A Woman's Touch

Chapter1: Personal Hygiene

Lilly pulled the blankets over her head, "Go away!" she rolled over and stared up in to the eyes of none other then her beloved brother Jack Sparrow, "Jack! Don't you know not to go into a lady's room with out her permission?" Lilly hugged the covers close horrified, "Plus I'm hardly decent."

Jack glanced around the large mansion that used to be his home. Visions of Lilly and him as children danced in his head. Running, yelling, sliding down the banister, it all seemed such silliness now. In fact now Jack was here now not because of fun but because he needed help and the only one who could help was laying in the bed in font of him at the moment. Jack bounced back to reality, how could he let this happen now him, and if any one found out, his family, were in grave danger.

Lilly noticed the look in Jack's eye and consulted him on it, "Jack what's the matter?" she said kindly, "Do Father and Mother know you are here?"

Jack shook his head, "I don't need their help, Lilly, my one and only sister, the one I trust…"

Lilly cut him off, "What do you want," She said flatly as she crossed her arms.

"Help," Jack said quickly.

"With what did you get slapped too hard again after becoming sober for the first time in like forever?" Lilly asked.

Jack swayed a little and pointed a finger at nothing, "That was a one time deal, love."

Lilly glanced where Jack was pointing… Nothing, what was that man pointing at? Lilly looked back at Jack and rolled her eyes. He was now examining a hairbrush.

Jack leaned back a little and scrunched his face up. Lilly had once tried to do that in the mirror and it really didn't work out too well.

"It's been a long time since I've seen one of these," Jack commented turning the hairbrush in his hand.

"I can tell," Lilly said flatly. Jack glared at her face relaxed in that signature sly way, "Maybe if you took those beads out and actually washed your hair you could brush it our and maybe be decent to look at." Lilly sat up in her bed a little not enough to expose herself, in her nightgown, to her brother.

Jack scrunched his face again, "No way am I taking one of those sophisticated showers. A waterfall will do just fine."

"Jack Sparrow, if you intend to stay here you will shower!" Lilly said sternly, "We cannot have any one in this family smell as a pirate, especially the son in such a respected family! And look at you, you are even branded!" Lilly pointed to the scared "P" on her brother's left arm.

"Thing is, Love, I am a pirate, and no one can change that," Jack said of a matter of factly.

"Jack shower now!" Lilly snapped angrily

"Make me!" Jack said, as if they were five again

"Don't make me get out of this bed, Jack!" Lilly snapped back

"That is a visual I don't want to see," Jack said