Hello again! Since I was sick today, I found time to write the next chapter instead of having you all wait until the weekend! Plus I didn't want you all to wait that long anyways! Well, here it is!

DISCLAIMER: These are really getting annoying! Are they really necissary? Oh well. I don't own POTC or any of the original characters. Jack, sadly, is not mine...


I sit next to Jack's bed, watching his chest rise and fall. Without the help from Gibbs and Anamaria, Jack truly would have died from the loss of blood. Tears well up in my eyes just thinking about what could have happened to him if they came a few minutes later than they did.

Gibbs and I brought Jack into his cabin while Anamaria gathered supplies needed to take care of Jack's wound and my own. We took care of Jack before my injuries were cleaned up. The damage on me wasn't nearly as bad as what Jack had received. I was given a few stitches here and there. Luckily Marius hadn't kicked me harder or my ribs would have broken. This was about 4 hours ago and I've been sitting here ever since.

My body was fighting back my fatigue, yet I resisted as much as I could. I needed to make sure Jack would survive the night. I brushed my hand against his cheek, tears finally flowing freely. I can't handle this anymore! My emotions take over my body. I cry silently over Jack, my head resting on his chest.

"Oh Jack, please don't die!" I said out loud.

"No need for pessimism, luv,"

My body shot up from Jack's chest, eyes meeting with his.

"Jack! You're alright!"

"Of course I am, I'm Captain Jack Sparrow,"

I laugh at his remark, then I remember what all had happened.

"Jack, this should never have happened to you, it's all my fault,"

"Kora, you didn't do anything wrong,"

"Yes I did! You were right, what happened in the galley wasn't just from me being dizzy…"

"What are you talking about?"

"I didn't just black out because I was dizzy, I saw something through Marius's eyes; I saw exactly what happened to me down in the storage room; it was-"

"A premonition," finished Jack. "Why didn't you tell me that in the first place?"

"I…I thought you'd think I was crazy and that you'd lock me up,"

"Luv, I may be a pirate, but that doesn't mean I would find you crazy,"

"See, now this comes right back at me. It's all my fault…"

Jack tried to sit up in bed, but the pain from his wound stopped him.

"Jack, just lay down. I'm here to take care of you. I owe it to you,"

I got up to get some rum to disinfect Jack's sore and more gauze to change his bandage around his abdomen. I gently took off his old bandage and winced at the mark that Marius left on him. I poured some of the rum on a piece of cloth.

"This is going to sting," I warned him just before I applied the cloth. Jack let out a loud hiss of pain.

I began to bandage up his abdomen with the fresh dressing. I could feel Jack's eyes on me the whole time, watching everything I did to him. Once I knew the gauze was secure, I picked up the old bindings to throw away. Jack's face followed me from where I knelt over him back to the right of his bed, sitting in a chair.

"How are you feeling, Jack?"

"I've felt better, of course. I'm just a little confused about what happened,"

I told Jack all that had happened, from the beginning in the kitchen to the death of Marius. My voice quivered the whole time, torturing myself with the reliving of the event.

"So you killed Marius, eh?"

"Ya, I guess I did. I just couldn't stand to see anyone hurting you…" I trailed off at the end of the sentence, blushing madly at what I had said. I felt Jack's hand on my cheek, gently forcing me to look at him.

"Why did you save me? After all that had happened a month ago, I thought you'd never speak to me again, let alone save my life,"

"I guess everyone deserves a second chance…"

Jack's POV

Kora sacrificed her own life to save mine. I couldn't handle just seeing her sitting in the chair. I slowly turned my body towards her, pain searing on my stomach.

"Jack, lay still! I can get what you want, no need for you to get up,"

Well, if I can't get up I'll make her come to me…

"Kora, come closer,"

I watched as a confused look came across her face, yet she abided. She got out of her chair and knelt on her knees, her face a few inches away from mine. I closed the space between us, our lips finally meeting for the first time. She responded to the kiss, allowing a single tear to trickle down her cheek. When we finally broke free, she spoke to me again.

"I'm so sorry…"

I brought my hand to her face, my thumb brushing away her tear.

"What's all in the past stays there, luv. What we need to worry about now is the future."

Our lips met once again, this time deeper than before. I rubbed my tongue against her bottom lip, her mouth opening for my entrance. Our tongues dances in unison, mine leading the way. When we came apart, I carefully guided her into my bed, opening the blanket for her to be under.

"Lets go to sleep now, we've had a long day," I whispered to her.

Her head found a spot in the crook of my neck, her arm draping over my chest. Within minutes both of us fell into dreamland, our bodies close together.


Well, what do you think? And just to clear things up if any of you were curious, in the first chapter of this story she was talking about how second chances weren't worth it, but that was because she gave her father too many chances. So this second chance is different. Alright, REVIEW!!!