-1Disclaimer: Don't own it, but how I wish I did. However, I do own the characters of Taylor and Maria! Yay!

A:N: Hey ya'll! Hope that everyone is enjoying the story so far. I know I am. Anyways, here's chapter 8. Thanks for all the reviews and for the people who put this on your favorite/alert lists! You guys rock! This chapter will feature: Taylor annoying Barbossa, The ship fight, and Maria/Will goodness, Maybe throwing in a little Taylor/Jack fluffiness too!

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Taylor's Point View

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"Oh, hey Jack." I said, not looking up from my nails that I was trying to get clean as said pirate walked past my hiding spot. He stopped where he was and turned on his heel to look up at me. Sighing, I leapt off of the ledge and landed somewhat clumsily in front of him. "How was that knock on the head. I hope it didn't bruise." I said sarcastically.

"No, I don't think any of my person was harmed, no thanks to the whelp. By the way, where is the whelp and Ms. Maria?" Jack asked, looking around me as if they would just jump out from behind a rock and yell surprise. Oh yes, because that is exactly what someone would do in a pirate cave where we were trespassing.

"Um, they took Ms. Swann and left to go back to the ship. Don't bother with the oars because the only one left is the one in your hand." I said to him. Jack huffed and crossed his arms awkwardly, considering he as still holding the oar. We stared at each other for a moment and I was about to speak when we heard voices coming closer. Jack looked around panicky and then started off in a direction that he thought would help him. I waited and then, realizing he wasn't going to help me save myself, followed him. As I rounded the corner I walked into to Jack, who had stopped and was now surrounded by undead pirates.

"You." The skinny pirate, I think Ragetti, said as he pointed up at Jack with a disbelieving face. "You're supposed to be dead." Pintel said, holding his knife dangerously close to where we were standing. Jack reached a hand back and started to push me back some, when I hit something else. I turned to face a rather large pirate, who grunted at me and held out his sword. I whimpered.

"Am I not?" Jack asked, faking surprise and patting himself down. He gave a small shrug and turned to walk away, when he was confronted by the same guy as I had been. He turned back to Pintel and Ragetti. "Palulay." He said, then gave a thoughtful look at me. I grinned and motioned for him to go ahead. "Pa-la-lu-li-la." The other pirates looked at him like he was insane and he gave a little 'oh, snap.' face. "Parlili. Parsley, parsnip, partner, partner." He started to mumble.

Ragetti looked like he had just had an epiphany as he shouted out, "Parley?" Jack gave a joyous little jump and I started to laugh at the surrounding pirates. They pointed their guns closer to me and I backed up into Jack. "Parley, Parley, Parley." I said, hesitantly and they lowered their weapons looking annoyed.

"That's the one! Parley!" Jack shouted. Pintel looked at Ragetti angrily.

"Parley?" He said to him, then he rounded on Jack, shaking his gun threateningly in his face. "Damn to the depths whatever man thought up 'parley.'" Pintel said, and I couldn't help myself when I jumped in on the next part.

"That would be the French." Everyone looked at me like I was a little child or something. "Jeez, tough crowd." The pirates didn't say anything as they led Jack and I to the little clearing where Barbossa would be meeting us. I was bouncing up and down trying to work off some of my energy, when someone gripped my arm, sending thrills up my spine. Of course, it was Jack.

"Now, luv, when we meet ol' Barbossa, let me do the talkin'. He won' take kindly to a women such as yerself." Jack said sternly, giving me a level stare. I glared at him, but nodded my head. It wasn't like I was going to listen anyways. I shrugged off Jack's hold, regretting it some when his chocolate eyes wouldn't meet my blue ones, and continued to bounce.

Next thing I know, the crowd was parting and Barbossa was walking down the row of people. "Hector!" I shouted, running over to hold out my hand to his. He didn't take it. "I've wanted to meet you for ages. You're a fantastic actor in real life." I said, picking up his hand and shaking it. He stared at me for a moment, but didn't respond. Suddenly I felt dirty as I felt his gaze following my body. I walked back over to where Jack was and stood as close as I could to him, wanting to shower and get out of Barbossa's gaze.

"How in the blazes did you get off that island?" Hector asked Jack, who leaned against the oar and gave Barbossa a smile that made my heart skip beats. I mean, that was somewhat annoying. Of course.

"When you marooned me on that godforsaken, spit of land," Jack started, waving his hands around in the air. I coughed and realized that I was standing by a literally smoking pirate. I moved away a bit and hid my nose and mouth in my folded arms. "You forgot one very important thing mate. I'm Captain Jack Sparrow."

"Ah well, I wont be makin' that mistake, again." Barbossa said, walking closer to Jack and practically breathing in his face. Didn't they know how to brush their teeth? I mean, I know they're pirates, but come on, that's just gross. Barbossa turned back to his crew. "Gents, you all remember Captain Jack Sparrow." There was a chorus of aye's that went up through the crowd. "Kill him." Barbossa said as he walked away. There were guns clicking and swords being drawn, when I felt someone's hand go around my mouth and another arm around my torso to stop me from struggling.

