Chapter Four

The sun was just starting to warm the captain's quarter's window when it awoken Naydeene. She yawned, and then realized she was sleeping in the bed. She turned over panic ally coming face to face with her Uncle Jack.

"Rise and Shine Love," he said, moving closer.

"NOO!" Naydeene screamed, thrashing wildly.

"Naydeene! Naydeene.. ow!" Jack stumbled backwards from Naydeene's slap across the face. Naydeene opened her eyes, realizing it had been a dream. She was hanging out of her bunk, Jake still sleeping in the bottom one. She looked across at Will, then, walked over to him.

"Naydeene?" A voice said, and she turned to look at Jake, "Anything wrong?"

"No," Naydeene said, backing away from Will's sleeping form, "It's nothing."

(Naydeene can do something.)

She climbed back up into her bunk. She moved around her few items, then taking out a bottle of ink, a quill, penknife, and a small leather bonded book of paper. She leaned back in her mess of a bed, and slowly unscrewed the top of the bottle, barely opening it wide enough to slip her quill in. She slowly began to write, and Jake watched. The small quil7 whipped across the page like a dancer's movements and letters were formed across them.

This carried on for a long time, until Will awoke, and looked out their porthole. "Rough sailing today, huh?"

Jake torn his eyes from Naydeene, his only friend, to look at Will. "We can manage." He turned back to watch Naydeene's skilled hands work. Will tapped Jake on the shoulder and motioned him to come with him.

"C'mon, we got work to do." He said, and moved him across the floor to their boots. The two men starped them on, and Jake took one more look at Naydeene before leaving.

Naydeene laid down her quill, and reread her letter; she made sure she still had an old rum bottle she had taken from Jack. She rolled the letter and walked over to the porthole. She slowly opened the hole, and drops the letter into the sea. She climbed up into the bunk, and began to sharpen her quill, for she had some more time before the Pirates began calling for their breakfast.

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Jake began to re-braid the mast rope, as Will repaired the sails. They both worked in silence; only Jake made sounds of angry when he had missed a loop in the rope. "I hate braiding!" He yelled, frustrated, throwing the rope to the ground.

Naydeene walked out to find the rope on the ground and Jake cussing and stomping furiously at the ground.

"Now, Now," Naydeene said, "It didn't do anything to you," She leaned back and began to braid it.

"Easy to say when you know how to braid!" Jake blurred, still frustrated.

"Well here, let me show you." Naydeene came up behind him and moved his hands with hers, trying to explain it to him. Jake smiled, and Will smiled back, and winked at him. Jake turned his head to face her, but instead came face to face with her boobs. Naydeene let out a little shriek as Jake froze with fear then finally back away, mumbling an apology as Naydeene crossed her arms and gave him death glares.

"I.. I really am sorry Naydeene."

"Oh Really? I'll show you sorry, BOY!" She rolled up a sleeve when Will came between them.

"Naydeene, Come on, He didn't mean anything by it." Will said, "Aren't you suppose to below deck?"

Naydeene was furious now, "Wha...YOU'RE ALL JUST STUPID MEN!"

"CHICHKEN!" Jack busted out of his quarters, "What the blue cheese is going on here?"

"Nothing," The three of them said in unison.

Jack walked around them, looking at them hard, "I want to see some work done around here you mangy dogs!" Will and Jake got back to work as Jack turned to Naydeene, "And you."

"Yes," Naydeene sighed, "I know, back below deck."

Jack smiled and patted her on the head, "That's my girl."

"But Uncle Jack I.." Naydeene began to repute, but stopped and let her head hang as Jack turned and gave her a stern look. Jack softened, and lifted her head and she puckered her face and widened her eyes.

"Oh, c'mon now, not the face!" Jack whined then smiled and said, "Well, alright, you can stay up here a bit longer, but you must be careful."

Naydeene jumped with joy and began to skip around the deck, "I will! Thank you Uncle Jack!"

"That's captain." Jack began to correct her, but gave up as she skipped away, not listening.(..That is the weirdest word I have ever seen)

Jake looked over at Will, "Why she get away with things like that?" He whispers out of the side of his mouth.

