A/N: Thanks to Fredsonetrueluv and jackNanamaria. And also thanks jNa for the note...I understand more now. Thanks Luv! And again lurkers. "hey I'm reading."
Ana stumbled out of the bar having had let the rum take the best of her. She couldn't remember how much she had told the bartender and if she had in fact finished the tale but that was fine with her. If she had oh well and if not he needn't know her whole life story anyways. She stopped in her drunken stupor for a moment trying to figure out at which inn she had bought a room for the night in. The pirate rubbed her head and tried concentrating as best as she could. "That-a-ways," she finally murmured pointing to the left. She walked a bit before finding the inn she was residing in for the night. She made it into her room and plopped down onto the bed not bothering to take off any of her effects.
Two days later the Black Pearl was in Tortuga. Will, Jack and Gibbs stood at the helm waiting as the rest of the crew docked the ship in the port.
"Alright. This is not a leisure trip mates. We're here to find Anamaria, who is probably drunker than me at the moment, which reminds me I need a large supply of rum, bring her back on the bloody ship and be sailing away to Brazil with both bony lasses in tow. Sound like a plan?" Gibbs nodded.
"Where are we to look first?" asked Will.
"You must not know Anamaria well. The Faithful Bride is her…favorite…if that could be said. She's not found of bars and taverns but she is incredibly fond of rum." Will said nothing anxiously awaiting getting her back. He walked gown to the main deck stopping in the middle of it to make an announcement. "OK men! This is a short trip. You shall all be back on this ship tomorrow by sundown. Else I shall have to abide by the code. Drink up men and have a merry time and if you find our favorite piratess make sure she is back on this ship."
"Aye cap'n!" the crew shouted and they all went on their way into the less than respectable port town.
"Faithful Bride here we come," said Jack following behind his crew. The trio were soon to reach the tavern where before continuing his search Jack ordered a flask of rum. "I'm looking for a lass," he said to the bartender after taking a gulp of the satisfying drink. "Her name's Anamaria. Very pretty, spit-fire, dark skinned, long hair…? Have you seen her?"
He smirked. "Anamaria eh? I reckon I have the other night. She spoke much about ye' cap'n."
"Was she drunk?" Jack asked.
"Sure enough."
"Well the lasses lips get a little loose after a lot of rum." He nodded. "Do ye' know where I could find such hellcat?"
"Well I'd reckon she's at an inn, couldn't tell ye which one, although she was seen this morning out buying a few bottles of rum." Jack smiled and tipped the man graciously. He started to say something when he saw the welp jump atop of a table.
"Listen up! You drunk fools! I'm looking for a girl!"
"I'm right here sweetheart!" said a whore from the side of the bar with a sly grin on her face giving a wink to the blacksmith.
"No. Her name's Anamaria! She's dark-"
"Welp!" Jack yelled at the boy on the table to which he heard "What?" in reply. "I've already found the lass."
Will turned around to look at the drunken eyes he had gained the attention of. "Well men! Back to drinking!" and the tavern went back into an uproar. He jumped down and walked over to where Jack sat at the bar.
"From what I've heard she's at an inn. And I think I have the clue just as to which inn she's at mate," he said leading the younger one out of the tavern. The stopped in front of a large building. The Black Sheep Inn.
"Why here," Will inquired. Jack smirked.
"Well lets just say Ana and I had a bit o' fun at this here inn."
"I'd rather you not say at all," he said deciding to take the lead inside. "I'm looking for a girl," he said to the person at the desk.
"There's plenty o' girls here lad."
"Her name's Anamaria. Dark-skinned, long hair, a bit of a loud mouth," Will tried to explain though the man did not seem to follow until the last part.
"Eh. How could I forget that loud mouthed harpy?" he asked himself looking in the written records in front of him.
"She is no harpy!"
"Eh. So you say Cap'n." He said. Will looked in anger but not shock at his temporary captain. "Room 35. Upstairs third to right." They nodded and made way to the room, neither saying anything after the small occurrence. Jack had not meant to protect her honor with such protectiveness as he had. Of course he wanted to uphold the lady's reputation and image but mayhap with not as much anger at the thought of it being threatened. He could tell already that Will was very upset with this. Which, in fact, he probably should be fore Jack had been the cause of many mishaps and had kept him and Ana away for as long as they had been. They reached the room and Jack began banging on the door.
"Ana!" he called still banging after getting no reply. "Ana!" he cried again louder and still banging louder.
"Try the door," said Will in-between Jack's loud banging.
"What? It's locked." He said matter-of-factly. Will pushed him away opening the door easily with the twist of the knob.
The captain cursed. "It'll be no living with him after this," he muttered under his breath. The piratess laid on the bed face down with a bottle of rum in her hand which hung extremely low to the ground and the once half full bottle of rum had been spread across the floor in a puddle.
"That's good bloody rum." The captain observed with a tang of hurt at the drink being wasted on the wood floor which wasn't in need of a nice drink of rum as he himself was.
Will knelt beside her, taking the bottle into his own hands. "Ana," he said shaking her lightly.
"She didn't hear the banging at the door and you whisper!" Jack yelled. "Slap her." Jack said.
"What? I'm not slapping her!" he yelled.
"Well obviously you don't know Ana. The only was to get her up when she's piss drunk is to slap her or pour large quantities of water on her head. She gets very upset about that. Very particular about her hair she is."
"Well then get water!"
"This is Tortuga lad. Where the hell am I supposed to get water?"
"This will guarantee me a slap in retaliation wont it?" he asked cautiously.
"Aye that is will but it's effective. You can take a little slap from ole' Ana. I'm sure you've takin' plenty of 'em." To which Will replied: Aye that I have. "Well then. This shouldn't be any worse. Should be less painful actually, since she's just waking from being incredibly drunk and is hung-over." Will nodded and mentally prepared himself for the verbal and physical abuse that would soon be headed his way. He took a deep breath and went at it slapping her hard in the face. Her eyes snapped opened on to flutter again, adjusting to the light.
"Bloody hell!" she said as loud as she could muster with the large head ache she had. She sat up on the bed looking at the two men staring at her.
"Ana!" Will exclaimed. "Thank god! It's been two weeks."
"That's it?" he nodded in reply. "Days are longer in this stupid town." She suddenly eyed Jack. "What the hell are you doing here?" she said. Though a part of her that she would never admit to was glad that Jack was there.
"No greeting for your former lover?" she shook her head. "I think this is not the opportune moment to be talking business here love."
"No, no, no Sparrow. I want an explanation now," she demanded.
"Alrigh', alrigh', alrigh'. In Brazil there's a treasure that-"
"Jack we got that treasure 10 years ago remember?" she said in annoyance pulling out the gold necklace she kept under her shirt. Jack had given her that necklace during their adventure to find the Tesouro do Leapard.
"Aye I remember love," and for a quick moment Ana softened and they shared a smile between the two of them. "But this is a different treasure. It's called the…well I don't know it's in Brazilian. Wait that is the language of Brazil isn't it?"
Ana shook her head. "No I believe we tend to speak Portuguese in Brazil."
"Ah! Portuguese, right! Nevertheless when I figure out how to say it or rather what is was I shall let you know. So are you in or are you out?"
"And I'd pass up this opportunity? Never Captain Sparrow."
A/N: Wow. This is probably one of my longest chapters ever. It's 1500 words. Wow. So I hope those extra paragraphs lead to extra reviews….hint, hint.