A/N: Hey everyone!!! I'm now in the double digit chapters now. This is one of the moments you've all been waiting for!!! Drum roll please!!!

Chapter 10

Discoveries

Izzy and Gibbs lugged Elizabeth's trunk from her small mansion all the way back to the docks. By the time they got there, Izzy was gasping air and Gibbs looked like he had died and come back to life.

Elizabeth smiled at Izzy and started to walk up the ramp of the Black Pearl saying, "I'll send to other men down to lug my trunk into my quarters. Gibbs, you can just stand here with it. I want Izzy to come with me."

Gibbs attempted to speak but decided it wasn't worth the losing the little bit of vigor he had left, so he nodded.

Izzy scrambled after Elizabeth up the ramp and onto the Black Pearl's deck. Elizabeth started into a faster walk.

"Oh, Jack, I've missed seeing your dishonest face!" Elizabeth cried. She walked into his arms and gave him a hug.

"As I have missed yours, your majesty."

Jack let Elizabeth go, took off his hat and bent into a fake bow.

Elizabeth laughed. "Jack, stop it. The whole thing is over. I'm here to write it now."

Jack's face got serious. "It's not over for you until you pass your power on to someone."

"Yes, well, I will one day. But not today; I'm here just to write and to enjoy myself for a while. I've spent so much time on the sea that I now detest the city life. Port Royal has always been my childhood home, but I feel much more comfortable on a ship. The Black Pearl is my home now."

"Now, now, love, don't be gettin' any ideas," Jack warned.

Elizabeth laughed again. "Oh, Jack, I know what I want, but do you? Where does the compass point you?"

"Well." Jack pulled out a green and gold compass and grimaced. "I'm not quite sure."

"Ah, let's see." Elizabeth walked behind him and looked over his shoulder. The compass pointed right at Izzy.

Elizabeth gave a small chuckle.

"I wondered if you knew already."

Jack turned to look at her and shoved the compass into his pocket.

"We need to talk," he said bluntly.

"No, I don't think we do. At least not at the moment." Elizabeth gave him a sly smile. "Don't you have some ordering or something to do while I get settled into my quarters?"

"Um…ah…of course." Jack tore his eyes off of Izzy who was standing at the rail of the ship twenty feet away from them, looking out at sea.

"Mr. Perry," Jack shouted.

"Yes?" Izzy turned to look at a abruptly serious Captain Sparrow.

"You need to scrub this deck."

"In the bloody name of pirate, Captain," Izzy started. "If I scrub this deck anymore it will be as clean as a bar of soap itself."

"Fine," Jack said gruffly. "Find two pirates to heave Elizabeth's trunk to her room and find Gibbs water. He sure looks like he needs it."

"Aye, aye, Captain."

"You're getting soft, Jack," Elizabeth said with a teasing smile. "You never would have taken that from me when I was on board."

"How do you know?" he questioned. "You never tried."

Elizabeth smiled and walked away. She had definitely given him something to think about.

Many days later, Izzy once again was scrubbing the deck.

"Damn that bloody pirate captain to hell," she muttered under her breath. She was so mad at her Captain that there weren't words to explain it. Captain Jack Sparrow had made her scrub the damn deck four times a day which barely left her enough time to eat and drink let alone sleep. The entire time, the pirate captain had kept his irritating, studying eyes glued to her. She had just had it. Maybe she should tell him what she thought….

He hadn't taken his eyes off of her in days. He knew she was getting mad and she was going to lose her temper very, very soon. He couldn't wait to see those large brown eyes light up in rage.

"Ooooo, you're really interested in Izzy," Elizabeth said teasingly behind Jack's back.

"I don't know what you're talking about," Jack said tearing his eyes away from Izzy.

"So when are you going to tell Izzy you know?"

"Soon."

"As in when?"

Suddenly the wind blew slightly and a few strands of Izzy's hair fell out of her hat.

"As in right now." Jack started to walk towards Izzy.

"Well, good luck," Elizabeth called.

Jack strode over to Izzy and pulled off her hat.

"Ha!" he exclaimed. "I knew it!"

"You bloody pirate!"

"Yes, I am a pirate, but at the moment I'm not all that bloody." Jack lifted his arms and looked down at his body to prove his point. Izzy followed his eyes down his body. It was a very handsome body…

"You know what I mean!" she shouted.

"Actually, no I don't," he said. "What were you thinking being a young female, dressing up as a pirate lad and getting on a bloody pirate ship?"

Izzy immediately sobered. "I'm not having this conversation out here. The last thing I need is…"

"Laddy? I…I mean, miss? Jack what the bloody hell is going on? Mr. Perry is a female?" Gibbs stammered.

"Yes Mr. Gibbs, it seems that Mr. Perry is now Miss… Miss what?" Jack asked her.

"Miss Peregrine," Izzy said.

"Miss Peregrine, eh?" Jack asked.

"Yes."

"Jack, we cannot have a female on board!" Gibbs shouted. "It's bad luck."

"Gibbs," Izzy considered. "Have you ever considered that you might be the reason for all of the bad luck since Elizabeth is on board?"

"Well, look what happened with her on board!" Gibbs yelled.

"Mr. Gibbs," Jack said. "We will discuss your bad luck later, but right now I need to have a chat with Miss Peregrine about our little dilemma."

Coming up next…

Will Jack tell Izzy he knew all along?

What does Elizabeth have to say about Jack's discovery?

Will Gibbs ever recover from the shock of finding out that "laddy" is no laddy?