A/N: Oh my poor Tazz! This must be killing you! Hee! You just gave me
all the power I need! Heh. You're lucky I decided to delay the typing of
"More Than This" rather than delaying my seventh chapter, so I suppose I
should dedicate this chapter to you! ;P Anyway, here it is you rabid fans
you...chapter 7!!!!!
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Up on deck, Jack was checking his *broken* compass to navigate. Will was currently showing his son how to climb up the crow's nest for the watch. Unexpectedly, Anamaria placed her hands on the captain's shoulders while he was watching the pair. He twitched, which only brought a smile to her face. He turned around to look at her.
"Shouldn't you be doing something?" he asked. She chuckled.
"Devin is doing fine," she replied. "I think she'll be up and about very soon." Jack shrugged.
"I just want to make sure that she's going to be all right." He turned back to the helm and Anamaria stepped next to him.
"She will be, and very soon. She's got your spirit," she said, looking over at her beloved captain. "You just need to let her go a little. She's seventeen, older than I was when I went on my first voyage."
"But you were forced to go on that voyage."
"So? I made the best of it, and I got out of that situation." Anamaria turned back to look at the crew. "She's been through worse than I have, but she'll do just fine. Her mother was a good person, her father is..." she stopped there, not sure of what to say. Jack smiled.
"Her father is what?"
"Her father is the best man I know," she concluded. Jack raised his eyebrows. "You know I wouldn't say it unless I thought it was true, Jack. She's got a good family; she's got a strong character. And speak of the devil here she is now." Unbeknownst to them, Devin had crept up to surprise them.
"What are you doing up?" Jack demanded, though a slight smile flickered on his lips. "Will didn't tell you you could get up!" Devin grinned.
"I'm feeling fine, father, really I am," she protested. "I don't want to be in there much longer for fear of getting even worse. I thought some fresh air would do me good."
"And it will," said a new voice, and Devin turned to see Mr. Turner coming up to the helm, followed closely by Master Will. "I was just about to go down and tell you you should get out. It seems that you have beaten me to the chase." Jack laughed.
"Well, since that's all settled, I suppose we should put you to work!" He nodded to Anamaria, and she conducted Devin down the stairs. Jack turned back to Will. "Speaking of work, how's your boy doing?"
"Fine, even if he is a little reluctant," the father said, elbowing his son lightly. "But he'll get the hang of it in no time."
"Good, good," Jack replied. "Keep it up, and all that other good stuff. It'll be about three more days until we make it to Spain." Will nodded, and took his son back down below. "Three more days," he whispered, and looked off into the distance wistfully, lost in his own thoughts.
********** A/N: Well???? I updated? Are you happy? You better be Tazz!!!!!!!!!! Shorter than usual, but the period's going to end soon, and I want to be hasty, no matter what Treebeard tells me! ;P Anyway, hope the rest of you enjoy it as well! Tell me what you think!!!!!!!!!!
~GypsySwordGodess
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Up on deck, Jack was checking his *broken* compass to navigate. Will was currently showing his son how to climb up the crow's nest for the watch. Unexpectedly, Anamaria placed her hands on the captain's shoulders while he was watching the pair. He twitched, which only brought a smile to her face. He turned around to look at her.
"Shouldn't you be doing something?" he asked. She chuckled.
"Devin is doing fine," she replied. "I think she'll be up and about very soon." Jack shrugged.
"I just want to make sure that she's going to be all right." He turned back to the helm and Anamaria stepped next to him.
"She will be, and very soon. She's got your spirit," she said, looking over at her beloved captain. "You just need to let her go a little. She's seventeen, older than I was when I went on my first voyage."
"But you were forced to go on that voyage."
"So? I made the best of it, and I got out of that situation." Anamaria turned back to look at the crew. "She's been through worse than I have, but she'll do just fine. Her mother was a good person, her father is..." she stopped there, not sure of what to say. Jack smiled.
"Her father is what?"
"Her father is the best man I know," she concluded. Jack raised his eyebrows. "You know I wouldn't say it unless I thought it was true, Jack. She's got a good family; she's got a strong character. And speak of the devil here she is now." Unbeknownst to them, Devin had crept up to surprise them.
"What are you doing up?" Jack demanded, though a slight smile flickered on his lips. "Will didn't tell you you could get up!" Devin grinned.
"I'm feeling fine, father, really I am," she protested. "I don't want to be in there much longer for fear of getting even worse. I thought some fresh air would do me good."
"And it will," said a new voice, and Devin turned to see Mr. Turner coming up to the helm, followed closely by Master Will. "I was just about to go down and tell you you should get out. It seems that you have beaten me to the chase." Jack laughed.
"Well, since that's all settled, I suppose we should put you to work!" He nodded to Anamaria, and she conducted Devin down the stairs. Jack turned back to Will. "Speaking of work, how's your boy doing?"
"Fine, even if he is a little reluctant," the father said, elbowing his son lightly. "But he'll get the hang of it in no time."
"Good, good," Jack replied. "Keep it up, and all that other good stuff. It'll be about three more days until we make it to Spain." Will nodded, and took his son back down below. "Three more days," he whispered, and looked off into the distance wistfully, lost in his own thoughts.
********** A/N: Well???? I updated? Are you happy? You better be Tazz!!!!!!!!!! Shorter than usual, but the period's going to end soon, and I want to be hasty, no matter what Treebeard tells me! ;P Anyway, hope the rest of you enjoy it as well! Tell me what you think!!!!!!!!!!
~GypsySwordGodess