"What?" Her mother said. Her hair was dishelved and her dress mussed up.
"A man wants me to go with him-"
"So, go." Her mother said. Then she went to the table and ate. It was a closed matter.
Octavia put her head down and went to the room. She took a sack and put her dress in it and a bandanna that was on the bed. It was white. Then she sat down and cried. That was all she owned.
"So, what should we do with 'er?" Jack said to Will. He meant Octavia.
"We should do something with her?" Will said, smiling.
"What a man can do, and what a man can' do.." Jack muttered under his breath.
"You know what we should do," Will said. He looked at Jack. Jack was sitting there swirling his rum in the bottle.
"Tha's what everyone thinks..." Jack said. He waved his hand at Will to close the matter.
Will wouldn't let it go. "What do you mean?"
"I sai' ne'er mind," Jack said sternly. He took a large gulp of his rum. It was nearly gone.
Will sighed. It was fairly dark outside. The sun was just setting. He breathed in the air with his eyes closed. All his thoughts immediatly turned to Elizabeth. I wonder how she is, he thought. I need to get back to her. He scrunched up his eyes even tighter. Then he opened them. Jack wasn't by his side anymore. He looked around, frantic. Jack was at the bow. He was sitting with his legs dangling over it. Will walked over to him.
"Wonder how Elizabeth is doin'..." Jack said.
"Why?"
"I dunnno. I 'ave a bad feelin'..." Jack muttered, shrugging it off.
Will was nervous. He leaned against the railing. "Jack... that's not good enough!"
"Cap'n... No. Now's not the time. Somethin's wrong.." Jack dropped his bottle into the ocean.Then he walked to Anamaria, who was steering.
"Cap'n.." She muttered. She was tired. No one else was allowed to steer besides herself, Jack and Will. The past few days she had been the only one steering.
"Anamaria, will ye check on our guest?" Jack asked.
"Does it really matter if she be good?" Anamaria said.
"Jus' do it," Jack said.
Anamaria shrugged and walked off. She could hear Will behind her. She turned around.
"Do ye 'ave a problem?" She said, hands on her hips.
"I just thought I'd watch you. You know.." Will said, shrugging.
"Jus' because Elizabeth ain' 'ere doesn't mean ye 'ave to watch me. Got it?" Anamaria said.
"Sorry," Will said.
"Nothin' to be apoligizin' for," She looked at Will. Her hands left her hips. "Wha's wrong?"
"I can't protect her," Will said.
"Aye, it's true. Ye can't watch 'er if she ain' 'ere. Don'-" Anamaria was cut off.
"Don't you tell me not to worry! It's all I can do while I'm this far away!" Will said, angry.He put his head down.
"Will, she be alrigh'," she said. She looked at him concerned.
"I'd say you're going soft there," Will said, laughing.
"Don' tell no one," she said, smiling. She'd lighten up on him this once. Then she headed down to the brig. Octavia was sitting in the corner. She had her hands around her knees. Her head was turned toward the wall. They couldn't tell if she was sleeping.
"Octavia?" Will said.
"Mmm?" Octavia replied. She turned her head towards them. Her eyes were too dark to tell how she was feeling. Her face was pale, as it always was. She licked her chapped lips and cleared her throat. She began coughing. She stopped finally.
Will cleared his throat. "How are.... umm... you doing?"
"I can see ye don' really care. Jus' leave me be now," Octavia said. She turned her head back around.
"Alrigh'," Anamaria said, heading back up the stairs. Will grabbed her arm.
"You don' read people very well, for a pirate," He hissed. They headed back down.
"Wha' do ye want now?" Octavia said. She stood up, stumbling. She grabbed on to the bars, and her head. Then she felt her way towards Will and Anamaria. For this paticular prisoner, they had no lantern.
"Octavia-Cap'n Octavia-" Will started. He didn't know what to say to her. How are you? Do you need anything? How can I help you? Anamaria was lighting a lantern. She didn't look happy about it. Though she'd never be happy taken care of someone who almost kill Jack.
"No," Octavia said. Her eyes looked at them threw the bars. Will noticed something. They was a white dot in her eyes.It was an odd shape. A dimond... he thought. It had not been there before. Or had it? He wondered. He had been so preoccupied with Elizabeth that he may have overlooked some details. Anamaria saw it too.
