Hey guys! Chp 3 has finally arrived!

I had fun with this one….

I like the word booty xD

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Esperanza woke up sometime in the early morning hours, she could tell by the soft light spilling into the room.

She sat up on the bed and noticed someone had covered her with a soft dark blue blanket. Looking around the now clearly lit room, she noticed that the entire left wall was lined with large windows and a long window seat with a blood red velvet cushion and two beautiful red and gold pillows; one on each side.

Esperanza found that especially odd. As far as she knew, Pirates weren't known to live in such comfortable environments. Weren't they supposed to be dirty and gross?

Looking around at the rest of the room she thought apparently no this one.

Half of the wall in front of her was covered in bookshelves which were full of not only book but trinkets of all sorts, many of them miniature ships.

Beside them was a thick wooden door and on the other side of it was a large desk overflowing with maps and charting tools.

On the far right wall of the room were a table and two chairs, beside them along the back wall hung a hammock made of a thick dark green material.

It's very unusual for someone to have a hammock inside a bedroom. Esperanza thought to herself. But then again, given the situation she was in, she didn't expect anything less than unusual.

Then, at that moment where she turned her head back to the windows that overlooked the ocean, the full reality of her situation hit her.

She was stuck on this pirate ship alone, with no idea how her father was and with no idea when, if ever, she would see him again; she didn't even know if he was alive.

She let the unavoidable tears roll down her face as she watched the slow motion of the waves. She brought her knees up to her chest and hugged them.

Esperanza had no idea how long she had stayed that way but suddenly a creaking sound behind her snapped her back into reality.

Someone was coming in the room; she tried as best as she could to wipe all the tears off her face as she looked towards the door, expecting it to be Jack.

But it definitely wasn't him, this man had a much shorter build and his hair was already turning white. He looked at her and offered her a friendly smile, she tried as best as she could to return it but more tears overflowed and rolled down her face.

He walked over and sat on the far end of the bed. "There There, lass, there be no need for cryin', no ones hurtin' ye"

He took a small cloth out of his pocket and handed it to her. Esperanza hesitantly took it from him; surprised on how clean it was, and started whipping her cheeks.

"There now, that be a lot better" He said "My name is Mr.Gibbs, or just Gibbs if you prefer. I am at your service Ms.-…?"

"Esperanza" She told him handing the now soaked cloth back.

"Ms. Esperanza" He repeated taking the cloth, folding it gently, and putting it back in his pocket.

From his hammock Jack could hear Gibbs and Esperanza talking. For a moment he considered standing up and letting his presence known, but he decided against it. This conversation might prove interesting.

"Well Ms. Esperanza, ye must be confused, what with all ye've been through and all. I am here to clear up any doubts" He heard Gibbs say.

"I do have a question" She said in a soft voice "Will I ever be allowed to return to España?"

By the tone of her voice, Jack could tell the girl missed her home.

"Well lass, all that depends on what Jack decides" Gibbs responded with a sigh.

"Jack?" Esperanza said, hearing his name from her lips stirred something in him

Gibbs continued, trying to explain "Ye have to understand, when ye became part of the loot and were given to Jack, ye became his property. So the only way you would return to Spain is if he were to decide it"

Jack thought about his options, he did want to return her to her home. He couldn't stand to see her so upset and he couldn't stand the fact that it bothered him so much.

But he couldn't just return her, what would the crew think? It would be an act of disrespect to not gladly accept a gift they had given him.

If he were to return her, it would have to be in secret.

"And if he decides to keep me here?" Esperanza questioned.

"Then ye stay here" Gibbs said simply

"So, I am his prisoner then" she said.

Jack hated the way that sounded, but in all honesty, it was true.

There was a long silence before Gibbs spoke "well, that's not somethin' to be thinkin' about now lass….can I get ye anythin'?"

"No thank you" she said "I'm alright"

Her stomach growled, betraying her.

"Ye sound hungry to me"

Starving to be honest, but you tend to forget such things as hunger when you life makes a complete turn. "Yes, I guess I am"

"Well we have a great cook on board, I'll see what I can fetch for ye" Gibbs said as he exited the room

"Thank you" Esperanza called after him.

Esperanza set aside the blanket that was covering her and stepped off the bed. She started walking about the room, reading the book jackets, analyzing the plenty of souvenirs, and looking at the maps; there were no markings indicating where they were going.

