'Unaware' Drabble
A double drabble (200 words) in reply to the current drabble challenge at Black Pearl Sails...
~ Cruel Innocent ~
"Miss! Miss Elizabeth!"
"What is it, Jane?" Elizabeth, sitting before her glass, met the bright eyes of scullery maid, who’d entered the dressing room entirely without ceremony. Estrella frowned.
"It’s Will Turner!” said Jane, thrillingly. “He's in the kitchen, havin' a piece o' cake. He brought the new pot Cook ordered."
"Really?" Elizabeth’s gaze was full of mischief as it flicked to Estrella's in the mirror. "It would only be polite to greet him and see how he goes on. You’re quite finished with my hair?"
Estrella shook her head, pursing her lips. "Now Miss..."
"Father left him in my charge!" Elizabeth insisted. She sounded most serious, though her brown eyes flashed merrily.
“Five years ago!”
“Even so.” Elizabeth rose, a vision of confidence and beauty at seventeen. Estrella saw the little smile the girl tossed her reflection. All too aware of the effect she had on Will Turner, even when she wasn’t dressed for a party. And now… well, Estrella truly pitied the lad.
But later, discreetly watching the dancing, and the longing eyes that followed her charge around the ballroom, she found it in her to pity Captain Norrington a great deal more.
~.~
~ Cruel Innocent ~
"Miss! Miss Elizabeth!"
"What is it, Jane?" Elizabeth, sitting before her glass, met the bright eyes of scullery maid, who’d entered the dressing room entirely without ceremony. Estrella frowned.
"It’s Will Turner!” said Jane, thrillingly. “He's in the kitchen, havin' a piece o' cake. He brought the new pot Cook ordered."
"Really?" Elizabeth’s gaze was full of mischief as it flicked to Estrella's in the mirror. "It would only be polite to greet him and see how he goes on. You’re quite finished with my hair?"
Estrella shook her head, pursing her lips. "Now Miss..."
"Father left him in my charge!" Elizabeth insisted. She sounded most serious, though her brown eyes flashed merrily.
“Five years ago!”
“Even so.” Elizabeth rose, a vision of confidence and beauty at seventeen. Estrella saw the little smile the girl tossed her reflection. All too aware of the effect she had on Will Turner, even when she wasn’t dressed for a party. And now… well, Estrella truly pitied the lad.
But later, discreetly watching the dancing, and the longing eyes that followed her charge around the ballroom, she found it in her to pity Captain Norrington a great deal more.
~.~