Bill woke not wanting to open his eyes. His whole body felt heavy and he was unable to move it. He tried to rub his head but even his hands were unmovable. This was the first time he had ever drunk too much. He noticed that it was also a little hard to breath too, which was strange,
"Lord, I don't want to get up," He heard a groggy voice say. His eyes shot open and he looked down, Cleo was laying mostly on top of him, with her face nestled into his chest,
"God this pillow is so damn hard!" She had obviously hadn't opened her eyes either, he just lay there watching her, as she tried to gather his shirt and make a pillow out of it, which he found a little funny, but restrained himself not to laugh. He started to move slowly out of the bed trying not to wake her. Her eyes fluttered opened, "What the hell?" She looked around and up at Bill,
"Mornin'," He just smiled knowingly,
"Lord!" She rolled to the other side of the bed and didn't notice that it was a very small bed and she landed on the floor. She quickly got up and moved to the other bed, which was just centimeters away, "How did that happen?"
"Don't know." He shrugged, and turned to face her, "Did anything happen between us...?"
"No!" She looked at him, "At least I don't think so,"
Will looked at Jack who was steering the ship. He looked tried and not focused. Will went over to him, and Jack acted as if he wasn't there,
"Jack," Will said trying to get his attention, but he didn't respond, "Jack!"
"What is it Turner?" His eyes unmoving from the spot he was starring at,
"What's wrong?" He asked,
"Nothin'." He shook his head,
"Its about Cleo isn't it?" Will looked at him and Jack just shrugged, "Were those things she said true about you being afraid?"
"Its not that I'm afraid, really," He shrugged, "Its that I'm afraid for her."
"Which is understandable," He nodded, and a silence fell between them, "Jack since we're on the subject of daughters, why is one of mine gone?"
"She's the key to the Island of Rubieous." He sighed heavily,
"What?" Will looked at him confused,
"Natalie is jus' like her grandmother, she's the key to a treasure, which used to be you're mum's." He still looked straight ahead of him, "One drop of her blood opens the entrance way and another will open the chest,"
"So she needs to give two drops of blood," His brows narrowed in thought,
"Knowing Brophy she'll give more than one drop on the last time." Jack glance at Will whose eyes widened,
"How much farther till we get there?" Will asked,
"We should be there before they are," He answered,
"Why is it only Natalie's blood and not Naomi's or Bill's or mine?" He looked around him to see if anyone was listening,
"Because Natalie resembles her grandma too much, she has blue eyes like her, even acts like her, when you're mum died, William, she left a fortune for you and that necklace that you gave to Cleo helps open that fortune," He explained, "Besides its not even a ruby."
"What is it then?" The very confused Mr. Turner asked,
"Its you're mum's blood," He sighed, "Natalie's blood is the same as hers and that's why they need it."
Cleo woke up again. The headache and pains were gone, but she still didn't want to get up, or even move. She was too comfortable, and she felt something move besides her, and she opened her eyes. She still couldn't see anything, she quickly back away and looked at a still sleeping Bill,
"Bill I swear if you keep doin' this I'm goin' to have to hurt you!" She shouted, and it woke him up,
"Well nice to see you too," He rubbed his eyes, and slowly got up to sit on the edge of the bed,
"What do you think you were doing?" She asked calming down a bit,
"You were crying and I woke up and I tried to calm you down and ended up falling asleep." He looked at her,
"Oh," She looked down,
"Yeah oh," He nodded, and held his head in his hands, "Do you think that our parents will ever talk to us again?"
"Me da has to I'm part of the crew," She looked at him, and sat next to him, "You're da's too nice," They starred at each other for a while when someone burst into the room,
"Bill we need to talk," Will walked in and they both quickly looked away from each other, and Bill looked at his father's feet, not wanting to look him in the eye, he walked in and stood where they were sitting, and he looked at Cleo, "Alone,"
"Jus' what I was thinkin'," Cleo nodded, and started out the door, "but if I get in trouble for not bein' in me room, I'm blamin' you Turner," and she left,
"Father I'm sorry," Bill said as soon as Cleo left,
"Bill I know you're still thinking about Abigail, but you can't just wash her away with rum, unless you want to end up like Jack," Will said with a little bit of a smile,
"I didn't mean to," He sighed, "Cleo and I made a bet...."
