Disclaimer: I do not own anything related to Pirates of the Caribbean, but I do own characters Maria and Taylor.

Author's Note: I am so unbelievably sorry for not updating this story sooner but I have been so busy and today has been one of the only days I have had to just sit down and write. Finals are finally over and I'm threatening to pull out my hair, so you can chalk that up to being one of the reasons I haven't written anything in awhile. Anyways, I just want to say thanks to all the lovely people out there who read and those of you who review. They are much appreciated and without them this story would probably not continue. This chapter is dedicated to my younger sister, Ellie, who is a dedicated reader. Now, you know the drill, READ ON!!

This Chapter has some 'references and displays' of sexual content, so if you aren't into that kind of stuff you can just skip it. I put a page break in for you and you can just skip to the part after that. Thanks and enjoy! Ellie, don't you read that part!!!!!

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Taylor's Point of View

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"Come on, Maria! My grandmother could row faster than this and she's 80." I said urgently to Maria who was rowing us in our little dinghy towards the Isla de Muerta where we would find Jack, Will, and a butt-load of pirates. If we ever get there that is. After we had made our miraculous escape, we hid in the shadows until Jack had passed and now Maria was taking her sweet time in getting us to the cave. Maria blew some fringe out of her eyes and narrowed her gaze at me, but rowed faster all the same. I could tell that we were both thinking the same thing. Would we miss the great fight and how could the movie almost be over? A feeling of discontent filled my stomach and I pushed it away, focusing on something other than the fact of how we would get home or if we would be going home. "Maria, Elizabitch is going to be passing us sometime soon if you don't hurry up."

"Well, Taylor, would you like to row or are you just going to keep stopping me with your little comments?" Maria growled. I shrugged helplessly and her voice softened. "Sorry. We'll get there soon enough, so we're not going to miss anything. Besides, I know how little upper body strength you have." Maria said, winking at me as I stuck out my tongue. We were nearing the entrance to the cave now and an eerie feeling settled over us as we entered the damp, dark passageway that would take us to the cave. I made a little eep! As something moved under the boat and slapped my hand over my mouth when Maria shushed me. From up ahead I could here what sounded to be chanting and I knew we were close. "Taylor, what were you and Jack arguing about before?" Maria whispered as the light grew.

I shrugged and pulled on my hair. "Uh, he just didn't want us to come here tonight. But, you know, when has that ever stopped me?" I told her, grinning like the maniac I am. She rolled her eyes and motioned for me to help tie up the dinghy when it hit the shore line. The oars made a thump as the dinghy hit, but it wasn't that loud over the chanting that was happening inside the cave opening where Barbossa's crew had Will. "Come on, Maria; let's get the shell out of this passageway. It's starting to creep me out." I said gasping when someone's hand covered mine from the shadows. I help my breath and stiffened until my captor spoke and Maria rolled her eyes.

"Taylor, it would be ever helpful if ye wouldn't get us caught." Captain Sparrow said after stepping out of the shadows. The rings on his fingers glittered as they caught the light and I put my hand over his to pull it off of my mouth. "Nice escape, by the way." Jack told Maria, helping her climb up onto a ledge so she could hide better.

"You're not mad, Sparrow?" I asked a bit warily. I had never seen Jack mad, but I didn't want him to be mad at me. "Cause, you know that we had to be here to see how you were going to get the Pearl back." I added, just to make our story more credible. Jack rolled his eyes and held his hand out to me. He grabbed my own when I just stared at his and put me on the same ledge as Maria.

"Couse' I'm not mad, that would be petty, and I doubt that's the only reason ye made your great escape." Jack let go of my hand with a squeeze before turning to go. "Please, stay here until I negotiate. And don't do anything….stupid." Jack said, leaving with a tip of his hat and a smile. I sighed and sat down against the wall, turning to Maria as she sat next to me. Staring at the opposite wall, I could still hear the chanting but it was being disturbed by someone. I smiled to myself as I thought of Jack walking through the pirates, acting gentlemanly and saying excuse me.

"So, Maria, when did you decide what Plan B was?" I asked as Maria toyed with her pants. She shrugged sheepishly and looked around the cavern before looking at me. When she did look at me, she smiled wickedly.

