Cleo looked at the nightgown that had been laid out for
her. Then felt the robe she had on. Society was strange, making women put
on a dress, when they had to run around and take care of the kids.
"Alright." She said to herself while picking at the white nightgown. "This is not goin' to work."
"You're just like your father." A woman walked in she looked pregnant about eight months or perhaps nine. She smiled warmly, "You don't remember me do you?" Cleo just starred, "Of course you wouldn't, I'm Elizabeth Turner. Do you need help dressing at all?"
"I'm not a child." She lifted a brow, and began to undo the robe. Elizabeth gave a little cough and nodded her head towards the screen. Cleo nodded and went it to change. She tied her hair behind her and came out. "How do I look?"
"Like a lady." She answered, "Cleo if you wouldn't mind, could you possibly act..."
"More like a lady?" She smiled knowingly, "What do I get out of it?"
"Your life." Elizabeth smiled at the girl, "Goodnight, Cleo, I hope you enjoy your stay." Cleo watched as Elizabeth left the room gracefully. Act like a lady? Perhaps it was possible, but to walk out of a room without being made fun of, wasn't. If Elizabeth would become her friend, maybe life would be bearable here in Port Royal, and a good ally.
"Father are you sure it's a good idea to house a pirate?" Bill looked at Will, who was reading a book.
"As long as the people don't think she's a pirate." He looked up from his book.
"Up there is Jack Sparrow's daughter," He pointed up to the second floor,
"Bill," Will sighed, "Listen she's a guest, pirate or not, you have to deal with piracy as it comes, in every which way."
"But father..." He started.
"William listen to your father." Elizabeth appeared in the doorway.
"Elizabeth what are you doing out of bed?" Will quickly put his book down at went to her side.
"I just wanted to stretch my legs." She shrugged, and went to sit down
"Bill maybe you should go to bed now, you'll be busy at the blacksmiths with all the new orders coming in." Will nodded at his son,
"Goodnight, father, mother." He nodded at each of them and left.
"Don't forget to check up on your sisters!" Elizabeth called after him, and then turned back to Will, "Don't say it Will."
"What?" He asked innocently, "That I wish he was more like you?"
"I told you not to say it." She smiled, and put her head down on his chest, as he sat down next to her, "What did Jack say when he came?"
"We need to watch her." He shrugged, "Then just left, there was a boy. Jack said he was his first mate, and it looked like Cleo and him were pretty close."
"Perhaps he didn't want to be a grandfather just yet." Elizabeth giggled a bit. "Do you think he'll come back?"
"He has to." Will nodded, "its his daughter, he obviously cares for her, but why do you think that he left her here?" Elizabeth yawned, and shook her head,
"I don't know,"
"Do you think she's awake?" Naomi whispered, as the twins sat on the bed looking at Cleo.
"How am I suppose to know, she's a pirate." Natalie whispered back.
"Can't you tell when a person's asleep?" Cleo moaned, covering her eyes to the morning sun, and both girls jumped, "Scare ya?"
"No." They both answered,
"You're not even scary." Naomi looked at her, and she opened her mouth to say something, but was interrupted,
"You're really the daughter of Captain Jack Sparrow?" Natalie looked in aw.
"Unfortunately yes." She sighed
"What's so unfortunate about that?" Naomi asked,
"You can go on adventures!" Natalie said excitedly,
"And capture ships!" Naomi smiled,
"And drink rum!" Natalie smiled along with her sister, and they both looked at her, "What?"
"Did you ever have rum?" Cleo questioned,
"No." She answered,
"Mummy, says it's a vile drink." Naomi seemed to have a told her so with the face expression on herself,
"What does mummy says is a vile drink?" Elizabeth walked in,
"Nothing." The girls answered,
"Its time to eat." She shook her head, as the two girls flew past her, she turned her attention to Cleo who was busy getting out of bed, "You're clothes are behind the screen, I'll send Becky to help you dress."
"Why would I need help dressin'?" She questioned,
"I'll send in the maid." Elizabeth sighed and left. Cleo crept to peak at the clothes, those her clothes. Things for a dress lay there. She unknowingly picked up the thing that would soon have her screaming in pain, the corset.
"What the 'ell?" She breathed, as she examined it a bit, and heard the door open and dropped it back in the pile, Becky stood there smiling at her,
"'Ello miss quite a nice morning isn't it?" She walked over to her,
"Am I suppose to wear that?"
"Ready?" Will asked his son, and he got up from the table.
"Yes," He got up and patted Naomi's head,
"Ow!" She glared at him, "you messed up my head!"
"It was already messed up," He smiled and went over to the doorway, when Elizabeth walked in,
"Leaving so soon?" She put a puppy dogface on as she looked at Will,
"I'll come back soon don't worry," He kissed her lightly,
"Ew!" The two girls put disgusted looks on their faces,
"Girls." She smiled at them, and then turned to Bill, "Can you come home quickly, Bill maybe you could see Abigail some other time. I need someone to chop some wood for the fireplace we're running low."
"Alright." He nodded, and began to leave with his father,
"Mummy you know what you and Father were doing?" Naomi looked over to her sister for support and then back at her mother,
"Yes darling?" Elizabeth took walked over to her seat,
"Bill and Abby do that too," Natalie smiled evilly, "But longer."
