"Mother, father!" The two girls called to Elizabeth and Will as they came down the stairs. They ran up to them out of breath,
"What is the matter girls?" She asked,
"Cleo..." Naomi started,
"Let me tell her!" Natalie glared at her sister,
"No, me!" Naomi glared back,
"No, me!"
"No, me!"
"No," A voice from behind them said calmly, "me." They turned and saw Cleo standing, in a calm lady like stature that almost scared all of them, but it caused them to stare,
"What is it that you want to tell us?" Will asked looking at Cleo,
"I accepted Edward's fiancée proposal." She smiled, continuing her lady like posture, and walked over to them,
"You accepted?" Will looked at her confused, "I don't mean to be rude, but you and him don't seem to go together,"
"That is exactly why I said I would be his fiancée not his wife, my dear Mr. Turner." She looked at him,
"What is your father going to say?" Elizabeth looked at her completely shocked,
"He's not going to know, because I'm leaving before any of this gets out of hand." She shrugged, and she tugged at the necklace that she had around her neck, and Will noticed and smiled noticing this was her way of saying thank you,
"Then what about Edward, he'll wonder where you went?" She asked,
"A plan in process," Cleo smiled, and her ladylike composure stopped, "Alright who's up for somethin' to eat?"
"Miss Sparrow you don't have to do this," Bill said looking at her strangely,
"Yeah I do mate," She smiled, "I mean who wouldn't want you two together?"
"Thank you Miss Sparrow this means a lot to us." Abigail smiled at her,
"I know, but I'll be outta here soon enough," She nodded, "Well I've got go have somethin' to eat otherwise I'll die of starvation," She walked away from the couple,
"I don't trust her," Bill said quietly,
"Bill..." Abigail warned,
"I'm just saying that maybe she's doing this for another reason," He shrugged,
"What besides being our friend?" She sighed,
"Yes," He said plainly,
"I think she's being an actual lady this time, Bill." Abigail smiled, and he just sighed,
"One can only hope."
Cleo lay in her bed, by herself. Abigail had snuck into Bill's room. Cleo couldn't sleep, she felt something was wrong, something not entirely right. When was her father going to come? Why couldn't he have just asked for the necklace? Will had given it willingly to her, she cursed silently. Hopefully tomorrow they would come, or maybe even tonight. Suddenly she heard an all too familiar sound. Quickly she got out of bed and went to look out the window,
"Brophy," She hissed his name, a ship outside her window was shooting cannons at the little sleeping town of Port Royal,
"What's going on Miss Cleo?" The two twins had come in from their room to see what had awaken their slumber,
"A ship." She said plainly, and she turned to them, "Do you know anywhere you can hide, girlies?"
"No." They answered together,
"We can go to the fort," Natalie offered, "It's the safest place in Port Royal,"
"Edward will be there as well," Naomi smiled,
"You best be stayin' out of my business girly," Cleo warned, "Otherwise you'll find yourself on that godforsaken ship."
"Isn't better than here?" Natalie questioned,
"No," Cleo said something that she didn't even expect, "Anywhere is better than that hell of a ship,'
"Bill what was that?" Abigail woke up suddenly,
"What?" He mumbled, trying to go back to bed, and then he heard it too, and sat up, "I don't know."
"It sounds like gunfire or something like that." She listened intently, and Bill got up quickly, "Bill what's...."
"Abigail you have to get to the fort quickly," He helped her off the bed, "And before my parents see us leave from the same room."
Elizabeth did you hear that?" Will asked starting to sit up,
"Hear what?" She yawned, "Its not the baby, go back to sleep darling." Slowly he crawled out of bed and looked outside their window, his eyes widened,
"Elizabeth, get up!" He said in a hurried voice,
"What? Why?" She asked getting up,
"A pirate ship is attacking," Will turned to her, "We have to get to the fort," Elizabeth picked up the baby trying to not wake it u.
"We have to get the children," Elizabeth whispered, as she made her way to Cleo's room, and Will made his way to Bill's room. Slowly Will opened his son's door,
"Bill!" He whispered harshly, "Where are you?" The room was empty,
"Right behind you father," Will turned to see Bill and Abigail,
"Good, go and get to the fort," They seemed hesitant, "Go!" They left, and Elizabeth came up with Cleo, Natalie, and Naomi. Cleo had three swords in her hands, and she tossed one to Will,
"Where's Bill and Abigail?" She asked,
"They're on their way to the fort," He nodded, and soon the little group walked downstairs and out the door into streets that were filled up to the brim with death and chaos,
"What is the matter girls?" She asked,
"Cleo..." Naomi started,
"Let me tell her!" Natalie glared at her sister,
"No, me!" Naomi glared back,
"No, me!"
