What Is and What Will Never Be
Chapter 2
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"Elizabeth!" Will turned back to her again. She grasped his hand.
He spun back around, looking at the two figures standing near the door.
"Will", Elizabeth murmured breathlessly, and Will instantly kneeled beside her. "I...It'll be fine. I think it's a false alarm."
Will sighed, pressing Elizabeth's hand.
"Liz, luv, ye should really warn unsettled people like ol' Will here afore ye go telling yer having a baby when yer not", Jack chided, as he came over, smirking.
"Jack", Elizabeth smiled.
"Elizabeth, I should send for a midwife", Jade voiced concernedly. "I know where..."
"Jade, my friend, it's really going to be okay..." Elizabeth started, and made to sit up, but Will stopped her and stood up.
"Elizabeth..." Jade continued, but stopped when she felt hands on her shoulders, and a peck on the cheek.
"Thank you", Will murmured.
Jack, leaning against the bedpost, gave a low whistle. "Jesus, mate—ye accuse me of chasin' after yer lass, when all along—" He lifted his eyebrows roguishly, looking from Jade to Will, and he himself eyed Elizabeth implying.
Will walked over and punched Jack in the arm.
"Ow!" Jack moaned. "Fine. Ye stick to your lass, I stick to mine, savvy?" Jack said hurriedly, still rubbing his arm in feigned pain, and glancing at his poppet for sympathy. She stood near Elizabeth, a smile creeping across her pretty features.
Elizabeth laughed lightly. "I think that plan will be good for the both of you pirates."
She let out a fatigued yawn.
"Darling, rest", Will urged gently as he hurried back to her side.
Elizabeth nodded.
"'Night, luv", Jack called from the door, and winked at Will before he left.
"I'll have a note be sent to the hospital...Jade?"
"Don't worry, it's settled", she answered, and nodded reassuringly to Will before she left, and the couple heard her conversing with the porter.
Will looked at his love; her eyes closed, her breathing even. He stood, but felt Elizabeth touch his arm, her eyes fluttering open.
He smiled. "Will, I feel certain that it will be soon, but I am happy of it."
"Elizabeth, are you sure you will be fine?...I mean, the note has already been sent, the midwife should be here..."
Elizabeth silenced him by putting a hand to his lips. "May I ask of you one thing?"
"Anything, love."
And with that loving look they shared, Elizabeth eyes pricked with a tear as she whispered, "Stay with me. I can't bear waiting...without you."
He kissed her as his answer.
Jade walked across the hall, her skirt rustling with her steps, as she hurried to the front door, letting the midwife in.
"Juste là", she said, motioning towards the bedroom.
She watched the mademoiselle enter, and sighed. She turned around, and gasped, bumping into someone, but before she could utter a sound, she was silenced by kiss.
"Oh...Jack, you needn't..." she started, pushing the man away, and then she looked up at him, and screamed.
"Commodore Norrington!" she pushed him more forcefully, falling onto the ground.
"Miss Rochet!" Jade was astounded to hear him say in equal surprise.
"I...I'm...I'm so sorry, Miss", he said, offering his hand to her. Jade shied away from him.
"I thought..." he stammered. "Elizabeth...but, you...I—you looked like—from the back..."
"What in Davy Jones' Locker is going on here!" Jack yelled, as he stormed into the room, holding his pistol in the air.
He glanced at Jade, on the ground, then ran impetuously into Commodore Norrington, shoving him against the wall.
"What the bloody hell do you think yer doing here!" He put the gun to Norrington's head. "You better tell me, you bloody pompous-head idiot! What, your wife not good enough for you? Have to go aroun' harassin' everyone else's wives? Eh?"
He angrily released Norrington, deciding to give him chance to speak, as he went to Jade, still keeping a glaring eye on him.
"Ye alright, love?" he said, as he kneeled down and helped her up. He saw she was shaking.
"Jack", she murmured. "Don't. It was un...un misunderstanding..."
"Jade, love", he said, rubbing her shoulders. "Yer scared half to dead, so" he jerked his head towards Norrington. "This snippy bloke better tell me what he did to you, or I'll blast the bejesus outta 'im, therefore it might get a tad messy, so..." He turned to face the Commodore, still keeping a hand on Jade. "I hate to be frank, Commodore, but if ye don't want to die..." he clicked his pistol. "It's just my suggestion that ye tell me the whole wicked story." He smirked. "And, quite frankly again, I don't fancy doing any killing today, mostly fer the reason that there's a baby about to be born just over yonder...And the lady ye tried to take advantage of is in our presence."