"Uh, as we were running from the soldiers and the boat was there?" She stated almost questioningly. I laughed loudly and then winced as it rebounded off the walls surrounding us. Luckily, no one around us noticed and we could hear Barbossa and Jack striking a bargain. "Uh, what's really going on between you and Jack? Please don't get too attached, Taylor. This is a movie and I don't want you to be crushed when we get back." Maria said pleadingly. I narrowed my eyes a bit, but my heart sank a bit in my stomach at the words. It is just a movie.

"Nothing, Maria, I mean we kissed like once but that doesn't mean I'm attached." I pulled my hair out of its braids nervously, letting my hair fall over my shoulders, and then, without looking at her, asked her the same question. "What's going on between you and Will?" Maria blushed slightly as I watched her from the corner of my eye. She ripped off the fray that was coming from her hemline and twisted around her finger. I turned to look at her fully, but just as she was going to open her mouth her eyes widened and she pulled me back tight against the wall. "What are you doing?" I whispered fiercely. She nodded her head behind us and my jaw dropped in shock at the massive file of pirates walking past us. I bit back a gasp as one turned to stare right at us.

"Crap." Maria whispered as he broke from the lines to come take a closer look. Maria waved her hands back and forth as if warning him off, but he only smiled wickedly and walked a bit faster towards us. It was the pirate with the smoking beard and I rolled my eyes slightly. Why couldn't it have been a cool looking pirate? "Well wat' do we 'ave ere'?" Smoky the pirate asked in his stilted speech.

"Nothing, we don't have anything." I said quickly, edging towards the back way out of this little passageway. Sure we would just have to go to where Barbossa was, but then again, it's better than being assaulted by dirty pirates. "Oh, look over there." The stupid pirate actually fell for it and Maria and I took off towards the opening in the passage. The pirate turned back to see us gone and ran after us. "Don't stop, keep running!" I yelled behind me to Maria who let out a shrill eep! We got to where the passage turns into the cave's room and I stopped sharply. We were on the top of a huge cliff thing that would take us down. "Maria, we have a problem." I said closing my eyes so I wouldn't have to see the height. Oh, crap.

What happened next was Maria's fault for not listening to me. I opened my eyes to see Maria careening towards me and Smoky trailing close behind her. I waved my arms wildly so she would slow down and stop, but she kept coming. Needless to say, we fell off the cliff, backwards in my case, and into the water below. And yes, I did let out a banshee type call. We came up from the water sputtering and cursing, in my case at least, with Smoky standing on the ledge leering. I stuck my tongue out childishly and turned to where Jack, Barbossa, Will, and some other pirate were standing. "How is everyone?" I asked, grinning madly. Will snorted while trying to walk forward to help us, although he was stopped. Jack and Barbossa rolled their eyes simultaneously, and then turned to glare at each other. I might've seen a smile grace Barbossa's features and I patted myself on my back.

"Taylor! Get out of the water already." Maria stated as she sat on the bank wringing out her hair. I treaded water for a minute (that pool was really deep!) and then swam lazily over to the bank to get out. I shook myself off like a dog when I got out, flinging water over everyone. "Can you try to let me know when we could be falling to our impending doom next time?" Maria asked sarcastically, walking with me over to the hill where Will was standing. I smiled and tipped my imaginary hat at her. I wonder where my real hat went. I wasn't sure whether to be happy or insulted that we weren't being guarded, but then again we didn't have any precious medallions. Will greeted us with a warm smile when we walked over and I jumped around anxiously as Jack began to toss around icons. Here comes the good part!

Barbossa sat up a little straighter and when he spoke, his voice sounded like he was just talking to someone over lunch. "I must admit, Jack, I thought I had ya figured. But, it turns out, yer a hard man to predict." He leaned on one knee as Jack turned to face him, that devilish smile in place as he tossed away another of the cave's relics.

"Me? I'm dishonest. And a dishonest man you can always trust to be dishonest." Jack was saying. I couldn't help myself with what I did next. "Honestly!" I piped in. Everyone turned to look at me and then I gestured to Jack for him to continue, although I still mouthed along, much to the enjoyment of Will. "It's the honest ones you want to watch out for." Jack said as he walked closer to the pirate who was skipping stones. I smiled and stepped a bit away from Will, motioning for Maria to do the same so we wouldn't be hit by the flying sword. As Jack continued, Will looked at him curiously, seeming to have figured out his plan. "Because you never know when they're going to do something incredibly stupid."

