And another one! Woot! MrsTurner007, I do appologize heartily in advance, as I know you will not like this chapter. Everyone else, enjoy!
I smiled a little as I walked around in the hold where I'd seen the huge eyeglass a few months ago. We were raiding an EITC ship (my favorite type to plunder) and after the job was done, I was rummaging through some of the loot when I found it. I had thought it was rediculously huge and worthless, as it was almost impossible to use because of it's size. I did keep it down in the hold, though, thinking it might get me a pretty penny in Tortuga. I never got the chance to sell it though, because about a month later I was put off in Port Royal thinking that I was pregnant. I shuddered thinking about everything that had happened since then. Life was cruel.
I continued on my way through the darkness, looking for the crate that the eyeglass was in when I heard voices. I looked over the pile of cargo that I was standing at and I saw Will and Elizabeth.
"So, Selesta was telling the truth the entire time. You left Jack to the Kraken." Will said as Elizabeth sat on the steps leading toward the deck. She wasn't there when I'd taken those steps a few minutes ago. Neither was Will. But now they were, and I was trapped.
"He's rescued now, it's done with." She said quickly, and even though I knew I shouldn't be listening, I listened anyway. It's not like there was anywhere I could go to give them privacy anyway. "Will, I had no choice!"
"You chose not to tell me."
"I chose not to tell anyone, not just you." She stood up and looked at him with pleading eyes.
"How did Selesta know, then?" He asked. I ducked down lower behind the cargo, not wanting to be seen. Its one thing to hear a converstaion not meant for your ears. Its another thing to hear a converstation about you, not meant for your ears.
"I don't know how she knew. But I hadn't told her." Elizabeth stepped closer to him. "Will, It wasn't your burden to bear."
"But I did bear it, didn't I? I just didn't know what it was. I thought..."
"You thought I loved him." Elizabeth said, obviously recalling the conversation I'd had with her. She quicky tried to turn and run up the stairs, but Will grabbed her and held her against a wall.
"If you make your choices alone, how can I trust you?" I heard his voice saying, though barely above whisper level.
"You can't." Elizabeth said struggling to keep her tears from falling. She broke free from his grasp and ran up the stairs. Will waited down in the hold for a few more minutes before turning and walking up onto the deck as well. I sighed and came out from my hiding place. I guess they had finally had that talk that I'd wanted them to have. I couldn't make up my mind whether to keep searching for the eyeglass or go talk to Elizabeth. I groaned and walked toward the stairs, hating my conscience all the way. I knew I needed to talk to her...
"Elizabeth?" I mumbled upon seeing her on deck. She was standing at the starboard railing, sniffling back tears.
"What?" She snapped after looking to see who it was.
"I uh...I didn't actually know for sure that you had killed him." I began to talk. Quickly, that way I'd get it over with. "I blamed it on you, because I needed to blame it on someone. I couldn't accept it. And then in the boat with how you reacted to my blaming, I figured it out...that you did actually kill him."
"Why are you telling me this?" She wiped a tear off her face with her sleeve.
"I...I heard you and Will down in the hold talking. Actually, I was down in the hold. I was looking for an eyeglass...don't ask." I mumbled.
"Oh." She said. We stood silently for a while before she turned to look at me again. "Selesta, I really am sorry. I didn't think about it much, I really thought I had no choice. Please, please forgive me." She practically begged. I sighed and thought about what it was like when she was still Elizabeth, my best friend.
Maybe I was desperate to talk to someone again, maybe I was mad, or maybe I deep down wanted to forgive her. Which ever it was, it possessed me and forced me to say "Alright." And give her a small smile. She smiled back and pulled me into a hug. All was forgiven.