Cordelia, Daughter of the Sea

Elizabeth smiled back. “Attractive? an>Yan>You fancy
Jack?”

Cordelia sighed.
“It’s just that he was my rescuer…”

“No, he rescued me too and I still didn’t think he
was…but that’s not important.”
Elizabeth bit her lower lip.
“But he was looking at you as if you were more than a slab of
meat.”

“That’s good right?”

“With Jack?
Oh my, yes. Has he…tried
anything?”

Cordelia smiled.
“He’s been a perfect gentleman.
I bet he’s breaking some pirate rules.”

“Well, they’re more like guidelines anyway,”
Elizabeth laughed. “So, you do
fancy him then?”

Cordelia looked torn. “I do…I’m out of my mind.”

“Why? I certainly couldn’t help my
feelings for Will.”

“It’s insanity, Elizabeth – he’s a pirate!style="mso-spacerun: yes"> Pirates don’t have relationships, they
have…they have wenches.”

“Will’s father was a pirate.”

“And he had a wife?”

“Yes.”

“And they had a normal relationship?”

Elizabeth’s expression changed.style="mso-spacerun: yes"> “No,” she said softly.style="mso-spacerun: yes"> “But that doesn’t have to mean anything.”

“But it does,” Cordelia said sadly.style="mso-spacerun: yes"> “I don’t know what I was thinking.”

“You mean what you are thinking, you can’t
stop thinking something so quickly.”

“At least let me pretend, Elizabeth.”

“Now, how fair is that to either of you?style="mso-spacerun: yes"> What if Jack feels the same way?”

Cordelia looked at Elizabeth thoughtfully.style="mso-spacerun: yes"> “Would you think I was mad if I said that…I
want to sail with him?”

“Are you being serious?”

“I have no home here, no ties – not anymore.style="mso-spacerun: yes"> I love sailing, I miss it terribly, and
Jack…God, listen to me, I am mad.”

A mischievous smile crossed Elizabeth’s lips.style="mso-spacerun: yes"> “Come on,” she said pulling Cordelia from
the bed.

“Where are we going?”

“Come on.”

“But I’m still in your dress, Elizabeth.”

“Your dress, Cordelia.style="mso-spacerun: yes"> Now, come on.” Elizabeth took Cordelia’s arm and rushed her out to the
kitchen.