Challenging a Sparrow (revised)

disclaimer: I don't own Pirates of The Caribbean, I'm a fan who likes to make up stories about her favourite characters. Aggie, however is an original character.

Recommended music for this Chapter

Laura – Nobody's Girl

Courtney Jaye – Can't Behave

Damone – You and I

Previously: Jack takes Aggie aboard the Pearl introducing her as his latest conquest. Aggie's father finds out about her and Patrick's wedding. Patrick is actually a member of Commodore Raven's crew, a dangerous man who is after Aggie because she swiped the Eye of Fatum from under his nose. Meanwhile Jack takes the Eye of Fatum away from Aggie but offers her a way to earn it back.

Chapter four: Unexpected

Aggie stared at Jack. Time had seem to stop, and the world around them had seemed to stop existing.

"I wouldn't let you kiss me if I were unconscious!" Aggie yelled as she slammed her fist into the desk.

"and furthermore... Ow that hurt!" Jack chuckled.

"I think ye have an anger management problem pet." he said with an amused smirk as he watched her blow on her fist.

"That's not funny Sparrow!"

"Ye want me to kiss it better pet?" He winked suggestively. Her eyes darted up to meet his.

"You stay away from me Sparrow." she turned to leave but stopped in her tracks after only two steps. Jack arched and eyebrow, wondering if she had changed her mind. Suddenly she launched herself at him grabbing for the Eye.

"Give it back Sparrow!" she yelled as he held it out of range, she simply stepped over him trying to get it. The chair wobbled a bit.

"Watch it pet!" To late. With chair and all they fell on the floor. Jack cursed as his head bounced of the floor and Aggie landed on top of him. She hadn't noticed much but felt victoriously as she looked at the pendant in her hand. When she realised she was straddling the pirate she blushed. Jack looked up at her with a grin as he planted his hands on her hips to keep her in place.

"I always figured you'd want to be on top." he said with a cocky grin.

"Let go of me!" Aggie yelled as she tried to get away from him.

"How's about that kiss first?" he said very amused.

"I'm not the one who hit his head on the floor Sparrow." Jack chuckled. "Now let go."

"Give me the pendant first." he ordered.

"No, it's mine."

"Then I'm not letting you up luv."
"You can't stay on the floor forever." Aggie told him. "You have to eat at some point."

"I can feast off of the feel of your thighs wrapped straddling me waist. Feels very nice." Aggie's face turned a fierce shade of red.

"Jack let go!" she squealed.

"Ah, we're on a first name basis now? I guess that we are pretty close now." he teased. "Continue wriggling luv." Aggie let out a high pitched growl of frustration.

"Jack the pendant is mine!"

"That why I'm offering you a choice pet. A kiss, or the pendant."

-o-o-o-

Patrick watched as Will asked around the tavern if anybody had seen Sparrow. He was preoccupied. A very nice looking tavern wench had caught his eye and she had been smiling at him from her place on another man's lap. He stood up and walked over when Will grabbed his arm.

"Have you had any luck?" the blacksmith asked. Hiding his frustrated frown Patrick shook his head.

"Nothing."

"Me neither."

"Maybe we should talk to a different kind of crowd." Patrick suggested, repressing a grin.

"What do you mean?"

"Well, we've been talking to mangy cats and cut-throats, Sparrow was a ladies man right? Perhaps we should talk to some of the girls." Will seemed to contemplate the thought for a while.

"You're right." he said. "You ask those girls." he said pointing to the right side of the tavern. "And I'll ask them." and he walked away. Pat grinned as he walked over to the girls he had set his mind on.

"Evening miss. Can I have a word with ye for a while?" he asked the redhead. Scarlett giggled.

"Can't you see the lady is busy." The man on who's lap she sat said as he wrapped his arms tightly around his company. "Aren't you toots?" Scarlett just leaned into the man's slobbering kiss on her collarbone.

"I can assure you miss, I can make this evening much more worthwhile then that gentleman." he said as he showed her a full pouch of money.

"Excuse me honey. Let me just talk business with this gentleman and I'll be back for you later." the man tightened his grip on the woman once again.

