You Forget One Very Important Thing mate - (27)
Over the next day it seemed to Jack that Metheros was just fine, she was always shouting up to Gibb's about something, and Gibb's always answered. Ashley, well, she had woken up, but couldn't move, she was exhausted. Jack supposed it was all that time on the island without food or drink, and maybe the fact that she was working a lot more after she got back from the Swann household.
Speaking of the Swann household, there was roughly a day and a half's sailing to be done before the Pearl arrived in Port Royal. Jack had his plans all sorted, he would drop Metheros off in one of the shops, and she could get herself a job or something like that. Then, he would do as he had once promised Ashley, write to Ana-Maria. Whether or not she was interested that she had a daughter, he didn't know, but Jack doubted it. After all it was most likely Ana Maria that left Ashley on the streets. Then was the task he was most looking forward too, getting some rum. He decided to avoid Tortuga for just a little while longer, and with Ashley in the condition she was in it was probably best that nobody disturbed her.
After ordering Gibbs to man the helm, Jack went down into Ashley's cabin. Or rather, Ashley's old cabin. Metheros seemed to think that she had claimed it for her own. If she did she was sadly mistaken. With Ashley taken ill, the decks of the Pearl looked exceedingly dirty, a job for Metheros in Jack's eyes.
He knocked once and went inside, he could have sworn Metheros darted back into Ashley's bed when he opened the door.
"Yes?" She asked.
"Get up," Jack said.
Metheros pretended to cough "What..Can't you see I'm terribly ill Captain?"
"The only person ill on this ship is me daughter and maybe you...ill in the head you are...now get up or do ye want me ta throw ye overboard?" Jack asked, Metheros shot out of the bed and practically ran up onto the top deck.
Of course, Jack had no intention of throwing the woman overboard, but threats had always been one of his strong points.
Quickly, he followed her onto the top deck and grabbed the mop and bucket.
"I believe ye know what these do?" He asked.
She nodded, took them and went to fill the bucket up.
Jack grinned, and then walked into the galley, he grabbed a jug of water and took it into his cabin with him. He saw Ashley, she had her eyes open, a look of concentration on her face.
"What are ye doin' lass?" Jack asked.
"Tryin' to get up…not workin' though, don't ye have a doctor on the ship?" Ashley asked.
"Well, Cotton is essentially the doctor, he seems to be knowledgeable in that area, despite tha' fact that 'e can't talk….but ye don't really need a doctor love, your just tired is all, wait a day or so, ye'll be back to yer normal self," Jack smiled, but he was thinking. Hard.
'What if she does need a doctor?..what if its more than tiredness?'