Next chapter! Yaaaay! I'm in good mood, so I decided to add a few chapters to my stories for today and tomorrow. I'm off tomorrow. Yaaay! Please keep up the reviews. Now on with the story....

Chapter 17

Emma sat on the rail. They had been on the ship only two hours, and she was already bored. She aimlessly watched Jack and Priscilla practicing with swords. Priscilla always seemed to lose purposely, just to get near Jack. It didn't bother Emma, it annoyed her. Priscilla with her endless giggling, and constant flirting with Jack. The way she pretended to be so helpless. The way she 'fallen and couldn't get up.' The thing that really bothered her was, Jack went with it.

"Cousin? COUSIN? COUSIN! ARE YOU LISTENING TO A WORD I'M SAYING?"

Emma turned around. Anne tapped her foot impatiently. Emma sighed. Anne's expression softened.

"Deep in thought?"

"A little. Maybe more that thought."

"Ah."

Anne came to Emma's side. Both women turned around and leaned on the rail, looking out towards the sea.

"You love him don't you?"

"WHAT? WHO?"

"You are at least attracted to him."

"WHAT?"

"Confess, cousin. You have fallen hard for a good for nothing, grimy, smelly, but extremely attractive pirate captain."

"Will you please stop assuming things? I don't love anyone. I never will."

"You kissed him didn't you?"

"All right, yes. I did, but they weren't my fault."

"Did you enjoy it?"

"Um, a little."

Anne raised an eyebrow.

"All right, I liked it a lot. Please will you stop?"

"Fine. But I have on more question. Does he love you?"

"To tell the truth, I really don't know. It would seem, but then again, he goes through women like rum and he hasn't really paid any attention to me since "she" came aboard."

Emma stuck a finger towards Priscilla, who at the moment was batting her eyes at Jack. Anne gave a look of disgust and nodded. She definitely didn't like Priscilla. Anne waved to Emma and headed below.

Emma stayed out awhile longer, until it was dark. It was near midnight when she decided to finally go to bed. She took the last vacant cabin, and headed in. She quickly changed and climbed into her bed. She was just about asleep, when someone knocked. She groaned.

"Enter."

Jack stuck his head in the door.

"Luv, you already sleeping?"

"I was trying to."

Jack sat on the edge of the bed.

"We didn't get to talk, all that much now did we?"

"Not really. You were busy with Priscilla."

"That's not me fault. She HAS to practice every single hour of every day. She really has to find herself a man."

"As if she doesn't already have one." Emma mumbled.

"What was that, luv?"

"Nothing! Nothing! Really."

Jack nodded. He slowly pulled off the bed.

"G'night, luv. Sleep well, for tomorrow, we may go after the Pearl."

"Good night, Jack."

Emma pulled her covers over her head. Jack headed for the door. Turning around to get on last glimpse of her, he went out the cabin.