Chapter 2: Well?
"Jack Sparrow!" I jumped out of bed in a hurry and jumped into my brother's arms. "What the hell are ye' doin' here, Jack? Ye' better watch out, cause if father finds out you're here in St George he'll kill you and I'm not kidding, he shot Geoffrey the servant after he had taken a piece of bread from the kitchen." I said as I pulled away from him. "Well lass," Jack had always called me lass but it was acceptable seeing he was a pirate. "I came to see you about Will." "Well?" "I can't tell ye' now but I need you to come back to the Pearl with me. Will's there and he needs cheering up." "And you're asking me because...?" Letting out a hearty laugh Jack "Well lass after I saw Will look at ye' in Port Royal when ye first met, I noticed the smile on young Wills face." "You were there? Why didnae come and see me then Jack?" Jack put a finger to his chin in thought. "There might have bin' a slight difficulty there lass, seein' I was soon locked up."
"What?" I stared at him in awe. "Well I obviously escaped didn't I?" I stared at my highly tanned and dreadlocked brother. It had completely slipped my mind on how Jack knew Will and Elizabeth. "So when they said Will had run off with a pirate to save Elizabeth. They were talking about you?" Jack smirked. "Well are ye' comin' with me or not?" I sighed doubtfully "The fact is Jack if I went with you, if Father found me, he'd shoot me and then hang you, savvy?"
Jack made his way to the window "I'll be back in three weeks on the first night of the fourth week. You can leave it or take it and I'll need an answer then, savvy lass?" I nodded my head and he was gone.
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Three weeks passed no worries and it wasn't before long that the news of The Black Pearl being in town was everywhere. Father asked me if I'd seen Jack and I answered with "I most certainly have not and if I had I would have told you Father in order for you to consult him on his behaviour." Father seemed most pleased with my little excuse and didn't bring up the topic again.
On the morning of the first day of the fifth week father woke me early. "Michaela are you up yet? Remember we are to have lunch with Prince Charles in two hours." At that I was up and the maids dressed me in no time.
Wearing a scarlet dress with an even tighter corset than the dress I had worn to the Ball I descended down the staircase of the manor and came face to face with Father. "Ready then?" He asked looking at me as if he'd never seen me before. "Yes, thank-you Father." I said as quickly as I could before be clambered into the coach awaiting us for the half-hour ride.
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Jack looked up at Will sitting up in the crows nest, staring out to sea. Jack, in all his years, as a pirate had never seen a man so depressed. He remembered he hadn't been that depressed even when Elizabeth had burnt all his rum.
"Captain!" Jacks thoughts suddenly were broken into by his wife Anamaria. She walked up to him and put an arm around his belted waist. "You've bin' thinking 'bout Will again haven't ye?" Sighing deeply he muttered "Poor kid. He shouldn't 'ave to go through this much." "Well, maybe ye' sister will come with us and he might cheer up, savvy?" Jack sighed "Love, this is Caels we're talkin' 'bout. She's so damn stubborn."
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Lunch was very uneventful. Charles and Father just talked about politics and how the weather was. (typical male.) While Father talked to Charles' mother, Charles invited me on a tour of the vineyard.
"Michaela." (they're still on full name basis) He turned towards me and took my hand. "I have been thinking about this for a long time and I was wondering if you would marry me?" I gasped and nearly fainted at that point. "Um..." "It is all right if you would like some time to reply." I closed my eyes "Yes I would like a day or two, to reply." I curtsied, before I was on my way.
"Jack Sparrow!" I jumped out of bed in a hurry and jumped into my brother's arms. "What the hell are ye' doin' here, Jack? Ye' better watch out, cause if father finds out you're here in St George he'll kill you and I'm not kidding, he shot Geoffrey the servant after he had taken a piece of bread from the kitchen." I said as I pulled away from him. "Well lass," Jack had always called me lass but it was acceptable seeing he was a pirate. "I came to see you about Will." "Well?" "I can't tell ye' now but I need you to come back to the Pearl with me. Will's there and he needs cheering up." "And you're asking me because...?" Letting out a hearty laugh Jack "Well lass after I saw Will look at ye' in Port Royal when ye first met, I noticed the smile on young Wills face." "You were there? Why didnae come and see me then Jack?" Jack put a finger to his chin in thought. "There might have bin' a slight difficulty there lass, seein' I was soon locked up."
"What?" I stared at him in awe. "Well I obviously escaped didn't I?" I stared at my highly tanned and dreadlocked brother. It had completely slipped my mind on how Jack knew Will and Elizabeth. "So when they said Will had run off with a pirate to save Elizabeth. They were talking about you?" Jack smirked. "Well are ye' comin' with me or not?" I sighed doubtfully "The fact is Jack if I went with you, if Father found me, he'd shoot me and then hang you, savvy?"
Jack made his way to the window "I'll be back in three weeks on the first night of the fourth week. You can leave it or take it and I'll need an answer then, savvy lass?" I nodded my head and he was gone.
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Three weeks passed no worries and it wasn't before long that the news of The Black Pearl being in town was everywhere. Father asked me if I'd seen Jack and I answered with "I most certainly have not and if I had I would have told you Father in order for you to consult him on his behaviour." Father seemed most pleased with my little excuse and didn't bring up the topic again.
On the morning of the first day of the fifth week father woke me early. "Michaela are you up yet? Remember we are to have lunch with Prince Charles in two hours." At that I was up and the maids dressed me in no time.
Wearing a scarlet dress with an even tighter corset than the dress I had worn to the Ball I descended down the staircase of the manor and came face to face with Father. "Ready then?" He asked looking at me as if he'd never seen me before. "Yes, thank-you Father." I said as quickly as I could before be clambered into the coach awaiting us for the half-hour ride.
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Jack looked up at Will sitting up in the crows nest, staring out to sea. Jack, in all his years, as a pirate had never seen a man so depressed. He remembered he hadn't been that depressed even when Elizabeth had burnt all his rum.
"Captain!" Jacks thoughts suddenly were broken into by his wife Anamaria. She walked up to him and put an arm around his belted waist. "You've bin' thinking 'bout Will again haven't ye?" Sighing deeply he muttered "Poor kid. He shouldn't 'ave to go through this much." "Well, maybe ye' sister will come with us and he might cheer up, savvy?" Jack sighed "Love, this is Caels we're talkin' 'bout. She's so damn stubborn."
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Lunch was very uneventful. Charles and Father just talked about politics and how the weather was. (typical male.) While Father talked to Charles' mother, Charles invited me on a tour of the vineyard.
"Michaela." (they're still on full name basis) He turned towards me and took my hand. "I have been thinking about this for a long time and I was wondering if you would marry me?" I gasped and nearly fainted at that point. "Um..." "It is all right if you would like some time to reply." I closed my eyes "Yes I would like a day or two, to reply." I curtsied, before I was on my way.