Sorry, guys! Life has been crazily hectic, and I just couldn't figure out how to write this chapter. I hope you guys haven't given up on me story just yet...I'm trying to update whenever I can! Just shoot me a review so I know you're not shunning my incompetence...


Back on the Pearl, I tried to help as much as I could, but I couldn't make myself do the work. Every few seconds, I couldn't help but bring my fingers up to my lips...where Jack's had just been. Why did he kiss me and just walk away? It just didn't make sense! I glanced back at him standing at the helm of his beautiful ship, but for what had to be the first time ever, he didn't seem to be as proud to stand there as he usually did...

"You don't look so good, Jaaack." Barbossa drew out his name as was his strange custom as he walked up behind Jack. Jack barely glanced over at him for a few seconds and turned his attention back on the helm.

"I 'ave a lot on me mind." He said. I looked away, not wanting to intervene into their conversation, though I couldn't help but wonder what it was that was on his mind. I guess I hoped it was me...

"Why don't ye let me stand at th' helm. Ye can take a break as it were...think about whatever it is that needs thinkin'..." Barbossa said, taking a step closer to the helm. I rolled my eyes. Did he not understand that Jack would never--

"Fine." Jack's voice stopped all my thoughts. Did he just...is he...willingly letting Barbossa steer the Pearl?! I stared as Jack stepped away from the helm, sure that at any moment my eyes would pop out of my head for being opened so wide. I couldn't believe he would do something like that! What on earth is thinking?!

He walked by me, on his way to the foretop, and I opened my mouth to talk to him. But I couldn't. Literally nothing would come out of my mouth. Nothing. He glanced at me, briefly, as he stepped by, and I'm sure I looked like the very picture of a madwoman, standing motionless with my mouth open and my eyes popping out of my skull. I managed to snap back into reality after he'd passed, although I'm sure I'd already left enough of a mark on him that he'd be thinking some strange thoughts about me. I knew I was going to punch myself for it later. We were already confused enough about each other, and there I had to go and make it worse...

With a heavy sigh and my little heart necklace clasped in my hand, I turned around and leaned against the starboard rail, staring out to sea like I always did when I was thinking hard. Off in the distance I saw what looked like fog, slowly approaching the ship. Great. Fog was just the thing we needed to make this situation even worse than it already was.


"I cannot see a thing!" I complained, stumbling along the deck. The fog was thick. Really thick, and it was almost impossible to see more than two feet in front of your own nose. "Is there really a fleet of pirates following us?"

"Aye. You can hear 'em through the fog if you listen carefully." I heard someone say behind me. Spinning around, I tried to see who'd said that...but I couldn't see anyone. It was more than slightly creepy.

"Uh...thanks." I mumbled. "Whoever you were..." I think it might have been one of the crew members as I'd not really recongized the voice. We'd spent the last few hours getting all of the pirate ships together. Slowly, the fog had come in while we were gathering together, and now we were wandering aimlessly through the fog, hoping with every fiber of our being that no ships would run into each other. Fog was so, so dangerous for sailing. "Oof!" I grunted as someone ran into me and I fell to the deck. "Watch it!" I brushed myself off and stood up. Turning around I saw that it was Jack.

"I uh...sorry." He murmered, walking away. I shook my head and sighed. What was us with the two of us? And why had he bloody kissed me?! I just couldn't get over it...

I pushed it out of my mind and thought back to the weather. I felt a breeze run over the ship, and I instantly started to hope that it would carry the fog away with it. I sat down, with my back to a barrel so to keep anyone from sneaking up on me from behind, and I watched the fog. It drifted through the air so nonchalantly that I felt like screaming! We had a battle to fight, and we sure couldn't do it with this bloody fog here. In spite of the situation, I yawned. It had been awile since I'd gotten an actual good night's rest. I was pretty tired. Well, maybe if I just sit here and rest for a while...I'll just...


"The enemy is here!" I jolted awake at the sound of Marty's yelling and the cheers of the crew. When did I even fall asleep?! "Let's take 'em!" I slowly stood up and glanced around. The fog had finally lessened, and EITC ships could easily be seen creeping through the fog on the horizon. But...they just kept comming. And comming. Everyone glanced around at once another. None of us had expected that Beckett would have this many ships...

"Abandon ship! Abandon ship!" I heard Cotton's parrot squawking as he flew from Cotton's shoulder and away from the ship. I almost wished I could go with him. We were up against an armada.

"Parley?" Jack spoke up in the silence. I seemed a parley was our only option at the moment...we were so in over our heads...