Author's Note: Sorry it took me so long guys!
LAST TIME: Evan smiled and he said in a low voice, "No…but you've probably seen me around Tortuga." Jack's eyes widened and Dinah figured that he remembered where he came from. But out of no where Jack's fist tightened and he punched Evan square in the jaw.
"Oh! Oh!" Dinah and Elizabeth shrieked and Ana yelled. Ana went to Evan and tried to hold him back from hitting Jack back and Dinah tried to get Jack out of the room.
"Jack, c'mon!" She said tugging on his arm. She finally stomped on his foot and pushed him out into the front yard. After they left the house she heard the door shut and lock behind her. Good. She thought, whatever's gotten in to him has really set him off. She let go of his arm, he was breathing hard and started pacing. His face was pink and he was cursing under his breath.
"Jack, what was that about?"
"Don't ask me about it, luv, you don't want to know!" he yelled. She heard the tension and stress in his voice. She nodded and went to go sit on a bench, shaded by a big oak tree. Jack sighed and watched her walk over there. Surely she would understand. Well not really, he heard himself thinking, she doesn't even know him or why you punched him. Jack took three deep breaths to calm him down and then walked over to Dinah.
"He's someone from Tortuga…that I used to know." Jack tried to explain once he sat down. Dinah nodded and put her arm through his and held his hand. "He uh…he used to be part of my crew…"
Dinah looked at him in shock, "Really? What happened?"
Jack sighed, "He was the one who suggested mutiny. Except right after Barbossa killed Bootstraps Bill, he left the ship. I didn't even get the pleasure of killing him." Dinah raised her eyebrows.
"Killing him? Jack, it's been years! You're still thinking of killing him?"
"I dunno yet…I still can't believe Ana…"
"Ana what?"
"Well she's clearly in love with the bloody fool!"
"Well Jack, I can understand that you're angry, but I don't think you have a need to be worried about Ana…"
"Who said I was worried?"
Dinah was silent. She could tell by his words and tone that he didn't want to lose Ana as a friend. "Jack, he's older now, don't you think he has more sense than that? And it's not like Ana's going to be his captain!"
Jack slowly turned his head to meet Dinah's, "She's going on to his ship?" He questioned. He held his mouth closed until Dinah thought he was going to blow up. He stood up quickly and walked to the back door. He started banging on it and yelling Will's name. The door opened and it was James with a gun and Danielle holding Milton.
Dinah squealed, temporarily forgetting about Jack's problems and ran to her pig. James shut the door behind him and Jack heard it lock again. He sighed and started yelling at James and in hushed tones, cussed at him.
Danielle handed the oinking Milton to his owner and he licked Dinah's face all over. She giggled in delight and kneeled down to play with him on the ground. Jack stopped mid way through yelling because he heard strange noises in the background of his yelling. He turned and saw Dinah and Danielle running and chasing Milton, giggling and laughing gleefully. His expression softened as he thought of himself and Dinah having kids of their own, and a backyard (sooner or later) and running around and playing with their child. In the midst of running, Dinah caught Jack's eye contact and smiled at him. Jack smiled back, knowing that he had to spend the rest of his life with Dinah.
"Evan, you have to tell me what's with you two?" Ana asked. They were all sitting at the table and Elizabeth had put some ice in a cloth for Evan, to put on his jaw, even though he had refused it. Elizabeth was a hard woman to order around.
"Ana, believe me, it's not that big of a deal, and I'm glad I only got a punch instead of a bullet, savvy?"
"No! If that was meant to make me feel better, it didn't, so tell me now!"
Evan sighed, "I was on his ship…like part of his crew,"
"Aye, what else?"
"I was the reason Barbossa did what he did." Elizabeth's eyes immediately darted to her husband. She knew that Barbossa had killed Will's father, and she wondered if Will was Bill's son.
"Uhhh…" Ana was thinking the same thing Elizabeth was, "Evan, I might need to tell you something before you go on- This is Will and Elizabeth, TURNER. Will is Bootstrap Bill's only son…"
Evan looked at Will and Will returned with a hard glare. "I had nothing to do with yer father's death. Barbossa was the only one with anything to do with it, savvy?"
Will paused and then nodded. Evan let out a sigh of relief and went on with his story, "I meant marooning Jack on the island. But after he did I left the ship. Barbossa talked about going after that gold, and I had heard stories 'bout that evil loot, so I left."
Ana rubbed her forehead, this was getting more complicated. She had already been trying to decide if she should leave the Pearl and go with Evan, but this was making it even more difficult. Ana jolted when she heard sudden poundings on the door. It was Jack, wanting to be let it. She heard James get up and walk over to the door and load his gun, with Danielle hot on his heels and Milton oinking. What I really need to do is talk to Jack and Dinah.
But no such luck. After a few hours Jack and Dinah came in to eat dinner, Jack sat at the end of the table next to Dinah and across from his temporary bodyguard, James. Ana was sitting next to Will, who was at the head of the table, and next to Evan, with Elizabeth across from her. Danielle was the only one who was perfectly content throughout the whole dinner.
Dinah made glances to Ana over the candlesticks every once in awhile, but she was mostly involved with talking about how long James had gotten here. Will had brought up the subject, wanting to know more about his friend's journey.
