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"Will ye do me a favor, love?" Amanda turned towards the voice. She looked at Jack who was standing in his usual place at the helm. He looked so casual and so okay with everything that Amanda was inclined to either spit in his face and stomp away or say the most hurtful and cruel thing that she could think of. She took her time replying and looked at him inquisitively for a moment trying to think of the meanest thing that she could think of. Instead she saw her father's face and heard his voice in her head saying, "Every person will face pain and betrayal and it's during those times that you decide the kind of person you want to be. When you face betrayal Amanda, you can decide whether you want to be a mean person who takes pleasure in other's pains or you can be the kind of person who delights in kindness."
Amanda realized that she didn't want to be at the level of Jack and Annabella. She decided that right then and there she wanted to be the best person she could be and no one would get her to compromise that, even someone who hurt her as much as Jack had. She turned to him and said without a trace of animosity, "Of course, captain."
Amanda could see the physical reaction of surprise in his body. He sort of stiffened and his head whipped up to look at her. That's right, she thought, I'm not like you. I don't need to hurt other people to dull my own pain. He opened his mouth to speak when a shout interrupted him, "Captain! The Silver Linings coming upon us." Jack's face lit into a grin and he began to shout orders for the crew to drop the anchor and so on and so forth. Jack came up behind her and whispered into her ear, "Go make yerself and yer mistress pretty, pet. A good friend a' mine will be joining us for dinner."
Amanda nodded submissively and then yanked her elbow from his grip and walked below deck without ever meeting his piercing gaze. She wasn't in the mood for an argument with him, especially over something so trivial.
Amanda knocked tentavely on Annabella's door and came in after she heard a quiet, "Enter!" Amanda ignored Annabella's haughty look that was cast in her direction. Amanda knew that Annabella considered herself the victor in whatever invisible war they had been having, but she didn't really care anymore. "The captain would like you to join him and a guest of his for dinner so I have been sent down here to help you get dressed." Annabella tilted her nose up in the air a little more, if it was possible and asked, "And did you receive an invitation, Mandy?" Amanda just shook her head no.
An hour and a half later Annabella was sitting at dinner with Jack and the captain of The Silver Lining and Amanda was almost done cooking dinner for them. She hadn't even seen the other captain and wasn't exactly looking forward to being introduced to him, which she was sure Jack would do. She was sweaty and disheveled whereas Annabella was at her most beautiful.
Amanda brought out the food with a few of the other crew members. Everything seemed to be going well and it didn't look like Jack was going to embarrass her, although he did throw her a glare that said, "I'll be speaking with you later." She was almost home free when a gentle yet firm hand grabbed her wrist and an equally gentle voice with an Irish lilt asked, "And who might you be me, my dear?" Amanda turned and met the most beautiful pair of green eyes she had ever seen. The eyes were set in an equally beautiful, pale face. Amanda couldn't speak for a moment as she studied the well chisled features and mass of ebony hair until she noticed one perfect eyebrow arch in questioning. Her face turned a bright red as she muttered, "Nobody." The beautiful stranger laughed and replied, "That will not work on me my dear for I am no Cyclops." (A/N: ya know the odyssey, if u don't and it matters that much send a review to me w/ yr email and I'll tell ya the story)
Amanda still couldn't respond clearly with the stranger's eyes staring so intently at her. Luckily Jack saved her, "This is Annabella's maid, Amanda Smith. She is apparently unable to speak at the moment but she's usually quite a chatterbox. She's Irish too, ye know." The stranger smiled at her and said, "Well Amanda, my name is Captain Michael McCarthy and I am at your service." Amanda's face was so red it hurt. She muttered an incoherent thank you and was about to escape when Jack yelled after her, "I expect to see you in my cabin tonight with an explanation as to why you disobeyed my orders." Amanda groaned inwardly as she skulked out of the room.
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"Will ye do me a favor, love?" Amanda turned towards the voice. She looked at Jack who was standing in his usual place at the helm. He looked so casual and so okay with everything that Amanda was inclined to either spit in his face and stomp away or say the most hurtful and cruel thing that she could think of. She took her time replying and looked at him inquisitively for a moment trying to think of the meanest thing that she could think of. Instead she saw her father's face and heard his voice in her head saying, "Every person will face pain and betrayal and it's during those times that you decide the kind of person you want to be. When you face betrayal Amanda, you can decide whether you want to be a mean person who takes pleasure in other's pains or you can be the kind of person who delights in kindness."
Amanda realized that she didn't want to be at the level of Jack and Annabella. She decided that right then and there she wanted to be the best person she could be and no one would get her to compromise that, even someone who hurt her as much as Jack had. She turned to him and said without a trace of animosity, "Of course, captain."
Amanda could see the physical reaction of surprise in his body. He sort of stiffened and his head whipped up to look at her. That's right, she thought, I'm not like you. I don't need to hurt other people to dull my own pain. He opened his mouth to speak when a shout interrupted him, "Captain! The Silver Linings coming upon us." Jack's face lit into a grin and he began to shout orders for the crew to drop the anchor and so on and so forth. Jack came up behind her and whispered into her ear, "Go make yerself and yer mistress pretty, pet. A good friend a' mine will be joining us for dinner."
Amanda nodded submissively and then yanked her elbow from his grip and walked below deck without ever meeting his piercing gaze. She wasn't in the mood for an argument with him, especially over something so trivial.
Amanda knocked tentavely on Annabella's door and came in after she heard a quiet, "Enter!" Amanda ignored Annabella's haughty look that was cast in her direction. Amanda knew that Annabella considered herself the victor in whatever invisible war they had been having, but she didn't really care anymore. "The captain would like you to join him and a guest of his for dinner so I have been sent down here to help you get dressed." Annabella tilted her nose up in the air a little more, if it was possible and asked, "And did you receive an invitation, Mandy?" Amanda just shook her head no.
An hour and a half later Annabella was sitting at dinner with Jack and the captain of The Silver Lining and Amanda was almost done cooking dinner for them. She hadn't even seen the other captain and wasn't exactly looking forward to being introduced to him, which she was sure Jack would do. She was sweaty and disheveled whereas Annabella was at her most beautiful.
Amanda brought out the food with a few of the other crew members. Everything seemed to be going well and it didn't look like Jack was going to embarrass her, although he did throw her a glare that said, "I'll be speaking with you later." She was almost home free when a gentle yet firm hand grabbed her wrist and an equally gentle voice with an Irish lilt asked, "And who might you be me, my dear?" Amanda turned and met the most beautiful pair of green eyes she had ever seen. The eyes were set in an equally beautiful, pale face. Amanda couldn't speak for a moment as she studied the well chisled features and mass of ebony hair until she noticed one perfect eyebrow arch in questioning. Her face turned a bright red as she muttered, "Nobody." The beautiful stranger laughed and replied, "That will not work on me my dear for I am no Cyclops." (A/N: ya know the odyssey, if u don't and it matters that much send a review to me w/ yr email and I'll tell ya the story)
Amanda still couldn't respond clearly with the stranger's eyes staring so intently at her. Luckily Jack saved her, "This is Annabella's maid, Amanda Smith. She is apparently unable to speak at the moment but she's usually quite a chatterbox. She's Irish too, ye know." The stranger smiled at her and said, "Well Amanda, my name is Captain Michael McCarthy and I am at your service." Amanda's face was so red it hurt. She muttered an incoherent thank you and was about to escape when Jack yelled after her, "I expect to see you in my cabin tonight with an explanation as to why you disobeyed my orders." Amanda groaned inwardly as she skulked out of the room.
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