Together (Henry Turner)

08

Aria stood in front of the wheel on the balcony, overlooking the ship as a light breeze blew through her red hair. The night was dark and the stars were shinning. Barbossa's crew was busy doing work around the ship.

Jack was tied at the front of the ship. "The only safe place is the land! Why are we going away from the land?" He called aloud. Even over the sound of the waves hitting along the Pearl, Aria was still able to hear him.

She gave a little laugh and turned around to see Henry and Carina tied up as well while Barbossa studied a map on a desk with one of his crew members who was steering the ship.

"Captain! Your map is in complete. I can take us to the trident if you'd only trust me." Carina called to him.

Aria walked over to her friends with a little smile on her face. "Come on, Hector. Let my friend's go." She rested her hands on the table, looking at the map then at his face. "You trust me and I trust them which is a perfect reason why you should trust them as well."

"You sound like Jack more and more every time I see you." He glanced at her to give a little smirk.

"I'll take that as a compliment." She gave a proud grin. Barbossa knew how Aria looked up to Jack as a father. It was the first thing he learned about her a year after she met Jack. Jack never knew of this secret except for Barbossa which Aria looks too as an uncle. The two shared a bond shortly after their first encounter with each other that hasn't fade away.

"I'll think about it." Barbossa said to Aria who gave a little nod of appreciation. Looking back down at the map, he went back to talking with Carina. "So you'd be saying that star is pretending to be a map." Carina leaned back, closing her eyes in frustration as she groaned.

"Sir, there is no island on this map or on any map to support what the women said." Said the crew member steering the ship, looking over at the map.

"Captain, you don't have to understand her, just believe her." Henry called, struggling against his restraints.

Barbossa ignored his comment and continued looking on the map. Aria pushed herself off of the desk and walked over to her friends. The red head crossed her arms over her chest, titling her head forward as she looked at them.

"You seem to be in a good mood." Henry commented as he looked at her.

The red head shrugged. "I guess so." She smiled at him.

"She had rum." Barbossa called over his shoulder to them.

"I did not!" Aria scoffed.

"Ye did too, I saw you taking a few sips from the bottle I gave you, lass." Barbossa rolled his eyes as he used his magnifying glass on the map.

She rolled her eyes and gave a mischievous smile. "Okay fine I did, I need it. Sue me!"

"Why are you smiling like that?" Carina asked suspiciously.

"What are you talking about? This is how I smile." Aria motioned her smile with her hands.

"No, you only smile like that when you're about to do something." Carina raised an eyebrow, giving a little smirk.

Aria paused for a moment before groaning in defeat. "Fine you caught me." Pulling out her sword, she cut them free of the ropes that were around their waist. She walked over to Carina and cut the ropes off of her wrist. Giving her friend a wink, she moved to Henry. The red head stood in front of him, looking into his soft brown eyes for a moment before taking a step closer to grab a hold of the ropes tied around his wrists. As her eyes moved down, his remained on her face. Looking at her lips, he couldn't help but bite his bottom lip, wising he could've kissed them.