Chapter 7: Family instincts
Authors note: I realized that well uh it seems like the reason he ignored Elizabeth was because he loved Meira or something… that is not the case. He feels responsible for her, because in the beginning he promised nothing would happen to her and since then he felt like a protective brother. He likes her, but not like that ha ha ha I think a lot of us can relate to liking a guy or a girl who likes us only as a friend… that's her problem but not for long she starts to see him more as a brother then a love interest. Sorry for the mix up yalls! Thank you to those who review that I read so far, thank you a lot BlackRosePoison-Orchid
"Meira please, please wake up… don't die on me," Will said breathing heavily through the frosty night air.
"Do something, I demand of you Turner, if ye don't do something… well, I'll think of something," Barbossa said resting on his knees. Why isn't Barbossa doing anything? the crew wondered.
"I'll never forgive myself if you don't wake up Meira," Will breathed while a interested crew watched. Will gave it one more time and Meira woke up coughing up water. She immediately sat up looking around remembering the place she was before she blacked out. Will gasped before pulling her into a hug. Barbossa let out a breath he had been holding in before standing up and walking away a little. Meira coughed some more not hugging Will back, he was practically squeezing her to death. Will then began the scolding, "Meira you are so thickheaded… what were you thinking! You are… you nearly made my heart stop beating, I thought you were dead…"
"So did I…" Meira breathed looking back remembering the hideous face of the grinning creature dragging her down.
"Meira I promised nothing would ever happen to you, but you can't always count on that. Why were you sitting on that ledge?" Will asked trying to ignore his freezing aching body. Barbossa tossed to blankets down at them, he was obviously not to pleased. The boat wasn't rocking as much as it had been, the storm was slowly ending. Meira looked up at her fathers disappointed eyes. It wasn't fully her fault, she didn't even know why she was out there.
"It's so cold Will," Meira said shivering trying to ignore the staring crew. He wrapped the blanket around her and turned to see Elizabeth storm off.
"Are you going to be alright while I go and take care of an issue?" Will said wanting to go and chase after Elizabeth.
"I'll take care of her go Will," Anamaria said wrapping another blanket around Meira.
"Thank you Anamaria," Will asid before getting up and running after Elizabeth, "Elizabeth…"
"Will I thought you didn't have any feelings for her," Elizabeth said crossing her arms giving Will a stern 'I'm not happy,' look.
"I never said that Elizabeth…" Will said making Elizabeth's eyes widen before turning to leave.
"But I never said that I had feelings for her in a romantic way," Will said running in front of her to stop her.
"Well then Will, pray you… explain yourself," Elizabeth said her hands on her hips.
"When Meira first arrived I told her I'd stop her if she tried to escape but she had my word I'd protect her and let no harm come to her. We obviously became friends, I thought for awhile perhaps I had some feelings for her… but only feelings of family. She is my family now Elizabeth, she is my sister… and I feel responsible for her. You might think she has Barbossa, but she only has me… she only has me to be there for her, to talk to her, to help her, to give her advice. I'm her brother, her crewmate, her advisor, and her friend," Will said seriously, "but you're my partner Elizabeth, my one true love, my mate, my lover…"
"Oh Will," Elizabeth said smiling wrapping her arms around his neck and kissing him. The embrace lasted awhile before she pulled away, "I love you William Turner, my very own pirate…"
"And I love you Elizabeth Swann, my very own soul mate," Will smiled softly stroking her hair, "how could I ever let something so beautiful walk away…"
"You didn't," Elizabeth smiled, "how could I ever forget what love felt like… when ours is one of a kind?"
"I don't know, but as long as we remember in the end that is all that counts," Will said sighing, "now we should go back because I am cold. Is it alright if I go and talk with Meira? I have a few questions, for one why she was out there."
"Of course just don't be long," Elizabeth said moving some hair behind her ear, "it feels like I haven't seen you in a decade."
"I will be back inside in the snap of a finger Elizabeth," Will said kissing her forehead. Elizabeth smiled before gently kissing his cheek and walking away. Before she entered the door he yelled, "I love you… Elizabeth."
"I know Will, I know. I love you too," Elizabeth smiled watching him a second before walking back inside and into her warm bed. Will smiled before turning around shooing away all the men trying to badger Meira with questions.
"Shoo, Meira come here," Will said walking through the crowd of pirates. Meira stood up shaking, Anamaria helped her walk over to Will then Will guided her to her room. Meira laid down while Anamaria and Will pulled chairs up and sat by her bed, "why were you out there?"
"What?" Meira asked curiously. Will sighed obviously annoyed.
"What actually happened?" Anamaria asked curiously, "how did you end up in the water? Will how did she end up in the water?"
"Well I had a dream and it involved Davey Jones grabbing Meira and pulling her overboard so I woke up checked her room and she wasn't there so I walked out and she was sitting on the front of the ship. I was talking to her trying to get her down and she practically laughed it off until the ship hit a large wave and made the whole ship bounce and she fell over. I caught her and tried pulling her up until another large wave, one after the other pretty much attacked the ship and knocked me over making me drop Meira. My question is why were you out there and not in Bed Meira?" Will said obviously getting tired.
