A week later...

Jack never imagined that one man-who valued silence so much-could make so much noise. He walked into Shipwreck Cove to hear the Guard Dog barking, trying to attack the string his keys were hanging from. The sound of five kettles whistling could be heard from the kitchen. There was a cage holding three chirping birds. All while Teague is sitting in the Main Hall playing his guitar. "Da?"

Teague nearly jumped, being startled by the sudden human sound. "Jackie, what are you doing here?"

Smirking, Jack held out the charts. "Savvy?"

"You stole those charts from Barbossa." Teague guessed, before looking his son over. "Judging by the sudden lack of neatness in your mess what you call clothes, I'm also guessing that Barbossa stole the Pearl from you and you're here cause you want the Misty Lady."

"That would be nice." Jack replied, looking around. "So, where's my pretty little Step Mother?"

"Your what?"

"You know who I'm talking about. What's her name? Serenity?"

Teague sighed sadly. "She moved out." He said, putting the guitar aside. "Her family promised her to a rich man."

Jack stared at Teague with a straight look on his face. "Da, you're just going to let her go? Just like that?" He asked, shocked. Then he noticed the hurt expression on Teague's face. Jack looked around, feeling suddenly awkward. He had never seen Teague cry, and he looked very close to it.

"I have to let her go."

"Mind if I grab something out of the kitchen to eat?" Jack asked, trying to change the subject. "The dinghy doesn't really hold much besides rum and those nasty biscuits that even rats avoid. Though they are a little better if you pour some rum on-"

"Actually Boy, I've been eating in town every night." Teague admitted.

Rolling his eyes, Jack took off his jacket and pulled up his sleeves. "Well Da, tonight I'm making dinner!" He announced proudly, smirking. "Mum only taught me how to cook one meal, but I can make it very well!"


A few hours later...

"Bloody hell Boy!" Teague shouted, taking a large swing of rum. "Are you trying to kill me?"

"Da, you know chicken curry is hot." Jack mumbled, happily eating his own bowl. Jack made chicken curry with white rice. He then gestured toward the center of the table. "There's a bottle of coconut milk there. I heard it helps."

After pouring a little into his bowl, Teague tasted it again, and smirked this time. "Jackie, where'd you get-"

"Went to town." Jack said, smirking. "Met lots of pretty ladies there. They were very helpful." Then his face fell. "Then I met a cross dressing man named-"

"Crystal!" Teague shouted. "Did he say anything about Serenity?"

"No." Jack said, before his smirk grew. "I heard some Navy officers talking at the fountain though. Then I followed them straight to the Robertson house."

"The Robertson house?" Teague repeated, looking at his bowl. "That means that they must already be-"

Jack shook his head. "They said that he wants a big wedding with their entire family there. They wont get married until the family comes." He said, before laughing. "I'd shoot myself before inviting the entire family to my wedding."

"Jackie, you don't even have a woman yet."

"I like my life the way it is now."

"You know, if you had a wife and child now, it would've been much harder for Barbossa to take the Pearl." Teague pointed out, causing Jack to nearly choke on his curry. "I doubt half of those fools what called you 'Captain' would've been willing to put a woman and child out of a home."

"If I had a wife and child, I wouldn't have been on half of the adventures I-"

"Almost all of your adventures nearly killed you." Teague said. "I think it would've been better if you had a woman to keep you under control." He then stood up, picking up the bowl. "I'll be-"

"In the Study, I know. You spent my childhood in there." Jack mumbled.

In the Study...

Teague sat at the desk, eating his rum while reading 'New Atlantis', and peeking up at the door every now and then. After a while, he just stared at the door. It felt like he was waiting for something, or someone, to come. He then laughed, realizing that he was waiting for someone to come. "I'm an idiot."

'Teague!' Teague remembered Serenity shouting when she would walk in. When she would walk in, the scent of fresh baked desserts would always fill the Study. Actually, a few things still held the faint scent of vanilla.

Sighing, Teague leaned back in the chair, looking out the window at the starry sky. "Serenity, I love you."

When Jack came to check on Teague, he was gone and the window was wide open...


I love chicken curry. My mom used to make homemade chicken curry every few weeks in the winter. Now she makes it out of the box...not exactly the same...

Anyways, today I started college. I have classes on Mondays, Wednesdays, and Friday...and I'm still working every other day of the week so chapter 8 might not be up for a while...