Reunion Pt.2

Ok so I'm sorta going a chapter a day, or every other day,here. So here you go.

Jack told Will to make sure no one woke up Madison. When Will asked why, Jack just said he didn't want her yelling. Will bought it. In all honesty, Jack wanted Madison to get as much sleep as she possibly could. When she was younger, she didn't like sleeping because she always thought she was missing something. Her birthday, if she was asleep on it, was the only day that Jack actually liked waking her up.

"Oh bloody hell!" He said suddenly.

"What?" Elizabeth, who was closest to him, asked.

"Madison birthday is coming up." Jack said.

"You remember that?" Elizabeth asked.

"For the two weeks before, every year, she would remind everyone." Jack said. "Of course I bloody well remember it."

"So?" Elizabeth asked. "It's not as if you're obligated to get her something." She frowned slightly. "Are you?"

"Well…" Jack said.

"What did she do? Put a spell on you?" Elizabeth asked.

"She can't do that." Jack said. He suddenly thought of something. Davy Jones fell in love with a woman…the sea. Jack looked over at the cabin. Was Madison related to that woman? No matter what he thought, Davy Jones wasn't in total control of the sea. It would be a battle against itself when he met Madison. Jack figured that the Kraken would likely tear itself apart if they both began ordering it around. To hell with the Kraken…Madison would tear herself apart.

"Jack?" Elizabeth asked. Jack looked at her, remembering she was there. "I asked you a question but you were too…something."

"What was the question?" Jack asked.

"How do you know Madison can't put spells on you?" Elizabeth asked.

"I don't." Jack said. "But I also know that no matter how much she hates me, or thinks she does, then she wouldn't do that."

"And why would you think that?" Elizabeth asked.

"Because she thinks that she knows what I don't know but I know what she thinks she I don't know and…" Jack said.

"Jack!" Elizabeth said, raising her hand. "The simple version. Please."

"She thinks I don't know her well enough to know that, no matter what she says or does, she really doesn't hate me." Jack said.

"Are you sure about that?" Elizabeth asked, raising an eyebrow.

"Of course I am." Jack said. They jumped as the monkey jumped down between them, screeching. "Oh for…" Jack pulled out his pistol.

"I wouldn't be doing that, Jack." Barbossa said. "The bang will probably wake up Madison before Jack does."

"Can you please not call the bloody monkey Jack?" Jack asked, putting his pistol away and watching as the monkey ran off. "Just call it…Crackers."

"Crackers?" Elizabeth asked.

"Madison called it that." Barbossa said.

"The bloody thing kept stealing her crackers." Jack said. "She started liking them a lot because she never got the chance to eat them much."

"It's going to rain." Barbossa said. Elizabeth and Jack looked up at the darkened sky. Thunder rumbled loudly. The wind picked up and Jack could tell they were in for another storm. He went to the cabin and opened the door to see Will sitting on the bed, frowning, with his hand on Madison's forehead.

"What's wrong?" Jack asked.

"I don't know." Will said. "I think she has a fever."

"Get a bowl of water and some clothes." Jack said. Will nodded and left the cabin. Jack frowned and walked over to the bed. He was about to put the back of his hand against Madison's forehead but stopped and slowly moved his hand away from her. He looked at the door then back at Madison to see her sea green eyes looking up at him. She definitely got those from her mother.

"What are you doing?" Madison asked.

"Standing." Jack said, looking down at his feet. He sat down on the edge of the bed. "And now I'm sitting."

"You're an idiot." Madison said.

"So I've heard…numerous times." Jack said.

"How long was I asleep?" Madison asked.

"About a day." Jack said. He absent mindedly reached out and played with a strand of her hair. Madison looked at his hand but didn't do anything. "You slept longer as a child."

"It was more important then." Madison said.

"It's important now too, luv." Jack said. He seemed to suddenly notice what he was doing because his hand froze. He looked from his hand to Madison's face, which was slightly turned to look at his hand as well. Neither of them heard the door open. Jack suddenly remembered back when Madison was about five or six and one of the crew, who he later learned was a spy for someone else, had his hand in her hair and was pulling her away from him. Bill wasn't there, they had docked and he was busy fixing up the ship so it was just Jack and Madison. Jack remembered before afraid. Madison looked terrified but she didn't scream. As soon as the gun was pointing at Jack, however, she looked angry and stomped on the man's foot, and then grabbed the gun as he bent over. She got away from him and ran over to Jack, clinging to his legs.

"Jack?" Will said. Madison and Jack jumped and Jack instantly pulled his hand away and stood up. "Did you wake her up?"

"No…I did it myself." Madison said. "What's with the bowl?"

"Apparently, you have a fever, luv." Jack said. Madison frowned and put her hand on her forehead. Jack rolled his eyes. She did this all too often. He brushed her hand away and put his own there. "Looks like William was telling the truth. You do feel warm."

"Great…" Madison said. "Does this mean I gotta stay here?" Jack couldn't help but smiling. Just by remembering one event, he could see all of the old Madison in her.

"You never could stay put long, could you?" Jack said. Madison shrugged. "Yeah, luv. You gotta stay here for a bit longer."

"How much longer is 'a bit', Jack?" Madison asked.

"Until that fever goes down." Jack said. "Or…until we dock. Whatever comes first."

"We're docking?" Will asked, reminding both of them that he was there.

"Yeah." Jack said. He took a cloth from Will, wrung out the extra water, then put it on Madison's forehead. "This means we have to be very careful."

"Why?" Madison asked.

"It's Port Royal, luv." Jack said. "The people there want me dead. And…are probably gonna want Will and Elizabeth dead too."

"Good luck to them." Madison said, laughing. "I could tell them it's impossible to kill you." She looked at Jack when she said that. "Even the Kraken couldn't manage it."

"True enough." Jack said, moving the cloth around a bit. Madison moved her head slightly and looked at the door.

"Will's gone." She said. Jack looked at the door then around the room. Sure enough, Will was no where in sight. "I wonder when he left."

"While we were talking." Jack said.

"Well I know that." Madison said. She looked back at Jack…and frowned.

"What?" Jack asked.

"It's just weird…how we're acting right now." Madison said.

"You should try to sleep a bit more." Jack said, quickly.

"Jack?" Madison said, sounding confused.

"Just get some more sleep, Maddie." Jack said. "I'll wake you up when it's time to go." Madison frowned more but Jack wasn't looking at her. She sighed and closed her eyes, falling asleep quickly. Jack looked at her once her breathing evened out. He watched her sleep for a while before changing clothes. He left the new one on her forehead and stood up. Slowly, he turned away and left the cabin.

Standing on Port Royal's dock, James Norrington looked out the sea. Every day he stood there for hours, just waiting. He knew that someone was going to come after him. He knew they would be mad. And he knew there was a possibility they would try to kill him.

Did he really care? Not really…

You thought he was going to kiss her didn't you people? Well…I wanna gonna write him doing that but then I thought against it. So it's gonna be a while until there's any major interaction. Oh…but next chapter is going to involve a dream.