The Baroness’ Birthday

Chapter 4: No Rum? Why?

“Jack. Wait!”
He was dragging her towards the stairs.
“We can’t just leave like this and leave her alone with Will.”
“Why not?”
Elizabeth rolled her eyes.
“She will suspect if we suddenly dissapear.”
“I don’t think so. She said it herself: ‘Couples need some time to themselves from time to time’. If you know what I mean.”
Jack’s smirk faded as soon as he saw her serious face fromn at him.
“Not in the mood? Alright... But I don’t think she would notice anyway.”
He made her turn around to look at the Baroness and Will who were now talking with the rest of the guests.
“Look at poor William!” he mocked “As soon as he manages to free himself of her she’s already clinging onto him.”
Elizabeth watched how Will tried desperately to free his arm without Lucile noticing, but as soon as she noticed him missing (which was instantly) she would already be grabbing him.
“Poor Will... I still think we should stay with the guests for at least half an hour, just in case.” ‘Maybe you even change your mind about the jewels...’
As if he heard what she was thinking, he eyed her suspiciously.
“What?” she asked nervously.
“You think you are really smart, aye?” Shit! “I know exactly what you’re planning.” Darn! Did he have to know her that well?
“Wha-what do you mean?”
“You want to trick me so I will dance with you!”
“What? Y-yes... That’s exactly what I was thinking.” He didn’t know her that well I guess...
“We don’t have to dance if you don’t want to. But if you remember well there are FREE DRINKS!”
This of course caught his attention.
“Rum too?”
“I don’t know. We just have to walk over there and see if there’s any. And, who knows, maybe seeing all those people dance will bring you into the mood to dance too.”
He thought carefully before answering. Liz was smart and alway knew how to convince him to do what she wanted him to. He knew exactly that if he walked over there he would probably end up making a fool of himself on the dancefloor.
“I agree on the first part. But I still haven’t agreed to the second!”
She raised her arms in surrender and they made way to where the guests were.
He looked at all the disguised people dancing as they neared the table with the drinks. He kind of envied them.
“Doesn’t look that bad, right?”
Elizabeth asked him giving him his drink.
“Not really...” but then he remembered what happened when he was still a kid.

Stella. That little monster... She had the most beautiful hair he had ever seen. Red like fire. And her eyes were blue as the sky.
She was his first crush. His first and last he hoped. She had taught him to beware of beautifull girls. They looked like angels but were truly the devil.
Well, that was untill he met Elizabeth Swann. She was different than any other woman he ever met.
Stella was the most popular girl of town, at least of all in the age of 8 and beneath.
But she was a monster.
There was a party in town and Johnathan decided that he would ask her to dance with him. Luckily for him she agreed and everything went smooth. Untill...
“Ah! Look it’s Edward!”
Edward was only one year older than Johnathan and Stella but there was something about him that made all the girls fall for him.
“Isn’t he gorgeous?”
“I don’t really know...”
“Of course you don’t. You are just... a boy.”
“Stella! I don’t like it when you talk like that... you are dancing with me now!”
“Ha! But not for long!”
Stella pushed him as hard as she could causing him to fall into the mud.
“Hahaha! Poor Johnathan! Doesn’t know how to dance! Nobody dances like Edward! You are just a loser!”
And there she left him. Alone in the mud while she runned into Edward’s open arms.
Everybody laughed at him. Johnathan never danced since then...
Stella’s face would always apear when he would think of the devil.

