Chapter 2 - Captains Cabin

Louise stood there, staring, and didn't know whether to cry, scream or kiss the floor. It was in this moment of realisation that a particularly strong wave sent the boat rocking and Louise to the floor. The resounding crash as she hit the floor was when the crew looked away from their duties and card games to first notice their new arrival.

Louise was steadying herself as a greying man, well pirate, came over to her "and who might you be missy?". She half smiled knowing this man to be Gibbs and knowing him to be Jack's first mate.

"Louise, and who are you?", it didn't make sense at this stage to seem even stranger. Falling out of thin air was one thing but letting them know she already knew their names may have been bordering on well, weird, but then again the whole thing was weird. Gibbs still looked a little taken aback at this strange girl who upon being greeted by a crew of pirates, seemed perfectly at home, and what she was wearing was another matter.

"Erm... me name is Gibbs and the captain will be wishin' to be seein' ye" he stated fearfully, Louise couldn't believe it, was this large burly pirate scared of her? She laughed inwardly, well she had just appeared from nowhere and remembering Gibbs' superstitious nature his mind was probably screaming about bad luck and at this point she was surprised he hadn't already voiced this. Almost too soon for comfort Gibbs began mumbling about having women aboard as he led her to the captains cabin, apparently Anamaria was enough bad luck on her own.

He knocked on the door and heard the voice Louise had most anticipated from within, "Aye, what is it?".

Gibbs shot a sideways glance at Louise, not liking the situation one bit, "Cap'n seems we have a little problem", she couldn't help smile at his turn of phrase, she was a 'little problem' now. The distinct sound of movement and footsteps was heard and then the door opened. Louise gasped a tad loudly, he was real, within touching distance standing before her was the Captain Jack Sparrow, not Johnny Depp, not a image on a screen but a pirate. He furrowed his brow at Gibbs for a explanation and then for the first time he noticed her standing there with the wide eyes of a child.

His eyes trailed over her curiously as Gibbs spoke "Well Cap'n she just kind of was on deck", he had taken a step back from Louise now as if fearing some sort of plague and the rest of the crew had long since gone back to their duties or rum.

"Well ye best be comin' in" Jack stated in a nonchalant kind of way, because women appearing out of thin air on his ship was so very ordinary.

She walked in with more of a confident stride than she had expected, he shut the door and watched as she made her way over to the desk making herself comfortable leaning against it. It made him wonder, why did she feel so comfortable in around him and his crew.

She raised a expectant eyebrow "Well?". He looked at her with mild amusement and surprise, was she trying to command Jack Sparrow to speak, in his own cabin?

He quickly shook off the pang of surprise "Well what luv?" he retaliated as he wandered, well sauntered, over to a cupboard to get what she soon saw to be rum.

'Typical Jack' she thought as she watched him position himself on his bed, taking swigs of rum every few minutes, "Well Captain" she said with a ring of respect in her voice "like Gibbs said I kind of just appeared on deck, I mean I was in my..." she searched for the correct term "...world and I kind of walked through a door and I was on deck". She was sure this would have been easier to explain but then again, what exactly had happened? She didn't understand it and she wouldn't be surprised if Jack called her crazy, it sounded crazy.

"Sounds interestin' luv, but where exactly are you from?" he asked searching her eyes for the truth, could he trust this girl?

"London...but not your London", she challenged his stare with her own, she tried to find a way to explain but it sounded, well still crazy, she doubted it would ever sound anything but crazy.

"What do you mean not my London?" he was intrigued now.

"What year is it Captain?" she asked, this would be the only way to explain.

"It's 1725 luv, and call me Jack" he offered her a lopsided grin and she couldn't help but blush, this was after-all the famous Captain Jack Sparrow no matter what year it was.

"You see that's my point Jack in the London I come from it's 2006" she didn't know what to expect as a reaction to this, she was from almost 300 years in the future and it had just fell from her mouth like a normal sentence.

She watched with amusement as he almost choked on a mouthful of rum, looking at her with nothing less than shock, "2006, thats...thats impossible". She laughed not mockingly but almost in agreement, she might have said the same had he turned up in her flat.

"I would agree with you but I know where I came from, how else would you explain my clothes, accent, and me getting on your ship without you knowing?". He seemed to consider this, no doubt her clothes were strange, he had noticed as he admired her form, and her mannerisms and accent were different from any girl he had ever seen.

"Hmm...well I do believe you still haven't told me everything", she had a look of feigned hurt.

"I've told you everything I know, I don't know how I got here" she stressed the emphasis on the word 'here' making it plain it wasn't her home.

He grinned in that way only Jack Sparrow could "Seems to me I don't know ye name yet, luv".

She quickly returned the grin. "Even if I tell you, it isn't going to stop you calling me 'luv' is it?", she was being cocky already, not that it was out of character, but she had just met him.

"No probably not but it's worth a try".

"Louise" she stated with a strange amount of pride.

"Got a last name to go with that pet?", he flashed a few gold teeth and she pulled a disgusted face.

"Pet? I think I prefer luv, and my last name is Roberts" He grinned as he allowed the name to roll off his tongue,

"Louise Roberts" he repeated "well luv seems ye will be on my ship for a while, so I guess I should show you me pride and joy" he jumped of the bed with a burst of energy she didn't expect from him, "lets go introduce you to me pearl".

--Authors Notes--

Hey guys.

I know this chapter seems a little slow but now I've got the whole 'where do you come from' part over I am hoping to get stuck in with the whole, trying to get home, life on a pirate ship bit.
I can only promise that Jack will become more pervy (or charming whatever you want to call it) I promise, but I don't promise that Louise will instantly jump into bed, remember she's too headstrong for that ;)

pirateobsessed - Yeah it's JackOC. I know I forgot to specify, you can kill me later.

Renajah - Thanks, I'm glad you like it and there's lots more to come.

revised the layout, its the same chapter just easier to read hopefully