The next morning Jack was at the wheel when he noticed Ben was on deck looking out to sea. Bex must still be in bed he thought.

"Gibbs, take the wheel please" said Jack as he made his way over to Ben.

"Mr. Smith!" called Jack coming up next to Ben.

"Yes Captain" said Ben slightly nervously.

"You and I need to have a little talk" said Jack. "About Bex." Jack noticed Ben's face fill with fear and nervousness. "Don't worry I'm not here to have a go at you." Ben didn't answer. "Do you like her?" asked Jack after a moment's silence.

Ben nodded. "A lot" he said. "In fact I think I might be in love with her."

Jack looked at him for a moment. "Really?"

Ben nodded once again. "The second I laid eyes on that beautiful daughter of yours, I felt something. Now every time I look at her I get a warm feeling inside of me. It's just everything about her, her eyes, her smile, her soft brown hair" he said going into a slight daze.

"Well it's a good thing that you do like her, because she likes you too" said Jack.

"She does!?" asked Ben.

Jack nodded. "I want her to be happy and she seems to be at the moment. And I don't want to see her get her heart broken."

"That won't happen" said Ben. "I promise."

At that moment Bex walked out on deck and ran over to Ben and Jack. "Everything alright?" she asked suspiciously.

"Everything is fine" said Jack innocently.

"OK" she said giving her father a hug, whom then disappeared up to the helm.

"Um Bex can I talk to you a moment" asked Ben taking hold of her hands.

"Is something wrong?" she asked.

"No, no, nothing's wrong" he said. He paused and then took a deep breath. "Um, look, I really, really like you and your dad told me that you really like me too-" at 

that moment Ben was cut off as Bex flung her arms around his neck and kissed his passionately.

"Ok then" said Ben a bit shocked and out of breath but happy nonetheless. He looked at Bex lovingly. "Bex?"

"Yes," she answered.

"Will you be my girlfriend?" he asked.

"Yes!" she said happily kissing him again as he picked her up and swung her around.

Jack watched them from the wheel with a smile on his face.

"So how is the happy couple?" said Norrington slyly from behind Jack.

"They are fine!" said Jack.

"She's turned into a fine young thing hasn't she" said Norrington in a cocky tone.

"You keep your hands of my daughter" Jack said threateningly. "She may be the daughter of a wanted pirate but at least she's the daughter of a respected pirate and not some scumbag like yourself" said Jack angrily. "And I don;t want you ruining something wonderful she now has."

"I would like to get a piece of her-" began Norrington as Jack began to charge towards him but Elizabeth's voice stopped him.

"Jack!" she called.

"Yes Elizabeth" said Jack trying to keep his cool.

"Don't bother he's not worth it!" she said.

"You're right, he's not" said Jack as Norrington disappeared down to the main deck.

"Did you sort everything out with Bex?"

Jack nodded. "Yes everything is fine. She's happy, he's happy, I'm happy" he said cheerfully.

"Land ho'!" shouted the crewman from the crow's nest.



"I want my jar of dirt!" cried Jack.