It was now the morning of dear Rosemary's wedding. The cake was being hand-carried by the baker who had decorated it fresh that morning and the rest was also coming along just as planned.
And it was thanks to Danielle that these plans were in existence. She had planned the whole thing AND made the wedding dress. To say she was stressed was an understatement. However, she had gotten a lot of help from Elizabeth and Arabella.
Jack had grudgingly agreed to walk his daughter down the aisle, despite finding out that the aisle was in an actual church. Somehow, he'd managed to ignore that fact until someone had mentioned it. Jack hadn't been in an actual church since he was a small boy. And he remembered too well why he wasn't allowed to go back into it with his mother the following Sunday. He'd gotten into a fight with another boy and lit one of the pews on fire with a fallen candle.
So to loosen up before ceremony, he and Will had taken Jack out to celebrate the night before. Now all three of them were still fast asleep in their respective beds. Last night had been great, to say the least.
The ladies had woken at the crack of dawn. There were some last minute details that had to be taken care of that day. And they were missing several members of the bridal party. Marie was arriving by ship from England, where she'd gone to become a teacher at an all-girls school.
It was cutting it close by arriving on the day of, byt a willing and able crew had gone to get her and no one had any doubt that she'd be there. James Norrington had taken his son, Charlie and Jack's son, Andy with the crew of The Adventurer, that way they wouldn't have problems with any other pirates or any naval ships.
So everyone had very important jobs to be doing before four o'clock that afternoon.
And for her part, Rosemary was remaining very calm, despite the madness that was surrounding her. She was sitting alone in her bedroom, reading a book. There was nothing she really had to do anyway. She glanced at the gown on the dressform next to her. It was more beautiful than she'd imagined it. But she was waiting for someone to come tell her it was time and for new she was just content to wait.
At two o'clock, official naval sails were visible in Port Royal harbor. They were finally back with Marie.
Marie was extremely excited to be home. She came bouncing off the ship and went straight to Danielle and Elizabeth.
"Come on," Elizabeth said. "We have to get you cleaned up." She took her daughter by the hand and led her home.
Dani looked at James, Charlie and Andy and hugged each one in turn.
"Thank you," Dani smiled. "All of your uniforms are cleaned and pressed," she told James and the two boys.
"Thanks, mom," Andy said and kissed her on the cheek.
"Now, everyone needs to go and get ready. I'm going to go get ready. I'm going to get your father. Andy will you make sure William and Jack are awake?"
"Yes, mom," he said and started walking towards the Turner home.
"And your wife has missed you something awful. Go home, men," she said. "I'll see you soon."
James and Charlie headed out for their home and Dani turned to the crew of The Adventurer.
"Thank you, all," she said.
"Miss Dani, it was our pleasure," Gibbs said.
"Well, there's no time to be standing around. I'll seee you all at four when we're ready to have a wedding," she said, tearing up.
'Damn,' she thought as she strolled back to her home. 'I wasn't going to cry.'
She stalked into the house and headed straight for the bedroom that she'd shared for so long with Jack.
He was snoring loudly as she came into the room.
"Jack!" she shouted.
No response.
"Oh, drat! My suspenders gone! I wonder if someone could help me re-attach it?" she said, bending down and lifting her dress hem enough to show her stockings being held up by lacy garters.
Jack's body bolted up and the shirtless man reached for his wife.
She dropped the hem quickly and stepped back.
Jack frowned when he realized what had just occured.
"Love, what have I told you about doing that?" Jack asked as he smoothed out his moustache.
"When flattery doesn't work, use trickery," she smiled.
"Wonderful. I'm starting to re-think teaching you such things," Jack said.
"You need to get up and put on your suit. Your daughter needs you today," Dani said.
"Couldn't I wear my coat?" Jack asked, eyeing the suit jacket. "That's got lace on the sleeves."
"Your regular coat has lace on it."
"Yes, but is a lovely shade of yellow. The white seems like...overkill," Jack said, grimacing.
"The compromise was the hat and bandana. The coat is dirty, moldy, smells funny and is totally out of the question," she said.
Dani stepped behind the door and pulled out the dress she was going to wear. It was a lovely shade of blue that matched her eyes.
She dressed herself, but turned so Jack could tighten the corset.
Jack was silent for a while, then continued.
"You think my coat is moldy?" Jack asked.
"It was inside the Kraken for a couple of days," she said.
"The hat was in the Kraken longer than I was," Jack argued.
"No coat. End of story. You can wear the coat later," she said.
"If the night goes as planned, I won't have to," Jack said and winked.
She gave him a dirty look and caused him to be silent once more. He started to get dressed and grimaced even more as Dani came up and buttoned the top four buttons of his shirt.
"I can't breathe like this," he said.
"Well, if you're unconscious, you'll at least be good during the ceremony. I've already asked Will to stand in to walk Rosemary down the aisle if you can't do it."
"What?" he shouted. "She's my daughter!"
That did it. Reverse psychology, whether or not the term had been coined yet, worked with Jack every time.
Eventually, everyone was ready. They had all assembled at the church in Port Royal and the ceremony commenced.
Jack actually smiled and swaggered down the aisle with his beautiful daughter on his arm.
Dani, who wasn't going to cry, started sobbing uncontrollably and the sounds she made echoed through the church.
The ceremony went seemlessly, just as Dani had planned. And after the many weeks of work, the ceremony ended very quickly.
Rosemary had now linked the two families forever and the reception was ready to begin.
The party went well into the night and was a truly magnificent sight.
The cake was five tiers and was topped with pounds and pounds of white butter cream frosting.
Who knew that eventually they'd all be living so well?
Eventually the party died down, because everyone was exhausted. Everyone went their separate ways, they would clean up after they'd gotten a chance to sleep.
A/N: I'm so happy to find that people will still read Jack and Dani stories. I appreciate it so much! Please review some more! Thanks!