CHAPTER SEVEN
Elizabeth was the last person Jack had expected to see here in Tortuga, but
there she was, looking just as beautiful as ever, holding a little girl in
her arms.
Her eyes were full of sadness and anger. "Elizabeth..." he whispered, but before he could get anything else out, her hand collided with his face in an extremely hard slap.
"I supposed I deserved that one," said Jack, rubbing his cheek. His eyes fell to the little girl that Elizabeth was holding. He stared. She looked like Elizabeth, but with dark hair and eyes.
"Mommy, who is that man?" the little girl asked, and Jack looked back at Elizabeth, waiting to here Elizabeth's answer. She had a daughter?
Elizabeth didn't answer the girl, but instead said "Shh, Brynn, not now."
"'Lizabeth, I- how- what are you doing here?" Jack managed to sputter out.
"I came to talk to you, of course! Why else would I be here?" Elizabeth said angrily.
"Listen, I'm sor-" Jack began, but he was cut off.
"I don't want to here an explanation Jack. You lied to me! You told me you loved me! You told me you'd come back for me! To think I actually loved you once!"
Jack did not know how to respond to this, but Elizabeth continued on. "I just came to see you, to see if you hadn't fallen off the face of the Earth, to see that you really did exist and it wasn't all a dream. And I came to tell you something."
"What is it?" Jack said. Elizabeth had suddenly become serious.
"I'd rather not talk about it HERE," Elizabeth said, nodding towards the crowded street. "Come with me," and Jack followed Elizabeth into the inn and up to her room. Brynn stared at Jack with great interest, and seemed to like the many beads in his hair. He walked n his usual swagger which made Brynn giggle.
'What had Elizabeth been doing these past.. what was it, 3 years?' Jack thought, 'had she gotten married? Was this Norrington's child?' Jack cringed at the thought.
They arrived at Elizabeth's room, and sat down in the 2 chairs. There was something else that had been bothering Elizabeth. "Where's Will?" she asked Jack.
"Oh, he and Anamaria left the Pearl about a year or more back," Jack told her. "Went to settle somewhere in the Bahamas. I believe they were expecting a little one when we left 'em."
"Oh," Elizabeth answered. Was everyone else happy but her? "Brynn, this is Captain Jack Sparrow." She told her daughter.
"Really, Mommy?" said Brynn excitedly, "The pirate you told me about? The one you were waiting for?"
Jack looked at Elizabeth. She had been waiting for him all these years? Elizabeth chanced a look at Jack before dropping her gaze. "Yes, he's the one." She sighed. "Jack, this is my daughter, Brynn."
Jack smiled at the little girl who giggled, and then was put to bed by Elizabeth. Once Elizabeth was settled in her chair again, Jack asked, "How are you, Elizabeth?"
"I could be better. Why didn't you come back?"
"It's too late now anyway.is it the Commodore? Tell me you didn't marry the bloody commodore!" Jack said.
"What? God no, Jack, I would never marry that man. Why would you say such a thing, Jack?"
"Well, then who's.."
"Jack, you can't tell?" asked Elizabeth, "I know Brynn looks a lot like me, but there's no denying she looks like her father. She has the exact same eyes as you"
"What? You mean, I have a daughter? she's my daughter?
Her eyes were full of sadness and anger. "Elizabeth..." he whispered, but before he could get anything else out, her hand collided with his face in an extremely hard slap.
"I supposed I deserved that one," said Jack, rubbing his cheek. His eyes fell to the little girl that Elizabeth was holding. He stared. She looked like Elizabeth, but with dark hair and eyes.
"Mommy, who is that man?" the little girl asked, and Jack looked back at Elizabeth, waiting to here Elizabeth's answer. She had a daughter?
Elizabeth didn't answer the girl, but instead said "Shh, Brynn, not now."
"'Lizabeth, I- how- what are you doing here?" Jack managed to sputter out.
"I came to talk to you, of course! Why else would I be here?" Elizabeth said angrily.
"Listen, I'm sor-" Jack began, but he was cut off.
"I don't want to here an explanation Jack. You lied to me! You told me you loved me! You told me you'd come back for me! To think I actually loved you once!"
Jack did not know how to respond to this, but Elizabeth continued on. "I just came to see you, to see if you hadn't fallen off the face of the Earth, to see that you really did exist and it wasn't all a dream. And I came to tell you something."
"What is it?" Jack said. Elizabeth had suddenly become serious.
"I'd rather not talk about it HERE," Elizabeth said, nodding towards the crowded street. "Come with me," and Jack followed Elizabeth into the inn and up to her room. Brynn stared at Jack with great interest, and seemed to like the many beads in his hair. He walked n his usual swagger which made Brynn giggle.
'What had Elizabeth been doing these past.. what was it, 3 years?' Jack thought, 'had she gotten married? Was this Norrington's child?' Jack cringed at the thought.
They arrived at Elizabeth's room, and sat down in the 2 chairs. There was something else that had been bothering Elizabeth. "Where's Will?" she asked Jack.
"Oh, he and Anamaria left the Pearl about a year or more back," Jack told her. "Went to settle somewhere in the Bahamas. I believe they were expecting a little one when we left 'em."
"Oh," Elizabeth answered. Was everyone else happy but her? "Brynn, this is Captain Jack Sparrow." She told her daughter.
"Really, Mommy?" said Brynn excitedly, "The pirate you told me about? The one you were waiting for?"
Jack looked at Elizabeth. She had been waiting for him all these years? Elizabeth chanced a look at Jack before dropping her gaze. "Yes, he's the one." She sighed. "Jack, this is my daughter, Brynn."
Jack smiled at the little girl who giggled, and then was put to bed by Elizabeth. Once Elizabeth was settled in her chair again, Jack asked, "How are you, Elizabeth?"
"I could be better. Why didn't you come back?"
"It's too late now anyway.is it the Commodore? Tell me you didn't marry the bloody commodore!" Jack said.
"What? God no, Jack, I would never marry that man. Why would you say such a thing, Jack?"
"Well, then who's.."
"Jack, you can't tell?" asked Elizabeth, "I know Brynn looks a lot like me, but there's no denying she looks like her father. She has the exact same eyes as you"
"What? You mean, I have a daughter? she's my daughter?