A/N: I am so sorry for taking this long to update! See...I was thinking of just letting the fic go but then I read over the last chapter I had written and it was like wait...I wanna keep writing! Lol well I hope y'all are still reading this I noticed that it's not on some of y'alls favorites anymore but ya know I can understand why lol. I haven't updated in like how many months? Lol so its all good, but yeah I hope y'all like this next chapter because I plan to continue now until the end so yeah...ON WITH THE CHAPTER!

Disclaimer: cries nope...but I really wish I did...sigh

Chapter Seventeen

After a few hours of sleep John woke up. He looked out the window and it was still dark. He tried to get up, but then remembered that Pearl was sleeping peacefully in his arms. He smiled. She looked so happy when she was asleep. He hadn't seen her really happy for a long time, so it was nice to see her sleep. At least she looked like she was in somewhat of a good mood.

There was still light in the room. He had forgotten to blow out the candle. He leaned over toward the table trying not to wake Pearl as he did so. As he was about to blow it out he noticed a piece of cloth on wrapped around Pearl's wrist.

"What the hell?" John thought aloud.

With that said Pearl began to stir. She opened her eyes for a moment and smiled. "Go back to sleep John." She mumbled. She then closed her eyes, and snuggled in closer to John. John kissed her head, and decided to just blow out the candle. He'd deal with her wrist in the morning.

"But daddy! I don't want to leave!" Suzette whined.

Jack was in no mood for whining. He looked at Suzette with an angry expression. "One more word out of ye mouth and we will make you stay below deck the whole way home, savvy?"

Suzette stood quietly and nodded. "Now come on. Lets go home." Jack said.

Suzette walked over to Elizabeth. "Mummy, why do we have to go home?" she asked. Elizabeth knelt down and put her hands and Suzette's shoulders. "Because there is no use in staying here. Pearl doesn't want anything to do with us, and neither does your grandfather."

"But Pearl is my sister, and YOUR daughter!" Suzette screamed.

Jack turned around and looked at Suzette. "Suzette Marie!" Jack shouted. Practically yelling. "That is no way to speak to your mother!"

Suzette didn't listen she didn't want to take this anymore. They were always treating her like a small child. A child she was, yes, but not a small one. Also, she didn't care if someone told her to shut up she'd say her opinion anyway. She'd had gotten that trait from her mother.

Suzette looked at her father and glared. She had never talked back to her father. They had always gotten along. "Father! I don't care! I wanna stay here with Pearl!" she screamed as silent tears began to fall. Jack sighed and put his head down. There was no use fighting with her. She wasn't going to change her mind.

"If we leave...I'll...I'll...kill myself!" she shouted.

Jack walked closer to her. He knelt down next to her. "Then I guess we'll just have to dig ye a grave in Tortuga." He said as he picked her and walked toward the ship. As Suzette was being carried away she shouted and cried to the whole way. Elizabeth knew they had to go to but she felt the same as Suzette. They both knew Jack did as well, but he'd never admit it.

Once Jack set Suzette back down they were on the Pearl. Suzette just glared at Jack, and then turned and ran down to the bottom deck. There she sat in a corner with her legs to her chest. She refused to come out until they were home. She just sat there and let the tears flow.

"Jack..." Elizabeth began as she walked over to him.

Jack turned around and gave her a weak smile. "What is it, love?" he asked as he placed his arm around her waist. "Is it really necessary to leave? Couldn't we just try once more?" she asked. Jack sighed.

"We've done all we can. She doesn't want us here, and you know that."

Elizabeth took a few steps back. "What happened?" she asked.

Jack looked puzzled. "What do you mean?"

"What happened to the Jack Sparrow I used to know? The one that would never give up, and always tired to make things work. What happened?"

Jack looked at her. He knew he had changed over the years. "Elizabeth..."

"Jack if you're going to say its because of age you know that's not true. When I met you, you were already twice my age, and that never seemed to stop you. And now its only been a few more years and you've just...changed."

"Liz, I have a family now..."

