A Father For Alayna Sparrow Chapter 10- As always, thank you for the positive comments keep em comin!

GARRETT'S POV

"Mary, stop it, right now, I'm going to get your father," Garrett said pushing Mary away with his full strength. He had done everything he could to avoid getting aggravated and violent with her, but enough was enough. Mary sat down and started to cry. Garrett sighed and ran a hand through his hair.

"Mary, please, stop crying, you're drunk, that's all,"

"No, that's not it!" She shouted.

"What, what is it? Please," Garrett pleaded for her to stop.

"I want someone to love me," She whimpered. Garrett looked up to the sky in frustration. He didn't exactly know what to tell her.

"Well… someone will someday," He tried to say, but she began to cry harder.

"You don't even know how to talk to a girl!" She said angrily.

"Well what do you want me to say!" He asked throwing his hands up. The simplest thing he could tell her is that someone will love her someday. Mary didn't respond though. She sat crying hysterical. Garrett felt sorry for her, but at the same time looked at her with absolutely no emotion.

"Come on, get up and we'll find your mother," He said grabbing hold of her wrists which were wet with tears. She stood up and he put a sympathetic arm around her and led her back into the fort. It didn't take long for Mary's parents to spot their distressed daughter. Her mother hurried over and scowled at Garrett.

"What on earth did you do to her!" She shouted at Garrett, grabbing her daughter hastily from his grasp and wrapping her arms around her. Once again, there was nothing Garrett could say or do to make things better, so he turned and walked away throwing his hands in the air.

ALAYNA'S POV

The moment Alayna got back to the mansion, she hurried up to Garrett's room and changed out of the beautiful dress and into a pair of Garrett's sleep pants and shirt. They smelt like him, and it was calming to Alayna. She lied down on Garrett's bed, no covers or anything. Yet the moment her head hit that bed she was knocked out. She was awoken probably an hour later by Garrett's frustrated footsteps stomping up the stairs. She looked up drowsily from the bed and she squinted her sleepy eyes at the doorway. Garrett stormed in, surprised by Alayna half asleep on his bed.

"Hello sunshine," Alayna said sweetly. Garrett sighed and slammed the door behind him and went into his bathroom and slammed that door shut too. Alayna shrugged and lied back down. She figured he'd come out when he was calm again. She was right, about 10 minutes later, Garrett came out of the bathroom with just his pants on.

"Can you at least move to one side so I can lie down too?" He asked very tired, "Hey wait, aren't those my clothes?" He asked confused.

"Yes they are, and no I can't move, I'm too comfortable," She said and rested her head back down. She picked her head back up to see Garrett's serious and tired face and she scooted her body to the right. Garrett pretty much slammed down onto the bed, nearly bouncing Alayna off the bed.

"What happened between you and Mary earlier?" Alayna asked turning around. Garrett was lying on his back with his arms crossed.

"I really… really don't want to talk about her," He said angrily.

"Don't be mad at me, I just asked," Alayna turned back over and closed her eyes.

"It's fine, I just need to sleep," Garrett whispered. A few moments later Alayna felt the bed twitch, the sign that Garrett was nearly asleep. Alayna sighed and turned the opposite way, and suddenly felt the blankets moving off her body and away from her. Garrett was turning and practically making a cocoon out of blankets.

"Garrett!" Alayna whispered harshly and hit him. She heard him start laughing. "You're not even asleep!"Alayna took her pillow and hit Garrett. He turned over and released the blankets.

"So sorry," He replied while still laughing.

"Well I'm glad you're not angry with me," Alayna replied grabbing back her blankets and lying back down.

"I don't think I could ever be really angry with you," Garrett whispered.

"Don't speak so soon," Alayna replied laughing.

"You're silly. By the way you can keep the clothes, they look better on you than me," Garrett replied, sounding very tired again.

"Okay," Alayna smiled, feeling peaceful again. She could feel Garrett's body heat radiating off him and keeping her extremely warm.

BLACKBEARD'S POV

"Aye, we need more men! This isn't enough!" Blackbeard yelled over the full room of men.

