A/N: Here's another lovely chapter for you! Sorry it took so long. The last couple of weeks of school always seem to be the busiest. Enjoy!

pghale6: Thanks; my English paper seems to have gone okay…I hope. Elizabeth is annoying and you might even hate her in this chapter.

obliviongates: Don't worry, you'll understand the title soon enough, well maybe not soon but it will make sense eventually. Don't worry about the wedding either, this chapter should cover that, lol.

American Drama: Yes, yes, the stupid hot pirate still has something there with Anna, even if it is very small.

Robinisawesome: Wow…I kept Jack in character? YAY! I hope I keep going with that. Oh, if you hated Elizabeth last chapter, you'll hate her in this one lol.

Lady Fae: Sorry, it's official that Anna will NOT end up with Jack, lol. But don't worry, she'll be happy eventually.

RC: Anna will be happy eventually. She has a rough life doesn't she? Well I have a way with writing depressing lives, lol.

Mystisch: It's good? Thanks! Here, I'm updating! Don't panic on me!

somegrl28: Sorry about making you wait. Hope you like this chapter just as much as the last. I will keep updating, summer's going to be here soon which means a LOT more time for me to write! Yay!

Chapter Two: Unexpected Visitor

The air was unusually cool that night in Port Royal. A light breeze blew gently through the homes, playing with the flames of the candles and fireplaces. A low fog settled on the ground, glowing light blue from the light of the moon. The sky was darker than usual and the stars didn't shine as brightly as they normally did. The citizens of the now eerily quiet port locked themselves away in their homes, afraid of what such ghastly weather could mean and of what lurked in the darkness.

But to Anna, the silent night was a welcome invitation for her to get away from the suffocating environment, the high class Swann mansion, which was trying so desperately to win her back from the sea. She was alone because Jack was inside taking full advantage of the luxuries Will and Elizabeth so graciously offered, but she didn't mind. Outside, she could breath.

Anna heard a door creak as it swung open slowly. She hoped it was Jack telling they were going back to the Pearl and away from this wretched place. Unfortunately it was Will, poking his head outside looking for her. He smiled upon seeing her and walked over to her quietly, as though not to disturb her. Anna turned around and saw Will standing a couple feet behind her.

"Hey," he said smiling slightly.

"Hi," Anna replied not making eye contact, insisting that she would not get close to him this time.

"Uh…Jack's out cold on a sofa. He had too much to drink," Will said laughing a little to himself remembering the sight of Jack snoring on the sofa.

"Jack? No! He would never get that drunk!" Anna said sarcastically and laughing breaking the still Port Royal air.

Will's smile faded from amusement to nervousness and rubbed the back of his head. "Well…I…um…just wanted to tell you that you're…um…welcome to stay here for the night. Or if you want, I can…um…walk you to the Pearl when I go back home," he offered awkwardly.

Anna raised an eyebrow at what he had said. "You don't live here?" she asked.

Will shook his head. "Not yet. I have an apprentice to look after. He'll be ready to live by himself soon enough, then I'll move in with Elizabeth, after the…wedding," he rambled having trouble saying the word "wedding" as though he was regretting the decisions he made a year ago.

"The wedding's the day after tomorrow. You better hurry up with this moving thing. You're slacking," Anna joked, letting go of the awkwardness that was inside her ever since she set foot in Port Royal.

Will smiled half-heartedly. "I know," he said quietly and staring off in the direction in the sea.

"I-is something wrong?" Anna asked concerned by the look on Will's face.

He broke away from his stare and shook his head. Anna cocked her head to try and see his face that was now looking down to his feet like he was hiding something.

"Will…" Anna said trying to egg him on to say what he really wanted to.

Will sighed and leaned on a tree, crossing his arms in front of him and looking down. "I wish I hadn't stayed here."

Anna jerked back in surprise. "What?"

"I wish I had run away to the only place I felt where I belonged a year ago."

Anna raised an eyebrow, surprised that Will wasn't blissfully happy with the girl he fell hopelessly in love with. "You're not…happy here?"

He shook his head. "I wish I was, but there's only so much you can wish for."

Anna knew she shouldn't say it. It would be rude to ask. She knew she should leave things right where they were and go back to the Pearl without question, but she had to. Her curiosity was too much to handle.

"You regret choosing to marry Elizabeth?"

Will looked up at her in surprise at her boldness, but he couldn't hide from the truth. He hid from it for a year and he couldn't anymore. He slowly nodded.

Anna's heart lurched as she watched the man she had fallen in love with a year ago, and deep inside her was still in love with, become suddenly available for her to take in a split second. She couldn't help but ask more. She had to be sure where her limits were if she started any relationship with Will.

"Do you still love her?" she asked quietly.

Will closed his eyes and looked back down to his feet.

Anna looked down too, knowing she shouldn't have pressed so far. She was back to where she started at the beginning of the evening. There was a long awkward silence. Anna didn't know if she should leave him alone or stay. She turned to walk away, afraid of the awkward air.

