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I felt myself wake up but I couldn't open my eyes. I felt a strange pain coming from my stomach and my head. Besides the pain in my head it was heavy, my head was so heavy I couldn't lift it, I cracked my eyes open and muttered,

"Whathappened?" I heard a gasp and I blinked once. My vision was blurry but I could make out Jack sitting over my bed, was that Jack or was it Will?
"Lizabeth your ok?" It was Jack. His hand found mine and I realized I had been clenching the sheets into a ball. I blinked a few more times and I recognized the cabin I was sharing with Jack. He smiled at me, but his eyes were full of worry and wonder. I looked over his shoulder and saw a solemn looking Mr. Gibbs and the pair Pintel and Ragetti. Mr. Gibbs gave me a half hearted smile and Pintel and Ragetti both waved nervously at me.

"How do you feel Miss Elizabeth?"

"I'm…I've been better." I said cringing when I tried to sit up in bed. Jack pulled me up to his chest then put a pillow behind my back.

"Thanks. What is the matter with all of you? It's as if you thought I had died." I looked at Jack's face for the first time I had really looked at his face in a long time, tears stains were shining clearly on his cheeks, bags of worry were under his melancholy eyes, plus he had a bandage on his upper arm that I assumed had a cut from Will's sword under it. I felt the smile on my face falter then crack. My eyes widened slightly then I looked down at my belly. A large white bandage had been wrapped around it but I could still see red blood leaking through, I touched my head and I felt another bandage wrapped there. My head snapped to the desk which had a bottle of rum, cleaner bandages, a few needles and thread, and a pitcher of water. Mr. Gibbs was holding a bottle of something with a shiny silver spoon.

"Did you think I was going to…I mean I can't imagine…how long ago was I hit?"

"Three days ago love." Jack answered for me.

"And did you all…?"

"Yes Miss Lizabeth." Ragetti answered.

"Well actually we all did and Captain Sparrow kept refusing us from moving you. He said he wanted to be sure you were alive, cause he knows you were." Ragetti's trusty leader Pintel added.

"Yes, but he kept looking after you Miss Elizabeth." Mister Gibbs added to the conversation. I looked back at Jack who had his head in his hands again.

"I…thank you all so much." The two amateurs nodded proudly and Mister Gibbs smiled sadly but Jack just stared at me. I felt like I couldn't look away from his gaze, it was mesmerizing but it scared me, I jumped when his hand found the side of my face but I leaned into it. I smiled when his lips softly danced across mine but I had to pull back.

"What is that you are holding Master Gibbs?" I questioned innocently but I had heard Jack give a small disappointed and quite throaty moan when I had positioned myself back onto the pillows. I felt goose pimples run up my arms but I had to ignore them and try to focus my attention at Mister Gibbs, but I desperately wanted to look at Jack.

"This is actually some medicine that Captain Jack wanted to give you to make sure there was no pain. This and some rum!" He said enthusiastically.

"I knew you weren't drinking that when you were stitching me up." I joked at Jack who was looking rather disgruntled.

"I think my bandages need t be changed." I pointed out the red stains that were starting to inch at the white sheets.

"Oi! Out the lot of ye!" Jack said snatching the medicine from Gibbs and pointing to the door. They all scurried out and Jack looked at me, I felt my face grow suddenly warm.

"Are you ok, love?"
"Considering the obvious…yes." I sighed. Jack started to unravel the bandages and his warm fingers quickly wiped down the crusty blood then he re-bandaged me, letting his fingers graze my stomach every so often. I smiled up at him when he smirked at the goose pimples he inflicted on me. He kissed my lips softly again when somebody threw the door open.

"Ah! Bugger!" He yelled. Throwing his hands up in frustration as he sat back in his chair. I looked up and saw a young woman standing there holding all three of my children.

"Who are you?" I asked suddenly.

"Miss Elizabeth! Oh my you are so much more pretty when you are awake." I raised an eyebrow as she hadn't me the kids.

"Oh my how silly! My name is Carmen; I've been watching Jaclyn, Jasmine, and Jack, while you were asleep some of the time with Captain Sparrow." She said cheerfully with a Spanish accent.

"Oh. Um, thank you. Where did you come from?"

