An Unexpected Reunion

"Not her!" Jack groaned as he sat up moments later. "Please tell me it's not her," he said shooting Will a pleading glance.

"What not happy to see me?" the woman said coming forward. Jack knew what was coming. With one swift movement she slapped him across the face. "You owe me a ship you bloody thief."

"How many people does he owe ships to?" Kathryn asked stepping closer to Will the only friendly face among the grungy faces of the pirates.

"A lot" both crews said in unison.

"Who are you?" Will asked the newcomer. He found himself moving closer to Kathryn. Holding her hand even as he asked the mysterious newcomer his question.

"My name is Katie, and this filthy bugger marooned me here two months ago in hopes that no one would ever find Me." she said with anger filling her voice. Both crews turned to look at Jack a look of confusion in their eyes. Jack had never spoken of her before and he spoke of a lot of things when drunk. Jack sighed. He didn't want to face her not like this.

"Luv, if you hadn't run off with…" she cut him off.

"I told you Jack he made me go with him." Her heart sank in her chest as she saw Jack's eyes fill with anger. "He still will not believe me," she thought to herself.

"Yes," he said sarcastically. "I'm sure you absolutely hated the whole ordeal." He said spitefully. He didn't consider himself to be the best looking man on the entire Spanish Main and her…history proved that she was fond of handsome men.

"Jack, you never took the time to listen to me will you listen to me now?" She asked pleadingly. Jack nodded quickly unwilling to say anything. "He was going to kill you if I didn't go with him Jack, I did it for you." Jack's eyes softened for a moment as he let his guard down for a moment.

"Ye did?" was all he could bring himself to say. His eyes hardened as he began to loose faith in what she was telling him. He had no reason to believe her. He twisted the ring on his finger uncomfortably. She had given it to him and he still wore it in hopes that someday she would love him one again. She noticed him finger in the ring and her heart lifted.

"You kept it?" she asked taking a she reached for his hand. He withdrew a step but nodded. He couldn't bring himself to give it away even when he needed the money. Katie looked down at her own hand her own ring long gone. Gomez Jack's old first mate the very one that had betrayed her had taken it away and sold it to purchase a new one. He had wanted her to have nothing to remind her of Jack. "I know it looks bad," she said feeling ashamed that she didn't still have it.

"Luv, just leave me be pleases. I need some time to think," he said as he walk off to no place in particular. He just needed to get away from the rowdy crews who had gotten bored of their conversation and gone back to trying to convince Elizabeth to play a game of strip poker with them. Katie watched in dismay as he walked off leaving her surrounded by unfamiliar faces. After a few moments she too walked off. She went in the other direction towards where she had set up camp for the last few months so she too could collect her thoughts.

While all this was going on Kathryn and Will had not let go of each other's hands. She didn't know why she felt such a draw to him. Little did she know that they had both been through the same experiences and they were bound through that. Elizabeth stepped between them breaking their hands apart. "Come on Will." she said. "Why don't you go talk to Jack." He nodded gave his wife a brief peck on the cheek and then went in the direction he had seen Jack headed. Elizabeth gave Kathryn a distrustful glare as she walked back to her ship. Kathryn not wanting to be left alone with the insane crews she walked over to Katie and started up a conversation about where their travels had taken them in the past.