Melinda's life may have made a turn for the worse after the day Jack fell of the wall into the ocean.

During that walk on the beach she decided to leave Port Royal, pack her stuff and move somewhere she may be more appreciated.

In a lot of ways life did turn for the worse well it did in her eyes James still didn't notice her then mainly on that reason she left Port Royal at the dead of night leaving only a note explaining everything to Elizabeth and her brother.

She travelled on many ships and finally arrived at her destination Tortuga.

Looking around Tortuga she tried spotting her friend but could not find her and instead found a house perfect in her mind.

She just had enough to buy it so she did.

The next day she went in search for a job at The Faithful Bride and got one.

Waking up and getting ready for work Melinda touched her scar and remembered that fateful day when she got it.

In her mind if she ever decided to start writing to Will she wouldn't tell him she was working at The Faithful Bride as a bar maid.

A lot of men tried to ask her for sex, touched her then slapped her ass when she was not looking.

She eventually made it clear to all the men that entered that if they called her a whore or asked for sex with her she would make them a eunuch. She earned a lot after a long time but that was including tips and Jack always brought something from his travels as she stocked his rum for him.

Also in return he brought foreign drink for The Faithful Bride as well as some extra money for Melinda.

But one day someone told a man she was the one to ask when Jack was going to be next in Tortuga.

At that moment she would kill the man but later she would probably thank him instead.

It wasn't the fact of someone going to ask her when Jack would be next in Tortuga it was more of who this person was that shocked her.

This person hopefully wouldn't recognise her as she looked different her hair had become more lighter from being longer out in the sun and she had a fresh scar on her face from a bar fight that broke out a month before.

"I was told to ask you when Jack Sparrow will be next making a stop in Tortuga." The man asked.

She looked up from wiping the counter to see familiar eyes at first she was trapped by his eyes but eventually she managed to look away and replied "It will be awhile yet before he returns he was just here a few days ago." Looking back at him she says "So what can I get for you sir?"

He looks at her in confusion then shakes his head as if disagreeing with himself and orders "Two bottles of rum please."

Nodding reluctantly she gets the two bottles of rum then places them in front of him takes the money for the rum then wishes him a good day.

This happens for a week before people begin to realise who he is as he put on his Navy jacket which caused a ruckus in The Faithful Bride.

During that week though she found out why he was here and felt sorry for him and in some ways she hated Jack even though it was James fault for going through with it.

But when a fight began she began shouting for it to stop and was about to try to stop it herself when her friend Amy held her back not wanting her to get hurt again.

But when she noticed who they threw out she went out The Faithful Bride saw him and knelt down next to him and whispered "What happened to you James?"

Noting he was unconscious she put her arm under him and began lifting him into a sitting position so she could lift him up and drag him somewhere cleaner and safer which would be her home not far from The Faithful Bride.

Taking him to her spare room she placed him on the bed and checked his head for any injuries and found a cut on the back of his head and on his forehead.

She cleaned both then went looking for clothes in shops near by not wanting to leave him too long she grabbed what ever she could find and bought them then returned to her house.

Putting them in the washroom she made a bath for him then decided to check on him.

Going into the spare room she noticed him sitting up "I'm the bar maid from The Faithful Bride. You are here because you are what I call someone who is worth helping here on Tortuga and there isn't many of them. Hence the reason why I brought you to my house checked your head wounds and have set up a bath and a change of clothes for you. Although there is a lot of them to choose from as I didn't want to leave you to long."

James brows knitted together and he looked like he was yet again arguing with himself whether or not he knew her before meeting her in The Faithful Bride. "Thank you for your hospitality but I have somewhere to be."

"With the pigs because that's where you'll be if you leave here, I'm offering you a place to stay as long as you don't cause trouble don't drink too much and don't bring whores in here. Also stay clean and don't what ever you do don't forget to lock each door when you go in the washroom." Melinda managed to stop herself from saying that in one breath.

James looked at her nodded and asked "Why do this for all you know I could try to kill you?"

"The James I know would never do that." She whispered quiet enough for him to not hear. But then she told him "I can defend myself and I know you use to be a commodore Mr Norrington."

"If I am to stay here the least I could do is allow you to call me James." He told her with honesty he didn't know why he said that but she reminded him of 'her'.

Melinda was shocked when he said this and was instantly wondering if he recognised her.

Nodding she told him "While you bathe I will prepare you a meal then I am off to work as I left without warning."

When he came out of the washroom James was still thinking why she reminded him so much of 'her' but couldn't think of anything.

This happened for a few months, James still had times when he got into bar fights but she looked after him not wanting him to be on the streets.

Once during those months she looked at him after cleaning yet another wound that he got from a fight "You get into too much trouble."

"I know."

They would be the main times she saw him, so James never really did get a chance to figure out that she was his 'her'.

But one night during his usual habit of drinking a bar fight started and her friend was too slow to stop her from trying to help.

Melinda punched everyone in her way of getting to James and when she got there she had already been punched a few times resulting in small cuts on her face from where rings hit her.

She saw someone withdraw a sword so she withdrew her own and stopped it from making contact with James "You are going to regret ever raising this sword."

Pushing him away she ran to him pushed him further from the others then cut his arm to make him drop his sword which he did, all of a sudden she heard more of a commotion behind her she turned around to see….