack for this. He was the one who opened up my eyes to freedom, life, love…and of course, sex. At that instant, Jack’s last words before he’d left my cabin resounded through my mind.

“Think about what I’ve said, Lizzie. Whatever happens between us is all in your hands, love.”

I wasn’t sure how to feel about his last statement. He was leaving our fate in my hands...I’m not so sure if that was a wise decision, being as though I am still technically engaged to Will. Maybe Jack has faith in me that I will choose him? Maybe I’ve already chosen him and haven’t noticed it yet? Or perhaps Jack has given up on our relationship and realized that it’s better to share me with someone else rather than lose me entirely. I just hope that that’s not the case, for I would truly feel like a duplicitous whore…

I took another look at myself. Tears began to well up in my eyes. The longer I stared at my reflection, the more unrecognizable I became. As I blinked away the fresh tears that were forming in my eyes, I saw something unusual in the mirror. There was something blurry standing next to me on both sides. I thought I was going mad for a moment, until the misty forms began to materialize into the two men that I love. Jack stood to my right, while Will stood to my left. They were both staring back at me with loving smiles etched on their handsome faces. I wished I could touch them but I knew that they were only hallucinations…created by my conscience to show me the complicated reality of my situation. Just then, the visions began to say my name in unison, until their distinct voices united into one loud, worrisome tone…

“Elizabeth…Elizabeth!”

I broke out of my deep thoughts and slowly turned around to my left to see who was calling me. I already knew who it was…Will. He stood frozen at the door. His usual brown, cheery eyes were now dark with disparagement. He closed the door and stepped closer to me. I knew from the troubled expression on his face that he wanted to ask me something. I just hoped to God he wouldn’t ask me about my beloved Captain…
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Jack Sparrow

I had one nerve to go back inside Lizzie’s cabin. We’ve only been apart for about a half hour and I already miss her. Not to mention, a certain friend of mine in me trousers was waking up again...and I was beginning to crave my darling Lizzie's body again. Dammit she felt so good...It’s extremely difficult to leave the person you love alone once you’ve made passionate love. I didn’t want to rush out after we’d finished. I wanted to hold her in my arms and savor the moment…perhaps have another round of earth shaking sex. I believe that that had to be the best damn shag we’ve ever had together. Maybe we can have even more in the near future, say tomorrow? I’m probably getting my hopes up…Who knows, the next thing she might say is that she can’t do this anymore and that she has decided to stay with pissy fish-face Will. It sickened me to realize that she’s in there alone with him, allowing him to do God knows what to her. I just hope that he hadn’t seen me leave her cabin. I don’t give a damn if he did…

I sighed and took another swig of rum. When I placed my hand on my waist, I noticed that something was missing. I glanced down and to my horror, realized that my sash was gone. I looked around on the floor and on my bed. It was not there. I realized at that moment that it could only be in one forbidden place…

“Oh bugger…” I said aloud to the empty room. “Not good…definitely not good…”
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Elizabeth

“Elizabeth…is everything alright?” Will asked worriedly as he cupped my face.

I frowned confusedly as I gazed into his soft, brown eyes. “Everything is alright Will. Why do you ask?”

He removed his hands from my face. “Greenwald and Flannigan said that they heard some loud noises coming from inside here. They said that they heard you screaming and that there were loud thumps against the wall. They were about to come in here to see if you were alright but didn’t know if it was proper for them to enter into a woman’s cabin…”

My heart felt like it had stopped beating. I was rendered speechless. I could not believe that not one but two people overheard my very intimate moment with Jack. I just hoped that they didn’t hear me say Jack’s name. I began to feel a little embarrassed. I tried not to show Will my emotions so I decided to laugh it off.

“Is that so?” I replied with a slightly nervous laugh.

“Yes. Just as soon as I climbed onto the deck they ran over and told me. They seemed horrified. I really thought that something bad happened to you.”

I smiled and kissed his cheek. “No need to worry Will.” I came up with a very ingenious story. “I was merely trying to kill a rat that came in here.”

Will’s eyes brightened in surprise, but his face twisted in disgust. “A rat? How did it get in here?”

I shrugged my shoulders and walked over to the desk. “I’m not sure. Maybe it came in here yesterday when we were away? But all I know is that it was huge. I tried to hit it with books, my shoes…anything to get it out of here. All of the thumping Greenwald and Flannigan heard were objects being thrown at that ghastly creature.”

Will laughed and began taking off his boots as he made his way over to the bed. He plopped down onto the bed and lay back on a pillow. I watched as he folded his arms behind his head and closed his eyes for a few moments. He looked very appealing. I had one nerve to go over there and lie next to him to cuddle, but I feared that Jack’s scent was still on me. I did not want my affair to be discovered again.

Will suddenly opened his eyes and began to speak. “It’s funny how things can be misconstrued. I wonder what Flannigan and Greenwald thought you were doing in here?”

