A/N: BEST MOVIE IN THE WORLD! Benny and Joon…it has Johnny Depp in it and a GREAT song! GO OUT AND RENT IT NOW! And uh…sorry it took me so long to write this…I uh…had to go live my life and do my homework…yea…it sucks.
Dinah sighed for the third time that night. She wasn't getting any sleep thinking about what just happened. Ana was snoring slightly and Wilbur was oinking in his sleep. She heard the water lap up against the boat, but none of these sounds could lull her to sleep. She got up and grabbed her journal and slowly left the cabin. He headed towards the bow of the ship, and smiled at the man who was steering. Usually Jack didn't do that, but I guess he wanted to get to Haiti quickly.
Dinah sat and leaned against the corner of the end of the ship. She didn't know if she was going to write in her journal, but if she did, then she would be ready. She crossed her legs in front of her and hugged her journal to her chest.
Why did he kiss me? Why did he have to open that door again? Granted, he's not he best kisser, but he puts such emotion into his kisses, as he does with everything. Why am so blasted attracted to that man? He's a pirate, not very clean, has weird hair styles, talks a lot, gets drunk on rum, has a desire for "pleasurable company" and…has kohl under his eyes! He argues with almost everything I say or do, he's rough, and rude, and…and…UNDEPENDABLE!
The more Dinah thought about it, the more she became mad at herself for ever being with the man. When she thought about all the time and energy she wasted on him, it made her irritated. And the fact that he seemed almost jealous over the fact that she was spending time with Kevin upset her more. Well fine. If he wants to be stupid about this whole thing, I'll get back at him for kidnapping me and leaving me and…Well I'll just be with Kevin… She thought to herself. Yes, this did seem a little childish, but when you have feelings that store up inside of you for two years, you tend to lash out in odd times.
The last thought in Dinah's head before she drifted off into dream-land was smacking Jack across the face.
Dinah woke up late the next day to someone shaking her gently. She smiled and pulled the blanket up to her chin. Dinah's thoughts cleared up, blanket? She opened her eyes to find Ana trying to wake her.
"Dinah! Finally, I've been here for almost five minutes! I thought you'd be dead."
"She's a heavy sleeper…" Jack commented from the helm. She grunted.
"And she's also not a morning person."
"Aye, but it's not morning!"
Dinah slowly got up, covering her mouth she asked, "Where'd this blanket come from?"
"What are you doing?" Ana asked.
"Morning breath…I don't want to be killing you…" Jack smiled yet Dinah was being serious.
Ana laughed, "You won't, Gibbs has worse breath than ANYONES morning breath."
"Okay, okay, but where did this come from?"
Ana shrugged.
"Fine, where's Kevin?"
"Down in the galley, I imagine…why? You and him have some business?" Ana Maria asked with a wink.
"Maybe…" Dinah smiled and promptly left.
Now Dinah was never really planning to like Kevin, but when you spend all hours of the day with a man…you begin to like him, or like things about him.
One thing that Dinah noticed was that Jack came down to the galley every half an hour, had a cup of rum and left. All the while, watching her and Kevin. She had always thought that women who used jealousy were being totally unfair. Of the things to use against a man, jealousy was the worst.
But here she was, flirting with Kevin, but getting to know him. And that's what kept her there. She kept telling herself that she was being nice and hospitable by eating with him and talking with him. But every time Jack opened that hatch and came down those steps and looked at her with those brown eyes she told herself to leave.
Jack closed the hatch for the fourth time today and mumbled to himself while he walked to the helm, where Ana Maria had taken over for the fourth time today. Ana was getting fed up with this.
"Captain, why don't you just go down there and sit with them and talk?! You're the Captain! You can do that!"
"Now, why would I want to do that?"
"Because…" Ana stopped, making sure she said this right, "Because maybe you're attracted to Dinah…"
"Attracted? To that skinny little brat, are you serious!?"
Ana crossed her arms in front of her. Jack sobered up and said, "Dinah and I had something a long time ago. I left her on a beach two years ago and now I kidnapped her, if something was between us, it would've happened, savvy?"
"Dinah and you had something? Hmhp…that's a strange way of putting it…do you think Dinah would describe it like that, mate?"
Jack turned around and faced the ocean. "I don't care what she would say."
Ana threw her hands up in defense and saw the hatch door open. Jack turned around and saw Dinah and Kevin come out. Kevin waved a little and went to his cabin that he was sharing. Dinah walked over, looking at Jack until he broke the eye contact. She stopped. Ana looked at her, then at Jack, then back at Dinah, Jack kept his eyes forward and Dinah was looking at her feet. Ana rolled her eyes and left, mumbling about something. What is it with pirates and mumbling? Dinah thought as she watched Ana walk to their cabin and slam the door. A minute later she opened it and set Wilbur on the deck and shut the door again.
Wilbur looked around and then wandered off. Dinah was worried about it. She had Jack tell the crew about him…hopefully he did. She didn't want Roberts finding him and cookin' him up for dinner.
"Jack, did you tell the crew about Wilbur?" Dinah asked.
Jack nodded, "Yes lass, I did."
She stood there a little longer before asking, "How much longer 'til we get to Haiti?"
"We'll be in about three days, why? Getting tired of your guest?"
"He's not my guest, he's yours. He's on your ship not mine."
"Well the way you've been treatin' him…"
"Are you jealous?" Dinah asked, but the minute she did, she regretted it.
Jack turned around and looked her in the eye, "You would like that too much, wouldn't you lass?"
Dinah swallowed.
"What if I was, then what would you do? Console me?" He asked, moving his eyebrows suggestively.
"I would tell you to get over it, because I've had plenty of chances to be jealous while I've been here."
Jack smiled slightly, "Like when lass?"
"I don't really want to discuss that with you…and I wasn't finished!"
"Then by all means, miss,"
Dinah sighed. "And you the one who…who…"
"Spit it out, lass."
"Who kissed me last night."
Jack raised one of his eyebrows and then lowered it and turned back around. "It seemed like the best thing to do…at the time luv,"
Dinah's mouth dropped and she stormed off to the galley to get something other than rum, if they had it.
Jack smiled, he knew her game. "Are you jealous?" Yea right, Captain Jack Sparrow is never jealous of anything other than money and the Pearl. I don't even need that woman. I don't need anything but this ship…well and some rum maybe. But no blasted woman like her. No one like Dinah…Dinah…
Jack's thoughts started to fade but all of the sudden he heard a scream. It came from the galley. Jack left his post and yelled for Cotton. That scream sounded like Dinah. He thought as he threw open the hatch and ran down stairs.