"Ah, the docks!" Exclaimed Jack sighing with relief as he walked back towards the Lion's Den.

Upon entering the Lion's Den, smoke and the pungent fragrance of alcohol and perfume played with his senses causing a euphoric feeling in him.

Walking over to teh bar he looked around for Madeline; he wanted to see her. When he didn't see her he just sat down.

She's probably busy right now. He thought as he sat down and ordered some rum.

After his second glass of rum, he felt two arms wrap around him. For the strangest reason he thought it was Ana because she used to do that to him.

"Hey there stranger." Whispered Madeline seductively into his ear as a hand slipped down his back.

"There's the girl I'm looking for." Replied Jack as she sat down next to him and ordered another tequila.

"So what brings you back to this side of town?"

"My girlfriend, the rum, and wanting to see you again." He said eyes flashing as his hand worked its way up her hip.

Madeline's eyes closed and opened very slowly as a slow smile crept up her lips. "Well lucky me."

"Yes you are." Said Jack as he kissed her.

At first it was a light kiss, but then it grew hungrier and hungrier.

"Well come on," she said taking his hand, "I know a place we can go."

"Just bring the rum and I'm sold." Explained Jack as she grabbed the rum and they went upstairs.

Back at Ana's house, Ana slowly fell to the floor. Everything felt so different, she was afraid to touch anything.

Come on Ana don't think about it. You don't wanna think about it. You don't need him, he's dirt, he's scum of the earth.

But the more she tried to avoid it, the more she came to the conclusion that she'd been cheated on because she would not sleep with her boyfriend. As the realization hit her full force, tears started to fall down her eyes. She tried to stop them but they kept falling.

As she sat there wallowing in her sadness, something inside of her spoke.

"Chile wat you doin' all dat dere cryin' for?"

Ana looked up and saw a woman standing in front of her. She was dressed very simply: brown skirt, white tunic shirt, and black boots. Her face was a little weathered with age, but that didn't effect her beauty. She looked to ber around her mid to late 30's.

Ana scattered backwards away from this ghost, apparition, or whoever the hell she was supposed to be.

"Wh-wh-who-are you?" Asked a frightened Ana.

The lady had a shocked look on her face, "ya betta know who I am. I used ta have ta watch ya you lil' rascal."

Ana stared at the face and went through her memory banks trying to remember who she was. She looked familiar to her.

Finally after a while it dawned on her who she was. It was her mom's younger sister Cora. Cora was there when her mom Rosa got married and when Anamaria was born. Cora was 10 years younger than Rosa so Cora felt more like a sister to Anamaria than an aunt. When Ana turned 15 a few months later she found out that Cora had died in a fire along with her newly married husband Leon. Leon and Cora had a child a few years beore they died, they had a son named Alexander who was now 8 years old and he lived with a cousin not too far from them and he came to visit them all the time.

"Cora?" Asked Anamaria.

"Ya caught me in the flesh...or spirit."

"What are you doing here?"

"I don't know, one minute Leon and I were on our way to visit some dead family members when I was whisked away ta come see you."

"So what's with all de cryin?" She asked as Ana sat down on her bed.

"I met this guy and we started out as friends and everything but then..." Ana stopped.

"And then what?" Asked a curious Cora as she floated down next to Ana.

"Everything went too fast. One kiss led us to going out and that led to more kissing. Then we started going out. Then BAM! it just ended." She said in a far away voice accentuating the BAM by smacking her hands together very loudly.

"Well dat still don't really explain why ya cryin."

Ana looked up at Cora with glossy eyes, "Cora him and I we had this thing going on and I felt it. I don't know exactly what I felt, but I always felt at ease around him like-"

"Like it was the best feelin' in de world?" Interrupted Cora.

"Exactly!"

Cora shook her head making a tsking sound, "I didn't think this would happen to ya at such a young age."

Ana moved closer to Cora who had a mischievious smile on her face.

'What would happen to me?" She asked with a curious glint in her eyes.

Cora then changed her look from one of mischeiviousness to one of gentleness.

"Love my little rascal." Replied Cora sweetly crossing her hands over her heart.

Ana started shaking her head, "oh no I can't be in love with him. We didn't even have sex."

Cora shook her head again, "Poor misled Ana, Rose doesn't even teach ya anything does she?"

Ana shook her head confused about what she was talking about.

