A/N- Hello! I've been a bit tired lately, but I haven't forgotten you guys! Only a couple more chapters left. Enjoy!

eXsTorDiNaRiLy InViSiBlE- Wait, so if I understand this correctly… you're a swimmer too?

They had decided to meet at what Jack was still calling the god forsaken spit of land. A few of the pirate lords had decided to follow to find out the final outcome of the situation while the others left to return to their home seas or to the safety of ship wreck island. It was still to take about four days from the location that they had been when Calypso appeared to them.

Alex had been able to stay on the Black Pearl, but not under the circumstances she had wished for. Teague was no also on the ship. He had told Elizabeth to watch over his ship since she was a pirate lord. Teague had calmed down a bit since their confrontation, but was still watching Alex and Jack. It was like he was studying her and the way she treated Jack.

They had been sailing for a day already and Alex was standing with Jack at the helm, watching his steer the boat. As her eyes traveled the horizon they fell upon Teague strumming his guitar below the mast. "Jack?"

"Yes, luv?" Jack asked.

"I'll be right back." Alex patted Jack's arm and walked down the stairs and over to Teague.

"I think we need to talk." Alex said quietly.

"I agree. Do you want to talk here or somewhere my son can't watch us." Teague asked without looking up.

"Somewhere Jack can't see." Alex said. Teague put his guitar down and started to walk towards Jack's cabin. "Can't Jack come in here at any point?"

"He won't."

"Are you sure?"

"Yes, now where do you want to start?"

"Why are you so against my relationship with Jack now? Why can't you just be happy for us like most fathers are when they find out their son has fallen in love with someone who loves him back."

"It's hard when you yourself have never been loved." Teague said.

"What?"

"I thought I loved Jack's mother… actually I know I did. I was ready to give up piracy for her and Jack so they can live a happy life without worrying about me. I was trying to get a real job… I had set up a sugar cane farm and had bought slaves. We were doing so well. I came home one afternoon and found Bonnie, that's Jack's mum, with another man. I killed the man, he was a captain in the navy. I was put back on the wanted list by the Navy so I took my son, found a ship, took a few of the slaves and started sailing again. I found the whores in Tortuga really took to Jack as a baby so he staid there most of the time. When he was a bit older and I had earned a position on the council I took him to shipwreck island where he learned the trade of his old man."

"So he became a pirate just like you."

"Aye, he took to it so well and so fast. He made me proud." Teague paused for a few moments, reliving the memories in his head.

"But something happened…" Alex said quietly.

"His mother came looking for him. She found him before I found her. We were in a quiet town trying to get a break from the plundering. Too much plundering can cloud a young pirate's head. He was on the dock alone when his mother found him. Bonnie told him they were leaving, that she was going to take him. I stopped her before she was off of that dock. The ship she came on, a royal Navy ship, saw us and tried to engage us in a fight, but our own ship, the Black Ghost, came and engaged the Navy in a battle, sinking their ship. I took Bonnie back with us. Jack needed his mother for a bit I believed. Looking back, I never should have.

"His mother was always lurking in the halls. She never spoke to anyone except Jack and even then it was a few words. I gave Jack the Black Pearl when he turned twenty. He had been out on his own using the Ghost. He found his crew, which included his friend Nate who came to us as a young lad and Hector Barbossa who had been training with Captaine Chevalle."

"Barbossa was taught under Chevalle?"

"Aye, Barbossa stabbed him in the back at one point, and they still haven't settled that. That is another story though. Jack left after he found his crew and spent years sailing. He was never going to see his mother again, but I have yet to see if it bothered him."

"His mother is the shrunken head."

"Aye, it is. When did you see it?"

"I noticed it hanging in the small room you had when you came out during that first meeting."

"You're a very observant person… and so am I. I've seen the way you Jack's arm or hand whenever you can. I've seen the embraces you've shared when I noticed no reason other than just because you can. I've seen your kisses at odd times of the days. I've seen the things in your relationship that I missed in mine."

"So what you're saying is…"

"So I'm saying is that I know you love my son and I know my son loves you. He doesn't follow just anybody around."

"Now, are you going to be ok with our relationship?"

"Aye, I believe I am. You'll make my son truly happy and that is a hard task for any woman. Pirates are not easily made truly happy since they trick themselves into thinking they are already happy because of the treasure, rum, and whores of Tortuga. A woman making a pirate happy is like the perfect gust of wind that never ends that gives you true freedom. Alexandra, you are that gust of wind… lead my son in the right direction so he can find true happiness."

"Excuse me sir, but I think we've already found it."

"Then don't let him be blown away." Teague said with a smile. Teague got up from the desk chair he had been sitting in and walked out of the room without another word. Once Teague had left Alex sat on the bed and thought about everything that Jack and his father had gone through.

"What was that all about?" Jack asked, as he barged into the room.

"Your father told me why he had been apprehensive about our relationship, why he had been so into pushing us apart."

"He told you about mum?" Alex just nodded in response.

"He told me that story long after I had left Shipwreck for the first time. It was right before I was marooned."

"Jack I'm-" Jack put his finger over Alex's lips to stop her from finishing the statement.

"Don't be. It's in the past. He had his time to keep his love and now it's my time to keep mine." Jack said with a smile.

"I just want you to know I'll never be like her." Alex whispered.

"I know. I trust you and love you with my heart and soul and body."

"I love you just as much and so much more. Now show me what you mean by with your body." Alex whispered lustfully in Jack's ear. Jack just grinned and started kissing Alex's neck as he pushed her into the bed.