A Father for Alayna Sparrow Chapter 2

After Alayna left her home, she walked down towards the docks and lied down in the sand. She slept for a few hours until she heard the hollers and screams coming from the streets and pubs. It was so different being here than being in Port Royal. In Port Prince most people were drunk 24/7. In Port Royal it was so quiet and proper.

Alayna went to the water and splashed her face, trying to ease the sting in her face that she still felt. Also to get any dirt off her face. She decided to go visit Garrett. While walking towards the opening of the forest trail, she noticed Captain Jack Sparrow looking around and entering the trail himself…

GARRETT's POV

"Garrett, I need to talk to you," Garrett's father, Will, called from down the stairs.

"Yeah, okay, be right down!" Garrett called from his room, tucking in his white shirt into his pants.

"You know this isn't fair to make him choose," Elizabeth whispered harshly to her husband.

"It doesn't look good to have a pirate girl climbing through his window at odd hours of the morning, Elizabeth. He's found himself a suitable wife and I don't want him to mess this up," Will said simply.

"I think you forget that we were once involved with piracy, dear Will," Elizabeth said sweetly.

"That was a long time ago, and we were almost killed for it," Will replied.

"Well did you ever consider that our son likes this girl?" Will looked up at his wife sternly.

"No, that's… no he doesn't," He said trying to convince himself.

"Remember this, William, I chose you, over Norrington, the man that my father wanted me to marry, and I still chose you," Elizabeth said plainly.

"And you must remember Elizabeth that we are in an agreement with Mary's parents. This was a planned marriage," Will said and Elizabeth stopped, thought and nodded solemnly. She walked out of the room with her head down, almost ashamed of the decision they had made 17 years ago.

"You wanted to see me?" Garrett asked shuffling into the room.

"Yes, we need to talk about you and Mary, and Alayna. Are you going to ask Mary to marry you?" Will asked, but Garrett was unsure of the answer.

"Well, I don't know, I didn't think I had to know this yet, I mean, I don't know," Garrett replied, slightly taken aback.

"Well, you're 17, and you know about the agreement, and it doesn't look good if Alayna is coming over late in the night and early in the morning," Garrett became silent and looked around awkwardly.

"She's my friend, father,"

"I know, it's just, when you get married, you really don't have a lot of female friends after that. Your wife should be your best friend, and support," Will replied, patting his son on the back.

"Well it wasn't my agreement to marry her," Garrett replied sternly.

"It was a decision your mother and I, and her parents made. They need this marriage to happen, or her parents will die and leave Mary with absolutely nothing," Will replied.

"What If I just don't marry at all?" Garrett retorted.

"You will get married Garrett, that's final," Will said angrily.

"This is ridiculous," Garrett said and stormed out of the house.

ALAYNA'S POV

Alayna followed Jack Sparrow through the woods and watched him stumble along the path. He looked as though he knew where he was going even if there wasn't a path in the woods. Alayna tried to be very quiet through the woods so he wouldn't see her. Unfortunately her clumsiness got the best of her. She stepped on a small branch which snapped in half when she stepped on it. Jack Sparrow turned around quickly. Alayna froze in place. She looked at him wide eyed.

"Girl, are you following me?" the man asked turning around and walking cautiously towards her. Alayna sprinted. She ran past him as fast as she could and kept going.

"No, wait, stop!" She heard Jack Sparrow calling behind her. She sprinted out of the forest and along the beach. She saw Garrett skipping rocks by the shore. He smiled when he first saw her, until he saw her sprinting towards him.

When Alayna reached him she grabbed his shirt and pulled him behind some row boats.

"Shhhhh be quiet,"

"Are you being chased or something?" He asked worried.

"I don't know," Alayna responded, panting for breath. She peeked over the boat to see Jack Sparrow come running out of the woods and looking around, squinting his eyes at the sunlight.

"Now I know why you sprinted," Garrett commented. The two watched Jack look around for a few minutes, murmur something, and walk past their hiding spot towards town. The summer breeze played with Alayna's hair and oversized white blouse. She wished she could just stay there, away from Angelica and Black Beard and even this man, Jack Sparrow, whom she didn't even know. Looking behind her, Alayna saw a new world. Small waves crashed along the sandy beach line. There were two large royal ships docked at the port. Beyond the docks, there was endless blue ocean and a pure blue skyline.

Alayna sighed heavily turning towards the ocean and sitting. Garrett turned around as well and sat down next to her.

"My father doesn't want me to see you anymore," Garrett said. Alayna looked at him, slightly hurt. Garrett just looked at her and smiled, "Well you didn't think that was going to stop me from seeing you, did it?" He playfully punched Alayna on the shoulder.

"Don't scare me like that!" Alayna breathed a sigh of relief and pushed Garrett to the side and got up.

"So what brings you here today, in the middle of the day no less?" Garrett asked slightly confused.

"Last night after I left your house I went back to mine and Angelica was there. We got into an argument and Black Beard, the world's best grandfather, hit me. So I…"

"He HIT you?" Garrett asked grabbing Alayna's shoulders and looking at her concerned.

"Yes, so then I left the house and slept outside for a few hours and now I'm here," Alayna finished but Garrett wasn't entirely listening.

"I still can't believe he would hit you, Alayna," He responded.

