Bella sighed looking over at Jack who was now sitting on the hay, arms crossed head back against the wall, mouth wide open snoring away, he looked like he was desperate for water and he was looking up towards the sky trying to have a drop of rain fall into his mouth. She rolled her eyes and crossed her arms scowling. He always had to blame it on her, if she had just taken out her sword. Well if William had just let them out and if Jack had not messed with things hadn't left his hat out they wouldn't be in this mess.
Leave it to a man, she thought to herself, to screw things up. She looked over and pushed him onto his stomach just to piss him off she leaned back smiling, as Jack sat up looking at her glaring his beads and other trinkets in his face.
"I don't think that was necessary." He said trying to get the trinkets out of his face Bella only shrugged and looked up at him.
"You know braiding things into you're hair has really become a bad habit Jack." She said smirking.
He growled like a dog, "Well being a smart ass has really become a bad habit for you!" He snapped back.
Bella rolled her eyes and laughed, "Oho! What a good come back." She said her voice dripping with sarcasm. "You are so annoying." She added as an after thought.
"You're the one who woke me." He retorted.
"You're the one who provoked me to do it." She stated matter of factly.
Jack blinked at her clearly feeling a mix of annoyance and weariness, "How pray tell did I provoke you?" He asked shaking his head in her face.
"Because you got us in this mess and then proceeded to blame it on me." She said in a snotty tone.
Jack stood up and growled stomping his foot kicking some of the hay around, Bella raised an eyebrow not saying a word, "Are you still going on about that!"
Bella stood up and glared at him, "Yes I am still going on about that!" She snorted in his face like a bull.
Jack glowered at her as she sat down on the small stone piece of concrete that was chained to the wall, she looked ahead towards outside the cell, her hair was now coming out of her ponytail her gray eyes seemed misty and her face was expressionless like she was in another world.
Jack sighed giving up, knowing they could go on like this forever and still get no where, he sat down next to her and sighed, staring at a piece of dust flying in the air.
There was nothing to do it was utter boredom, all you could do was sit there, and stare, and try not to rip the other ones head off. There was no way out.
Bella felt helpless, how was she supposed to get out of this one? Tomorrow they would both be hung. She felt like the time was going by too fast. Like someone took an hourglass and glued it to the table and there was no way she could stop the sand from going down. No way to pull the hourglass off the table.
All she could do was sit and wait, wait for her doom. All she could think was what lie her father could have told for William to be so cold and to sentence her to death.
They had been friends for so many years, and to her, how could he throw so many years of friendship out the door because she was doing something she didn't agree with?
She wanted to cry right then and there, she couldn't express how she felt, to sit and be able to do noting but wait to die, wait till the guard came in the next morning and take them to be hung.
She wasn't ready to die, this wasn't how she wanted to die, but somehow it was how it was going to happen.
Bella sighed heavily, "What now?" Jack grunted, Bella looked over and rolled her eyes shaking her head.
"Nothing, Jack, you know you can't even give me a touch of comfort!" She bellowed, Jack didn't even look over he took his right hand poked her and said, "Touch."
Bella shook her head laughing sardonically, "You are such an ass!" She bellowed at a high octave.
Jack winced, this was going to be a long day with Bella, when she got in situations she didn't know how to get out of she lost her sense of humor and she was a fright. She would freak out over the smallest things, not that Jack couldn't blame her they were going to be sentenced to death.
"Elizabeth darling, but-" Stuttered Weatherby Swann, he was looking pretty shameful right now, as Elizabeth looked down on him with cold brown eyes.
Her hands were on her hips and she was still shivering from being wet, "You have sentenced you're daughter to death! She's my sister! How could you father?" She asked near tears.
"It was her choice to engage in piracy. I can't have that in my home, she would tarnish my good reputation that I and other Swann's before me worked hard to build up. She's a black sheep!" He said ice dripping from his voice, Elizabeth stood back, tears were coming to her eyes.
I regret…. I regret the day I ever told she had engaged in it. I could still have a sister that actually cared about what I want!" She said running up the stairs to her bedroom, "Elizabeth!" He called he only got the sound of a door slamming.
At times like this he realized how much like Bella she was. He sighed walking away, upstairs Elizabeth lay back on her bed crying quietly, she remembered seeing Bella's face. Belicia her full name was, it was named after a friend of their mothers but they started calling her Bella for short. Elizabeth sighed seeing Bella's sad face, she had her hair stuck to her face from the water, and her white shirt was clinging to her small frame she looked like she was about ready to cry.
Elizabeth could tell she was upset about her Father just turning her away. She knew secretly Bella had hoped her father would once again welcome her with open arms.
But it wasn't the case, it was all about image to their Father and to mostly the whole family. And he had made Bella out to be the bad one, the one that had supposedly broke his heart when in reality he had broke her heart.
Elizabeth punched her pillow in frustration and sat up deciding to have the maid Estrella draw her a bath hoping it would help with the shivering, she stood up and walked out to find Estrella coming out of Weatherby's room.
"Estrella…" Elizabeth said smiling.
The maid turned around looking at Elizabeth smiling, "Yes miss?"
Elizabeth smiled, "Would you draw me a bath, I'm a bit cold." She said wrapping her arms around herself.
The maid nodded, "Sure thing." She said walking into Elizabeth's room and to the bathroom near a small desk, Elizabeth waited near the door until the maid came out five minutes later.
