Disclaimer: don't own it, and I highly doubt that I ever will.

A/N: It's been forever since I updated, I know. I've just been busy. Here's the next chapter.

"Okay," Allie said to herself, "Heads, I go, tails, I stay."

She flipped the small coin, caught it, and flipped it over on the back of her hand. Tails.

"Oh, that's just not fair." She muttered. "Best two outta three…"

Two tails, one heads.

"C'mon!" she said angrily at the coin. She threw it on her desk and sat down on the bed, trying to think of a different method of deciding. Flipping a coin was childish anyway.

Finally, she gave up and decided that she should take a break from this.

"I like Damien, I guess. It would be great to go with him to find his family. A new adventure, in her opinion. She'd done everything there was to do on the Pearl. She'd even gotten thrown in jail.

"Dad would say no. But maybe if I didn't tell him…no, can't do that."

"What can't you do?" she heard Gabrielle say.

"Go away."

"No, not till you tell me what you said you can't do."

"No."

"Please?"

"Go away."

Gabrielle, instead of going away, walked over and sat next to Allie.

"I'm bored."

"I don't care. I'm busy right now." Allie said.

"With what?"

"None of your business." Allie said flatly.

"Why?"

"Because it just isn't."

"Why?"

"I said so."

"Why?"

Allie ignored her as she asked "Why?" about six more times before finally leaving.

Staring at the ceiling, Allie continued to argue with herself about leaving or staying. When they reached Tortuga weeks later, Allie refused to leave the ship for two reasons. One: she was afraid she'd get left again, and two: she despised Tortuga.

"Are you sure you're related to me?" Jack joked as he was about to step onto the dock.

"Almost positive." Allie said.

He just laughed and walked onto the dock. Allie watched him leave and turned back to the ship. The dock was just outside of Tortuga, but she still heard gunshots and manic shouting in the distance. Such a loud town.

Damien had gone into Tortuga as well. Allie wasn't sure if he would come back, this worried her very much. It was his decision, of course, but she would rather he told her before he left, that would be polite.

She wandered aimlessly on the ship. She was supposed to be making sure no one tried to steal the ship. But she doubted that anyone in Tortuga had enough sense to steal it.

Will, Elizabeth, Gabrielle, and Dylan were all below deck in Will and Elizabeth's room. Allie considered joining them but thought better of it. She'd rather be alone right now.

A few hours later, the crew eventually returned. But there was no sign of Damien anywhere. The captain was looking quite glad when she told him.

"Oh, he left. He told me to tell you bye and all that. 'Said maybe he'd see you again." Her dad said.

She couldn't help but be mad at Damien. He hadn't bothered to tell her in person. What kind of friend would just walk off without a word?

They left soon and Allie kept looking back at Tortuga, wishing they could turn around so she could look for him. But she knew that he was probably on his way out of the town by now.

"I can't believe you let him leave." Allie said to her father a few days later, "This ship is so bloody boring…"

"Hey, I suggested the brig, remember? If you'd done that then he'd be here."

Allie rolled her eyes, she quickly decided that this conversation was a waste of her valuable time.

"Damien," she whispered, aloud in her room, "If I see you again, you've got a lot of explaining to do."

Then it occurred to her, would she ever see him again?

A/N: I'm getting closer to the end of this story, I'm afraid. Just a chapter to go…don't hurt me please! I might make a sequel or something. Review.