With that Jack pushed the man into the water, whilst stealing his sword, and then threw it to Will. Barbossa let out a yell and in a flurry of motion, Jack, Barbossa, Will, and some pirates I hadn't seen before were fighting. Maria and I scrambled out of the way as Jack and Barbossa fought past us, Jack sending us a wink and a smile while Barbossa looked at us ruthlessly. I shuddered and then laughed as Jack let out a triumphant Hah! And cut the feather off Barbossa's hat. That looked very similar to mine. That cheat! "Go Jack!" Maria and I shouted together as they continued to fight. We looked at each other and then smiled, walking a little away from the battle so we could formulate our plan.

"Okay, when Will goes to hit Smoky and Jack and Barbossa look like they're going to kiss," "Eww!" "We'll start our cheer." Maria looked at me to see if I had any objections, but I was still getting over the fact that she had just stated that Jack and Barbossa looked like they were kissing. "Taylor! Focus here, this is the only chance we're going to have before Elizabitch gets here to do something fun. After that we'll just have to help out."

"Okie, dokie, I got it. Cheer when Will and Smoky do their tango. Got it." I put my heels together and saluted like a military man while Maria turned back to the battle and rolled her eyes. Suddenly becoming serious, I put my hand on my shoulder. "Don't worry, Maria, we've seen the movie thousands of times. Nothing happens to Will." She nodded resolutely and then gave me a smile. "Places." She whispered and I walked a little bit over to the side where they could see me.

In quick succession, Will had hit Smoky the skeleton and Jack and Barbossa were talking about monster. "Ohhh! U. G. L. Y. You ain't got no alibi, you ugly! Yeah, yeah, you UGLY!" Maria and I shouted stomping our feet and clapping in a rhythm. We executed the dance moves we had made up this summer, while the fighting stopped for just a moment to stare at us. "Hey Barbossa! You are U. G. L. Y. UGLY, UGLY, and UGLY!" We shouted together, almost falling over in laughter, as Barbossa's face turned an ugly shade of crimson and he turned back to Jack, who was laughing.

From the distance, a bell sounded and I remembered that there was a fight going on outside the cave as there was in here. The 'dead' pirates began to fight with a renewed vigor as Barbossa and Jack began to climb up a ramp. I was worried when I saw Jack fall, even though I remembered the movie. What if something went wrong? Barbossa threw his sword down. Kicking Jack and throwing his arms out towards him, Barbossa said. "Ya can't beat me, Jack."

Standing up and valiantly thrusting his sword through Barbossa, Jack looked worried when all the pain Barbossa showed was by sighing. I let out a little cry as Barbossa shoved the sword back through Jack. "AIDS!" Maria yelled out to them and Will hit a pirate over the head with his sword and took a gander at Jack and Barbossa. "That's so gross." I said as Jack said at the same time, "I couldn't resist, mate." Barbossa let out a girly humph as they went back to their vigorous fighting. This time, Maria and I decided to join in and I picked up a rather large goblet to chuck at a passing pirate. It hit him in the head with a clunk! And I cheered for myself as he fell to the ground. The fight raged on around me as Will ran past following a pirate and with a pirate straight on his tail. Maria was picking up random things she could use when the time was right, and I saw her slip a rather pretty necklace into her pocket. Sneaky, sneaky.

Anyways, I stood on a ledge to get a clear shot at the two guys Will had just had stab each other and slipped slightly when two other figures ran down behind me. "Sorry!" Jack called out as he ran, his pursuer, Barbossa running down after him. I laughed as he smashed his head into the wall and then stopped when he fell into the moonlight and was thrown into a gross looking skeleton. I so did not need to see that. "So what now, Jack Sparrow? Are we to be two immortals locked in an epic battle until Judgment Day and trumpets sound?" Barbossa wheezed while gesturing around greatly.

