A week later Ruby sat in a tub trying to wash the dirt that seemed not to want to wash off. Jack had told her that early that evening they'd be sailing into India, or at least close enough that Anamarie could take them by row boat to the mainland. Ruby had to admit she was excited, she was finally going to go home and in some odd way she had satisfied her mother's demands. Ruby was married, of course her mother was not going to be pleased that she had married a pirate but her mother had never specified who she wanted Ruby to marry she just wanted her to get married.

Ruby dunked her head under the water and drenched her hair. When she pulled her hair back out she reached out of the tub to the floor and picked up the comb that she had badgered Anamarie for. At first Anamarie had denied have the comb but Ruby insisted that any woman in her right sense would have a comb, eventually Anamarie gave it up to her for the day. Ruby pulled the comb through her long brown hair trying to get the tangles out from it. It was not an easy task as Ruby had piles of hair and with her limited feminine resources on the ship her hair hadn't been combed in a long time.

After Ruby finished combing her hair out she squeezed the excess water out of her hair before standing up out of the water and grabbing a spare sheet she had left out for herself. She wrapped the sheet around herself and walked over to the desk and sat down in the chair. Ruby picked up the small hand mirror she had almost found amongst Jack's odds and ends, she planned that if she was going to go back to India she was going to go looking as best as she could.

After drying her hair and putting her dress back on Ruby combed her hair again letting the chocolate brown curls fall down her back. She took another look at herself in the mirror before she left the cabin and found Jack on deck at the wheel. Jack had an alert look on his face, he was not happy to be back in Indian waters his men and him were in too much danger but Ruby wanted it and after everything that had happened he owed it to her.

"How far are we?" asked Ruby.

"Not far love," sighed Jack. Ruby smiled as she looked out over the water, on the very far horizon she could see land slightly.

"Are ya sure we need ta be doin' this? If ya want love we could just turn round and head back ta Port Royal, I'd take ya there," said Jack.

"Sparrow I want to go home and see my family,"insisted Ruby.

"Liz is yer family," said Jack.

"Sparrow if I have to I will jump off the side of this ship and swim to shore," snapped Ruby.

""kay love, I was just checkin', no need ta get upset," said Jack. Ruby just rolled her eyes before she looked down at her bare hand.

"Ye haven't been wearin' yer ring," said Jack still looking out at the water in front of them. Ruby inhaled deeply as she nodded.

"I promised my mother I would not wear it on my trip to Port Royal, she did not want…." Ruby slowly stopped her words as Jack looked down at her, "She did not want me to be found." Ruby's last words were soft as she looked away from Jack. Jack nodded as he heard her, he still knew she was sensitive over the fact he had found out she was a Hellstorm.

"Well I'd be guessin' that it's lucky I was the one who found out," said Jack. Ruby looked over at him with a cocked eyebrow.

"Lucky?"asked Ruby amused.

"Aye love, yer the lucky lass who got ta marry Cap'n Jack Sparrow," smirked Jack as he wrapped an arm around her and pulled her in to his body and kissed the top of her head well he held her close at his side.

"Oh yes," said Ruby sarcastically as she rested against Jack's body. Being intimate in such a loving way in the open wasn't usually something Ruby would let Jack do with her but for some reason her mind was telling her less and less that she should pull away. Inhaling Jack's strong scent of salt air and rum Ruby closed her eyes and thought to herself, 'this life not be so bad, Jack could make me happy'.