"Wait," she said, backing away. "are you some sort of distant
relation I should know about?"
"I don't think I'm that distant...." he answered her, staring curiously at
her. " Do you know what your mother's name was?"
Still rather unsure about whether she should be giving all of this
information to a stranger, she answered, "Uhh....I think..." she put her
hand over her mouth and thought for a moment in which the air filled with
tension. Finally she said "I think it was a color....Scarlett, no......"
"Hazel?" Jack interjected helpfully.
"Hazel! That's the one!" she said triumphantly, throwing one hand into the
air.
Will and Jack exchanged glances. Will had been informed of Hazel on the
ride over, so he knew the whole story by now.
"So, why do you care?" Tatiana asked as she drained the last of her mug.
"Oh, I care a lot," Jack answered, looking at her with a mixture of wonder
at the fact he had found her so quickly, and admiration at how much she was
clearly a Sparrow.
"And why is that?"
"Because I am that filthy bastard."
"So, you think...." she broke off in laughter.
"What's so funny?" Will asked in wonder, looking at her with a slight
concern.
"He thinks he's my father" she laughed some more.
"Are you calling me a liar?" Jack asked semi-dangerously, as if daring her
to laugh some more.
And she did.
" There is no way that you are my father!" she choked through her laughter.
"You are making a fool of yourself!" Jack said exasperatedly.
At this, Tatiana leapt up and drew her sword.
"We'll see who's the fool," she said dangerously quietly as she pointed her
sword at his throat.
He sat there for a moment, unsure what to do. Then, Tatiana helped him.
"Draw your sword."
"But-"
"Draw it!"
He stood up a few feet away from her and did as she told him.
"En garde," she whispered.
And it was on.
