By Your Side (Will Turner)

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One by one, Evelyn, Will, and the crew climbed up the thick net to the deck of the ship. Exhausted, Evelyn slowly swung one over the edge then the other. She slid down until her boot covered feet touched the wooden deck of the ship. Turning her head, she watched Will hop down on to the deck. He lifted his gaze to meet hers, walking over to her. Will stopped in front of her. A figure caught the both of their eyes causing them to turn their heads to see a sleepy Mr. Gibbs looking at them. Evelyn and Will turned their bodies slightly. "So what do we do now?" Evelyn asked softly, slowly blinking.

"Well," Mr. Gibbs let out a tired breath. "We start sailing throughout the night and expect to find our location tomorrow evening. But for us, we sleep. You look like you both could use some." Mr. Gibbs gave a nod to them.

Evelyn gave a weak, closed lip smile and she nodded. "I'm going to have to take you up on that." A little laugh came from both Will and Mr. Gibbs. Sleep wasn't fully on her mind. Yes, Evelyn was drained completely but she wasn't exactly ready to fall asleep. Turning her head, she looked up at Will. "I'll be right back." Evelyn said softly, slowly turning to start walking across the messy deck. She could feel the eyes of Will and Mr. Gibbs burning into her back as she walked away.

"So, Will, I don't see a ring on the girl's finger." Mr. Gibbs spoke once he thought Evelyn was out of ear distance. Evelyn didn't turn back but a ghost smile appeared on her lips as she kept walking. Her strawberry blonde hair covered the sides of her face from any one seeing her smile to herself. Lifting her eyes up, she walked back of the deck where two wooden doors greeted her. She moved her body to the door on the right. Reaching out, Evelyn wrapped her fingers around the door brass doorknob and paused. Slowly, she opened the door and looked into the dimly lit room. The room was no where near like the room she slept in on her first voyage on a ship. This one was larger than the other one but still smaller than her bedroom. Evelyn walked in and took in everything around her. The white sheet bed was quite big and in the far right corner of the room. A desk was pressed against the center of the left wall. The top of the desk was clear of all objects except her bag Jack placed in there for her right before the left to visit Tia Dalma. A large chestnut chest was beside her leg against the near right corner filled with who knows what. Evelyn admired the details in all the furniture, slowly moving to the desk. Reaching out, she picked up the bag. She pulled open it and reached inside without even looking. Her fingers brushed against silk causing her to grab it and pull it out. It was her mothers silk scarf. Evelyn placed the bag down, never removing her eyes from the black silk scarf. She held it in both hands now, studying the white hand painted flowers. Lifting up the scarf to her nose, she breathed in the smell. A pit formed in her stomach as she pulled it away.

It lost it's smell.

A breath slipped past her parted lips then she shook her head. "Why should I care? It's not like she cares about me anymore." Evelyn mumbled to herself, wrapping the scarf around her hand. Turning around, she stormed out of her room and closed the door behind her. Evelyn let out another breath and began to walk causally. Her feet took her the side of the ship, looking over the railing and into the black sea below her. As she walked she reached back and loosely tied her hair back in a low ponytail with the scarf. She lowered her arm to place a hand on top of the railing. Evelyn stopped her walk, eyes pooling into the sea. Lifting her head, she looked up at the stars. She lifted her arms up and leaned down on her elbows, never tearing her gaze from the millions of little stars twinkling.

A finger appeared beside her causing her to turn her head back to see Will, his coat and vest gone with the white tunic remaining. Evelyn looked at his brown eyes. She practically melted at the loving gaze he gave her. But his voice pulled her from her daze state. "Are you coming to bed?" Will asked softly.

Evelyn blushed at him implying to go to bed with him. Slowly, she shook her head. "I'm going to stay up for a little bit. You should go get some sleep, you need it." She replied, leaning her head to rest her mouth on her shoulder for a second before standing up straight .