Hello again…Hope you liked the last chapter….I especially liked the ending…lol…Really guys, please review. I don't have any reason to continue if you don't! I love writing these stories, but its no good if you don't tell me what you think! Okay, well, on we go!

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Jack, always usually the early bird, wasn't awoken until the sun was high enough to shed light through his cabin window. He began to mumble curses to the light that burned his eyes so, but stopped when he noticed the girl laying next to him. His arms were wrapped around her waist, but she was pulled slightly away from his body, still facing him. He smiled at how pretty her hair looked with the sun pouring gently through it, illuminating each lovely brown-blonde strand. She was really beautiful, he thought to himself. Her face was the perfect color, a slightly tanned brown, instead of the porcelain skin that most ladies flaunted. Her lips were a reddish pink, curving into a sort of smile as she slept. It took him a while to notice that his arm was falling asleep from her laying on it, but she looked so peaceful that he didn't have the heart to wake her. So, he lay there for another twenty minutes or so, admiring her face, until finally her eyelids fluttered and she awoke.

"Jack? Why are you staring at me so? And why are you-Ah! Jack, let me go!" she cried, finally noticing that he was holding her in a rather intimate position.

"Oh…sorry love," Jack stuttered, realizing what she meant and releasing her from his arms. "I was just thinking' about how pretty ye look lyin' there asleep. Ye look good enough to-"

"Jack! Hold your tongue!" she teased, smiling despite her efforts not to. As she watched him grin, she began to study him as he had been studying her. He was, she had to admit, quite handsome. Black dreadlocks hung around his smiling face, framing those beautiful brown eyes. His gold teeth glinted in the morning sun. "Only he could make those work for him…" she thought to herself.

"Come come now, Miss Lovell. We have to get up on deck, work to be done, you know!" Jack said as he rolled out of the bed, leaving Renee to stare in awe at his perfectly tanned chest and back. He noticed her eyes on him and grinned even wider than before.

"I ask again, love. Like what you see?"

Renee, being embarrassed at him finding her staring at him twice in two days, stuttered a reply.

"Erm, uh…no…I mean yes, but...err…"

Jack just laughed and helped her up from the bed. She walked quickly pulled on her boots and shirt, then grabbed her bag and walked into the bathroom. Opening her bag, she removed from it an ivory comb, and began to remove the knots from her hair, tying it back with a white ribbon when she had finished. Then she quickly washed her face and walked back into the main cabin. There, Jack was waiting and together they walked out the door and into the bright sun that shone on the deck.

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After they had eaten breakfast and Jack was at the wheel, Renee stood at the side of the ship, watching Will polishing a sword. They sat there quietly for a few minutes, and then Will spoke.

"Did you share Jack's cabin last night, Renee?"

"Yes Will, why?"

"He didn't try to…" Will trailed off. Suddenly realizing his meaning Renee quickly answered:

Oh no Will! He wouldn't do that!" Will relaxed and smiled.

"Well, you can't blame me for worrying…I mean, he is Jack Sparrow, and you're very beautiful. Jack plus beautiful girl doesn't usually add up to any good."

"Thanks Will," Renee replied, blushing. She was about to add something else when she heard Jack calling her. She hurried up to the wheel.

"How'd you like to steer for a bit, love?" He asked when she reached him.

"Jack…I…I don't know how," she answered. He replied by pushing her up to the wheel and putting his arms around her from behind so that his hands rested on hers, showing her how to hold the wheel.

"See? You just have to keep it straight, try not to let it move to either side quite yet. There ye go…"

Renee felt chill go up her spine as he pressed himself very close to her back to get a better hold on the wheel.

"Oh stop it," she thought to herself. "This is Jack Sparrow! He is the most famous pirate in the Caribbean! He's interested in barmaids and easy women, not silly girls in men's clothes!" However, as many times as she thought this, she couldn't stop her breath from catching as he let go of her hands and slid his down to her waist.

"There, you've got it now," he said almost under his breath. "Just keep her straight."

Surprisingly, Renee found herself quite comfortable holding the wheel. It seemed to relax her. This relaxed feeling, of course, was helped by Jack setting his chin on her shoulder, staring out at the horizon. However, her little moment of triumph was interrupted by Will calling her.

"Renee! Come help me tie down this sail line that's come loose!"

"Bloody Will…" Renee muttered under her breath, handing the wheel reluctantly to Jack and walking to the place where Will stood.

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The rest of the day passed rather uneventfully, Renee pulling a rope every now and again and conversing lightly with Will. Finally, it was time for dinner, and everyone went below deck save for Will, Jack, and Renee. Will took the wheel from Jack, who went over to sit with Renee.

"So, what did you think of your first day on a ship?"

"It was rather…relaxing, really. Are all days this peaceful?

"Most…though we do get a passing ship to stir things up once in a while. Nothing like a good fight on a hot day. Speaking of which, I'm rather warm now…Fancy a swim?"

