Nightime fell upon them quicker than Ana had hoped, because she knew that once nightime came upon them, then she would have to see Jack again the one thing that she was looking the least forward to.
Up in the crow's nest, Ana took out her pocketwatch once it was dark and looked at the time, luckily the stars were out so she could see what time it was. It was 3 am.
She sighed a bit as she climbed down the crow's nest. Once down she looked around and noticed that many of the crewmembers had retired for the night. Only about 3 or 4 were still up because they were assigned the night shift earlier which they rejoiced in because that meant that they got a bit more sleep.
Ana saw Jack steering and made her way over.
Jack saw her and turned towards her smirking.
"Ana luv," he lively greeted as he turned to face her, "so nice of ya ta join me tonight."
"Right," mummered Ana wanting to get this over with, "so what was tha reason tha ya called me ova cap'in."
Jack chuckled a bit, normally he would want his crewmates to call him Captain but when she said it just didn't sound right to him.
"No need for formalities right now Ana, ya can call me Jack if ya want."
"It be best if I call ya Cap'in."
"why?" He asked wanting to play with her.
"Because..." Ana paused, Oh you bastard, she scoffed he was playing a game with her.
"Because that's what ya are, ya're a Cap'in."
"Well yes I may be a Cap'in, but I'm still a man underneath it all luv, I still make mistakes, and I have needs." When he said needs, Ana saw something like hunger flash across his face a bit looking at her. The weight of his gaze made Ana feel a bit uncomfortable so she looked away.
"Well that may be true Cap'in, but none tha less here ya're a cap'in and ya're gonna have ta calm ya needs, whateva those may be until ya get ta a port to put those on some fortunate lass." She hadn't meant to say that, but it came out.
Jack's face changed to one of somber understandment. He dropped the game and got down to busines.
"Well tha reason that I called ya down here is because I wanted ta promote ya ta first mate."
Ana whirled around facing Jack shocked, "but that's Gibb's job!"
"I know, but I think ya earned it from the mercenary fight a few weeks ago, and ya exude leadership when I see ya with tha rest of tha crew."
"Does Gibbs know bout this?" She asked.
"Of course."
"Well what'd he say?"
"He said it wasn't a problem."
"But yet he has a problem with women bein' on a pirate ship." Stated a skeptical Ana.
"He doesn't consida ya a woman so much anymore as a crewmate."
Ana nodded her head a bit.
"So what do ya say luv?"
"Do I get more time?" She asked feeling a bit rushed.
"No ya have by tha end of our conversation ta come up with an answer.
Jack was a shrewd businessman, but no shrewder than many of the businessmen she had dealt with before.
"Alright." She agreed.
"Good."
They both stood there in silence Ana by Jack who was steering.
"Well..." He asked after a while.
"Well what?" She asked.
"What do ya say?"
"About what?" Asked a confused Ana.
"About whether or not ya wanna be me first mate or not?"
"I thought ya said wait until tha end of tha conversation."
"This is tha end of tha conversation." He said.
Ana tried to buy herself more time, but she saw by the look on Jack's face, that wasn't gonna happen.
"Alright I'll do it." She agreed.
Jack smirked, "good, now take tha wheel for a bit will ya luv."
Ana took tha wheel and could see why Jack loved steering. It made one feel as if they were the king or queen of the world. A while back she had enjoyed the same feeling on her own ship, but some man had come by one night about 6 years ago and had stolen her ship from her.
Ana's face darkened a bit at the remembrance of the thief who stole her ship, if she had the ever had the chance she would get that bastard who stole her ship.
Jack saw Ana's face as it darkened a bit and got close to her, "somethin tha matta luv?" He asked as he placed a hand on her shoulder.
Ana looked over and saw his concerned face watching hers and how close he had gotten to her. She shook her head quickly moving a bit from his touch and his gaze.
"Nothin." she mummered.
"There must be somethin luv if its got ya so quiet."
"Like I said before nothin, it's in tha past."
Jack could see that she obviously didn't wanna be bothered by him so he decided to drop it.
"Well..." Said Jack trying to break the silence once again, "I guess since ya're now tha official first mate, it's time for ya ta receive ya first piece of business."
"I thought ya said tha was tha end of tha convesation when I decided ta be first mate."
"Well I lied."
"How convenient." She mummered.
"There's an island that I want us ta check out soon," he said pulling out a map. The map was a bit yellowed, but it was still a good map nonetheless.
Ana grabbed the map and spotted an x by one of the countries Antigua.
"It's near Antigua on an island called Edisto Island, not many people know of it."
"How'd ya hear of it?" Asked Ana.
"From a friend of mine."
"Why this place?" She asked tapping her finger on the x.
"Because I've heard of the glorious amount of treasure that was stached on that island."
"Okay so let me get this straight, ya heard of this island from a friend called Edisto Island and ya wana go check it out because of tha unimaginable supposed treasure that's up there?" Summarized Ana.
"Tha's basically it in a nutshell." He said.
"Jack how do ya know if wha ya friend said is true? Wha if tha treasure isn't there? What if this place doesn't exist?"
"Well tha's just a chance we're gonna have ta take luv." He said looking at her.
Ana met his eyes once again and saw the determination in his eyes, and she knew that he had already made his decision.
"Yea." She agreed eyeing the map once more before giving it back to him.
"Well where ta next Cap'in?" She asked focusing once again on the sea in front of them.
"Tortuga for a bit of a stay and then off we head towards Edisto Island."
Ana nodded as she continued to steer the ship.
"Alright I'll leave ya in control right now while I go get some sleep. I'll be back in 2 hours." He said as he started to walk off.
Normally Jack didn't trust many except for Gibbs of control of the Pearl for a bit, but he believed that Ana had earned that trust.
Ana turned around to face him once more before turning back around to steer the ship.