Author's Note: Okay, so I did do a Flashback. Third Person. Three Months before Solia meets Jack.
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"After Elizabeth, I didn't think that you would fall for another governor's daughter." Governor Vincent Mederas said with confidence as he looked up from his desk. He had known why James had come to visit him, but he wanted to hear it come from his own mouth.
"She's a lovely woman, your daughter." He said with a smile.
"Please, take a seat." The governor said, not implying anything. His wife had been telling him how Solia needed a husband, and James was a fine man. Most likely James Norrington was the best navy man in all of Port Royal. James had taken a liking to Solia, not because of her status. He liked the way she carried herself: proper and respectful, yet independent. Her independence was probably what drew his interest. Maybe not, but it only made her more beautiful.
"How did you know that I came to ask about your daughter?" He asked curiously.
"The last time my wife and I hade you to the estate for dinner, your eyes never left her. The last time I saw you look at someone like that you were looking at Elizabeth."
"Yes, well." He was caught off guard. "I could tell she didn't love me. From the beginning. The look you saw me give her, was the same look she was giving Mr. Turner. I didn't want to make her miserable. I loved her."
"That's something you won't have to worry about. My daughter doesn't have a sweetheart. Something her mother made sure of..."
"What about the servant?"
"What?"
"What was his name again?" He paused to think. "That's right. Johnny."
"I can assure you James, nothing is going on between my daughter and Johnny. She enjoys his company. After all, they've known each other since they were children." He often had to defend Solia's friendship with Johnny. Some thought it was immoral. He was beginning to think that, since she was no longer a girl, that the friendship should end. The woman that his daughter had become should not be associating with servants. Maybe this was his wife's thinking invading his mind. After all, she had discouraged their friendship from the start. She complained that he had let her "run wild". She was his firstborn child, and perhaps he hadn't been as strict with her as he had with his other daughter, but that was his choice. His wife had always scolded him for it. She's never going to want to get married if you continue to let her run around like some whore. To which he argued that she was no whore. He never understood why she had wanted to marry her off. Perhaps it was his wife's ideals that it was the right thing for a woman to do.
"In that case, I guess I can ask." He said satisfied. The governor looked at him, already knowing the question. "I would like permission to marry your daughter."
Rebecca Mederas sat in her husband's office waiting. He had came home from the fort with a lot on his mind and had asked to speak with her. He came into the office, unease on his face. He knew what his wife was going to say, and was afraid of the answer. He knew that he couldn't keep his daughter at home forever, but he wasn't quite ready to let her go.
"Rebecca, James came to talk to me today." He sighed heavily as he sat down, it was as if the words pained him.
"Really? What did he say?"
"He asked for permission to marry Solia." He knew it was a long shot, but he tried to make it sound like he had already made up his mind. If he was willing to allow her to marry James, his wife might disagree with him. "Of course I told him I had to discuss it with you first." The original shock on his wife's face subsided and was replaced with a smile.
"Vincent!" It was all she could seem to say. "The Commodore?" She had wanted her daughter married for a long time, and to someone like the Commodore? It seemed unreal! "James wants to marry Solia?"
"Yes, well he is looking to settle down."
"And such a fine man! Such a fine man wants to marry our daughter!" She was excited. She hadn't hoped for Norrington to propose. After Elizabeth it seemed that he had sworn off of love. The proposal had to be accepted, for in Rebecca's eyes he was too good of a man for her daughter to refuse. "Tell him that she accepts! Vincent! This is wonderful!" He knew that she was right. Solia had to become a proper woman. She too had to settle down, and she would have no trouble settling with Norrington. He was a fine man, one any woman would be lucky to have. He sent for one of the servants.
"Yes, Governor."
"Send word to The commodore. We'd like to extend the invitation for supper tonight, in celebration of the proposal."
"Yes sir." He stepped back into his office and sat across from the smiling face of his wife.
"Oh can you believe it Vincent? Our daughter marrying the Commodore." She leaned back in the chair, a romantic look on her face. It reminded of him of Solia when she was daydreaming.
An hour passed and James was announced. Solia and her sister greeted him before he went in to hear the news.
"I wonder what he's here for." Solia said to her sister, April curiously.
"Probably some official business of the royal navy, or some of the other boring stuff father always does." She responded. They went back to April's room to finish their conversation, yet they were interrupted by a knock.
"Miss April, your father would like to see Solia down in his office." Jessica, their maid informed her. "He said it was rather important and he would like to see her at once." April nodded and turned to her sister.
"I think you're in trouble Solia." She stated teasingly. "The only time father ever wants you in his office is if you're in trouble." She paused, placed her hands on her hips, and stated with mock severity, "What did you do this time?"
"I didn't do anything." She said as she started out the door. "So I can't be in trouble." She followed Jessica down the stairs to the office and made her way inside. Her father was behind his desk her mother and Norrington on the other side.
"Solia, we need to talk to you." Her father said, and the smile immediately faded from her face.