ManEater

A/N: Hey guys! I bet you thought I was going to wait 2 weeks? Abosolutely not! Here is something to hold you over until I get everything straight. My freaking laptop is on the fritz so now I have to get a new one! Not to worry, the story will continue! I hope you enjoy this chapter for the time being. It's short, but my next chapters will be longer. So read and enjoy!


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Elizabeth
I quickly ran inside my room and slammed the door. I was overwhelmed with hurt, anger, and other insufferable feelings that flooded my broken heart. How could he? How dare Jack embarrass me like that! Telling Will the details of the passionate nights we spent together, as if it meant nothing to him! I no longer regarded Jack as the good man I had always thought. He was now a terrible, heartless man who has no respect for anyone’s feelings. He takes pride in deceiving people…crushing spirits and breaking hearts. That’s all he does! The image of Will’s tear filled eyes plagued my mind. I felt his heart ripping apart when Jack revealed our secret romance.

I threw myself onto the bed and buried my face into the pillows. I cried uncontrollably. I was a damn fool. How could I trust a notorious pirate and allow him to make passionate love to me? What is wrong with me? I am such an ass. Now I’ve definitely lost Will forever. I can’t blame him for not wanting me anymore. I was tainted and unworthy…defiled by a pirate. No man would ever want me now. I cried for another few moments until I heard a soft knock at the door. I ignored it, for I knew it was probably the maid or the butler wanting to serve me.

“Go away…I’m in no need of service at the moment.” I yelled sternly between sobs.

“It’s me, Elizabeth. I’m not leaving until I speak to you.” Will’s voice replied in a determined, sad tone. He opened the door and stepped inside my room. I kept my face buried under the pillows, for I was too ashamed to look at him.

“Elizabeth.” Will said as he sat down on my bed. “Elizabeth please look at me. We have to talk.”

I stopped crying and slowly sat up, wiping the tears off of my face. Will met my eyes, but quickly turned his head, for the sight of me crying must have been too unbearable for him to witness. He then looked back at me with anger, hurt, remorse all written in his beautiful eyes. I was about to burst into tears again, but I bravely held them back. Will sighed and looked into my eyes.

“Why didn’t you tell me what you did to Jack on the day we were attacked by the Kraken?”

I didn’t know how to answer his question. I thought about it for a moment before I returned a reasonable answer.

“I had to do it to protect us all…I had no other choice.”

“So you had to kiss him?” Will asked, anger rising in his voice. I looked at him with utter despair and shock, for his demeanor had drastically changed. His eyes grew dark and dangerous, something I’d never seen before. I was afraid to answer his question. I knew my reason would be too hard to explain…too difficult for him to understand. I turned my gaze away from him and sat in silence. He then stood up and walked over to the balcony doors and looked straight ahead, with his back to me. I wanted to say something but I couldn’t. What could I say to justify my actions? Nothing. The damage was done and now I had to face the inevitable consequences.

“I can’t believe you let him lie with you.” He said lowly in a disappointed tone. He then turned around and faced me. “You gave him your virginity…something I thought you were saving for me…saving for our wedding night!” He exclaimed, his voice cracking from too much anguish and emotion. Tears began to well up in his eyes. My heart dropped to the pit of my stomach. I wanted to run over and hold him, but I knew he would turn me away. I decided to stay on the bed.

“I thought you loved me…” He said solemnly, glaring at me with painful eyes.

“I do love you Will.” I replied as tears flowed down my cheeks.

“Then why did you do it? Why did you sneak around with Jack for the past few days?”

I lowered my head and looked at the floor. “I don’t know.”

“Did I do something wrong to provoke you to act this way? Have I not been a loyal fiancé and friend to you?”

I began to cry. I covered my face with my hands and began to sob uncontrollably. Will ran over to me and kneeled down on the floor in front of me.

“Please Elizabeth…tell me. I need to know what I did to make you turn away from me.”

He pleaded as he removed my hands from my face and held them. I looked into his eyes and saw tears falling down his face. I couldn’t tell him the real reason for my betrayal. I turned to Jack because I was in love with him. I didn’t turn to Jack because of anything Will did to me. In truth, Will never wronged me, but there were some things that were missing from him that only Jack possessed. He lacked Jack’s quirky, yet odd personality. He couldn’t challenge me or drive me mad like Jack. And Will couldn’t offer me something I hold dear to my heart…freedom. Unfortunately, only Jack could offer me that wonton luxury. I looked at Will and realized that my life with him and what we could possibly share was questionable.

“You didn’t do anything to cause my betrayal. There are no reasons or excuses to justify what I did. I know I was terribly wrong…and I understand if you don’t love me or do not want to be with me anymore.”

Will lifted my chin, forcing our eyes to meet. “I do love you…nothing in this world could ever change that. Yes I do still want to be with you. Even though my heart is broken, I can honestly forgive you for what you did…but I can never forget.

“Do you forgive Jack?” I asked carefully, studying his demeanor.

Will looked at me strangely as if I had gone mad. He turned his gaze to the floor and sat down next to me on the bed.

“I don’t know…” He replied hurtfully under his breath.

I was relieved that he forgave me, but I was somewhat concerned if he could ever forgive Jack. His relationship with Jack differed from his relationship with me. Theirs is more complex. Some days they were the best of friends, while other days, they were the worst of enemies. Perhaps I should stay out of their relationship and let them deal with it. I’ve done enough to cause this rift between them. I’ll admit that I was responsible for this mess, but I didn’t do it purposely. Everything was done out of curiosity…and I hate to admit this; it was also done out of blatant selfishness.

We sat in an unbearably awkward silence for a few moments until he asked me the one question I prayed to God that he would never ask me.

“Elizabeth, I have to know one thing before we can move on with our relationship and try to put this mishap behind us.”

“Yes, what is it?” I asked hesitantly as I turned my whole body around to face him.

“Do you love Jack?”


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A/N: Another cliffie! Does Elizabeth love Jack? What will she say? I know you guys want to see J/E goodness but NOT TO WORRY! It will come soon! We will get to see what Jack is up to in the next chapter! Thanks for reading!