"Bill!" Abigail threw her arms around him, she was sobbing
onto his shoulder.
"What's wrong?" He whispered,
"My father died!" She sobbed,
"What?" He pulled her away from him and looked at him, her face red and tear stained, she looked tired and very unhappy, and he pulled her back into his chest, "Its alright, Abby."
"What am I going to do?" She questioned, "I can't go back to that house!" He patted her back and looked past her, Cleo looked questionable, but Edward looked almost horror stricken, finally she pulled him to the garden. Abigail kept on crying,
"What am I going to do?"
Cleo sat there and listened to Edward rabble on about life, and town gossip. She caught some of his words but choose to ignore the rest. Nothing was that interesting and she decided that she rather be stricken with a bullet than listen to him talk about the town's gossip. Her mind wandered off to what Gabe was doing right now.
"Now, Miss Turner...." Edward caught her attention,
"Its..." She stopped and smiled sweetly, catching herself, "Clarissa."
"Clarissa," He seemed to like the form of the word on his lips, "You're from England originally?"
"I travel a lot." She nodded, "Have a lot of brothers, sister, uncles, aunts, family people."
"I see," he nodded along with her, "Where do they all live."
"Mainly the Caribbean, some in the colonies," She sighed, "Some sea travelers as well."
"Sea travelers?" He looked at her funny,
"You know, sea merchants," She smiled, and looked sideways at him, "Pirates,"
"Pirates?" Cleo was trying very hard not to laugh at his expression,
"Indeed," She said casually, "Our family's very loose, as it were."
"Will, can you hand me that towel?" Elizabeth pointed to a towel that lay on a chair, and he gave it to her, "Thank you." He nodded, and started to get ready for work, while she was busy with the baby,
"Do you have to go to work today?" She looked in the mirror at him with pleading eyes,
"I'll be home early." He smiled at her, and sat on the bed besides her, "Don't worry Bill's here and so is Becky to watch the twins."
"Cleo?" She questioned,
"Edward came over to check on her." His smile faded as well as his voice,
"Will what are you going to be like when suitors start to come for our girls?" She laughed,
"They wont have any." He kissed her and got up to leave, "Their going to the convent."
"Really?" She lifted her brows, "So they can get whisked away by someone like Jack?"
Bill looked at Abigail; she had calm down a bit. Her eyes were still red as well as her face. She seemed dried out of tears, which he was a bit thankful for.
"I'm so sorry Bill," She sighed,
"You don't need to be sorry," He touched her hand gently, "I can't blame you, if I lost both of my parents I probably wouldn't be here." Tears started to come her face again, and he just wanted to hide under a rock, he knew he had said the wrong thing.
"He just died, it wasn't anything like my mother," She sighed again, "The doctor said his heart just gave out. He wasn't even that old." Bill just nodded, not really trusting himself to say anything. Otherwise it might make her cry more. They sat in silence for a few minutes, "Where were you going when you opened the door?"
"I was..." He looked at her unsure of what to tell her, "going to the blacksmiths,"
"But you're father doesn't go until later." She looked at him suspiciously, "Where were you really going?" he looked down and then back up at a sudden outburst, "You were going somewhere with the Clarissa weren't you?"
"I..." He started,
"I should've known!" She bit her lip,
"Abigail," he pulled her in close, "I do not love or even like Cle... Clarissa. She's a member of my family, I have no intention of doing anything with her,"
"Then where were you going?" She asked quietly,
"To see your father." He looked down at their entwined fingers,
"Why?" She turned and looked at him,
"If he would allow me to marry you." He let it out as her eyes widened and she breathed and smiled,
"Of course!" She squealed,
"Really?" he looked at her smiling,
"Yes!" She kissed him, "Bill..."
"Yes?" He asked,
"Never mind."
"I think Edward likes Miss Cleo." Naomi giggled,
"Why is that?" Elizabeth laughed with the twins as they sat on her bed,
"Because he brought her home and he came to check on her," She smiled mischievously,
"How was the coronation?" She changed the subject,
"Fun!" Natalie rolled her eyes at her sister, "Nathan and Becky and us played hide and seek,"
"And Abigail and Bill disappeared," Naomi nodded, "That's why they didn't bring us home,"
"I think they went to the beach," Natalie looked at her sister,
"I wonder what they did there?" They broke into giggles, and a knock came at the door,
"Come in!" Elizabeth smiled as Bill walked in. His eyes were down, "What's wrong darling?"
"Abigail said no." Naomi said and they broke into giggles,
"Girls!" She said sharply, "What's wrong Bill?"
"Mother can I talk to you alone?" he glanced at the giggling girls.
"Naomi, Natalie." She looked at them,
"Mother!" They both moaned, and she just gave them a look and they both got up,
"Bill can you really tell us what happened on the beach?" Naomi asked giggling, and he glared at them and they hurried out of the room,
"Now Bill please tell me what Abigail said!" Excitement rose in her voice,
"Her father died," He came out and said it, Elizabeth sat there stunned,
"That's awful!" She gasped,
"But she said yes," He smiled weakly,
"I knew she was going to," She smiled, "But what about his will, house, and everything?"
"That's the thing." He sighed, "Can Abigail stay here?"
"Bill..."
