Storms and Parents

It was a bit hard for me to make up Jaden, Lily and Andrew's personalities so I just copied their parents…but it works out great so no big worries!!

(Third Person POV)
Port Royal

"Whatcha looking at, lovely?" Jack asked, slowly coming up behind Madison and wrapping his arms around her. His wife turned slightly and looked at him before turning her attention back to the sea and watching the rain fall into it. They stood on the docks at the end. "Maddie? I know you're doing some deep thinking cause that's what you do out here…but what are you thinking about?"

"The kids." Madison said. She held up the latest letter from Lily and Jaden. "I'm sort of surprised Andrew hasn't recognized the name."

"Well…he was young when Gibbs died." Jack said. "And none of us ever really talked about him in front of them."

"True." Madison said. "They're coming back here once this storm's blown itself out."

"Good." Jack said. Madison smiled and leaned back against him. Even at his fifty-something age, Jack was still amazingly strong…at least in Madison's mind. She was constantly worrying about what was going to happen to him. Her smile faded as she gazed at the water.

"I think someone's caught our daughter's fancy." Madison said. Jack was instantly alert and, a quick glance over her shoulder told Madison that her husband looked ready to kill.

"I thought I made it clear to her that she's not allowed to be with boys until she was at least…your age." Jack said.

"I'm surprised it's taken her this long." Madison said. "With the girls in this family, we're normally with someone by the time were thirteen."

"Yes but see none of the girls in your family except for Lily are my daughter." Jack said. "I had hoped those boys would be afraid of her…or at least of what I might do to them."

"Some of them just might be willingly to risk your bad temper." Madison said. She sighed and her eyes drifted across the horizon to where a black dot was visible. "Someone's coming." Jack looked at her face as best as he could from his position behind her. Why did she suddenly sound so sad?

"Maddie?" Jack asked. Madison looked at him and Jack's heart nearly stopped at the incredibly sad look on her face. It was gone in an instant though and he wondered if he had just imagined it. Madison smiled before kissing him softly. Jack forcibly pushed any thoughts of asking Madison what was wrong out of his mind.

"Come…it's cold out here and I'm sure Isabelle and Tomas are getting impatient waiting for their uncle to show up and tell more stories." Madison said. "We'll see Lily and Jaden and the rest of them in a few more days." She took Jack's hand and he led her off the docks. Madison looked once more at the black dot of a ship that was sailing towards Port Royal, the incredibly sad look back on her face for just a moment before she looked back at Jack and forced a smile to her face.

(Andrew's POV)
Santiago

Well I'll give my cousin this…he certainly knows how to piss Lily off without even trying. One little thing…he said one little thing about what he expected from Jarrett if the other man was going to be joining us and all of a sudden Lily dragged him into her cabin and they started arguing. No one heard what they were saying but everyone knew that they were yelling at each other but trying to keep their voices quiet and not really succeeding.

"INCONCIDERATE…WHATEVER DAD SAYS…" A few things from Lily could be heard. I winced for no real reason before spotting Roselyn standing on the side of the ship and looking out at the rain splattered water.

"Roselyn!" I said, walking over to her. She looked up and smiled. "How would you like to go get something to drink?"

"What's the catch?" Roselyn asked.

"No catch." I said. I smiled the heart-melting smile I had gotten from my father. Roselyn nodded and we walked off the ship, leaving the battling siblings to their own devices.

I really liked Roselyn. I liked Tara too but there was something about Roselyn that was more attractive. Besides…I think overall, Jaden would wind up with Tara. I just hoped he realized that attraction between them before he became too much like Uncle Jack and turned into a lady's man.

"Andrew…" Roselyn said. I looked at her. "There's something I've been wondering about your uncle."

"Alright…what is it?" I asked, wondering which one of the usual questions she was going to ask.

"Exactly how old is he? And your aunt." Roselyn said. Ok…that actually wasn't expected.

"Well…my aunt is about…" I said, going through all of it in my head. She was eighteen when she had Lily and Jaden so she would be about thirty…umm. "She's about thirty-three, thirty-four now I think."

"And your uncle?" Roselyn asked.

"No idea." I said. "I mean…we celebrate his birthday and all every year but we don't really know how old he is." I went through my mind, trying to figure out if there was some hint in there somewhere. "Umm…ooooh…according to my grandfather, he was somewhere around twenty-four, maybe twenty-five when my grandpa brought my aunt onto the ship for the first time."

