Sparrow [[Chapter Two]]
Title: Sparrow
Pairing: Jack/Angelica
Rating: PG [[for this chapter]]
Word Count: 1,027
Disclaimer: I own none of this. Characters and all that crap are property of Disney. None of this happened. Pure work of fiction. Plagiarize my work, and I will find you.
Warnings: None.
Chapter Summary: Jack finds Angelica about two years after her sudden disappearance. He also finds something else he never thought he'd ever see.
A/N: Shmoopy woopy poopy doopy Jack Sparrow has a spawn. Also, it's very difficult to keep Jack in character with such a plot line, so bear with me.
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April 16th, 1756
Jack was surprised to find himself in Spain once again, and on land. He felt drawn to the land, and he had another dream about the crab claws that Tia Dalma used to possess. The claws told him something would be waiting for him on land, and the claws never steered him wrong.
So here Jack was, walking through the streets of Spain near the docks, searching for anything that might be waiting for him.
Jack was so wrapped up in looking around that he didn't think to look down. And so he stumbled on something small; he looked down in surprise. A small girl with a strange mixture of features, including high cheekbones and wide, deep brown eyes.
"Sorry, luv." he smiled in what he hoped would be a non-threatening way before he reached down and set the girl on her feet. "You alright?"
The girl nodded, making her dark hair bounce around her head, but her eyes were full of tears. Jack looked around and, seeing no parent, looked back down at the girl. She sniffled once, quietly, and Jack sighed, reaching down and picking up the little girl.
"What's your name?" he asked, wandering if she could talk at all. The girl rubbed the back of her hand across her eyes, and Jack frowned. "Do you--"
"Sparrow." the girl said softly. Jack blinked.
"Yeah, I'm Jack Sparrow. How do you know me?" Jack asked this girl. She stared at him with those seemingly familiar eyes.
"Me llamo Sparrow." the girl said in a light voice. Jack stared at her, and she stared back, apparently forgetting about falling and the fact that Jack was a stranger.
"Your name is Sparrow?" Jack frowned, studying her face closer. "Do I kn--"
"I'm sorry!" an achingly familiar voice yelled from behind him. "She's just been learning how to walk, and she keeps getting away fr--" The voice finally reached Jack and the girl. "Jack."
"Angelica?" Jack looked at her. The little girl reached her hand out towards Angelica, and Angelica's focus immediately shifted to her.
"Sparrow, what have I told you about strangers?" Angelica took the girl from Jack, and she promptly buried her face in Angelica's neck.
"What's this?" Jack asked, his usual wit evaporating.
"This is my daughter Sparrow." Angelica said carefully.
"Your...daughter." Jack looked back down at the little girl. "And her name?"
"I thought it fit her." Angelica said softly. Sparrow looked over at Jack, and everything suddenly clicked.
"She's mine." Jack whispered. It was extremely disconcerting to see him like this. His face was completely devoid of humor, of a smile.
Angelica frowned. "Jack, I--"
"Angelica." Jack repeated. "Look at her face."
Angelica looked down at her daughter's face. "She does look a bit like you."
"A bit?" Jack grinned. "She's the spitting image of me." Jack held his arms out. "May I?"
Angelica stared at Jack blankly. "Alright." she said finally, handing Sparrow over.
Jack held the child far enough away to be able to see her face. "She is mine, eh?"
"Yes." Angelica kept her eyes on her daughter, who looked comfortable enough despite Jack's awkward hold on her.
"You can tell." Jack smiled, and Sparrow smiled back at him in the same way. "Where are you living here?"
"Not exactly a specific place anymore." Angelica didn't meet Jack's gaze when it was turned on her.
"You don't have a home?" Jack looked back at his daughter. "You shall come with me."
Angelica had to look at Jack now. "This is her home. She speaks Spanish. I'm here."
"I meant both of you, Angelica." Jack cocked his head while he looked at Sparrow. "Plus, I need to teach her some English, and show her off. Looks just like her dad, she does."
"She's only a bit over a year old, she does not belong on a ship, especially not a pirate one!" Angelica shouted. Sparrow looked startled, Jack indifferent.
"She's got pure pirate in her blood. Just look at her." Jack smiled toothily. "She's got the eyes, eh?"
"Jack, stop showing me how much she looks like you. I know she's your twin." Angelica sighed, shifting and crossing her arms. "I'm only saying yes because we have no place to live and she needs a home."
"And she's my daughter. I have every right to take her." Jack reminded her before looking back at the girl, who seemed deeply fascinated in his hair. "Nobody's going to believe you're real, luv."
Angelica sighed. "I suppose I have to mar--"
Jack winced dramatically and shifted Sparrow to one hand so he could cover Angelica's mouth with the other hand. "Do not say that word. That word is such blasphemy."
"Marry?" Angelica mumbled, biting Jack's hand. Jack flicked her lips and drew his hand away.
"Wash your mouth out, you foul woman." Jack scolded, tsking as he watched Angelica. "I will not marry you, no." Jack hesitated. "I never thought I'd say this, but maybe someday."
"Oh, Jack." Angelica said softly, and Jack made a face.
"Why does maybe mean yes to you?" Jack asked, and Sparrow made a whining noise at the same time.
Angelica reached for her, but Jack was already speaking to her quietly.
"What's wrong, luv? Huh?" Jack pushed her long hair away from her face. Sparrow started speaking in Spanish, and Jack made a face.
"I can ta--" Angelica began, but Jack shushed her, listening intently to his daughter's Spanish request for something to eat.
"Yo tengo una comida para usted, si está bien con tu madre." Jack said to Sparrow slowly, and Sparrow smiled before turning to Angelica.
"¿Por favor, Mamá?" Sparrow smiled widely at her mother, and Angelica was struck again, as she so often was, by how much her daughter looked like Jack.
"Si, si." Angelica waved her hand, and Sparrow squealed before throwing her arms around Jack's neck.
"¡Papá!" she exclaimed, and Jack looked down at her in surprise, as did Angelica.
"How did you know I'm your father?" Jack asked. Sparrow looked annoyed with him, so he thought for a moment before rephrasing in Spanish. "¿Cómo sabes que soy tu padre?"
"Usted lo dijo." she said simply. Angelica looked up at Jack in puzzlement, but Jack simply shrugged.
"She's smarter than she lets on. Like her Papa." Jack grinned before taking off back down the road towards the docks, his daughter in his arms, with Angelica jogging behind to keep up.
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