A/N: Sorry again.
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Chapter 14: Opportunities Evade
Norrington was silenced by the sudden flow of sharp words from Isabel. He was stunned. This was a side of Isabel that he had never seen. But she had a right to be furious with him. He amazed even himself with this series of unruly behavior. He hated how he had acted which gave Isabel perfect reason to be mad, and he hated how Sparrow mocked him with triumph. He hoped that he could prove Jack wrong and show him that that triumph was false.
On the other side of the ship, Jack's heart danced with glee. He had fought with Norrington in the battle for Isabel and had won. Or so it seemed. Jack was on her good side, and Norrington was not. He closed his eyes and smiled at the sky, cooking up plans on how to convince Isabel to maroon Norrington on a deserted island.
I sweeped the deck of dirt and dust, thinking at what I had just done. Had I been too hard on him? I feel my old self settling back, my mind calm. I have a nagging conscious that tells me to take back my words and comfort James.
Footsteps approached from behind. "Isabel, you have good reason to be upset, but if we could just talk…"
Jack popped out of nowhere and instantly said, "Is, I think that ye could be of some assistance to Ana-Maria who's cooking below deck."
I was confused, but took in the last words that were said to me and walked off.
"What in bloody hell was that? You purposely interrupted our conversation." Norrington fumed.
"Did I? Last time I looked, that wasn't really a conversation, mate." Jack clicked his tongue and strolled away.
On another occasion, Norrington tried to make talk with Isabel. Her back was turned to him and she was looking out to the horizon. He looked around and checked for any signs of Jack and started to come forward. He was about to open his mouth when he felt something heavy knock him down from the side. He fell to the deck with a thud.
"Good Lord, are you quite alright?" I rushed over to him.
Norrington was about to open his mouth when Jack replied, "Quite fine, quite fine. I suspect that there's a bit too much oil on the deck from the shining."
"You did not accidentally slip!" retorted Norrington, who had not received the littlest attention since he was shoved down.
"It's not nice to wrongly accuse others of crimes that they clearly did not commit. I demand an apology."
"This is ridiculous. You don't really believe him, do you?" He turned to me.
I said nothing.
"Still waiting…"
Norrington gritted his teeth. "Pardon me," he said grudgingly.
"Apology accepted."
"Pirate," spat Norrington.
"Meanie." Jack smirked.
I stood there, useless and silent during the whole time.
Norrington looked at me for a moment, held his gaze, and our eyes caught each other for a quick moment. I broke contact and faded from the scene arm in arm with Jack.
A/N: Short, I'm aware. I do my best, you know. Reviews please. Sorry, sorry, sorry. I'll try to update more often.