Hey! Thanks for everyone's reviews (you too Catherine!) …I was on hols so sorry this took a while to write! OK new chapter! Again, sorry it's kind of short! xxx

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Both Alicia and Jack woke up at the same moment. They were lying on the ground, the empty chalice still in Jack's hand. "We did it!" said Alicia happily. She was still a bit shaken from what she had had to experience. Again.

Jack on the other hand was quiet, but it did not look as if what had happened was affecting him. "Let's go back to Pearl, savvy?" said Jack. "Aye." murmured Alicia, deep in thought. She clicked her fingers and a moment later the two appeared in Jack's quarters. Alicia sat down by the table quietly. Her eyes briefly scanned over the maps and charts that lay scattered on it.

"Have ye anything to drink Sparrow?" she asked him. She needed something to recover from the second task. "Rum, port, wine, whiskey-" began Jack, saying each name lovingly as if he was referring to his children. "Rum please." said Alicia hoarsely. Every time she closed her eyes she could still see her dead father's face. Jack got down on his knees and began checking under his bed to see if he had any rum left. Alicia grinned to herself. She had a first class view of his behind. Holding back her laugh when Jack straightened up, he handed her a nearly full bottle of rum. "That task was hard…" she said quietly.

"Love, would you care to tell dear ole Jack about what happened? By my reckoning you don't exactly seem as fit as a fiddle now.." said Jack. Alicia took a swig of her rum.

"The first memory was the night that my father died. I was sixteen again. That was about a month before I met you. I thought that I'd got over it, but just seeing him, dead before me, it was a nasty shock." explained Alicia. Jack nodded. Alicia shuddered. The next memory was even worse. Still, she proceeded in telling her story.

"The second one was when I was twenty. I was sitting in Tortuga by meself. This pirate approached me and attacked me. Here, lift up the back part of my shirt, will you?" she said to Jack. "Alicia?" said Jack, confused.

"Don't get excited Sparrow!" laughed Alicia. He lifted up the back of her shirt, revealing her back. His smile instantly disappeared when he saw three huge scars that ran right across her back.

"In Tortuga, you say?" said Jack quietly.

"Yes. They don't hurt much anymore…"

"But, how did you survive? I thought that mystics weren't able to heal themselves…" asked Jack. Alicia cursed under her breath. She knew that Jack was not going to like what she told him next.

"Well…um…Hector and his crew found me." began Alicia. Jack's eyes widened.

"Hold on. Hector Barbossa?!" said Jack, his voice rising. Alicia had heard all about Jack's dealings with the pirate. She had heard about his time in the Isla de Muerta, the marooning and their adventure in Davy Jones' Locker, all from Elizabeth and William Turner.

"Listen to me Jack! Nothing happened! He just fixed up my wounds that's all!" she exclaimed, trying to convince Jack that she was telling the truth.

"He's taken the Pearl off me twice. He marooned me twice! He's the biggest cur I've ever met. He saved you?" cried Jack, unable to believe it.

"Come on Jack, he's not so bad." said Alicia.

Jack was grinning again. He had just realised that this was the first time that she had called him Jack since they had first been reunited. It had always been "Sparrow" or "Captain".

Alicia did not seem to notice though, that he was smiling. "When I was in Tortuga, I thought you'd be there. I'd heard so many stories about the trouble you got up to there but I never saw you once." she told him.

"Love, if my recollections are correct, I was probably trying to get out of Port Royal prison thanks to that James Norrington. I'm sorry about what happened. I may have done a lot of things but I'd never attack a woman and whoever did that to you, I hope Turner finds him and sends him to the Locker!" Jack said sincerely. He felt angry at that horrible person who attacked Alicia. He felt sick to the stomach when he imagined how scared she must have been.

"So…the legendary Captain Jack Sparrow, what did you relive?" questioned Alicia mischievously. Jack looked away from her. "Let's just say it's something that I'd rather not have to relive again, savvy?" he said. His answer was very vague.

"Alright…" said Alicia feeling disappointed. "Will you still go after the Fountain of Youth?" she asked suddenly.

"What?" Jack replied.

"After we've freed Will. Well, if we free Will. Do you still want to be immortal?" said Alicia.

"Been immortal before. It's not that great." he answered.

"You sure?" probed Alicia.

"I might change my mind but for the moment, it's a no." said Jack. Alicia was glad to hear it.