A/N: The idea for this little drabble popped into my head tonight while I was listening to the song, "The Best Thing," by Relient K. I hope you enjoy it.

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"That's just it, she's everything I'm not. You know, she's my other half. Without her I'm not whole. You know the thing about meeting your other half is you're walking around, you think you're happy, you think you're whole, then you realize you ain't shit without her. Then you can't go back to being just a half 'cause you know what it's like to be whole." – Simon Green, Guess Who

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Other Half

You know, I honestly don't know how I ever got through life up to this point without Elizabeth by my side.

Seriously. I don't.

I know it's going to sound incredibly cliché of me saying this, but she's my reason for living, for breathing. For everything. Without her, I wouldn't know how to live. I wouldn't know how to be me.

That's a pretty sad commentary by me, you're thinking, right? Well, maybe it is. But, I don't think so.

I know in my heart that I wouldn't be here, exactly as I am, without her. Without her, I'd still be that stick-up-my-butt little boy who thought propriety ruled over everything. Which, because of her, I now know that it does not. Certainly not.

As a couple, we've had our ups and downs. That's just a fact of life – you're always going to get into spats, no matter how much you love one another. It's human nature – or, as Jack may say, 'fish nature', but why I would listen to him anyway? Hasn't really done me much good so far….

Fortunately we've had more ups than downs, I think. Well, after we got past the whole society-rules-ruined-wedding-tricked-than-whipped-curiosity-kiss-not-talking-killed-then-brought-back-to-life-but-then-gone-for-ten-years mishap.

Yeah, after that I'd say it was relatively smooth sailing after that. But, whatever.

Bottom line: Elizabeth is my other half.

Yes, it's true – she is.

Regardless of all the shit we've been put through, the spats, the lonely nights, the tears, and the drama that Jack brings with him whenever he visits us, we love each other. That's surely not going to change any time soon.

I can guarantee that.

She's made me unbelievably happy. I never would've been able to reach this level of happiness without her. I just know I wouldn't.

I would not have been able to have the opportunity to have been blessed with the children that I have without her, either. Those little kids really do enrich our lives. Elizabeth is the sole reason for that – well, I helped too in a certain area, but that's not exactly the point.

I love Elizabeth with all of my heart and soul. She's my reason for being, as I am hers. Nothing will ever come between us; nothing could ever pull us a part from one another. Nothing can stand in the way of the love we harbor for one another.

She's half and I'm half – and, as we all know, two halves make a whole. And this whole will never be divided again.

So, suck on that, Calypso.