A/N: Okay, okay, I guess it was kinda mean giving you a chapter called Kiss that contained no actual kissing, but we haven't got to the right place for them to be together just yet... almost though! In the meantime, here's another chapter for you, and thanx for the reviews on the previous one :-)

(For disclaimer, etc. - see chapter 1)

L is for... Lost

"I would like to say I cannot believe this has happened, but given that we are under the command of Captain Jack Sparrow, I suppose I shouldn't really be surprised!"

Elizabeth was completely enraged, storming up and down the ship, mostly talking to herself since no-one else was paying much heed.

"Er, the young miss does seem... distressed, Cap'n" said Gibbs in a quiet voice as he moved up close beside Jack.

"Yes, she does" he replied from his place at the helm, watching Elizabeth has he had been these past ten minutes, striding about in frustration, all red in the face and throwing her unruly hair over her shoulder as she went.

"Do we know why, perhaps?" asked Gibbs, a little bemused by the situation at hand.

"Oh yes" replied Jack easily, "We're lost"

"Lost?" his crew-mate echoed, glancing down at the so-called map in front of them.

"Been reading the map upside down for a bit" explained Jack, leaning towards Gibbs a little so he could be better heard, but never taking his eyes off Elizabeth, "Just about turned a full circle by now I shouldn't wonder" he said with a random wave of his hand, the smirky smile still permanently at his lips.

"And yet... you're smiling, Jack" the older pirate noted with an odd look.

"Yes, well" Jack chuckled slightly, "Dear Lizzie is so very beautiful when she's angry" he pointed out, "I find it was almost worth the getting lost just to experience such a thing again. What say you, Mr Gibbs?" he asked, glancing at the shorter man just a moment, his kohl-rimmed eyes dancing with fun.

"Aye, Cap'n" Gibbs chuckled heartily, "I dare say it is" he admitted, turning his gaze in the same direction as Jack's own...

...and Elizabeth raved on.