The Fine Line Between Legends And Lies

Chapter 39:

A/ N: Okay here is the latest chapter of the story…sorry it’s been a while since I last updated. Jack and Liz are headed for the island of Crete to take refuge with his cousin Christopher Sparrow. But they arrive to find that he is not a welcome guest….where will they go now?

It had been days since they had made a run for their freedom from Port Royal and the days seemed like they were beginning to run together they were becoming so monotonous. Every day was the same….they sailed across the open sea constantly keeping an eye out for the Royal Navy. Mostly things were peaceful but Elizabeth was getting the distinct feeling that the crew was becoming rather tired of always being on the run and never having any time to do any honest pirating. Suddenly Noah’s voice rang out from his place in the crow’s nest.

“Captain….a ship!”

Jack looked up from his place at the helm shielding his eyes from the sun with his hand before shouting back to Noah.

“Colors mate?”

“She’s flying a British flag sir!”

“Thanks mate! All hands….I want movement! Prepare t’ board when we get close enough! We’re going t’ lighten her load a bit!”

The crew broke out into an uproar of cheers as they began scurrying around the deck. Jack turned to look at Elizabeth who stood at his side holding Jacob.

“Now then darling….get inside with the little one.”

With a small frown she nodded and headed reluctantly to their cabin. Jack smiled at her one last time before she shut the door and latched it shut behind her. He knew that she hated being left out of the action. But with her being pregnant and Jacob still so young she was more of a liability than an asset to him. And he couldn’t very well raid a ship while he was worrying about his pregnant wife and infant son. Spinning the wheel Jack steered the Pearl into a smooth left turn to head towards the vessel that was just a short distance away. He shouted to the crew.

“Gents…hoist the colors!”

A smirk stretched across his face as he watched the familiar black flag decorated with a white skull and crossbones start ascending the main mast of the ship. The closer they got to the merchant vessel he could see the young and terrified looking sailors as they stood there waiting to be captured. They were soon close enough to throw over their grappling lines and hook the two ships together. Ragetti and Pintel slid boards between the two ships so that they could get across. The crew of the Pearl followed Jack onto the deck of the merchant ship. They quickly rounded up the crew and held them in line with their pistols and cutlasses trained on them. Jack walked over to the first young man in the line. He couldn’t have been more than twenty with sandy blonde hair and green eyes that were wide with fear. The boy tried to make his knees stop shaking as Jack stood before him.

“Who here do ye name as Captain boy?”

“Him down there with the dark blue hat with the silver buckle on it sir….he’s Captain Ethan James.”

Jack swaggered down to the man with the dark blue hat that had the silver buckle on it. He was an older man…older than Jack with brown hair that had started to turn gray in his sideburns and around his ears. His beard was starting to gray as well.

“Captain Ethan James eh?”

“I am….and you are?”

“Captain Jack Sparrow of the Black Pearl.”

“A pirate!”

“Aye…a pirate. So tell me…what have ye got down in yer hold mate?”

“Just a few barrels of rum and some silks from China…along with some silver bars as well.”

“Well then….we’ll be taking it off yer hands. Pintel an’ Ragetti….start gathering up the rum an’ take it back t’ the ship!”

“Aye Captain!”

“Aye sir!”

Pintel and Ragetti hurried down into the hold and each returned with a barrel to take over to the Pearl. After a couple more trips like that they reported that all the rum was loaded onto the Pearl.

“Noah an’ Cotton….start loading up the silver!”

Noah and Cotton hurried to do what Jack had ordered of them and shortly they had loaded all the silver into the hold of the Pearl.

“Gibbs an’ Marty….gather up all that silk!”

Gibbs and Marty hurried down to the hold of the ship and gathered up the chests of silks and loaded them onto the Pearl. Once everything had been looted Jack and the rest of the crew began crossing back over to the Pearl while Tobias and Cotton stood with their pistols trained on the crew of the merchant ship until it was their turn to cross back over to the Pearl. They quickly removed the boards and grappling lines and began sailing away from the vessel. Gibbs took over at the helm for Jack so that he could go down into the hold and take a look at their latest plunder. Jack knocked on the door of his cabin.

“Izzy?”

“Is it safe?”

“Aye love it’s safe.”

She opened the door and quietly shut it behind her.

“Where’s the runt?”

“He’s asleep.”

“Good…then come with me down t’ the hold t’ help me count all the silver we acquired.”

