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Chapter 7

Carmen's POV

I woke up sore, tired, angry, and hungry. I saw Jack commanding his crew. However, I noticed that he avoided talking to the members of the crew who had previously known me. God, I hated him so much. It was then that I noticed sitting on the sand alone; I had seen everything that had happened to him the night before with his new wife. He loved her, and she betrayed him, I hated her too. Gibbs was a nice man, and she missed out on a great wife. I approached him.

"Hello, . How are you?" I asked gently.

He looked up at me with depressed eyes, "I really thought she was the one, I mean, I was totally smitten. Why did she do that to me?"

"'Cuz she's a bitch that's why."

"But I thought she loved me."

I sighed and sat down next to Gibbs and said, "She doesn't deserve you, and one day you'll find a woman worthy of you. Someone who won't betray you. And do you know why? Because you are a truly amazing man, ."

Gibbs stared at me, then wrapped his arms around me, giving me a great bear hug, "You're truly an amazing girl, Carmen Sparrow, and you don't need to sell your body to find love."

I smiled and nodded. I loved Gibbs like I would a father, and since I never met my own father, he was a perfect match. That was when I saw Jack approaching us shyly.

"Um... Carmen? After searching for five hours, we found ten nonpoisonous berries, and I want you to have them."

I was confused, "What about you? What about the crew?"

Jack shifted from foot to foot, "I want ya ta have them 'cause you're my little sister, and I love you. I'd die before any harm comes to you."

I smiled, "Jack, are you trying to apologize?"

"I guess so, yeah."

I got up and hugged him, "Oh, Jack, I forgive you! But I don't want to take a meal from everyone, so if there are twenty of us, we can each eat half a berry."

"What?!" Pintel exclaimed, "We'll all starve!"

"It's better than nothing, isn't it?" I asked.

"Well, yeah..."

"Good, then it's settled!"

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An hour later, the whole crew was savoring our half berry. Trust me, when your starving, you'll eat anything. After we had viciously inhaled our "meal," we sat around the fire, and talked about the situation.

"It's best ta build a hugish fire, and hope that a friendly pirate passes by an' they can pick us up," my brother suggested.

"An' what if a Navy ship picks us up instead? What then?" Barbossa asked.

"It won't hurt if we try, though," I suggested, "After all, this island is barren, but with enough trees to start a fire. I say we go for it. It's not like we have a choice."

Barbossa looked proud of me, "For a woman, you're pretty intelligent, Miss Sparrow."

I smiled, "Thank you Captain Barbossa. For a pirate, you're pretty polite yourself."

The meeting ended with the agreement to start a fire. We disbanded, and I sat next to Ragetti.

"Hey, Rags. I just wanted to say thanks. You're a good man, for a pirate."

"Thanks fo' what?"

"For everything, you were my first friend on the Black Pearl, and you saved me from Sam. You're a good man."

"Thanks Carmen you are a good woman yerself."

"No, I'm not. I mean, what do you call a woman who sells her body?"

"O' course yer a great woman! You're smart, funny, an' yer beautiful..." Ragetti stopped and looked embarrassed.

I laughed, "Thanks Rags. I think you're a wonderful man for too many reasons to count." I pulled him into a hug, and we stayed that way, watching the sunset.

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The next day, we started the fire, and waited. Eventually, a ship started to sail toward us. I could feel all our hopes rising.

Jack exclaimed, "That's me dad's ship!"

"So they're not enemies? "Murtogg asked.

I started to feel a little bit queasy, I had never met my dad and I was nervous.

Jack put his hand on my shoulder, "Don't worry, Carmen. Dad will love you. I promise."

I sure hoped he did.

The ship let down a ladder, and we climbed aboard. Our father, Captain Teague, looked somewhat similar to me and Jack.

He clapped Jack on the back, "I see you've gotten yerself into trouble again, Jackie. Hmm... The usual crew I see. I haven't seen you in two years. Oh, who is this lass right here? She looks like you. Is she your daughter?"

"Um... no, Dad. This is your daughter. You haven't seen her since she was three years old!"

My father looked shocked, "Oh... I didn't know." He stepped back to look at me, then grinned, "I do make a lovely-looking daughter, do I?"

We all laughed at that. Then Teague swept me up into his arms and hugged me, "Oh, Carmen. You are absolutely beautiful! I know the men must think the same as well." I smiled.

Father then let me go, and announced, "You must be hungry. I will have dinner ready in a few minutes. I'll take out the rum in the meantime, though."

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My father had a really great cook on board, and everything tasted delicious. Of course, I had lots and lots of rum. Which was a bad idea because Ragetti had the same amount of rum as I did. You can imagine how surprised I was when I woke up in bed, naked right next to Ragetti. I rolled over and looked at him, and screamed my ears off. Then he woke up and screamed.

Then the entire crew came running into our room. Jack and my dad looked horrified. They both screamed at the top of their lungs, "WHAT THE HELL IS GOING ON HERE?!"

Rags and I were so dead.