Fearing Death

Another month passed without anything interesting happening. Will and I have never discussed us sleeping with each other. And we had never done it again, and our relationship hadn't changed much. We were still friends…with benefits, you could say. We kissed several times, but we were always alone, and the kisses had just happen, like we had been drawn together and just kissed. Is it bad if this month had been one of the happiest of my life? Right now I was sleeping after a hard day at sea, we had to pick up souls from a fight on sea, between pirates, and a merchant ship. Let's just say it wasn't pretty. Suddenly I was thrown from my bed and I landed hard on the floor, instantly waking me up. I looked around to see my trunks sliding around the room, and my bowl and mirror falling off me dresser. I ducked as the mirror landed in front of me causing pieces of it to fly everywhere. Star was cowering over in the corner of me bed. I quickly stood up and went to one of my trunks and threw it open and I grabbed the nearest jacket I could find, and I put my boots on. As I opened my door and I walked into the hallway the ship rocked to the right sending me flying into the wall. As I kept walking I was being thrown around and when I made it to the deck I saw we were in a storm. The crew was on deck trying to ride it out. Waves came crashing onto the deck sweeping men around. Rain was pouring down from the heavens. I saw Lenny struggling with a rope and I ran over and I tried to help him.

"Thanks Emily." He yelled over the wind, and I nodded as we secured the rope around the mast. I saw Bootstrap up at the wheel turning it fiercely. Where's Will? I looked around to see if I could find him. Suddenly a wave came up in front of me knocking me down and it was so powerful it knocked me off the railing. I grabbed onto the railing as I held on. Soon one of my hands got loose and I was only holding on with one hand. I looked down at the angry sea, as waves washed over me; my pointer finger dropped from the railing causing me to go down a little. My fingers were coming loose, and I realized this was my death. I shut my eyes as I let go and I fell, then suddenly someone was holding my hand. I looked up in surprise as Will held onto my hand tightly trying to pull me up.

"Give me your other hand!" He yelled and I nodded as I lift my other arm as he grabbed it. He pulled me back up to the deck and he enveloped me in his arms as soon as my feet made contact with the deck. He pulled away as another wave washed over us.

"Get back below!" It was an order not a request. I nodded before running to the stairs. As I ran down them a wave came crashing behind me, causing me to slip down the remaining stairs. My chin fit the floor hard as I scrambled to get up before more waves came. As soon as I made it in my room I slammed the door shut, and I looked around my trashed room. Trunks everywhere, my dresser lying on the floor, my bowl and mirror in pieces. I sighed as I looked down at myself; I was soaked to the bone. I brought a hand to my stinging chin and when I brought it down I found blood on my hand. I sighed as I grabbed a cloth to stop the bleeding. Once it stopped I started cleaning my room. It was pretty easy to set everything right again, except they kept sliding around. Once that was done I changed into a different nightgown. Once I was done with that I heard a faint whimpering coming from my bed. I looked over to see a frightened Star.

"Aw my poor baby." I cooed as I sat on my bed as I picked her up and set her on my lap. I stroked her while talking soothingly.

"Are you scared? Don't worry I won't leave you, I promise." I sat there holding her until the rocking became less frequent and finally it stopped. By then Star was sleeping on my lap while I just sat on the bed leaning against the wall. I panicked thinking that we might have lost some men to the sea. What if we lost Will? I know he is immortal, but that doesn't' mean a wave couldn't come up and take him away from us, from me. If that did happen we might never find him again, and he would be stranded in the ocean, and he wouldn't be able to die. As if reading my thought the door flew open and in came a soaking Will. I jumped up from my bed, scaring Star as I ran into his arms, not even caring that he was wet. He returned my hug, and he pulled away looking at me, while he brought a hand to my cheek.

"Are you alright?" He asked, looking down into my eyes.

"Yes, are you?" I asked as I put my hands around his neck. He smiled and said.

"Immortal remember."

"Yes, but you could still have been swept away by the sea, and stranded out there." I said as I pulled him closer to me again. I ran my hands through his brown locks. We stayed like that for awhile until I finally pulled away from him.

"You should change; I don't need you catching a cold on me." I said as I looked him over.

"Oh and why not?" He asked quirking one of his eyebrows. I smirked at him.

"Because then I would have no entertainment on this ship William." I said using his full name. He looked mock hurt and he put a hand to his chest, where his heart would have been.

"I am hurt Emily." I laughed as he chuckled.

"Well I am sorry, now go change." I said as I gently pushed him to the door. He turned around and smirked at me.

"What?" I asked confused. He just shrugged and said.

"I don't know I just wanted to see your reaction." I playfully hit his arm, and I was about to again but he grabbed my arm. I looked at him confused as he pulled me to him and he bent down and gave me a short kiss, which I responded to as soon as his lips made contact with mine. Once he pulled away he leaned into my ear and whispered in a low whisper.