Squirming around was no use, seeing as the man was stronger than me, so I gave up my attempt and tried to listen to Jack and Barbossa. "The girl's blood didn't work, did it?" Jack asked/told them. Barbossa stopped and turned around, looking annoyed.

"Hold yer fire." He said to his men, who put their guns and swords away looking put out. "You know who's blood we need." Barbossa told him. Jack smiled, still swinging on that oar.

"I know who's blood you need." He said. Barbossa smiled a yellow tooth smile and grabbed Jack by the back of the jacket, pushing through the crowd with the rest of the pirates, and myself, followed. Well, not really followed in my case, more like stumbled seeing as the big pirate still had hold of me. Beginning my struggle anew, I threw my elbows and kicked out, but to no use. Finally, I opened my mouth and bit down on the hand that was holding me. Whoever was holding me, screamed out and let go, throwing me into one of the row boats as he did so. Wonder of wonders, I tipped it when I landed, and was dragged underneath by the boat.

Gasping as I reached the top again, I was greeted by laughing and a hand sticking out of one of the boats to help pull me back up. Looking up, I saw it was Jack's and he looked annoyed. I managed a small smile, grabbing his hand and climbing back into the rowboat. "Do try and be more careful, Taylor." He said coldly and I recoiled. O.k. maybe I should have listened to him about Barbossa, because he was mad now.

"I'm sorry Jack." I said quietly, but I got no response. Turning away, I looked back across the water at the fading cave and the growing ship of the Black Pearl on the horizon.

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Maria's Point of View

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I watched Elizabeth run out of the little room and Will put his head in his hands. Deciding that I wasn't really interrupting anything but Will moping, I walked in the room and sat down at the seat that Elizabeth had just occupied. Will didn't say anything as I took his hand in my own, but I did have something to say to him. "She loves you, you know." Will looked up at me and I smiled sadly at him.

"Excuse me?" Will asked, looking down at the hand that I was holding between my own. He made no moves to remove it, so I kept it there enjoying the warmth of it and reveling in the tingles coming from my own skin. I knew it wouldn't last though, so I put his hand back in his lap.

"Elizabeth." I said, grimacing as I said her full name and not the nickname. I had to do this, I told myself. "She loves you. If you cant tell, then you have to be pretty daft. Your not really a whelp are you?" I asked, trying to brighten his mood and my own. He gave a small chuckle but that's all.

"I think I love her too." He said and I tried to hold back the tears that were threatening my eyes. I would not cry. He didn't seem to notice my struggle though. "But, I don't know if I'm right for her. What about us, Maria?" He asked, tilting my chin up to look him in the eyes. How easy it would have been for me to just kiss him and tell him that he couldn't end up with Elizabeth, that she would only break his heart. Instead, I decided to do what was right. For him, at least.

"You love her, Will. I wont stand in the way." I said, taking his hands off of my face and getting up out of the chair. I didn't look back at him as I made my way back to the stairs, but I could tell his eyes were following. Could feel them burning into my back. I wiped my eyes hurriedly before I got onto the deck. Once outside, I climbed to the top of the crow's nest and settled back against the mast before fixing my stare on the sun. I closed my eyes and let the sound of the ocean and of the crew carry me into a semi-conscious state.

The next thing I know, someone was shaking me and all but giving me a heart attack. I opened my eyes to see Will, who was sitting in the crow's nest next to me. "What is it Will?" I asked, but he didn't say anything. I sighed and crossed my arms over my chest, bringing my knees up and laying my head on them.

"Do you remember what happened outside of the jail, the day we went to save Ms. Taylor and Sparrow?" Will asked. I didn't look up at him, but I nodded my head, thinking back to me telling him that we couldn't give up, telling him that he needed to save Elizabeth, knowing it was wrong, but kissing him anyways. " I was so upset that they weren't going to do anything to save Elizabeth, that I took you into danger with me. If it wasn't for me, than you wouldn't be here and you would be safe right now." I raised my head and looked at him. Did he not remember anything else?

"Uh, yeah. I know what I said, but it was just words. It wasn't that long ago anyways." I lied, trying to remain cool. In reality it had only been about three or four days ago, but to me it felt like forever. Suddenly, I wondered when we would go home. Would it be after the movie or would we stay here until the second one and then go home. I was confused, but I tried to forget about it as Will spoke again.

"Words, yes, but they meant so much to me when you said them." He moved closer and looked me straight in the eyes. As much as I wanted to stare into his eyes forever, I knew that I couldn't and I looked away. "They still mean so much to me, Maria." I turned to look at him, surprised that they even could still mean something and I was going to ask, but he began to speak again. "Do you remember what else happened that day?"

