Ana Maria noticed how the pair came in separately. She also noticed how angry Rosaline looked, even though she was trying to conceal it. Jack's anger had gone, and his facial expression was unreadable.

He had not followed Rosaline when she reached the group, but instead had gone to see how Savannah's translation was going.

Ana frowned, and saw Rosaline being approached by Elizabeth, who must have asked her if she was alright, because Ana could see Rosaline's reaction. She looked like she was waving it off, saying she was fine, and just a bit shaken by what had happened on their journey there. Elizabeth had sounded like she was agreeing, but Ana could see Rosaline wasn't paying much attention to the conversation. She put up her hand to Marti, who was just about to speak to her,

"I'm going to go talk to Rosaline a minute," She told her friend. Marti looked in Rosaline's direction, and could now only see the act she was putting on.

"Why, what's up with her?" Marti asked, only half interested, but staying in the conversation to avoid having to talk to Clay.

"I'm not sure," Ana said, "Somethin'." Marti groaned inwardly when Ana left her. She quickly latched herself onto Mort and Gibbs, who were testing what looked like it could have been meant to be a trap door. She pushed herself into the middle of them both, and began talking loudly about her experience with trap doors. Thankfully, Mort picked up on this and made a crude remark, which allowed Marti to have a go back at him, and get involved in conversation. She didn't look back at Clay, but hoped he'd lost interest. It wasn't as if she wasn't attracted to him. She'd be lying if she said she wasn't. But she couldn't deal with anything like this while her attention was on finding Bill Turner. And she had always seemed to make the wrong choices when it came to men. Having Bill around had brought her more luck. She knew him so well it was like having a big brother, that she could as all the awkward questions like, how do you tell a drunken pirate you're not interested without him getting angry and trying to rape you? Bill's answer had been to slice his head off, therefore avoiding any unnecessary confrontation.

"Alright?" Ana's voice made Rosaline jump. Elizabeth had been taken away by her husband, and Rosaline had been staring into space.

"What?" She noticed Ana, "Oh, Ana Maria, sorry, I wasn't listening."

"What's up?" Rosaline tried unconvincingly to look confused,

"What do you mean?"

"Rosaline, when you and Jack came in you looked angry about something. What did he say to you?" Rosaline sighed, partly because she didn't want to have to talk about it, and partly because every time she heard her name, she was reminded of the awful way Jack had said it earlier.

"He didn't say anything really," She lied, "But I think I made him angry about something… I don't know… when I tried to apologise he got angry."

"What did you say?" Rosaline looked uncomfortable,

"I don't know if I should tell you," She admitted, "I don't know how private it was. It must have been to get him that angry."

"Are you sure he was angry?" Ana asked her.

"Of course, he basically told me that his life was none of my business." She said. Ana glanced at Jack, who was still with Savannah,

"Some times, when Jack gets upset, he gets angry." Ana said, knowingly, "He's got a whole problem with showing his feelings goin' on. Unless of course they're humorous, or anger, or just general drunken ramblin'. He'll avoid whatever your question was, and if y' don't want to tell me that's fine, but there isn't a lot about Jack I don't know, so I might be able to tell y' what y' said wrong. But he'll get angry, in the attempt to put you off him."

"How do you know all of this?" Rosaline inquired, curious. Ana seemed to know a lot more about Jack than she let on. Ana looked awkward,

"Y've gathered from the crew that there's a history between us," She said quickly, "It was not a very productive one. In fact, it was afterwards, when I had learnt to spot the strange ways Jack's mind works, that I actually was able to understand him. He had got angry at me, I had got angry at him for getting' angry at me, and the pair of us were like time bombs, just waiting to explode. Now of course, I see what he was trying to do, and it worked. But Rosaline, I've seen how he is with you. He's spent more time in his cabin since we picked you up than he ever has. That's because when he's in there he doesn't have to put on a show, doesn't have to be the captain. He can just be a normal human being, like the rest of us, and have real feelings."

"So what can I do?" Rosaline asked,

"Don't give up." Ana said, firmly, "Whatever you want to know, force it out of him. It might take a lot of yelling, a lot of 'I hate you's' but I believe you may be the only one who could do it. Because he cares about you."

"He cares about the whole crew." Rosaline objected, "He cares about you, and Savannah, and Martina…"

"Jack and Marti have been through a lot together," Ana said, indecisively, "Jack was there for Savannah when her husband Joseph died, and when her daughter Elena was born. He's wonderful at helpin' the rest of us get our problems out into the open. He can make a joke of them, and make us realise they aren't all that bad. But he can't for the life of him practice what he preaches." Rosaline thought for a moment.

"It was silly really," She said, "He just made a joke about how women have the excuse to cry because they're women, and how it was unfair that men couldn't. Then I asked him when the last time he cried was, and he said when he was a boy, he said he must have fallen down or something. I knew he was lying, so I asked him again and then he just flipped. He completely closed up, and told me…"

"Pretty much to get lost?" Ana offered. Rosaline sighed, and nodded.

"I'll admit that I've told Jack something, very personal. He was… he made me feel better about it," She said, quickly, "And I never imagined that he would react like that when I wanted to return the favour."

"That's Jack," Ana shrugged, "To be honest, I don't know what it was that made him upset, or angry, whatever. But you have to make a choice, right now."

"What?"

"Do you want to know what Jack is hiding? Or are you goin' t' give in to those feelings you are hidin'?" Rosaline's head snapped up,

"What do you mean?" Ana looked indignant,

"Oh, please. Do you really think that I didn't notice the way you looked when I mentioned me and the captain? Or when you spoke about Savannah or Marti? You're jealous."

"No I'm not," Rosaline objected, but Ana smiled kindly,

"Yes you are, but don't worry. I'm not sayin' I would be if I were in the same situation, but that's only because I know Jack, and Marti, and Savannah. I just think you might want to give it a try. You wouldn't want to miss out on what could be the best opportunity of your life."

"No…" Rosaline frowned, and looked down at her hands, trying to make a decision. Her mind was arguing with itself. Again. Ana smiled, and left her to it.

Hellooo everyone!

Vanessa, glad to know you're hooked, ooo the power! Te he! I wondered how I could show Roz's jealousy without some kind of all out bitch fight, because some how I don't think she's that kind of person!

Will_Turner_is_so_mine, love the name dude! I think Liz might disagree though! I did no they are making a PotC 2, but I don't know much about it. I know Jack's in it, but I don't know anything else, anything you know?  

Anyways, hope you enjoyed this chapter, and look forward to the next,

Love you all, and wouldn't be here without ya,

Savvy Z