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As Jack and Will walked out of the room, Elizabeth again looked down at her son. "Isn't this wonderful. You actually get to spend your first Christmas with your Daddy."
The baby looked at her with wide eyes and moved his arms about as though to say 'Of course I'm happy you silly, now let me eat a little more.'
Elizabeth lightly caressed his face as she began to sing quietly to him. "Adeste fideles, Laeti triumphantes; Venite, venite in Bethlehem; Natum videte, Regem Angelorum: Venite adoremus, Venite adoremus, Venite adoremus Dominum."
The baby drifted into a light sleep once again as she continued to sing.
Will and Jack walked around on deck; the crew was relaxed and enjoying the Christmas day sitting around talking to one another and drinking Christmas rum. Gibbs was nowhere to be seen so Will asked about him, "Mr. Gibbs is very particular about his Christmas dinner so he's supervising the meal down to the last detail." Will smiled thinking about Gibbs overseeing the dinner, this was the same man who he saw sleeping with the pigs those years ago.
"So Jack you wanted to talk to me?"
"Yes – well you see being Christmas and all. Well, I know ye haven't been to port and all. And being Christmas and all-"
"Jack, you already said that. What exactly are you trying to get at?"
"Well, I was worried for you. You're having a gift for your wife. That's all."
Will smiled, "Well Jack it just so happens that I am prepared." Will pulled the tiny ring from it's hiding place.
"That's unexpectedly beautiful."
"Thanks for your confidence Jack. Actually I was given this by one of my passengers just for this occasion. But I could use your help Jack."
"My help to give your wife a ring?"
"Aye, being it Christmas and all. Now I have a wedding ring and we have food for a huge feast. Jack,-Elizabeth and I were married by Barbossa in the middle of battle. It wasn't a real wedding – perhaps I could give her that and you could perform it for us."
"Aye, I could do that but we must get moving and fast."
So Jack and Will began their plotting together.
A bit of time went by before Will finally returned.
"What kept you?" Elizabeth asked. She had begun to get worried after he didn't return for a little while.
"Nothing; Gibbs is almost finished with the feast he prepared and says we're to go down to eat with the rest in a little while.
As he spoke, Elizabeth noticed that he would ever so slightly look to the door. "Are you waiting for something Will?" Elizabeth asked lifting the baby up so as to relieve unwanted gas.
"No; what makes you think that?"
The baby gave out the tiniest burp causing both parents to smile before Elizabeth stood up. "Because I haven't seen you this nervous in three years."
Will stood to reassure her when there was a knock on the door and Jack walked right in.
"Sorry to interrupt but its time to eat."
He sent Will an indiscrete wink before leaving the room first. Will allowed Elizabeth to leave next and he shut the door behind himself.