AnaMaria wasn't exactly sure what she was feeling at that exact moment, but relief was definitely a factor. Telling him felt good. It was like a humongous weight was lifted off her shoulders, and Poof!, the weight was gone! It had been replaced by calm. Not the eerie calm of before the storm, but the relaxed peaceful calm of happiness and contentment. Telling Jack she loved him had been hard, but strangely freeing. Speaking of Jack, she turned her head towards him, What is he thinking about all this?

Jack at the moment, wasn't really thinking. He felt happiness. Ana loved him! That was great! He felt shock of course, that she felt the same towards him as he towards her. That was for sure.

AnaMaria began to worry. Jack wasn't saying anything, and it worried her. What is he doesn't feel the same way. What have I done? Why did I tell him? She answered her own question. Because if he doesn't feel the same, I can move on. So I need to know.

"I'm sorry you don't feel the same. I'll just g-g-go." Ana's voice began to shake. This was so hard. Why did it have to be hard? Love hurts, I guess.

Jack sat there, in his thoughts. But hearing Anamaria's offer to leave, he jumped up. "No!" he cried. He winced. That was loud. . . .Lowering his voice to the normal level, he repeated. "No." He smiled at her, reaching out to touch her hair. "No, you don't need to go." Ana looked up at him questioningly, hardly daring to hope. He was smiling that gold tooth smile at her. "You don't need to go, because I'm. . . I'm in love with you, too." Repeating her words back to her, "I, Jack Sparrow-Captain Jack Sparrow," he amended, " am in love with you, the lovely AnaMaria."

Ana stared at him, wide eyed. She had nearly lost all hope! She returned his smile, shaking her head at her own worries, which seemed so big and real a few minutes ago. "Jack. . . ." She slapped him, though rather gently. "That is for not telling me! Do you know how hard that was, telling you I loved you, and then thinking you didn't return the feeling?! It was pure torture!"

Jack could tell she wasn't mad, though. Her slap was softer than she could do, by far, and she was smiling through her tears. She was still crying, but his knowledge of the female creature told him that it was NOT because she was still troubled, but now because she was happy. AND I do know. Because I had that worry, too. AND I had a reason to think that. You left the Pearl! I thought you hated me! Jack thought.

Ana felt light. The relief she had felt at telling him how she felt was nothing compared to the weightlessness, and light, and joy that she felt knowing that he loved her to.

Grinning at her, Jack had one more, highly predictable thing to say. "I'm Captain Jack Sparrow, luv!"

Did you like it? Please review! Remember, I want to hit the 30 review mark, and than I'll update. I don't know if I'm going to continue or not past that. I could do their life together, or I could stop. I could even do a sequel , since this story was mainly just to tell why Ana left, and to get her and Jack together, and have them admit that they love eachother. So let me know what you think I should do, and we'll see what happens.