My breath hitched as his face came closer to mine. I closed my eyes and tilted my chin up, all the while my head was telling me that this was wrong and would end up turning out bad. My heart, though, was telling me to lose myself. So I did just that as Will's lips came crashing down to meet mine. His lips were rough and chapped, yet soft and gentle at the same time. I parted my lips when his tongue came out to rub across my bottom lip and I moaned when his hands went to my hair, angling my head to deepen the kiss more.

"Will," I said, my hands ghosting up his arms, drawing goose bumps. "We shouldn't do this." Even as I said this, my hands locked across his neck and I sighed into another kiss. My body felt like liquid as he gently caressed his lips on mine. My fingers played with the hair at the nape of his neck, and I felt him shiver against me.

Suddenly, the ship was rocked around as it hit a wave and we broke apart, each of us panting and scrambling for the walls of the crow's nest so we weren't thrown over board. I looked at Will as the knowledge of what we did and what it could do for his relationship with Elizabeth. "Maria, I…" Will started but I waved him away. This time, though, he did see me cry.

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Taylor's Point Of View

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"Apparently there's a leak." I heard as the door opened to the cell and Jack was pushed through. The door was shut and locked again and I sat up straighter, watching as Jack walked over to a small port hole in the side of the ship. Sighing, I got up and walked over to where he was standing.

"What did Barbossa say?" I asked him. He looked over at me, then back out the hole again. "Come on, Jack. Stop being a baby." I huffed, feeling angry that he was going to get mad over something like this. He didn't say anything, just watched out of that hole. "You know what? You are one of the most idiotic people I know. No one, not even Maria, would get mad about something stupid like this. You're beginning to sound like my mother." I said, knowing that I could get an answer out of that.

Yet again, though, he stayed silent and stubborn. "Ugh!" I cried out angrily and I walked over to him, pulling him out of the way and looking out the hole myself. "There is nothing interesting going on out there. They're just lightening the ship." I said and stood up straight as I stood in front of him. He was still taller than me, but I managed to look intimidating. At least, that's what I thought. "Speak, Sparrow." I told him. He didn't say anything, so I did the only thing left for me to do. I finally and without interruption, kissed him.

If I thought I would have some type of control over this, I was sadly mistaken. As soon as my lips touched his, he responded immediately by pushing me up against the wall of the ship and holding my hands to my sides. I gasped into the kiss when his tongue flicked into my mouth, exploring over my teeth and over the roof of my own mouth.

When he brought his mouth off mine, I took in a breath, letting it out as he attacked my throat with his teeth and mouth. "Jack." I said, but he gave no acknowledgement that I had said anything. He groaned when I pulled on his hair with my fingers and I lost all my senses when he nipped at the place where my shoulder and neck met.

Whether it was by my own accord or it was just by the fact that the ships were now in battle, but either way we were thrown back from the wall and onto the ground by force. Jack's arms came around me and he rolled over me to shield me from the debris falling everywhere. When he got up and saw the side of ship, he looked at incredulously. "Stop blowin' holes in my ship!" He yelled out, but I was still staring at him, running my fingers over my lips.

I was astounded and more frustrated than I already had been. I think Maria had been right about all the sexual tension. He was playing with Gibbs' flask when he saw that the door had been bust open. He smiled and walked over, opening the door hesitantly, then walking out. I sat on the floor and watched him still, not getting out to even join the battle. He sighed and walked back in to the cell, grabbing my hands and pulling me up with him. "Luv, we'll talk later." He said before kissing me, lingering for a moment before dragging me with him up the stairs and out the door.

Outside the battle was raging on. I looked over to the other boat and saw Maria using her fists instead of any weapons. "Maria! You rock!" I yelled over at her, and she glanced over at me and smiled at me, pulling her fist back and aiming it at some angry pirates head. "Jack, I'm goina stay over on this boat." I said, but when I looked back, Jack was already swinging over to the next boat. I wanted to go over there, but I was to clumsy and would probably end up in the water.

I walked over to some of the different pirates and hovered near them. "I don't think you should do that." I said to the pirate that was permanently on fire. He grunted at me, but changed the way he was doing the cannons. I smirked and walked over to the another pirate. "Excuse me, could you show me where the loo is?" I asked. They looked at me and I was about to ask again, when someone on the next boat over hit the pirate with a cannon ball. "Alrighty than." I said.

The next thing I know, I'm being grabbed and shoved over to where the pirates were holding Jack's crew. Elizabeth and Barbossa stared at each other and I couldn't help what slipped out next.

"Ooh. Look at all that sexual tension."

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Hey everybody! I hope you liked that chapter. So it took me forever to write and it's not really my favorite, but I did get some Will/Maria and Jack/Taylor in there so just be happy. Lol Anyways, thanks again for reading and you know what to do now. Review, Review, Review!

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Baby Blue Eyes 10