Jack shot a glare at them, and then disappear off down the deck. "She is Jack's niece, he must hold something higher than others." Will answered, and began to climb higher up the mast.

"I don't think he holds anything higher than that ship." Jake said, trying to repeat what Naydeene had showed him. His fingers weren't as thin as Naydeene's it wasn't as good as he hoped. "What do you think happened to Naydeene's parents?"

Will hung down a little, to sent a quizzing look at Jake. "What do you mean?" He asked, then slipped back up. (He like a monkey.)

"Well, Naydeene's father was Jack's brother, or so says rumors." Jake said, "At lest that what Gibbs told me."

"I wouldn't trust much of what Gibbs tells you. He has been known in the past to be missing some facts." Will said, all to known to Gibbs ways.

"This is what he told me, see, Jack's brother didn't approve of Jack's ways, so he became a merchant, and worked for the trade roots, where he must have met Naydeene's mother. When Naydeene was born, Jack rejoined his brother, and he became a pirate to support his family. Naydeene's mother disapproved of course, so she began to school her daughter, and planed to leave Jack's brother, and.." Jake trailed off as Naydeene when by, "Gibbs said their dead, and that Jack was the only one to take Naydeene in."

"You mean there is more than one Sparrow in the world?"

"Yup, And Jack was the only one to take in Naydeene. But you didn't hear this from me," He finshed in a whisper.

Will just shook his head, not sure what to believe anymore.

~*~*~*~*~

Jack leaned over Naydeene, trying to read what she was reading. "What is that word?" He asked, pointing.

Naydeene grinned a little, "Let me guess, you never bother to learn to read?" She asked. Jack gasped, "Of course I know how to read!" Naydeene sighed and turned back to her book, "It's just been a while."

"Yeah, what ever you say."

Naydeene went back to her reading peacefully with Jack struggling over her shoulder. They were interrupted by Jake, slamming the door open. "CAPTAIN JACK!" He yelled, "Will needs." He stopped when he saw what was going on. "What are you doing?" He asked.

Naydeene shut her book and sat on it. "Nothing," She said.

Jack had wandered out of the cabin, shouting, "Will! Stay away from my Naydeene!!"

Jake proceeded to find out what Naydeene had been reading. He tried to reach under her skirt, and she got up, squealing, and holding the book in her hand. She ran around the room, squealing, while Jake chased her. (Okay, I want to shot Poine..She first of all makes it really hard to read, and then puts Nay in a skirt..) Naydeene hear Jack out on the deck shouting, "WILL! STAY AWAY FROM MY NAY!" Naydeene stuffed the book down her bodice, folding her arms in triumph. Jake stood there, shrugged, and stuffed his arm in her bodice, and looking for it. Naydeene screamed, pulling his hair. Jake felt the hard square, and pulled it out. Naydeene grabbed her breast, and then slapped Jake. Jake, holding the book, read the front.

"Diary?" He asked, "What is this?"

Naydeene walked behind him. "It's my mother's diary."

"Uh."

Naydeene sighed, "I hear what you told Will."

"What Gibbs told me." He said, slowly looking down at Naydeene's hands. Their eyes met quickly, and then cased down. "So." He said, reaching his hand to take her's. "Hot have you been." He asked.

Naydeene watched as he wordlessly began to trace the lines on her hands, "Good, You?" She asked, never really been through anything like this. (Makes two of us dear.)

Jake looked up, at Naydeene, dropped her hand. "I am good.. When I am around you." He leaned in and slowly kissed her on the lips. He started to pull back, surprised at his own boldness. "Naydeene, I care about you, a lot."

"Jake, I .mmmt.GOT TO GO!" She snapped, and ran out, down to the galley. She leaned up against the door, and sighed.

~*~*~*~*

Night had fallen, and Will was leaning up on the mast, looking out. Over the pass couples of years, he had become quite well at climbing up and down the ship. He whistled a little to himself. He peered out in to the ship to watch a figure walking out to the side of the ship, then stepping out on the edge, and a splash was heard. Will ran a cross the top of the mast to lean out and see what had fallen into the water below. He slipped, and grabbed on to the mast.