"Or you could surrender." I spoke with Jack. Barbossa jumped from the rock and let out a yell as they went to fighting again. I listened to a big thump and watched as Maria looked from her hand to the pirate laying on the floor in shock. "Nice one, Maria!" I yelled out to her as I jumped off the rocks and to the ground to stand by her. She looked at me, surprised, since I had stuck my landing. "I've already been clumsy enough for the day." I told her by means of an explanation. I laughed as Barbossa did the patented pirate Arr! And Jack went flailing away like a girl. Then, I scowled, because it meant that Elizabitch would be on her way soon. Grr. We watched them fight for awhile longer until an explosion went off and Will came diving at us so we would get out of the cross-fire.

"Will! Are you okay?" Maria asked concernedly as Will hobbled up from the ground. I sat with my arm propping up my head as my best friend completely ignored me for him. Humph. Will thanked her and then lay what looked like a kiss to her cheek. My eyes bulged out of my head as I saw Maria blush and Will scamper away. "What?" She asked me, trying not to smile. I just shook my head and applauded her as she helped me off the ground. Suddenly, there was a pirate standing in front of us and Will was on the ground again.

"I'm going to teach you the meaning of pain." Smoky said, holding a sword and what looked to be a pretty little explosive.

"Do you like pain?" Oh, Christ. Why now? "Try wearing a corset." Elizabitch said after she had taken out Smoky. I rolled my eyes as she helped Will up and they looked at each other adoringly. Hey! Hadn't he just kissed my friend? My fists tightened in anger and I was going to beat her down when she asked a question that I had to answer. "Whose side is Jack on?"

"Ours, duh, I thought that would be obvious." I said in my best know-it-all voice. She glared at me, but I ignored her and let Maria and Will explain to her that Jack picked his side by the moment. I ran towards where I thought I would have the best place to watch the upcoming scene and started to freak out after another explosion went off. Maybe I was in too dangerous of a spot. It was too late to do anything as Will, Elizabitch, Maria, Jack, and Barbossa ran towards the hill. Jack sliced his hand, held the medallion, and threw it too Will. The next thing I know, Barbossa has his fist twisted in my hair holding me back, with something sharp poking into my middle back, and his gun trained at Elizabitch.

Looks like I'm in a bit of a spot.

I started to freak out a bit as Barbossa tightened his hold on my head when I tried to slip out of his grasp. This was a crazy pirate that had me hostage and he wasn't about to just jokingly smile at me or wink like Jack would. I looked over to Jack helplessly, but he seemed to be focused on Barbossa. I heard Maria whimper from behind me and glanced at Elizabitch who was frozen in place as a shot ran out. I stiffened at what I presumed to be a dagger, being pushed slightly more into my mid-back as Barbossa smiled cruelly at Jack, who was now holding a steaming pistol. "Ten years you carry that pistol, and now you waste your shot." Barbossa said mockingly as Jack's gaze never once wavered. From behind me, Will slashed his hand and spoke up.

"He didn't waste it." I assumed he was dropping his coins into the chest, but I couldn't tell. Barbossa stood for a moment before ripping his coat open with one hand to see the blood leaking from his chest. I went pale at the sight of it. "I feel……cold." He said, and then began to fall to the ground. I let out a shriek as the blade of the dagger seared into my skin as I fell to the ground with him and I yanked out of his hold. Maria was already to me by the time I looked up, worry written over her face.

"What Taylor? What's happened?" She was frantically checking for gun wounds when Jack pushed her out of the way. I groaned as he sat me up, pulling the dagger out of my back as he did so. My eyesight started to get blurry and I heard Maria yelling at Jack. "See, you see that! It's all your fault, Sparrow! If you hadn't gotten her involved with this it never would have happened." I shook my head, but it felt really heavy and numb.

"No, no Maria. Jack's not fault. I wanted to, uh, to come." The outlines of their bodies were blurring and I felt Jack starting to wrap what felt like bandages around me. "I really like you, Jackie. I really do." My head was starting to feel worse than it did when I drank all that rum and I felt like I was ruining Elizabitch and Will's moment.

"I know ya do, Ms. Taylor. Now let's just get you back to the ship, okay." He said, picking up my limp body. I snuggled into the warmth of his chest and then my eyes blanked out.

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When I woke up from what would hence forth be known as Taylor's Finest Hour, I had a splitting headache, backache, and felt like I had swallowed forty cotton balls. But I didn't care. I was in the Commodore's/Elizabeth's chambers so I knew that somewhere on this ship, Jack was there and I had to talk to him before he was hanged.