"Well, I woke up after having a dream of a man. I don't know who he was he was a dark man not skin but his hair and his aura, but he was laying on the bottom of the sea just looking up at me… every move I made… he almost looked sad, but he looked like he belonged to the sea. He was holding a box or something, anyways… I woke up and his dark eyes were still in my mind as if warning me of something. Then I heard a voice calling me and I thought perhaps Barbossa or you Will wanted me so I left. It was an enchanting voice though the closer I got the more enchanting it was when it called my name… calling me to him, or it. His voice smooth like the waves, with chimes of music dancing in the air around his voice… it was so real, then I walked to the bow of the deck and I saw something glowing pass under the ship. The voice disappeared and so did the light, but for some reason I had an urge to dive into the deep sea. While at the same time I felt something warning me against it, so I sat there watching and waiting for the light when Will came," Meira said looking at Anamaria.
"Meira, you scared me to death. Do you realize how serious that was. You could have died," Will said looking at her, she turned and looked at him.
"I thought I was dead as well," Meira said honestly sighing, perhaps I'd be better off if I had died, Meira thought sadly.
"What do you mean Meira?" Anamaria asked curiously, "why didn't you swim to the surface?"
"Because when I fell into the ocean it was like everything went dark. I began to panic, then I saw something human swimming at me. At first I thought it was Will, but it wasn't it looked different… like something from a nightmare. It touched me before swimming away, then it came back and I passed out. Then I woke up on deck with everyone standing around me," Meira said yawning.
"Meira you act like it was not serious, you could have died, I was so worried!" Will said obviously going overboard.
"I don't think you were all too worried about me Will, I think you were only worried about getting back to Elizabeth, or what Elizabeth thought. It's always about Elizabeth. While I was drowning you were probably talking to Elizabeth," Meira said not looking at Will.
"Meira!" Will was obviously angry, did she not know he saved her?
"Will I don't want to talk right now, I am tired," Meira said turning head more so he couldn't see her pout. Will stood up and walked to the door. He opened it but turned to look at her.
"Meira… I couldn't see you, so I couldn't jump in… right away. But answer this, how do you think you got onto the ship?" Will said before turning to shut the door and find Elizabeth.
"Did he save me?" Meira asked looking over to Anamaria.
"Yes Meira he saved you. We thought he had drowned with you, why do you think he is wet?" Anamaira asked sitting beside Meira, "would you like me to stay in here tonight?"
"No thank you Anamaria," Meira said smiling to her new friend, "you've done enough. I would like to be alone tonight… I need to face my demons on my own."
"Good night," Anamaria said before walking out. Anamaria closed the door behind her and quickly went back to her quarters. Meira laid there letting a couple tears fall before the rest fell. She didn't know that Will was still waiting outside, trying to figure out what to do. He heard her cry and realized that he shouldn't go on his brotherly instinct to soothe her pain, then again he didn't know why she was so hurt. He laid in his bed for the rest of the night hoping she was no longer crying. When morning came he waited for Meira to awaken. Meira walked out of the room and down the hall slowly obviously feeling bad for the things she said. Meira looked up and saw Will walking down there also. She stopped wanting to turn and run away but something told her to keep walking towards him. Will smiled at her, Meira gave him a half smile before crossing her arms and walking towards him. She understood he had forgiven her for her harsh accusation. He stopped in front of her and wrapped his arms around her shoulders as hers wrapped around his waist. They sat there a moment hugging, she sighed hiding her face in his chest, "I'm sorry…"
"I know," Will said his head resting on hers, he felt like a protective brother watching over a baby sister.
"I didn't know," Meira said biting her lip still in the embrace.
"I know," Will said smiling squeezing her tighter. Meira finally understood their relationship… they were pack mates, family…. BEST friends.
"I'm very grateful," Meira said finally smiling a real smile.
"I know," Will said taking a deep breath, it was their first hug… and it was the sweetest hug friends could ever dream of.
"You're my best friend," Meira said smiling big. Will froze a moment before smiling bigger as well.
"I know," he squeezed her tight, "you're my best friend as well…"
"I know," Meira smiled making him laugh before letting go of the embrace. Within a few seconds two people went from sad and hurt, to happy and at peace. Meira smiled before walking off for breakfast. That was until both Meira and Will were thrown into the wall as the ship skidded to a stop from hitting land. The ship finally stopped moving and Will could stand up, he helped Meira up and took off to find out what happened.
"AHOY! Ankern! We've reached land!" a man on top of the ship yelled.
"What did he say? Meira asked looking at Will.
"Oh that means basically use the anchor," Will said looking at the giant green island.
"We've reached t' island gents!" Barbossa said smiling with his arms raised, "let us go upon t' land!"
"He seems awfully happy," Meira said looking at Will. Elizabeth walked up the stairs in her gentlemen clothing, Anamaria was also dressed and ready to go.
"Will!" Barbossa yelled putting his sword in his scabbard, "come along now! We are ready to go to t' shore. Marty, Gibbs prepare ye'selves for a fight."
"I left ye something down stairs Meira," Anamaria said hushed as she walked by.
Authors note:
U found some cool things with pirates words and stuff taught me how to use them and stuff I'm going to make only certain pirates use words since it just seems better… know what I mean? But I hope you enjoyed!