Renee stared at him. "A swim? Won't we fall terribly behind the ship?"

"We'll put the anchor down for the night…Looks like a good place to stop anyway."

"Well, in that case, I'd love a swim."

Jack gave Will the order to drop anchor, and soon they were standing on the lower deck, getting ready to jump in. Jack took a huge dive, and Renee just jumped, or rather fell, in after him, landing next to him with a splash. They swam around the ship a few times, laughing and splashing each other, until it was almost dark. Finally climbing back on deck, Renee wrung the water from her shirt and turned to Jack.

"Is there any chance of me getting to take a bath? I'm not used to having salt water dry on my skin…it itches rather badly…" Jack laughed, shaking his wild mane of hair to rid it of water.

"Sure love, I'll have Gibbs bring up some hot water to the bathroom in me cabin."

"Thanks Jack," she replied, and then headed into the cabin to pull out a few of the other things she'd brought with her, some scented soaps and bath salts.

After Gibbs had left her with the warm tub and she'd locked the door, Renee slipped out of her now stiff clothes and into the water, sprinkling in bits of flowers as she did. They didn't serve any real purpose, they just made the water smell better. As she soaked in the soapy water, she reflected upon the day, and all that had happened. One memory that stood out among the others was they way Jack had been staring at her when she'd woken up. He'd been smiling…staring into her eyes. She'd never considered herself a great beauty, but Jack had made her feel like one when he's said she looked pretty laying there, as had Will when he'd told her she was beautiful. She knew Will had meant his compliment in a friendly big brother sort of way, but what of Jack? She blushed as she remembered how he'd wrapped her in his arm last night…Was Will right? Did Jack see her in such a way? Shaking her head, she dunked under the water, clearing her mind of such thoughts and focusing on rubbing soap into her hair, filling the room with the scent of pomegranates and peaches. When she's finished scrubbing the salt water from the rest of her body, she stepped reluctantly out of the warm water and wrapped herself in a thin blanket, which she'd also brought with her. She then threw her wet clothes into the water and scrubbed them with soap as well, hanging them from a drying rack when she'd finished. It was only then that she realized she'd forgotten to bring a change of clothes into the bathroom with her. She mulled over what to do as she pulled a comb through the knots in her hair. Finally deciding that her only choice was to keep the blanket wrapped tightly around her and pray that Jack wasn't in the cabin, she took a deep breath and slowly opened the door.

But Jack, of course, was in the cabin. However, Renee didn't notice him at first, since he was laying silently on the bed, sipping rum from a bottle. As she tiptoed across the room with the blanket hanging loosely around her, Jack gave himself away by choking on his rum. Startled by the sudden noise, Renee jumped and whirled around, her face turning dark pink. She wrapped the blanket tighter around her, and tried not to blush even more when Jack smiled and began to snicker.

"Jack! Shut up, will you?" she said hotly as she looked about for her night gown. "God, I hate this bloody thing…It's so frilly…"

"You can borrow some of my clothes, if you want," Jack offered, finally done laughing at her current state. She looked at him skeptically. "They're clean! I just had them washed when I was in Port Thomas…Look there in the top drawer."

Cautiously, Renee opened the drawer to find six or seven neatly folded cotton shirts much like her own and an equal amount of dark brown pants. Pulling out one of each, she thanked Jack and hurried back into the bathroom to put them on. When she emerged, Jack was smiling bigger than ever, and she couldn't help but ask why.

"Not every day a beautiful half naked girl walks across my room while I'm enjoying me rum. 'Twas quite a treat, really." She smacked him playfully and replied, "Well Jack, it's not every day that I wake up to a pirate staring at me either, but you didn't see me grinning like an idiot, as handsome as that pirate may have been."

"Why thank you, Miss Lovell. I'm glad to know you think I'm handsome," Jack said with a smirk.

" Please Jack, after what you've seen I think it's safe for you to call me Renee. And I'm glad to know you think I'm beautiful. Now, I'm tired, can I please go to sleep?"

"Course ye can love," Jack replied, standing up to allow her in the bed. She slid in and wrapped herself into the warm covers. Jack lay down behind her and blew out the candle.

"Good Night, Jack," Renee said quietly as he lay down.

"Good Night, Renee," Jack replied. However, tonight he didn't wait to wrap his arm around her waist and pull her close to him, and tonight she didn't object. She just pulled the blankets up around her neck and nestled herself closer to Jack, feeling quite warm and safe. Jack put his head nearer to the top of hers and smelled the sweet aroma that her soap had left lingering there. Both of them, feeling quite comforted by the other, were lulled into a deep sleep by the gentle rocking of the Black Pearl.

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(A/N) Lol, I must really like ending chapters with people sleeping….Anyway, Please review guys! I need you too! It's important to my health…Luv ya all! ~Sadie