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Finally Home
"It would never have worked between us, darling."
Spoken as they were to aggravate her, Elizabeth had never forgotten them. And now, surprisingly, they had made it work. Somehow.
She was fiercely independent, even more now after Will's death than she had been when they all met. James and his lovely wife Sarah had offered to let her live with them, but Elizabeth wanted none of the indignity that would come with that decision. Her father had been dead for ten years and she had no desire to go back to England and live with her family as a widow. So, in desperation, she had sent for the Black Pearl, wanting to be taken anywhere, as long as it was away.
Elizabeth had never anticipated falling in love again, and certainly not with Jack Sparrow. He had come at her request, of course, and he and the crew treated her with great respect, granting her the freedom she needed. It had been enough, and slowly Elizabeth began to heal.
It was on the second anniversary of Will's death, when the memories and emotions became to hard to be borne, that she acted on the feelings that had been growing steadily for the past months. Jack had protested, and she silenced him with a kiss.
Elizabeth smiled gently as she peered into the clear Caribbean sky. Here, amongst the waves and the wind and the gentle caresses of a pirate captain, was she finally home.
