James looked around, seeing Anna a few feet away, staring out onto the water. "Anna, is something wrong?" he asked.
Anna looked back at him. "I'm fine. I'm just testing out my brother's theory that it helps if you stare out onto the water when you're thinking"
James smiled. "Does it work?"
"No" Anna shook her head.
"What is it that you're thinking of?" James asked. He walked next to her and folded his arms, leaning on the railing. He looked at her and lifted the corner of his mouth in a slight smile when she looked at him.
Anna blushed and smiled, then sighed. "That my brother has always depended on me for things, and now because we can't find Norrington, I feel like a total failure"
James frowned. He had to admit, he had come to like her company, and he didn't like that she seemed so upset over something he started. "You're not a failure, Anna. So we keep searching for him"
"I just don't know what to do" Anna replied.
James was surprised when she actually put her head under his chin and started crying softly into his chest.
James winced. He truly hated seeing her like this, and now hated the fact he had lied from the start with her, and he wanted to tell her the truth about who he was, no matter the consequences. But how can I tell her? "Anna, I have to tell you… I'm… I'm-"
"Anna!" Murtogg and Mullroy called, running towards them, stopping and blushing while looking away, thinking they had walked in on something else.
(HI THIS CATHERINE TAKING OVER FOR THE NEXT FEW SENTENCES!!)
Anna caught their looks. "Whatever you think happened, it didn't. So don't all you dirty men go and start thinking about unnatural things…" she blushed furiously. She felt her whole entire face burn up.
Murtogg also blushed in embarrassment. He knew that James was going to kill them after this, especially after Anna had shared what she figured they thought, and judging by James' expression, he knew he was right. Mullroy knew what Murtogg was thinking also.
"Great…I'm dead…" Murtogg and Mullroy thought in unison.
A few moments of dead, and I mean dead silence, Murtogg and Mullroy ran away screaming "MOMMA!! MOOOOOOOOMAAAAAA!!"
Catherine: Have you ever heard 35 year old men scream for there mommies? I think not!
Phantom Creedy Lover: (shoving Catherine away from computer) Okay, enough of that. back on course.
"Well that was awkward…" James blinked. "Excuse me" he bowed quickly before drawing his sword. "MURTOGG! MULLROY! GET BACK HERE!" he yelled.
Anna blinked in suprise, yet still held back laughter when she watched him chase the two other guards around. She looked over at the man that they had hired to steer the ship, wondering how long he was going to last there, whether he would accidentally get knocked overboard or would just leave after having enough of the men's insanity.
Meanwhile:
James grabbed Murtogg and Mullroy by the collar. "You two listen. Nothing was going on between Anna and I. As a matter of fact, I was about to tell her that I was Norrington, and you just ruined that… a lot,"
"Oh, well we really screwed that up, didn't we commo- Mr. Applegate?" Murtogg grinned innocently.
"Right you are, Murtogg. And be lucky I'm taking the fact that you can't swim into consideration, or you'd be overboard at the moment. Am I clear?" James growled. His eyes flashed dangerously.
"Yes sir" Murtogg nodded.
James sighed. "I'm getting too old for this…"
"Uh sir?" Asked Murtogg.
"What?" Snarled James.
"You aren't that old…" Murtogg said.
James stared a stare that said many things. It was blank and yet, destructive. He imagined the two men overboard, and them getting mauled by sharks. And then they still lived… Then a cute looking fish with big cute eyes and a small mouths looking up at them as if saying. 'We love you.' Then Mullroy saying, "Aw, look at their faces!" Then the fishes' innocent eyes turn into black slits and there mouth opens wide with razor sharp fangs dig into their flesh. Mullroy yells as Murtogg laughs saying "That tickles!" "There tearing us up you fool!" Screams Mullroy. Then randomly the Kraken comes up and swallows them whole.
Murtogg interrupted James' fantasy. "Why are you smiling wickedly like that sir?" he asked.
"Shut up, fool" Norrington said before walking off. Norrington shook his head. Too old indeed.
