"Well, now I've done it!" Amanda once again paced the small cell. She had just told Jack what had happened because surprisingly, he was already asleep before Barbossa started talking.

"Don't be so hard on yourself, luv. It would've happened anyway." She sniffed and looked back at him through swollen eyes.

"What do they do to marooned pirates?" He got up from the bench and walked over to lean against the cell door.

"Well, they give you a pistol with one shot and hope that you use it sooner or later." He smiled.

"I wasn't joking, Jack."

"It's the truth luv." She looked up at him, stunned. "Sometimes they make you walk the plank and you swim to shore. But other times they knock you out and drag you onto the island. Then you wake up with a headache and a loaded pistol in your belt and you get to wave goodbye to your own ship." She hid her face from him.

"I'm so sorry Jack!" She burst out in sobs and she heard him walk towards her.

"It's alright, luv. Shhh." He wrapped his arms around her and stroked her hair.

"I wish that you had stayed captain. You're so much nicer than Barbossa." He smiled and hugged her tighter.

"You know something, luv? While I was sleeping, I dreamed about you." She pulled away to look at him.

"Really? I dreamed about you too, last night." She had slept with Jack's head in her lap so who else would she have dreamed about?

"Amanda, I want you to know that even if they maroon me, I will do everything I can to protect you." He kissed her forehead and looked into her hazel eyes.

"Jack." His name left her lips before his touched hers. Amanda had never been kissed before but Jack was a very good leader. They broke apart for air before diving in again.

"Well, well, well. This is very good!" Barbossa stood with his monkey outside of the cell, watching the touching scene.

"Barbossa, have you ever heard of 'knock first'? It's very handy." Jack still held Amanda close to him.

"It's going to be so much fun breaking you two apart." His weathered hand reached towards a ring of keys on the wall held up by a rusty nail.

"Are those the only keys to these cells?" Amanda asked Jack softly. He nodded but didn't ask her why she wanted to know. An idea had begun to form in her head.

"Well, let's get you two on deck, shall we?" Barbossa unlocked the doors and Jack led Amanda out to the deck.

The crew stood around on the hardened surface looking evil.

'Like they've ever looked anything but that.' Amanda thought. Somehow, the whole ship and its crew seemed more destructive without Jack in charge. Barbossa walked in front of the plank and began to address her.

"Now, Miss Amanda. You said that you would only come to me if I marooned Jack on an island, right?" She swallowed and nodded. "And since I want you more than I want Jack, it seems as if we have struck an agreement." The crew sniggered. He motioned for a few pirates to bring Jack to him. Amanda almost followed but some hands held her back.

"Can I say goodbye?" Jack asked his enemy.

"Of course you can. Since you're going to die and then she'll be mine, you can say goodbye." Jack turned back to her and the hands fell away. She ran to him and they hugged for a second before they're lips met again. She was surprised at Barbossa because the kiss lasted several minutes. She drank in the smell of his hair, his clothes, and his lips and knew that she could never have enough of him. He ran his hands up and down her sides and drank her in also. They whispered each other's names between breaths. Amanda could hear the crew making noises but she didn't care. All she cared about was Jack. Barbossa cut her loving thoughts short.

"Okay, that's enough. Remember, she's mine now." He grabbed her arms and crushed her against him. Jack was forced out onto the plank and was given a pistol. "Have fun, Jack," Barbossa sneered. Jack gave Amanda one more loving glance and was gone. Barbossa turned away. "Now, about that promise?"