Drumroll please! This is my first chapter written on my new laptop!

I wanted to update sooner, but as you can understand, it's hard to write when your laptop is broken... Yes, it died on me… My laptop sadly passed away… XD

Luckily, I had predicted it would happen and saved all my ideas somewhere else, so the rest of this story is still pretty solid!

Think I'll throw something in the mix though, first part of this chapter is improvised 'cause I just thought of it just now!

It is a quite short chapter though…

-X-O-X-

There was chaos.

There was canon fire, wood flying around, fighting. Jack couldn't remember how he got out here on deck, but he was, and he was fighting for his ship!

Once again, The Black Pearl was under attack!

Nobody knew when or how it had happened, but there were hostile and unfamiliar Pirates everywhere!

The entire crew was out on deck, swords in hand. Running and shouting, men flying over board. There was no time to even get the men out of the water… When one was fished back up, another was thrown in!

Speaking of water…

''Capt'n! Capt'n!'' Captain Sparrow looked around, bewildered.

Who was calling?

''Capt'n! The ship's hit, Sir!'' ''We're sinking!'' Scrum called, whilst kicking a man in the face.

''Jack, The Pearl is filling up with water!'' Gibbs warned.

Jack Sparrow looked around. It was a mess. His ship was sinking! The Black Pearl, his love! His love was sinking… After all these years… His love… Wait. His love…

The ship was filling up with water… From the bottom up, water! Angelica! Angelica was at the bottom! The water… His love…

''Angelica…'' Jack's world stopped.

For the love of the Sea! She was down there!

Jack Sparrow took off. He jumped, ducked and ran past all the men. He took off to the stairs leading to the brig.

He nearly fell down the stairs, tripping over his own feet.

They keys… They keys. Where were the keys?! Jack felt the panic rising in his chest…Where were they?!

He couldn't concentrate. He could hear her scream, it was the only thing he could focus on… The sound was everywhere… She screamed for help, she screamed to God, for anything! She was scared!

She was going to drown!

Captain Sparrow tried to think. He knew a way out, he was sure of it! This was his ship! He knew every single part of this vessel, the solution just needed to come to him! But it wouldn't help… It was all going down…

Jack could hear the water streaming in, it was everywhere! He heard the water, the water was all he heard, the screaming had stopped… Angelica was gone…

He was too late…


His eyes shot open. Sweat all over his forehead, dripping down his neck and back, drenching his bed…

Not again…

Jack sighed, and sat up. He wiped the sweat of his face.

This had been the his tenth nightmare already! He had had several of them each night, the last couple of nights… This couldn't go on…

It wasn't normal to have 10 nightmares in a week's time, now was it?!

This couldn't go on like this, he knew that… He couldn't keep her there…

He couldn't keep Angelica in that cage, like an animal… It was inhumane, and second of all: the longer he kept her in there, the more nightmares he would have! His mind would keep on creating situations where Angelica Teach would die an agonising death in the brig…

The Captain turned on his side, frustrated. He needed to have normal dreams again, or not dream at all! He was a Pirate, there was no need for idiotic fantasies! He closed his eyes…

After a minute, he already turned to his other side… This wasn't working… His neck hurt! He wasn't comfortable… He missed his second pillow…

He shouldn't have given it to her in the first place…


The Pearl was floating on the ocean's surface. There were no big waves, tranquillity all around… It was slowly driving the First Mate insane…

Joshamee Gibbs was bored out of his mind!

He was currently sitting on deck, face in the sun…

The Captain's orders had been clear… Lead the Pearl back to open water, out of the Spanish waters, but that was it… They weren't allowed to move any further…

Once again, Captain Jack Sparrow didn't know what he wanted. He wanted the ship out of Spanish waters, but still close to Spain… Gibbs didn't get it at all…

Speaking of the devil! Captain Jack Sparrow was climbing up the stairs, to where Gibbs was sitting.

''Capt'n, are we really going to stay here till Ms. Angelica stops vexing you?'' Gibbs asked.

''She's not vexing me…''Jack sat down next to him.

''She's on your mind, yes?'' The First Mate questioned.

No answer…

''We'll stay here?'' Gibbs tried again.

''Yes.'' The Captain would not change his orders.

Gibbs sighed. Silence. His friend wasn't in the mood to talk… To be honest, he looked awful!

''Jack?'' ''Jack, you look like the Kraken swallowed you whole, decided against it, and spat you back out…'' Gibbs waited for a reaction…

''I've been there, and I've done that, Gibbs…'' A small smile appeared on the Captain's face, for just a second…

Gibbs chuckled.

