★ A Sparrows Tale

( 5- AfterMath )

It was morning in the Caribbean, it was cloudy, but sunny. It looked like it was going to rain sometime in the afternoon. Jack and Angelica were still sleeping. Gibbs was walking toward the door and knocked "Cap'n? Ye alright? Yer sleeping in later then usual so I just wanted to make sure everythings fine." He said as he tried to listen for any movement, "And I just wanted to let ye know that me and the crew haven't seen Angelica yet, shes not in her bed." He listened for any movement once again and didnt hear anything, he waited about 2-3 minutes before opening the door and seeing the two of them sleeping together. He quickly closed the door, accidently making it loud and Jack quickly woke up. He was still half asleep but he got up and stretched, looking back at Angelica to see if she was awake. She was peacefully sleeping, Jack kissed her on the cheek before putting his shirt, pants and jacket on and walked out of his cabin.

He was out of his cabin, walking toward the railing and leaning on it facing the sea. He was still tired, but he wouldn't let that stop him from doing his duties. He almost fell overboard but he snapped out of it. "Are you alright, Jack?" Gibbs walked over to him "You don't look it-" "I'm fine!" Jack growled, "Jack I know you're not fine, you almost fell overboard and you sound tired." Gibbs sighed, "but if you don't want to tell me thats alright, just want to know that you're okay mate." Gibbs started to walk away as Jack turned around "I-Im just tired, thats all." Jack yawned, Gibbs turns back around "then why dont you go lay down?" He questioned "I- erm- uh- I- it- its a long story" Jack stuttered as he started to get embarrassed, "Yer blushin' Jack" Gibbs smirked, Jack narrows his eyes "Don't look at me like that" "So you and Angelica are an item now, eh?" Gibbs smirked again, Jack just looked at him "... what now?" "I was the one who accidently slammed the door... sorry about that" Jack just gave him a blank stare before sighing "... I-I... I wouldn't really call us an 'item' but uh... I-I sup-suppose?" Jack got embarrassed as he covered his face with his hat, trying not to make it obvious , "I see...where is she again?" Gibbs asked, "She- shes uh..." Jack got quiet for a moment "Shes in my bed..." Gibbs raised an eyebrow "Y-ye two didn't-" "We did..." Gibbs was shocked "YOU DID?!" Gibbs yelled "Shut up!!, dont wake her up dammit!" Jack hissed, "And yes... we did. It just... happened, y'know?"

There was footsteps inside the cabin, Jack and Gibbs looked over and saw Angelica walking out in her usual clothing. They both looked at each other, then Angelica. Angelica notices them and waves, they wave back, then look at each other again.

Few hours go by and its the afternoon. It looks like its about to rain. Jack is steering the ship witha bottle of rum in his hand, as per usual. He can't get his mind off of what him and Angelica did, he just can't believe it. He takes a sip of his rum. Its been a few months since Angelica joined the crew, the crew loves her so far.

Gibbs walks up to Jack holding a bottle of rum "So, what be our headin', Cap'n?" Jack takes out his compass and it points to Angelica's direction and quickly closes it "I- uh...." He pauses for a second, but then goes quiet. Gibbs raises an eyebrow. "Tortuga?" He answers in a nervous tone. "Tortuga? We were just at Tortuga, are you feeling okay Cap'n?" Gibbs remarked, seeing Jack's cheeks go red. Jack quickly answers "Im fine! Just sail for uh- Tortuga dammit!". "Alright, Alright". Gibbs thinks to himself "It's got to be that Seville woman of his, he never acts this way on a daily basis. Ever since blackbeards offspring came back into his life its like hes a whole new person. And not having a headin'? Shes got Jack vexed."