"Tis' ready miss." She said nodding and walking off to do other chores around the house, Elizabeth walked inside after thanking her and pulling her clothes off, and she stepped into the small tub and slowly sat down sighing happily.
Her shivers were slowly going away, but the only problem was she couldn't get Bella out of her mind. She couldn't understand why her father felt he had to be like that. She wondered if her mother was the same way or if she was like herself and Bella.
Elizabeth knew that like herself Bella felt out of place, she was different then half the family. So many times family members would come over and Bella would say something she thought was innocent and it would end up being a horrible night.
Elizabeth was mostly the same way as Bella but she knew when to keep her mouth shut Bella either didn't know when to or she didn't care.
Flash Back…
"Now Bella, Elizabeth. Behave while Grandma, Grandpa, Aunt Jessica and Uncle Dean will be here so be good." Said a young Weatherby, Bella who was 12 and Elizabeth who was 13 nodded.
Within the hour all four people had arrived and they were eating dinner, Grandma Shelly was smiling and playing with Bella, Shelly had brown hair with gray streaks going through it.
She was in her fifties and reminded a lot of people of her daughter, Elizabeth and Bella's mother. She had gray eyes and tan skin.
"Hello Bella m'dear. How's my girl?" She asked smiling, Bella giggled, "Good Grandma, how are you?" She asked politely.
Shelly laughed as her grandfather Josh came up smiling at her, "How's my Granddaughter? Look what I have…" He said squatting down handing Bella something.
It was a gold necklace with a small gold circle hanging from the chain, on it, it had a pirate ship with a black flag near it, with the Jolly Roger on it.
Bella looked up and smiled brightly, "Pirate necklace!" She said unable to contain herself, everyone stopped abruptly looking over, both Grandparents stood up looking down.
"What did you give her? So you're the ones filling her mind with such garbage!" Weatherby said outraged, it was true both Grandparents would visit telling her pirate stories and giving her trinkets.
The Grandparents were most laid back and felt letting the child hear exciting stories and use their imagination was good.
"I want you out of my house, out! Elizabeth take this necklace and throw it away." Weatherby said ripping the necklace out of Bella's hand and giving it to Elizabeth
"Yes, Father." She said, taking it, but she didn't throw it, she took it and stored it in her dresser drawer intrigued by it.
"I don't want you to ever come back to this home." He said harshly, Shelly looked like she was about ready to cry.
"Weatherby…please…"
"Out!" He said, they looked at their grandchildren sadly one more time before leaving, Bella was crying, "Grandma! Grandpa!"
Weatherby turned around enraged, "To you're room!" He said, Bella almost looked like a dog with her tail between her legs and her ears down, she ran upstairs crying screaming, "I hate you!"
A few weeks later it came painfully to Bella's news that her grandparents had both died due to a supposed fire accident. For some reason she didn't believe this.
All she wanted was the necklace that her grandparents had given her.
End of the Flashback
Elizabeth got out of the tub and wrapped herself in a towel, a nightgown was waiting for her, she dropped the towel and put the night gown on and sighed looking out the window, it was nightfall already, within a few hours time, Bella would be hung.
Elizabeth's throat became tight as she walked over to her drawer pulling out the necklace, her grandparents had given Bella. She ran her finger across it and smiled somewhat.
If she ever got the chance she would give it to Bella. She put the necklace back in the drawer and got up as the maid came in getting Elizabeth in to bed and putting a bed warmer in.
"Rough day it has been." Estrella said.
"Yes, I knew the Commodore would propose but I wasn't quite prepared." Elizabeth replied.
"Oh, I was talking about you being threatened by that pirate! Must have been terrible."
Elizabeth nodded faintly, "Oh yes, it was." She said sighing.
'But the Commodore proposed fancy that, it's a smart match miss if it's not too bold to say!" She said smiling.
Elizabeth nodded swallowing hard, "It is a smart match, any woman would be lucky to have him." She said not truly meaning it.
"That Will Turner, he's a fine man too." Estrella said.
Elizabeth felt her face grow a little hot, "That is too bold." She said edgily.
The maid took the hint, "Sorry Miss was not my place. Good night." She said walking away closing the door, Elizabeth sighed looking over at the lamp running her hands across the necklace, she had taken from Will.
She looked outside hearing something as the lamp went out, "Weird…" Just muttered.
"JACK. I AM NOT PLAYING CHARADES WITH YOU." Bella said harshly, "Honestly, how can you play a game at a time like this?"
"Oh come on!" Jack said pouting, "If these are our last hours we might as bloody well have fun!" He said growling.
Bella sighed, she hated when Jack was right. Stupid Git. She thought bitterly as cannon fire was heard.
They both stopped their fighting, the men in the cell aways from them stopped trying to get the dog that held the keys in his mouth stopped, Jack climbed up a ledge on the wall and looked out the cell.
"It's the pearl." He said mysteriously, Bella gasped excitedly and ran up there with him.
"Are you sure!" She asked smiling, Jack looked over and grinned, "Aye, I'm sure." He said looking back out.
"The Black Pearl, I've heard stories, never leaves any survivors." Said a man in the cell next to them fearfully.
Bella raised an eyebrow but it was Jack who spoke up, "Never leaves any survivors? Then where do the stories come from I wonder?" He said smirking.
The man scowled a little but said nothing, Bella only hoped that it would hit the cell and they could escape, but so far her luck wasn't too good.
A/N: I guess it was a filler chapter… more action next chapter. Thanks for waiting for an update! Review please!