"For the opputune moment." Will finished, he looked frustrated. He was to go straight to Port Royal. Elizabeth was captive. He sighed. Octavia did need treatment, and Adellaide was the best. He nodded.
Jack was muttered "A pirate's life for me," under his breath until dark.
"Drink up me hearties yo ho..." He smiled at the memory of ELizabeth. He coulc only imagine how poor Will was feeling. But he needed Tortuga right now, not especially for rum, which he needed to, but to help Octavia.
Octavia woke up groggy and stiff. What the hell? she thought.Immediatly she tried to jump up but the corset wouldn't budge. So, she laid back down gently. Anamaria came into the room. She had a tray. Octavia looked at her.
"Why the hell am I wearing a corset?" she mumbled.
"Well, yer bleedin' and it'll make it stop. Plus ye might 'ave a broken rib.Quit fussin'. It's not nothing ye've not down before." Anamaria offered her a glass. Octavia took a sip, and tasted red wine. Old wine, too. She smiled.
"If yer boozed up, ye won't fell nothin'," Anamaria said. She dipped a rag into water and dabbed at Octavia's lip, which was puffy and purple. It had a crust of blood over it. Octavia frowned. She hated people fussing over her. But it had to be done. So, she laid still until Anamaria stopped. A knock came to the door.
"Comm'in," Anamaria said. Will opened the door and started to say, "How are you feeling?" But he stopped and looked down.
"Woss the matter?" Octavia asked. Anamaria smirked. Octavia looked down and saw she was in just a corset. She smirked too. Anamaria handed her a blanket and she covered herself up with it. She coughed and he looked up. He was blushing.
"I'm sorry..." He muttered scratching the back of his head.
"No matter, somefin tells me you seen this site before..." Octavia smiled. He smiled and blushed.
"Erm... how're you feeling?" He said. He looked very uncomfortable.
"Fine. Brilliant. Why else didja come done 'ere?" Octavia asked, bluntly.
"Oh, um... we're almost to Tortuga, Anamaria. You better get Octavia ready to go ashore..." He smiled nervously.
"Tortuga? No no. I can't go there. I'll wait on the ship," Octavia said.
"But Adellaide is suppose to help you..." Will said. "Fer a pirate, you don't take many risks.." He was trying to taunt her. Without avail.
"Aye. I 'ave some bad er, 'istory up there. And erm, I best not go. Possibly Miss Adellaide girl could come here?" Octavia said sweetly, trying to act as innocent as possible.
"Why can't oh! Won't cha go up there?" Anamaria asked. Just then Gibbs called for Anamaria to come aboard. That they had arrived.
"Come on, Will. Octavia isn't comin'. Less go." Anamaria said, standing up.
"I'll be there in a moment," He said, eyeing Octavia suspiciously.
Anamaria eyed them both, remembered his loyalty to Elizabeth- and the corset. Then shrugged and left.
"Why won't you go ashore?" He asked. She sighed.
"Will you leave me be if I tell ye?" She grumbled.
"I s'ppose..." He said. He took a stool and sat near the corner.
"Well, if ye expect me ta tell ya anythin' then you 'ave to get closer... it's a hard tale to tell..." She said. SHe lifted her head up a little more. Once she was confortible and Will was sure she wouldn't move. He scooted closer to the bed side.
"Well, I lived in Tortuga wiv me mum, Oliva. She was a whore... erm, and something bad happened one night-" She choked as she remembered the rape- "which is why I were cryin' that one night, ya see? I dreamed it again. Anyways,Olivia-"
"Yer mum?" He questioned. He tried not to act bothered by her bluntness.
"Yep. Anyways, she did somethin' awful...to get some gold. And I got this man's sword... and..." she trailed off. He nodded, motioning for her to keep going.
"I erm, killed him. Straight threw 'is gut I did. The rotten bastard. Me mum was screaming somefin awful... so I killed her too. She didn't know what hit her... that whore." She laughed, coldly. He sat there, pale.
"Then I got me stuff, and the sword. And I left. I went to the docks where James-"
"James who?" Will choked out.
"James Norrington. Yep yer pal. This was years ago mind you, his uncle made me an offer to be a maid. I had nofink else goin' so I accepted." She smirked."It was alright too. At first. Then after a while. He proposed, said somefink like he had never acheived a marriage to a 'fine woman.' I was pleased too. A marriage? A way out? Fancy balls and gowns? Servants? That sounded like a dream..."
Will nodded. The color came back to his face. That was the same thing he told Elizabeth, he remembered.
"Anyways, after we married. I didn't want to have a erm, what do you call it? Oh! A physical relationship. So I tried to stick clear of him. He wanted a woman to obey him. Someone who, would birf his children. So I tried...I birfed a baby boy." She smiled.
Will smiled. He could only hope he and Elizabeth would have children too. He wanted to be a father... in hopes of redeeming and proving to the other folk that he as capable of it. Plus, he needed it.
"What did you call him?" Will asked.
"Oh. I didn'. James picked the name. After all that bloody pain, being ripped open, again-" she looked at Will he hadn't noticed anything-"he got to name him. John Christopher Norrington. Not that I didn't like that name... it's a fine name."
Will smiled.