My eyes widened with guilt. It would break your heart to know what I was really doing, Will. I thought. I snapped out of my thoughts and smiled.

“You never know what they could have thought…Pirates have very perverted imaginations…especially when they’re drunk.”

Will chuckled. At that moment, I realized that there was something lying on the floor next to the desk. I carefully took a closer look at the red faded fabric. To my horror, I realized that it was Jack’s sash. I immediately grabbed it and hid it behind my back. When I looked up, I noticed that he was staring at me strangely.

“What’s wrong Elizabeth?”

“Oh…nothing. I just thought that I saw something.”

Will smiled. “Like a rat? Did you get rid of it?”

I’d forgotten all about my terrible lie. “Oh…no. The rat’s gone. It ran out the room when I opened the door. I felt terrible because it seemed as though it was limping. I think I injured the poor thing when I threw the books at it.”

Will suddenly sat up in the bed and looked at me. His eyes shined with desire as they bore through my body. I smiled at him in return, for I knew what he wanted.

“Why don’t you come over here and relax with me?” He replied with a seductive smile.

I hesitated for a moment. I still had Jack’s sash in my hand and I didn’t know what to do with it.

“I’ll be right there…” I said as I carefully walked backwards to the door. At that very moment, a clever idea came to mind.

I quickly blew out the lantern that sat on the end table so that Will wouldn’t see what I was doing. I frantically searched around the front part of the room for a hiding place for Jack’s sash. The silver beams of the moonlight shined through the windows, permitting me to have some visibility in the darkness. I tried not to fumble, for I knew Will would be curious and start asking questions again. I made my way over to the desk, opened the bottom drawer and placed Jack’s sash inside.

As I made my way over to the bed, I suddenly felt someone standing in front of me. I was startled for a moment, until Will wrapped his arms around my waist and kissed my lips. He then began to kiss my neck and whispered seductively into my ear.

“Come to bed…”

He quickly carried me over to the bed and laid me down. When he kissed me and began taking off my clothes, all I could think about was the fact that I’d just been intimate with Jack about an hour ago… and now I’m about to do the same with Will. A sense of excitement ran throughout my body. My conscience wasn’t telling me to stop, nor was it berating me for my behavior. Instead, other ideas began to race through my mind. They were ideas consisting of clever ways to continue my unfaithfulness. Perhaps this time I can have them both…without either of them knowing. I know what to do and what not to do this time to keep my affair with Jack a secret. I don’t have to make a decision…yet. But I know I’m not getting married…I’m not ready for that type of commitment.

As the passion between Will and I intensified, I couldn’t help but to smile. I finally had control over this whole tangled situation, but I still didn’t have control over my heart. Little did I know that I would have no power over what would happen in the near future…
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Jack Sparrow

Dawn the next morning….

I’d awaken too early the next day. The cause for this rude awakening was my unyielding need to get away. I didn’t know why, but I had to go. I got dressed, put on my coat, grabbed my pistols, along with a bottle of rum, and left my cabin. Luckily, there was no one on deck. I walked over by the rail to catch a glimpse of the horizon. The sun was nowhere in sight. For some odd reason, there was an ominous feeling in the air. It troubled me for a moment, but then I disregarded my unsettling feelings when the morning sun began to rise over the horizon. I took a sip of rum and smiled. I turned around to look at Lizzie’s cabin. Thoughts about what we’d done last evening still played through my mind…every last, intricate detail. I could still hear her soft moans in my ears, her delicate kisses on my lips, and feel myself inside her. I wished she could come out of her cabin so that I could take her…right here at the rail.

When I placed my hand in my coat pocket, I felt something very peculiar brushing against my fingertips. Curious, I took the object out. I was surprised to see that I still had Elizabeth’s golden heart shaped necklace. I wonder if she knew that I had it. It was at that moment I realized that I had to do something. I took one more glance at Lizzie’s cabin and made my way over to the ladder. As soon as I was off the Pearl and my feet touched the warm sand, I began to walk. To where, I don’t know. A sense of urgency welled up inside me. I didn’t know what was calling me but I knew I had to take care of some business in town. I guess a couple of days away from the Pearl wouldn’t be so bad…I hope.

I took my compass out of my pocket and opened it. It spun around frantically as usual until it pointed me in the direction of where I needed to go. I nodded and placed the compass back inside my coat pocket and headed in the direction to God knows where…


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A/N: So how did you guys like it? Where do you think Jack is going? What business do you think he has in town? I wanted this chapter to show how Lizzie sees herself. This is the beginning of the darkness along with twists, surprises, etc.! Let me know what you guys think and what chapters are your favorite so far? Thanks! Love ya! I'll try not to post so late anymore! THIS IS NOT THE END OF J/E but the end of something else is coming up next!!! WHich one is it? Stay tuned!