"A bet?" His brows narrowed, "What kind of bet?"
"I... I don't remember," He lied,
"Alright, just don't do it again," Will nodded,
"I don't think I will," Bill nodded, and Will smiled and then looked down, "What's wrong father?"
"Brophy has Natalie,"
Cleo walked up on deck while the two Turners talked things out. Family things weren't really for her any way, and she spotted Naomi looking out to sea, and she walked over there,
"Looks like a storms comin'," She sighed noticing that the little girl didn't reply, "Where's you're sister, haven't heard you fight since last time I saw you,"
"Brophy's got her," Naomi sniffed,
"What?" Cleo looked at her,
"Cleo!" A shout came from behind them, and they turned, Ana Maria called her again, "Cleo you're da wants ya!" She pointed over her shoulder and Cleo went to where he was,
"So ya want to talk?" She looked at him,
"Cleo," He sighed, "I'm sorry for yellin' at ya last night,"
"I might have done a lil' yellin' as well," She shrugged,
"Cleo I care for ya, and that's why I'm a lil' protective," He looked down and then at her, "I'm your father and I guess you don't have to stay below,"
"Wasn't plannin' on to anyway," She smiled,
"Will you ever listen to me?" He wondered out loud,
"No," She answered plainly, and he just smiled and looked outward, and frowned,
"Cleo get below," He ordered,
"I told ya da, I don't listen to ya," She smiled and shook her head and then frowned as his expression didn't change and she turned to see where he was looking, her jaw dropped, Brophy's ship was coming towards them,
"Get below!" He looked at her,
"No I want to fight!" She looked at him,
"Make sure Naomi finds a good hidin' spot," he just sighed, as she left and then looked up at the darkening sky, "Well that doesn't look good,"
"Lord, I don't want to get up," He heard a groggy voice say. His eyes shot open and he looked down, Cleo was laying mostly on top of him, with her face nestled into his chest,
"God this pillow is so damn hard!" She had obviously hadn't opened her eyes either, he just lay there watching her, as she tried to gather his shirt and make a pillow out of it, which he found a little funny, but restrained himself not to laugh. He started to move slowly out of the bed trying not to wake her. Her eyes fluttered opened, "What the hell?" She looked around and up at Bill,
"Mornin'," He just smiled knowingly,
"Lord!" She rolled to the other side of the bed and didn't notice that it was a very small bed and she landed on the floor. She quickly got up and moved to the other bed, which was just centimeters away, "How did that happen?"
"Don't know." He shrugged, and turned to face her, "Did anything happen between us...?"
"No!" She looked at him, "At least I don't think so,"
Will looked at Jack who was steering the ship. He looked tried and not focused. Will went over to him, and Jack acted as if he wasn't there,
"Jack," Will said trying to get his attention, but he didn't respond, "Jack!"
"What is it Turner?" His eyes unmoving from the spot he was starring at,
"What's wrong?" He asked,
"Nothin'." He shook his head,
"Its about Cleo isn't it?" Will looked at him and Jack just shrugged, "Were those things she said true about you being afraid?"
"Its not that I'm afraid, really," He shrugged, "Its that I'm afraid for her."
"Which is understandable," He nodded, and a silence fell between them, "Jack since we're on the subject of daughters, why is one of mine gone?"
