LAST TIME: ***Hannah laughed and shook her head, "No, nothing like that…but one of our good friends has been moved up to Commodore." Jack smiled at the memory of Norrington and wondered who this bloat was and if he was going to send Jack to the gallows.
"Oh? Who?" Dinah said looking over the crowd, then her eyes fell upon a man who was standing up to greet her, he had a wig and a red coat on, full of buttons and medallions.
"Hello Dinah."
*** The fact that he had been with Ana long enough to know almost everything about her, including the little things, bugged him. It bugged him that he had grown to laugh with Dinah and admire her. It bugged him that with one look of those dark brown eyes he would do anything she wanted. It bugged him most however, that he had fallen in love with her.
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"Douglas?" Dinah said. It was true. It was Douglas standing in front of her, well, Commodore Douglas she guessed. He looked the same, even though she hadn't seen him in two years.
He smiled. Jack looked from Douglas to his wife. Douglas had a look of sheer adoration for Dinah and she had a look of shock that he'd be here. He tried to make light of the situation as people slowly started to talk again.
"Douggie! How've you been?"
Douglas' eyes slowly moved to Jack. His face turned flat and unemotional, "Hello, Captain."
"I would shake your hand, Doug, but me hands are full."
"That I can see…" He said in an even tone.
"But I guess I should be callin' you Commodore instead of Doug, huh?"
Douglas didn't say anything.
"Well I'll try to remember to do that."
"It's fine Captain, if you forget. But after all, we are old friends right?" He said moving his gaze back to Dinah. Jack furrowed his brow. Old friends? Yeah right buddy.
"So Dinah, why are you here?" Douglas asked the question that had been asked three different times.
"Oh uhm…Jack and I…well we're…"
"She's got a canon in the hull, mate. If you know what I mean." Jack said.
Dinah turned and glared at Jack, wishing he hadn't used that expression. "For bloody sake, Jack! I'm not a stupid ship!" She said harshly. Then she turned to James and Hannah and Douglas, "We're having a baby…I'm pregnant."
"Ain't that what I said?" Jack questioned over the 'congrats' from the three. She turned and glared at him and he smiled, "You're so cute when yer angry."
She tried hard not to smile as jack leaned down to kiss her but then the two children in his arms were giggling. The couples paused, centimeters away from each other and then back away. Dinah shrugged and she and Jack were invited to come in and sit down to have some drinks.
"You don't happen to have any rum, do you James?" Jack asked after putting the children down, they quickly ran to their aunt and climbed onto her lap and snuggled up against her chest.
James smiled, "I always keep a bottle for you."
"Ah! There's a good boy!" As James went to his liquor cabinet and got a rum bottle for Jack. He walked back and handed it to him. "Hannah, do you detest this stuff?" Jack asked her.
"Not really, but James doesn't have a taste for it, so it doesn't bother me. You're the only person we know that likes the stuff."
"Ahh! If only you could talk to Elizabeth!"
Hannah smiled, knowing Elizabeth and what her views were on rum in the house. "You know, I think she and Will had a child…"
Dinah's eyes widened, "A child? Why would've they have told us?"
She shrugged, "Maybe she wrote it to your ship…who knows. But I think the baby would've been born by now."
"She was pregnant?" Jack asked. Dinah gave him a look.
"You know, I worry about you, I wonder if you would've been able to notice if I was pregnant if I didn't tell you."
Jack smiled and put his arm around Dinah's chair only to find that Douglas' arm was already there. The two men looked at each other and Douglas removed his arm.
Jack eyed him and asked, "So Douglas, how's it going?"
He shrugged, "Fine I guess. Nothing really exciting happens in Somerset."
Jack nodded, knowing it was true, "Well we would raid, but Dinah's family lives here…" Jack said sarcastically.