Then she brushed by the table and just as she was about to go back and sit on the window seat she noticed something odd. There was a hat on the hammock.

She stood close and picked it up, and to her surprise a pair of dark eyes was staring back at her.

She dropped the hat on the floor and screamed off the top of her lungs.

As soon as Jack heard her scream he tried to make a graceful and quick stand from the hammock, very successfully failing at both.

He swung over the edge too fast, making the hammock spin and taking him directly to the floor.

That is when recognition hit Esperanza "Jack?" she looked at him; she had been scared at just a very cocoon looking Jack.

Jack crawled to his hat, placed in on his head, and stood up firmly; as if he just hadn't completely made a fool of himself.

She started laughing, a loud genuine laugh. Wait, was she laughing at him?

"Hey stop laughing, you're not allowed to laugh at me, I'm the captain!" He said, but she still wouldn't stop.

Esperanza took a few moments to breathe "I do apologize captain" she said in between more laughter "but you scared me. I thought I had seen a monster"

Jack tried processing that "Are you insulting me?"

Finally she had calmed down but a tight-lipped smile was permanently stuck on her face. "No, Jack, I'm not"

"Well good…" Jack said turning around to reach for his bottle and taking a swig.

Esperanza walked over to the front of the bed and looked outside at the sea as she spoke "How long have you been there?"

"Long enough" Jack answered fetching his captain coat from one of the chairs and putting it on.

Esperanza had come to the conclusion that since there was nothing she could do to change her current situation, she was going to just play it safe ; as if all was well, until she found a way to escape.

She walked over to him, their bodies only inches apart. "So Capt'n" she said trying to imitate Mr. Gibbs as she reached up to smooth out the lapels on his coat "what will you have me do today?"

She was staring at him, and even though she had plastered on a smile, Jack could still see the sadness in her eyes.

Jack thought about her question for a second, he actually had nothing for her to do. He didn't know if the crew could be trusted around her and he didn't know if she had any skills that might prove useful to him. "For today, luv, you stay in here….I might figure out something for you later"

"Yes captain" She answered dropping her hands to her sides.

"So make yourself at home….that whole bit" He took another swig and opened the door and stepped forward "Next time say "Aye Aye" ok?" He said looking over his shoulder.

She looked confused, that seemed to be the recurrent trend.

He turned around to explain "Next time I tell you to do something…..or not to do something…you answer "aye aye capt'n" ok luv?"

It took a second for her to nod and hesitantly say "Aee Aee Captain…?" She was still looking at him like he was insane or something.

"Aye Aye" He said, this time more slowly

"Aee Aee" She repeated

"AYE AYE" he said…pronouncing it carefully

"Aee Aee" she said, smiling and totally confident she was saying it perfectly.

"Argh….we'll work on that later" He said turning around, continuing his exit.

"Mornin' Capt'n" Gibbs said pushing past Jack to enter the room carrying a small covered silver tray.

He placed the tray on the small table and looked at Esperanza "sure looks like yer feeling much better lass. If I may ask…what was that about?" he asked referring to their conversation that had left Jack with a frustrated look on his face.

Esperanza shook her head lightly as she smiled "Nothing really, just having some fun with captain"

He offered her a friendly smile but Esperanza couldn't tell what he was thinking "well, here's yer breakfast. Sorry it took so long but the when I told to cook to just get me some of dinner's left overs, he would hear nothin' of it. He said a lady deserved a fresh meal, especially when she holds such position as the capt'n's booty"

Confused at his words she said "Such position?" He made it sound like it was a good thing that she was regarded as property now.

"Lass, I don't think ye understand, but as capt'n's booty ye hold a high position on this ship. Any man that dares touch ye, or even look at ye in a way Jack don't like, could face death" Mr. Gibbs explained "I don't even think me Jack knows this, but it be true"

Esperanza thought about that for a moment, men dying for her? That seemed ridiculous and barbaric, right? Actually, some part of her found it quite flattering but she tried to shut that voice up. She had to think like a lady.

Ridiculous and barbaric, ridiculous and barbaric she kept repeating inside her head.

"Well, time for me to get to me duties, lass. Enjoy your day, just remember not to leave this room" Gibbs said standing up and leaving the room.

Esperanza just stood there in silence for a couple of seconds; she glanced out to the sea and then looked at the silver tray that was set on the table.

