Chapter 6: St. Augustine

"Do we have a heading captain?"

"Aye, Gibbs. St. Augustine. I met a sea captain in Tortuga who told me about a old man that lived in St. Augustine that knew the werabouts of the fountain. I am going to use Magdalena in getting this information for me. Go get Magdalena and tell her that I want to see her in my cabin"

"Aye, captain"

"Barbossa, we are heading to St. Augustine. Take the helm. I have some business to take care of with Miss Magdalena"

Barbossa took the helm, ignoring the fact that Jack was giving him orders, just happy to be behind the helm of his precious pearl. Jack went below towards his cabin to wait for Magdalena.

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Jack heard a knock on the door and saw Gibbs come in with Magdalena at his side.

"Thank you, Gibbs. Magdalena please take a seat. I need to speak with you about a few things."

"If you want me to apologize about coming on this venture after you told me not to, you will not get that from me. I am not sorry. I do for myself. Always have and I refuse to apologize for anything that I do"

"Maggy, May I call you that? I am not asking for an apology. I would have done the same if I was you. I was born a pirate and will always be a pirate. Pirate's life for me, luv"

Jack smirked while Magdalena just rolled her eyes.

"You can not call me Maggy, I am Magdalena, plain and simple. What do you want?"

"First of all, I need you to do something for me when we get to St. Augustine. There is a man there that knows all about the legend of the fountain of youth. He only tells who he wants to tell and I believe with your beauty, intelligence, and your family background you are the only one who may be able to get this information from him. Do you think you can handle seducing an old man for priceless information, Luv?"

"Por supuesto"

"Come over here. I have a dress in this chest that would be perfect for seducing the old man and I believe it would work wonderfully"

Jack handed her the wine red dress that Elizabeth had wore a few years back while held hostage by Barbossa.

"It is quite beautiful, Captain"

"Please call me Jack"

"Captain"

"Women!"

"Oye, Don't offend me!"

Jack just ignored her and continued speaking.

"Second of all, as your captain, you are to stay here in my cabin at night because I cannot gaurantee your safety from the rest of the crew now that they know you are a woman. A few may try to take advantage of you. I promise to keep my hands off of you as long as that is what you want."

"Captain Sparrow, I do not need your protection. I can protect myself"

" Not from a group of them, plus I am your captain and that is an order"

"Bueno, very well, as you wish Captain"

"Do you have anymore orders for me captain?"

"Yes, your only job is to keep my cabin straight as before"

"Aye, captain"

Jack left Magdalena in his cabin. Magdalena started to clean the cabin. Barbossa had left it in a mess. Magdalena grabbed the dress and looked at it. She was in awe. She had never had wore anything quite as beautiful as this. She looked forward to wearing it. She went to where Jack's bed was and shut the door where she took of the men's clothing she had on and tried on the dress. It was a perfect fit she thought. She went out into the main cabin to glance in the mirror at her and the dress. She stood there admiring the dress so much that she didn't even realize that Jack was standing by the door staring at her.

"You look ravishing, darling"

Magdalena could not help from smiling, because she knew that she did.

"There should be more clothes in here from when Elizabeth was here. I bet they are in the cabin where Barbossa sleeps. I asked Gibbs to look for you."

"Gracias"

"Luv, are you good with a sword?"

"Si, you have to be to survive Tortuga."

"I agree"

"Captain, here are a few of Elizabeth's attire"

"Thank you Gibbs."

"Here put something else own. We do not need to get the dress dirty. I will be back in 15 minutes with our dinner. You must be starving"

"Si"

Jack left closing the door behind him.As he went down below to gather dinner, all he could think about was how beautiful she had looked in that dress. He tried to think of other things, but it did not work. He knew she had an effect on him and there was nothing he could do about it. The last time he had felt this way, it had got him killed.

"Not again"

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Magdalena had just finished changing clothes when Jack walked in with dinner. She sat at the table on one end and Jack at the other. They sat there and ate and drank rum in silence. When she was done eating, she began to think about the stories she had heard about the infamous Captain Jack Sparrow.

"Captain?"

"Call me Jack"

"Jack?"

"Yes"

"Tell me a story about you. How did you meet Elizabeth? What happened?"

Jack began to recount the last couple of years of his life including his death by the Kraken all the while they continued to drink rum. Magdalena died laughing at times. Others she was in disbelief at the things he was telling her. She was starting to feel the effects from the rum, thinking of how relaxed she was becoming. She had realized how interesting Jack was. He was different from other pirates, but in a good way. He was also very attractive she thought. Then she thought, "That is just the rum talking"

"Magdalena, now that you know about me. What about you?"

"I've told you about all there is to know. Up to now, my life has been pretty dull. My husband died many years ago it seems. I have just been looking for a way out. I have finally found it"

Magdalena got up and started walking towards the window in the back of the cabin. Jack followed her.

"Jack, you said that you remembered my father. Tell me about him."

"Well, I don't remember much, but he was a good pirate. Captain Teague always said that he was his best first mate."

Magdalena turned around to Jack. She had tears rolling down your cheek.

"I just wish I could remember him. Mother always spoke of him very fondly. I know she missed him. Not being with him eventually killed her. She died of a broken heart. When my husband died, I had be strong. I couldn't let it kill me. I eventually got over it. Gracias, Jack. Because of you, I have escaped my miserable past"

Jack took her into his arms and just held her. She could feel the warmth of his body and it was very soothing. She had not been this close to a man since her husband, but it never felt this good. Jack thought about how much he wanted to kiss her right now, but he had promised not to take advantage of her. He resisted.

"Jack?"

"Yes, luv"

Jack looked down at her to see that she was staring back at him.

"Thank you for saving my life back there en el triangulo"

"Your welcome, luv"

Magdalena kissed him on his cheek and Jack placed his hands on her face and brought his lips to hers. She kissed him back, forgetting about time and place. Then finally she refocused and broke away from his kiss.

"Lo siento Jack, I can't do this, plus I don't feel very well. I believe the rum has worked to well tonight. I feel like I am going to pass ou……"

Magdalena fainted almost hitting the floor before Jack caught her fall. He picked her up and carried her to the bed where he laid her down and covered up. He laid down in the bed beside her and closed his eyes and drifted off to sleep as he thought about the kiss they had shared only a few moments ago.

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Magdalena awoke the next morning with a very bad headache. She got up and started walking towards the cabin door when she finally remembered the kiss from the night before.

"Magdalena, good morning. Grab that dress and put it on. We are in St. Augustine. We need to go find this Don Hernandez and ask him a few questions. Huh, Luv"

"Jack, I want to apologize for last night"

"No apologies, luv. It will not happen again unless you want me to. Savvy!"

"Gracias, Jack. I will be ready soon"

Jack wanted more than anything to kiss her again, but he wouldn't dare do anything that he could regret later, so he turned around and headed towards the deck to give orders about who was going to go with Magdalena and who was going to stay on the Pearl.

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