"Oh, I was born in Spain but my dad dropped me off in Port Royal and I had been acting as a maid there and Jack went to visit one of his friends there and he ran into me on the street and asked me if I wanted a job as a maid here for a while. Because I had been working as a maid in the newest governor's house." Carmen had curly long brown hair and pale skin for a girl with Spanish decent. She was wearing a white shirt with a dark blue skirt with only one layer on it that had ruffles at the end that ran to her ankles. Her lips were full and blood red immediately I took a liking to the girl who only seemed to be in her early twenties.

"Oh, did you say the newest governor? Who is that now?"

"Governor James Norrington."

"Oh?" I looked at Jack and I smirked when he looked down guiltily.

"Yes. Captain didn't tell you he's on the ship?" I looked at Jack and my heart leapt. I felt myself break into a crazy grin.

"Carmen?" I was stilling staring at Jack when I spoke.

"Yes Miss Swann?" I blushed.

"Could you send James in?"

"Yes Miss Elizabeth."

"Thanks." I said finally looking at her slim and tall figure as she left.

"You invited him on the ship?"

"Aye."

"Why?"

"I knew ye would want a friendly face around here besides old Jack."

"Oh." I said distantly as I cradled young Jack in my arms with Jasmine as Jack took Jaclyn.

"They missed you."

"Is that so?"

"I did too." I broke into a grin as he leaned in and fully kissed me and he was just about to put his hand on the back of my head when James walked in.

"Go ahead and bloody talk!" Jack yelled when James walked in slowly. A grin spread across his face when he saw me sitting up and well.

"James!"

"Elizabeth!" He rushed to my side and leaned over me in a hug. He released me quickly and awkwardly I looked deeply into his eyes and I smiled when a tear trickled down my check.

"I was so worried about you."

"And I you." I smiled at him and kissed him chastely on the lips. Jack cleared his throat and I smiled at him.

"A kiss between friends and nothing more." James laughed and smiled.

"Yes, I'm no longer interested in you wife Jack."

"Um." Jack wriggled uncomfortably in his seat.

"Oh." I blushed and avoided his gaze.

"We aren't…" Jack and I both started.

"Sorry?"

"We aren't married actually."

"Oh." James seemed genuinely surprised. Jack grinned at me and held my hand and my stomach jumped high into my throat.

"So James…or should I say Governor Norrington, who's the new lass?" Jack asked.

"Oh…well. No you guys don't need to know." He said, and I joined in with Jack and the laughter.

"Oh so we know her?" I joked slapping his arm playfully as he pulled up a chair next to Jack and the bed. A small knock on the door made us all jump.

"May I come in?" It was Carmen's sweet voice.

"Come on in, love." Carmen walked in the doors and she was carrying a tray.

"I just thought you may be hungry Miss Elizabeth."

"Oh, I am Carmen thank you so much and you can just call me Elizabeth."

"Oh yes Miss-I mean Elizabeth." She didn't have as much as an accent as she had only minutes ago; I guess it comes out stronger at some times rather than others. She sat the tray down in front of me by leaning across James and his eyes widened and eyebrows rose. I smirked at him and he blushed the nodded. Potato soup steam wafted into my nose and I grinned as my mouth watered. I pinched some salt onto it and mixed it with a spoon.

"Carmen this looks delicious." I said to her as she sat on the edge of the bed.

"Oh, I'm so sorry Governor and Captain I have two more bowls for you."

"Oh thank you." Jack said and James nodded and shivered when she brushed his arm as she left.

"Oh so you took a liking to Carmen?"

"I…yes."

"She's pretty James good choice." Jack commented and I rose one of my eyebrows.

"But not as pretty as you dear." He said in a slightly shrilly voice. I laughed and James chuckled.

"Here you are!" Carmen glided into the room with her small hips shaking a little. James looked at her in a dreamy and far off manner. Jack and I gave each other a knowing look as she passed Jack a bowl then James a bowl but James tipped it a little on himself on accident.

"Ow!" He exclaimed and wiped himself off quickly blushing.

"Oh my! Governor I am so sorry." Carmen said blushing as she went to wipe his lap then thought better of it.

"That's…that is ok Carmen, my fault." She blushed as she handed him a spoon then went to walk away but he took hold of her hand and pulled her back towards him and she plopped on the foot of my bed.

"Please join us."

"Of course Governor."

"Please call me James."

"Yes…James." She sighed his name then blushed girlishly. Jack grabbed my hand then sat up and leaned forward to whisper in my ear.

"Remember when we were like that?"

"I don't really think you took the part of a shy romantic."

"Mm. Your really sweet aren't ye love?"

"Shut up and watch the two of them you bloody idiot."

"I love you too dear."

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