Christine woke at next morning slowly. Even night had gave to her chance to forget for moment everything, she still remembered well what happened at last evening, those men, when other of them laying dead at floor and Barbossa's cold look. From all of these things she felt really bad that how Barbossa had looked her. She knew that she had done wrong many times under her own parents eyes when she didn't act like fine lady was meant to, but their looks didn't just felt so bad as Barbossa's did. He had been so good to her and she couldn't obey simple things, no, she just had to go to get into troubles. She cried quietly, how she could ever face him again and would he took her anymore to his ship. But there wasn't choice, she should to meet Barbossa and take punishment, whatever it was then.

She got up and opened slowly door and looked to hall. There was quiet, no one wasn't there and she noticed too that man who had died from Barbossa's flintlock were taken away. She felt shivering from disgust when she thinked what those men could have done to her if Barbossa wouldn't have come there to help her. She walked slowly to downstairs and looked around. Compared to last night, it remind like graveyard. There wasn't really anyone at bar. Just couple men who tried to survive from their hangovers with new drinks. She walked to desk where was bartender and looked to her.

"What you take, miss?" he asked at same when he cleaned beer steirns.

"Nothing..." Christine answered to him and looked around.

"You looking that old captain?" bartender asked and got Christine looking to him.

"Yes, is Captain Barbossa up already?" she asked.

"Yep, he said that he waits you at port" bartender said to her and continued cleaning beer steirns. Christine hurried to port, she was worried, did Barbossa wanted to tell her that he didn't want her anymore to his ship? Or did he wanted to say to her that he hated her so much that she should to stay to Tortuga and find way to live? She didn't want to go to her home and she didn't want to stay here. She wanted to be at Queen Anne's Revenge. There wasn't any other place whereshe couldn't have been happier. She felt how tears came into her eyes when she thinked that she should to leave all that sailing behind and how happy she had been at sea. Even she had been just at navy's ship and Barbossa's ship, she felt that she was more herself at there even it was hard to imagine. She tried to calm down and thinked that she could take any other punishment but not to stay at port, she couldn't survive here even hour by herself, especially at Tortuga.

Barbossa stood at port and looked to sea. Christine tood deep breath and walked to him and tried to look like nothing wouldn't have happen.

"Captain, you wanted to see me" she said. She looked to sea and noticed that it was calm.

Barbossa didn't said to her anything. She felt bad but understanded that she had been stupid at last evening. She looked down and closed her eyes trying to hold her tears at same time. "Thank you captain that you came to help me... I... I don't know what I would have done if you wouldn't have come there...".

"You didn't obey my words" Barbossa said to her with cold tone.

Christine couldn't hold anymore her bad feelings inside of her. She buried her face to her hands and started to cry. "I... I am sorry captain... I didn't meant to... I was so scared... Please, don't be angry to me, I didn't meant to... Don't leave me here... ".

Barbossa looked to hysteric woman next to him. He hadn't meant to make her cry and more important, he didn't want to blame her. He blamed himself. If he would have been just little more attentive and wouldn't have stayed to talk with men, he could have save her before those men layed their dirty hands on her. She was curious, and he understanded that. This world was new to her and she wanted to learn as much as it was possible. And he felt his heart breaking when he saw that fragile, little woman crying because she though that she had done something wrong. He didn't order her to make her life worser, he just wanted to keep her safe from bad world. Barbossa didn't knew what to do, situation was new to him and he hadn't used to show his feelings. Life at sea had made him harsh and cold. He had still feelings but scared to show them, like it would have make him weak when he would have let others knew that even him had heart.

Barbossa took step closer to her and started to pet gently her back "There, there... there isn't reason to cry lass. I ain't going to leave ye, ye are part of my crew" he said and Christine calmed down little and looked up to him.

"Really?" She asked, still confused how he wanted to keep her in his crew.

"Of course and I am man who always keep his word" he said to her and looked into her eyes. Again he felt something moving inside of him. He wanted to turn his look away but something in her eyes made her unable to move. Her eyes were blue and seemed to be deep, just like ocean. He would have wanted to give to her anything, everything and just because of that he could have seen those eyes without tears, but why she would have wanted him. He wanted that she would have get good life and that was impossible with pirate. Right now he was as close as he could when she was part of his crew. With all willpower and holding his lust he turned his head away and looked to Queen Anne's Revenge.

"We better get ready, men comes soon and then we leave Tortuga" he said and walked to ship and Christine followed him.

Hello you all, did you thought that I had forgot this lovely couple x). I still continue this fic but it might take time to upload when lately my life have came more hectic, especially now when is christmas. But I hope that you enjoyed of new chapter =).

Note to all new readers:

I am finnish so don't expect me to write correct english, I know that there are writing errors because english isn't my native language. I still do my best that there is as less as it is possible those little mistakes.

I am not going to get beta-reader, even you ask it all time ^^

Only positive comments and comments about story, not nagging about writing errors. To me story is more important than mistakes at text. And only positive comments makes me want to share this fic with you. If you just send negative comments about my way to write, fic, characters, etc. I don't update this fic anymore, so it's all about you guys =).

Christine is mine creation, PotC belongs to Disney and I am not writing this to make money =3.