A/N: Well finally getting that last chapter up and getting reviews has got me pumped and I wrote a lot faster. Here's the next chappie! I usually keep it longer than this to over look it, but I didn't want to keep you waiting again. Enjoy!

If it was hard to pay attention before it was almost impossible now. Elizabeth's thoughts were in a state of distress thinking over every word he said. Last night once she got back to her room was difficult, but waking up to find he hadn't left yet was even worse.

You can imagine Elizabeth's reaction when she almost ran into Mr. Cotton. Will, Governor Swann, and she were walking through town on the way to make some wedding arrangements when Elizabeth literally ran into him. She was almost in a trance thinking so at first she didn't even notice, but said sorry and tried to continue on her way. However she only got a step further when she realized who that was. For a second she stood there watching him in confusion as he walked away. But as Will didn't stop to wait for her, she hurriedly caught up with him.

Now, they were standing on the fort that Admiral Norrington had his promotion ceremony so many long ago. This was to be where the wedding would take place. And strangely enough, though many things had changed since James's promotion ceremony, Elizabeth's feeling in the corset was exactly the same.

Her mind wandered, worried, stressed as her father talked and Will listened intently. People who she was supposed to be honored to be around soon came and also joined the conversation. The Caribbean heat beat down on her from all directions. Elizabeth did not take part in the conversation at all. Her air was stifled back. She was almost in a daze. A drop of sweat fell down the back of her neck. What hatred she felt for this place! And there so much she would give just to be free. Almost light headed she tipped her head back and let out a steady breath.

"Elizabeth?" William whispered interrupting her thoughts. "Are you alright?" Immediately she snapped her head back forward and looked at him.

"Me?" she said off guard "I'm fine. Perfectly fine." She gave a weak smile but Will knew her long enough to see through it. The smile couldn't hide the pain in her eyes. He knew better than to believe her, but he could she wanted him to. So reluctantly he said "Okay."

With that Will continued to speak with a very pompous couple. What about, Elizabeth had no clue. But one sentence caught her full attention.

"And do you remember, dear?" the women spoke to her husband "That wretched pirate who escaped from this very spot!" Elizabeth who had been staring off into space immediately locked eyes with the women. However, in the drama the women cared not to notice, but continued talking. Her husband knew the subject was not favored and attempted to stop her but was cut off. She continued to speak as if it were the latest gossip.

"Yes and who was it who helped him? I don't remember." She scoffed "It's despicable that people could engage themselves in such a horrid practice as piracy. I don't know how you dealt with it Miss Swann."

Push. Right over the edge.

Will didn't know what to say and remained speechless. But he knew Elizabeth would know what to say. He shot a glance at her but was too late.

"What's 'despicable' is the fact that some pitiful naïve women such as yourself would dare to speak about men that she has not found the decency to even attempt to get to know!" Elizabeth spoke with all fury and tried to step closer to the women but Will held her back. "Call them what you want, but those men have more decency than you will ever have," she finished off. With that Elizabeth stormed off in the other direction. The mouth of the woman just hung open. Will was quite certain that that was the first time someone had said something like that to her.

An awkward silence settled around them until Will decided to break it. He gave a guilty grin. "Sorry about that. I'm going to…" he pointed in the direction Elizabeth went. The man shook his head. The woman was still awe struck. With that, Will took off after Elizabeth.

"Elizabeth." He spoke calmly. She kept walking. She was almost to her house when he got he caught up with her.

"Elizabeth!" He called. "Elizabeth what are you doing?"

Taking a deep breath she came to a stop and let him get close to her.

"Talk to me." Will pleaded. Elizabeth thought for second about where to start. She had to be honest with him. He had to understand.

"Will," she started out "last night I saw Jack Sparrow."

"What?"

"He's after some kind of map or something, I don't even know. But Sao Feng needs to see me. I don't quite understand everything yet. I wasn't going to do it. But after this…" Elizabeth's eyes wandered away from his. Will searched them for an answer. And just like Elizabeth had prayed, he understood. After a pause he nodded slightly.

"Go." He said with all confidence. Elizabeth's eyes shot up at his in surprise. "Go. Pack your things and get the ship before they leave. I'll cover for you."

"How?"

"I don't know. I'll think of something. I'll think like a pirate." Will grinned. Elizabeth almost did too. Her gratefulness was overwhelming. She didn't know how to express it.

"Thank you." She whispered and kissed Will on the cheek. Brushing past him, she took off up the drive but Will grabbed her hand before she could. This caught her by surprise.

"Elizabeth. One last thing," he spoke. "Please promise me that you'll return?"

She made eye contact like never before. It made a hole inside her grow with sorrow. Returning was not something she had planned on.

With glossy eyes she nodded her head. "I promise."

A/N: Here comes the plot, doo doo doo do. Haha. Things start to stir up. Is Will forgetting he's dealing with a pirate? You'll have to find out next time...