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Chapter 2

Alicia was sitting at the small table of her house, staring at the letter her father had written her. She had read the letter many times, not believing that he was dead. She had visited him two days ago but not for long. He had quickly given her the letter and kissed her hand before the solders took her out of the cell. He had died later that night and they didn't have the change to kill him themselves like they wanted to. She looked around the old house and sighed before burying her face in her hands. She took the letter and looked at it again.

"What do you mean, father? Who could possibly want to help me?" she muttered confused. As far as she knew her father hadn't had many friends; only a few and most of them were dead. There was a knock on her door and she stood up to open it as she wiped some tears from her cheeks. She opened the door and winced when she saw who it was.

"Yes, Mister Thomas?" she asked with a sigh.

"I heard your father was dead, missy." The man slurred drunkenly. He was her landlord.

"Yes…" she whispered and looked at the ground before looking at him again with tight lips.

"Who is supposed to give me me money then?" he said to her on a low voice.

"Sir…I don't have money right now but…" she started but he rolled his eyes and cut her of.

"That's what your useless father said to me last month. You haven't paid the rent for two months!" he said to her as he slowly backed her towards the house. She looked at him fearfully before answering.

"I'll pay you, sir." She whispered and he smirked.

"Really? How?" he asked her as he looked around the house before looking at her again.

"As soon as I find work. You know my father provided for me but …" she started but he laughed at her.

"You? Find work? There is only one thing you could do and I'm sure you don't even know how to do it!" he said as he looked her up and down suggestively while she swallowed hard at his words.

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The Black Pearl arrived at Jamaica and Jack prepared to go ashore. He looked at the port in front of him and winced at the thought of the navy finding him walking around the island. He shook his head and sighed before walking away from the helm.

"Okay, gents! Listen up. I'll take the boat and go ashore. Mister Gibbs you are responsible until I'm back with the girl." He said looking at his first mate.

"You are really planning to bring her here? It's…" Gibbs started as he spoke in a low tone but Jack cut him of.

"…bad luck. Yes, I know. The poor girl is all alone and I have to keep me promise to her father, Gibbs." Jack said as he put on his hat and headed for the boat.

"What promise is that, Jack?" the man asked and Jack sighed before answering.

"I…promised on my last visit that I would take care of his daughter and help her if she ever needed help. Now she does and I plan on keeping me promise. Savvy?" he asked before getting into the boat.

"I thought we pirates do not keep our promises!" Gibbs said to him with a smirk as Jack started rowing away from the ship.

"So they say…" Jack mumbled as he looked towards the island again.

In a few minutes he arrived ashore and got out of the boat. He looked around with narrowed eyes before placing his hand on his pistol as he started walking towards the small house of his old friend.

"Now…let's see if me memory serves me right…that way." He said to himself as he turned to his left. Soon he made it to the small house and stopped when he saw two people talking in the doorway. He squinted and tried to see who it was. He saw a young woman talking to a man.

"Alicia…" he whispered with a smirk and then his eyes narrowed when he heard the man talking loudly to her and slowly backing her inside the house.

"Who is the old rat?" Jack said incredulously and decided to go closer to the doorway to listen.

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"Sir, you are mistaken. I am not a whore." Alicia said to the man who had just taken a few steps closer to her and was now backing her to the wall.

"I know you are not…but don't you think it's time to pay me back for my kindness?" Thomas asked her.

"Kindness? You are the last person who ever showed me or my father kindness." She spat in his face and he glared angrily at her.

"I want me money, missy. And if you don't have that you have something else that you can give me." He slurred and grabbed her neck in a tight grip as he pushed her against the wall of the house. His hand went to the hem of her old dress but a low voice stopped him from his actions.

"Now, now…is that a way of treating a lady?" the voice asked and Alicia who had her eyes tightly closed from fear opened them and stared over Thomas's shoulder at her rescuer. He was the most peculiar man she had ever laid eyes on and something was oddly familiar about him.

"Who are you and what you want?" Thomas spat as he turned around and brought Alicia in front of his body with his hand tight around her while he took out a small knife and placed it near her neck.

"The real question is, is who are you and what are you doing?" Jack asked him as he pointed his pistol at him.

"None of your business, mister." Thomas spat and Alicia trembled in his arms. She looked at Jack with pleading eyes and he stared back before looking at her captor again.

"What has the lass done to you, if I may ask?" Jack asked as he took a few steps closer to them.

"She and her dead father own me money. She has to pay." Thomas said in a low voice.

Jack inhaled sharply when he heard that Charles was dead but he quickly covered it with a smirk.

"Well, I'll make you a deal then. Let her go and I'll give you the money." He said and Alicia's eyes widened in shock.

"Sir…" Alicia started but Jack cut her of.

"Hush,luv. So, what do you say?" Jack asked the man who looked suspiciously at him.

"You will give me money? What is she to you?" Thomas asked and Alicia stiffened in his arms.

"You want the bloody money or not? I would have no problem shooting you, mate. I wouldn't miss. I swear." Jack said, getting angry.

Thomas looked at him and then at the girl in his arms before speaking again.

"I want the money first." He said to Jack.

"Put down the knife first." Jack said as he put out a small bag of coins and showed it to the man.

Thomas looked at the bag in the pirate's hand and smirked.

"Fine…" he said as he put the knife away.

