Hey all. Here's another chapter for you! Once you read it you will know that they are already headed on an adventure. But to where? Why? All those questions will be answered in following chapters. So stay tuned!

Disclaimer: I hate these but I figure I will put one in every few chapters. Its just a matter of laziness really. That and the fact that I cant own the dashing Captain Jack Sparrow, or any other POTC characters, only Gemma.

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Jack left his cabin wanting to attend to some business at the helm, but as soon as he opened his doors, all he heard was Gemma. He came over to where she was working without a care in the world, and stood there waiting to hear the next verse of the corny song. Just as she finished, he let out a series of chuckles followed by a grin. He stood there amused until she spoke up.

"Yes Captain, may I help you with anything?"

"No me dear, just continue what ye're doin' now. But please, do finish the song. How does it go again?"

"Its an old song my mother taught me when I was little. It's called A Pirates Shanty. Find it entertaining do you?"

"That I do. Mind teachin' me?"

"I suppose. But it will cost ya! A bottle of rum and a smile."

"A smile I can afford, but me rum? Me own private rum? I suppose."

The two of them walked off into his cabin and none of the crew bothered interrupting their happy captain now that he was no longer in a depressing mood.

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Chapter 7:

A few hours later ~

" 'Ey! Jack! Come look at this!" Gemma, now completely drunk, for she never had experienced the taste of liquor, pointed out the porthole into the open ocean.

"That's Captain Jack. But what issit Gem?" Jack asked in the same drunken manner.

"It's a lagoon!"

Jack looked around noticing that indeed, there was no lagoon. 'The lass obviously can't hold 'er liquor. Now be the best time to take advantage of that.'

" Well, I'd love to drop anchor in yours" he said with a smirk.

Gemma stood there, bottle of rum in one hand, the other scratching her head in wonderment at what his last comment could mean. A totally hilarious picture with her hair all a mess and her clothes a little tattered and torn in a few places from the day's work. Completely forgetting the remark, she started to talk.

"You know Jack, I wasn't always *hiccup* like this." Gemma said and then fell to the floor in a tumble of laughter.

"What do ye mean love?" he pushed at her last statement, wanting to know what she was talking about.

"What I mean, is that I was placed under a curse!"

Gemma started rolling around on the ground, snorting every few moments, leaving Jack to think this through.

" What kinda curse?"

"One that made me look *hiccup* like this vile looking thing I am today."

After Gemma's last statement, she went unconscious. She lay on the floor tangled up in Jack's sheets which she had wrapped around her and the bottle of rum still trapped in between her fingers. Jack, figuring he should do the gentlemanly thing and take her to bed (A/N: NO NOT THAT WAY!), he lifted her with ease and brought her to her cabin.

Jack placed her upon the bed and tucked her in like a father would do to a child. He smiled at her sleeping form, very appreciative at the fact that she could make him be cheerful when he had been in such a gloomy state lately. He quickly left the cabin but not before placing a sweet, simple kiss on her forehead.

He walked to the helm where Anamaria awaited him.

"Jack, ye know, I think this one's different."

"Yeah, the adventure we're 'eaded on is surely gonna be a rough one and not to mention a dangerous journey."

"No my dear captain, im not talking 'bout any escapade ye plan on takin' us on. Im talking about the lass."

Jack shifted uncomfortably at the wheel and decided it best to leave Gibbs in charge for the night. He started to walk away but was pulled back by Anamaria.

"Jack, I know ye don't like 'er like that, well yet anyways, but take one good look at 'er. She's a hard worker and full of happiness that makes the whole crew in a pleasurable mood. That's a good thing to be havin' on a ship. Gemma ain't an ordinary girl. There's something amiss 'bout her, don't know what yet, but I will figure it out. We gotta keep 'er on board. Besides, ye know we need the extra hand since Edwards left."

"Don't be talking about Edwards, alright. I know the lass is special. Don't know why, but I can feel it. Maybe she can prove herself useful and lead us to something. Just don't go puttin' pressure on me to talk to her bout this whole escapade as you like to put it."

Jack pushed her hand off his shoulders and shouted at Gibbs, who was currently in the crow's nest, to take over the wheel. Despite the warm night it was, he felt a slight shiver run through him and pass just as quickly. He walked to the bow of the ship and rested in a hidden spot. Something happened once Gemma stepped foot on the ship. It was something that no one could put their finger on but knew that it was there. Jack decided to let that matter go for the night and closed his eyes only for a moment, but sleep had already overcome the tired captain.

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~ JACKIE ~