I feel like I owe you guys another chapter because the last one was unbelievably crappily short. So here you are.

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The smooth rocking of the ship was soothing the turmoil in my soul. I looked out into the ocean and watched as the waves went crashing against the side of the ship. The sun was setting on the horizon, the colors were reflection on the water making it swirl with pinks and golds and reds.

I was on a different ship than the Interceptor, it was larger and more elegant. Instead of my sea soaked under dress, I was wearing an elegant flowing silk dress with the color whiter than clouds, and little red flowers on the bodice. There was no one on deck save for me. And then he came.

He always came. Slowly he walked up to me and up his arms around my waist pulling me closer. I could feel his heart beating and breath hasten. My own heart I could feel fluttering as our heads tilted towards each other. The only thought in my mind was that I was about to kiss the love of my life. I close my eyes slowly and wait-

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'BANG!'

I jerked awake and sat up.

'BANG!!BANG!!BANG!!!'

'Oh no' I thought, 'Some one is going to find me-what do I do?!'

"JACK!" I heard Will yell from above, "What are you doing?!"

The banging paused for a moment as Jack replied with, "Nothing!" in a singsong voice. I heard footsteps coming down the stairs as Will joined Jack in front of the door.

"Jack, leave that alone!" he yelled.

I stared wide eyed at the door hugging my knees as Jack responded as innocently as possible, "What?"

"The door, leave the door alone." Will replied.

"Don't tell me what to do." Jack replied sounding defensive. "If I want to break down this door, I will."

"And why exactly is it that you want to break down this door.?" Will asked.

"There is a very logical explanation for that question my boy." Jack started. "You see, I am what some people call a PIRATE, and this hear is a locked door."

"What is your point Jack?"

"You see, us pirates naturally have a very curious nature, and I would like to know what the bloody hell is behind this door." Jack replied.

"Jack-we only need this ship to get to Tortuga- we are not setting out to destroy it on the way!" Will exclaimed.

 There was a pause and then Jack said, "Shouldn't someone be steering the ship?"

I heard Will's feet pounding back up the stairs as Jack started pounding on the door once again. I looked around the room frantically as it begins to crack in the middle.

There is no real place to hide in the cabin; there was nothing really in it to begin with. A few maps on the wall, a chair in the corner and a desk. I figured I would have a good chance of keeping my presence unknown if I hid under the desk, and wait under it until Jack leaves.

I crawled over to the desk and curled myself under it just as the door gave way and fell to the floor with a crash. "GOT IT!" Jack exclaimed sounding very happy.

I listened to the clunking of his boots as he walked into the room and started mumbling to himself. "Not worth it-OI! WILL! THERE AIN'T NOTHIN DOWN HERE BUT SOME OL' MAPS!" he yelled.

Will responded with something, but I couldn't quite catch what it was. Jack turned and started out of the room. I silently thanked the lord that he hadn't seen me. But then his boots hesitated. I looked under the dest to see he had one boot in the air as though he were about to take a step.

"Ahh, but what do we have here?" I stuck my head back up and prayed that he hadn't seen me.

Slowly Jack walked to the front of the desk and place his hands on the surface. "What could be in here?" he mumbled. I relaxed a little thinking he was just talking about the desks drawers.

When he pushed the entire desk away from him, I was taken quite by surprise. I was left there, in the middle of the floor, totally exposed to him, in my under dress nonetheless.

"STOWAWAY!" he yelled pointing his finger at me. I looked up at him with utter annoyance. "Oh-KATHRYN!" he squealed with a  giant grin on his face. "I thought you weren't coming! Does William know you are here?!-WILL I-!" I promptly jumped up on him, causing both of us to go crashing into the floor. I covered his mouth with my hand as I seethed, "Be QUIET! I don't need him knowing I am here! If I take my hand off your mouth, you won't tell him will you?"