Jack grinned and threw him the coins but keeping the pistol pointed at him. The man grabbed them and roughly pushed Alicia towards Jack who caught her in his embrace as she stumbled on her feet.

"Easy, luv." He said to her as he looked down at her. Alicia stared at him speechless before looking at her landlord again who was counting the money.

"If I were you I would start looking for a new tenant. The lass won't be staying here." Jack said to him and the man just laughed.

"Yeah, right…" he mumbled before walking out of the house with slightly unsteady feet.

Alicia looked at the door and then at Jack before moving out of his arms and releasing his shirt from the tight grip she had on it without even realizing it. Jack looked at the young woman in front of him and put his pistol away. He looked her up and down and smiled appreciatively at her before speaking.

"You're all grown up on me, luv." He said to her and she blinked.

"Excuse me but…who are you?' she asked him confused not thinking about his comment.

"You mean you don't know me? You don't remember me?" he asked her hurt.

"No…I don't …but thank you for what you did." She said softly as she looked at him.

"Oh well! I'm Captain Jack Sparrow, at your service me lady." He said with a slight bow and she cocked her head to the side.

"J…Jack Sparrow? My father's friend?The one he's told me about?" she asked as she walked closer and looked him in the eyes.

"Aye, that'd be me." He said with a smirk.

"What are you doing here?" she asked him confused.

"If I'm not mistaken…this is your father's handwriting. Am I right?" he asked her as he took out the letter. She took the letter from his hand and looked at it before nodding.

"Yes…but what are you doing here?" she asked as she put her hair behind her ear.

"Your father asked me to come here for you. So, here I am." He said while making hand gestures.

"He asked you to come….for what purpose?" she asked him and he grinned.

"To take you with me of course. That is if you want to. You can read the letter for yourself, lass." He said when she saw suspicion in her blue eyes. She nodded and sat on a chair as she started reading the lines. Jack tapped his fingers on his pistol while looking around the small house with interest. His eyes finally turned to her again and he took his time to study her form. She was not what you would call gorgeous but she definitely was pretty. She had long wavy honey brown hair that reached her waist and light skin which was strange since she was leaving at the Caribbean. She was not very thin but curvy and Jack grinned to himself.

"Nice…' he mumbled and Alicia turned to look at him.

"What?" she asked him and he grinned.

"Nice…house!" he said lamely and she looked at him incredulously.

"Nice…? I don't think so, Captain." She said with a sigh as she stood up.

Remembers me title too…I like her…He thought to himself.

"So? Are you going to come with me?" Jack asked her and she looked at him with doubt.

"Why did you agree to help me?" she asked him and he shrugged.

"Your father was a good friend. I owe him. Besides, me ship needs a cook. Who is better at that than a woman, eh?" he said smirking and she put her hands on her hips.

"Hmm, I see…I will come…it's not like I have anything here anyway…" she whispered as she turned around and took the letter from the table and gave it back to him.

"No, luv. Keep it. It was your father's." he said with a kind smile and she nodded her head.

"Are you sure I won't be a bother?" she asked nervously and he nodded his head.

"Nah…Gibbs might be a pain in the ass for a while but…don't worry." He said smirking when she blushed at the word he used to describe his first mate.

"Okay, let's go." She said and he stopped her.

"You don't have any things to take with you?" he asked her, looking around.

"No, Captain. Just what I wear." She whispered and he nodded.

"No matter. We will buy you clothes when we make port again." He said with a nod as he turned around to exit the house.

"That's okay…" she mumbled as she started walking out of the house with the piece of paper still in her hand.

"When did, Charles die?" he asked her after a while of walking.

"Two days ago…they didn't have the chance to hang him…he died alone late at night." She said as her eyes welled up with tears and Jack looked at her sadly before nodding his head.

"He was a good man, luv…" he said softly and she smiled.

"I know…" she whispered and he pinched her nose playfully.

"Hey!" she said, laughing.

"You used to like that when you were smaller." He said smirking at her.

"I did? I don't really remember you…I mean you seem familiar but …when I did last see you?" she asked him.

"Um…seven years ago. Strange that you don't remember me." He said to her as they arrived at the boat.

"Yes…" she said as she got in. Jack took the oars and started rowing towards the Pearl again.

"That's your ship?" she asked and he grinned.

"Yep!" he said and she smiled.

"Beautiful…" she said softly and his grin widened.

And she loves me ship! I definitely like her…He thought as he stared at her.

They arrived at the ship and Jack motioned her to climb up but she shook her head.

"I don't know how…you go first." She said and he laughed before climbing up. When he was up he looked at her.

"Come on. I'll help you." He said and she nodded her head. He helped her up and she looked around the ship only to find the crew staring at her. Jack turned around and narrowed his eyes at them.

"What are you looking at? Back to your stations. We are out of here!" he said loudly and the crew harried to their jobs.

"Mister Gibbs!" he called and the older man came closer to them.

"Aye, Captain?" Gibbs asked looking at Alicia with suspicion.

"This is Alicia. She's going to help you with the cooking. I expect you to treat her well and inform the crew too." Jack said as he looked at him.

"Aye." Gibbs said before walking away.

"Come on, luv.I'll show you around." Jack said with a smile and Alicia followed him, looking at the ship with wonder.

End of chapter 2

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