"Havin' Sex doesn't mean ya love someone, anyone can have sex, that's called lust. Love is a feeling that ya get when ya truly care about someone. Just spendin' time together helps start it, then a little contact not sexual but a few kisses help make it grow. A little before you know it like ya say BAM," she exclaimed clapping her hands together really loud, "you're in love."

Ana put her hand on her head, "wait so let me get this straight, you say that this feeling I have for him isn't infatuation, it's love?"

Cora slowly nodded her head.

Everything just didn't seem to make sense to her. First Jack leaves her, then her dead aunt comes out of nowhere telling her that she loves him?

Man I gotta tell Elizabeth about this. Thought a shocked Ana.

"Well then wake up and go tell her."

"Wait," Said Anamaria stopping her, "you're saying that this is a dream."

"Well...yes, but what I'm saying is true and you know it."

Ana sighed a fustrated sigh, she hated when other people said things like that and they were right.

The next thing she knew her face was lying facedown in a pillow that was a little damp from her tears.

"Gotta get to Liz's." She mummered as she stuffed pillows into her bed shaping it into human form.

After she was finished she made a ladder out of rope and laid it out over her window. Then she climbed down the ladder and slowly made her way to Elizabeth's house, her mind kept on coming back to what Cora had said about her and Jack. Did she truly love him? If she did then why did every time that they were together they ended up fighting?

As she was in the middle of her thoughts, she accidently bumped into someone.

"Oh I'm so sorry, here let me help you up." She apologized as she picked the person up.

"It's all right." Mumbled the person as she helped them up.

After helping them up, a bright light shown in her face.

"Ana, ana is that you?" Asked the mysterious person.

"Yes," answered Ana, "who are you?"

The lamp shown on the person's face revealing her ex-boyfriend David.

Ana immeadiately returned to a foul mood upset that she didn't have her knife with her.

"What do you want David?"

"I was just on my way to see you to talk to you about opportunity."

Ana's eyebrows furrowed together in fustration, "anything that involves you and opportunity is a bad idea."

"What if I told you that this opportunity could get you to achieve your dream of sailing?"

Ana raised one eyebrow, "you remember my dreams?"

David smiled, "of course I do because I know how important they are to you."

Ana still eyed him suspiciously "okay you've got my attention."

David smiled once again as he got closer to her, "what I've got is a proposition," he cleared his throat, "I've got a captain whose in need of a few more recruits to sail on his ship, and I promised him that I would find a few more recruits. Then I thought David, who is one person you know who likes to sail and could be interested in such a great opportunity? Then I thought of you, and ran off to tell you the good news."

"Oh well how kind of you to think of me." Remarked Ana sarcastically.

"Well what do you say Ana?" Asked David, "you can be your own person, you won't have to worry about anything."

As Ana continued to listen, her mind started to take what he was saying into consideration. For too long she had been making decisions based on what other people had told her, and now here stood the chance for her to make her own destiny.

Ana was still hesitant, "I don't know David..."

"Oh come on Ana, you and I both know how long you've been waiting for an opportunity like this. Well here's your chance. There may never be another like it."

She knew he was right, even though she hated to admit it. She had to get out of here and live her own life.

Ana sighed as she put a hand over her eyes, "all right David, " she conceded, "I'll do it."

David smiled once again as he put a hand on her shoulder, "I knew you wouldn't let me down."

Ana's eyes once again slanted down "who said I was doing this for you?" she quipped.

David put his hands into his pockets and replied smartly, "no one, no one at all."

"Just remember this we're crewmates," she saw his eyes give her a quick up and down glance, "and nothing more."

"All right if you say so, I'll see you tomorrow night."

"Fine," was all Ana could manage as she walked away.

How the hell am I gonna stand him if I'm gonna be seeing him every day now? She asked herself as she continued walking towards Elizabeth's house.

When she got there she crossed the grass until she got to the side of the house. Looking around the side of the house she spotted the ladder that the shinglers use to put the new roof on top of Elizabeth's house. After climbing up the ladder she was right in front of Elizabeth's room. She tried to peek into the room, but Elizabeth had drawn her curtains against the window preventing anyone from looking in.

She tried knocking on the window, but the window never opened, then she spotted some rocks lying on the driveway. She climbed down the ladder, walked across the grass, picked up some stones and made her way back across the ladder. Once up she took out the rocks and knocked a little harder against the window. All of a sudden the window opened up very quickly and Elizabeth popped her head out which caught Ana off guard and caused her ladder to fall backwards.

