Missing You

Elizabeth looked all around her. Water surrounded her in every direction she looked. It was an endless sea of possibilities. The only thing that cut it off was the horizon they were sailing for. She stood there staring at it with a tear in her eye.

Will silently walked up to the edge of the ship and stood silently next to her, staring at the same slowly shrinking horizon. Startled by him, Elizabeth quickly wiped her eyes hoping he didn't notice that she might have been crying. No matter how much she didn't want to do this, she knew she had to tell him.

"I'm sorry, Will" she choked out in almost a whisper. "I've ruined this for us. I..." Elizabeth tried to say it but she couldn't. She had to confess. She had killed Jack and she couldn't keep it to herself for much longer. But before she could speak again, Will made his confession.

"I know." Will said. Elizabeth gave him a worried, questioning look. "I saw as I was getting into the longboat." He looked away, hurt at just the thought of his fiancé kissing another man.

"Will you must understand! …I don't how I can expect you to. But you must. It seemed like what I had to do at the time." She tried to explain.

"I never thought you would do something so betraying. Why?" he questioned.

"I had to. To save us! If Jack had gone into the longboat the Kraken would have had us all. Can't you understand?" she said. Tears were welled up in her eyes.

"What?" Will had not thought of this. "You made him stay?"

"Yes of course. Isn't that what you meant?" she said quietly but slightly confused.

"I meant the kiss. The kiss between you Jack." Elizabeth's lip began to tremble and she felt a lump in her throat, but she held it in. She had forgotten about that. And now she would have to explain that as well.

"It was to get him to the mast so I could… handcuff him." It hurt to think of what she had done. "That's all. That's all it was, Will!"

"That's all? The kiss meant nothing?" Will asked. Elizabeth hesitated to answer. Even she wasn't sure if it meant anything or not. She could feel the hot tears welling up in her eyes. She knew she couldn't hold it in forever. With the pain overwhelming, Elizabeth ran below deck without answering, so Will couldn't see her crying.

Quickly she wiped away her tears. Looking into the palm of her hand she was still covered with mud from the battle. Elizabeth decided she needed to go to her cabin and wash up; to have a little time to regain her self-control. But when she turned around to head to her cabin, Pintel was standing there.

"Ah you all right poppet?" he asked. She tried to act like nothing was wrong.

"Yes. Yes, I'm fine."

"Ya know it's ok to cry, missy. We all miss 'im."

"Yes I know" Elizabeth said, trying to hold back the tears yet again. It seemed like that was all she did lately.

"After all, its not like there was anyfing you coulda done. It was the Capn's choice."

After hearing this, Elizabeth couldn't take it any more. She ran straight to her cabin and slammed the door. She sank down into the corner and cried. The hot tears streamed down her face and slowly the dirt dripped off with each tear.