"But then, Norrington was bad... to me. He beat me... and so I left him. I went to Singapore. We were safe for a while Johnny and me. Just a wee babe he was. Only a few years old. Dark hair, dark eyes. Beautiful. My baby..." She stopped.
Will let her remember the beautiful memories for a while... then she looked up. Tears clung to her eyeslashes. He gave her a dirty handkerchief. It was all he had. She took it. She twisted it in her hands.
"Then he found us. He took Johnny from me. Then, he beat me. He left me there. I had no money. I had no 'ome. Nothin'. I could barely move. I went back to Port Royal and talked to him. He apologized. He even cried, the ass."
She sighed. Will was immersed in her story, he was the only one who knew what had happened to her. It meant quite a lot, surprisingly. She went on.
"He cried, and was on his knees. He cleaned my wounds with his tears. I forgave him. How could I not, Will?"
"I dunno..." He said pathetically.
"He was the father of my child... my baby. Everythin' was fine. We 'ad no contact a course. No sex. Nothin'."
Will blushed but, didn't look down. Someone knowcked on the door.
"Please come back later..." Octavia said , talking to the door. She turned to Will."I don' really wan' to talk anymore..."
"I understand..." Will said, nodding. It had to be hard, he thought. Going threw something like that. "Why didn't you leave him and go to the New World... or somewhere? France?"
Octavia shook her head, shaking. He nodding and patte her hand. He got up to leave. Then she whispered.
"I was scared of him. He was cruel. He knew what he could get away wif. And he did. Always.. I left again. But I 'ad to leave my baby... he couldn't be out in the middle of this. My Johnny. I left on his birthday... in June. I went to Madagascar..." She burst into tears.
Will was startled. But he grasped her hand. "You did what you knew what you knew what right..."
A knock interrupted them. Jack opened the door. Swinging from the steps he swaggered in the room. Will let go of Octavia's hand, fast.
"'Ello?" He said. "Octavia. All mighty. All powerful, aye? Want'cha to know I don't buy tha' shit. Nope. But I respect ya for saving the whelp here." He patted Will. Will sighed.
"ON TO PORT- PORT-PORT... erm.. Rodent, no, ro, no, rainbow, nope, hmm. port raisin? nope..." He went on and on.
"Port Royal..." Will said.
"Thas it!" Jack said. "We'll be there any minute now..."
"But we juss left?" Octavia said, ignoring Jack's drunkeness. She was used to it. "Wha' about that woman? Wha's-'er-face... the one whose supposed to take care of me?"
"Juss left? No, no. We left a while back. Should be there in a few minutes... yep..Adellaide had to rest. She drank too much I'm afraid. No good fer a woman 'er age.." He said. "Where's this?"
"Navigation room..." Will said. He stood up and leaned against the wall.
"Shut up. I'm finking..."
"Shut up.." Will said. He knew Jack wouldn't remember any of this tomorrow.
"You shut up, savvy? Juss because Elizabeth shivers yer timbers don't mean nofink? Aye? Good for ye!" He babbled on for a while. Then Gibbs came in. He smelled of rum too, but it seemed to have wore off. Probably with some food, thought Will.
"Cap'n We're here..." Gibbs said.
"Humiliated grapes.. they are.." Jack was telling Octavia. He was much to close. She kept backing away as far as she could.
"Jack!" Will said. He was desperate to find Elizabeth. How could he not be? It was the only person he ever loved.
" Then they made me their chief...Aye, ok. We'll go ashore. Wha' time is it?"
"I'd say aroun' dawn..." Octavia muttered, looking through a port hole. The sky was pink and purple. With a hint of orange.
"Octavia, er... we'll be back soon." Will nodded. She smiled and mouthed,"Thanks.." He nodded with a trace of a smile on his face.
Then she was alone, she listened to Jack rave for a few minutes. Then everything went quiet. She smiled in the dark. She finaly told her story... out loud. But Norrington is here... she thought... She wanted to sit up. But she was too tired. So when the gulls began to cry, she fell into a sleep.
Will was ecstatic. Elizabeth. He hadn't any idea what was in store...
A/N: I know a clffy. But it wouldn't give you much insentive to keep reading now woud it? No. I didn't think so. Lol. I update soon. Just RR s'il vous plait! MERCI BEAUCOUP, MES AMIS. (I hope I spelled that right... did I, A Bit Closer, Johnny? lol.)
CaptainAnna13: oh em gee. a jack sparrow plushie? I looked everywhere for those. :pets it: he he.yeha i am insane so that explains the insanity. thanks. you're making me bluuush. lol.
A Bit Closer, Johnny: I know about the pajamas. what did he wear before then? if not pjs? eh? and he lost his virginity at 13! my gawd. lol. And he misses arby's. that made me laugh. my mom read you're reviews (cause she'slikes that i do something other then well, teenage stuff so she reads my story too, lol.and sheloves HIM too. lol) and now she's gonna ask someone to tape the SAG awards for us because we don't have cable yet. ahhh! i hope i hope. i will die if i don't see it.wow... you are pretty clever...knowing where evryone went. stalker!juss kidding. lol.thanx. :claps hands: i so escited. : D
and so my friends.. i changed my name from interruptedxthought to jack'soppurtunemoment. because i needed a change. yeah. ok. ill be writing soon. in the next week. ok. ta!
