I'm baack. I apologise for the many months I haven't updated, I got caught up in more selfish pursuits and then people stopped reviewing and I stopped writing, but I got a very inspirational review on the 11-9- which I only read yesterday 29-10 from my very first reviewer ange7snow. Thank-you your right the completion of a story is very rewarding and now I'm determined to finish this. Thank-you to everyone else who has reviewed and may you enjoy the fifth chapter.

Chapter five

Tortuga part 2

Will watched as Gibsy held Roseanna close, it was as plain as the nose on his face that they loved each other. Or at least that Gibsy loved Roseanna and she had yet to either discover or admit it. He only hoped she'd get her act together, Gibsy wouldn't hang around forever and they needed each other. Every body needed someone, hell he needed someone, he needed her but she didn't want him.

They docked in Tortuga and the crew disembarked. Roseanna and Gibsy walked down the gang plank, followed closely by Jack, Will, Mr Gibbs and Ana Maria.

"What are you planning to do?" Mr Gibbs asked his son.

"I need to do some business. Roseanna I'll need your help."

"With what?"

'Sweet talking Jasper!"

"Ah the formidable Jasper, Awesome!"

Roseanna looked at Jack for conformation, he nodded then walked torward one of Tortuga's many bars. This particular bar was called the Merry Mermaid and belonged to Ana Maria's brother Jacob.

"We'll meet you back here later" Roseanna told her fathers retreating back. He raised a hand in acknowledgement before disappearing into the murky darkness of The Merry Mermaid.

Roseanna shook her head before turning to Gibsy.

"So why do we need to visit Jasper?" asked Roseanna.

"The mirror in my sword hilts need replacing."

"AH! The wonderful sun tricks that make up Jonathan Liam Gibbs."

Gibsy often used the mirror in his sword hilt to blind attackers, it had gotten not only him but the rest of the crew out of trouble more times than any of them would like to count.

"How did you brake it?"

"I didn't Norrington did."

Roseanna nodded then continued to lead the way to Jasper's.

They arrived at Jasper's glass work shop and entered.

"Jasper my old friend how are you?"

"AH! my little summer rose, long time no see,"

Roseanna smiled and hugged the big brute. Her nickname, summer rose, was an indication of how long she'd known Jasper. The day she'd first set foot in Tortuga had been the summer solstice, and on that particular summers day the summer rose had first bloomed outside of Jaspers shop. He was like an Uncle to her and she'd grown up sitting on his knee listening to the myths about how glass was made. Her most treasured possession was a blooming summer rose made of the clearest, almost flawless glass that Roseanna had ever seen. Jasper had given it to her for her tenth birthday. She hugged him tight and he kissed her forehead.

The two people stepped away from each other and turned toward Gibsy. Jasper looked at him and nodded. Jasper and Gibsy tried very hard to avoid each other. Gibsy had been a wild child and had often played tricks on the formidable old man. Gibsy's answer was to nod warily and edge around the room till he was standing next to Roseanna.

"What can I do for you?" Jasper asked the pair. Gibsy looked at Roseanna pleadingly, She shook her head before turning to Jasper.

"Well by now you've probably heard about my capture."

Jasper nodded gravely.

"Aye I did "he told her looking at her sternly.

"Well anyway Gibsy was with me."

Jasper interrupted "If he had have been captured I woulda heard about it, which means he weren't and you was," turning to Gibsy he glared, "Which means you owe me an explanation master Gibbs."

Roseanna turned to Jasper and placed a comforting hand on his arm.

"Just slow down, it's true Gibsy wasn't caught with me but he did everything he could to save me. That's why where here. He was fighting the Commodore to save me and bloody pommy commodore Norrington smashed the mirror on his hilt, I made him run to protect himself, he didn't want to go but I made him."

"He could've tried harder!"

"And lose the both of us? I think not; Norrington already had me, There was no point. Besides I needed him on the outside to make sure Jack did what I said. He couldn't of done a better Job."

Roseanna watched Jasper, who eyed Gibsy then grunted and reached for the sword. Roseanna smiled and sat back to watch him work.

Will sat quietly in a corner watching women fawn all over Jack. He has to say he was disgusted with how Jack was responding. Most of these girls would be Roseanna's age and he'd bet Brown's smithy that one of them was younger.

Jack looked up and caught his eye. He smiled at Will's frown than frowned when Will shook his head. He shooed the girls away and moved closer.

"What's up?" he asked Will. Will shook his head again before answering

"How can you let them do that?"

"What?"

"Fawn all over you like that, most of them are the same age as Roseanna. Speaking of your darling daughter how would she feel about this? Personally I'm disgusted."

"Well she'd hate it, but she's not here so let me have my fun."

With that Jack turned his back on Will's disapproving stare and a young woman began to make her way over. She had just about reached her when over all the noise,

"Jezebel, Step away from the father." Roseanna was standing in the doorway and she was livid.

"Roseanna, darling." The buxom blond answered moving toward her putting her cheek forward for a kiss. However quite the opposite happened. Roseanna raised one tightly clenched fist and let fly. The ringing smack resounded throughout the bar.

Everybody stopped and stared as Jezebel fell. A couple of men jumped up to help her but seeing Roseanna's face sat back mumbling something into their tankards. Roseanna nodded before turning back to the blond.

"We've had this talk before, you wanton hussy, stay away from Jack."

"what's it to you Roseanna, worried you'd lose your bed partner."

Roseanna took a step back and the look of complete shock on her face was clear to everyone in the room.

"Eww, gross 'incest' Faint, aghh, Eww, gonna cry!"

Gibsy grabbed her arms.

"Rosie, breath, clam, I don't want to slap you."

Roseanna took a deep breath,

"Ok let me rephrase that you stupid bint Stay away from my Father."

"that's right he's your daddy dearest."

Roseanna just looked at her and shook her head.

"If I didn't want to preserve those last lonely brain cell knocking around up there I'd punch you again, but I don't think society could cope if you lost it."

"Good" a voice behind the blond answered.

Roseanna looked toward the voice and saw Ana Maria's brother Jacob. She smiled than immediately frowned like a five year old when he just gave her a disapproving stare.

"What did I tell you about beating up on my girls?"

"well, if they'd just stay away from Jack it wouldn't be a problem."

Jacob nodded then turned to the group of Prostitutes standing behind him;

"hear that girls The Captain's of limits from now on."

There was a loud cry from the corner in which Jack had been sitting, the crowd turned to see Jack on his knees screaming no over and over again. Roseanna smiled and patted Jack on the head.

"I told you when I was five that one day no one in Tortuga would have you. Only one bar left."

Jack looked at her,

"You wouldn't, You couldn't, Rosie no please." Roseanna just smiled

"Oh wouldn't I?"

With that she walked back to Jacob and hugged him.

"Good to have you home"

"Good to be here." She took a the tankard he offered her before tossing it back with the oath "Take all you can and give nothing back."

I hope you enjoyed the chapter. I know it's a big ask considering I haven't updated in like forever, but I kind of need something translated from English to French, Latin or some other cool foreign language. If you or anyone you know can help, please review and tell me so, if you could leave an e-mail address that would be awesome so then I can of course send you what I need translated. It's kind of essential for the next chapter but I guess I can work around it. Again anyone that can help will of course be immediately placed into God status and a temple in their honour will be constructed as soon as the funds become readily available. I hope you enjoyed this chapter. I promise to write more in less than six months.