Author's Note: ah ha!  Another flashback!  Do you like this whole bit by bit thing of Jack's past?  Tell me about your opinion if you want. Oh!  And tell me what you think about the ending…I'm thinking it's pretty predictable, but you never know.

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Last Time:

**"Get away scum!"

        Jack smirked slightly and thought, she does have nerve, I'll give her that.  He took in a deep breath and opened in the door.  In an instant a book came flying at his head, knocking him firmly in the nose.  He cursed rather loudly and grabbed it.

**"Do you want to go down to the galley and get something to eat?" She looked at him, his eyes were warm and inviting.

        "Sure…" She said slowly. 

**His eyes softened and he walked towards her.  She whimpered again and her lower lip trembled when she opened her mouth.  She was a little uncomfortable coming in here and asking Jack for help, but who else could she trust?  The only other person she knew on the ship was Will and he was just an acquaintance.

"I think I'm sea sick…" She said in a shaky voice. 

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"Jack, what are you doing?"

        "What does it look like I'm doing, Jules?"

        "It looks like you've lost your mind."

        Jack whipped around, "That's the one thing I haven't lost."

        Julie rolled her eyes, "Why are you packing up all your things?  Are you thinking of another runaway?  Because let me give you a tip- if you have trunks- you won't run very fast."

        "I'm not running away." Jack said, turning back around to stuffing all his pants and most of his shirts along with things he had collected throughout the years into a large trunk.

        Julie watched him, he looked pretty determined, "Practicing for a play?" She volunteered, knowing that it wasn't it, but hoping it wasn't what she was thinking.

        He shook his head and crossed his room to get a painted picture of his mother that he had framed a long time ago. "Then Jack…"

        He stopped and looked in his trunk, surveying the things he had packed.  Looked like he had everything.  He looked around his room and then spotted something he didn't have.  He picked up a pillow and a blanket from the end of his bed.  He might need those.  Finally he shut it and turned to look at Julie.

        "I'm leaving Jules."

        "That's obvious.  So when should I expect you home?  Next week?  The day after tomorrow?"

        Jack paused, she wasn't taking this the way he had hoped.  "No Jules…I'm leaving for good."

        She laughed nervously, "Is that why you didn't take your black wig?"  He made a side glance at the wig on his dresser and nodded.

        He was serious.  He was leaving!  "Jack…why?"  She said scanning his whole face, hoping she would never forget his dark brown eyes, his jet black hair that was currently cut shorter than the norm for men his age and tied back in a pony tail, his fair complexion and the little bit of hair that was growing in on his upper lip.

        He turned away, "I can't live here.  Not under him."

        "Jack, it's not that bad…can't you deal with it until you marry?"

        He spun around and looked her in the eye, "You don't know how bad it is here.  Just stop trying to change my mind. You won't be able to."

        She sighed and nodded.  This was all so sudden.  She just came over to see if he wanted to go to town with her and her brother. 

        He picked up his trunk and looked at Julie.  She looked wonderful today.  Her long hair was up in a bun with little curls hanging down onto her bare neck.  The new dress that she had gotten looked even more beautiful on her than it did in the shop.  It complimented her in all the right places.

        Jack got his head back on and looked her in the eyes.  "I'm sorry…I've got a carriage waiting for me."

        She paused and then took off a large, dark green, ring that she had and put on her middle finger.  The ring she had gotten when she was quite young by her mother.  "Here," She said grabbing his hand and putting it on his right hand, index finger.  "I want you to have this…"

        He looked at the ring and then at her.  "Don't think this is the last time we're going to see each other."

        She nodded again, trying to keep her sudden tears locked away behind her eyes.  He lifted her chin with his hand lightly and said, "I will see you again Jules..." and with that he kissed her on the lips and left before she could say anything about it.

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        Julie's eyes fluttered opened and she felt her head right away.  What a horrible dream! She thought thinking about the memory she dreamed about last night.  Why did that come up in my subconscious? She shrugged and hoped another one of those wouldn't pop up.  She sat up and looked around the cabin.  It took her a minute to remember that she had come in here last night. 

        But where was Jack?  Foolish question.  He was probably on the quarterdeck steering his ship to the correct island.  She island.  That's what you get for-

        She stopped herself.  Oh come on!  You know it's true.

          Shut up. She sighed.  Why did her self conscious always pop up at the most inconvenient times?

        Oh please?!  You haven't been around him in so long…wouldn't it be nice to…expand your thoughts?