"Mother had requested me coming and talking some sense into you and Danielle told me Milton was sick for you." James said, glancing at both his sisters, "But on the way here, we were intercepted by an Evan's ship and crew. We sent up our white flag and he was sent over to our ship. We told him of Dinah running after Jack, he asked if Ana was along and then before I knew it, a pirate was sleeping in the same cabin as me."
Everyone smiled at the joke, knowing James was only half kidding. Jack hadn't been the best example of a pirate to James, all James had known about Jack was that he seduced his baby sister. But now that he had spent time with him (sober or not), James had come to like Jack, and hoped that Dinah would be happy for Jack.
Jack suddenly stood up and held up his glass and hit his fingernail against it, which didn't make a very pleasant noise, "Jack, sweetie, please, what are you doing?" Dinah asked, grabbing his forearm.
"Trust me," he said hushed to her and winked. Then louder he addressed the whole crowd, "Well mates, I apologize to each and every one of you for my behavior. I have stolen the heart of some people's siblings, stolen the rum out of some cabinets," he smiled and looked at Will, "And have…stolen some people's…pride, even if it was well deserved. But I would like to make an announcement!"
The crowd paused, and Jack swallowed and wondered if he was really going to do this, "Y'all are invited to a weddin' of some sort. Hopefully it'll be 'ere, in my boy Will's own back yard…" Dinah held her breath. Is he just going to tell me or is he going to ASK me? "I have decided to ask Dinah to be me wife. And for that reason, I have decided to put everythin' aside for her, well…at least all my differences…" He put the glass down and looked down at Dinah, she had tears in her eyes and was trying to keep them there. "Dinah Eileen, you complete me, come live with me on the Pearl?"
They way Jack had put it, it sounded more like a statement than a question, but Dinah knew her answer either way, she smiled and said, "Aye Jack, I'll be ye wife," with a husky voice and tears running down her cheeks. Jack smiled and leaned over to kiss her, and cheers broke out from everyone.
"Well that was awfully quick with letting your differences go…" Ana mentioned the next morning to Jack. Everyone else was still asleep. Jack had just gone up and set Dinah's ring that he had bought in Barbados on her journal. She had said last night before saying goodnight that she was going to write in it this morning because she was too tired to write in it last night.
He shrugged, "Dinah is my life, and I'm making room for her there…" Quickly changing the subject to something more serious, Jack said, "Ana, we need to talk…"
"I agree, but you have to let me go first."
"Okay."
"I've fallen in love with Evan, I'll admit it, but I'm having a hard time deciding whether to stay on the Pearl, or go with him…"
Ana said cautiously, hoping he wouldn't yell and scream, waking the whole house up.
Jack nodded slowly, "I understand…"
Ana eyed him and he broke, "Well not really, but I'm practicing for being married to Dinah. But really- has he invited you?"
Ana shook her head, "I was going to talk to him about it today."
"After the wedding?"
"Wedding? It's today?"
"Well yea, but Dinah doesn't know it yet. I asked Evan to do the ceremony, you can be her best maid or whatever and Will will be my best whatever and Elizabeth…she'll be in there somewhere, and so will Danielle."
"But Jack, is it really okay with you?"
Jack turned serious and looked out the window. "Ana, I can't force you to stay."
"You don't want me to go?"
"Ana, what I'm saying is that go with him. I want you to go with him. You'll be happier…and Dinah I guess could fill your spot…but know this- no one will take your place…"
Ana smiled, "Thanks Jack…"
"And if things go wrong, you can always come back!" Jack said, making sure he didn't sound too sensitive.
"Aye,"
"Then we have an accord? You're off the Pearl…"
Ana thought about it before shaking Jack's hand, she thought about how different life was going to be without Jack being her captain, and how losing that friendship was going to be the worst part of this. She finally nodded, and shook his hand, and knew that they'd be friends, that she'd make sure of that.
Before either of them had a chance to say anything more, Dinah tiptoed out of her room and called to Jack. He turned and looked and looked back at Ana, he smiled, and wiggled his eyebrows and was gone in a flash, and they disappeared into Dinah's room.
Once inside, Dinah wrapped her arms around Jack and stood on her tippy toes to reach him. She kissed him and then drew apart and said, "Thank you for the ring," and kissed him again. The ring was an emerald, but darker than most, and was set in a silver band. It was simple but beautiful.
When they pulled apart, Jack asked, "What about your morning breath?"
She smiled and said, "I already brushed my teeth! Ha." He smiled back and drew her closer and started rubbing her back and arms. She sighed in contentment, but then asked, "Why aren't you still mad at Captain Miller?"
"It's Evan luv, and the reason is simple."
"Oh, then what is it?"
"I noticed that you could wash away any anger that I have. I maybe in a fight with you, and almost nothing you can do will change it, but with Evan it was different. Simple laughs, and dreams of having children with you made me forget about Evan…it made me focus on you…"
Dinah smiled to herself and hugged him tighter. "So when's the wedding? A few weeks? Months? What?"
"Uh…that's what I really need to talk to you about, luv," He drew himself away from the warmth of her body and made it so he could look her in the face.
"Yes?"
"I was thinking today…"
"Today?!" She said.
"Well yea…and I've got it all planned out, and you still have your wedding dress that practically looks like new…and we'll have about two days for honeymooning and then go wherever you want…"
She raised an eyebrow and thought about it for a minute, "Only two days?" Jack smiled and for the next two hours snuggled with his soon to be wife.