I do not own Jack Sparrow, Will Turner or anything else from the movie.

Chapter 15

Ruby felt like someone was hitting her head with a hammer. She blinked. The room was blurry. She groaned. How did she get on the bed. She pushed hair out of her face and blinked a few times. Her vision cleared. She pushed herself up onto the pillows. Jack was sitting in a chair at the foot of the turned her head and looked out the window of Sephora's room. The sun was setting, but it was a night when she knew her crew would stay up. They were on the lookout for The Gray Jewel. She avoided Jack's gaze and looked down at Sephora, who was laying next to her. She looks...dead. Ruby pushed this thought out of her mind and turned back to Jack. She noticed he was holding the empty bottle of rum. She started, "Jack, I-"

"What were you thinking?" He interrupted her. Ruby took a sharp intake of air.

"W-what?" She pulled her knees to her chest, Jack gripped to bottle with both hands.

"What were you thinking? Drinking rum. You're...you're pregnant!" His knuckles turned white from gripping the bottle. Ruby's vision blurred and her eyes stung. She didn't know how to answer his question.

"I...I...I just..." A fat tear fell onto her knee. Jack stood up.

"You didn't think, that's what you did. You might have killed your baby," Ruby looked up at him, angry now.

"What? Jack, it's your baby, too!" She stood up, facing him. "I-I just was scared."

"What? Scared of what?" Another fat tear fell down her cheek, followed by another, and another. Jack stepped closer to her.

"Scared of you leaving again," Ruby bit her lip and whiped a tear of her cheek. Jack took her hand and smoothed her hair away from her face. Ruby closed her eyes, suddenly tired. Jack kissed her neck.

"I'm not leaving," He whispered and caught Ruby and layed her on the bed. Ruby blinked up at him, but sleep tugged on her eyelids and she fell asleep.

"Ruby? Ruby!" Ruby blinked up at a blurry figure that was sitting up next to her. She blinked again.

"Sephora?" Ruby sat up and her vision cleared a bit. Then it hit her. "Sephora!" Ruby wrapped her arms around her and felt her vision blur again, but with tears.

"Ruby, what are you doing? Why aren't you in your room with Jack?" Sephora pushed Ruby's matted hair out of her face. Ruby looked down.

"W-we had a fight..." She glanced down at the floor. The bottle was still there. Ruby looked away, but Sephora had already followed her gaze.

"You were drinking?" Sephora tried to catch Ruby's eye, but Ruby couldn't look at her. "What were you thinking?" Ruby felt like covering her ears like she was a little kid again. She felt tears well up in her eyes again, laying just on the brink of her eyelids.

"Please, Sephora..." Sephora's eyes softened and she hugged Ruby again.

"I'm sorry..." Ruby smiled.

"I'm glad you're back..." Sephora laughed as the door banged open and Will walked in. He opened his mouth to say something, but nothing happened. His eyes went from Ruby to Sephora and opened wide.

"Sephora!" Sephora laughed, and Ruby moved out of the way as Will leaped in and picked up Sephora. Ruby smiled and walked quietly out of the room. She went up the stairs to the deck, looking around. The crew acknowledged her and she turned to see Jack up at the wheel. She shook her head and climbed the stairs. She leaned against the edge of the ship for a while, just looking out into the ocean behind them. Jack didn't say anything for a long time.

"Did Will give you my message?" Jack finally spoke up, staring straight ahead. Ruby crossed her arms and looked at him.

"No, Sephora's awake, so he got a bit distracted," She could see Jack flinch, as if he wanted to turn and look at her, but he didn't.

"She's awake, ay?" Ruby nodded, but realized he couldn't see.

"Yeah, she is..." They stood there for what seemed like hours, the silence growing between them before Jack finally turned.

"Look, love. I'm sorry," Ruby blinked and stood up straight, pressing her hands against the railing.

"W-what?"

"I said I'm sorry. I didn't mean to yell at ya like that..." Ruby took a few steps toward him before he reached out and wrapped an arm around her and pulled her in. She tried not to smile at Jack's toothy grin. "Ya know, I love you. More than I've ever loved any girl," Ruby leaned back for a second and slapped him. He turned back smiling. "Now, that wasn't too nice, love," Ruby tried to fight back a smile once more.

"You shouldn't say things you don't mean, Jack," He shook his head, still grining.

"Love, I would never do that," Ruby rolled her eyes.

"Jack, please-" Ruby couldn't finish her sentence before he pulled her into a kiss, lifting her up. Ruby couldn't believe how much crying she had being doing that day, but none the less, her eyes blurred once more and a tear rolled out of her eye, down her check and onto Jack's face. After a long time, he set her down and wiped a tear off her nose. Ruby smiled up at him, but then remembered.

"What did you send Jack to tell me!" Jack blinked for a second and then rencovered, pulling his telescope out of his belt, but looking out to the horizon line, realized he didn't need it.

"See that ship out there?" Ruby went to the opposite side of the landing where the wheel was and leaned over. Even then, she could barely make out the ship in the distance. She felt Jack put a hand on her shoulder. "What about it?"

"We found the Gray Jewel," Ruby leaned in farther, trying to make out the front of the ship.

"But it's not going away, its-"

"Comming towards us, ay," Ruby shook her head.

"How is that possible. It makes bearth knots away from here..."

"Ay, so that means..." Ruby leaned back on Jack.

"It was looking for us..."