disclaimer: Don't own anything from Pirates of the Caribbean.

previously

Jack finds Viola Cabbot and talks her into helping him get Lynn back. Lynn and Jack escape Nathan and her childhood home. Nathan kills Viola when he realises she helped Jack take Lynn away from him. Before she dies he tells her he loves Lynn.

chapter thirteen: Able to trust

Jack held the door open to a small room he renten him and Lynn. It was located above a tavern and he had paid the bartender a lot of money to make sure he wouldn't tell anybody they were there. He even promised the man that if someone offered to pay him for information he would pay twice as much as he was offered. Lynn stood in the middle of the room, not knowing were everything was. She heard Jack lock the door and turned to him.

"Are you sure it's safe for us to stay here?" she asked. Jack could tell she was terrified. He hated Nicholas for everything he had done to Lynn, and one day he would make him pay when he was sure Lynn was safe. He walked over to her and she shivered as she felt his hands on her upper arms.

"I'm sorry." Jack stated. He didn't know how to act. He didn't want to make Lynn think he would hurt her. That was the last thing that was on his mind. He hated the fact that somehow the girl seemed affraid of him. She had to know he would never do anything to hurt her. She had told him she loved him before she was taken. He wondered if she still felt that way.

"It's okay...you caught me of guard." Lynn forced a smile, but couln't ignore the fact that she was feeling extremely uncomfortable. An akward silence filled the room and Lynn felt Jack's eyes strongly on hers.

"I can't wait untill we get back to the Pearl." she said slowly moving forward to get closer to Jack. He smiled as he brushed a strand of hair behind her ear.

"Me to luv." he whispered.

"I missed the Pearl." Jack grinned regaining some of his self confidence in the situation.

"Did you miss me to luv?" he asked gently placing his finger under his chin to tilt her head so he could look into her beautifull eyes. She smiled at him.

"I missed you most of all...Jack, I was so scared." A small tear tickled down her cheek. He nodded as he leaned in and placed a chaste kiss on her cheek.

"You don't need to be scared luv, I won't let anything happen to you." Lynn nodded.

"I know...and I'm not scared of you, I could never be. I love you Jack." He smiled. God, he wanted to tell her he loved her just as much. He did love her. But it was so hard to make the words come out of his mouth. The only other time he had told a woman he loved her was when he was just his lad, and his mother was lying on her death bed.

Lynn's soft sobs pulled him out of his memorie.

"What is it luv?" he asked her.

"Nothing...Everything is fine. I couldn't expect...how could I...I'm damaged goods aren't I?"

"No!" Jack said strongly. "You could never be anything but perfect love." Lynn turned to him with a raised eyebrow. She had noticed the way he pronounced that last word.

"Don't you mean luv?"

"I know what I meant love, don't ever think I don't love you savvy?" The smile on her face send a strange feeling trough his entire body. It wasn't the lust he had felt for many women before, it was something stronger. He leaned in and kissed Lynn passionately and gentle at the same time. He loved the woman in his arms. When he broke the kiss he smiled, everything was perfect and he wished it could allways be like this. A split second he even thought about how he couldn't blame Nathan for wanting to have Lynn all to himself. But she loved him, he repeated those words she'd said over and over as he kissed her again and together the slowly moved to the bed.

It was a new experience for him. Watching a woman wake up in the morning. Her head rested on his shoulder and their body's tangled up with the sheets. Never before had he wanted to stick around to wake up with the woman he had spend the night with in his arms.

She looked like an angel he decided as he leaned in and kissed her forhead while he ran his fingers along her bare back. He grinned as she shivered. Slowly she opened her eyes.

"Jack? Are you awake?" she whispered though she allready knew the answer. She felt his eyes on her and a blush appeared on her face. He kissed her on her forhead again to answer her question.

"Morning love." he said softly pulling her closer. Lynn moaned softly as she rubbed the sleep out of her eyes. "We should get going luv, if we want to reach the Pearl before dark." Lynn's eyes light up.

"We'll reach her today?" she asked enthousiastic.

"Aye"

Nathan stared at the couple leaving the tavern. He had a bitter taste in his mouth after he found out from one of the wenches that Jack and Lynn had shared a room. He knew very well what had happened and he hated Jack for it. As soon as they left he followed them. He would get his wife back but not untill he had his revenge on Jack Sparrow.

"I can see the Pearl allready luv. We're allmost there. I have a small boat hidden on the beach." Jack said as if he read her mind when she was wondering how they were going to get there. She couldn't swim there, she hadn't been able to memorize in wich way she had to swim.

Only once they were in the boat Lynn suddenly remembered something.

"Elizabeth." she gasped. Jack looked up at her.

"Don't worry about Elizabeth love."

"She's the one who...she likes you!"

"Can you blame her?" Jack asked with a smug grinn. Lynn playfully hit his arm. "She's confined to her room. She's lucky I found you." he said.

"Elizabeth and I shared a room." Lynn stated. Jack's grinn broadenend.

"Looks like I'll have to sacrifice myself. You can share my room." Lynn chuckled.

"What if I don't want to share your room?" Lynn said trying to sound serious but failing terribly.

"Don't fool yourself love. You'd love to stay with me in my room." Lynn's cheeks flushed and she turned away not saying another thing untill they reached the ship. She just showed Jack a loving smile every now and then.

Nathan tossed several golden coins on the table.

"Remember we just follow the Pearl for now. You won't do anything until I say so! And when we fight! I get to kill Sparrow. When I have my wife we split up the treasure." The scruffy looking man sitting across the table grinned as he counted the money.

"70 percent fer us, and 30 fer you and the missus right?" Nathan nodded.

"Right, and I'll pay for food and supplies."

"In that case mr mcPherson...you have yerself a deal. We'll get yer cabin ready as soon as possible. Welcome aboard the Chasing Spitfire"

a/n: that's chapter thirteen, hope you like it. Let me know ok?

I made a little change thanks to AJ-Sparrow who pointed out a big mistake of mine! I said 'Lynn looked out the window and saw the Pearl' when offcourse Lynn can't see. Thanks for pointing this out:)