disclaimer: Don't own PotC or any of the characters from the movie.

previously:

Lynn is confronted with someone from her past. She manages to fight him of but only after he stabbed her. Will and Elizabeth take care of her. Jack avoids her because he doesn't want to be confronted about the kiss. When she goes back to work after healing well enough Will and Elizabeth find out her secret. Let's see what happens next shall we..?

chapter five: promise

Lynn cursed as she searched the floor for the cloth. She had the feeling someone was watching her and it made her even more nervous. She sighed as she found the cloth and sat down on the deck. She prayed nobody had seen her. Finally she got up and continued her work on the railing.

"Should we confront her?" Will asked Elizabeth. They had gone into Will's cabin to talk in private about what they had seen. "Maybe she had soap in her eyes." he suggested. Elizabeth nodded. It was possible, but if that was the case why didn't she just rub it away?

"I think we should tell Jack what we saw." Elizabeth said. Will looked down at her. He placed his arms on her shoulder.

"I don't think it's our place to tell." he said. "We should at least talk to Lynn first. Give her a chance to explain.

"You think she'd tell us the truth? If we're right she has been lying to us all along. Why would she stop now?" Elizabeth argued.

"I'll talk to her...just to see how she reacts." Will stated.

"I'll go with you."

"Sweety I don't think you should...your not one of her favorite persons right now remember?" Elizabeth nodded. "Promise me you won't go see Jack before I come back."

"I promise." Will leaned in and kissed Elizabeth gently before walking out the cabin to where Lynn was working.

She heard footsteps getting closer to her.

"Lynn?" She smiled as she heard Will's voice. She turned in the direction of the voice.

"Yes..."

"Could we...talk?" he asked. Lynn noticed a strange tone in his voice. It made her thinks something was wrong. She couldn't help but think back to the incident with the cloth. She nodded.

"Can we go into your cabin?" She nodded as she headed towards her cabin, Will followed her.

"Elizabeth and I...we saw something that concerned us." Lynn swallowed a lump in her troth. "We were just wondering. You see when you dropped that cloth it seemed as if you didn't see it lying right beside you. It was as if, you were feeling the deck hoping to find it."

"Where are you going with this." Lynn had tried to make her voice sound even, but realised she had failed.

"Lynn...can you see me?" Will asked. Lynn nodded as she looked away.

"What color are my eyes?" he asked. Lynn turned to him. She opened her mouth to guess only to close it again knowing she had been found out. She felt a tear creek down her cheek.

"I don't know." she sobbed.

"Why didn't you tell us?" Will asked as he walked over to her and tried to sooth her.

"Like Jack would've let me come if he knew I was blind."

"I'm sorry." She backed away from him.

"THAT is exactly why I didn't tell anyone. Whenever people find out I'm blind...they turn me into a nobody! I've been there before. I don't want it. I don't need your help or anybody elses! I can take care of myself."

"Right, you have the scar to proof it!" Will couldn't control his anger any longer.

"You don't have a clue as to how I got that scar!"

"So you lied about that to?" Will was now fuming.

"What about you? You're a blacksmith...do you like your job?" Lynn asked.

"What does that have to do with..."

"ANSWERE...please." she said as she sat down on the side of her bed.

"I guess...yes I like it."

"Mr Brown gave you a chance...do you think he would've given you that chance if you were blind?" Lynn asked. Silence... It took Will a while to realise she was right.

"no"

"And what if you were a woman who was blind?" she asked.

"no"

"I'm a nobody...at least to them. I have nobody but myself now..."

"What about your family?"

"I don't have a family anymore." she stated. Will walked over and sat down beside her on the bunk.

"We should tell Jack." he said softly. Immediately Lynn jumped up.

"He doesn't know yet?" she asked surprised.

"No."

"Don't tell him...please. I'll just, I'll leave at the next port. I won't bother you anymore. Just promise you won't tell Jack."

"He has a right to know, your a part of his crew."

"My being blind is private...I beg you not to tell Jack."

"Why? Jack's a good guy he"

"He treats me like any other woman...any other part of his crew, well not exactly like the male part of his crew but still." Will couldn't repress a chuckle at that statement.

"Fine, I won't tell Jack." Lynn smiled.

