Jack awoke the next morning to a wet nose on his neck. Jack's eyes popped open and found Wilbur, he moved away from the pig quickly and sat up, setting one of his arms behind him and putting his weight on it, he pointed with the other arm to Dinah's cabin.
The pig followed directions and went inside the open door. Jack heard a squeal of delight and then Dinah's head popped out, "Thanks…Captain." She said and then shut the door.
Jack got up and walked over to the door intending to put a stop to this whole "Captain, Miss Milton" deal. He knocked on the door twice and Dinah answered it.
"Yes Captain?"
"May I come in?" He asked politely.
Dinah eyed him and then nodded, opening the door wider. She closed it and then joined Wilbur on the bed. Jack leaned against Ana's chest and started, "Dinah, we've known each other for a long time right?"
She slowly nodded.
"And we've been close right?"
Dinah snorted, "Depends on what your definition for 'close' is, Captain."
"Dinah, the point I'm trying to make is that can we just cut the formal stuff?"
"Why would we do that?"
"Because we're going to be on this ship for a long time and if I accidentally call you Dinah, I don't want to get smacked."
"Oh, the only reason you want to do this is so you won't get hurt? Are you implying that I hurt you?"
Jack rolled his eyes, this was becoming more complicated. "Why can't we do that?"
"Why do we have to?"
"Because it's driving both of us crazy, lass, and you know it."
Dinah paused a long time before saying, "Fine. But this still doesn't mean you get to call me 'luv'."
"Deal, but it'll get to you sooner or later…"
Dinah rolled her eyes and stood up, "Is that all, Jack?"
Jack frowned, the way she just said his name sounded bad, like an insult. Well that's gunna have to change.
"Actually yes, lass, there is! About this bruise thing…"
Dinah groaned. "Didn't we go over this yesterday?"
"I just want to know who did it, and before you start screaming and yelling, can I at least look at it?"
"Returning to the scene of the crime are we?" Dinah mumbled.
"What was that?"
"Nothing." Dinah held out her hand and Jack carefully took it in his. He turned it, which Dinah winced a little and then he put his fingers over it. They fit perfectly. A light went on in Jack's head and he knew who made the bruise on her wrist. He looked down at her and she looked at him. Locked in eye contact, he started to move closer to her, when he was just about to bend down and kiss her; there was a knock on the door.
Without for an answer Ana burst in and said, "Captain, you gotta come see this." She waited as Jack practically forced himself out of the cabin and followed her. But he didn't have to walk a long ways to see what Ana was about to tell him. There in the water was a sinking ship, and people sinking along with it. The only person he could see struggling for life was a young man. "MAN OVERBOARD!" He yelled. The crew threw a rope out and the man grabbed on to it. With Cotton, Ana, Gibbs and Jack all pulling- the man was rescued.
"Pirates." Was the first thing he said when Ana gave him a blanket. Jack, Ana and Dinah were standing around him. He had blue eyes and dark brown hair. His skin was gold-ish brown from the sun and he was tall.
"Pirates attacked us and left about twenty minutes before you arrived. The ship was a cargo ship carrying everyday things, they asked if I knew of the Black Pearl and I told them of course, everyone has heard of the Pearl. But what they really wanted was where the ship was and I told them I didn't know, and then they fired at us."
Ana looked at Jack, who was thinking everything over in his head, "This is the Pearl, mate," Jack said. "But do you have any idea what the ships name was?"
The man thought and then said, "A name…starting with…a 'D'?"
Dinah laughed, "It wasn't The Douglas, was it?"
"Yes!" Dinah stopped and the smile went off her face. She looked at Ana and Jack.
"What's your name?" Ana Maria asked.
"Kevin, Kevin Johnson."
Dinah smiled, she had always liked that name. "I'm Dinah," She said, sticking her hand out. Jack looked at her, and then looked at Kevin.
He smiled, took her hand and kissed the top of it. She blushed.
"And I, matey, I am Captain Jack Sparrow." Jack said, taking off his hat.
"I thought so…it's the eyes, but somehow I thought there would be less kohl.
Jack paused, thinking if he should the man over the ship and let him drown. But before he could act on it, Dinah said, "Well I'm sure you and Ana have a lot of business to tend to, so I'll take Mr. Johnson down to the galley and feed him." She smiled and left quickly with Kevin.