"Yeah, well, it happens in the pirate world," Alayna said shrugging her shoulders. Garrett let go of her shoulders and half smiled.

"Alright, well, I don't have much time… I'm supposed to be with Mary, Lacy and Jonathan today, sort of a double courting day,"

"Oh yeah, that's no problem, in fact I think I see them, right over there," Alayna said looking past Nathan towards the other end of the beach. There were three other young adults, one boy and two girls.

"Yes, that's them, I'm really sorry, Alayna. You can come with us if you'd like?" Garrett said trying to make her feel better.

"No, no don't be absurd. Look at me my pants are muddy and disgusting as well as this white blouse, which is no longer really white," Alayna laughed and so did Garrett. Then he looked back at Mary then back at Alayna. He suddenly got very serious.

"I may ask Mary to marry me today, my father and mother are really counting on us getting married, it was planned when we were both conceived," Garrett said solemnly. Alayna nodded her head. She understood , Garrett had once told her this arrangement before.

"I'm sorry that you were not given the opportunity to choose, Garrett," Alayna said sympathetically. She couldn't imagine knowing that she had to get married to a specific person.

"Me too," Garrett looked down. Alayna smiled and shook her friend reassuringly.

"She's a wonderful girl Garrett, you two will be happy together. Now, go get your woman," Alayna said pushing him away from her and towards Mary and the others. Garrett turned back once and stuck his tongue out at her.

"Good luck, Garrett!" she called out. She watched him walk away. She saw the happy look on Mary's face when she saw him coming towards her. Alayna only smiled. Then she decided there was nothing left for her to do in Port Royal, and that she couldn't just walk around or she'd get stared at the entire day. So she walked back towards the opening to the trail, picking up a single rock and skipping it across the surface of the ocean, enjoying the ripples it made in the water.

GARRETT'S POV

Garrett looked back again to see if Alayna was looking at him too, but she was walking towards the opening to the trail. He stood for a moment watching her walk away. He felt a pretty bad that she had to go back to Port Prince and back to Black Beard.

"Garrett!" Garrett heard Mary call his name from behind and he turned around and within two seconds Mary was jumping into his arms, literally. He caught her just in time and smiled.

"Well hello there," Garrett said pecking Mary on the lips. She smiled sweetly and he let her down. Lacy and Jon were walking hand in hand.

"What are we doing today?" Lacy asked and Mary nodded in unison.

"Well how about lunch at the hotel then a walk along the beach?" Jon suggested. Garrett double checked to make sure he had money with him. Garrett nodded in approval and watched Mary's face gleam. Mary had strawberry blonde hair, freckles, blue eyes and a cute, round face. She was skinny as a rail, or that was just her corset working its magic. He had never seen her hair down before; she always wore it up in a bun. He had also never seen her without some sort of make up on. What if she was really ugly to wake up to in the morning?

Don't be such a jerk, Jesus, Garrett thought. He shook those rude thoughts from his head and held out his arm for Mary to take. The two couples made their way to the hotel. It was a large, white building with an outdoor dining area that was covered by the balcony to the second story of the hotel. The one thing Garrett loved about this hotel was that it had an amazing view of the ocean.

Jon and Garrett pulled their dates chair's back and the ladies sat down delicately. Lacy and Mary immediately took their napkins and properly unfolded them and set them in their lab. The two then proceeded to untied their hate and place them neatly next to their table settings. This routine, along with many others, were always the same, Garrett had been seeing them since he could remember.

"Are you alright, Garrett?" Mary asked placing her hand on top of his. Garrett hadn't noticed he was staring off towards the ocean.

"Yes, I'm fine, thank you," Garrett replied, the same Yes, I'm fine, thank you, that he had rehearsed and said over a million times. There was a time that all Garrett was concerned about was being the perfect future husband, strong, good work ethic, able to provide for his wife and kids. He wanted a normal life, a house in Port Royal, his parents would be over to see the kids, all that stupid shit.

Looking at the ocean, he remembered the first time Alayna came to his window in the middle of the night. It was way back when they were 13. It was about midnight and he heard a light tapping on his window. When he woke up, he saw Alayna sitting there, smiling brightly in the moonlight. He panicked, wondering how the hell she had gotten up there since it was the second story and it was the middle of the night. He jumped up from bed and opened the window to let her in.

"What are you doing here?" He asked Alayna.

"Visiting you, obviously! Come on, let's go down to the beach!" Alayna said pulling his arm.

"What? Are you insane? It's the middle of the night!" He said looking at her like she had three heads.

"Your point is?" Alayna asked still smiling and laughing, she was half climbing out the window and still pulling him.

"What if my parents find out?" Garrett whispered harshly.

"They won't! Come on, they're asleep the whole town is asleep, which is really weird for me to see since I live in a pirate port and all," Alayna was going on a rant and Garrett held his hand up.

"So wait, you really walked all the way from your home in Port Prince to here, the governor's old house?" Garrett asked.

"Yes, we established that, now come on we're losing time!" Alayna said trying to hurry him. Garrett looked around his empty room, shook his head and followed Alayna down the vine fence attached to his house and the two ran to the beach. Alayna was dancing and spinning in circles the entire time. She reminded him of a free bird.

"GARRETT?" He heard Mary shouting….