Jack slowly nodded his head and I removed my hand and stood up. Jack leaned back a little and put his hands behind his head. "You know love," He started, "If you wanted to be on top, you could have just told me and saved me the trouble of breaking me back." He flashed me a cheeky smile

I glared at him and kicked him in the shin. In response to that he winced and stood up. "Ouch." He looked down on me with a sad expression. I looked up at him defiantly. He then smiled with half of his face as he picked me up and slung me over his shoulder.

"Come on then." He said as he started walking out the broken door. "I won't tell Will about you being here, because I think you can just as easily!"

"Oooh!" I growled pounding on his back, "You are such a…a…PIRATE!"

"Why thank you love, that is quite a compliment." Jack replied stepping on the last step of the stairs and opening the door to the deck. "OH WILLIAM!" He yelled, "Look what I found!"

Jack flipped me over his shoulder and sat me down facing Will's back. I stared at it for a moment perfectly silent in hopes that me being quiet would make him not turn around.

"What is it Jack? If it's another bloody…" His voice trailed off as he turned and saw me sitting there. "Kathryn." He breathed.

"Hello Will." I said, meekly waving my hand at him.

"I will just…leave you two alone then." Jack said backing away from us and trying to look busy with a rope.

"I told you to stay at Port Royal," Will started lucking flustered and upset. "You shouldn't have come, I didn't want you to come! You could get hurt, or DIE!" I flinched as he said the last word. He looked off in the ocean as he continued, "You know Elizabeth is out there somewhere. She could be hurt-I worry for her." He looked back down at me, "I didn't want to have to worry about you too. I wanted to know that you were safe."

I looked back at him for a moment, regretting that I had ever set foot in the water to catch them. "I am sorry Will, it's just…well…do you remember yesterday when you told me that the one time you didn't tell me to be careful, that something truly awful would happen?" Will looked confused for a moment before he slowly nodded his head. "Well last night before the pirates came, you ran out to meet up with them but you didn't tell me to be careful. The one time you didn't. The pirates came and broke down the door. They tied me to the bed post and I had to cut myself loose with a BUTTER KNIFE!" I yelled getting upset.

Behind me I heard Jack snigger. I whipped around and glared at him. "My apologies." He said putting his hands up, "Please go on."

"You left to go find Elizabeth today," I started again turning to face Will, "You told me to stay and not worry, but again you didn't tell me to be careful. I followed you because I didn't want anything to happen again." I finished quietly.

Will looked at me for a moment, "They tied you up?" He finally asked looking serious. "Did they do anything else to you?"

I widened my eyes and flinched as I reutilized what he meant. "Oh! No, no, no." I said shaking my head and thanking the heavens that they hadn't.

"Yer very lucky then love, a fine lady such as yerself-" Jack said jumping up and wrapping his arm around my shoulder. "How could they have resisted?"

I looked at him very angered. I peeled his arm off of myself and slapped him in the face. Jack leaned back for a moment then bounced back up rubbing his cheek.

"Don't talk to her like that." Will said turning back around to sail the ship.

"Twas just a compliment." He muttered as he started to walk away.

I turned and faced Will, slowly I reached up and touched his shoulder. "Will...?" I asked slowly. 

"At the next port you will be finding the first ship back home, and taking it." He replied not looking down at me.

"What is the next port?" I asked studying the helm.

"Tortoga, I think is what Jack said." Will said.

"It's TorTUGA," Jack replied walking back towards us. "And NO we will NOT be letting her take a ship out of there, I take it you have never been to the fine port 'ave you?"

"Well no, I haven't." Will replied, "Why can't she?"

Jack smiled a little, "Well since you have never been to the place, how about I just surprise you?"  He squinted his eyes in my direction. "We are almost there anyway."

I looked back at him wondering why he was looking at me so strangely. I soon found out.

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There. That was longer, are you happy?!

And YES! Watching the pirate movie is a good excuse!

Whoever disagrees is not a TRUE fan. Ok maybe I am being a little overdramatic. [hangs head] I am sorry.

JACK RULES MY SOCKS!