Ana frowned. What was going on inside that mans head and who was he talking about locking in? Still tossing and turning Jack continued to mumble things that didn't make any sense to Ana Maria although she had a feeling she should have known what he was re-living.

The ships doctor walked back in, looking from Ana's confused face to Jacks body that was currently thrashing itself around. Without saying a word he turned and headed back out of the door leaving them alone.

"I should have known…" Ana sighed, it had been around 2 hours, and Jack had stopped thrashing around, but his fever had shot up, and he was still delirious, mumbling things that no doubted made sense in his head, but not to anyone around him.

"Known what Jack? You're not helping me at all. What's going on in there?" Ana continued to stare at Jacks face and got the fright of her life when his eyes suddenly opened. Heart beating so loudly she thought the whole world would be able to hear it, Ana didn't move an inch. The look inside his eyes showed raw emotions of fear, anger and angst. Everything he had been hiding inside himself for the past year was there present in his eyes as he stared up at the ceiling. Jack wasn't awake, he was still in a very unconscious state, but he eyes were there, like a window into what he was feeling as if he went through whatever it was going on inside his mind.

Then something clicked.

Emily. The sound of her fall seemed to echo throughout the room, as Ana felt herself being pulled into Jacks reality inside his body. What he saw happen, what he felt. It was so intense to Ana that she barely remembered to breathe. She was watching the events that happened exactly a year before unfold but in a different version to the ones inside her very own head.

The rain was beating down on the deck, the sea was rougher then they'd seen in a long time, and it was unusual for the time of year. Ana Maria was shouting at Jack as the little girl was trying to play amidst the rain, thunder and lightning.

Her laugh echoed throughout Ana's present state of mind, sending a tear down her cheek.

"Jack can you take Emily down into the cabin and lock her in?" Trying to keep a steady hand on the wheel Jack had shouted back, asking why she couldn't do it herself. Her answer had simply been I'm too busy.

Ana could hardly bare to watch. She'd somehow forgotten that she had felt too busy herself to put the child her and her lover had made, a symbol of their love together- even if they hadn't been in love knowingly at the time she was conceived- to put her to safety herself, or even keep the little girl down in the galley with herself and a few other crew mates.

Sighing to himself, Jack had handed over the helm to Gibbs. Walking over to the little girl, a miniature Ana Maria with parts of him in her, picked her up and took her out of the storm against her protests. Emily had hit against his back and when she was placed down on her parents bed had pouted and cried in protest of being left inside. In her mind she was being made to stay away from all the fun that was happening outside. And she hadn't liked it a lot.

Ana was still watching although it was barely. The things that were happening- the real events that had unfolded, were different to the ones she had believed for so long. Questions started up in her head as she continued to watch as Jack tried to reason with their daughter, tried to calm her down against her tantrum. Only he didn't have as much time, as she would have had if her herself had taken Emily down into that cabin. Jack had a ship to steer through the storm, and Ana was just cooking the crews evening meal. At the time she hadn't thought through most of what was happening. She had believed inside her head that what she was doing was more important.

Jack left the child, thinking that she would fall asleep, exhausted from crying and putting up such a fight. He locked the door behind him, and went up to take back the helm from Gibbs. Only minuets later, Emily had walked out of the cabin, feeling very pleased with herself for escaping her Daddy's plans to keep her away from the rain and the fun!

Tears were once again welling up in Ana's eyes as she continued to watch. She was seeing her daughters last moments on earth, what she had missed. Questions were once again bubbling inside her head; she couldn't understand how Emily had got out if Jack had locked her inside the very cabin they were in now.

The rain started to beat down even harder on the deck, and the sea seemed fiercer, then before. Something caught Jacks eye on the far side of the ship, and his eyes could hardly believe what they were seeing. How had she? Shaking his head Jack shouted out to the little girl, who kept losing her footing and was looking extremely scared as the ship rocked about fiercely.

"EMILY!!! GET BACK INSIDE NOW! Gibbs take the… EMILY" Jack tried to run over to the little girl as she turned around, her eyes went wide and filled with fear as a wave came crashing down sweeping her off the ship.

"DAAAAAAAAAADDDDDDDDDDDDDYYYYYYY"

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Ana's head shot up, her breathing heavy as she took in what she had just witnessed. Wondering how she could have done that, she realized she had been asleep, and wondered if she had just seen what had actually happened to her daughter. Closing her eyes briefly, she took in another shaky breath. Now she understood most of what had happened. In her version most of the events had been the same, only she hadn't thought Jack had got round to putting their little girl into the cabin. She'd believed for so long he'd let her stay outside in the cold and wet, and he had never told her any different. All she had known was that after hearing her daughter cry out, she'd rushed outside to find the storm still strong and several crewmen plus Jack looking over the edge of the ship. 3 of the men were holding Jack back from jumping in, and it hadn't taken her long to figure out what had happened. And she'd blamed Jack from then on.

Standing up she walked towards the door, and turned the key in the lock, then she tried to open the door and found she could. Then events from a battle that had taken place here a month before that storm flashed back into her head and she realized the reason her daughter had escaped was because she had broken the lock trying to get the little girl back from a man from the opposite side, who taken her hostage and locked himself in side that very cabin.

And she'd forgotten to tell Jack.

Walking back to the bed, Jack was waking up; his fever having gone down during the night no longer posed a life threatening challenge to him anymore. Tears rolled down Ana's cheeks as she looked into his eyes. They were puzzled at what he was doing there and why she was with him.

"I'm sorry." The two simplest words that were said by her made the world of difference to them both. They both finally understood what had happened the year before fully, and could finally put their demons to rest. What had happened hadn't been anyone's fault. No one could have seen what was going to happen, and no one was able to prevent the act of fate taking its path. And nothing could change what was in the past. Their crewmembers and friends saw all of this a long time before they themselves could see the truth that was in front of their eyes the whole time.

The next night drew in and for the first time in a long time, both pirates felt at peace with the world and themselves, as they drifted off to sleep in each other's arms…

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A/N Ok that it, its all finished now! Sorry it was such a short story. I think when I started it it was only going to be this short anyway. Please review! Thanks. Suzy x