A/N: Here's the second installment to the Three Fates oneshots. Do enjoy and, as usual, R&R!!
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Will watched Elizabeth's anxious pacing from high above in the crow's nest. She looked nervous. And she might as well be, he supposed.
Mere days ago had they rescued Jack Sparrow from that pathetic spit of land at World's End. Will had taken all measures to avoid the man, biding his time, trying to understand what was going on in his head and in Elizabeth's.
Elizabeth. He had told her, early on, that he had seen her kissing Jack. She had not given him an explanation, nor had she denied it. She had, as had become her custom, stared blankly at him until he chose to walk away. And he did. He loved Elizabeth to death, but, if she didn't want to talk to him, he wasn't going to make her.
This entire situation was ridiculous. How could something as insubstantial as a compass throw Will, and consequentially, Elizabeth, back into the circles in which Jack Sparrow sailed? And how was he to know that his fiancee would fall in love with the pirate, if that was indeed what she had done.
Was she in love with Jack? Yes, he had seen them kissing, moments before the Pearl went down, taking her captain with her. But did that truly mean she loved him? Or was it some clever ruse she had acted on, to keep Jack on the ship, to save her life, and his? The way she had acted later made him think not. Even if she had tricked Jack into staying aboard, she clearly regretted it for some reason or another.
Damn it! How could he possibly know what was going on inside of her mind? Who she loved? He had always taken for granted that he knew she loved him. But now? He wasn't so sure.
And if she loved Jack? If she wanted to stay at the sea with that smooth-talking thief? Who was he to stop her? But Jack doesn't really love her, he can't. Why not? He's a pirate! You're a pirate! But his opinion on women? He just wants them for what they can give him and then he's gone. There's no way he would ever marry a girl. You'd be surprised what anyone would do if they are in love.
It was no good arguing with himself. If Elizabeth loved Jack, and Jack reciprocated her feelings, Will would let it be. He loved Elizabeth too much to get in the way of her happiness. But if she loved him? Could they still be married? Did she even want marriage now? It was just too complicated, Will decided.
And, by God, he could use a drink.
