Chapter 4

GARRETT'S POV

When Garrett woke up to the sunlight in his eyes and facing the back of Alayna's head the next morning, he had almost forgotten Alayna was there.

"Alayna," Garrett called her name shaking her a bit. She was sprawled out across most of his bed, leaving him with just enough room right next to the edge. She awoke immediately and turned over to greet him.

"Good morning," Alayna said smiling. Garrett thought it was the cutest smile. It was different than her normal smile, it was her sleepy smile. That smile a person has when they've just woken up and nothing's wrong, her hair was a mess and her eyes were still heavy. She rubbed them and yawned.

"How much room do you require to sleep?" Garrett asked half chuckling. Alayna sat right up and looked around.

"Oh, I'm really sorry, It's just not often that I sleep somewhere comfortable,"

"It's alright, it's actually quite funny if you ask me," Garrett replied.

Alayna sat up and threw the covers away from her, "I should be leaving soon, before your parents barge in and see me here,"

"I wish you didn't have to leave, especially having to sneak out and all,"

"It's alright, honest," Alayna smiled reassuringly and made her way to the window.

"I'll see you soon then right?" Garrett asked, "I mean are you sure you want to go back to Port Prince?"

"I have to face the facts eventually, I can't run away from this," Just as Alayna was about to leave out the window, Garrett's father Will barged in and looked from his son to Alayna and back.

"This happens every time…" Alayna commented quietly.

"Uh, Alayna, when did you get here?" Will asked with all seriousness.

"Last night, sir," Alayna responded.

"Well, uh, there's someone downstairs waiting for you," Will replied. Alayna and Garrett looked at each other slightly confused and worried. Garrett stepped in front of Alayna protectively and walked in front of her. Will was acting strange and he wasn't sure what to think.

ALAYNA'S POV

Alayna walked quietly behind Garrett and looked at Will as she passed by. He was almost examining Alayna from head to toe. When they got down the stairs Garrett took a quick right and into the sitting room. Alayna stood in the doorway shocked. Standing right in front of her, with his dark skin, brown eyes and brown dreadlocks, was Jack Sparrow. He looked at Alayna and smiled slightly, he seemed unsure how to confront her.

"Hello," Alayna tried to start some sort of communication.

"Hello, Alayna," A chill ran through Alayna's body when Jack said her name. It was a lot for Alayna to handle, and also a lot to understand.

"Wait, father how do you know him?" Garrett asked turning towards Will and Elizabeth who had just entered the room.

"We have history together, a long time ago. Jack stops in every now and then and this morning I was walking to town and I saw Jack was sneaking around. When he came over to me he was asked if I had seen a teenage girl, and when I had an idea that you might be here when I heard a rumbling upstairs last night," Will explained. Jack looked at him and nodded.

Alayna didn't know what to think or say. She wasn't sure whether to stay or to leave. For most of her life, Alayna had never really questioned who her father was, but the past few years she began to wonder. Nothing could prepare her to discover that her father was the infamous Jack Sparrow. She had heard stories about him. How much of a ladies' man he was; always charming women. How many other children did he have? Did he even know? Would Alayna even matter to him? She always imagined her father was some merchant that passed through this port and got Angelica pregnant.

Studying Jack Sparrow, Alayna began to notice one main similarity between her and him; the large brown eyes. They both had such dark brown eyes, almost black, contrasting against the bright white color.

Alayna also began to realize that she was still in pants and a shirt and her face and hair were a mess.

"I'll see you later Garrett. Mr. Turner, I'm sorry to be a nuisance, I'll be leaving now," Alayna said and quickly turned to walk out of the room and took a sharp right to the front door. She heard Jack's heavy footsteps behind her.

"Alayna, wait, please, don't run away again, you're just like your mother," Jack said following in suit with Alayna. Jack closed the door behind him and ran to catch up with a bewildered Alayna. He ran in front of her and turned to face her.

"Did you ever think to come back to see Angelica? Or was she just another whore to you?" Alayna blurted out, and quickly covered her mouth in embarrassment. She didn't mean to come off so rude.

"Look, I've kept in touch with Angelica almost every year since we've met, it was her own fault she failed to tell me that she had my child," Jack retorted angrily.

