Elizabeth awoke; she sat up and slid out of bed. When she stood up, she noticed Will laying there- spread out. Liz smiled and pulled the covers over him. Then she noticed all of the bruises on his body, and her face dropped.

The light was streaming in from the small window above them, making it quite clear how badly he was hurt. He must have taken his shirt off sometime during the night, because she could see that his side was totally back and blue, his chest was purplish too.

Elizabeth looked at his peaceful sleeping face. She hadn't noticed how bad it looked yesterday. His lip was cut and above his eye was a little swollen. Her heart dropped and then anger replaced it, anger towards Norrington. But then, she thought, her father allowed it so he was just as much to blame for her fiancé's pain.

Liz leaned over and planted a light kiss on his swollen lip. She turned to the mirror and fixed her hair and straightened her dress then made her way above to the deck. She opened the door and walked into a sunny day in the Caribbean, light and airy. The rain from two nights ago was long gone, not a cloud in the sky rendered the rays from falling on the crystal water. Liz slightly squinted and put a hand up to block the sun's glare.

"Good afternoon." Jack said as he approached her.

"Good afternoon, Jack. Where are we?" she asked not seeing any land in sight.

"We're just a bit north, a lil past the Caribbean islands."

She nodded and paused.

"Jack, may I ask you for um…clothes? I really don't want to wear this…" she looked at her dress with a disgusted eye. "…this thing."

Jack smiled remembering the British uniform below deck.

"I think I may 'ave something love."

Will wandered above deck and shielded his eyes just as Liz had done earlier. He looked around for her, he knew she had gotten up and kissed him this morning and this time he wanted to return the favor.

"Mr. Gibbs" he yelled to the man at the helm

"Have you seen Elizabeth?" then he looked around again. "Or Jack for that matter?"

"Yeh, I think they went below deck a few minutes ago."

As if hearing what was spoken about them, a furious Elizabeth burst through the doors emerging on deck in white uniform trousers,black boots, and bright red lobster back coat. Her hair was braided in a loosely in the back like it was the last time she had worn the outfit.

"Jack Sparrow! Have you no other clothes than these?" she asked whipping around toward him.

"Why are you so angry love? You look….good- considering." Jack laughed as he looked her over, trying not to over due it.

Elizabeth gave him a glare, thinking he was trying to start something with her."Considering what?"

"Well considering that you're a wearing the clothes of a bastard of England, and you're a woman…in mans clothing." He stuttered.

Annemaria leaned an arm on his shoulder. "And what's wrong with that?"

"Uh…nothing. Just a matter of preference really." He said as he nervously tapped his hands together and gave her a cheesy grin.

She nodded, satisfied with the answer and turned and left. Jack let out a sigh of relief.

"Well I think you look beautiful" Will came up behind Elizabeth and kissed her on the cheek. Her face automatically softened and she forgot about Jack.

"Whoo, good thin' you be marryin' her boy, not me! Don't think I could handle her temper." Jack vented before he quickly left and went to the helm.

Elizabeth glared back at him then turned back to Will and gave him a big hug.

He winced from his rib but Liz didn't notice.

"Good morning, darling."

She shook her head no. "Nope, you slept in." she smiled as she touched his nose.

"Really? Are you an early riser?"

"No, I just wanted to try and get a early start on beginning my new life with you." She beamed.

He gave her a big returning smile. " I know, I can't wait to get to America."

"I heard it was at least 5 times bigger than England."

Wills eyes widened and his mouth dropped slightly. "No, it can't be."

She nodded. "Yes, I heard my father speaking of it with another governor." Her voice faded slightly at the mention of her father.

"Do you miss him Liz?"

"A little, but I can't go back…I mean we can't go back." She stated looking down.

"We can, just not so soon. We cant when we are married, then her can't touch us." He tried to soothe her, touching her back lightly.

She hugged Will again, but he pulled back slightly, she noticed this time.

"Oh I'm so sorry. Is it your rib?" she looked worried at him, touching his side carefully. He nodded while gritting his teeth.

"We're going to fix that, and no protesting this time." She had a motherly tone in her voice.

"Annemaria"

The dark skinned young woman walked over to her with a pleasant smile. "Yeh mate?"

"Can you set broken bones?" she asked gesturing towards Will.

"Sure can try. C'mon." She and Will went below deck and out of the midday sun.

Elizabeth walked back up to the helm with Jack, nonchalantly guiding the huge ship.

"So Jack, How have you and the crew been?"

He gave her an odd glance and answered.

"Fairly good, but Anna's been hell." He said with a slight sigh

Liz crossed her arms " Really…"

"What has she done that's so bad?"

"Well for one she…" he was stuck "And usually she…" he paused for another minute, and then it seem like a light bulb went on.

"But I tell you, this one time she…" but just faded right back out. He couldn't think of anything to say.

"She what Jack?" Elizabeth leaned in, trying not to laugh at the pirate's flustered state.

"Well she does get on me nerves!" he said really getting agitated at the questioning.

"Oh right, right. Well I mean, she is a woman pirate after all." She poked, trying to get him to open up a bit more.

"No that's not it."

Oh?…then what?"

"She just thinks she's right all the time. Alright!"

"OK…but is she right all the time?"

He stuttered at even the thought of answering, " Yes but- you ask too many damned questions."

"I'm just curious" she said innocently

"Of what?"

"About you and her."

"Me and Anna?"

she looked at him through the corner of her eye. "Anna and I…"

He paused, obviously confused. "What?"

"The correct way to say it would be Anna and I…" her voice faded, knowing that Jack, captain of the Blake Pearl and infamous pirate rouge didn't give a rat's ass what the correct way to say something was.

"Um..yeh, anyways, she's just a part of the crew." He said turning his attention back to the open sea ahead.

Liz was apprehensive to say anything but did anyway just to get at him one more time.

"Is she?"

"Bloody hell, what are ye wanting to know?"

"Anything you want to tell me." She grinned.

"Fine" he moved in closer.

"I like her, alright?"

Elizabeth clapped her hands together. "I knew it!"

"Now will you let me be?"

"Yes, alright." He started to walk away.

He looked a little nervous and figity."Um Liz, ye wont tell 'er will ye?

"No Jack don't worry." She smiled.

She turned away beaming

"Wait until Will hears about this." She thought to herself

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