Wow! We're gettin' these up fast! R&R peoples! TALLY HO!

Disclaimer: Unfortunately, neither Elizabeth, nor I, own the rights to Pirates of the Caribbean so we have no right to claim other characters as our own (except Beth and Meg, of course...Through we did come up with the names for CD and Greg (also known as Grapple) ...late night in Houston...LOL). The Pirate King and Pirate Prince will forever belong to Buena Vista Home Entertainment.

Beth woke up a few hours later with a very sore head.

"What happened, where am I?" She looked up and saw Jack standing over her. She frowned, rolled her eyes, and sat up.

"Oh yes, now I remember. I was stuck on an island with a scoundrel, who tried to kill me!"

Jack gave her a questionable look and said defensively,

"I didn't try to kill you! To be honest, I didn't even try to knock you out…it was an accident."

"Oh sure," She stood up and stared at him with disapproving eyes.

"Just like this is an accident!" She slapped him, turned on her heels and marched away.

"Rule #7! No Slapping!" He shouted at her with a smirk.

"Guh!" She glared at him from afar, but then her face lightened, and she ran over to him.

"A ship! There's a ship coming this way! It saw my signal!"

Jack looked Beth, and then at the ship. He waved his arms, as did Beth. A ship drew near, and Beth waded into the water. Jack stood there for a moment or two, then saw that it was her cousin's ship. He looked at Beth and she turned around to look at him. He smiled at her…and at first she scowled, but then she smiled back.

"There'll be no living with her after this…" Jack said to himself, but Beth was not that far away.

"I heard that!" She yelled at him, but not too angrily. Then the two of them made they're way toward the Dauntless, and were brought aboard.

"Are you alright, Elizabeth?" The commodore said gently as he put his jacket on his cousin's shoulders.

"I'm fine, James." Beth said, but she was relieved to be off of that island, and to be safe. She gave Jack a glance, and the commodore noticed it.

"Did this Scoundrel hurt you?" He gave Jack a quick glare. Beth thought about whether or not to tell the commodore about being made drunk, being knocked out and almost being kissed…but she decided to be merciful when Jack gave her a desperate look.

"No, nothing happened, James."

"Good." The commodore said abruptly then ordered Elizabeth to be taken back to Port Royal.

"But we've got to save Will!" She stammered.

"No, you're safe now." The commodore replied, as he started walking away. He didn't really care for chasing after pirates.

"Commodore…James, I'm begging you, please." James gave Beth a questioning look, and turned to face her. "Why do you care so much?"

"Something inside me forces me to. Because…I love him." Beth looked at her cousin almost as if she were going to cry. A small smile crept on to Jack's face, he was proud of the courage she had to tell her cousin that she loved a blacksmith.

"That's highly improper." The governor put in, but James gave him a queer look.

"Then we will save him…for you, Elizabeth. Mr. Sparrow, you will accompany these fine men to the helm and provide us with the bearing to Isla de Mureta. You will then spend the rest of the voyage contemplating all possible meanings of the phrase, 'silent as the grave'. Do I make myself clear?"

"Inescapably clear."

Later that night, Beth was standing on deck near the front of the Dauntless, singing a song that she sang often when she was lonely, and full of sadness.

"I'll forget you. The more you stay inside of me, the weaker I grow…I'll forget you. Tomorrow I will turn and let you go. I'll grow colder, I'll lose myself in anything but you now. For there is nothing I can do now…but forget.

Beth continued singing, and thinking about Will. Little did she know that Jack was standing behind her and had been for the past ten minutes. He heard her sniffling, and decided to make his presence known.

"Do not give so easily into despair, love." She spun around and glared at him.

"You just can't leave well enough alone can you?"

"If everything was well, Elizabeth…but it's not…is it?" He put his hands around her forearms gently and smiled.

"No, it's not…but I can't make him love me, and not love someone else, can I?" She turned back around, but Jack's grip tightened, and she tore away.

"What do you want from me?"

"I want you to face the reality that things in life don't always turn out the way you want them to." His usual sarcastic manner died, and for a moment, he took her feelings seriously. "Elizabeth…let him go."

"I will, someday. Now leave me, I want to be alone."

"Alright. Goodnight, Elizabeth."

"Goodnight, Jack." He started to walk away slowly, but Beth stopped him.

"Jack," She called after him. "Thank you." She smiled, and he came back to her.

"Your welcome." Then his usual self returned, and he said jokingly,

"And when he leaves you for the other Elizabeth, don't come back looking for me as an option." Beth laughed and walked back into the cabin.

I love Jack when he really means something... :gets a strange look from Beth: What? ...Anywhosit...I stole it...again...and Beth's shaking her head at me...TALLY HO! ...again...LIKE GIANTRADIOACTIVE RUBBER PANTS! ...And no, I'm not that insane...I'm just hyper...I get hyper when I say "Giant Radioactive Rubber Pants!" ...and Beth's singing Barbara Manatee...and you think I'M crazy? ...Yes, yes I am...Muahahha! ...R&R...TALLY HO! (Again)