Chap. 7 Angry Words

That night she went back to her cabin to see if James was there. He was. 'Sound asleep.' she told herself. She sat down next to him and brushed his hair, that was now beaded and braided, away from his face. 'Startin' to look like Jack.' she said, causing herself laugh. Then she thought about what she had just said. She thought aloud to herself, 'Like Jack... is this ok? Should James be admiring Jack as much as he does? He is a pirate, after all.'

'Aye, lass, that I am.' said a voice that sounded a bit hurt.

'Oh, Jack.' she said startled. 'How long have you been standing there?' she asked this even though she knew perfectly well that he had heard the whole thing.

'Long 'nough.'

'Oh, Jack, I-' Jack interrupted her.

'I'm not "worthy" enough for yer brother to look up to me, eh? A pirate, of course, teachin' the poor 'ittle boy bad things. I'm sorry, I forgot ye is an upstandin' lady with a 'ittle brother whom ye wants to grow up to be an unstandin' ittle gentlemen, eh? But he can't be a gentleman when he's got a bloody pirate as a role model now, can he? No, certainly not. Well, do not worry, Kaillyn, they'll be plenty o' rich, fine, upstandin' gentleman to teach ye brother good 'holesome things. Don't ye worry ye pretty 'ittle head!'

'Jack, I-' but before she could even attempt to apologize Jack stormed out of the room.

That week was horrible for Jack, Kaillyn, James, and the crew. Jack and Kaillyn hadn't talked since the incident, and Jack had been the moodiest his crew had ever seen.

Today, Jack didn't talk during breakfast, he scorned during lunch, and now it's dinner and he is showing off his new attitude especially well.

'Pass the bird.' Jack said sternly.

The crew looked around at each other and a young cabin boy turned slowly to Jack and hesitantly said, 'What bird?'

'What do ye mean what bird? It's right in front of yer goddamn nose!' yelled Jack.

'Jack! Settle down! How was we suppos'd to know "bird" meant chicken?' asked Gibbs, trying to calm Jack.

'It's the only thing on this bloody table that is made from a bloody bird! What else did ye think I wanted!' cried Jack, turning red from anger.

'We don't deserve all this yelling! We didn't do anything to make you mad, did we? Is there something bothering you, Jack?' asked Anamaria trying to understand Jack's anger.

'It's Captain Jack Sparrow! Why is does nobody remember that! JACK JACK JACK. I am a bloody captain! I'm captain of this bloody ship! Ye are called Anamaria because ye are not a captain! Ye do not 'ave a ship! Do ye 'ave a ship? I don't see one!'

Suddenly Jack received a hard blow to his face, causing his beads and braids to toss about. Then Anamaria glared at him and yelled, 'I don't have a ship, CAPTAIN, because you OWE me one! I could be a captain if you didn't take mine! If you want to be called Captain then start ACTING LIKE ONE!' Then she stood up quickly causing her chair to fall backwards and slide across the mess hall, she ran out of the room angrily.

'Ye deserved that one.' said Gibbs quietly.

'I deserved it did I? I deserve some goddamn respect around here from you bunch o' maggots! You'd be dead, if it wasn't for my commandeering this 'ere ship! And as for Anamaria- she wants to be a captain, well she ain't gettin' her title from me, and she ain't gettin' no ship! She's getting off at Port Royal, too! She can work just as hard as I did to get me ship! '

'Is there something else bothering you? I know it's not just the fact that some o' us forget to call you Captain, sometimes. And if you don't stop your ranting and raving, your crew is going to leave you!' cried Gibbs.

'I think i'll survive.' Jack said stubbornly, and he was going to continue with his yelling but suddenly Kaillyn stood up with quick force.

'Sit down, lass.' whispered Gibbs.

'No, No Gibbs! Jack, Stop this! Stop taking this out on your crew! Your crew is all you have and you are going to need them for when you get onto the island tomorrow! Think ahead! And quit being such an ass and yelling at them for no good goddamn reason! Your mad and me and your being childish by making your crew suffer for it! So just stop!'

Jack stood up and glared at her. The crew was silent... scared by not knowing what Jack was going to do. He threw his mug against the wall closest to Kaillyn and ran out of the room fuming. The crew looked at Kaillyn now and she ran out of the room, going the opposite way Jack went.

'What happened?' asked James, to Gibbs, quietly.

'I dunno, lad, don't you worry 'bout it. Go find your sister.'

James slowly got down from his chair and left to find his sister. He reached the cabin and slowly walked in. Kaillyn heard the door and turned.

'Hi, James. Come here and sit with me.'

'Are you okay, Kailey?'

'I will be. I'm sorry for yelling like that in front of you, I said some bad things, please ignore them, I am sorry for them.'

'It's okay, I don't know what they mean anyway.' he said trying to make her feel better.

She smiled and gave him a hug. There was a knock on the door and Anamaria's head peaked in.

' 'Ello, Kaillyn, can I talk to you for a second?'

'Oh, yeah, sure, Anamaria.' then she turned to Jack and said, 'We'll talk later, go play.'

'Okay.' then he grabbed his wood sword and ran off.

'Come sit, Anamaria. And I am really sorry for Jack's behavior.'

'It's alright. I've known Jack for many years. He gets moody a lot...never this bad, but almost. Gibbs said you told him off. Jack locked himself in his room and won't open the door. What did u do that made him so mad?'

'I think it was because I said he wasn't a good role model for James...'

'Aye... that's what is making him so mad?'

'I thought so... but I think it must be more.'

'What more?'

'Something happened between me and Jack... just before I said that.'

'What? Did you fight about something else?'

'No.'

'What was it? I mean you don't have to tell me, it's just that I would like to understand why Jack is acting like this.'

'No, i'll tell you. Just don't tell the rest of the crew.'

'Ah... does it 'ave to do with what the crew and I heard outside Jack's room a week ago?' asked Anamaria eyeing Kaillyn suspiciously.

'Oh no, you heard?'

'Aye, but can that be the reason he's mad? I mean he's done that a million times before. Not that loud, but-' then they both smiled and Anamaria continued, 'You don't care for Jack do you?'

'What?'

'Do you have feelings for Jack?'

'No, that's silly...I...I...well, maybe I did. But I couldn't possibly anymore after what I witnessed tonight.'

'He's not always like that, you know.'

'I know, but i've seen his angry side now and I could never live with that... I don't even know what he's really like. What if he could get worse? You know?'

'Yeah... well, think about it. Try to talk to him after he rids the island of it's treasures...he'll be i a better mood then.'

'Alright, thanks Anamaria.'

A/N: I'll post some more chapters later. I'm going to go write the next chapter of my Relationships Change II!