Disclaimer: I do not own Pirates of the Caribbean.
A/N: Just a little something I came up with when I was bored. I like Anamaria, and I bet Jack does too. Plus I've always wanted to do one-shots.
Summary: Set after CotBP. Written in response to my disappointment towards Anamaria's complete disappearance in DMC. (Not even a mention of her! How could they!)
Resolve
She would miss everything that had made up her life for the past few years.
Her eyes swept across the deck, landing on each of the crewmembers in turn as she bid them all a silent goodbye. Anamaria knew she would miss them, perhaps much more than she would like to admit. Good, solid men they were, people she had enjoyed working alongside, despite the frequent arguments they had. Most of them had earned her trust, some her friendship.
But there was one person she would miss the most, and she could not bring herself to meet his gaze.
Finally she mustered up the courage to look at Jack. For a moment she thought she saw a trace of sadness in his dark eyes, though the emotion was swiftly lost, hidden. His lips curved, the familiar, lopsided grin nearly breaking her resolve. Ruefully she wondered when she would again see a smile that glinted with all the gold of the Caribbean sun and secretly warmed her heart.
Anamaria turned, forcing herself not to look back as she stepped off the decks of the Black Pearl.