Chapter 2

The morning light entered the dimly lit room. Lanore stretched and looked at her watch. 6:50 A.M. "Oh, man, I'm gonna miss the bus." She started to get up and get changed, when she stopped. She turned around. "Oh!" She gasped. Jack was asleep, naked, on the bed next to her. "Oh, God..." She had almost forgot the events of the night before. Too much rum. "In one day I went to the Caribbean, aged over 10 years, lost my virginity, and drank alcohol. Must be a new record.," she thought. She looked over next to the bed and found her duffle bag. She began to get dressed when she realized: "My watch wasn't here yesterday. Neither was my bag. Odd." She shrugged it off, still curious, but knowing no one could give her an answer.

As she finished putting on her clothes, Jack awoke. "Mornin' luv," he said. "Good morning, Jack. So now could you show me around this ship?" He nodded and got dressed. He put his arm around her waist and they walked out into the warm sunshine.

"Good morning Ja-who's that?" A man with shoulder length wave hair pulled into a ponytail asked. Will Turner. "Oh, why this is..." He got cut off by a woman, who Lanore knew to be Elizabeth Swann. "JACK! WHAT DO YOU THINK YOU'RE DOING WITH A WOMAN ON BOARD?!" Jack looked at Elizabeth. "Luv, you're a woman, too." "Jack, you know what I mean!" Elizabeth then turned to Lanore. "What did he do to you?" Jack broke in. "Nothing she didn't want me to!" Inside, Lanore was laughing at all this, but she decided to defend Jack. "Jack is a very good man. Don't be angry at him. It was my fault." Will asked, "What's your name?" "Lanore." Will studied her clothing. Sunglasses, a tank top, denim shorts, and sandals. "Um, are you from around here?" "No." "Where are you from," Will asked. "Well, I'm from New York. In the future, I guess." Will seemed unbelieving, but Elizabeth believed Lanore. "Oh, wow! The future! Lanore, will you tell me about the future?" Lanore smiled and said yes. Elizabeth took Lanore to her cabin to talk.

Still outside, Will and Jack were talking. "It's odd," Jack said, "It's like she knows all about us. But she's a great kisser." Will smiled. "I'm glad you finally found someone, Jack. Jack then remembered something he had left in the cabin. "Be rite back, mate." He came back moments later with Lanore's cell phone. "Wha' do ya think it is?" Jack asked Will. "I don't know...it is very strange. I guess she is from the future." "Aye, Will. She'd never lie. Got a heart of pure gold." Lanore returned. "So, Jack, you never told me why you're on this ship and not the Black Pearl." Jack sat down. "Will and Elizabeth and I made a decision that every anniversary of our adventure, the one where I killed Barbossa, we would get together one this ship and celebrate for a few weeks. 'Sides, they gots nothin better ta do."

Lanore went back to Jack's cabin to put on her most prized possessions: her nomination bracelets. She had two of them, one was full and the other only had one space left. But when she put it on, she noticed something different. Where the empty space had been, there was a charm: a skull and crossbones. "I didn't buy that one..." The charm was glowing.