Commandeering Commodore
Chapter 59
Josette had wandered off in the opposite direction when Madame Turner had stepped into the trees to check on the Commodore. She really didn't want to be around the man, especially the way he looked this morning. A small shudder ran through her as she remembered the look on his face as he'd walked towards them. He looked like he could in fact be an eater of misbehaving children. She shuddered again. A noise caught her attention and she walked towards it. A little ways into the trees she saw Monsieur Turner chopping up some trees and branches. He didn't hear her as she approached, and she didn't make her presence known yet, preferring to stand and watch him working for a bit.
Madame Turner certainly did have a fine looking husband. She blushed a bit as she stood there admiring the shirtless man hard at work chopping the limbs he had gathered. He straightened up, wiped the sweat from his face and neck, turned to find the jug of water he had set down and saw her standing there staring at him.
"Hello there." He said with a smile then picked the jug up and took a long drink from it, allowing some of the water to run down his neck and chest as he did.
She was unable to utter a word in reply as she stood there and watched.
He finished drinking, looked at her again and repeated his greeting. When she still didn't answer he gave her a questioning look. He hadn't been around her much but he swore he had heard her talk. He didn't think she was a mute or anything like that. He remained puzzled though that she didn't answer him. He tried again, "Hello? Josette isn't it?" Again she just stood there staring at him. Will didn't know what to think, was she ignoring him? Probably not since she was staring right at him. What then? He looked a little closer at the way she was staring at him and it suddenly dawned on him he had at one time or another had a similar look on his face while in the presence of a certain Miss Elizabeth Swann. He chuckled to himself, slipped his shirt back on and then addressed Josette once again as he stepped towards her and held his arm out, "Would you care to accompany me back to let some of the crew know they can haul this wood to camp Miss….Miss…Josette?"
She took his arm but Will could tell she was still in a daze. As they headed off for camp Will thought to himself, "I don't think I was ever quite this bad when it came to Elizabeth, I shall have to ask her about that."
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"So Mr. Bergeron, don't have any idea where the fair Mrs. Turner may be keeping this documents of interest?" Teague asked, trying not to sound too interested.
"I'm not sure, why?" Alon answered although his tone didn't sound the least bit suspicious.
"Well mate," Teague answered with a wide sweep of his arms, "She is, in fact, in the company of scalawags of the worst kind. Just wonderin ta make sure they be in a good safe and secure place of hidement 'sall. Someone no doubt would pay a pretty penny for 'em if they was ta be feloniously pilfered from her possession."
"Do you really think someone would do such a thing to Madame Turner?" Alon asked.
"Aye mate, some o the company present would do near anything when the profit of the doin of such be worth the risk." Teague answered sagely.
"Oh." Alon answered and finished the last of the rum in his bottle.
"Aye, oh." Teague answered with a smile.
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Jack watched as Lizzie headed back over to tend to the fire. He swayed over and sat down next to the Commodore, held the bottle of rum out to him and said, "Hair of the dog Commodore?"
James glanced at the bottle and then at Jack, "You do not really believe the very substance that put me in the present condition I find myself in is going to do anything to alleviate that condition do you Captain?"
"Works for me Commodore." Jack replied with a wink and a flutter of fingers.
"No Captain, what works for you is the fact that when you wake up in such a condition you immediately began drinking again and thus put yourself back in the very condition you were about to alleviate yourself from. You would be the last person I would be asking for a remedy for a hang over." James said with a bit of sarcasm. He did however take the bottle and take a healthy drink from it and then hand it back.
"Yer welcome Commodore." Jack said with a smile.
"There is your chance Captain." James said.
"What? Chance? Chance for what Commodore?" Jack asked, looking at the Commodore. James pointed over towards the tree line and Jack saw Josette and William coming towards them. When James elbowed him in the ribs he said poutily, "Oh very well Commodore, don't get pushy bout it." Jack stood up, brushed himself off and sashayed off to meet them.
"Ah, it's the fair Josette and the even fairer William…er…maybe that should be the other way around perhaps…or perhaps not.…well you can make your own judgement on that. Now Josette," Jack said as he fluttered his hands and arms about as he rocked back and forth on his heels, "Seems I may have given you ta understand somethin that was in fact stated the way it was to be understood, in fact may have been stated in such a way that it was understood in the manner that it was meant, or at least stated in a way that would have led you to believe somethin that was meant for you to believe and understand in that very way but should not have been understood at all in that very way according to some people who have subsequently come to find out what was stated in that way to you in fact as it were, therefore I have been asked in a most impolite and even a bit threatening way ta set ya straight on the matter which I feel I have now done to the best of me ability and henceforth all parties involved can and should from this day forward put it behind them and go on with other things of much more import of which I'm almost positive there are numerous examples of I could be putting forth but as it's been agreed this discussion is now put asunder I will not do the aforementioned mentionin. Savvy?"
As Jack walked off Josette looked at Will with a totally confused expression on her face.
"Sorry Josette, I've known the man for quite awhile and I still only understand about a fourth of what he says." William said with a shrug.
To Be Continued
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