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Will and Gibbs sat on the starboard side of the i Arrow i , fishing like they were ordered. They were away from everyone else so Will could talk to the captain.
"Do you have to introduce Elizabeth as my fiancee?" Will asked.
Gibbs laughed. "Wanna have a bit o' fun 'fore yer tied down?"
"No it's not that." Will sighed. "I'm not sure if we are still getting married."
Gibbs gasped and almost fell of the ship. "I thought yeh love Elizabeth?"
"I saw her kissing Jack."
"Well, don't be talkin' ter me about this, lad. Go talk ter Elizabeth."
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Elizabeth and Miranda were on the other side of the i Arrow i . Miranda was fishing and Elizabeth was watching. She proved to be a horrible fisher. She lost three poles to big fish. Elizabeth was becoming the closest thing Miranda had to a friend.
"Miranda," Elizabeth began, "can I ask you something a bit personal, if it's not to bold?"
"Go ahead," Miranda said in her easy manner Elizabeth had come to expect.
"Why did you...do...what you did six years ago?"
Miranda hesitated. "No one's ever asked me that before."
"You don't have to answer."
"No, no. It's alright." Miranda sighed. "I was always a bit jelous of Jezzree, 'n' she always thought of me as too young - we're four years apart, yeh know - to get me own ship. That night we got in a fight 'bout both those things. I met up with Jack. In that voice of his, he asked, 'What's the matter of, luv?' He's so charming. Haven't yeh ever wanted teh just kiss him?"
i I've done more than want, i Elizabeth thought. She noticed Will walking towards her. His face was a mixture of emotins. Which ones, she couldn't tell.
"Elizabeth, we need to talk," he said in a cold voice.
She stood up and they walked away from the curious ears of the crew.
"What is it?" Elizabeth asked, a slight break in her voice betraying her fears.
"You kissed Jack!" Will sounded like he had wanted to say that for a long time. "You said you loved me, and then you kiss him like you kiss me!"
"I did it to save us! All of us!"
"Do you love me or Jack?"
Elizabeth was saved from answering. At that moment Commodore Jezzree leaped from the cliff wall to the deck of the i Streak i .
She glared at Will and Elizabeth."If there be any yellin' on board this fleet, Turner and Swann, it'll be orders, savvy?"
They both mumbled, "Yes Commodore."
Commodore Jezzree turned to Gibbs. "Head back to Tortugo so we can pick up our third ship. Barbossa!"
Barbossa immediatly came. "Here, Commodore."
"Take over for a little while. I'm goin' get some rest." Commodore turned to her cabin.
"Commodore?" Barbossa called.
Commodore turned and raised an eyebrow to him.
"If yeh don't mind me askin', who be the captain of our third ship?" he asked.
"Captain James Norrington."
Elizabeth gasped. "Norrington?"
"Yes, Norrington. He's a good man once you get to know him."
"You let Norrington keep the heart? How could you?" Will shouted.
Once again Commodore Jezzree's eyes burned into Will. "Barbossa, did someone just question me?"
"Aye. The Turner boy did," Barbossa answered.
"I thought so. Bring him forward!" Commodore Jezzree shouted. Two pirates rushed to do her bidding.
Jezzree drew her cutlass. "Draw, Turner."
Will did as he was told with shaky hands. He heard stories from the crew about Commodore Jezzree's skill with a cutlass, and he never wanted to end up in this position.
In the blink of an eye, Commodore Jezzree had him pinned to the ground, her cutlass at his throat and his sword lying a few feet away. Elizabeth stopped breathing for a few seconds. i Commodore wouldn't kill him, would she? i Elizabeth thought. She had heard that Commodore was strict about respect on her ship.
"How did you-" Will began.
"Listen here, boy Jezzree growled menacingly, her brown eyes flashing. "Yeh ever queston me orders again, this blade won't stop." She got up and dusted herself off. "Back to work, the lot of yeh!" she shouted at the crew.
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James scanned the list of names he colected that had agreed to go with him on the voyage. He told then there would be a reward of rum and gold, knowing that the only reward they would recieve would be a short drop at the gallows. He sighed and shook his head. This was a rough business he was in.
James turned around and was face-to-face with his sister. Commodore Jezzree grabbed the list of crew members and read it.
"Good crew," Jezzree said as she handed the list back to James. "Now get them together on yer ship so we can set sail. The sooner this is over with, the sooner I can relax."
"But I told the crew we weren't leaving until the morning," James replied.
Commodore Jezzree rolled her eyes. "How many men today are gonna question me orders?"
"It's just going to take a while to gather all the men, that's all," James answered quickly.
"Oy! Jason!" Commodore Jezzree called to her first mate. He walked briskly over to her.
"Aye, Commodore?" Ewing asked.
"Help Norrington fing his crew. Norrington, me 'n' Pop'll meet yeh aboard yeh ship in thirthy minutes. What be her name?"
"The i Conquest i . A right fine ship. Finest in the navy."
"Well, yer not in the navy anymore," Commodore Jezzree replied. "I'm gonna make a pirate outta yeh yet."