          No!  I'm still mad at him.

        Sure you are.  That's why you came in here asking for his help.

          I didn't ASK for it…he VOLUNTARILY gave me some…assistance.

        Fine.  But the matter will come up sooner or later…you know that.

        I know…but for the time being- keep quiet.

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        "Come in!" Elizabeth answered to the knocking on her bedroom door.  She looked up to see Ella in the doorway.  She figured it would be her.

        "Hi,"

        Elizabeth nodded and kept playing with Natalie on her bed.  Ella walked in and shut the door behind her.  Natalie immediately got distracted and started crawling towards her great aunt.  Ella ran and caught her just before she tumbled off the bed.

        Elizabeth sighed, "I believe I have a promise to keep."

        "I have a feeling it's not going to be too cheery."

        "You in a mood?"

        She nodded.

        "Is it the twins?"

        Ella shook her head, "No…in fact I think another one may be on the way."

        "You're kidding!"

        "No."

        Elizabeth looked at her, she did look a little more rounder than usual.  But by the way Ella was talking, she didn't want to be reminded.  She just wanted to talk to Elizabeth about Will.

        "Well sit down and don't interrupt me.  There will be a chance to ask questions after I'm finished.  Ella obeyed and sat in a large chair next to the window. 

        Elizabeth took a deep breath and started, "We had a long engagement, as you can recall.  Two years.  Father insisted that Will's business needed to take a turn for the better before he could support me and whatever child we may bring into this world.  I thought it was reasonable enough. I had waited over seventeen years, I could wait two more.  The wedding was beautiful…you remember, right?  Will looked as handsome as ever and my dress was gorgeous.  The honeymoon was pleasant enough.  I we went to England as a present from my father.  Two months later I was pregnant.  The nine months and that I was pregnant and the two months before it were as beautiful as a dream.

        "When Natalie was finally born Will and I…stopped seeing each other as often.  As father had wanted, Will's business was booming.  He was no longer an apprentice by the time we got married and when Natalie was born, he hired another man in the community to help out- hoping he could spend more at home."

        She sighed and tried to once again, keep her tears under control.  She kept going, "Well we hired a housekeeper to keep after the baby if I needed to leave and things such as that.  Will was spending more and more time in the shop- saying that he had been getting a lot of orders, too many for just Ryan his apprentice.   He'd come home late at night and leave early in the morning.  The times when we saw each other were growing thinner and thinner.  Finally I asked him about his work and he didn't seem to recognize that we were also growing apart.  His job was becoming between our marriage."

        She stopped.  Ella took this as a sign to jump in.  "You know, your engagement was really hard for you, don't you remember that?  You were chomping at the bit to get married to Will!  You always argued with your father about the matter and you were always with Will."

        Elizabeth threw a look at her aunt, "What are you saying?"

        She sighed, "Nothing Liz, I'm saying that you couldn't wait to be Mrs. Will Turner and now that you are, you run at the first problem.  And I realize that the first year is the hardest.  Jonathan and I had the hardest time.  I had a terrible temper and the littlest things set me off, but I learned to pick my fights."

        "So you think I was wrong to leave?  That this isn't a big deal?"

        She shook her head, "I think that you were wrong to leave.  But you're right in thinking that it was a big deal.  You should've sat him down and talked to him.  Even gone to his shop if necessary."

        Elizabeth sighed and rubbed the back of her neck.  Will used to give her great massages.  Oh I wish he was here.

        Yea you big jerk.  Why'd you leave him?

          Oh be quiet!  I don't need to feel worse because of you.  Just stay out of my business.

        Hello!  I can't!  I'm your conscious.

          Give me a break, even Jack could do better than you.

        "But don't beat yourself up over it, Elizabeth.  Will will be back too and you can sit down and explain it to him.  In the meantime, just think about what your going to say.  Remember- he is your husband."

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        "Funny thing when I woke up this morning Captain…" Ana Maria started off.  She, Will and Jack were sitting down in the galley along with most of the crew.  Lunch time.  "…I turned over to see if my roomie was feelings alright.  I had heard her through the night getting up and emptyin' her stomach over the side of the ship…but when I looked on her cot, it was empty."  She had a confident smirk on her face, the one she always wore when she knew something about the Captain that wasn't supposed to be common knowledge.  Unfortunately Jack had seen that looked more than enough times in the past three years.

        He looked at her and said, "Where do you think she was?"

