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Chapter 2

After the sea battle, Kea and Ria both wiped sweat from their brow as they reached dry ground. Kea had vaguely recognized the enemy ship and the name Sparrow, when James had mentioned it while they where dancing. Fortunately she had come out of her daze in time to yell to her crew while docking.

"We had better be getting about to the house. Norrington told us to stay there." Kea stated taking a deep breath. "Excuse moi, it was you who he instructed to stay put." Ria pointed out.

Kea rolled her eyes, which gave her a headache because she rarely did so. "Very well, you win that one." She replied, exasperated.

Ria chuckled as they gave orders to their crews and then headed back to the stable to get their dresses before someone found them.

Back at Norrington's, James and Damien were looking around for the women when they slipped through the French doors, garbed back in their fancy dresses. James gave an audible sigh of relief as he rushed over to them.

"Where have you been? I was about to send out a search party. I almost thought the attacking pirates took you two."

"We were where we wanted to be," Kea sighed wearily. "Now, if you will excuse me, this has been a chaotic evening so I believe I shall retire." She bid them good night.

"As will I. Goodnight, gentlemen." Ria agreed as she followed Kea to where their carriage awaited.

"We'll call upon you tomorrow to see how you are." Norrington called after them.

"Yes, we shall." Damien waved back.

Ria was at the docks early the next morning inspecting The Golden Lark for damages. Her crew was working on the repairs and doing chores. She had just finished writing what more needed repairing when Kea showed up looking rather haggard.

"Bad night?" Ria questioned, not knowing if she wanted an answer.

"Quite." Kea said going to her own ship, Le Clarion.

A while later a ship with black sails sailed unthreateningly into the bay where the Le Clarion and the Golden Lark were kept. Unfortunately the bay didn't fit two ships very well let alone three so on its way in the ship accidentally hit the Le Clarion. Kea, already in a bad mood was very upset about someone scratching her beloved ship. She stalked off to confront the culprit.

"What is the meaning this?" She demanded when the Captain of the other vessel, for he had to be the Captain because he had an arrogance about him that reeked of the power, stepped off his ship. He also wore a worn tri-cornered hat over a faded red bandana with beads dangling out of it from his night black long dreadlocked hair. His arrogance showed in his walk when he somehow swaggered and glided at the same time. The tails of his old brown calf length coat followed the walk's rhythm. Underneath was a billowy dirty white shirt covered by a hip length vest that had a red and crème colored sash tied over it to hold his compass, pistol and cutlass. Everything seemed old and worn on this man, even his too big sea pants that ended with a few gold buttons on the sides' right below the tops of his scratched and faded sea boots. Though some would consider him to be a nobody at first glance, up closed his presence seemed to demand everyone's attention. And with his coal lined dark chocolate eyes and braids in the goatee to also draw attention.

"Excuse me, wha' was that I 'eard?" The pirate Captain asked as he swiveled around to face his accuser.

"You-." Kea's tirade halted when they made eye contact. Her face paled. She had seen those eyes before. Or, actually, ones similar to it. But where had she seen them? Was he some relative of the fellow who stood in front of her?

Ria, having followed her friend to keep her from acting rash, had seen Kea's face lose its color, so she went closer. Upon her closer look, Ria also noticed who it was that had gotten off the black sailed ship. She smiled; she loved when she saw him.

"Well, well, well, me ol' friend, Captain Jack Sparrow. So good to see you again," Ria commented when Kea continued to be silent. She also began admiring the hypnotically graceful swagger of his hips as he came closer to Kea and her. "What brings you here?" She tried to sound calm, though her voice threatened to break as he looked at her. For some reason she always became tongue tied around him.

"Visiting a friend, luv." He said lightly with a flip of a hand.

Ria tried not to take the endearing word to heart as he turned to Kea, "I'm terribly sorry about ye ship, mate. But there be not much room in this 'ere place where I usually use for hiding me ship."

Kea came out if her trance, "Hum? Oh, sorry, I was...um...distracted."

"Ah, well, good to meet ye again then. Thank ye for the use of your dock." Jack said, staggering off. Tipping his hat he winked at Ria, "See you soon, luv." Then turned to Kea, "You too, mate."

Grunting Kea said goodbye and caught the moony love-struck expression in Ria's eyes as she watched Jack. Enthralled, Ria sighed and clutched her hands over her heart as her eyes watched Jack saunter off in the direction of Port Royal.

"Could you love him to any further extent?" Kea mocked her friend as she turned to face her.

"I don't know what you're talking about. I mean really, Kea, com'on. I cannot believe you just did that. Raising your voice to the infamous Captain Jack Sparrow, we could learn a lot from him you know. It is advisable not to get on his bad side, from what I've heard it can be really bad."

"Why, thank you, Calandria, for the lesson in etiquette. You're one to be talking, 'Miss I Don't Have a Temper,'" Kea hissed, now annoyed at her friend. Clearly she was once again in a bad mood, for she rarely used Ria's full name. "Your vote of confidence in me is overwhelming." All of a sudden her mood changed again, "He is rather gorgeous, is he not?" She sighed. "Though something about him reminds me of someone else I've seen before," She murmured to herself. "Just as gorgeous as Jack."

"I don't have that bad of a temper." Ria argued, ignoring everything else Kea said for the time.

Kea merely rolled her eyes, "Don't be daft, of course you do. Remember the time we were in that bar in Singapore and that man thought you were a whore. Then when he grabbed your arse you ran him through with your cutlass while saying, 'Next person who touches me joins him in hell!' You freaked even me out."

"Perhaps I get a bit carried away, but the man deserved it," Ria conceded, then remembered her friend's comment on how Jack looked. "And what do you mean by saying Jack is gorgeous? You've never said that before," She growled, hands now on her hips.

"I was just commenting on the scenery that's all, no worries luv." Kea answered, making Ria feel somewhat better until she said the last word while managing to mimic Jack's voice.

Choosing to try to drop the embarrassing subject Ria put an arm around Kea's shoulder, "Oh, no girl, don't tell me you are falling for him, you know the rule: pirates never fall in love. And I don't need a twitty female on my hands."

Kea laughed, "Who, me?"

"I don't see anyone else here so shut up about it." Ria responded looking around.

"Ok, I shall apologize for now, so I can live to see another day, and then surrender the ground to you, for you clearly have feelings for our gallant Captain." She made a sweeping gesture.

"I do no-." She started to say loudly them lowering her voice, "I do not have feelings for the Captain." Ria protested by stomping her foot in an unladylike way and eyes flaring.

"Me thinketh thou protesteth too much." Kea countered putting her hands up in mock surrender, and then had to duck when Ria threw a twig at her head.

"I'll get you for that, and I am NOT in love with Jack Sparrow." Ria said the last part knowing that even to her the conviction sounded false.

"And I'm the Queen of England, Ria. Please, I know you better than anyone and I can see it. Now don't be arguing with me, we have ships to repair so let's get back to it, savvy?" And you could go and look at your beloved's ship, she added mentally as she looked at the Black Pearl. "Savvy," Ria said, realizing that their ships and crews came before a being- in-love-with-Jack discussion. She followed Kea back towards the ships, listening to her mumble about repainting some boards, and that she might have some black paint in the cargo hold.

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