Curse her, Curse that Elizabeth Swan, she was the reason he had spent 3 months in the kraken's belly until it felt the need to erm... relieve itself. She was also the reason he spent a month floating on a piece of wood until he reached the port of Tortuga, broke and worst of all without his hat or his ship. His ship the Black Pearl, oh how he missed her. How dare she leave him, how dare she not come back for him. He was after all CAPTAIN Jack Sparrow, Who could resist his charms? No, he wants mad at her for leaving him, he was not mad because she "betrayed" him. No he was mad because he thought in that minute that she might have returned the affection he had held for her for such a long time. It was time to forget that now, the passion he felt in her kiss, well it must have been a passionf or saving her beloved, not passion for him. Yes it was time to forget it if he could. He pounded the bar for another bottle of rum and ignored the whores who were trying to get his attention.

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Elizabeth Swan sat at her writing desk frowning while deep in concentration over the letter she was writing. She could not believe she was writing this letter, it seemed so impersonal, so common, yet she knew if she did not write it she would never say what was on her mind. Finally finished with her letter she signed it "Elizabeth S" making sure that she drew the "S" with extra care. As she heard footsteps coming up the stairs she quickly hid the letter in the only place she could think of, her stomacher. Her betrothed William Turner presented himself before her and tried to steal a kiss. Elizabeth pushed him away and went back to tidying her desk. She almost did not hear him say the words that had haunted her dreams for months... "We need to talk." She swallowed the lump in her throat and nodded motioning for him to be seated in a rather plush chair opposite her desk. As Will was clearing his throat she blurted out, "Will, I no longer love you like I used to, I am sorry I still wish to be your friend but I do not feel that I can continue in a relationship with you any longer. It is not fair to you nor I and I just feel that it would be the right thing if we broke our engagement and never spoke of this again." Having said this she slipped her engagement ring off of her finger and handed it to him. "I never thought you would be so upfront with this Liz," said Will. "But to tell you the truth I feel the same way and I have found someone else, I did not want to tell you but I feel it is only right, thank you for setting me free." With that Will got up and walked out of Port Royal.

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Jack was walking down a street in Tortuga trying to find somewhere with more rum that did not remind him of that retched Elizabeth, the only woman he had ever given his heart to. Didn't she know that every time he said 'ello love he was telling her how much he loved her, didn't she know that when he came back to the ship to save her and the crew it was not because he wanted to be a good man but because he loved her. Could she not tell from the way he stared at her that he would give anything to be with her. She was beautiful but more than that she was fierce, she was shrewd, and given the chance she would be the perfect pirate. She was the only woman he had ever felt this way about. Why she couldn't see how he felt was beyond him. And that kiss it just lingered in his memory, why did she kiss him like that, a less passionate kiss could have sufficed for her purpose. Did she just enjoy taunting him, did she know that she had haunted his dreams since the day he had met her in Port Royal. It was no accident that he grabbed her and not some soldier or even the governor, the feeling of her web body against his, the feel of her breath on his skin, the anger in her eyes it was all planned. Oh how he wished to go back to that day. But that was in the past and she was gone. He didn't even know if she survived the krakken attack or if the little rowboat had been pulled under, and even if she survived she would be married to her eunich by now. Stupid eunich not knowing when to give up and give in. What did she see in him, he was a swordsman but not top rate at that, he was too honest. The worst thing he had ever done was save Jack from execution. Jack popped out of his day dream and rubbed his eyes, she was even haunting him in broad daylight, he could have sworn he saw her passing through the crowd of whore. He needed rum and he needed it bad. He quickly ducked into the nearest pub and drank until he passed out.

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Tired and frustrated Elizabeth swore, she thought she had seen Jack but minutes before, but when she looked again he was gone. Was she haunted by his ghost or was he alive as so many on Tortuga had been saying. She gripped her jacket tight hearing the crinkle of a very worn piece of paper bearing the name "Captain Jack Sparrow" on the outside, with the edge sealed in purple was with an "S." She had to find him she just had to. She could not live with herself if she didn't. She thought she had killed him when she kissed him and left him. When Gibbs brought word to her that he was thought to be alive in Tortuga she rushed there stowing away on a merchant vessel leaving Port Royal; with nothing but 50 pounds, a dress, and her "man" clothes to her name she had been wandering the streets of Tortuga for the last week. Elizabeth sat down in a corner and cried. Maybe it was never meant to be.

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Sorry for the long and dry beginning I promise it will go somewhere. It really will.