AN: Welcome to the sequel to Forever! I'm leaving tomorrow for a week and I won't be able to update OR check on any stories (including mine). Oh well ha. So review this one and the other story (if you haven't) so I'll have something to come home to:).

Jack watched from the helm as Alex walked around the deck of his beloved ship, helping out anyway she could. He smiled whenever she'd look up at him, her smile telling him a million words. Ever since she'd told him she was going to have his child, things hadn't been as smooth as they'd been before. He remembered the conversation quite clearly.

They were both in the bed still, his arms wrapped around her still-tiny waist and skin still on skin. Her golden hair was spread out like a fan on his chest as he comprehended the news. They'd both known it was going to happen sooner or later, more than likely. "So you're really…" Jack gulped audiably. He'd never been this shocked or scared in his life.

He wasn't ready. Hell, he'd never thought about fatherhood. His father had sure enough taught him everything he knew, so he knew how to run a ship and pass down the tradition. But the thought of having children sent chills up his spine. "Yes, Jack." Her dainty hands were griping onto his waist. "I am." Her emerald eyes flickered up to meet his onyx ones. "Do you want me to go onto land or…" Her spoken thoughts were cut off by his caring tone.

"No, darling. I don't want to start another legacy as not only being a notorious pirate but also a pirate who can't stand the thought of being a father. No, Alley. I want you to stay. We'll get through this, love."

She sighed into his chest, her breath sending chills up his spine once more. "I love you Jack."

Presently, he was reconsidering his words. He knew he would miss her presence if she were to leave. She'd been on his ship, in his life, for over half a year if not longer. The thought of waking up without her made him want to die. She had changed him. He was still Jack Sparrow, the daft and notorious pirate who made trouble for anyone who got in his path . No, she'd made him more caring than before, at least when it came to her.

Jack looked down at the woman who was tying knots and securing sails. Alex had said she assumed she was about three months along by then, seeing as she'd taken the evidence of her pregnancy into account. He couldn't stand the thought of leaving her and the fact he wasn't with her at that moment was driving him crazy. "Gibbs."

The first mate of the Black Pearl came up to the helm. "Jack, go ahead. Ye need to be with her." Jack nodded.

He'd told Gibbs about her pregnancy as soon as he'd found out, as he needed someone to talk to about it. Secrets weren't his thing anyways. He left the helm in his control and went down to her, sneaking up behind her as she bent to pick up a fallen cloth.

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I smiled and leaned back into the warm embrace that my husband was giving me. "Hello love." His voice was quiet and calm as he nibbled at my neck from behind.

I didn't respond. I simply closed my eyes and enjoyed the feel of being in his arms. When I'd first told him that I was carrying his child, I'd thought that he would want me to leave or that he would bolt on me. Go crazy. But he hadn't. Instead, he'd held me closer and loved me more than I thought would ever be possible. The news had shocked me as well when I'd discovered that I hadn't bled in a couple of months. Jack had taken the news fairly well and I knew he was scared. I was scared. I had a being growing inside of me and depending on me for life.

Jack's graceful fingers that were rubbing my semi-flat stomach brought me out of my thoughts. His fingers were gentle and easy yet rough as they caught on the fabric of my shirt every once in a while. We'd agreed that when the time came for me to wear larger clothes, that I would wear Jack's larger clothes, for I could adjust them easier than my much tighter clothes. "Jack?"

"Yes, darling?"

"When are we going to tell your crew?"

I knew that I was as respected as Elizabeth aboard the ship and they would be excited, but I was still dreading it for unknown reasons. "Whenever you'd like me to, darling. Or you could just let them notice. They'd hardly care, they all respect you. Especially Lizzie, judging from the way she shrieked when you told her."

I blushed and turned my head so that I could somewhat see him out of the corner of my eye. "I'm not the only one who'll be having a child."

I heard his breath catch in his throat. "Her too? Ah, what will I do with the two of you…"

"I don't know, Jack." I teased him. "Perhaps you could ignore it…" I laughed as he groaned.

"Two moody women will be something that can hardly be ignored, darling."

I laughed then my tone changed to serious. "When the time comes for her, I think you should alert Will. I'm sure he'd like to know when his child was being born."

"I don't know if I could, love. I think he could just… Know. Even if he heartless, I think he will be able to feel that Elizabeth will be in pain and that she won't be the only one for him to love."

I felt my heart swell with love for Jack as I completely relaxed against him. My eyes drifted closed and I smiled as I turned in his arms, his heart now echoing in my ear. It was weird to me how something as simple as a pirate's heartbeat when he was holding you could be so complex at the same time. It calmed me as I drifted off, feeling extremely tired. As suddenly as sleepiness had drifted over me, full awakeness pulled at my senses as my stomach heaved. I yanked out of Jack's hold and went to the railing behind us, the bar bearing into my stomach as I leaned over it to vomit into the swirling ocean. A pair of hands came to hold back my stick straight hair while the other one rubbed my back gently. My own hands came to hold the rail as I sought out my breath which had been stripped from me in a matter of seconds. I was about to lean back into Jack's hold once more when my stomach emptied itself once more into the turquoise sea.

I felt my stomach clench in the want to heave upwards again, but it found I was now deprived of food in the stomach. I leaned back on Jack as he held me to him, his head resting on mine. The awful taste was left in my mouth and Jack laughed when he heard me smacking my mouth in an attempt to wet it so I could rid of it. "Here, Alley." He handed me a bottle that he'd withdrew from inside his overcoat. I knew it was rum from the way the amber liquid shone through the dirtied bottle.

"It's not good for me…"

"Drink it for a moment. Just until I come back with some water."

He left me hanging onto the rail for a moment and I did as he told me to do. The mouth of the bottle met my own mouth, the amber liquid burning as it slid down my throat. Blasted baby was going to make me ill to my stomach every once in a while, I knew.

I'd written to Mana as soon as I'd found out. I'd told her to send the letter to Tortuga, our next destination. Jack knew someone that could deliver it to him. He'd made sure to come across in his point that I was not on any circumstances going into the town due to the roughness and drunkards. He'd also promised that he wasn't going to go to the Faithful Bride like normal. Instead, he'd come back to me with the response letter.

"Here, darling."

I took the ladle of water that he'd carefully brought back with him to my lips and the cool liquid seemed to wash away any taste in my mouth. "Jack?"

"Hmm?"

I turned to face him and my arms wrapped around his waist as his did the same to my own waist. My face buried into his half-revealed golden chest as I spoke. "Promise me you won't abandon me, Jack. I can't bare the thought of raising a child without you, let alone waking up without knowing that you're there for me."

He didn't even seem to think his answer through as one hand buried into my hair and scrunched it in a comforting movement. "I promise, Alexis Sparrow. I won't."

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AN: Short but sweet, no? I thought it would be a good way to start it off, in case you guys didn't want to wait. I know at least two people who don't want to wait;). Review for me, loves. I promise I'll update when I get back if I have at least two reviews.