Raw emotion tugged at her expression. She met his eyes -- her own eyes, startlingly green from this angle -- and forced Spike to watch the sudden onslaught of feeling as it crept across his own features.

She wished she could tell him that this was out of character for Jack Sparrow. That running wasn't a thing he always did. But...

"Who has time to be alone? Full house. Full village. It's like Cheers. Everyone knows your name." It wasn't the kind of alone he'd meant and she knew it. "All I can say is that he makes me unbelievably happy -- whether he's here right now or not."