"Having a family shouldn't have to change who you are Jack! Have I changed?! The only thing that has changed about me is that I'm a mother now, but I am still willing to do anything! Jack...its seems as if I barely know you anymore, and to be honest it scares me..." she said quietly.

Jack didn't know what to say. He took a deep breath and stood up straight. "Liz, we are going home." And that was final. A small tear ran down Elizabeth's cheek. She looked at him for a moment and shook her head. She gave him one last look and walked away.
There, Jack stood gazing out at the sea. It felt as if the sea was his only friend. He could always count on it to be there, and it would never judge him. It was only there to serve. As he thought everything through he did realize he had changed. He had changed ever since him and Elizabeth got married. He missed the old him as well, but he didn't know how to get it back.

He would try to make things better when they returned home.

Pearl awoke that morning to see that the bed was empty. She yawned and lazily rolled over, and saw John sitting in a chair watching her. Pearl's eyes widened and she jumped. John let out a small chuckle.

"Sorry Pearls, didn't mean to scare you."

Pearl smiled. "Sok."

John stood up and walked over to the bed. There he lightly pushed Pearl back down on her back and smiled. Pearl raised an eyebrow as John slowly crawled onto the bed, and slid his body on top of her. Once he was comfortable he used his hands to support his weight, so he could look down on her. Pearl smiled as John leaned in and kissed her softly on the lips. Pearl then deepened the kiss as she slid her arms around him, and placed her hands on his shoulders.

John moved lower and began placing little kisses all up and down her neck. Pearl let out a small giggle as John began to nibble softly on her neck. One of his hands left her face and moved lower towards her chest. He slowly began to rub up and down on her breast. Pearl let a small moan escape her from her lips.

Just as John was about to move even lower Pearl moved away. John looked up at her with a questioning expression. Pearl only smiled. She sat up and scooted closer to him. "Save it for tonight." She whispered. With that she kissed him on the cheek and walked up to the top deck.

Pearl inhaled and felt arms wrap around her waist from behind. It was John of course. Pearl smiled. "John, not now..."

"Who is John?" the person from behind her asked.

Pearl pushed away and turned around. "Darius?! How the hell did you find me? Better yet how the hell did you get onto my ship?"

Darius smiled. "I...I followed you back last night, and you really need to learn how to take a rope up onto the ship after your done with it. Pearl pulled out her pistol. "Get off of my ship right now."

Darius walked closer to her. Pearl only stood with the pistol aiming at his face. "One more step and I swear I'll shoot you."

"Ms. Sparrow calm down." He said in a rather bored tone. We both know its not loaded. He was right she looked at which pistol she had and it was the wrong one. The one that WAS loaded was on the bottom deck. Pearl dropped the gun and looked at him.

"Darius, what do you want?" she asked.

Darius walked behind her and placed his hand on her waist again. "Well..." he began as he softly sucked on her neck. Pearl moved away. "I said what do you want!" she shouted.

Darius rolled his eyes. "Well...I am suppose to marry, and if I don't find someone I like then it will be arranged..."

Pearl already knew what he wanted. "No." she said. "Now get off my ship or I'll be forced to hurt ye."

Darius laughed. "How will you do that? You have no weapon." Pearl walked toward him and put her hands on his shoulders. With everything she had she kneed him between the legs. Darius fell to the ground in pain. "Now get off my ship."

Darius glared at her and began to crawl over to the edge of the ship. Pearl didn't take her eyes off of him until she saw him crawl away from the docks. She sighed and turned around to see John behind her. He had seen the whole thing. "What was that about?" he asked.

Pearl shook her head. "Nothing you need to worry about."

John just left it at that. He knew if he really did need to know then she would tell him, but it did look like she had everything under control. "Alright..." he mumbled.

"So where are we off to now?" he asked.

Pearl shrugged. "I was thinking we could stay here for a while."

John smiled. "If that's what you want..."

"It tis." Pearl said with smile.

A/N: I really hope I get at least a few reviews on this chapter! Sorry again for taking so long to update! Hopefully the next chapter should be out soon! Ta!