He focused on Jack. He looked tired.

''What's going on?! Have you been sleeping at all?'' The Captain wasn't acting like himself at all…

''Well, Gibbs… The notorious Captain Jack Sparrow is troubled by nightmares…'' Jack sighed.

''Jack, look what's happened to you! This is not who you are!'' Gibbs couldn't keep on watching this!

''She's everywhere, Gibbs!'' Jack turned to his friend.

''Then go get 'er! Make 'er yours, Jack!'' ''She's right there!'' ''You love the damsel!'' Gibbs cried out.

''Most regrettably so…'' Captain Sparrow sighed again.

Should he do it? Could he do it?

Finally make Angelica his…

His father's words came back to mind… Angelica would be the woman, Jack wouldn't be able to make it with anyone else…

Would Captain Jack Sparrow be able to commit?!

He was a Pirate. This wasn't something that Pirates did… However, it had been done before… Except for a tiny bit of inconvenience, Elizabeth and William were doing fine, and they were married!

Then again, would Angelica even still want him?! Would she accept?! She had looked so hurt when he had visited her in the brig the other night…

Maybe, after all these years and after everything he had put her through, she had finally given up on him…

When she looks me in the eyes

They don't seem as bright no more

But she loved me at one time

Would I promise her that night

Cross my heart and hope to die

It's tearing me apart

And she's slipping away

Am I just hanging on to all the words she used to say?

I can't seem to let you go

Can't seem to hold you close


Angelica Teach saw herself as a strong women. She had been stuck in the same spot for a week already, in the brig to be precise, and without a single attempt to escape, but she still was a strong woman!

She knew she had flaws. Captain Jack Sparrow was her weakness, she knew… Everybody knew! But that didn't mean that Angelica would just accept everything.

She had fought with Jack before, hit him, tried to kill him… She had stood up to him more than once, but still she would find herself back at his side every time…

However, Angelica was done beating herself up about that. She could be a strong woman with, or without him. The fact that feelings sometimes got in the way was only natural. He had been the first man she had ever loved after all…

She had lived without him for years. Admittedly, she had thought about him from time to time, but she had survived. She had also survived the years with him, maybe that was even more remarkable!

Angelica Teach was used to Jack Sparrow his tricks, but this time he had outdone himself! Locking her in the brig, for more than one day! At least she had been able to move around on that island…

Wait. No. First of all, he had literally snatched her away from her homeland. Second, he had locked her in the brig. Third, he had still dared to kiss her!

Well, she hadn't protested… Instead of kissing him back, she could have used the opportunity to try and make a run for it… But she had kissed him. It's just that she hadn't seen him in quite a long time, she couldn't help but wanting to touch him, even if it was just once…

Would this happen every time their paths would cross again? Just wanting to know what it tastes like, because she had almost forgotten? With their relationship, Angelica and Jack could probably keep this up for years!

It was hard to imagine that Jack Sparrow had actually spent two entire years at her side… Would he ever be capable of doing that again? Would she want him to?

Her chain of thoughts was broken, by the sound of someone coming down the stairs.

This wasn't normally the time they would bring her food…

A sailor came down the stairs, keys in hand. It was Scrum!

Angelica frowned. To her surprise, he opened the door.

''You've been requested upstairs, Miss. Please follow me'' Scrum smiled.

Angelica had always liked Scrum. He was a good lad. Still, she felt as if something was off here…

She followed him, staying right behind him. She wanted to make sure she would make it on deck.

Would she make a run for it?

-X-O-X-

I know it's a lot of 'Jack being indecisive' but we're getting somewhere, I promise!

You know how hard it is to write the 'Angelica' character?! I do believe she loves Jack to death, but at the same time she is such a strong and independent woman! Penélope Cruz did such an amazing job portraying her, with those personal qualities! I want to do her performance justice, but I just feel like 'my' Angelica is a bit soft… XD

Trying to bring her back in the upcoming chapters!

Made quite the amount of films dialogue references is this chapter. *hehe*

Really wanted to use these lyrics.

Lyrics: I Know What You Did Last Summer – Shawn Mendes & Camila Cabello

'When she looks me in the eyes'
'They don't seem as bright'
'No more, no more, I know'
'But she loved me at one time'
'Would I promise her that night'
'Cross my heart and hope to die'

'It's tearing me apart'
'And she's slipping away'
'Am I just hanging on to all the words she used to say?'
'The pictures on her phone'
'And she's not coming home'

'I can't seem to let you go'
'Can't seem to hold you close'