Jack watched them leave and faintly heard Kevin ask if it was alright for him to call her Dinah and for her to call him Kevin. Ana Maria cleared her throat.
"Right, The Douglas." Jack, said, turning his back on the steps down to the galley. He started walking towards the helm and Ana followed him. "Why the blast would that man sink a cargo ship?"
"And why didn't we see them? No ship is that fast. We can usually see one from twenty minutes away."
"And why did Mr. Johnson call them pirates!? That man is the stiffest man I've ever met!"
"You don't suppose he's that mad?"
"Huh?" Jack said, when finally reaching the helm.
"You don't think he's looking for us because of Dinah and he's mad enough to sink ships that don't know where we are, do you?"
"Is that fear I hear in your voice?" Jack questioned.
Ana stepped on his foot hard, "Ouch!"
"Jack, I'm just saying that it's possible."
"Well if it is, then when they find us, we'll have more canons then them anyhow. We can easily catch up with them after we drop off Mr. Johnson."
"Aye, Captain."
"So Kevin, where exactly are you from?" Jack asked that night while Kevin, him, Dinah and Ana sat around a table drinking rum.
"I live off the coast of Haiti. Heard of it?"
"Heard of it!? I've been there a couple times! Do you know a woman named Lynn?"
"Black hair, blue eyes, fair skin?" Kevin described. Jack nodded, "She's my sister."
Jack's mouth dropped.
"How do you know her?"
"You'll have to ask her that, mate." Jack answered, taking a drink. Putting the cup down, he left.
"I better go too, the Captain is going to want us up early tomorrow to get our places sorted…" Ana said standing up. "Oh, and Jack said you can sleep in Gibbs room …Dinah, do you know where his cabin is?"
She nodded.
"Okay well, see you tomorrow."
After she left the two sat around and talked for hours.
Finally Kevin asked the question that Dinah hoped he wouldn't. "So why are you here?"
"Jack kidnapped me…from The Douglas." She said.
"Have you met him before that?"
Dinah paused and looked into her empty cup, "Yea, kinda…"
Kevin eyed her and then looked into Jack's cup. He poured the left over contents into his won cup. Dinah saw this and thought, Left over Rum? From Jack? What's wrong with him? He never leaves rum in a cup.
"Did you hear me?" Kevin asked loudly, breaking Dinah from her thoughts.
"Huh?"
"Were you two lovers?"
"No…of course not. I won't make love to any man unless there's a ring on my finger…and Jack isn't exactly the kind of person who would put a ring on anyone's finger…" Dinah said. Then she heard footsteps, thinking someone was coming down, she looked, but no one appeared.
"Sounds like someone was spying…" Kevin concluded, Dinah looked at him and paused.
"I guess we should get going. I like my sleep." Kevin agreed and they left. The walked across the deck to Gibbs cabin and before Kevin went in, he kissed Dinah's cheek and smiled.
She slowly turned around, and jumped from seeing Jack standing by her door.
"Waiting for something Captain?"
"Your pig won't leave me alone…"
Dinah looked at his feet and smiled. There was Wilbur, sleeping, with his head on one of Jack's boots. She walked over and picked him up. "Why couldn't you just have put him in the cabin?"
"I tried, he pushed his way out and oinked at me."
Dinah smiled, "And what you don't want a Milton in your bed?"
Jack raised his eyebrow.
"I named him Wilbur Milton."
"You shock me, you know that?"
"How so?"
"A man just kissed you goodnight and then you come over 'ere and flirt with me?"
"You call that flirting?"
"What would call it?"
"Pressing myself against you…" Dinah said, petting her pet. The thought of that ever happening intrigued Jack. "And it's not like you haven't done the same. I'm sure in Tortuga you're with more than one woman a night, so don't go and try to accuse me of being…"
"Unfaithful?" Jack finished.
Dinah paused. "I'm not involved with either of you right now, so I'm not being unfaithful to anyone…"
"You sure, lass?" Jack asked, coming closer.
"I barely know the man!"
"And your Captain?"
"I don't have a Captain…I never have."
Jack stopped in front of her, her arms holding Wilbur were touching his lower chest and her scent was flowing from her hair, and entering his nose at high speeds. With one small move he bent his head down and lightly kissed her lips, tempting her to kiss him back. But she didn't. He looked at her in confusion and she started shaking her head. Then quickly and without a word she went into her cabin and shut the door.