He drank the whole glass as quick as he could as thought as he wanted to drown that memory.
“Eww... What’s this?”
“I think it’s whisky. Why?”
“It’s horrible! Ain’t there any rum?”
“If you remember well, this is no pirate party.”
“But I want me rum...”
She rolled her eyes at his childish behaviour.
“I guess since there is no rum I’ll have to drink this repugnant whisky...”
“Oh! Look there comes Will! He managed to escape the Lucile.”
Jack’s eyes flew open.
“Time to go!”
He grabbed another glass and walked away.
“Where are you going?”
“I’ll be right back! Just trying to stay alive. Eunich ‘s gonna kill me if I stay.”
And off he was.
“Did he flee that coward?”
“Will. How is it going?”
“Bad. VERY bad. The Baroness won’t leave me alone! Thank God I managed to escape her.”
He took a glass to drink.
“What about you? Have you already convinced him not to steal everything?”
“No... I haven’t said anything yet.”
He took another glass and did the same as Jack. Drink it all in one sip.
“You shouldn’t drink like that. You know you don’t take it very well.”
“Better that way! Maybe I’ll pass out and she’ll leave me alone!”
“She can’t be that horrible.”
“You have no idea. She shows me around as if I was her toy and then she makes these perverted allusions... Gross!”
“Like what?”
“Like when she said that thing about my hair! ‘Oh, William! I wish I could be a ship so the waves of your hair would crush all over me!’”
Elizabeth laughed at his imitation.
“What?! It’s not about WHAT she says! It’s about HOW she says it! As if she was about to srip me naked in front of everyone!”
“I think you are exagerating.”
“Not at all!”
“Don’t worry. I’ll tell Jack to steal the jewels quickly so we can leave as soon as possible.”
“No. I still need to recover the necklace! That bastard took it just to make me mad!”
“Why is it so important? I never saw it before.”
“It was my mother’s. I wanted to give it to you when we got married but... I guess that won’t happen anymore...”
His face saddened at the thought.
“Oh... Will. I’m so sorry... He shouldn’t have taken it.”
“It’s not your fault.”
He took Elizabeth’s hands in his stroking them softly.
Out of nowhere Jack appeared.
“Hey! Let go of her!”
Both were startled and Will let go of her.
“You asshole! You stole that necklace on purpose! Just to piss me off!”
“You wanted to be a true pirate and true pirates must know how to recover their lost propriety! Just like me and the Pearl.”
“Aren’t you afraid that I might get Elizabeth back?”
She opened her mouth to protest but Jack spoke before she could even pronounce the first word.
“She doesn’t belong to anybody. Not even me.”
“Right! I’m not a thing!”
“She chose me because I’m just too charming and irresistible.”
Elizabeth rolled her eyes.
“I don’t see the Baroness drooling all over YOU.”
“True enough! Not that I envy you or anything. And talking about dear Lucile, There she comes.”
“Oh no....”
“You still have to get that necklace back, remember.”
“William! I already wondered where you went to!”
As soon as she reached them, she had already gripped Will’s arm tightly as if fearing that he would dissapear.
“Lucile! I just wanted a drink that’s all.”
“Thank God you came, dear Lucile. Will was starting to worry if he would find you ever again with all those people around.”
Jack said clearly a bit drunk since he was starting to wave his arms as he usualy did.
Elizabeth noticed this and kicked him so that noone could see.
Will was glaring daggers at him.
“Poor Will! Already grown so attached to me?”
“Oh! Something else! Isn’t there any rum?”
This time she elbowed him hard.
“Ouch!”
“Rum? You don’t mean that vile drink by any chance?”
“Vile? How dar-?”
“Please excuse my husband, Lucile. He is taking this whole pirate costume too serious. He even wants to drink rum now.”
She giggled nervously. The Baroness had a confused expression untill...
“Bwahahahahah!! You sure are funny Captain! You better take care from now on or the East India Trading Company will hang you.”
Jack and Elizabeth were shocked while Will and Lucile laughed as they walked away.
“Hahaha! That I’d like to see! Captain Spa- I mean Smith hanging from the noose!”
“That was not funny at all...”
“Come, Jack... Have another drink.”
She handed him a glass and took one for her.
“They already branded my beautiful skin once!”
“Don’t worry. Nobody will hang you... Your Lizzie will protect you.”
She rubbed his back to comfort him.
“That was not funny at all...”
“I know... Have another.”


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A/N: I know, I know.... Still no smut. I’m very bad...
But if everything works out fine, the balcony scene will take place next chapter!
I know they are short chapters but I suck tipping... Takes me forever. This chapter ends here but I’ll continue writting untill I go to bed.

I hope you’re enjoying it so far!
And thanks for reading!