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"So, how long until we get to this island, eh?" Jack asked impatiently, as they sat in Robin's quarters, studying her map. They had been sailing together for two days now.

"About four more days. Surely you can stand me for that long?" Robin questioned rolling up her map and tucking it away into her belt.

"Oh, right. Of course." Jack sighed, pulling a bottle of deep reddy-brown liquid out of his coat, and took a swig out of it.

"What's that?" Robin asked eyeing the bottle suspiciously. "I'll have no drunkards on my ship."

"Rum." Jack said simply. Robin had got used to his simple answers when his mind was somewhere else. Apart from those times, it was hard to shut him up. "And it's not that alcoholic."

"May I try some?" Robin asked. Jack shrugged and pulled another bottle out of his coat. Robin laughed. "You're like a magician. Where do you have space to keep it all?" Jack shrugged again and pointed to his chunky long frock coat. Robin laughed again and pulled the cork out of the top of the bottle. As she lifted it to her mouth, the strong smell of the alcohol hit her. The warm-tasting liquid flooded down her throat. "It's delicious!" Robin whispered as she took another swig. Within ten minutes she had downed the whole bottle.

"Whoa, don't you go drinking all my rum now, girl. Savvy?" Jack said, as he stopped drinking to watch Robin. Robin laughed. "How old are you?" Jack asked.

"Nineteen." Robin answered. She wondered why he was asking her this.

"And, what… was your mother's name?" Jack asked, swallowing half way through his sentence, as if worried to hear the answer. Robin raised her eyebrows and answered.

"Emily."

"Emily what?" Jack asked, flushing slightly pink.

"Hansen. Why do you want to know this? Did you meet her?" Robin asked, getting more and more confused.

"I was just wondering. Yeah, I met her. Lovely girl." He said, his eyes flicking shiftily, but Robin didn't notice. "So, you and that Coben boy. Are you…? What I mean to say is; do you…?" Jack said quickly changing the subject.

"What? No, no. We're just friends." Robin said, embarrassed. Does he really think I'm going to discuss my love life with him? Robin thought.

"Oh, well, it looks like he's got a bit of a shine for you." Jack smiled.

"Right, sure. Now if you excuse me Captain Sparrow, I have a ship to run." Robin said, standing up and walking up the stairs to the main deck. Jack followed her.

"Captain Sparrow?!" Came a shout from the helm. Robin turned around and shouted "Yes?" to her first mate, and at exactly the same time Jack did the same thing. He then met her gaze and grinned.

"This is too odd. I think I best be back to my own ship now." Jack laughed. Robin shuck her head smiling and ran up the steps to the helm, as Jack grabbed a rope and swung back to his own ship.

"Yes, Jamie? What's wrong?" Robin asked, as she reached her first mate.

"Nothing's wrong, Captain. I just wanted to know if we need to change directions." Jamie laughed.

"Oh, right." Robin said, laughing too. "Yes, we do. East now." Robin said pulling out her compass and checking it. Jamie twisted the wheel to the left and the ship turned almost crashing into the Pearl.

"Oi! Watch my ship!" Came Jack's voice from the other ship. Robin and Jamie laughed, then Robin walked to the bow of the ship, and climbed onto the rigging. She sat there and pulled out her compass, flicking the lid up and down. She crossed her legs and lay back still flicking her compass. She watched the fluffy white clouds float across the blue sky and saw the shoals of tiny, silver, glittering fish in the turquoise sea. She was watching the fish, as she tied her compass back onto her belt, when a figure sat down beside her. She looked into his face to see that it was Jack.

"Why are you back on my ship?" Robin joked.

"Thought you might fancy this." Jack grinned pulling a bottle of rum out from nowhere. He handed it to Robin who took it then he pulled out another bottle for himself.

"Thanks. So where did you meet my mother?" Robin asked.

"In Tortuga, at the inn. Pretty girl she was. Young when I met her. But then so was I. You don't look anything like her though, except maybe your… urm… body." Jack said, sounding a bit embarrassed.

"My body?" Robin asked laughing and raising an eyebrow. "And you would be looking at my body because…?"

"That's not the point," Jack blushed. "Anyway, are we stopping before we get to Saint Whatshisface?"

"Eustatius. And yes, now that you mention it we will be stopping at Tortuga this evening." Robin told Jack.


That evening the two ships sailed into Torgtuga's docks. Jack told Mr. Gibbs, his first mate to stay on the Pearl, and Robin did the same to Jamie. Robin and Jack would stay in the local inn at night.

They walked into the inn and Robin sat at one of the tables. Jack followed her over but didn't sit down.

"Do you want a drink?" Jack asked Robin, leaning against the table.

"Yeah." Robin answered and Jack nodded to fetch the drinks and book them a room. Robin sat alone at the table feeling a bit uncomfortable. Suddenly a young man with blonde hair and muscular arms came and sat next to her.

"You alrigh', Darlin'?" He asked. Apparently he was drunk.

