This is just a one shot fic, I don't own the film, thats why its a fanfiction and not an epic movie. Please review if you like it, I'll give you a cookie, as I did to my other reviewers. Now, onwards! *Insane laughter* cliff-hanger!

Chapter Two - Bastard

He opened the old door with a loud creak, a whore and some bedraggled pirate where involved in a tight embrace on the rug, Jack casually stepped over them and made for a door behind them on the right. He took a deep breath before entering, adjusted his hat and smoothed his moustache, didn't know why but it felt right. What are you meant to say to a woman ye ain't seen in 10 bloody years? He wondered briefly, then pushed open the door to behold whatever was inside.

A man in dirty clothes with many knotted braids in his hair sat on the bed, in his lap a woman was perched. Her dress was blue, lace was on the edges and the hair coming down the woman's back to her elbows was the same colour as chestnuts. Her skin was pale from spending most of her waking hours outside at night. Jack couldn't see her face, but he didn't need to. It was without a doubt, Eve.

"'Fancy seein you here, love" Jack said proudly

There was a long awkward silence in which the whore stopped kissing the pirate and just, froze. The pirate on the bed looked irritated at the interruption but it would appear that something had caught his tongue. Jack smirked and waited for Eve to turn around.

As if time had slowed up, Eve turned around with an expression of surprise, joy and anger on her pretty face. Her eyes are still overdone, Jack thought fleetingly, before he braced himself for a tearful embrace which would no doubt end up on that very bed. Slowly, Eve got up.

"Jack?"

"Cap'n Jack" He corrected, his smile widening. Then with fear he noted her anger, and instead braced himself for a hard slap, the embrace could come later. What he did not expect however, was her fist connecting with his jaw with a loud crunch.

"Bastard!" Eve screamed "3 bloody months and ye finally show up after 10 bloody years!"

"Aye, I know love…complications"

"Don't ye be given me any 'o that nonsense, Sparrow! Y'never meant any of that horse shite ye spouted, all ye wanted was…was…"

"A 2 bit whore?" The pirate from the bed put in, Eve rounded on him with fire blazing in his eyes. Jack doubted hell was any more fiery that that expression.

"Feck off!" Eve yelled, "Next door, Ruby, blonde" The pirate nodded and picked up his purse, gave a small salute to Jack and hurried out.

"So er…where were we?" Jack asked tentatively, feeling slightly intimidated by the angry woman.

"I were sayin how ye'ner meant any 'o the crap ye told me"

"Ah, no, see luv" He held up his hands to prove his point, "Part of that, I did mean" He took a deep breath, then as he spoke the next words his hands moved about drunkenly "See luv, I had every intention 'o comin back to this lovely establishment all that time ago, but see…me crew mutinied and left me to die on an island…so when I got off I needed the Pearl back…course turns out the loot we'd been a searching for were cursed an all, so me old crew couldn't be killed, and in any case I had no means 'o getting anywhere" He paused to see if Eve was listening. Her arms were folded across her chest and one eyebrow was raised.

"Shut up Jack, I can't stand listenin to any more"

"Oh aye, tis a horrid tale, but it explains where I been"

"Not that, I'm sure it's a great tale for drunk pirates, but I'm neither drunk nor a pirate, so it don't hold with me"

"Oh! Nononono! Tis all true, I swear on…me brother's head"

"Ye ain't got a brother"

"If I had a brother I'd swear on his head"

"Ye sweard on rum and that didn't even hold your promise" She sat down on the bed looking hurt. Mentally, Jack cursed all women for ever being able to look hurt and sat down next to her

"But that's what I'm tryin to tell ye luv…it were different last time"

"So what am I meant to be believe? That yer crew mutinied, ye were marooned, ye got off the island, then what?"

"Got to Port Royal, rescued a girl from drowning…got caught and were te be hanged…then the damned Pearl showed up lookin for the girl I saved…ended up on me way to Tortuga with the son 'o Bill, who's dead by the by" He paused again, this time Eve was listening "We got a crew, and were off to save this girl, Will had a bit 'o a fancy for her, then we spent along time with sea battles and the like till Will broke the curse wiv his blood and I killed Barbossa, with the gun he gave me to kill meself when I were marooned all by me onseies" He ended with a bright smile

"…and this all be true?"

"As true as…er…the truth!"

"Only you could tell a story like that and not be lyin"

"Well, I am Cap'n Jack Sparrow"

"That ye be. So, ye got the Pearl back now?"

"Aye, an a new crew"

Eve gave a loud sigh "Only you Jack…only you"

"Me what?" He wondered if it was time for the teary embrace yet

"Ach…ne'mind" She smiled slightly, causing Jack, by some unknown accursed force, to do the same.

"So why'd ye come back now 'en?"

"Well, I did make a promise…to come back 'an all…time be damned"

He was improvising now. Truthfully, Jack had no clue why he had decided to come back, but for some bizarre reason he thought it might be because he felt like she had been haunting him. Every single time he'd been with a woman since Eve, he'd always picked out similarities between Eve and whoever it was. Even the brief moments where him and Elizabeth Swan, sorry, Turner, had been close, Jack had noticed similarities between her and Eve. Maybe he just needed to stop her haunting him? The lack of enjoyable female company would otherwise be less than fun, and then he would be a very unhappy pirate.

"So what ye want?"

Damn, Eve was still asking awkward questions.

"Eh?" Jack grunted

"What do ye want from this encounter?"

"Well…luv, I never did pay you from our last little romp"

There was a long silence, in which Eve appeared fascinated with the floorboards, then her dress, then her hands.

"Jack…" She bit her lip "I weren't a whore that night"

Jack was confused, how could a whore not be a whore?

"What ye mean Eve?"

"I didn't take a roll with ye fer money that night. I did cause I wanted to"

"That's interesting"

"…aye"

"Um…actually, there were summin I wanted to ask ye this time" Jack began, placing an arm around Eve's shoulders.

There is a little voice in everyone's head that tells them when to shut up. Jack's was currently working overtime, but just like the last time his little voice had been screaming "no", Jack was completely unable to comply. He knew he was going to regret ever asking what he was about to.