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Woa. You lot really don't like Cedric do you? Well you're going to hate him in this chapter. I loved Smithy's response: major league jerk! Ha! This chapter is going to be quite interesting with an unexpected twist. Keep reading!
Chapter 11
"Aye" Oliver replied, glaring at Cedric. No more words were said between the two men before father came along with a face like thunder.
"I thought I told you to stay in the bloody cabin Lily Jane Sparrow!"Dad roared. Damn. I'm in trouble now. Dad never uses my middle name, not even when he is angry with me. I really must be in trouble now. I forgot I even had a middle name.
"But I had to do something Dad" I replied meekly. I'm not used to father being in this mood, I've never had to handle him when he's like this.
"I don't want to hear excuses Lily, now get back to the cabin and make sure you stay there" Dad growled with a menacing look in his eyes. But, being the stubborn Sparrow that I am, I was not about to back down and cower like a snooty upper-class wench.
"No" I said sternly.
"Lily for once in you god damn life do as your told" father said just as sternly though I detected a strange sense of worry in his eyes.
"Father I know there is something going on here and I want to know what"
"Father?" Cedric asked as if something had just clicked in his mind. "yes I thought as much, at first I thought you could be his wife but then you said your name was Watson-Sparrow, so then I thought maybe his cousin or another relation but now I see it, you're his daughter, Lucille Howarth's daughter, my…my"
"Shut up Bailey!" Dad snapped, drawing his sword and pointing it at Cedric's neck.
"Father!" I gasped, "You are no killer and I forbid you to hurt this man until I have some answers" I demanded and then I turned my attention back to Cedric.
"I want an explanation" I said, "your ship comes along and I am forced to stay in a cabin, which is very unusual on this ship, I talk to you and you ask about my mother which is something no one has ever done before and you call her Lucille Howarth not Hazelworth which is her true name, you grab hold of me and try to keep me on your ship…"
"He did what!" Oliver shouted, glaring daggers at Cedric.
"let me finish!" I shouted, "then even when I hurt you, you came after me, now we are all here and you claim to know my mother and I and I want to know just what the hell is going on here before any decisions are made" I finished, looking round at all three men who were staring at me in awe, I don't think any of them had seen me so riled before, apart from father of course.
"Well you see Lily when you and I were born…" Cedric began, father interrupted him.
"Let me tell her, its only fair after I have kept it from her all this time" father said.
"Kept what from me?" I said, growing angrier by the second.
"Lily, luv, promise me you won't be mad at me and you won't do anything stupid" father said.
"I am not bloody Will for the last bloody time, I will shoot the next person to say that to me I swear it…I promise" I said.
"Good" father said.
"Right now will you tell us what the hell is going on Jack?" Oliver asked, putting a protective arm around me.
"Captain Bailey here was supposed to be your husband, you've been betrothed to each other since birth" Dad explained.
"What?!" Oliver and I both asked in unison. Dad started to walk to his cabin so we all followed him, guessing that he wanted to discuss this when the whole crew wasn't watching and listening. Once we were inside I sat on the chair at father's desk and waited for him to begin.
"Lily, when you were little I told you that your mother was called Lucille Hazelworth, yes?" father asked.
"Yes" I said nodding my head.
"Well your mother was really called Lucille Howarth; I kept it from you to stop you discovering who she really was, the daughter of the governor of St. Thomas" Dad paused letting the new bit of information sink in.
"Right" I said, letting him know I was ready for the next bit. I'll shout and throw my tantrum later.
"we met after she stormed off one night from her home, she had had an argument with her father and we had a bit of a fling for a while and then she realised she was with child, she couldn't tell her father she had a fling with a pirate and certainly not with Jack Sparrow so she pretended that she had gotten pregnant by some random navy man and her father instantly set about finding her someone to marry"
"Yes" I replied, wanting him to get on with his story.
"Well I was around at the time, making sure she was ok, I fear that if I wasn't there she would have taken her life, she got married and she had you months later. She couldn't cope with you and the stress you brought her so she gave you to me and told me to name you and leave with you on the Pearl and never return"
"So ye did" I said.