"What are ye talkin about captain!" The man from the bar responded.

"Ye really think Jack Sparrow is dumb enough not to gather men to find his precious daughter? He's not, with this many men he could easily outnumber us, we need at least 50-60 men!" Blackbeard spatted, regarding the room of about 25 men.

"What's the plan captain?" The man asked quizzically.

"Kidnap the wench. Take her to a deserted island and leave Jack a note saying he's the only one that's to come to the island, which he won't abide by anyways, which is why we need more men!" Blackbeard yelled at him. The man leaned back a bit and wiped his face of Blackbeard's spit.

"How the hell do ya think he's goin to find us?" The man asked, beginning to question Blackbeard's sanity.

"You've never heard of Captain Jack Sparrow's compass?" Blackbeard asked confused.

"No, sir,"

"It points him in the direction of what he wants most in this world," Blackbeard responded, "and if she isn't what he wants then he'll end up giving his compass to Angelica to find her,"

"And why do we need all these men?"

"You bloody fool! You really don't think Jack Sparrow will come to the island alone do ya? No, he's going to bring as many men as he can to fight for her, as long as we outnumber his men we shouldn't have a problem,"

"So where do you propose we go?"

"Tortuga,"

"And when do we kidnap the girl?"

"When the opportunity presents itself,"

"As for Jack…?"

"He dies."

ANGELICA'S POV

Angelica got a carriage ride home with Will and Elizabeth, who by the end of the night were cuddling right up to each other, unfocused on anyone but themselves.

At least one couple is happy, Angelica thought to herself. She let them alone though during the carriage ride, enjoying the sights of the town on their way home.

Home, Angelica thought about that word again. She wondered how long they'd be staying at the Turner's for. Jack had left after Angelica slapped him.

When the trio arrived back at the Manor, Will got out first, helping Elizabeth out first then generously helping Angelica out.

"Thank you," Angelica responded, attempting to smile. Will hurried to catch up with Elizabeth and wrapped an arm around her. Angelica figured Jack wouldn't be here, that he'd be staying at the one bar in town or something. Angelica peeked in Garrett's room and saw her daughter Alayna and Garrett fast asleep, cuddling. Angelica smiled and moved on. Just to see if Jack was around, she went past her room and peeked into Jack's room. To her surprise, there he was, asleep on top of the covers of his bed. On her way out the door squeaked.

"Hello love," Jack whispered.

"I thought you were asleep,"

"Not really, I was resting," Jack retorted.

"Alright, well, goodnight,"

"What brought you down to my room?" Jack asked slyly, sitting up in bed.

"Nothing, I'm going to bed," She turned and began to walk down the hallway, but Jack quickly got up and followed her. As she walked into her room she turned to shut the door quickly but he pushed against the door strongly, preventing her from shutting it.

"What do you want, Jack?"

"What do you want, love?" He responded smoothly, and in that whispered that made Angelica want to melt.

"Just go away, please, it was a mistake for me to tell you anything about Alayna anyways," Angelica responded, releasing her strength against the door and walking towards her bed in defeat. When Jack actually wanted to talk… he would.

"What are you talking about?" He asked closing the door behind him.

"If I hadn't told you Alayna was your daughter you wouldn't still be here, Alayna and I wouldn't be hiding in Port Royal at the Turner's, away from my father," Angelica responded sitting down and looking at the floor boards. Jack walked over to her and knelt down in front of her. He gently took one of her hands and tried to gain her eye contact. She looked at him with those big, brown eyes.

"You're probably right, I may not have still been here had I not known about Alayna, but circumstances like this make a man think about his life, and I'm sorry we had to hide from your father," Jack confessed.

"Jack, all this has done was make things complicated,"

"Weren't they complicated from the first day we met?" Jack asked which made Angelica laugh a bit. "There's that smile I love," Jack said smiling up at Angelica.

"I don't know what to do," Angelica said, getting teary eyed.

"We don't have to know what we should do this very moment, and I have no idea what the future will bring but I know we have right here and right now. And this is the most serious you'll probably ever see me, love," Jack confessed. He stood up and sat on the bed next to Angelica. She sniffled a bit and looked at him. She didn't want to give in to him, to kiss him, to just fall into his arms like everything was alright.