"She wont get in the way," He said, "She'll do anything...."
"Of course."
"What's wrong?" He whispered,
"My father died!" She sobbed,
"What?" He pulled her away from him and looked at him, her face red and tear stained, she looked tired and very unhappy, and he pulled her back into his chest, "Its alright, Abby."
"What am I going to do?" She questioned, "I can't go back to that house!" He patted her back and looked past her, Cleo looked questionable, but Edward looked almost horror stricken, finally she pulled him to the garden. Abigail kept on crying,
"What am I going to do?"
Cleo sat there and listened to Edward rabble on about life, and town gossip. She caught some of his words but choose to ignore the rest. Nothing was that interesting and she decided that she rather be stricken with a bullet than listen to him talk about the town's gossip. Her mind wandered off to what Gabe was doing right now.
"Now, Miss Turner...." Edward caught her attention,
"Its..." She stopped and smiled sweetly, catching herself, "Clarissa."
"Clarissa," He seemed to like the form of the word on his lips, "You're from England originally?"
"I travel a lot." She nodded, "Have a lot of brothers, sister, uncles, aunts, family people."
"I see," he nodded along with her, "Where do they all live."
"Mainly the Caribbean, some in the colonies," She sighed, "Some sea travelers as well."
"Sea travelers?" He looked at her funny,
"You know, sea merchants," She smiled, and looked sideways at him, "Pirates,"
"Pirates?" Cleo was trying very hard not to laugh at his expression,
"Indeed," She said casually, "Our family's very loose, as it were."
"Will, can you hand me that towel?" Elizabeth pointed to a towel that lay on a chair, and he gave it to her, "Thank you." He nodded, and started to get ready for work, while she was busy with the baby,
"Do you have to go to work today?" She looked in the mirror at him with pleading eyes,
"I'll be home early." He smiled at her, and sat on the bed besides her, "Don't worry Bill's here and so is Becky to watch the twins."
"Cleo?" She questioned,
"Edward came over to check on her." His smile faded as well as his voice,
"Will what are you going to be like when suitors start to come for our girls?" She laughed,
"They wont have any." He kissed her and got up to leave, "Their going to the convent."
"Really?" She lifted her brows, "So they can get whisked away by someone like Jack?"
Bill looked at Abigail; she had calm down a bit. Her eyes were still red as well as her face. She seemed dried out of tears, which he was a bit thankful for.
"I'm so sorry Bill," She sighed,
"You don't need to be sorry," He touched her hand gently, "I can't blame you, if I lost both of my parents I probably wouldn't be here." Tears started to come her face again, and he just wanted to hide under a rock, he knew he had said the wrong thing.
"He just died, it wasn't anything like my mother," She sighed again, "The doctor said his heart just gave out. He wasn't even that old." Bill just nodded, not really trusting himself to say anything. Otherwise it might make her cry more. They sat in silence for a few minutes, "Where were you going when you opened the door?"
"I was..." He looked at her unsure of what to tell her, "going to the blacksmiths,"
"But you're father doesn't go until later." She looked at him suspiciously, "Where were you really going?" he looked down and then back up at a sudden outburst, "You were going somewhere with the Clarissa weren't you?"
"I..." He started,
"I should've known!" She bit her lip,
"Abigail," he pulled her in close, "I do not love or even like Cle... Clarissa. She's a member of my family, I have no intention of doing anything with her,"
"Then where were you going?" She asked quietly,
"To see your father." He looked down at their entwined fingers,
"Why?" She turned and looked at him,
"If he would allow me to marry you." He let it out as her eyes widened and she breathed and smiled,
"Of course!" She squealed,
"Really?" he looked at her smiling,
"Yes!" She kissed him, "Bill..."
"Yes?" He asked,
"Never mind."
"I think Edward likes Miss Cleo." Naomi giggled,
"Why is that?" Elizabeth laughed with the twins as they sat on her bed,
"Because he brought her home and he came to check on her," She smiled mischievously,
"How was the coronation?" She changed the subject,
"Fun!" Natalie rolled her eyes at her sister, "Nathan and Becky and us played hide and seek,"
"And Abigail and Bill disappeared," Naomi nodded, "That's why they didn't bring us home,"
"I think they went to the beach," Natalie looked at her sister,
"I wonder what they did there?" They broke into giggles, and a knock came at the door,
"Come in!" Elizabeth smiled as Bill walked in. His eyes were down, "What's wrong darling?"
"Abigail said no." Naomi said and they broke into giggles,
"Girls!" She said sharply, "What's wrong Bill?"
"Mother can I talk to you alone?" he glanced at the giggling girls.
"Naomi, Natalie." She looked at them,
"Mother!" They both moaned, and she just gave them a look and they both got up,
"Bill can you really tell us what happened on the beach?" Naomi asked giggling, and he glared at them and they hurried out of the room,
"Now Bill please tell me what Abigail said!" Excitement rose in her voice,
"Her father died," He came out and said it, Elizabeth sat there stunned,
"That's awful!" She gasped,
"But she said yes," He smiled weakly,
"I knew she was going to," She smiled, "But what about his will, house, and everything?"
"That's the thing." He sighed, "Can Abigail stay here?"
"Bill..."
"She wont get in the way," He said, "She'll do anything...."
"Of course."