        "I know exactly where she was captain."

        He smiled, "I bet you do."

        Will shook his head, "Why must you lure every woman you encounter?"

        Ana Maria laughed and Jack shot him an amused look.  "You jealous m'boy?"

        Will just smiled. 

        "T'put both yer minds at ease…I didn't lure anyone!  She came into my cabin terribly sea sick and I took care of her."

        Will and Ana both gave him knowing looks.

        He tried to look innocent, "I don't lure sick women anywhere near me!  She needed to be cared for and I'm the only one on the ship that she knows well enough to do that."

        "Where did you meet her anyway?"

        Jack paused at Ana's question, Will she find out sooner or later, after all she and Jules are roomies like she said. "We've known each other for a while, that's all."

        "How so?  You've been a pirate as long as any of us can remember.  And she gets sea sick!"

        Jack rolled his eyes, "Just leave it at that Ana, I already answered one of your questions about her, that's enough for today."

        Ana grunted and went back to eating.  Will just smiled.  He'd find out.  Unless Julie was as secretive as Jack was. 

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        "Evening Ms. Davis.  Feeling better?" Will said.  He had come down into the galley and had gotten some water from Roberts.  He figured Julie would be down here.  Will walked over to the table she was sitting at and sat down.

        "Call me Julie, Will."

        He nodded and looked at the mug she was holding.  "What are you drinking?"

        "Peppermint tea…for my weak stomach."

        "Why don't you get sick in the morning?  Why only in the evening?"

        "Your guess is as good as mine."

        He nodded, "Good thing Jack took care of you."

        She rolled her eyes abut didn't say anything.

        "You've been on a ship before?"

        She nodded, "You could say that…"

        Will eyed her, "What ship?  It mustn't have been for very long…since you get sea sick."

        "Well it wasn't for very long.  Six months at most."

        Will waited for more but nothing else came.  He took a sip of his drink and a question came to him, "How did you meet Jack?"

        Julie smiled and looked at Will, "Since I was a child.  Our mothers were dear and close friends."

        "Wow.  Have you always been so…"

        "Argumentative?"

        "With each other?"

        "Oh yes."

        "Well you and Jack sure do have your differences." 

        Julie snorted, "You can say that again."

        "I have a feeling you've known that fact for a while…" Will said, going in for the kill.

        Julie eyed him, "How did you meet Jack?"  To bad it didn't work.  Will sighed, she looked older than him- maybe she was wiser too.

        "He had come to Port Royal for Unkno-…unsure reasons.  He was hiding in my shop.  We fought a but and he was captured by the Navy who was looking for him.  I didn't think I'd ever see him again but then Elizabeth was captured by Barbossa…I had to ask him for help- even though I didn't trust him."

        Julie nodded knowingly.  Somehow the navy is always looking for Jack.  "Yes, Jack does have a way of making himself…known when you thought you'd never see him again.  One of his many charms I suppose."

        Will smiled, "Sure."

        "You mentioned a shop…" She said, getting back to his story.

        "I'm a blacksmith."

        "Ah…" That would explain the rippling pectorals… "Why did you ask Jack for help?"

        "He was the only pirate on Port Royal.  At that point pirates were last on my list of people to get to know…but I thought Jack would be able to help me get Elizabeth."

        "Alright.  And from there you had grand adventures, right?" She asked with a smile.

        Will looked down into his cup remembering his first real adventure.  "Only enough to get Elizabeth to safety, endanger my own life, almost get Jack killed too many times to remember and then save his life one last time."

        "Who saved him?"

        Will looked at her, almost surprised she would ask such a thing.  "I did."

        "Oh!  Well…good job.  You regret it?"

        Will made a face, regret it?  Why would I regret it? "No."

        She nodded and then said, "Why'd you do it?"

        Will paused, this was taking a bad turn, "Why all the questions?"

        She shrugged, "I find it interestin' that someone who isn't on Jack's crew has stuck with him for so long."

        Will definitely didn't like the turn this was taking, "Why do you despise him so?"

        Julie sighed and looked at him, "Despise?  Hmm, other than the fast that the forced me onto this blasted boat?" she paused, "It's hard to love someone when you hate them."

        "But why do you hate him?"

        "Look kid- I'm all up for bearing my soul0 but only with people I really know." 

        Will paused, "Wait- did you say love?  Jack hasn't asked love from you."

        Julie smirked, "Will…I'm Jack's wife."