"Why don't you get changed out of that enormous dress and into something more comfortable,"

"Nothing is going to happen between us, Jack," Angelica retorted bitterly.

"I didn't say I wanted anything to happen,"

"Yes well you've always been more of a physical being," Angelica responded quickly.

"You got me there, just go change, woman," Jack said slightly offended. Angelica got up quickly and walked over to the dresser, pulling out a night gown and walking into her room's personal washroom and shut the door. Ten minutes later she walked out in a white floor length nightgown that she had borrowed from Elizabeth. She took the pins out of her hair and let it fall in a curly mess. Jack was still sitting there on her bed.

"Well, go back to your room," Angelica said shooing him with her hands.

"Maybe I don't want to," Jack said pushing on the bed then settling down on it acting like he was about to fall asleep. "Your bed is comfier than mine,"

"Fine, I'll go sleep in your room," Angelica responded.

"Just come lay down with me, when you fall asleep I'll leave," Jack offered.

"Absolutely not," Angelica pointed to the door and stared at him sternly. He smirked.

"Breathe and think about it for a minute, love," Jack said grinning at her. Angelica hated to let him win, just because it was Jack. She really did want him to stay though. She lowered her hand and softened her face. She walked over to the other side of the bed and got under the covers. Jack got up and began to pull the covers back as well.

"NO! You sleep on top of the covers!" She said quickly.

"Oh so I can sleep here now?" HE asked happily.

"NO!"

"You already said I could," Jack said slyly. Angelica was so fed up with their bitter responses.

"Fine, but you stay on top of the covers," She said with finality in her voice. He gladly lied back down on top of the covers and didn't touch her as she got comfortable turned away from him. He daringly molded his body against her and wrapped a protective arm around her stomach.

"Jack…" She mumbled sternly.

"Don't worry I'm just snuggling," He said sleepily. A few minutes later she heard the infamous Captain Jack Sparrow snoring. She smiled and placed her hand on top of his hand that was placed on her stomach. She was soon lulled to sleep listening and feeling Jack's heartbeat against her back.

ALAYNA'S POV

"Alayna, darling, wake up," Alayna opened one sleepy eye to see the blurred image of her mother shaking her gently.

"What is it?"

"We are going to get the rest of our things from Port Prince,"

"Why so early?" Alayna rubbed her eyes and sat up. She was startled when she felt a pressure against her stomach, which was Garrett's arm.

"So we can avoid my father," Angelica responded. Alayna nodded and got up quickly, leaving Garrett's clothes on and followed Angelica out of the room. She took a last look behind her to see Garrett still fast asleep. She closed the door slowly behind her, trying to make as little noise. Angelica seemed on edge, and wanted to get out of the manor quickly, and practically run to Port Prince.

"You really want to avoid him, don't you?" Alayna asked trying desperately to keep up with Angelica. Angelica stopped and turned quickly, looking panicked.

"I'm worried. That's all," She said very seriously, and continued in a quick pace. Alayna decided it was best not to ask any more. Alayna had no time to enjoy the morning scenery around her, she was more focused on keeping up with her mother. Port Prince was quiet, besides the typical few men emerging from the hotel, hung over and dragging their feet.

"Angelica, where is Jack?"

"He is still asleep,"

"Wouldn't you have felt better if he had come?"

"No, I'd be more worried," Angelica replied sighing. When the two got to their home, it even looked abandoned. It had only been a few days, and already it looked like it was falling apart.

"Apparently grandfather hasn't been here either," Alayna commented.

"Probably not, which is fine with me," Angelica said opening the door. Immediately a swarm of rats scattered to the walls. Angelica wasted no time gathering personal belongings, photos, jewelry, money she had hid, any personal belongings. Alayna went to her room and grabbed a bag from the end of her bed and shoved her few personal belongings in it. She looked at herself in the mirror.

Running away, like usual, she thought sighing. Then Alayna jumped, because out of nowhere, she heard the door slam and heavy footsteps coming down the hallway…