Promised Hearts
Chapter 3:All Hands on Deck!
Author's Note: I would like to thank my loyal reviewers for reviewing my second chapter!
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"What'll it be, mate?" Jack asked a still very confused Will. "Sail the seas with me or stay here and let Constance find you. I'm sure Elizabeth would love to hear that story, don't you?"
"We were young," Will protested,"we didn't know what we were doing."
"Aparantly Constance knew what she was doing," Jack said,"she says you still have her heart. Why in hell's name do ye think she's looking for ya? To offer ya a spot of tea?"
"I thought she had died the night my father's ship sank beneath the ocean," Will said, staring off into space. "I had forgotten about it until I starting having dreams about the promise we made to each other. I told myself they were only dreams;I guess because I didn't want to tell Elizabeth. It seems rather ridiculous now."
"The promise or the fact that you kept it a secret?" Jack asked. I think he had just confused himself.
"Keeping it a secret," Will answered. "Never once did I think that promise was ridiculous. What was amazing to me is that I meant it. I truely did love her then."
"But, do you love her now?" Jack asked. Will looked up at Jack with a slightly worried look on his face. "You don't know, do ye lad?" he asked.
"I'll do it," Will said.
"Do what?" Jack asked, a little confused.
"I'll sail with you to the Caribbean to find the diamond," Will answered.
"Are you doing this because you want to or just to avoid the subject of telling your wife about your first love bird?" Jack asked.
"What does it matter?" Will stated. "I'm coming and that's all that matters."
"Okay then," Jack said, clasping his hands together,"we leave in the morning." Will shook his head and the two men began to walk their seperate ways until Jack spoke again. "Oh, Will," he called,"are ye bringing your wife?"
"If she will come, yes," he answered.
"G'night then," Jack said, turning to walk back to his ship. Will looked up at the sky and sighed to himself before heading for his home.
When Will got home, Elizabeth was waiting for him in the living area. She emediately ran to Will's side when she heard the front door close. It was clear to Will that she had been waiting for him to come home for hours. She looked absolutely exhausted.
"Will," she began,"where have you been? I was worried about you."
"Jack came into town today," Will began, placing his coat on the coat rack,"he wants us to sail with him, and help him gind a diamond in the Caribbean. I told him I would accompany him on his journey."
"You excepted his offer without asking me first?" Elizabeth asked.
"I didn't think you would mind," Will answered,"but, if it bothers you, I will tell him I've reconsidered."
"No," she said,"I was just surpirsed he was back, and that he wanted your help."
"Our help acctually," Will corrected. "Will you come with us?"
"Of course," she said. "When do we leave?"
"Tomorrow," he said.
"Well, then, we shall need to get some sleep before tomorrow," she said. Will shook his head in agreement, and Will and Elizabeth went up to their rooms for the night.
Will layed in his bed with his face toward the window. He was listening and watching the rain fall onto the glass window. He was restless as he thought about Constance and the promise he had made to her. He found himself thinking about what she must look like now and if her personality had changed at all. He felt guilty about thinking of Constance because he was married to Elizabeth, and he knew he loved his wife;but, perhaps, Constance did still have his heart. Will sighed and turned over on his other side to try and sleep before the morning sun rose in the sky.
The next morning, Constance woke up to the sound of clashing barrels. She looked out of the window of the building where she was staying. She saw Jack loading barrel after barrel onto his ship. He was also loading casees of achol onto his ship.
"What are you up to?" Constance asked herself. She, then, got dressed and left the building in a hurry.
As she was leaving the building, she saw another man walk onto Jack's ship. The man looked about her age, too. She watched from the corner of the building until the man turned to face her direction. She felt her heart sink when she saw the man's face.
"Will," she whispered. She lifted her dress and began to walk to Jack's ship, but she stopped when she saw a woman walk onto the ship. Constance was confused, but she watched in the shadows as her 'lover' and this unknown woman to Constance embraced.
"No," Constance whispered,"you have forgotten me." Constance felt her heart drop into her stomach as she watched the man she loved court another woman. "I will not lose you that easily."
As she walked toward the ship, she noticed that Jack had already begun to sail out to sea. She waited until the ship was almost out of sight before untieing her own ship, so she could follow them. She new that Jack had probably heard of the Badran diamond, and she knew he wouldn't pass up the oppurtunity to take it for himself. In truth, she didn't even need to follow them. She even knew where the diamond was, and she knew of the traps that awaited them all.
Jack was at the wheel of the Black Pearl while Will was looking out at the ocean;Elizabeth was below deck. Will kept his eyes on the crystal water as Jack spoke to him.
"I pulled her out of the ocean," he said, looking out at the waves.
"Constance?" Will asked, turning his attention to Jack.
"Yeah," Jack answered. "I took her aboard my ship before I dropped her off at a noble family's home, but I made sure they took her in before I left her alone. I have no idea why, but I did."
"What does she look like now?" Will asked, his curiosity getting the better of him.
"I have a feeling you're going to find out sooner than you think, mate," Jack said, looking at the ship behind him, but Will didn't notice.
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