She walked over to it and lifted the lid, surprised at what she saw. There was a small plate on the center with pulled pork in some sort of tomato sauce, some chopped potatoes sat beside it.

It looked delicious.

Esperanza's stomach grumbled again, agreeing with her.

She took the plate and walked over to the window seat. She sat down Indian style and started picking at her food with her hands, seeing as how there was no silverware.

She gazed out on to the Ocean; everything about it was so beautiful. She just wished she could go on deck, at least out there she wouldn't feel so caged.

"So this is how I am to spend the rest of my days….I would have never thought" She said out loud to herself. "Great not only that but I'm also going insane….talking to myself"

She looked down at her food "well it's better than having no one to talk to" She said with a light laugh.

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On deck and on the wheel Jack tried to focus all his attention on that horizon ahead of him, but his mind just kept jumping back to the girl in his quarters.

It was just past noon now and the sun bit fiercely into his back. It didn't help that he was wearing this coat.

He meant to ask her how old she was this morning, if only Gibbs hadn't walked in; the question had been bugging him all day.

Actually she had been bugging him all day.

What was she doing?

Was she gonna try to escape?

Well….its not like she could go anywhere since they were on a ship.

Unless she was a mermaid.

In that case she would just have to jump overboard and swim away.

Yeah that made sense

She might be a mermaid.

"Capt'n I be meanin to talk to ye about the lass" Gibbs' voice interrupted his thoughts.

Jack looked at him "What about her?" Had she escaped? Jack hoped not…he still had too many questions about her.

"Well it seems the lass not be feelin' very well aboard the Pearl" Gibbs started

"that's impossible the pearl is a fabulous ship!" Jack interrupted

Gibbs continued "That she is Capt'n but it's not about the Pearl. She thinks herself some sort of prisoner….as I am sure you heard…I think if we made her feel a bit more…how would you say…valued…it might improve her mood"

Jack thought about that, it made sense "Well how you propose we do that?"

"well we did sort of take her stuff…we could just…ya know" Gibbs said scratching his head

"Are you insinuating that we give her some of her stuff? Are you insane man? That's booty!...you don't just give back booty…that's blasphemy to the pirate way of life!"

"Well Jack, if ye don't give her dresses to wear, she'll just be wearin' the same thing for rest of eternity….now, what kind of an impression would that make? Capt'ns booty with only one dress. What will the men think?"

Jack squinted his eyes and pet his chin "Good point Mr. Gibbs, I can't possibly be seen with ugly booty. I'm the captain! And as captain I mus have the best looking booty around! Send for her dresses and put them in one of her chests"

"Aye Aye Capt'n" Gibbs said turning to follow orders

His response made him instantly think of Esperanza this morning.

"Oh! and Gibbs!" Jack called after him

"Yes Capt'n" Gibbs responded stopping.

"Make sure she also has…all the things a girl needs….and such" He felt extremely odd saying that. He had no idea why he cared if she was comfortable or not.

"Aye" He answered "and if I may suggest something else Capt'n. We make port at Tortuga in about a week. A little fresh air would do the lass some good….plus what better place to brag about yer new possession?"

" I'll consider it" Jack said and turned back to looking straight in front of him.

Mr. Gibbs nodded his head and continued walking.

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Esperanza realized that she had fallen sleep against the window when the sound of the door opening woke her up. In front of her sat the empty plate of food.

Through the door walked in Mr. Gibbs followed by two men that were carrying two trunks, one stacked on top of the other.

Wait a minute, Esperanza recognized those trunks, they were hers. Well if they weren't they sure looked a lot like hers.

The two men set them down on the floor in front of the bed and regressed from the room.

Esperanza stood up, grabbing her plate and walked over to Mr. Gibbs "Good evening Mr.Gibbs, thank you for the food, it was delicious"

"You're very welcome lass, I glad ye enjoyed it" he said taking the empty plate from her hands.

Esperanza walked over to the trunks "If I may be so curious. What is this about?"

"Why don't ye open 'em and see for yeself" Gibbs said smiling at her.

Esperanza did carefully lifted the lid of the top trunk and was amazed at what she saw inside. There were two of her gowns, some under-things, and even a shawl. To the side lay a small box which contained a hairbrush, a mirror, and some pins and ribbons for her hair.

