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by: Cecile Li

CHAPTER SIX : EVIE'S STORY


"Evie?" A voice called hesitantly. She felt as if she was in a fog with no light in sight. "Evie?" The voice called again, more firm. Evie distantly felt someone touch her forehead. She struggled to open her eyes. Oh, everything hurt, from her head to her toes. It was hard to even try and move a finger.

"Wake up, Evie." A different voice called. "Evie, it's Elizabeth. Wake up. Evie." Elizabeth…who was she? Elizabeth!

Evie opened her eyes. A fuzzy woman was in front of her, blinking her large eyes. "She's awake!" The woman called excitedly. "She's awake!"

Evie winced. Blinking, she looked closely at the pretty girl in front of her. "Elizabeth?"

"Evie!" She exclaimed happily. "You've been out for 2 days! Dr. Manette here helped you." She pointed at an old man in the corner. He smiled kindly at her and Evie liked him at once. Elizabeth sat next to her on the bed. "Everyone's been waiting for you to wakeup." She said, taking the sweaty clothes from Evie's forehead.

Evie looked around the room. Jack was slumped in his seat next to the bed. Will was sleeping on Jack on the chair next to him. And two unfamiliar men were resting near the fire. She pointed to them. "Who are they?"

Elizabeth smiled. "They're Robert Scarlet and Edward Contez. Will found them. They came to help you." She noticed Evie's sudden discomfort. "What's wrong? Do you know them?"

"Yes." She replied tightly, "I did."

Elizabeth shifted uncomfortably. "Shall I wake everyone up?"

"On no!" Evie protested, secretly wishing she could escape from this ship and hide again before meeting Edward and Robert.. "Please- let them sleep!"

But it was too late. Elizabeth threw the clothe at Jack and it bounced off his head onto will.

"Who dares to wake Captain Jack Sparrow!" Jack roared as he stood suddenly, sword drawn.

Elizabeth giggled, whispering to Evie. "He does this every time I wake him up." Except when you woke him up to learn how to swordplay, a mischievous voice inside Elizabeth's head whispered to her.

Jack sniffed indignantly at Elizabeth and bowed to Evie. "How do you do?" Without warning, he plucked a rose out of nowhere and offered it to Evie. Evie laughed and tucked it behind her ear. Jack turned to Elizabeth, winking. "But what of the beautiful lady next to Evie?" Another rose appeared in his hand and he offered it to her. "A beautiful rose for a beautiful lady." Elizabeth blushed as red as the rose.

Evie glanced at Jack and Elizabeth and noticed Will stirring. "Oh come now Jack; it's not like you just met Elizabeth!" She exclaimed, laughing nervously. Their stare at each other broke and they looked at Evie strangely. "Oh look! Will's awake!" She smiled tensely. What was with Elizabeth and Jack? Elizabeth was acting like a schoolgirl smitten by a devilishly older boy, not like an engaged woman. Unfortunately, Will interrupted Evie from her thoughts.

"Evie!" Will stood up and smiled widely at her. He was about to hug her but noticed Elizabeth. "I'm so glad you woke up. I wasn't sure if I had gotten Dr. Manette soon enough."

"Thank you for helping." She smiled and tried to keep her eyes off his adorable face. Instead she looked at the two men by the fire. Seeing that they were stirring, she quickly excused herself from the room. Maybe if she was lucky she could hide somewhere and wait till they left.

She stood next to the rail, looking over the side. She had always felt guilty about making Edward tell everyone she had drowned. She could never tell what Edward was really thinking. Did he love her? For some reason, she had always seriously doubted it. He always had such cold eyes…

She remembered the first time she met him. The Carlot family had found her in the water. Isabelle Carlot, at that time just 15, spotted her from their yacht. She insisted on going to look at the curious white floating thing in the water. When Isabelle saw Evie, she demanded her mother to rescue Evie. When both parents were reluctant to keep Evie, Isabelle threw a rare fit. So they kept her and adopted her. The day she was presentable, they had a ball. Everyone was invited to see their new daughter. Isabelle had shown Evie her heart's desire. Edward Contez.

He was so handsome, Evie couldn't breathe. Those glittery green eyes captivated her. But as beautiful his eyes were, even she could tell they were colder than the ice in the wine cooler. Isabelle introduced them and she met Edward Contez.

But of course, Isabelle was not a bratty girl. She had always wanted a younger sister and she took her chance. If you had known Isabelle, she was far, far from the pampered young lady she seemed. She was sweet and kind, but not everyone was perfect. Whatever she wanted, she got. If she didn't get it….well, that had only happened once. She was a charmer, a flirt. She had all the young men in town enamoured by her. Except the one she wanted. Edward Contez refused to fall to her charms. The more he ignored her, the more she wanted him.

He was more interested in her younger sister. To be dead honest, Evie was rather flattered by his attention. He was older, handsome, wealthy and her sister was head over heels for him. For the first time, Evie eclipsed Isabelle and Evie loved the feeling. No matter how Isabelle saved her from the orphanage, Evie had always been jealous of Isabelle. Isabelle was beautiful and clever. Everyone loved Isabelle and so did Evie. But Evie couldn't stand how close to perfect Isabelle was. Sometimes she wanted to break that pretty, pretty face.

At first it wasn't like that. At first she adored Isabelle. She wanted to be like Isabelle. But more and more often she was left alone as Isabelle was pursued by dozens of hopeful young men. So Evie tried to compete. But she never won. Never, until Edward Contez became interested in her. So Evie took advantage and hurt Isabelle. By the time she had become engaged to Edward, Isabelle refused to talk to her, or even see her. Guilt took hold of her life. So she feigned her death and left Edward to Isabelle.

"I'm so sorry, Isabelle." Evie whispered to the night. "I'm still not as perfect as you."

He watched her quietly. She still looked the same. She still was the same. She was his. She had never told him all of her past, before that Isabelle twit found her. She had told him she once knew someone called Jack Sparrow. He had saved her from a spiteful captain. If he hadn't been there who knows what that Captain Barbossa would've done. She also spoke of a Will Turner and how she loved him so much. She said how even though they were so young, he swore eternal love. He swore he would never love another woman. But of course he broke his promise. Years later, he had heard of the daughter of Governor Swann getting engaged to a William Turner. He tried to resist telling her, but he knew he'd never have her without her stop loving Will. And so he told her and she left him. She went to find Will. Of course she went to find Will. And of course she found him. He'd make her his if that was the last thing he did.
A/N Finally an update! After over a year of hiatus….Chapter Six finally comes out! But mostly, thanks to American Drama who reminded me time after time to finish this. I owe you a lot of thanks!

About the ages and such, I have no idea how old Will was when he was found or how old he is now, so the ages are probably a little or a lot off. Sorry about that. And about Evie, I do hope she does not turn out as a Mary-Sue.

Well, much love to all my readers.

Cecile Li