Elizabeth smiled at Jack’s choice of words. He never liked to use the word steal…he always preferred to say something less offensive. That was one of his little quirks that she loved so much. She took his hand in hers following closely behind him as they headed down to the hold. Arriving in the hold her tea colored eyes widened when they saw all the chests full of silver and silks and the newly added barrels of rum.

“Wow…that’s quite a bit of swag.”

“Aye…it turned out t’ be a rather lucrative job darling. I figured ye would want yer pick of the silks love.”

“Silks?”

“Aye…from China darling.”

Elizabeth began perusing through the chest that was on her right. It was filled to the brim with silks of all different colors. There were blue, green, red, purple, gold, silver, black and copper colored silks.

“Oh Jack…they’re beautiful!”

“Thought ye might like t’ have em love.”

“That was very sweet of you.”

She leaned up on her tiptoes and placed a chaste kiss on his cheek making a goofy grin stretch across his face. Jack smiled down at her as he turned and started digging through the chests that were filled with silver. Picking up one of the bars of silver he held it out to her.

“Now that we got that bit of honest pirating out of the way an’ got something shiny for our troubles the crew should be content as a cucumber t’ remain on the run.”

“I’m sorry that we have to be on the run again Jack….I really thought my father would honor his word. I never imagined he would go back on a promise like this. This is all my fault….if you weren’t married to me you wouldn’t be running from the Royal Navy.”

Jack tossed the silver bar back into the chest he had picked it up from and pulled Elizabeth into his arms.

“Ye listen t’ me Izzy….none of this is yer fault. Even if I wasn’t married t’ ye I’d still be running from the Royal Navy. So ye see darling….me life is still the same….it’s jus’ much more better because yer in it.”

“Oh Jack…….I love you.”

“I love ye too darling.”

Jack pulled Elizabeth closer and captured her lips in a searing kiss making her knees buckle underneath her. If he hadn’t been holding her against him she would have collapsed to the floor. Stepping back she looked up at him with wide tea colored eyes.

“Jack?”

“Hmm?”

“Where are we going to go now?”

Smirking his dark eyes glittered mischievously before he spoke again.

“Jus’ leave everything t’ me darling……I’ve got it taken care of. Savvy?”

She nodded and turned to head towards the door. He grabbed her hand making her look back at him.

“Where are ye going?”

“Up to our cabin.”

“Don’t ye want t’ help me count the swag love?”

It was Elizabeth’s turn to smirk as she glanced back at him over her shoulder before speaking.

“No….I have a sudden need to be naked.”

Jack’s dark eyes widened as he licked his lips before speaking again.

“A small trifling or fleeting need Izzy?”

“No…..an urgent and unyielding need. Care to join me husband?”

“I have a feeling that the swag can wait.”

Jack flashed her a smirk as he tossed the bar of silver back into the chest he had picked it up from. Grabbing his hand Elizabeth pulled him up the stairs behind her quickly. They ran across the deck to their cabin ignoring any of the crew that tried to address them. Jack latched the door to their cabin shut and they began hastily peeling off their clothes as if they had never made love before. Jack was unfastening his breeches and Elizabeth had just pulled hers off when the quiet of the room was disturbed by Jacob’s cries. Jack frowned at Elizabeth before looking over at his son’s cradle.

“Wonderful timing mate!”

“I’m sorry Jack.”

Jack glanced down at his raging erection before looking up at her with big pleading coffee colored eyes.

“Izzy….please?”

“It’ll just have to wait Jack.”

“What do ye expect me t’ do with it in the meantime?”

She shrugged as she walked over to their son’s cradle to pick him up.

“Won’t he jus’ be quiet on his own?”

As if answering his father’s question himself Jacob gave a loud cry making Jack put his hands over his ears quickly.

“I’ll make it up to you shortly Jack….I promise.”

“Ye had better. An’ ye…..we’re going t’ have a nice little chat bout ye interrupting me time with yer mum.”

Elizabeth giggled as Jack flopped down into a chair at the table and reached for his bottle of rum as she sat down on the bed with Jacob to feed him. The frown began to melt from his face as he watched his wife taking care of their son. Suddenly his irritation at being interrupted didn’t seem so important anymore. He had everything he could ever want right there in that room with him and as long as he had his family he would forever be a wealthy man.

A/N: Okay short chapter I know….but I will make it up to you by putting in some really hot J/E sex in the next chapter! Please read and review!