Author's Note: ok, let's do this disclaimer once again.. i do not own anyone/anything from the original 'pirates of the caribbean'.. thank you!


Chapter Four: Thoughts, Toes, And A Little More Rum

Later that night, while Will and Elizabeth were asleep, Ana got dressed in a white, semi-see through dress, and left her hair down again. She twirled in the mirror, and couldn't wait to get on board the Pearl with Jack.

While sitting in front of her mirror and slowly brushing her hair, Anabella started to wonder why she was so intrigued by Jack.

"It could be his deviousness, or possibly the fact that with a little rum in him he's quite a charmer!" She giggled to her own thoughts, and put her brush down. It was nearing midnight. It was time to go meet Jack.

Quietly she opened her door and slipped out. Carefully she tiptoed past Elizabeth's room, hoping the floor wouldn't creak.

"Almost there," she whispered to herself.

"What are you doing wandering around at this time of night, Ana??" A voice from behind her stopped Anabella dead in her tracks. She turned around to face none other, than Will Turner. As she opened her mouth to speak, he cut her off.

"Going to see Jack, I'm guessing." She sighed, and her eyes dropped to look at the floor.

"Please don't tell Elizabeth!! I'll only be gone for a little while!!" Ana was now holding onto Will's arm, hoping he wouldn't say a word to his fiancé. "We're just going on a ride, please don't tell her! She'll kill me!!" Will finally got her to release his arm, and nodded.

"Fine, off with you now. And I promise I won't say a word to your sister, but if you --" Anabella kissed his cheek and ran off.

"Thanks Will!!!" were her final words, as she made her way down the stairs. After one last look upstairs, watching Will go back into his bedroom, she opened the door carefully and starting walking to see Jack.

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Back at the pier, Jack lay on the deck of his boat looking up towards the sky. There was something about Anabella that made him stop and see only her, not looking twice at other women. But then, he sighed.

"I'm a pirate. Her father wouldn't allow it." He crossed his hands on his chest, after taking a swig of rum from his bottle. He made a bitter sort of face when the rum was gone.

"Yo ho, yo ho, a pirates life for me..." he said, without any expression in his voice at all; in a way, almost sarcastically. Jack slammed the empty bottle on the deck of the Black Pearl, and watched it roll away as the boat swayed from side to side. He sighed again, and thought about Anabella.

"What am I doing? I'm Captain Jack Sparrow!" he said, putting his hands behind his head. "Me thinking about indulging into a relationship" he laughed. "And with the Governor's youngest daughter! Now THAT'S something to think about!!" Then for the next 15 minutes he lay in silence, and his thoughts got the better of him.

All he could envision was Anabella's hair, her smile, her smell; everything about her made him smile and his toes curl. "Jack, Jack, Jack.." he thought to himself. "She could be the one… or maybe it's just the rum talking. I mean, toes curling? That's just absurd!" He smiled as if to laugh, but was caught off guard when he heard footsteps.


Author's Note: Wow, i think that was my longest chapter so far haha.. well, i'd really appreciate the review ppl!! .. please? for johnny's sake? lol.. thanx!