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"Not Really"

"Ok, so maybe I didn't make the worst decision of my whole life by telling her that!" Jack thought to himself, looking up from the fire at Elizabeth's glowing eyes that were staring at him. "Maybe I made her think about how she feels about me!"

They had found enough drift wood to make a large fire and Jack had caught some fish to roast over the fire. It was a perfect, cloudless night and the stars were shining brighter than usual.

"If only we had brought some rum!" Gibbs laughed as he bit into his fish with a grin.

Jack closed his eyes at the thought, and then opened them slightly to see Elizabeth's reaction. She was grinning to herself, a giggle forming behind her smooth lips. "Oh, Mr. Gibbs, I'm sure you can live without rum for a few days!" she said in between giggles.

"Elizabeth, I don't know when we will get off of this spit of land. That long boat won't take us far, so we might as well not even try!" Jack said, jumping to his feet quickly. "I'm going to take a walk."

Jack walked away to stroll along the moonlit beach, humming a lively tune. He looked up at the moon, thinking about the day's terrible events.

"Ok, so I survived. But I lost the Pearl! That was my life!" he thought to himself. "But, maybe this the beginning of a new life!" he grinned.

He sat in the sand, slipping his boots off and setting them beside him. He looked up at the moon, and out of the corner of his eye, he could see a shadow.

"Elizabeth?" he asked, alarmed.

"Yes."

"What are you doing here?"

"Well, I just wanted to…were you being honest today?" she asked, sitting next to him in the sand.

Jack looked away from her, his eyes widening with nervousness. "Umm…honest about what?"

She grinned. "When you said you were…afraid of losing me."

"Is this the bloody opportune moment?" he thought angrily to himself. "I don't want this to be it!"

"Well?" she asked.

"Yes, I was honest."

She looked up at Jack, her eyes piercing through him, and it made him even more nervous. "Care to explain?"

He looked down at her, his eyes meeting her critical ones. "Not really." He said simply, standing and walking away.

"I love you to be honest!"