I swam through the water, not daring to make a sound. Who knows what would happen if we were caught. Will swam ahead, just a quiet as I was, as I reluctantly followed. I still had no idea what Will was doing, and every second I felt even worse for leaving Jack behind. I slowly turned around, and I could barely see Jack, lying perfectly still just where we'd left him. I bit my lip and swam the opposite direction, now seeing Will farther away. I caught up with him and saw Elizabeth, lying on the shore. He reached up and put his hand over her mouth. She jumped awake, but because of Will's evil mind, she was unable to make a sound. As soon as she saw us, she quickly got into the water, and the three of us swam back to the boat.
"So we're just going to leave him here?" I asked as Will grabbed the oars from all the pirates' boats to keep them from following us. He stopped and turned around.
"Any man that falls behind gets left behind." He helped Elizabeth into our boat and looked back at me. "Are you coming?" I got into the boat he sat down next to Elizabeth. She gave me a half-hearted, still scared smile, but I only looked away. The entire ride to the Pearl was silent. Will had achieved his mission, he was happy and he didn't need to talk. Elizabeth was free, she, too was happy and still a bit traumatized, and she didn't need to talk either. Jack was left behind, and I felt like my heart was being ripped from my chest. I wouldn't have been able to talk even if I'd wanted to. I sat in the silence, completely zoned from the world and before I had realized what happened, I stood on the deck of the Pearl, looking at her crew.
"Not more pirates!" Elizabeth stepped closer to Will as he climbed on deck.
"Welcome aboard, Miss Elizabeth." Gibbs said, stepping out from the group of pirates.
"Mr. Gibbs?" Elizabeth acknowledged him as if she hardly believed he were real.
"Hey, boy, where be Jack?" Gibbs asked. I closed my eyes let out a long, jagged breath. Will looked over at me.
"Jack? Jack Sparrow?" Elizabeth said in disbelief.
"He fell behind." He said slowly and quietly. I took one last look at everyone standing on deck and ran down below deck, bursting into tears. I slowly sat down in a chair, and buried my face in my hands.
"We were just reunited." I said, taking a deep breath. "Why can't we ever stay together?" I hugged my knees against my chest, and I saw Elizabeth slowly walk in.
"Are you alright? I haven't seen you this upset since I first noticed your necklace. I don't even understand why you're upset now. Nothing's happened." She sat down next to me.
"Elizabeth," I took another deep breath. "I have to admit, I haven't been completely honest with you all these years." I slowly put my feet on the floor and looked at her.
"What do you mean?" She asked.
"When you found Will and I that day in the water, Will was telling the truth. We had been on that pirate ship. And before that day, I'd been on it a lot longer."
"Why?" She said, confused.
"Because I am a pirate." I said, slowly. She shook her head in disbelief.
"No you're not, you're my best friend! You really had me going there for a minute, but really, its hard to lie about something like this." She laughed.
"I'm not lying, Elizabeth." I said, slowly pulling up my sleeve and revealing the 'P'. She gasped, but didn't move. "And my last name isn't Smith, either. It's Merrigue. I'm not sure if you've ever heard of Cannonbell Merrigue, but that's my father. And I'm Selesta B-Bloody Rose Merrigue." I stammered out. She sat perfectly still, staring at me.
"Why didn't you just tell me?" She asked.
"I was so scared! Scared that you would be terrified of who I was or that someone would find out and have me executed. But, I haven't told you one of the biggest parts."
"What?"
"I worked on the Black Pearl. And so did Jack." I said.
"Jack Sparrow?" She said his name with disgust.
"Jack Sparrow." I paused. "We became really close. I loved him. And he was the one that gave me the necklace." I looked away from her.
"I knew you knew him that day on the dock." She said.
"Elizabeth, I'm really sorry I never told you any of this. I was just so scared…" My voice trailed off.
"It's alright. I just need a minute to think about all of this." She smiled weakly.
"I'll be up on deck getting some air, alright?" I stood up, and saw Will walk in.
"Alright." She said. I walked toward the door and looked at Will. He looked as though he wanted to say something, but I didn't give him the chance. I wiped away a tear, and climbed up the ladder, saying nothing, and leaving he and Elizabeth alone. It may not have been the best plan to get them together, but I wasn't so mad at Will that I wouldn't try.