"Yes" father replied, "I named you Lily and gave you your mother's middle name as your own, you lived on the Pearl all your life and I told you a believable story about your wench of a mother not wanting you because you got in the way and you believed it, obviously"
"So where does Cedric come into this?" Oliver asked
"When Lucille handed Lily over to me I took her back to the Pearl. I found a letter in her blanket telling me that Cedric Bailey was her betrothed and that he was one day going to become captain of The Falcon, I didn't think Captain Bailey would want a pirate bride anyway and I certainly didn't think I'd ever meet him so I didn't say anything and you two got together and it was all happy until he showed up" Dad explained, motioning to Cedric who was listening intently to father.
"Right" I said, gathering all my thoughts, "My mother is really the dead daughter of the governor of St. Thomas, she couldn't cope with me so she gave me to my father, to you Da', and she left a letter in my baby blanket saying Captain Bailey would be my husband and now Captain Bailey is here and only God knows what he bloody wants" I said, shortening the information I had been given.
"That's about right" Dad said, pleased that he had got the message across correctly.
"What do ye want?" Oliver asked Cedric, pulling me closer.
"I came to claim what is rightfully mine" Cedric said blatantly.
"Me?" I asked fearfully, to my horror Cedric nodded.
"You'll not have her" Oliver said, "she already has a husband and a daughter, she has a family and a secure home and she defiantly does not need nor want you"
"You have a daughter?" Cedric asked humorously, although why he finds it funny I'm not sure about.
"I do" I replied
"Lets see the brat then" Cedric said somewhat coldly.
"No" Oliver said before me, "you'll not see my daughter and you'll not have my wife, I suggest you leave Bailey"
"No, I came to claim my wife and I don't care much that she already has a husband, that can be rearranged and I suppose the brat can stay here" Cedric said.
"I am not your wife, my daughter is not a brat and you will not hurt a hair on my husbands head, just leave!" I yelled
"Get off my ship Bailey and don't come back ever, Lily and Charlie are not going anywhere" Dad said.
"oh but she is" Cedric said pulling his sword out and pointing it at my stomach, I instantly covered it with my hand as if that would help my child and Dad and Oliver both pulled out their swords.
"don't be foolish" Cedric said pointedly to Oliver and father, "your whore is coming with me whether you like it or not, if you try to stop me I will kill her, if she wont be with me then she shall not be the whore of this pirate and I will make sure of that"
"That doesn't make much sense" I said
"It makes perfect sense, I never specified which state I would like you in and you'd still be my wife if you were dead, so I win both ways really" Cedric replied unemotionally, "although I'd like you alive, it would make our relationship so much more interesting"
"Your sick" Oliver spat
"He's worse than sick Oliver lad, he needs his head testin'" Dad replied with equal distaste.
"Get up" Cedric ordered me; I did so, not wanting to be hurt. Cedric put his sword to my throat and forced me towards the door.
"Captain Sparrow, you will not order you crew to attack me or my ship, you will not follow us and you will not do anything you might regret" Cedric ordered, dragging his sword across my throat threateningly. I trembled as I felt the cold blade threatening to cut my skin open. Both Dad and Oliver looked at me hesitantly.
"Do as he says" I said. At those words Cedric put his sword down. "I will go with you Cedric, I wish not for anyone to be hurt, if I go it'll be the best option" Oliver and Dad were left speechless; Cedric noticed this and spoke up.
"I'll leave you to say you goodbyes, pack your things but don't bring any clothes, I'm sure my mother will have some dresses for you once we get to St. Thomas" he said and with that, he put his sword back in its scabbard and walked out of the cabin. My stomach did a flip when he mentioned dresses, was I really expected to wear them?!
"What the hell do you think you are doing?" Oliver said at long last.
"Cedric said don't follow him, but what if you don't follow him, what if you coincidently have to make port in St. Thomas" I said. I walked up to Oliver and wrapped my arms around him, wishing I could do the same to my Charlie.
"Save me" I whispered before turning and walking out of the cabin.
"Damn it!" I heard Dad shout.
"Yeah" I muttered as I crossed the gangplank to The Falcon, "damn it"
So what do you think of Cedric now eh? Hate him huh? Can't wait to see what you all think. Review please! I appreciate your thoughts anytime!