"Alright…how old was she then?" Roselyn asked.

"Umm…eight months?" I guessed. Roselyn laughed and I smiled. She was amazing.

"Well then…let's think about this." Roselyn said. "Your aunt is…let's say twenty-four years younger then your uncle."

"Ok." I said.

"And now she's…thirty-three." Roselyn said. "So add twenty-four to that and you get…"

"Fifty-seven." I said.

"Then your uncle is generally fifty-seven years old." Roselyn said. Alright…I officially really, really, really like this girl.

"You know…I think my parents would like to meet you." I said.

"Really?" Roselyn asked, looking surprised yet happy. I couldn't help but wonder if she might actually like me back. I'm not as ignorant as Jaden…I don't automatically think every girl (that's not related to me) likes me. Well…Jaden doesn't think that either so far as I know but he's close to it.

"Yes." I said. "I think they'd like you very much." I said, smiling at her.

"I think…I'd like to meet your parents." Roselyn said. She smiled at me and then suddenly threw her arms around me and kissed me softly. My eyes flew wide open before closing. That was such an unexpected thing that I don't even know how to respond. Luckily she pulled away from me and smiled sheepishly. I put a smile back on and took her hand before we walked the rest of the way to the pub.

I think it's true…my parents would like to meet her. I think Izzy would love to meet her but I'd have to be careful when that happens. Isabelle is a romantic nutcase and if I introduce a girl to her (a girl that I just so happen to really like) she'll start going on about how she probably thinks I love said girl and then who knows, she'll probably more then likely talk about marriages and make up how mum and dad's marriage went (the official one, not the pirate one) and make up something about Aunt Maddie and Uncle Jack. They never got officially married, just pirate law married so Aunt Maddie actually gave Isabelle permission to make up some romantic stuff.

How my sister ever plans to be a pirate and be good at it on this ship is beyond me.

(Lily's POV)

I stormed out of my cabin and, without even thinking, climbed over the rail on the ship and dove into the water. It was the only way I could get away from Jaden. He's no where near as good a swimmer as I am and he doesn't like swimming when it's raining. I stayed under the water as long as I possibly could before the need to breathe kicked in and I had to surface.

I gasped in air as soon as my head broke the surface of the water. I pushed my hair out of my face and looked around. I wasn't too far from the ship but I doubt Jaden would have seen me in this rain. I had a bunch of anger to work off so I started swimming away from the ship and further into the open water.

"My brother is such a jerk." I muttered, over and over again. "He does whatever dad tells him to do." Jaden had said to me that dad had told him to keep an eye on me and watch out for me which, in other words, meant to make sure that there were no boys around me. Which is almost impossible when you think about it. I was my mother's child which didn't just mean I had power over the sea and it's creatures…it meant that I had an almost magnetic field around me that attracted members of the opposite sex to me. It was the looks…sultry but innocent, soft yet hard…something that, as I was learning, was what most men wanted.

I stopped swimming and looked around. Wow…I could swim fast when I was angry. Only problem was…I didn't feel like swimming back. I could still see the ship but it was a good distance away. Well…what was the purpose of having powers if you didn't use them once in a while? Now don't take this wrong…I don't misuse it. I learned from mum and I rarely use my powers on purpose.

I got back to the beach within a few minutes and thanked the dolphins that helped me. I changed on the ship, not willing to have Gramma yell at me for being soaked. I got to Gramma's just as she was serving dinner. Jaden didn't talk to me as I took my usual seat next to him. This wasn't extremely unusual but it wasn't something I was used to.

Dinner was quiet. We sat around for a while afterwards before Jaden got up and went to bed. A while later I started getting an uneasy feeling in my stomach, as if I was going to be sick. Surprisingly, and somewhat scarily, the scar left by Davy Jones seemed to be the source of a sudden bout of pain I was feeling.

"Ow!" I said. My hands slapped over the scar and I leaned forward slightly. "Ow, ow, ow."

"Lily?" Gramma asked, worried. She knelt in front of me and I blinked tears from my eyes. A few seconds later Jaden came barreling down the stairs, fear in his eyes.

"We have to leave as soon as possible!" He said. I looked up.

"Mum." I said.

Ok…so…before I start the next chapter just let me say one thing…

Sorry, Sorry, Sorry, Sorry, Sorry, Sorry, Sorry, Sorry, Sorry, Sorry, Sorry…a thousand and one times sorry for what I'm about to do.