"No, me!"
"No," A voice from behind them said calmly, "me." They turned and saw Cleo standing, in a calm lady like stature that almost scared all of them, but it caused them to stare,
"What is it that you want to tell us?" Will asked looking at Cleo,
"I accepted Edward's fiancée proposal." She smiled, continuing her lady like posture, and walked over to them,
"You accepted?" Will looked at her confused, "I don't mean to be rude, but you and him don't seem to go together,"
"That is exactly why I said I would be his fiancée not his wife, my dear Mr. Turner." She looked at him,
"What is your father going to say?" Elizabeth looked at her completely shocked,
"He's not going to know, because I'm leaving before any of this gets out of hand." She shrugged, and she tugged at the necklace that she had around her neck, and Will noticed and smiled noticing this was her way of saying thank you,
"Then what about Edward, he'll wonder where you went?" She asked,
"A plan in process," Cleo smiled, and her ladylike composure stopped, "Alright who's up for somethin' to eat?"
"Miss Sparrow you don't have to do this," Bill said looking at her strangely,
"Yeah I do mate," She smiled, "I mean who wouldn't want you two together?"
"Thank you Miss Sparrow this means a lot to us." Abigail smiled at her,
"I know, but I'll be outta here soon enough," She nodded, "Well I've got go have somethin' to eat otherwise I'll die of starvation," She walked away from the couple,
"I don't trust her," Bill said quietly,
"Bill..." Abigail warned,
"I'm just saying that maybe she's doing this for another reason," He shrugged,
"What besides being our friend?" She sighed,
"Yes," He said plainly,
"I think she's being an actual lady this time, Bill." Abigail smiled, and he just sighed,
"One can only hope."
Cleo lay in her bed, by herself. Abigail had snuck into Bill's room. Cleo couldn't sleep, she felt something was wrong, something not entirely right. When was her father going to come? Why couldn't he have just asked for the necklace? Will had given it willingly to her, she cursed silently. Hopefully tomorrow they would come, or maybe even tonight. Suddenly she heard an all too familiar sound. Quickly she got out of bed and went to look out the window,
"Brophy," She hissed his name, a ship outside her window was shooting cannons at the little sleeping town of Port Royal,
"What's going on Miss Cleo?" The two twins had come in from their room to see what had awaken their slumber,
"A ship." She said plainly, and she turned to them, "Do you know anywhere you can hide, girlies?"
"No." They answered together,
"We can go to the fort," Natalie offered, "It's the safest place in Port Royal,"
"Edward will be there as well," Naomi smiled,
"You best be stayin' out of my business girly," Cleo warned, "Otherwise you'll find yourself on that godforsaken ship."
"Isn't better than here?" Natalie questioned,
"No," Cleo said something that she didn't even expect, "Anywhere is better than that hell of a ship,'
"Bill what was that?" Abigail woke up suddenly,
"What?" He mumbled, trying to go back to bed, and then he heard it too, and sat up, "I don't know."
"It sounds like gunfire or something like that." She listened intently, and Bill got up quickly, "Bill what's...."
"Abigail you have to get to the fort quickly," He helped her off the bed, "And before my parents see us leave from the same room."
Elizabeth did you hear that?" Will asked starting to sit up,
"Hear what?" She yawned, "Its not the baby, go back to sleep darling." Slowly he crawled out of bed and looked outside their window, his eyes widened,
"Elizabeth, get up!" He said in a hurried voice,
"What? Why?" She asked getting up,
"A pirate ship is attacking," Will turned to her, "We have to get to the fort," Elizabeth picked up the baby trying to not wake it u.
"We have to get the children," Elizabeth whispered, as she made her way to Cleo's room, and Will made his way to Bill's room. Slowly Will opened his son's door,
"Bill!" He whispered harshly, "Where are you?" The room was empty,
"Right behind you father," Will turned to see Bill and Abigail,
"Good, go and get to the fort," They seemed hesitant, "Go!" They left, and Elizabeth came up with Cleo, Natalie, and Naomi. Cleo had three swords in her hands, and she tossed one to Will,
"Where's Bill and Abigail?" She asked,
"They're on their way to the fort," He nodded, and soon the little group walked downstairs and out the door into streets that were filled up to the brim with death and chaos,