"Now I'll go change." And with that he walked out of my room, I sighed after he left. He knew how to make me weak, that was for sure. I thought as I laid back down on my bed, as Star sniffed my hand and started to lick it. I suddenly felt so tired and it was all I could to do to keep my eyes open, as they felt there was a thousand pounds on each eyelid. I shut them as I fell back into an uneasy sleep, haunted by dreams of me falling overboard. When I woke up and changed and headed up to the deck, the sun was already high in the sky. Being bored I decided to head to the library; I had just found a book to read when the door and Will stepped in. He smiled at me, as he came over and gave me a kiss on the cheek as he sat in the chair next to me.

"What are you reading?" He asked curiously.

"Moby Dick." I said as I kept reading.

"Ah I read that 5 years ago, it's good. You know for a whale story." I laughed as I marked my place in the book and then I shut it. I looked up at him, and he smiled at me.

"What happened to your chin?" He asked concerned as he brought a hand to my chin lifting it up so he could get a better look.

"Oh that, as I was walking down the stairs during the storm, a wave came up behind me causing me to fall and I hit the floor hard." I said as I squirmed away from his touch.

"It's no big deal; it will heal in a couple of days." He nodded as he looked around the room.

"Why don't you find something to read?" I asked as I opened my book again.

"Because I have read everything in here, at least twice." I laughed.

"Well then you need new books." I said in a matter of fact voice.

"Well that's great advice." He said sarcastically, while I him in the head.

"You are a weapon, you know that right?" He asked as he brought a hand to his head, to the spot where I had hit it. I smiled sweetly at him.

"Thank you."

"It wasn't' a compliment." He muttered under his breath, but I having heard him, hit him in the head again.

"Ow!" He asked clutching his head again, and I smiled cheekily at him.

"Guess I deserved that huh?" He asked sheepishly.

"What do you think?" I asked. We lapsed into a comfortable silence as I read while he just sat there, glancing over at me every few minutes.

"Don't think I can't see you." I said as I turned the page in my book. I could see him look down embarrassed. I gave a small chuckle.

"No don't stop, it makes me feel important." I said, as I looked up at him. He smiled and took one of my hands in his. I smiled at him as I went back to reading. We stayed like that for another half hour before Bootstrap came into the room. He gave a small smile at us and said to Will.

"Captain, we need you up on deck." He said and Will nodded he then let go of my hand and stood up.

"I'll talk to you later." He said to me as I nodded. He walked out as Bootstrap trailed behind, he then turned around.

"Moby Dick huh? The ending is a killer." Bootstrap said smirking.

"Thanks for ruining the ending!" I yelled at his back as he laughed which became muffled by the door being shut. I continued reading till I got bored, which was about an hour later. I wandered up to the deck, to see some of the crew huddled in a circle. They appeared to be talking about something important, as they were leaning into each other, and they were whispering. As I walked over someone spotted me and everyone went quiet. I could feel the tension as I walked over and said.

"Hey guys, what are you talking about." No one looked at me as Michael said.

"Just stuff, nothing you don't need to worry about." I raised my eyebrows in suspicion.

"Oh really, how about I make that decision on my own." I said in a cold tone. Being a woman pirate I had to always prove myself in the past, and when someone thought I wasn't good enough I got mad. Like now. Everyone looked down and I heard Nicholas who was sitting to my left mutter.

"Captains whore." As fast as lightening I had grabbed him by the collar and pulled him up to me. He was a good 5 inches taller then me, and I was 5"8'. But I pulled him to my eye level so he was hunching.

"Want to say that louder." I said in a harsh tone as I glared into his green eyes. I saw fear in them, perfect. He shook his head violently. I smirked.

"Good boy." I then loosened my hold on his collar. He sighed in relief. He was about to stand back as I brought my fist up and it collided with his face, as he went flailing backwards into the mast. After he hit the mast, he slumped down to the deck floor, as his nose started bleeding.

"Anyone have anything else to say? Because if you do say it now, or else I'll hurt you worst then Nicholas and that is a promise." I snarled to the crew as they all shook their heads.

"Good." I then turned on my heel as I marched off to the other side of the ship. Where did they come off talking about me like that? I thought angrily as I paced around the deck. I mean captain's whore? Did they want me to hurt them? I mean don't they know, I could take all of them easily. Sure maybe I was killed by an amateur, but that was an uncalculated accident. In anger I pounded my fist on the railing, I ignored the searing pain in my hand, as I brought it up play with my necklace. I sighed as I watched the ocean, the sun was getting ready to set, and that had always calmed me down before. I looked up at the crow's nest, and thought a sunset would be even more beautiful up there. So I yanked on the rope and up I went. I always like it up here, I could look down at the entire ship, watch what people were doing. I saw the crew still in a circle still talking, hopefully not about me. I saw Will at the wheel steering; I saw Bootstrap standing next to him. My heart dropped thinking of the last time they had talked there. That was then when Bootstrap had asked Will to avoid me. I sighed as I looked at the sun going beneath the ocean, it made me think of a story my Mother had told me when I was younger. She said that the sun and the moon were star crossed lovers, forbidden to see each other. And when they went under the ocean they went to their underwater palaces, mourning for each other. I sighed as I felt tired, and looking at the setting sun was so calming that I shut my eyes only for a minute, falling asleep to the lull of the ocean.

(Please R and R! I do not own Pirates.)