"You'll explain to him why your leaving at the next Port...you'll tell him the entire truth, promise?" She nodded.

"I swear." Will got up and left her cabin. As soon as he had left Lynn trew herself on the bunk and cried.

(dream)

In the distance she heard her mother cry. Her father's voice was loud as he was barking orders at the surrounding people. She felt a someone picking her up from the ground.

"She's regaining consiousness." an unfamilliar voice said. The girl in his arms slowly opened her eyes. She blinked a couple of times. Everything was blurry. For a second she recognized her mother looking down at her and placing her hand against her daughters cheek. Then everything went black.

"Mama?" the girl whimpered. He hand against her cheek was pulled back. She felt alone, scared, surrounded by darkness.

"Be brave sweety, the doctor is here." She heard her mother say. The girl was gently placed on a soft bed and the doctor started examening the eleven-year old. She was starting to calm down when suddenly a loud gunshout rang trough the house. A tear tickled down the girls cheek.

"Emerson" she said softly. Before starting to cry. She knew the shot had been for her horse Emerson, who had trown her of off his back. The voices went softer and when she everything around her went quiet she knew she had past out.

(end dream)

"Fine memeber of me crew ye are.., taking a nap while yer supposed to be working." Jack grinned as he looked down at Lynn who started to wake up. She rubbed the sleep out of her eyes and sat up in her bunk.

"What?" she asked still a little sleepy.

"Don't play dumb with me luv. Yer going to finish the railing first thing tommorrow." He said as leaned against the doorpost.

"Offcourse...I'm sorry."

"Next time I won't let ye ge away with it this easy...remember that." Lynn chuckled.

"I will." Suddenly Jack noticed the red marks under her eyes.

"Have ye been crying luv?" he asked concerned. Lynn turned away from him.

"Bad dream." she said softly. Jack walked over to her.

"Wanna tell me?" he asked as he sat down beside her. She shook her head.

"It's not important." she forced a smile. Jack nodded. He got up to leave when Lynn stopped him...

"Why did you kiss me...before the battle?" He turned back to face her. He had asked himself the same question many times over the last days. Still he hadn't come up with an answer.

"Spur of the moment...I think." Lynn nodded.

"That's what I thought." she said softly as she forced a smile. "Next time warn me before you plan on pinning me against the wall okay." she tried to make her voice sound even. Jack's grinn broadened.

"Can't do that luv, would spoil the moment." and with that he left.

Jack stared at the horizon from the helm of his ship. He was glad to be alone with his toughts again. Even though he didn't like his thoughts very much that day. He couldn't stop thinking about his conversation with Lynn. He told her it was a spur of the moment thing, wich it was...at first. Why had it been so hard for him to go see her when she was hurt...laying in his cabin. He could've kept her compagny and he had wanted to very often, but something kept him from it and he couldn't tel what that was. Suddenly he heard footsteps behind him and he turned around.

"Lynn?" he asked as he saw her walking up to him. She stopped right in front of him.

"It's not fair what you did..." she said softly, not making eyecontact.

"What?" he asked confused.

"Back then...you caught me off guard." She stepped closer to him. She reached out and placed her hands on his chest. Slowly she moved her hands around his neck before pulling him down towards her and kiss him passionately.

Jack immediately returned the kiss. It felt so natural the way she tasted, the way her hands were folded around his neck, the way she fitted in his embrace as he pulled her closer against him. Suddenly Lynn broke the kiss and backed away from him.

"What's wrong luv?" he asked confused. He watched Lynn as she started to rub her eyes. She moved like a caged animal. Suddenly the girl collapsed onto the deck letting out a loud scream before she went silent. She was laying motionless before him.

"Lynn?"

a/n: reviews please ; )

MeanGirl: I couldn't agree more.

crazyroninchic: More of Lynn's past will be revealed very soon, so keep checking back. Thanks for the review!

lilmissmiss: I think Will handled the situation well, not sure what will happen with Elizabeth and Lynn though. I'm not exactly planning on them becoming the best of friends.

InToDepp: Thanks. I just want to make Lynn a strong character even though she's blind. I didn't want a girl who needs saving every ten seconds.

Kisskagome13: Thanks for your review. I'm really glad you like my story.

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