"She's the key to the Island of Rubieous." He sighed heavily,
"What?" Will looked at him confused,
"Natalie is jus' like her grandmother, she's the key to a treasure, which used to be you're mum's." He still looked straight ahead of him, "One drop of her blood opens the entrance way and another will open the chest,"
"So she needs to give two drops of blood," His brows narrowed in thought,
"Knowing Brophy she'll give more than one drop on the last time." Jack glance at Will whose eyes widened,
"How much farther till we get there?" Will asked,
"We should be there before they are," He answered,
"Why is it only Natalie's blood and not Naomi's or Bill's or mine?" He looked around him to see if anyone was listening,
"Because Natalie resembles her grandma too much, she has blue eyes like her, even acts like her, when you're mum died, William, she left a fortune for you and that necklace that you gave to Cleo helps open that fortune," He explained, "Besides its not even a ruby."
"What is it then?" The very confused Mr. Turner asked,
"Its you're mum's blood," He sighed, "Natalie's blood is the same as hers and that's why they need it."
Cleo woke up again. The headache and pains were gone, but she still didn't want to get up, or even move. She was too comfortable, and she felt something move besides her, and she opened her eyes. She still couldn't see anything, she quickly back away and looked at a still sleeping Bill,
"Bill I swear if you keep doin' this I'm goin' to have to hurt you!" She shouted, and it woke him up,
"Well nice to see you too," He rubbed his eyes, and slowly got up to sit on the edge of the bed,
"What do you think you were doing?" She asked calming down a bit,
"You were crying and I woke up and I tried to calm you down and ended up falling asleep." He looked at her,
"Oh," She looked down,
"Yeah oh," He nodded, and held his head in his hands, "Do you think that our parents will ever talk to us again?"
"Me da has to I'm part of the crew," She looked at him, and sat next to him, "You're da's too nice," They starred at each other for a while when someone burst into the room,
"Bill we need to talk," Will walked in and they both quickly looked away from each other, and Bill looked at his father's feet, not wanting to look him in the eye, he walked in and stood where they were sitting, and he looked at Cleo, "Alone,"
"Jus' what I was thinkin'," Cleo nodded, and started out the door, "but if I get in trouble for not bein' in me room, I'm blamin' you Turner," and she left,
"Father I'm sorry," Bill said as soon as Cleo left,
"Bill I know you're still thinking about Abigail, but you can't just wash her away with rum, unless you want to end up like Jack," Will said with a little bit of a smile,
"I didn't mean to," He sighed, "Cleo and I made a bet...."
"A bet?" His brows narrowed, "What kind of bet?"
"I... I don't remember," He lied,
"Alright, just don't do it again," Will nodded,
"I don't think I will," Bill nodded, and Will smiled and then looked down, "What's wrong father?"
"Brophy has Natalie,"
Cleo walked up on deck while the two Turners talked things out. Family things weren't really for her any way, and she spotted Naomi looking out to sea, and she walked over there,
"Looks like a storms comin'," She sighed noticing that the little girl didn't reply, "Where's you're sister, haven't heard you fight since last time I saw you,"
"Brophy's got her," Naomi sniffed,
"What?" Cleo looked at her,
"Cleo!" A shout came from behind them, and they turned, Ana Maria called her again, "Cleo you're da wants ya!" She pointed over her shoulder and Cleo went to where he was,
"So ya want to talk?" She looked at him,
"Cleo," He sighed, "I'm sorry for yellin' at ya last night,"
"I might have done a lil' yellin' as well," She shrugged,
"Cleo I care for ya, and that's why I'm a lil' protective," He looked down and then at her, "I'm your father and I guess you don't have to stay below,"
"Wasn't plannin' on to anyway," She smiled,
"Will you ever listen to me?" He wondered out loud,
"No," She answered plainly, and he just smiled and looked outward, and frowned,
"Cleo get below," He ordered,
"I told ya da, I don't listen to ya," She smiled and shook her head and then frowned as his expression didn't change and she turned to see where he was looking, her jaw dropped, Brophy's ship was coming towards them,
"Get below!" He looked at her,
"No I want to fight!" She looked at him,
"Make sure Naomi finds a good hidin' spot," he just sighed, as she left and then looked up at the darkening sky, "Well that doesn't look good,"