Three or four more days went by and Will and Elizabeth still held out on their feelings until they could reach America and have a proper marriage. Meanwhile, Jack and Annamaria's relationship had progressed little. But the whole crew was anxious to reach land and see the colonies.

Will was lying on the deck with Liz's head on his shoulder. He was reading one of the literature books that she had brought with her in her bag. Elizabeth made a small noise, which drew Will's attention. He brushed her hair away from her face and fixed the blind that he had put up to coverthem from the sun.

He smiled sweetly and couldn't help but to kiss her cheek.

"Hey Will!" Jack shouted loudly, and then walked up to him.

Will signaled him to be quiet and pointed at Liz

Jack gave him a 'are you kidding me?' look and then lowered his voice.

"The crew say they see land, we should dock 'round the Virginias area.

"Wow…that was fast. Should I wake her?"

" Well this is the fastest ship in the Caribbean, mate. And Yeh, prob'ly best. Ye need to be ready to get off."

Then he walked away while shouting slurred orders to the crew.

"Liz…Elizabeth, we need to get ready to go."

Her eyes slowly opened and she raised her head.

"Go? Are we in America yet?" she asked groggily.

"No, not yet but we will be in a couple of hours." He said helping her sit up.

"Alright" she stood up. "Well. We don't have to pack much do we?"

"No" he laughed. "But we can still straighten up the cabin before we go." He grabbed her hand and took off below deck.

"Jack, I'm thinkin' I might get off when we dock." Annamaria said nervously.

"Well so am I. We all are, we need to re-stock."

"No I mean, when we do stock up, I'm not getting back on the ship." She rubbed her hands together and hid them behind her back so he couldn't see her fidgeting.

Jack was taken back a little. "Well.." he cleared his throat. " If that uh…that's what you want."

Anna's temper rose. "You're not goin' to stop me?" she questioned, throwing her arms down to her side.

"Um…no" he said a bit meekly, not wanting her to unleash her fierce anger that he knew first hand.

"No!? No!?" yer just gunna let me go, while you stay on this ship and do what ever the hell you want?"

"Uh…yes."

"God, I don't understand men! That has got to be one of the hardest things to figure out…a mans small brain!" she sighed

"Men? You think men are hard to figure out? Ya know, Elizabeth was playing this little question answer game a week ago. Why wont you just tell me what you're getting at?" he yelled.

She got caught up in the battle of egos "Do u love me?" Anna snapped back.

"W-What?"

"Bloody hell, Jack, I hate been putting myself in these positions just answer the damn question." She said more in a speaking voice.

He looked down and paused, she could see his wall slightly crumble, then he mumbled something.

"What?" she leaned in.

"Yes." He said in a barely audible voice.

She began to smile, but she had to hear it for sure. "What was that?"

His head shot up and looked her strait in the eye "I LOVE you!"

"Oh Jack I love you too!" she said then jumped in his arms causing them to fall to the floor.

After a second he looked at her again. "So you're not leaving?"

"No, I just wanted to see what you would say" she laughed.

Then while Anna and was on top Jack, squeezing the life out of him, they shared their first kiss. On the deck, near the helm of the Black Pearl.

Elizabeth and Will stood side by side with bags in tow, thrown over their shoulders. Liz was now in her 'normal' dress, reluctantly. Jack stood just behind them, with all the crew and passengers looking awe struck at the shore. They pulled into a busy dock, people loading and unloading ships. Buildings in the foreground looked fairly new, homes or rent houses maybe with shops and stores on every corner.

"Wow Jack, you weren't kidding." Elizabeth stated, still not taking her large brown eyes off the town.

He looked at her. "This place is very diff'rent from Port Royale eh?"

Will nodded, then added. "And bigger."

They got off the ship and Jack dispersed the crew

"Alright, Listen up you dogs! Get the supplies that I told you to get, only the ones I told you!" he yelled.

"Lets not have a repeat of last time we re-stocked." He breathed as he turned away.

"What happened?" Will asked stopping him.

He gave him a dry look with a matching tone in his voice that told him he wasn't amused.

"We had a live snake and pigs aboard."

They unloaded all the crates and Will and Liz helped buy and trade for new supplies and food. The crew was staying the night in the taverns around town.

"Jack, where do we stay?" Will asked as it was getting darker, and it bit more dangerous (or he thought).

"Well I'm afraid that people 'ere might have a bit more morals than you're used to."

Will gave him a questioning look.

Jack sighed." If you stay in this town tonight, stay in a bed and boarding room house- not a tavern, no respectable woman would sleep above a pub." Then Jack paused. "And um…sayyer married."

They walked as little further and found a nice place that an old woman worked in her home. The tavern that Jack and the crew were staying in wasn't too far.

Elizabeth was changing with Will turned around so he wouldn't be see her, then a thought occurred to her.

"Oh Will! How are we to pay for this in the morning?"

He reached down under the bed to his bag and pulled out a large bag of coins. "I have money"

"You may turn around…you have money, how much?" she asked walking towards him.

"Well enough to buy a house." He said sitting on the bed next to her.

She was a little surprised "A house! Will how did u get all of that?"

"That was my surprise for you." He beamed as he turned toward her.

Elizabeth threw her arms around him, pushing them back on the bed.

"Whoa! What was that for?" he laughed, holding her.

"You take such good care of me. I don't know if I deserve you or not."

He pulled her down and gently kissed her. "You deserve more than just me."

"Hmm Mmm." She shook her head with a smile.

"If I had only you I would still be the happiest woman in the world."

Will looked around the room

"Well apparently I am all you have now." He joked. Then he quickly kissed her again, quieting her laughs.