I looked up to find Maria hovering over me, her hands moving in unseen ways, and I knew she was praying the rosary. I laughed and she jumped about ten feet in the air. "Tay! You're alright." She gave me a timid hug, like I would break if she squeezed too hard, but I didn't feel all that bad. "I was so worried, and Jack, oh, if only you could have seen how caring he was with you. That pirate does have a heart after all." She laughed and then sat up straight. "He wants to see you, but they locked him in the brig after he put you in bed."

I nodded solemnly, but Maria looked resolute about something. "I'm taking you down there. Get up." My eyes widened as she pulled me up, surprised that there was almost no pain in my back. "It wasn't that bad." Maria told me as if she was reading my mind. "It just bled a lot. It did go through your tattoo, though." She told me sadly and I groaned. My tattoo of a small sparrow on my back probably had a big hole in it now!

"Is it totally ruined?" I asked her, surprising myself at how feeble my voice sounded. She laughed at me.

"No, but you should have seen the look on Jack's face when he saw you had a tattoo and his tattoo nonetheless." I laughed along with her and we walked slowly to the door. I was surprised to find that there were no guards around the dock that night, but then again, we had just defeated the main threat so there wasn't much to worry about. The stairs were tricky but we managed them okay. The guards at Jack's cell jumped up to meet us, but I only hobbled over to the cell door where Jack was now standing lazily, with his half smile ever present on his face. "You're not authorized to be in here, miss." It was Murtogg and Mulroy from the beginning of the movie and they seemed to recognize me.

"She's allowed down here and you will give them their privacy." Maria said as she marched the soldiers up the stairs following behind them. When the loud door shut behind them, I fished out the keys from the bag on the wall and unlocked Jack's cell. Almost bowling him over, I jumped to give him a hug, sending us both to the ground.

"Thank you so much, Jack!" I said and impulsively kissed him. We froze for a moment, unsure of what to do until Jack slowly moved his lips against mine. I peeked my eyes open to see his chocolate eyes staring back at me. I blushed and pulled away just a little, though not that far. "I meant what I said in the cave." I told him and he nodded, giving me a gold-toothed grin.

"And I like your drawing on your back, luv." He said and before I had time to answer he had kissed me again. As he ran his tongue over my bottom lip and I buried my fists in his hair, I knew that he liked me just as much as I like him, he just couldn't say it because he was 'Captain Jack Sparrow.' As he rolled me over to my back and moved his hands down my side, I moaned slightly, surprising both him and myself at how responsive and open I was being.

We kissed as he lifted the hem of my shirt to expose my stomach and kept inching it higher. His tongue met mine and he stroked it softly. I was amazed at how gentle he was being. Bringing his hands back up to rid me of my shirt, he cupped my face and brought his lips away from mine. We stared at each other before I whispered his name. We kissed again and my hands went to work on his shirt, tracing over the markings on his shoulders, forearms, and chest. As his hands moved back down to my hips where he began to toy with my skirt and his lips went down to my neck, I arched my back into him. As he stopped at the front hook of my bra he looked up at me with almost pleading black eyes. "Are you sure you want to do this, luv? We can stop anytime." Bringing my hands in front of me, I unclasped the hook to the bra and brought his lips back to mine.

After that, there was nothing I would have done to stop him.

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Hurried goodbyes were never something I was very fond of, but that morning as Maria came pounding down the stairs to the cell that was all we had time for. I gave Jack one last look before we scurried up the stairs. Last night had been one of the best nights of my life and I would never regret or forget it. Jack had made me fall even more for him, and leaving him in that jail cell made me feel like I was condemning him. Commodore Norrington led us off the ship and then stated we had two hours to make ourselves presentable before Jack was to be hanged. He told me l was lucky they weren't hanging me as well, and we walked with Will back to the blacksmith. I walked in silence and no matter what Maria said, the movie was almost over.

It was almost time to go home.

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Well, well, well. That was the 11th chapter and the next one is to be the last chapter of this story! Can you fathom that, because I know I can't? Well, I hope that this chapter was as good as I wanted it to be and I was pretty happy about it. Tell me if you find any errors and I will fix them, because my proofreading and spell-check may not be enough. Please, please, please don't forget to REVIEW!!! The next chapter should be up soon, if I get lots of feedback! Lol.

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Violet!