Ch.2 The Black Pearl
"Will, you need to get out of those clothes.," Josephine said as they walked back to their cabin.
"I'm fine," Will said.
"Well at least come below and get a blanket and some chocolate!"
"I'm fine," Will repeated.
"You are so stubborn," Josephine said sighing. "If you catch pneumonia, don't lay it on my head." She left Will at the stairs.
She entered her cabin and approached her mother's bed. "Mama?" she asked softly. Her mother was sleeping peacefully enough, but a tinge of fever rested on her forehead and cheeks.
"Oh bother that fever! Why is it coming back?!" Josephine muttered aloud. She put another blanket on her mother and then woke her up and gave her some more medicine. She stayed by her mother's bed until she fell asleep again.
She found a couple blankets and brought them up on deck with her. She looked around for Will. She found him again in the bow of the ship peering over the edge at the water. She sat down by him and handed him a blanket. He wrapped it around himself.
"Thank you," he whispered.
The sun was starting to set and a brilliant set of colors shot across the sky.
"What do you think this necklace father gave me means?" he asked Josephine.
"I wouldn't know," Josephine said. She paused. "Mother has the fever again," she said.
Will said nothing.
"Well? Aren't you going to go down and see her?"
"Later," Will said fingering his gold medallion. "Later, later; It's always later with men, but you never know when ." Josephine said, then she stopped abruptly and glanced at Will. Will looked at her. "You were thinking about father, weren't you? 'Later' that's what he always said when we asked him when he was going to visit us again; but he never did. You don't have to keep bringing it up, you know." "I didn't do it on purpose," Josephine said. Will looked back at the water. It has gotten very foggy in the last few minutes. "This fog seems unnatural," Will said. "It does indeed," Josephine said as she moved to look over the water as well. She glanced down. Then she reached out and touched Will's gold medallion. Then she involuntarily shuddered, and dropped her hand. Will looked at her. "What? What's the matter? Are you cold?" he asked. "No," Josephine said slowly. "I just got this strange feeling, a strange premonition when I touched your medallion." She looked out into the fog. Nothing could be seen. "Something's coming, Will; I can feel it," she said and shuddered again. Will looked out into the fog. He stared for several minutes. Josephine stared at him with apprehension. "I see something," Will whispered. He paused and took a better look. "I see a ship; it's got black sails!" he said with dread. "It's the Black Pearl!"
"Will, you need to get out of those clothes.," Josephine said as they walked back to their cabin.
"I'm fine," Will said.
"Well at least come below and get a blanket and some chocolate!"
"I'm fine," Will repeated.
"You are so stubborn," Josephine said sighing. "If you catch pneumonia, don't lay it on my head." She left Will at the stairs.
She entered her cabin and approached her mother's bed. "Mama?" she asked softly. Her mother was sleeping peacefully enough, but a tinge of fever rested on her forehead and cheeks.
"Oh bother that fever! Why is it coming back?!" Josephine muttered aloud. She put another blanket on her mother and then woke her up and gave her some more medicine. She stayed by her mother's bed until she fell asleep again.
She found a couple blankets and brought them up on deck with her. She looked around for Will. She found him again in the bow of the ship peering over the edge at the water. She sat down by him and handed him a blanket. He wrapped it around himself.
"Thank you," he whispered.
The sun was starting to set and a brilliant set of colors shot across the sky.
"What do you think this necklace father gave me means?" he asked Josephine.
"I wouldn't know," Josephine said. She paused. "Mother has the fever again," she said.
Will said nothing.
"Well? Aren't you going to go down and see her?"
"Later," Will said fingering his gold medallion. "Later, later; It's always later with men, but you never know when ." Josephine said, then she stopped abruptly and glanced at Will. Will looked at her. "You were thinking about father, weren't you? 'Later' that's what he always said when we asked him when he was going to visit us again; but he never did. You don't have to keep bringing it up, you know." "I didn't do it on purpose," Josephine said. Will looked back at the water. It has gotten very foggy in the last few minutes. "This fog seems unnatural," Will said. "It does indeed," Josephine said as she moved to look over the water as well. She glanced down. Then she reached out and touched Will's gold medallion. Then she involuntarily shuddered, and dropped her hand. Will looked at her. "What? What's the matter? Are you cold?" he asked. "No," Josephine said slowly. "I just got this strange feeling, a strange premonition when I touched your medallion." She looked out into the fog. Nothing could be seen. "Something's coming, Will; I can feel it," she said and shuddered again. Will looked out into the fog. He stared for several minutes. Josephine stared at him with apprehension. "I see something," Will whispered. He paused and took a better look. "I see a ship; it's got black sails!" he said with dread. "It's the Black Pearl!"