"I'm fine thank you." Robin said, not looking at the man. But she did when he slipped his arm around her shoulders. She looked into his face and saw he was quite good looking, with icy-blue eyes. Jack walked back over carrying drinks.

"Who's this? A friend of yours?" Jack asked sitting opposite the couple and staring at the young man sat next to Robin.

"No." Robin said. Jack raised his eyebrow.

"Really? Looks almost like you've met before. Or maybe that's because he's drunk out of his mind." Jack laughed, as he stood up taking his rum with him. "I'll be over here if you need me. Oh, room seven" He said, throwing Robin the keys as he walked away into one of the corners of the big room, leaving Robin feeling awkward.

"Look-" Robin started but, was shocked when the young man stared to kiss her. She froze at first then kissed him back. It wasn't romantic or passionate, but it was hard and made Robin dizzy. They stayed locked together for a while before his tongue reached for hers and they started moving their heads in synchronisation. Finally they broke apart.

"So, what's your name?" Robin asked breathlessly, as she grinned at the man, who she hardly knew, she had just kissed.

"Jesse." He replied, sounding less drunk, but maybe that was on purpose. Suddenly he grabbed her hand and pulled her up and through the door into the corridor where the doors to the rooms where. He kissed her and as he did reached his hand into her pocket and pulled out the key to room seven. Still kissing, he pushed her against the door to the room and put the key into the lock, twisting it and pushing the door open. They walked into the room and Jesse closed and locked the door behind them. They were still kissing, forcefully. Jesse pushed Robin onto the bed and was unbuttoning her shirt when the door banged open and the couple broke apart.

"Jack?" Robin asked, as she saw the captain pushing a busty red-head through the door and kissing her, as Jesse had just done to Robin.

Jack broke apart from the red-head at the mention of his name.

"Robin?" Jack asked, mouth falling open, unintentionally copying the look that was on Robin's face.

"What are you doing?" They asked each other at the same time.

"Your a bit young to be doing that!" Jack exclaimed.

"Your a bit old!" Robin remarked back, even though she knew Jack wasn't that old.

"Am not." Jack said pouting. Robin laughed at the look on his face, and pulled the top of her shirt together, where it had been unbuttoned down to the top of her waistcoat; she'd only just noticed. Jesse stood up, looking uncomfortable.

"I'll just be leaving now, I think." Jesse said, and the red-head followed him. Robin sighed, annoyed.

"Look at what you've done now!" Robin exclaimed, as the door slammed shut behind Jesse and the red-head.

"Look what I've done? You're the one that scared Scarlett off!" Jack said, hand tightening on the hilt of his sword. Robin noticed this and pulled her sword out of the scabbard and pointed it at Jack. Jack smiled and pulled his out too. Robin lunged forward and tried to reach Jack, but he parried her and pushed her away.

"Oh, Scarlett? That's the wench's name is it?" Robin mocked. Jack lunged towards her, but she stepped to the side out of Jack's way making him miss. The miss sent him gambolling over the double bed landing in a heap on the other side. Robin walked around kicked the sword out of his hand and held hers at his throat.

"Okay. You win. Well done. Now let me up." Robin laughed in triumph, put her sword back on her belt and held out her hand for Jack to take it. He took it and Robin pulled him back up to his feet. "Thank you."

"Your welcome. You know, I knew from the moment you stepped foot on my ship that you were one of these blokes with more balls than brains." Robin smirked. She lent forwards to watch Jack's face for his reaction, and saw that he agreed with her.

"You can talk, getting it on with the first bloke who takes the slightest interest in you." Jack said, in defence.

"Yes, but that's different." Robin said, but she knew he had a point and that it wasn't any different at all. Both of them where bloody easy. A bit too easy. But what can you expect from pirates?

"No it's not. You know full well that you'd drop your bloomers for anyone." Jack said.

"I do not wear bloomers!" Robin said, shoving Jack playfully.

"Besides, You'd just met that Jesse bloke, I've known Scarlett for a while. Well, I say known..."

"Whoa, I don't want to know, Jack. Keep it to your self." Robin said covering her ears with her hands, and scrunching up her face like she'd just tasted something horribly sour. She heard Jack laugh loudly and felt him grab her hand and pull them away from her ears.

"So is that what happened with you and Jamie?" Robin said nothing and looked away from Jack's face, in an attempt to stop him from reading her. "Well, is it? He looks at you like it anyway." This time Jack didn't just get a playful shove; he got a slap across the face.

"We courted a while ago. But he was too... too... clingy. I told him it wasn't working, and he was fine with it. But I don't think he quite got over it." Robin explain quietly as Jack rubbed his red cheek. Robin changed the subject upon noticing a flaw with Jack's room ordering. "Why is there only one bed?" Robin asked.

"Well, I didn't ask for two beds. I didn't ask for one either. I said 'a room for two'." Jack said, sheepishly.

"That's fine, I suppose. You'll just be sleeping on the floor." Robin told Jack, who opened his mouth to protest but decided it best not to, and he pulled a few sheets onto the floor.


I think that I'm improving on the length of the chapters. But I want to know what all of you think. Review!