Hand-in-hand Ana and Evan walked around the island together. Something was pressing in Ana's brain that had been bugging her since she heard about Giselle. Does Evan love me? She sighed, not knowing if she should even bring up the conversation. When Dinah asked Jack if he loved her he lied and said no. But that was different circumstances. Me and Evan are both in the same 'social circle'. I dunno. If I press the question on him he might not react the way I plan he would.
I need to know though. I can't waste the rest of my life wondering if I mean anything to Evan. I have spent too many nights with him and too many feelings on him for him to not feel the same way about me. I need to ask him.
Ana stopped and Evan turned and looked at her, saw the look on her face and asked, "What's wrong, luv?"
She sighed, trying to work up enough courage to ask him this, "Evan…we've been together for awhile now, right?"
Evan sighed, uh-oh. A relationship question. Blast. He nodded.
"Well I was just thinkin'…wonderin'…where is this goin'? You telling me 'bout Giselle has made me question you an' how you feel about me…"
He paused, trying to organize his thoughts so they didn't come out scrambled and stupid. Why is she asking me this now? I know how I feel about her…but do I actually have to tell her? "Well…Ana…I uh…yer special to me…"
She waited.
"But…"
"But?"
"But…I want you to stay with me."
"Okay…"
"Well you mean a lot to me. I've grown kinda attached to you…"
Attached? She thought, oh good lord… "Yes, but is our relationship going to grow into anything deeper than this?"
"I think what we have now is fine…"
Ana looked at him, she sighed heavily and said, "Forget it…never mind," and she started walking but Evan held on to her hand and wouldn't move.
"No, Ana, you want something else, don't you? Just tell me. It'll be a lot easier on me than you askin' me what I want."
She sighed, thinking if that made any since at all. "Evan, marriage. That's what I want this relationship to end up as…and not when I'm like thirty. That's still six years from now. I want it to be soon."
Evan was a little surprised that Ana had wanted such a thing, but had been expecting this for a couple months now. It made since that she wanted it now. She wanted to make sure he wouldn't cheat on her again, that he wouldn't hurt her again.
But did he want marriage? He knew he wanted Ana and he knew that he loved her, but marriage? That's awfully binding. At least that's what it seemed like. He was pretty surprised when Jack had gotten married. Sure, Dinah was great but Captain Jack Sparrow getting married? Settling down?
Jack had once told Evan about how he lied to Dinah and how then he realized that marriage was the thing she truly wanted from him and not rubies and jewels. But it was the opposite for Evan. Ana wanted marriage and he didn't. He just plain didn't. But he wanted to keep Ana. So was he willing to sacrifice Ana to just not get married? Did he love her enough to put away his wants and desires just so she would be happy?
Four months later Jack and Dinah sat in the living room of the Turner's house. Dinah was showing a lot, her being such a thin person. Will and Elizabeth had indeed had a child and now had a new puppy. They had named it Jackson William Turner, after Jack and Will. He was thrilled, "Jack Jr.!" He had said. But Elizabeth and Will had planned just to keep it to Jackson.
Jack had left after he dropped Dinah and Milton off at the Turners, figuring that it was the best place to be. He had gone to Tortuga with his crew because Gibbs had said that he knew someone that could replace Ana on the ship. Now he was back and Gibbs was captaining the ship for a few months, at least two. Then Jack was going to leave and be back for the ninth month of Dinah's pregnancy, making sure he would be here when the baby was born.
One week while Jack and Dinah were left behind at the Turner's house, when Will and Elizabeth and gone to town to visit her father, the doorbell rang. The Turner's French butler had gone to the door and they heard him say, "Sacre Bleu!" and then correct him self, and say something quietly and then said "Mai Oui." He walked into the family room when Jack and Dinah were laying and said, "A visitor, m'lady." Dinah looked at Jack and got up. In walked a woman with her head down, a pushed out stomach and dark hair.
Dinah gasped and Jack got up, neither of them sure who they saw before their eyes. Then the woman lifted her head, her dark eyes meeting their's and she said, "Hey guys…Surprised to see me?"