"Alright." She said to herself while picking at the white nightgown. "This is not goin' to work."
"You're just like your father." A woman walked in she looked pregnant about eight months or perhaps nine. She smiled warmly, "You don't remember me do you?" Cleo just starred, "Of course you wouldn't, I'm Elizabeth Turner. Do you need help dressing at all?"
"I'm not a child." She lifted a brow, and began to undo the robe. Elizabeth gave a little cough and nodded her head towards the screen. Cleo nodded and went it to change. She tied her hair behind her and came out. "How do I look?"
"Like a lady." She answered, "Cleo if you wouldn't mind, could you possibly act..."
"More like a lady?" She smiled knowingly, "What do I get out of it?"
"Your life." Elizabeth smiled at the girl, "Goodnight, Cleo, I hope you enjoy your stay." Cleo watched as Elizabeth left the room gracefully. Act like a lady? Perhaps it was possible, but to walk out of a room without being made fun of, wasn't. If Elizabeth would become her friend, maybe life would be bearable here in Port Royal, and a good ally.
"Father are you sure it's a good idea to house a pirate?" Bill looked at Will, who was reading a book.
"As long as the people don't think she's a pirate." He looked up from his book.
"Up there is Jack Sparrow's daughter," He pointed up to the second floor,
"Bill," Will sighed, "Listen she's a guest, pirate or not, you have to deal with piracy as it comes, in every which way."
"But father..." He started.
"William listen to your father." Elizabeth appeared in the doorway.
"Elizabeth what are you doing out of bed?" Will quickly put his book down at went to her side.
"I just wanted to stretch my legs." She shrugged, and went to sit down
"Bill maybe you should go to bed now, you'll be busy at the blacksmiths with all the new orders coming in." Will nodded at his son,
"Goodnight, father, mother." He nodded at each of them and left.
"Don't forget to check up on your sisters!" Elizabeth called after him, and then turned back to Will, "Don't say it Will."
"What?" He asked innocently, "That I wish he was more like you?"
"I told you not to say it." She smiled, and put her head down on his chest, as he sat down next to her, "What did Jack say when he came?"
"We need to watch her." He shrugged, "Then just left, there was a boy. Jack said he was his first mate, and it looked like Cleo and him were pretty close."
"Perhaps he didn't want to be a grandfather just yet." Elizabeth giggled a bit. "Do you think he'll come back?"
"He has to." Will nodded, "its his daughter, he obviously cares for her, but why do you think that he left her here?" Elizabeth yawned, and shook her head,
"I don't know,"
"Do you think she's awake?" Naomi whispered, as the twins sat on the bed looking at Cleo.
"How am I suppose to know, she's a pirate." Natalie whispered back.
"Can't you tell when a person's asleep?" Cleo moaned, covering her eyes to the morning sun, and both girls jumped, "Scare ya?"
"No." They both answered,
"You're not even scary." Naomi looked at her, and she opened her mouth to say something, but was interrupted,
"You're really the daughter of Captain Jack Sparrow?" Natalie looked in aw.
"Unfortunately yes." She sighed
"What's so unfortunate about that?" Naomi asked,
"You can go on adventures!" Natalie said excitedly,
"And capture ships!" Naomi smiled,
"And drink rum!" Natalie smiled along with her sister, and they both looked at her, "What?"
"Did you ever have rum?" Cleo questioned,
"No." She answered,
"Mummy, says it's a vile drink." Naomi seemed to have a told her so with the face expression on herself,
"What does mummy says is a vile drink?" Elizabeth walked in,
"Nothing." The girls answered,
"Its time to eat." She shook her head, as the two girls flew past her, she turned her attention to Cleo who was busy getting out of bed, "You're clothes are behind the screen, I'll send Becky to help you dress."
"Why would I need help dressin'?" She questioned,
"I'll send in the maid." Elizabeth sighed and left. Cleo crept to peak at the clothes, those her clothes. Things for a dress lay there. She unknowingly picked up the thing that would soon have her screaming in pain, the corset.
"What the 'ell?" She breathed, as she examined it a bit, and heard the door open and dropped it back in the pile, Becky stood there smiling at her,
"'Ello miss quite a nice morning isn't it?" She walked over to her,
"Am I suppose to wear that?"
"Ready?" Will asked his son, and he got up from the table.
"Yes," He got up and patted Naomi's head,
"Ow!" She glared at him, "you messed up my head!"
"It was already messed up," He smiled and went over to the doorway, when Elizabeth walked in,
"Leaving so soon?" She put a puppy dogface on as she looked at Will,
"I'll come back soon don't worry," He kissed her lightly,
"Ew!" The two girls put disgusted looks on their faces,
"Girls." She smiled at them, and then turned to Bill, "Can you come home quickly, Bill maybe you could see Abigail some other time. I need someone to chop some wood for the fireplace we're running low."
"Alright." He nodded, and began to leave with his father,
"Mummy you know what you and Father were doing?" Naomi looked over to her sister for support and then back at her mother,
"Yes darling?" Elizabeth took walked over to her seat,
"Bill and Abby do that too," Natalie smiled evilly, "But longer."