Hey guys, I am back revising again! Welcome for all you newbies to the sequel to Curse of Love Neverending. If you haven't read that it might be ok, I am not sure yet. But oh well. Enough of my chatter, on to the story!

"That, my lass, was a fine raid indeed." Jack's voice said from behind me. I turned around and started to giggle as he had several very fashionable diamond necklaces around his neck. He casually strolls up to the railing of the ship and leans against it.

"What?" He asked with an innocent face.

"You are very strange Jack." I replied turning back to the spot I was looking at.

"Aye." He said rather sadly. "But then again, that is where my charm lies."

 I snorted and went back to thinking.

It was hard for me to believe that I had been on the Black Pearl for over two years. I could remember when I had left like it was only the day before. I found it amazing how much I had changed since then. Of course there were the obvious changes, my hair was longer and barely manageable, and my skin as tanned as any one of the crew's. But there were several changes that couldn't be seen. My opinions of pirates had changed a great deal for one. I no longer saw them as only dirty, mean scoundrels who would do anything for gold, but that they could also be caring and gentlemanly when called upon to do so (as strange as that seems).

The biggest inside change though would have to have been, of course, my feelings for William Turner. 

It was hard the first days; I missed him dearly and would often think about him when I had a spare moment on deck. But soon the days turned into weeks, and weeks into months, and eventually I found myself not thinking about him so much. And one day I knew that I didn't love him, not like I had. I could see him as being only a brother and that made me happy.

My biggest love was for the sea. I loved everything about it, the way it sounded on a calm night, the way it crashed against the ship, the way it could take you anywhere you wanted to go and maroon you all with the same wave. I loved everything about it. The ocean was my home.

"Jack?" I asked turning back towards him.

"Hmm?" He asked, not taking his eyes off his spot on the horizon.

"Where are we headed next?"

"Well lass," he starts, turning his head towards me and wrapping his arm around my shoulder, "The ocean," he gestures to the water, "Is a vast array of adventures and surprises for yer mind."

"What's your point?" I asked looking at him expectantly.

"My point?" Jack said looking a bit hurt. "Well my point is…You shall have to see." He grins widely as I push him away.

"You and your riddles!" I growled as he started laughing and walking away.

"Kathryn!" I heard from above me. I looked up and saw Annamaria hanging off the railing of the upper deck. "Don't let Jack be foolin with yer head! We be headed towards-"

"Tell her and yer sleepin with the fishes tonight!" Jack yelled, cutting her off.

Annamaria scowled at Jack and pulled her head back over the railing.

Annamaria and I had become fast friends when I had come on the ship, us being the only ladies on board. She showed me the proper way of being a lady pirate, and I showed her the proper ways of being a proper lady (for purposes of looting rich and lonely gentlemen, this one being Jack's idea). Many nights we stayed up talking of the sea or the stupid things Jack had done that day over a bottle of rum stolen from Jack's 'secret' supply.

"Ey Jack? What are you plannin'? I asked suspiciously.

"Well Kath, you know yer birthday is coming up aye?" He replied turning around and putting his hands on his hips.

"Aye Jack, it's tomorrow." I said with an annoyed sigh.

"Well Kathryn, if I told ye what I was up to, then I would think that you would think that it would have something to do with your birthday, which is tomorrow, and which it does, then don't you think that it would ruin your birthday?"

I stared at him for a moment completely unable to comprehend what he had said.

"Right well, I am going to get back to the wheel." He said nodding his head once. And with that he walked off.

I tilted my head to the side and remembered the day I met him.

"You fight pretty well, for a girl."

Jack would still tell anyone who would listen to him that if Will hadn't shown up in the Blacksmith's shop to save my life, Jack would have had to kill me.

For some reason I find that hard to believe.

"ALL HANDS ON DECK!" Jack yelled interrupting my thoughts. "AY! KATHRYN THAT MEANS YOU TOO!"

I turned around to take one final look at the ocean before hurrying along to help the crew.