"Rum's on the house when I'm gone." That was enough. Scarlett got off of the man's lap and followed Patrick up the stairs.

Scarlett squealed with amusement as Pat forced her up against the wall of their room.

"I love a man who takes charge." she moaned as she nibbled on his earlobe, making him groan.

"Get that bloody dress off woman!" Pat said tearing through the buttons on her dress before pushing the woman onto the bed.

-o-o-o-

"Captain Sparrow left a few days ago. He took some strumpet with him." Will arched an eyebrow at Giselle's story.

"A strumpet?"

"Must have been, Sparrow never let's a woman aboard his ship." Will repressed a smile when the memory of Anna Maria popped into his head.

"What did this woman look like?" Will asked the blonde. She described Aggie perfectly.

-o-o-o-

Scarlett wrapped her arms tightly around Pat's waist as he tried to get out of the bed.

"Where are you going lover?" she asked with a brilliant smile. Completely satisfied.

"Downstairs." he said as he placed two shillings on the table next to the bed.

"That's not my usual fee." Scarlett complained.

"Oh, but you're worth it sweetheart. You weren't THAT bad." Scarlett watched him but on his clothes with a stunned look on her face.

"I've never had any complains before." she said as she held the covers up to cover her chest.

"Ha, so there are gentleman amongst your clients." Pat taunted.

"Perhaps I would've put some more effort into it if you hadn't been calling me Aggie all night. A lady doesn't like it when a man cries another woman's name when he comes." Patrick shrugged.

"You're no lady. You're a whore." he said. "Besides, it wasn't altogether unpleasant. It was a good relieve." Scarlett growled as she launched a pillow at the door just when Patrick opened it to leave. His expression fell when he saw Will on the other side.

"I know where Aggie is. Giselle told me he saw her leave with Jack." Will said as he walked past Patrick without question. He froze when he saw the red head sitting on the bed. "What...?" he asked. "Patrick?" just as he turned to face his friend for an explanation Patrick hit the blacksmith over the head with the handle of his sword. Will's eyes rolled back in his head right before he fell on the floor unconscious.

-o-o-o-

"No! Get away from me!" Jack held up his hand in defence as Gibbs leaned over him, lips puckered and all. Triumphantly Aggie jumped up from him.

"Next time you should really be specific Sparrow. You never said the kiss had to be from me." Jack had darted away from Gibbs as far as he could. Gibbs grinned as he exited the cabin.

"Looks like the capt'n finally met 's match." he said. Aggie smiled at the pirate she had become very fond of over the last couple of days. He had been kind of like a father to her, more so then her own father had ever been. With her back turned to the other pirate he managed to catch her off her guard as he sneaked up behind her and snaked his arms around her waist. She gasped.

"Jack!" She squealed.

"I don't like being made a fool pet, unless it's by me own doing and under the influence of a lot of rum." Aggie rolled her eyes, trying to ignore the butterflies she felt in her stomach when she realised how close she was.

"Deal with it." she replied sharply. "I don't like having my things stolen."

"I want that pendant." Jack hissed. His breath tickled the skin of her shoulder and a small gasp escaped her lips. Jack grinned as he felt her shiver.

"Are ye cold luv?" he asked, knowing that it wasn't that. Holding her place with one hand he used the other to slide her shirt down her shoulder a little further before placing a kiss on the slightly tanned skin.

"Jack..." she whimpered.

"Yes pet?" he grazed her flesh with his teeth.

"Stop."

"Ye sure?" He said, kissing her shoulder once more for good measure. Aggie pulled away from him opening her mouth to yell at him, but only a single syllable left her lips before Jack silenced her by crashing his lips into hers for a burning, and passionate kiss. Subconsciously Aggie brought up her arms to wrap them around his neck. She parted her lips granting him access when an image of Patrick flashed before her eye. As if she had burned herself she pushed away from the pirate captain.

"No! I'm married!" she yelled as she wiped her mouth on the back of her hand. Jack stared at her wide eyed.

"Ye're what?" he asked.

"Married."

-o-o-o-

Will groaned as he came to. He didn't recognize his surroundings. It was a brig, unmistakably, but not the one aboard their ship.

