Camille walked through
the streets of Port Royal in her deep red dress. Her brown hair was
out of the many braids and had many small waves. Camille held her
head up with a soft smile on her pink lips. She looked up to the moon
which looked larger then usual, small stars lazily hanging in the sky
all around it. It was a very clear night. There was a cool breeze
that blew the smell from the ocean up in between the buildings, on
streets and in alleys.
It was the perfect night.
She
folded her hands together behind her back, letting the wind softly
blow her hair behind her. Her mind wandered back to Jack, wondering
what he was doing...Maybe he drink himself to sleep. It wouldn't be
unusual; in fact... it'd be quite normal. Sometimes on the ship,
she'd find Jack sleeping at the desk in his quarters, a bottle of
rum in his hand. Shaking her head, she brought herself out of these
thoughts.
Looking around she saw
that most people were tucked away in their homes, but a few were out,
walking the streets like she was. Most of the few people seemed to be
drunk, and probably were utterly drunk.
"Hey, You there!"
Someone called to her, but Camille ignored him, continuing on. "You
there!" They yelled again, their voice growing angry, "Wench!"
Camille stopped abruptly and turned to stare at the man. His
face was roughly shaven, he looked to be in his late twenties or
earlier thirties. She wet her lips and walked closer to him, "Excuse
me? What did you call me?" She asked, a scowl on her face.
"Wench." The man said again loudly. He grabbed her arm,
"Come along with me, lass."
"Let go of her!" Someone
shouted and both the man and Camille turned to see who. There stood
Thomas, who was in his uniform, his sword raised to the man. He
walked closer to them with a glare on his handsome face.
"She's
mine! I got her first!" The man growled to him.
"Let her
go or it'll be your..." Thomas paused for a moment, "It'll be
your death."
"I got to her first!" He shouted at
Thomas again, "She belongs to me!" The man pulled Camille closer
and leaned into kiss her.
Thomas opened his mouth to shout
again but Camille had threw her fist in his face. The man gave a cry,
and stumbled back in surprise, putting his hands on his nose, "You
broke my nose! You broke my nose you wench!" He yelled at her in
pain.
Camille scowled, and grabbed Thomas' sword out of his
hand and jabbed it lightly at the man's stomach, "Oh shut-up and
get out of my sight!" The man, feeling the sword at his stomach
took a few steps back, but Camille followed, "Keep walking!"
She
gave him a last jab before he turned, nearly running from her.
Camille smiled to herself then to back to Thomas who still had his
arm raised in shock, "You... you hit him... I've never seen a
girl do something like that..."
"And then I took your
sword right out of your hand." She said, walking back to him, "Not
very lady like I guess..." Camille said with a shrug, handing the
sword back to him.
"No, not very lady like at all." Thomas
said putting the sword but in it's sheath, "But..."
"You
were amazed? You liked it?" She asked looking at his face.
He
gave a sheepish grin then admitted, "Yes..."
Camille
pushed her hair out of her eyes and looked up at him, he was a few
inches taller then she was, "So you're the commodore's
nephew?"
Thomas nodded, "And he never lets me forget it."
"What do ye mean by that?" She asked, tilting her heard
to the side slightly.
"I've always got to
be my best... 'Thomas do this and not that', 'Thomas if you
want to become a commodore you have to do so on and so
fourth..."
"Doesn't sound too exciting."
"It
isn't." He said with a sigh.
Camille looked down to the
ground then back to him, "When's the last time you had any
entertainment?"
He seemed to be in deep thought.
"That
long? Well...can't have that, it's not good." Without another
word, Camille took his hand leading him down the
road.
XwXwXwX
Camille stood in a corner of the bar next
to uneasy looking Thomas. Camille smiled then tore off some of the
dress, so it was more easier to move in. He watched her, "What are
you doing?"
"I suppose I'm not too lady-like at all...
Take off your hat." Thomas glanced around but did so and handed it
to her. She set in on the table infront of them then looked at him,
"Now your jacket."
"What?" He asked, his eyebrows
quirked.
"I said to take off your jacket...so do it." He
looked around then slowly unbuttoned the gleaming silver buttons and
set it next to his hat. Camille looked and his perfect white shirt,
with no wrinkles in it. She laughed slightly at this and loosened the
collar of the shirt. She grabbed a few random spots on his shirt to
make it look at least a little bit wrinkled.
Thomas watched
her, his mouth opening and closing as if he was trying to say
something. Camille looked over her shoulder, a group of others were
dancing to the up-beat tempo of the music. She pulled him into the
group of dancers, "I'm not sure about this..."
"Just
loosen yourself up a bit, okay? Trust me." She took one of his
hands and put it on her waist. Camille put his empty hand in hers
then put her other hand on his shoulder as she smiled, "Trust me."
A grin spread across his face.
x Little did they know that
across town... x
Jack looked around,
"Where's Camille?"
"She stepped outside..." answered
Will, clearly not paying too much attention to Jack.
Jack
shook his head, "I was just outside...She isn't there."
"Maybe
she went for a walk then."
Jack let out a sigh as he took a
drink from his rum bottle. He set it down and made his way towards
the door, but stopped. He walked back to the table and picked up the
bottle taking another swig of it. Jack looked around then walked
outside, rum in hand, to look for Camille.
