Author's Note- Hello there! I'm so sorry for not updating my other stories but I am currently going through the worst writer's block in the history of writer's block. Hopefully this story will appease you because I think it's going to be interesting. I'm going to try to have a new chapter up every few days but if I don't, it's up to Mae to smack me around for it.

Summary- This was the one place left in the world where it was safe to flaunt your pirate status. Of course Elizabeth found all of that ridiculous. All she needed at that moment was to find Jack, the only person she could possibly see helping her with her current situation.

Rating Mature for sexual themes

Curiosity Is A Fickle Thing:

Prologue

Jack Sparrow was always a very easy man to spot in a crowd. For as long as Elizabeth had known him, he'd had a particular gait that no one else she'd ever seen had. This made things a lot simpler as she scanned the flocks of drunken pirates and whores in Tortuga.

Ah, Tortuga. Everyone always seemed to find their way back to the filthy, damnable place. This was the one place left in the world where it was safe to flaunt your pirate status. Of course Elizabeth found all of that ridiculous. All she needed at that moment was to find Jack, the only person she could possibly see helping her with her current situation.

"You stick out like a sore thumb," She called to the man about twenty years her senior when she spotted him with a blonde bimbo who must have lost circulation to her head years before from the looks of her overly-corseted waist. Jack turned on the spot, gaining a displeased pout from the lady he'd been chatting up, and looked her up and down.

"Bloody hell."

"Oh, it's wonderful to see you too Jack! Yes I'm fine, thank you for asking. What of yourself?" She snapped, not in the mood for him in general at the moment.

Either Jack wasn't effected by her outburst or he was too drunk too care, either way he didn't show any emotion but simply blinked. "'M well, I guess," He mumbled. "What brings ye here?"

At this moment the blonde behind him crossed her arms and narrowed her eyes at Elizabeth as if this would intimidate her somehow. Luckily it didn't look like the woman could move very fast or she would risk tipping over so Elizabeth didn't feel like she was in any immediate danger.

"I need to have a chat with you," Elizabeth replied, glancing over at a more private corner and hoping he'd get the message. She wasn't surprised, though, when he just stared at her. "Alone!"

"Oh! Yeah, of course," Jack said, turning around quickly to whisper something in the ear of the blonde who seemed satisfied. "Lead the way 'Lizabeth."

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"You can't keep sleeping with those women, you do know," Elizabeth scolded the other pirate as they claimed the empty space in the corner. "You lose a little piece of yourself every time."

"There's plenty to go 'round, darling," Jack assured her with a pat on her shoulder. After an awkward moment of silence, Jack narrowed his eyes. "What did ye want ta talk to me about now?"

Elizabeth frowned and looked out at the crowd, wording what she was about to say in the best way possible. "Jack, you know I'd do anything for you," She began gently, "and it's mostly always been that way. And I know that you usually don't do things unless they benefit yourself-"

"It's how a pirate works, Liz," The man broke in but immediately went silent at her glare.

"-and I know how I usually always come to you asking for things that don't help you in any way but this time it might benefit you more than it does me," Elizabeth ended her statement, visibly nervous about what she was going to ask.

Jack stroked his mustache thoughtfully. "More me than you, eh?" He asked himself more than her and pretending like this was a hard decision. "Well, alright. But just this once and only because yer one o' me favorites. What do ye need darling?"

Wringing her hands, she stepped closer to him so only he would hear. "I…I need you to…"

Jack placed a hand on her shoulder. "Come on, Elizabeth, we've been friends for years. You don't have to be nervous around me." Elizabeth smiled slightly as a thanks before taking a deep breath.

"I need you to have a child with me."