"I'm sorry," Alayna said sort of bitterly. She knew deep down that it was Angelica's fault, but part of her couldn't help but resent Jack for being such a man whore.

"Obviously you two aren't very close, you and Angelica,"

"Not exactly, like you, she hasn't been involved much with my life and my grandfather isn't much different," Alayna said looking down at her feet and the walkway gravel leading to the governor's mansion. Alayna looked at a solemn Jack and continued to walk by him. Jack walked right next to her.

"I'm sorry love, if I had known…"

"No, Angelica was right, you wouldn't have wanted anything to do with me when I was a baby, do you know how many other children you might have?" Alayna asked looking at him seriously.

"No, you're the only one I know of, and maybe I wouldn't have back then, but I would have done something,"

"Like what? You're a pirate, you wouldn't have stayed on land, at most I would have seen you the rare times you visit the port, and I think that would have been worse than not knowing you at all. I don't even need to talk to you about any of this," Alayna said, realizing once again that all this man was in her life was a stranger.

"I'm here now. Oh no, get over here," Jack said grabbing Alayna's arm and rushing her from the opening of town into the woods along the outskirt of Port Royal.

"What?" Alayna asked annoyed.

"I'm not exactly wanted in this port, love,"

"Stop calling me that," Alayna retorted. There were early morning guards out wandering around town. Jack took the lead and walked them through the woods to the edge of the beach. Now all that was left was to walk all the way across the beach line to the trail in the woods.

"Ready, run!" Jack called and booked it across the beach. Alayna was taken by surprise but followed closely running behind.

"You run funny," Alayna said catching her breath when they entered the trail in the woods.

"No I don't," Jack retorted, sort of offended by the comment. Alayna rolled her eyes and continued walking through the woods.

"So are you ever going to forgive me for something I didn't do?" Jack asked from behind.

"I don't know, maybe,"

"Women…" Jack grunted. Alayna bolted around and glared at him.

"Yes I'm sure you know all about women," Alayna snarled. Jack backed off and took defeat.

"You seem to have a lot of anger, have you ever tried sword fighting?"

"Never touched a sword,"

"Good God, woman, how can you be my child?" Alayna gave Jack another stabbing glare. "Sorry, wrong choice of words, but honestly, you've never tried?"

"No, I haven't, alright?" Alayna responded.

"I think it will do you good, we'll try it sometime," Jack said happily.

"What are we going to bond now?" Alayna asked.

"Maybe if you're good I'll take you out on me ship," Jack offered playfully. Alayna turned around and saw him grin, open his eyes wide and nodding. Alayna couldn't help but chuckle at his funny look. "Now that's a beautiful smile, just like mine," Jack commented.

"You are so self-centered, Jack," Alayna commented shaking her head and turning back around to walk. When they reached Port Prince, Alayna couldn't help but notice all the stares and glances that townsfolk were giving her and Jack.

"Word gets around fast…" Alayna whispered, but Jack heard her.

"It's alright, except if Black Beard knows… then I'll be dead," Jack said and Alayna nodded quickly in agreement.

"He really doesn't like you, but he also doesn't like me, so maybe he won't care so much," Alayna figured.

"Why doesn't he like you?" Jack asked.

"Who knows, he hits me and Angelica doesn't do anything," Alayna said casually, it was no big deal to her, it's what she'd grown up with.

"HE WHAT?" Jack asked grabbing her shoulders and stopping her. "Any man that hits a woman deserves to be locked away for life and starved to death,"

"Well I didn't exactly have a father or another guardian figure to protect me," Alayna said blankly. Jack looked upset, but nodded in agreement.

"You know, I'm not going to be good at this uh… parenting thing, it's just not who I am and I've never had to step up and be a father, but I'll try, love," Alayna cringed at the word "love" but ignored it this time, because he sounded somewhat sincere.

"I guess that's all I can ask for…" Alayna responded, giving Jack a small smile. Jack in return gave her a large grin, and that's when Alayna heard a horrible voice… the voice of Black Beard:

"So, Sparrow, you're the scumbag who got my daughter pregnant…"