"Wait…" came Will's voice behind her.

She turned around as hope stirred inside her.

"Did you want me to walk you back to the ship?" Will asked.

Anna shook her head. She couldn't be around him for a long time right now, not when Will was feeling this way. She would only end up hurting him. She chose to endure a long night at the governor's mansion.

"There you two are!" came a voice from the door. "I was getting worried!"

Will and Anna turned to the door and saw Elizabeth with her hands on her hips and smiling widely.

"Sorry, love, I needed some air," Will said smiling.

Anna closed her eyes as her heart panged at the word "love." Will brushed past her and tried to catch her eye to say a silent apology but only saw the hurt in her closed eyes. He walked inside and tried not to sneak one last look out to the black sea but couldn't help it.

"Anna! Are you coming in or what?" Elizabeth asked.

Anna looked up and nodded weakly. She followed Elizabeth inside. "So you're going to stay here for the night, I imagine?" Elizabeth asked.

Anna nodded.

"Well then I'll show you to you're room!" Elizabeth said walking excitedly up the grand staircase to a door at the end of the long hallway.

"Here you are. There's some clothes in there that you can barrow and if you need anything just ask me or one of the maids," Elizabeth said. "Sleep well!"

Anna nodded again as Elizabeth walked away to supposedly her room. Anna walked into the room. There was a fireplace on one of the walls and a desk sat near the window next to a vanity. A huge bed that was covered with fine linens took up most the space in the room. There was also a dressing screen next to the bed. Anna walked over to the bed to see a nightgown laid out on top of it. She picked it up and saw that it was made of very light material that could be, in the right light, translucent. She took off her boots and usual pirate garb and put on the light nightgown. The breeze coming through the open window suddenly made her cold and she quickly got into the bed, pulling the soft covers around her body. She closed her eyes but sleep did not come.

There was a sound of someone coming up the stairs and walking past Anna's door. She pretended to sleep as the figure walked by. The footsteps stopped at what sounded like right outside the room. The door opened just enough for someone to poke their head in. There was a pause and the door closed. Anna listened as the footsteps walked away and a knock sounded at the door to the room next to hers, which she knew to be Elizabeth's.

"James?" a woman's voice asked, presumably Elizabeth. "Why are you here so late?"

"I had to see you," a voice replied, it sounded like Commodore Norrington's.

"Please James, stop coming. I'm marrying Will," Elizabeth said.

"I can't help it, Elizabeth. I love you. There'll be no changing that," Norrington said.

Anna's eyes widened, she couldn't pretend to sleep anymore. She ran to the door and sat next to it with her ear pressed to it so as to hear every detail.

"James, I have guests staying for the night. If they heard of this, we would never be able to show our faces in public again," Elizabeth pleaded.

"Guests? Like whom?" he asked skeptically.

"Just old friends," Elizabeth said quietly.

"Is he here?" Norrington asked, spitting out the word "he" as if it were dirt.

"Don't talk about Will that way!" Elizabeth said trying to stifle yelling at him.

"He's a blacksmith, Elizabeth. You can do so much better than that!" Norrington was practically yelling at her. His voice softened to a near whisper. "Don't you think that night meant anything?"

"James…please…" Elizabeth pleaded with silent sobs.

"Not just that night though, the several nights after also," Norrington said, his voice so low that Anna's ear was aching from how hard she was pushing her head against the door.

"It's too late now. I can't leave Will. I can't stand seeing him broken hearted," Elizabeth sobbed.

"You can leave Will, alright. Right after I tell him all about your little affair," Anna whispered feeling her heart ache from the pain that Elizabeth would eventually inflict Will with.

"Yes you can! He's got that little whore, Anna Wilson out at sea to keep him satisfied," Norrington spat out.

Anna's eyes flared as her temper boiled over the edge. Her hands were in tight fists in order to keep herself from running out of the room and killing Norrington.

"James! I never thought you would say something like that!" Elizabeth said.

"If I can't marry you, let us just have one more night together. That's all I ask," Norrington pleaded with Elizabeth.

Anna's mouth dropped open as she took in all that was being thrown out in front of her. There was a pause that she presumed to be Elizabeth thinking about it.

"James…" Elizabeth said, unable to decide between what her heart wanted and what her mind told her was right.

Anna ran over to the vanity and picked up a mirror that was on top of it. She opened the door as quietly as she could and stuck the mirror halfway out to see the two lovebirds down the hall. Luckily they didn't notice. Norrington was dangerously close to Elizabeth with his hand caressing her cheek. Elizabeth leaned her head into the touch and closed her eyes. Anna had to hold a hand over her mouth in order to keep herself from saying something.

Elizabeth opened her mouth to protest Norrington's advance but was silenced by his mouth interlocking with hers. Elizabeth struggled slightly at first but ended up kissing him back making the kiss grow deeper. She let out a quiet moan and pulled away gasping for air.

