[Okay, I've had drama practice every day this week and haven't been on. I hope you're not going to kill me for this chapter. ducks]
Jack's POV
Norrington led me to a room at the end of the hall. He sat down on his desk and poured himself some wine.
"Sit down, Mr. Sparrow."
I growled. It's CAPTAIN!! I sat down in a chair as lightly as I could. His bad attitude might be contagious.
"Now, Jack, I'm a forgiving man." Yeah right. "I am willing to forget that you are a pirate. I will grant you clemency and if you ever come back here again, I will not raise a finger to stop you, if you will do one thing."
"And what might that be?" I said as I twirled my mustache with my fingers.
"You don't deserve Amanda. Leave her to me and I will free you. If not, I will be forced to hunt you down. Do we have a bargain?" He took a few sips of wine as if he'd won. No. He would not have my precious Amanda. Not now, not ever.
I stood up and dusted my hat off. "Well, Norrington, you certainly drive a hard bargain. But my answer is no, and I will not change my mind." He deftly set down his wineglass and stood up.
"Well, if that is your decision, then I will not stop you. The day your daughter gets well is the day I will begin to hunt you and this time, I will not give you a day's head start. And I should warn you, you are making a very bad choice."
"Oh, I can assure you. The only bad choice that I've made was letting Amanda go in the first place. It won't happen again." I left the room and closed the door behind me. He would never get my Amanda.
Amanda's POV
Jack came back into the room without Norrington.
"How did it go?" Will asked.
"Unfortunately, Norrington's ideas of conditions do not agree with mine." He put his back to Will and gave me a look that told me what Norrington wanted.
[Yeah, yeah. It's too short. I've been sitting here for half an hour waiting for an idea to come so I'll just stop. I have to be at the theater in an hour and a half and we're leaving early. I'm doing my play tonight and tomorrow night! I'm so happy! It's The Phantom Tollbooth in case anyone wants to know and I'm the Soundkeeper!]