[Mich: Don't worry. I'm going away to camp and won't be updating either. So everyone enjoy this chapter, and come back next Saturday to get a new chapter!]

I set Jack down on my bed, ignoring the fact that he was getting the sheets dirty with his blood. I carefully put his head on a pillow and slid my hand down his cheek.

"Please don't leave me, Jack. I need you." I leaned down and kissed his dry lips. He stirred and woke up.

"Amanda," he said with a moan.

I took his hand. "Yes, Jack. I'm here."

He opened his eyes and saw me from my position beside him. He rolled over. "Amanda, go away. I told you, it's over."

"Jack. Jack, please." I touched his arm but he flung it away.

Benjamin came out of the shadows of the room. "Young man, I think it's time I had a talk with you. Amanda, please give us a moment." I got up and walked towards the door. I slowly closed it behind me but stayed by the door to listen.

"Mr. Sparrow, I don't know you, but I do know what you have done to my niece. She stayed asleep for three days after you left her. She hasn't been eating, she hasn't been getting enough exercise and it's all because you think that she's ashamed of you. Twenty minutes ago we heard gunshots. Amanda ran to the front door in terror because she knew that it was you who had gotten shot. She ran into town in nothing but her nightgown and robe because she cares about you. She walked into a tavern, picked you up and carried you through a crowd of rich people, in her nightgown. Now her feet are bloody and blistered because she didn't have any slippers on. But she didn't care about what she was wearing or about her feet, all she cared about was you. Everyone in the town will be talking about her now, but she doesn't care because you are safe. Correct me if I'm wrong, but that doesn't sound like she's ashamed of you."

Felicity walked up. "Amanda, let's get you something to eat while we wait for the doctor." I nodded and she lead me down to the dining room. The maid got me a plate of English muffins with eggs and bacon. I began to eat them when the door bell rang. It was the doctor. He walked up the stairs and went into my room and didn't come out for half an hour. When he did come out, Benjamin was with him.

The doctor smiled. "I am happy to say that he will recover. A man that can take two gunshot wounds in his chest, can certainly take one in his leg. He won't be able to walk on that leg for quite some time, so I left a crutch for him to use." Benjamin led the doctor to his buggy and came back inside.

"How did the talk go, Benjamin?" Felicity asked.

He shrugged. "Hard to say. Mr. Sparrow is not one to show very much emotion, but at least he heard me." They left me to my meal and went back to bed. I picked at my eggs with my fork. I wasn't hungry.

I heard someone coming down the stairs so I pretended to eat. Benjamin came into the doorway.

"Amanda, there is someone here to see you." Jack rounded the corner using his crutch. I looked down at my food again.

"May I sit down?" I nodded so Jack came and sat beside me. "Amanda, I've been thinking a lot about what Benjamin said to me. And I-" The doorbell rang. I started to get up to answer it, but whoever it was let themselves in.

A large woman came into the room and introduced herself as Gretchen Lester, the wife of the Mayor.

"I saw the doctor drive up so I had to see what was going on." She caught sight of Jack. "OOH! My Lord! Who is that man?"

I walked over to her. "That man is my husband, and if you have a problem with him, you have a problem with me. I do believe that you were just leaving, don't you, Mrs. Lester?" I pushed her out the door before she could answer.

When I walked back, Jack was eating my food. "Jack! Stop eating my food! Get your own!" I playfully slapped his hands and grabbed my plate back. In a swift motion, Jack took the plate, got up and kissed me with full force. I tried to get away from him but he held me tight. "Jack, I thought that you didn't like me anymore."

"Amanda, please accept my apology. I was wrong. You aren't ashamed of me. I'm so sorry." He hugged me.

I smiled and pushed him away. "This belongs to you." I took Bootstrap's ring off my thumb and slipped it on Jack's finger. I ran my hands up his arms as he brought me into another kiss. When he pulled away, his eyes grew big and he ducked taking me with him. A big knife identical to the one in Spanish Town buried itself into the table.

"Well, this looks familiar." He took the knife out of the wood and unrolled the scroll attached to it.

'Very good, you've come to England. Don't worry, your children are safe. Come and get them at the military base in London.' Jack put the note down after we both had read it.

"Well that's great. How are we supposed to get into a military base when the army wants you?"

Jack's mouth curved up as he twirled his mustache into a crescent. "Not to worry, luv. I have a plan."

[Hee hee hee. Now you have to wait a week to see what it is. Please don't stop reading because I'm going to camp. I've lost many readers because of times when I was gone. I'll see ya'll in a week! Bye!]