We docked and the crew stood about awaiting my orders. Ana stood on my right, Gibbs on my left. I looked over and smirked when I saw how she was standing. She stood tall, chin up, legs splayed and hands clasped behind her back. "Men," I said. "You've been good these past two days." They nodded in agreement. "Come back to the ship in two days at high noon. Till then, have some fun!" They cheered and headed off the ship towards the tavern.

"Captain," I turned around to see Gibbs talking to me. "Who is to guard the ship?" He asked.

I looked at Ana and winked at her. She just smiled. "Are you volunteering?"

"I…well…" He sputtered.

I patted his shoulder. "Good, We'll see you in two days!" Ana and I then crossed the gangplank, and started to walk off.

"Captain!" I looked back at Gibbs. "Where shall you two be if I need ya?"

I was about to reply when Ana beat me. "Unless the ship or crew are in danger, ye wont."

I smiled and nodded as we walked away. Myself singing loudly, and Ana swatting me over the head; telling me to shut the hell up.

First we made our way to the tavern and picked up some rum. I also gave Cotton instructions to take some to Gibbs later. Soon we where walking along the streets.

"Jack,"

"Yes luv?"

"Where are we going?"

"I know of a little spot." Ana just rolled her eyes as she followed me. I led her to a small part of the beach that was about a five-minute walk from the tavern. I sat down in the cool white sand and she joined me. I opened a bottle of rum and she soon followed suit. "Cheers." I said and we clinked bottles, then drank. She stopped, sighing happily, and laying in the sand.

"About time we all got a break." She said.

I nodded. "You more so than any one else." She looked up at me and I continued. "It's hard being a captain, huh luv?" She nodded, thinking about when she had been in charge of the crew while I had been absent. I stayed silent for a moment, then spoke again. "Ye know…" This time she propped her self up on her elbows to look at me. "I never thanked ya for coming back for me." I whispered to her, but didn't look at her as I spoke.

"You don't need to Jack. Isn't there a part of the code that says something about thanking people?" I snorted.

"Screw the code. I don't know why they came up with it in the first place!" I took another sip of my drink and continued. "I mean, leave a man behind, come on!" I shook my head in disbelief. "If you're really loyal to your crew, you'd make sure you had everyone. Including your captain."

She touched my arm. "And we did, we came back for ye Jack, that's all that matters." I looked at her and met her deep brown eyes with my lighter ones. "We'll always come back for you captain," she whispered. "I'd follow you to the grave Jack, and not just as your first mate, but as your best friend."

My mind must not have been working right, for I leaned towards her. "Ana…" I heard her sigh, and could see there was some regret in her eyes at what she did next. She placed a hand on my shoulder and pushed me back into the sand. I looked at her confused, but understood what I saw in her eyes. They said Not yet, it's too soon. Give it time. I laid back in the sand and she placed her head on my shoulder.

"Ye still owe me a ship," she said. I took a drink of rum as she continued. "And ye know, you never told me what happened to my boat."

I looked at her bottle of rum. She had only taken a few sips. Ana was never a big drinker, and being the only woman on a ship full of men, I didn't blame her. "You'll need a lot more to drink before I tell ye luv." I said and closed my eyes, listening to the water.

Around an hour later I had finished off three bottles of rum. Ana was on her second. I had avoided telling her about her ship, instead we had been swapping stories for the past half-hour.

We had talked about our childhood, how we had come into the pirate life, and about the several scars we had. Now, there was a lull in the conversation. Ana was sitting up, looking up at the stars.

The breeze fluttered her hair as she spoke. "Ye remember the day we met Jack?" She whispered. I sat up next to her.

"Aye," I said.

To be continued…

A.N: I know, I know. Cliffhanger, and short. Don't kill me, please! I'm gonna try to come up with a good way of saying how they met, so it could be awhile. I also have a question, if you could answer it, it would pay off. I have a few other short stories I want to post. And I've been trying to, but when ever I do; the web site makes them so you would have to scroll across the screen to read. And I don't want that! I need it to be in HTML format, unless someone could tell mw how to get the regular format to do bold and italic. Any help on this matter would be appreciated so much!

Now, onto reviewer responses:

J.L. Dexter: Yes, they are short. Hopefully they'll get longer as my writing skills progress, or I get a really good plot idea.

Starzangel- Just think of her telling him, within the hours that followed of when he was picked up at Port Royal. I might go back and re-word it. The spelling should change, if it hasn't already. Thanks. Oh, and I love your stories!

Jackfan2- I'm working on more, lol. Keep your stories going as well!