"That was quiet a nap you took Mr. Turner." Will looked up at a man clad in black and a long grey beard as he made his way down the stairs. He had trouble walking, Will could tell as he noticed the cane and the limp when the men stepped into the light.

Now his features were even more visible.

"I know you from somewhere." Will said. Raven laughed.

"Probably you've seen my face on one of the many 'wanted' posters of me." he said as he pulled up a stool and sat down, watching the blacksmith through his bars.

"What's going on her. Where's Patrick?" Raven chuckled.

"How loyal of you to inquire after your friend after he stabbed you in the back." Will began to remember what had happened.

"What's going on here?" Will demanded.

"Mr. Thorpe is a member of my crew. You see, a certain friend of yours stole my treasure."

"What does Aggie have to do with Jack stealing your treasure." Will yelled, drawing the obvious conclusion.

"Not Captain Sparrow. Mrs. Thorpe. She's a scavenger. I worked hard on finding that treasure and then she just waltzes up and takes it. I'm not one to let something like that slide."

"Aggie? She's practically nobility in Port Royal. She's watched to closely to be a scavenger." Will protested.

"Well if she couldn't get away unnoticed she'd make a pretty lousy scavenger." Raven said. Will nodded. He had a point.

"And now?"

"Now I want that treasure back and make the girl pay and thanks to you Mr. Turner, we now know that she's with Jack Sparrow, aboard the Pearl and I think I have a pretty good idea of where they are heading."

"Is that why Pat married her?" Will asked, feeling sympathy for the girl.

"Off course, plus she wouldn't put out without a ring on her finger." Raven laughed. Will launched at the bars.

"You filthy son of a..." He groaned as Raven pulled his sword and aimed it at the blacksmith's troth.

"Mind your manners Mr. Turner."

-o-o-o-

"Evening capt'n. Ye want me to take the helm?" Gibbs asked as he walked up to Jack. It was already dark and the captain had spend a big part of the day at the helm, not saying a word.

"No I'll stay here tonight." Gibbs shook his head.

"Ye need to rest capt'n." he said. "If ye have a problem with Aggie, ye can take me bunk. We have no use for a sleep...and rum-drunk captain at the helm."

"Did ye know she's married?" Jack asked his first mate. Gibbs looked at him for a while.

"Married capt'n?"

"Aye."

"I didn't know that." Gibbs being the terrible gossip that he is he couldn't resist asking. "Ye like the girl don't ye?" Jack turned to his first mate as he had just sprung a second head.

"Where did ye get that idea!"

"You look sad over the news that she's a married woman." Gibbs said. Jack grinned.

"Ye know me better Gibbs. I won't be stopped by something as meaningless as a wedding band."

"What about the promise. I know ye value the pirates code, isn't a marriage similar."

"Marriage is being in love for better and for worse until someone better comes along." Jack said.

"Fine capt'n if that's what ye think then why don't ye go try and win the lass over and let me take the helm for a while hmm?" Reluctantly Jack allowed Gibbs to take the helm and he made his way to his cabin.

As soon as she heard the door open Aggie looked up at the pirate captain.

"Jack." she said with a smile. "Are you angry at me for not telling?" she asked. He grinned.

"Why would I care if ye're married luv?" he asked as he walked over to the bed kicking of his boots on the way over. As he stood at the side of the bed he shrugged of his coat.

"Right." Her voice was soft and for a moment he wondered if his mind was playing tricks on him cause he could have sworn he heard disappointment in her voice. He sat down on the side of the bed and looked down at the girl beside him. She was staring blankly at the ceiling. He mused about how kissable her lips looked as she pouted slightly. As if she could feel him staring Her gaze turned to him.

"Jack." she said softly as she said up so they were eye to eye.

"Pet?" Aggie took a deep breath...

"He wouldn't have to know?" she suggested her face turned a little red as she looked into his eyes. She was so beautiful. Jack placed his hand against the side of her face before claiming her lips with his. She moaned softly under his gentle ministrations. Jack worked on the buttons of her shirt while Aggie tangled her fingers in his dark brown hair. Suddenly the door opened and Dobbin came running in.

"Captain! There's a ship on the horizon and from the looks of it they're preparing an attack."