Another week passed, and the insufferable silence between Him and Alastia was killing him. He tried to ignore the gnawing of pain but it was too much.

He gazed at her from across the deck watching every rivet o' curl flow down her back as she sat atop a barrel, swinging her feet, laughing as Darred tried to cheer up the same solemn soul like his.

Why couldn't thing be the way they were before, before that moment of love, before that mistake.

Jack stopped his rambling thoughts to give the statement some thought.

Was it a mistake? Heated quarrel gone wrong? Years of friendship acted out in the wrong way.

Jack didn't think so. He had these intense churning deep within him every time he saw her figure.

Jack somehow found his way walking over to Alastia before je fully knew what he was doing.

Two pairs of eyes stared at him. One a beautiful chocolate brown.

"'Ello! What bring you roun this side of the ship?" Alastia smiled laughing a little bit.

"Hey Alastia. Hey Darred." Jack said a bit surprised at Alastia's reaction.

The deck was filled with crewmen doing various duties. It was too crowded to talk.

Jack tried to play it off.

"I saw something prett' cool down in the y' might like it." Jack said with a half smile pointing his thumb towards the hatch.

"N' thanks I'm talking t' Darred." Alastia said a little cold, turning her head back to Darred.

He wasn't going to quit.

He reached and put his hand on her shoulder, Alastia's head snapped back towards Jack, her eyes serious and had lost their playfulness, although a smile remained on her face.

Darred had caught sight of what seemed like a demonic presence around the grinning girl.

"I uhh... forgot t' do weapons check, them swords don' shine themselves aye. We'll talk later, Alas." Darred said nervously, trying to escape before those sharp dagger eyes aim for him. Jack suddenly regretted his life upto this point as Darred stumbles off.

"Wot is it?" Alastia asked after her means of ignoring Jack ran off.

"Jus' go see for yourself." Jack took his hand off of her and and pointed at the floor hatch once again. With a sigh, Alastia stood up and made her way over, standing in front of the hatch. She crossed her arms, and for several seconds there was silence while Jack looked at her in confusion.

"Ar-aren't ya gonna open it?" Jack muttered.

"This be your show n' tell, you do it." Alastia said as she smiled at him, slightly irritated. Jack gives up and opens it for her.

"Want me to carry you if it's too hard t' walk?" Jack asked with sass in his voice.

"Why not?" Alastia continue to show her devilish grin. She was attempting to get on his nerves, which Jack was almost falling for. Then Jack walked in front of her and picked her up over his shoulder; even if they were around the same height, Jack was still stronger.

"Why I- let meh go right now, Jack!" Alastia complained, trying to kick around to wiggle free and beat on his back. Jack remained silent with a smirk on his face as he walked down the steps and closed the hatch. Below the deck was barely lit, except the hatch window and the few cracks that let in light. Alastia grit her teeth and crossed her arms in anger as Jack carried her down the steps. He puts her down on the floor, Alastia keeping the same pose and now looking Jack with burning eyes.

"You betta hav' a good reason for doin' that, and make it fast before I attack ya." She threatens as she taps her foot in irritation.

"Now now, put th' claws away. I brought ya down here t' talk." Jack said in a serious tone.

"Talk?" Alastia resisted the urge to be smart mouthed with her curiosity getting the best of her.

"Talk. Like normal talk."

"I'm listening." She became less tense while Jack tensed up.

"Well um... Th' weather is quite lovely aye...?" He pitifully put together the question.

"Jack!" Alastia stomped, making Jack jump up.

"Its about wots been goin' on for a while now. I'm sorry." He said, looking down to the floor.

"Sorry for wot?"

"I don' know, I just thought I was supposed t' say that n' everythin' would be betta."

"Supposed too!? You don' even know why you're apologizin' and then want things to be all fixed jus' like that!" Alastia snapped at Jack's answer.

"Wot am I supposed to do then!?" He yelled back, but looked at her with desperate eyes.

"Understand." Alastia said as she clentched her anger away, regretting her sudden verbal attack. At least he was trying to fix things, just not in a good way. Her response made Jack go silent, processing that one word in his head as he looked back down to the ground.

"I jus- I jus' dunno wot to think of ya, Jack... Ever since that night, you jus' abandoned me, then you ignored me, I don' exist t' ya now that you've had your way with me. You're just a selfish man, Jack." Alastia hissed, giving Jack a sad stare.

"That's not true. I avoided ya because I didn't know wot to think, wot you would think. That night was special to me, but I messed up. Screwed up bad when I ran away that mornin'. I was scared how you'd react when you woke, an' I jus..." Jack stopped himself, he couldn't form the words for some reason.

"Jus' wot? I don' believe you for a second, Jack. You're probably followin' the cap'ns example jus' because he's your dad. Bein' greedy, takin' wot ya want without carin' for others, even if it hurts them." Alastia continued, her anger surfacing again.

"I do care about you!" Jack shouted out at her, he wasn't giving up, but what Alastia said burned him greatly.

"I left that mornin' before you woke, there's no escapin' that. An' I did try to avoid you. I understood the cold attitude and the glares ya gave me, ya had every right. But I cared about you every second, jus' as I did before or after or whenever. You don' have to believe me, but at least you can't say I tried an' failed for nothin', because I do it for you." Jack was pleading a bit, but it was his honest thoughts. Alastia fell silent, and took his words into her hurt heart.

"Only you. Everything thing I ever done has been only for you, since we met. Just think about it. Realize it well that everything since then, my time with you, that I've dedicated more than jus' time, more than jus' effort, to you. It sure does hurt me more that it seems like you never realized it yourself." He continued on, starting to feel slightly mad at her, and trying to turn the tables in this situation.

"I'm sorry..." Alastia whispered these words as she looked to the ground in disappointment.

"An' another thing, I-... Wot?" Jack was ready to go at it some more before those words escaped her lips.

"You're jus' tryin' to make yourself the hurt one here, but you're right. I never actually saw that, never saw that wot you did meant more. Takin' me in when your dad said no, spendin' nights with me, takin' me on adventures, treatin' me like a normal person, an' a lot treatin' meh like an omen or hold animal like other pirates migh' see fit. So much more... I'm sorry..." Alastia almost looked like she was about to cry, she felt stupid for treating Jack like that, when he's always going out of his way for her, way before that special night, when they would just spend time normally.

"I was afraid things would change after that, but I jus' want to still do all those things and be together. Jus' you, me, an' the vast ocean. All I care about is you, an' you're all I ever want." Jack bluntly puts, these words being forced out of him so Alastia stop getting the wrong idea or interpret his feelings toward. The two kids fell silent, as the footsteps from above and the water from below echo.

Jack suddenly heard quiet sobbing, and looked at Alastia, seeing her grit her teeth as she tried to hold in her tears. All she wanted was for them to be together, and the situation between her and Jack made her realize she was alone again, she couldn't bare it. Alastia felt warmth wrap around her, sniffling as Jack had his arms wrapped around her and held her. The two stayed still for seconds, taking in each others warm embrace as the crew continued to run around above them and the ship continued to sail.