"Wha's in yer eye?" Anamaria said.
"It's nothing. Nothing. Um... Leave me alone. Please?" Octavia said as she scrambled back to the corner. Damn! she thought angrily. They saw it... now I can't take it back.
"Maybe we should bring the cap'n down here. Aye?" Will said. He wasn't going to budge.
"No. No, please." Octavia said, desperatly. No, this can't be happenin', she thought. But why would it happen now? I'm not even angry. Not as angry as before.
"Before..." Ocatavia said, repeatign what she thought.
"Before wha'?" Anamaria said, frustrated. She didn't even want to help this person!
"Ne'er you min'! Now leave!" Octavia shouted.
"I mind," Will said, quietly. Not trying to upset her more, he whispered, "We can't help if you don't tell us anything. Ye know?" Willhad been picking up the pirate's slang.
"No," she muttered threw clenched teeth. No one will ever know! she thought. Not now, not ever. I'll take it to me grave.
"Looky 'ere, 'cap'n', if ye wan' to be called that still, why don'tcha jus' tell us?" Anamaria said.
"I would rather die. Now if ye don' min'... I need me sleep," Octavia said. She curled up in the corner. The lights flickered on her shadow. It was alarming to see.Her shoulders heaved as if she was crying; but, there was nothing to cry. No tears to take their pathes down her cheek.
"I'll bring you down some food, I s'ppose. We can't kill you after all," Will said, nodding. He turned the lantern down to a dull light. He motioned for Anamaria to come. She shook her head.
"I'll stay 'ere. Go get some food," she said. Will nodded.
When he left, Anamaria sat down.
"I understan' ye know," Anamaria said, barely audible. She was leaning against the cell, playing with the hem of her skirt. This won' be easy, she thought. She glanced at Octavia.
"No, ye couldn' possibly," Octavia whispered.
"Aye, but I do. Ye know that. Hard, I s'ppose, loosin' yer ship.." Anamaria's voice trailed off. She stood up.
"Wet down 'ere init?" Anamaria smiled. Octavia turned around. The corners ofOctavia's mouth twitched.
"S'ppose," Octavia said. "It's the stench that get me, though."
"Aye, we shoulda got ridda that body days ago but, we ne'er did. Now, none of the crew'll touch it-" Anamaria stopped. "Would ye like to change? I mean... I 'ave somethin' ye could wear..."
"No-" Octavia snapped. "I mean no... thank ye though."
"Well, s'ppose Will'll be down 'ere soon, give ye some food," Anamaria stood up, nodding. "I'll leave ye ter yer thoughts now."
Anamaria left. Octavia counted the steps that her boots made. Thirteen, she counted, unlucky that tis. Oh well... she thought. At least I get some food.
After a while Will came down with a plate of bread, apples, and water.
"Well... 'bye then," Will said. He scratched his head and sighed. Then he headed back upstairs. The lantern flickered and slide as they went up and down on top of the waves.
Great, Octavia thought. She chewed on the bread. She finished off the bread and picked up the crumbs with her finger and stuck them in her mouth. She bit into the apple and felt the sweetness in her mouth. She left the core on the plate after she devoured the apple. She drank the water in one gulp with drops leading down her chin, along with some apple. She was full. Octavia wiped her face with her already dirty sleeve.
Now, she thought, as she lay down to sleep. Back to the nightmare... as if I 'ad a choice.This is what they call thoughts! These nightmares?
A/N: Somethings' up with it won't let me sign in! So I can't update right now! Grr! Oh well. I can always write another chappie, I guess. I tried really hard to keep my grammer good. Hopefully it it! Lol. I know I left you all hanging again, but, it's more fun this way! For me anyways. Lol. I hope you guys Anamaria in this. I didn't want her to be all pissy all the time. By the way, yes, Elizabeth with be in the story soon enough.
Note to the reviewers:
CaptainAnna13: Glad you think so! Lol. I was going for the dark look. Lol. It's about to get even more dark, or mysterious. Hope you like it!
Tigerlily: Hopefully, the more I write the better I get at grammar. Lol. I dunno, I'm blonde. Hah! Hope you keep on reading.
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