Chapter 4: Dreams and a steady heartbeat
I had managed to get out of the house without no-one noticing. The cold breeze hit me with a blast and I shivered as I walked down the cobblestone road. It was all fine until I ran into one of the naval officers standing near the docks. "Miss Warner! What are you doing out this late at night." I snickered this was Thomas. He was young and so bloody gullible. "Thomas, dear I'm sleepwalking and you shall not think anything different." Thomas nodded and I kept on my way to the Pearl.
I soon arrived and was greeted by my brother. "Wow! This is a hell of a big ship!" I smiled as I walked across the deck. Jack laughed "Aye, lass. That she is." I sighed and was taken down to my cabin.
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"No!" Will heard shouting and he opened his eyes quickly. He didn't know why. The sea was still quietly rocking the huge ship and the breeze fluttered through the window. Then he heard it. It was a young girls voice and she was screaming.
He quickly threw a shirt on over his bare chest (Audience: Woo hoo!) and climbed quickly out of bed. Silently he snuck down the corridor, past Jacks cabin where he could hear the snoring of a sleeping Jack. He stopped right in front of Michaela's cabin where he could hear her shouting.
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The man slapped me hard and fast across the face. "Shut up ye' stupid girl!" He spat and hit me again. My dress was torn and I had bruises all up my arms. I felt him lower his body onto mine and I tried to scream. Suddenly a warm hand was placed on my cheek. "Michaela!" The man whispered. It wasn't the same man that had hit me though.
My eyes flew open. There sitting beside me was Will. The moon shone into his chocolate brown eyes and I felt tears dwell up in my eyes. Will pulled me close and I cried. I could feel his heart steadily beating and I just lay there in his warm embrace.
Just a second, I was in the arms of a married man! I sat bolt upright and shook my head. "I...I-" I stuttered. Will cut me off. "You were yelling in ye' sleep, lass. I'd thought I'd come an' see what was 'appening." Tears poured down my face.
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Will saw the tears well up in Caels' green eyes. How he longed to brush them away and tell her everything was okay. But he couldn't. She was Jacks sister and well she didn't care about him.
Her face was pale as she sobbed into his chest. When she suddenly pulled back he knew why. He was meant to be a married man. I can do this. He thought. "I'm sorry Will, you'd better go. I don't want suspicions flying around and getting back to Elizabeth." This stopped will in his tracks and he stood there with a sad look on his face.
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I looked into Wills eyes as the sad look took over his tanned features. "It doesn't really matter, Elizabeth's dead." This cut the air like a steel knife.
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"Jack, are ye' sure this was a good idea? Bringin' ye' sister aboard?" Gibbs asked as they sat in the galley just before Caels arrived. "I'm sure she'll be fine." "Oh, it's bad luck te' have a woman on board." A superstitious look came across his face. "What's Anamaria, you idiot?" Jack laughed as he heard his wife call his name across the deck.
I had managed to get out of the house without no-one noticing. The cold breeze hit me with a blast and I shivered as I walked down the cobblestone road. It was all fine until I ran into one of the naval officers standing near the docks. "Miss Warner! What are you doing out this late at night." I snickered this was Thomas. He was young and so bloody gullible. "Thomas, dear I'm sleepwalking and you shall not think anything different." Thomas nodded and I kept on my way to the Pearl.
I soon arrived and was greeted by my brother. "Wow! This is a hell of a big ship!" I smiled as I walked across the deck. Jack laughed "Aye, lass. That she is." I sighed and was taken down to my cabin.
~*~*~*~*~
"No!" Will heard shouting and he opened his eyes quickly. He didn't know why. The sea was still quietly rocking the huge ship and the breeze fluttered through the window. Then he heard it. It was a young girls voice and she was screaming.
He quickly threw a shirt on over his bare chest (Audience: Woo hoo!) and climbed quickly out of bed. Silently he snuck down the corridor, past Jacks cabin where he could hear the snoring of a sleeping Jack. He stopped right in front of Michaela's cabin where he could hear her shouting.
~*~*~*~*~*~
The man slapped me hard and fast across the face. "Shut up ye' stupid girl!" He spat and hit me again. My dress was torn and I had bruises all up my arms. I felt him lower his body onto mine and I tried to scream. Suddenly a warm hand was placed on my cheek. "Michaela!" The man whispered. It wasn't the same man that had hit me though.
My eyes flew open. There sitting beside me was Will. The moon shone into his chocolate brown eyes and I felt tears dwell up in my eyes. Will pulled me close and I cried. I could feel his heart steadily beating and I just lay there in his warm embrace.
Just a second, I was in the arms of a married man! I sat bolt upright and shook my head. "I...I-" I stuttered. Will cut me off. "You were yelling in ye' sleep, lass. I'd thought I'd come an' see what was 'appening." Tears poured down my face.
~*~*~*~
Will saw the tears well up in Caels' green eyes. How he longed to brush them away and tell her everything was okay. But he couldn't. She was Jacks sister and well she didn't care about him.
Her face was pale as she sobbed into his chest. When she suddenly pulled back he knew why. He was meant to be a married man. I can do this. He thought. "I'm sorry Will, you'd better go. I don't want suspicions flying around and getting back to Elizabeth." This stopped will in his tracks and he stood there with a sad look on his face.
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I looked into Wills eyes as the sad look took over his tanned features. "It doesn't really matter, Elizabeth's dead." This cut the air like a steel knife.
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"Jack, are ye' sure this was a good idea? Bringin' ye' sister aboard?" Gibbs asked as they sat in the galley just before Caels arrived. "I'm sure she'll be fine." "Oh, it's bad luck te' have a woman on board." A superstitious look came across his face. "What's Anamaria, you idiot?" Jack laughed as he heard his wife call his name across the deck.