The Commodore cleared his throat. "Excuse me Captain Sparrow, but I seem to have misled you."
"Misled my...!"
"Jack", Jade gently silenced him.
"I...I did not mean to take advantage in any way of your mademoiselle" he bowed apologetically to her.
"He thought I was Elizabeth", Jade said, but regretted these words the instant she said them.
"Oh, an' that's supposed to make the situation a whole lot better?" Jack fumed.
He walked over to the Commodore, fiddling carelessly with the trigger on his pistol.
He laughed. "Commodore, am I just imagining things, or does this sound like what I think it sounds like?"
"I...I heard she was having a baby, and I wanted to...congratulate her", he said meekly. Then his voice became much sterner. "If that's alright with you, Captain."
Jack grinned maliciously at him. "You better watch yer step, mate. Now I'm gonna stay calm here, an' rational. So, ye thought it was Elizabeth instead o' Jade, so...ye wanted to take advantage of Elizabeth, then?"
Norrington was about to protest, when Jack cut in again. "A married, pregnant Elizabeth Turner, I might add."
"Captain Sparrow!" the Commodore exclaimed furiously. "I had no intention of doing any such ill thing to Miss Swann, for heaven's sake—if anyone were do such things it would be you!"
"What did ye do to my lass!" he asked angrily.
He suddenly spun around, watching Jade as she hurried out the room.
"Commodore, yer lucky Mr. and Mrs. Turner are located on the other side of the house."
Norrington didn't answer.
"Just know, this is not over. We'll be sorting this ordeal out on the morrow."
"Fine, Sparrow! Just know the Navy can and will come after you for harassing me."
"And not after you? Hmm. And I still don't know how the bloody hell you got in here. Break in, did we? How piratical of you."
"If you must know, Sparrow, I was appointed by the Governor."
But Jack had already walked off before he could finish his sentence.
Norrington sat down in a chair, sighing. "What have I done?"
He thought of his wife at home in Port Royal.
Jack rushed to the room that he was offered to stay in, and gently opened the door. Jade was sitting on the bed, her face buried in her arms. He shut the door, and went to her.
"Jade", he said softly, putting a hand on her back.
She jumped. "Oh, Jack, pardon", she said, brushing a tear away.
"Love, it's okay", he said, putting his arm around her.
"I thought you were going to kill him."
"Well, Jade, I just might if I don't find out what happened. What did he do?"
She sighed, laying her head against his chest. "Jack, I...I can't."
"Tell me."
"He...kissed me."
"That despicable bast—"
"Jack, he's never gotten over her. I just—was startled."
Jack held her, gently kissing her forehead.
"He's married, Jack", she said, sitting up.
"Aye..."
"It's like...he was cheating on his wife!" She lay back down on the bed again. "Jack, what is le monde coming to?" she said, as she blew air from her lips.
Jack bent down and kissed her, then lay down next to her.
"Well, Commodore's deteriorating (I told ye his marriage wouldn't last!), but if I know William, he'll fight to the death against anyone fer Miss Swann. And good point—le Commodore is married."
Jade faintly smiled.
"But if he goes within 10—no, 20 feet of you he's off to Davy Jones' Locker, savvy?"
"Such a harsh punishment?"
"I've actually never been there me self, seeing as I was never bloody cursed."
Jade kissed him, and smiled. "I needed to erase those memories..."
"Ah, whose being the cruel one here?" Jack mocked, as she lay, unresisting, as he returned the kiss.
"Mmm, what a lovely manner to end such a hectic day, eh love?"
"Oh! Might we forget about everything that's happening just for tonight?" Jade begged him.
"Hmm..." he pondered, kissing her again. "Alright, we have an accord, lass."
"Wait, Jack—what if she goes into labor?"
He breathed in a sigh. "Well, it's already 10:00pm..."
"Oui, she'll probably make it till early morning..."
"And I've got to talk with him anyway..."
"Jack, I don't think this'll work—we're still thinking about it."
"We'll just have to stop then", he resolved, and rolled her over with a passionate kiss.
Juste là: Just there
le monde: the world