"Ana!" Yelled out Elizabeth as she rushed forward and caught the ladder before she fell.

Ana breathed a sigh of relief, "thanks." she said.

Elizabeth smiled a nervous smile, "no prob, I wouldn't wanna be picking you up from the bottom."

"Yeah me neither." Said Ana as she sat down on Elizabeth's vanity table chair.

"So?" Asked Elizabeth sitting indian-style atop her bed, "what brings you out here at this time of night?"

"A lot of things." Explained Ana not really knowing how to tell her friend.

"Well come on, spill it." Demanded Elizabeth.

"Okay well Jack and I fought, I believe he's cheating on me, and I'm leaving tomorrow night." Answered Ana speedily.

"Wait, what?" Asked a perplexed Elizabeth scratching her head.

Ana sighed before repeating slowly, "Jack and I got into a fight."

Elizabeth stopped her by putting up a finger, "okay what did you two fight about?"

"Well he wanted me to come with him because he didnt' wanna be alone tonight, and since I was in trouble already I didn't want to get in any more trouble so I told him I couldn't. This made him made so he left."

Ana stopped and looked at Elizabeth who had her 2 index fingers pressed lightly against her lips deep in thought. When she didn't respond Ana continued on.

"And then-"

"Wait so let me get this straight, Jack wanted to be with you tonight, but you told him no because you were already in trouble and didn't wanna get in anymore trouble?"

"Yeah." Said Ana nonchalantly.

"Ana are you oblivious, or are you just that dumb?" Asked Elizabeth angrily.

"What?" Asked a confused Ana thinking that her friend would take her side.

"I mean he's been hinting at how much he wants you for the past months, and now when he finally blantantly tells you, you once again blow him off. I could understand why he got pissed and stormed off."

"But he cheated on me." Retorted Ana.

"Yeah well so did Will!"

Ana's mouth opened wide in shock "What!"

Elizabeth sighed, "about a year and a half ago Will, Kevin, and Bernadice left for England for about a year so that Kevin could arrange some businesses he had over in London to transfer over to Port Royale. Anyways while he was there he had an affair for abouit a year with a red headed girl named Lilith for about the span of the year that he was there until he had to come back here."

"Let me guess, Will felt so bad about what he did that he told you." Guessed Ana.

"Nope." Answered Elizabeth plainly.

"What!" Asked a shocked Ana.

"What happened was Lilith asked some of Will's friends about his life here in Port Royaled and they told her about me. A few months after he came back I got a letter from Lilith and she told me about their affair, her nickname he gave her "his lil Lily"," Elizabeth scowled at the mention of that name before continuing on, "and how she couldn't wait to see him again. She also told me that I needed to leave him. Well after that I confronted him about it, and he denied it."

"What happened after that?" Asked a curious Ana.

"Well we seperated for about 6 months, and during those 6 months I found out how much I cared about him. After those 6 months he came and told me about how he could've went back to England for a job and been with Lilith, but he told me that he would rather be here with me because he loved me. And that's when I knew that yeah guys will sometimes be asses and do some dumb shit, but when they love you and wanna be with you nothing else matters." Explained Elizabeth.

"So my advice for you is to go to him and take a chance, you never know what might happen." Stated Elizabeth.

Ana once again opened her mouth to say something, but she was stopped by Elizabeth.

"Don't say anything just go to him."

Ana nodded in agreement as she went up to Elizabeth and hugged her.

"Thanks Liz." Whispered Ana into her ear.

"Anytime pal." Replied Elizabeth as she smiled at Ana once again showing the Elizabeth that Ana knew.

This is gonna be the last time I ever see her. Thought Ana with regret at leaving her best friend.

Elizabeth saw the look of regret on Ana's face and mistook it for sadness.

"What's the matter?" She asked concerned.

Her face then changed to a look of cheerfulness, "come on now, quit with all that sappy stuff will you."

Ana smirked amazed at her friend, even during a moment she knew how to make light of a situation.

"There you go. Now go on you got a man to get, and I have some sleep to catch so I don't look ugly for mine."

Ana shook her head laughing as she began climbing down the ladder "Bye Liz."

Elizabeth leaned her head out the window and waved happily replying "bye Ana."

A/N: Hey sorry but I have to keep breaking up what I wrote into semi-chapters, but shout out once again 2 jackNanamaria for replying and giving free love, anyways don't give up on Jack yet, he isn't such a bad guy. See you in Chapter 13.