Tears of happiness started rolling down Esperanza's face as she looked at Gibbs with a smile. Pirates couldn't really be a ruthless as she had learned, not when they did such nice things just to make her feel better.

She stood up and walked over to him "You didn't have to" she said as she pulled him into a hug "Thank you so much"

Gibbs was baffled by the strange feeling of her hug, but he found himself wrapping his arms around her tightly and then gently pushing her away "It's not I ye need be thankin', thank me Jack"

"Jack did this?"

"Aye, he felt ye should feel more comfortable if ye needs be staying long on the Pearl" Gibbs answered as he walked towards the door. "Ms. Esperanza, if ye be needin' more, there be two men at constant watch outside this door. Ye just be needin' to tell them, and they will fetch me"

"Thank you Mr. Gibbs" Esperanza said as he left the left.

She walked over to her the clothes chest and dug through it, sitting there in the corner was he sleeping gown. She picked it up and brought it close to her face " I really hate you"

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Jack looked into the twilight, it would be night soon and he was already growing tired; he would need to return to his room soon.

He'd been avoiding that place the entire day, which hadn't been easy, just knowing she was in there made him want to go join her.

He didn't like that.

He didn't like her.

Well more precisely, he didn't like what she did to him, she changed him. Change never means good news.

But now he couldn't avoid it anymore, he had to go a face her. Afterall it was just one night, how bad could it be?

With that thought it mind Jack made his way to his room.

As soon as he opened the door he saw her.

Dam me….

She looked like bloody angel…or a sea nymph, he was seriously considering his mermaid theory now.

She sat on his bed brushing her long dark hair to smooth perfection while humming an unknown tune to herself. She wore a light blue empire waist sleeping gown with elbow length sleeves. From underneath the light fabric poked out her long slender feet.

She looked up at the door and as soon as she saw him a smile covered her face. This wasn't the friendly little tight lipped smile she offered him yesterday or this morning, this was a full out smile; and the effect remained the same. His heart jumped.

She set the brush down and quickly made her way towards him to wrap her arms around his neck. "Jack! I could not wait until you came!"

Well that was unexpected Jack thought to himself. He was prepared to find the sad girl he had left this morning; instead, he found this…he liked this.

He grabbed her waist and set her down in front of him. She had a gentle look on her face and wouldn't stop starring at him.

"Have you been drugged?" He asked checking her pupils.

She laughed and backed away from him "No Jack, I haven't, I just can't thank you enough for what you did for me"

"Wha…" He stared at her…what was she talking about?

"Don't be so modest now. The chests with my belongings, you had them brought to me." She said pointing at the chests.

Jack looked in the direction she was pointing and then remembered his conversation with Gibbs. "Ah…yes….that"

"It was very thoughtful of you" said moving closer to him.

"Well…you know, luv" Jack said as he flashed her a grin "I am a very thoughtful person"

She just smiled.

Then he remembered the second part of the conversation.

"Tomorrow you will join me on deck…looking you best without a doubt" He told her as he saw something light up in her eyes.

"Really?" then she became suspicious "wait...why?"

"well i can't just as well have ye lookin' bad...it would make me look bad...which would be bad" He answered

She looked at him suspiciously and placed her hands on her hips.

He just grinned at her and loosely opened his arms to his sides.

"So, you're serious? I really get to leave this room"

"Yes, luv but you must stay close to me at all times" He answered as he walked over to the table and begun taking off his coat.

"Anything as long as I'm outside…let me help you with that" She stepped behind him removed his coat completely and hung it on the chair. Then she took off his hat and set it on the table.

Jack just watched her.

"How old are you, luv?" He asked

"I am seventeen, my birthday is in November which if I am not mistaken is only three months away" She answered.

"Huh…ok….well…goodnight!" He said as she sat on the hammock and removed his boots.

"Why do you not use the bed?" She asked him as she made her way towards it.

"Then were would you sleep?" He retorted.

"The hammock…but that's beside the point…you are the captain, it makes no sense for you to sleep on a hammock."

"I'm just used to it, okay?" he answered settling back into the hammock

"How?" She continued questioning.

Is she going to ask questions all night? "I just am, luv, no don't worry about it…go to sleep" he said

Esperanza blew out the candle and settled back into the bed, pulling the dark blue blanket over herself.

"Good night Captain Jack Sparrow"

"Good night Luv"

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Whew…long chapter...like ten+ pages on Word

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