"James, please don't do this," Elizabeth pleaded.

"Elizabeth, please don't marry Will," Norrington tried to counter. "Please, just tell me your true feelings. Do you love me or Will?"

Elizabeth paused and tears welled up in her eyes. "I love you."

Anna jumped back and covered her mouth with both hands now breathing heavily. Norrington and Elizabeth must have heard her thump on the floor for they looked down the hall towards the mirror. Anna hastily pulled it out from between the door and ran back to the bed, pulling the covers back up to her chin. She heard footsteps come closer to her door and something pushed it open.

"James, please don't go in there!" Elizabeth said trying to stop Norrington from seeing a pirate back in his territory.

"Why not? What are you hiding?" Norrington asked walking into the room.

She heard the footsteps get closer to the bed. Anna tried hard to keep her breathing steady as something nudged her shoulder. She opened her eyes and pretended she just woke up. She squinted up at Norrington who had jumped back about five feet.

"What is that pirate doing here?" Norrington spat.

"Please James, she just visiting. I beg you for her pardon," Elizabeth pleaded.

Norrington smiled wickedly and turned to Elizabeth. "I will, if you don't go through with this wedding you have planned."

Elizabeth's eyes widened. She was trapped.

"What are you talking about?" Anna asked trying to sound like she didn't know what was going on.

"Shut up!" Norrington yelled.

Anna jumped back and watched as Elizabeth's face changed expressions nearly six times.

"I can't do that James," Elizabeth said quietly and looked to Anna. "I'm sorry, Anna."

Anna's eyes widened as Norrington grabbed her arm and pulled her out of the bed and downstairs. He pulled her in front of him and their faces were mere inches apart.

"Tell me, pirate, where's Mr. Sparrow? I know he's with you," Norrington asked.

"'Ey, did someone call for ol' Jack?" Jack said emerging from his sleep on the couch and into the foyer where Norrington was. A drunken slur was still evident in his voice. "'Ey now, leave that lassie alone. She didn't do anythin' to ye."

Norrington stormed to the door and called the guards who were at the gate. He turned back smiling triumphantly at Anna and Jack.

"Well, it looks like I have finally caught Captain Jack Sparrow," Norrington said as the guards walked into the home and grabbed Anna and Jack.

"Stop flattering yourself," Anna spat at the commodore before being thrust outside with the guards and Jack.

"Gentlemen, take this scum to the jail. They have an appointment with the gallows," Norrington said.

"James, you can't do this!" was the last thing Anna heard coming from the mouth of Elizabeth that night.

The guards roughly dragged Anna and Jack along the road towards the jail. A faint glow came from all the windows. Once inside, Jack was thrown into a cell, but the guard holding Anna paused.

"Such a pretty lass to be a pirate. Why throw away your life like that. So many gentlemen, such as myself, would be so willing to have you," the guard said lustily, running his hand through her hair.

"Leave me alone you bastard," Anna said stepping on his foot.

The guard howled in pain and held his foot. The other guard roughly pushed Anna into Jack's cell and locked the door.

"Forget it, she's too rebellious," the guard said to the temporarily crippled one.

The guards left Jack and Anna to sit in the cold cell alone as the moon shown through the bars on the window. Jack was leaning against the wall in his normal spot that he sat in every time he was given the honor of being in jail. Anna sat near the bars, shaking slightly from the cool air running through the thin nightgown she still wore.

"What did ye do to get us 'ere?" Jack asked lazily.

"Nothing. Norrington just popped into my room and dragged me downstairs," Anna said bitterly.

"How'd he know ye were there?" Jack asked.

"I dunno," Anna said not wanting to think about what had happened.

"Wait…" Jack said as his smart thinking tried to kick in. "Why the 'ell was Norrington at the house?"

"Ask Elizabeth. She seems to be pretty friendly with him," Anna spat out bitterly.

"Wha'? You mean…not Elizabeth. She's not like that, is she?" Jack asked sounding very confused.

"Oh yeah, a kiss here, a touch there, and only a couple of nights together behind Will's back is nothing," Anna said blankly.

"How do ye know all this?" Jack asked amazed.

"I heard them talking before Norrington arrested us," Anna said.

"The whelp won't like that," Jack said shaking his head.

In a matter of seconds Jack was out like a light leaving Anna to sit alone in the cold cell, gripping the bars with white knuckles.

"I'm sorry Will…" Anna whispered as her heart throbbed painfully at the thought of him being hurt. A tear slid down her cheek which she quickly wiped away and soon fell into an uneasy sleep, tormented by nightmares.

A/N: Another soap opera-like twist! I seem to write that a lot don't I? Wow, I wasn't really expecting to write that. I was just typing random stuff and that was what happened. I kinda laughed at the thought of what it was but then it sounded like it just might be a good idea, so I kept it! Please review!