Meme Ficlet Challenge: "Friendly Advice" (for GeekMama)

[luvvycat]

Title: "Friendly Advice"
Author:luvvycat   
Characters: Elizabeth Swann/Jack Sparrow
Rating: PG13/Soft R
Word count: Approx. 7,000
Disclaimer: PotC is Disney's, not mine. *sniff*
A/N: This story is in response to the August 2011 meme ficlet challenge, and is written for geekmama, who requested a follow-up to my story “The Christmas Stranger” in which Elizabeth comes to

Comments

[luvvycat]

Oh my! What an amazing and wonderful surprise this was! I had no idea you were working on this.

Thanks! Not surprising that you forgot about this one. (After all, it only took me a year and three months to crank it out, thanks to my near-comatose, and very unproductive, muse. Guess it's about time to pull the plug on her and take applications for a replacement muse)! I figured you'd just about given up hope on me fulfiling your request! So glad to pull off a happy surprise! ;-)

I really can't thank you enough!

Actually, thank YOU for your infinite patience! :-)

"You're the same as you ever were, darlin'. Clever, and spirited… beautiful, pragmatic, admirably ruthless when need demands...

This is the way it should be, Jack coming to her rescue yet again (as she later observes).

LOL! He does seem to alway be in the right place, at the right time to pull her from the brink of disaster, doesn't he? Surely must be the hand of Fate (or, dare I say, True Love)? ;-)

But it seems she rescues him as well, pretty regularly.

Well, considering she sent him to his death, once, it seems the very least she could do, eh? ;-D

Truly they were made for each other, whether as friends or lovers. Two peas in a pod.

Definitely so! Couldn't agree more! (Though, of course, being a die-hard Sparrabether, I definitely lean more toward the "lovers" option!) :-)

Thank you for illustrating that so vividly. Sweet dreams indeed.

So happy the fic fit the bill, in terms of your request. And my apologies for the extreme tardiness in fulfilling my meme-fic promise. (Better late than never, eh? Unfortunately, I seem to be perpetually late with my writing, lately, whether it's drabbles, or various other fics-in-progress.) :-(

*hugs you, bouncing*

Thanks for the hugs, the bouncing, the kind words, and most especially for your patience! So glad you found the final (and long-awaited) "finished product" satisfying! :-)

-- Cat

P.S. - Hope you and your family had a most wonderful Thanksgiving!