Chapter 3

Will woke up the next morning, his wife sleeping next to him. He touched her soft hair and proceeded to get out of bed. He opened the shutters. It was a beautiful day. Elizabeth stirred and he turned around to find her stretching. "Morning, love," he said, smiling down upon her.
"Morning."
"I can't imagine where my father has gone to." Will said, a bit of concern in his voice as he looked out the window. "I hope he found some place to stay for the night. He never said anything about leaving."
Elizabeth was now at Will's side. She kissed his bare shoulder and responded, "I'm sure he's fine. Come. Let's go have breakfast."

Will was the first to come down and found Jack lying on the sofa in the parlor, his tri-cornered hat sitting on a chair nearby. "Jack. Get up!"

"Wha-?" Jack said, quickly getting up. He shook his head like he was trying to get something off and yawned.
"Where is my father?" Will asked, now staring down at Jack.
"If you mean that bastard pretending to be your father, I don't know, and I don't care." Jack responded, rolling over.
"What are you talking about?" Will was a bit perturbed, and angry that he did not get the response he was looking for.
"I'm sorry to be the one to break it to you, but that man is not your father."
"It's not true. You yourself said the man was the spitting image of me. It must be him."
"And you yourself never engaged in piracy with him, and so I know that I am right when I say the man is not your father." He began playing with a small pillow on the sofa, trying to make it more comfortable. Only to become frustrated and have it burst open, feathers flying everywhere. He blew at a feather that landed on his nose and swatted at it like a small cat.
"I don't believe you." Will was furious. His arms were crossed and he had a look of pure loathing towards Jack.
"Fine then. I've only known you for five years and now this man comes in claiming to be your father." He got real close to Will, "I just want you to know, that if you need any help, you will not get any of it from me." With that Jack stormed out of the house. Will looked at the door for a moment. Had he actually just hurt Jack's feelings? Just then the door burst open again and Jack stormed back in. He scurried to the chair, grabbed his hat, and stormed back out.
Elizabeth came down the stairs, holding Jack in her arms. "What's the matter, dear?" She asked.
"C'mon. We are going to the docks."

When they arrived at the docks Jack was pacing furiously back and forth. Will carefully walked towards him. "Jack?"
Jack snapped his head in Will's direction and began walking towards him. "You didn't believe me. You didn't bloody believe me! Is this enough proof for you? Your so-called 'father' is gone. My...my ship is gone!.............AGAIN! Do you bloody believe me now?"
Will was speechless. "I'm sorry, Jack."
Jack inched closer to him again. "You better bloody well be sorry. That bastard stole my ship!"
"Jack Sparrow." A voice called from behind him.
He spun around and replied, "Captain...Jack Sparrow!"
It was Norrington. He gave a laugh, "We don't have to do this again do we? Because once again, I do not see a ship...Captain...and I should hope you are not in the market." He was quite close to Jack.
"Hello, Commodore. Actually, you are correct. I am not in the market, as it were. However, someone else was in the market and that person stole my ship last night."
"Pity. On your way. Captain."
He walked on as Jack gave him an odd look. He then turned his attention to Elizabeth. "He...hasn't been much in the mood for fighting crime since...since-,"
"Since you flat left him for a blacksmith." Elizabeth blushed. "How are we gonna get me Pearl back?"
"Why don't you com...man...deer a ship, like you did five years ago. Daddy is always mentioning it."
Jack looked at the little boy. "For once I think the brat's got an idea. Alright then!" He knelt down next to young Jack, "and how would you like to be my First Mate?"
"Oh boy! I'd love it!"
"Oh! Jack, I don't know. He's much too young! We can leave him here with my father." Elizabeth stated, concerned for her son's safety.
"Nonsense. It's about time the boy took to the sea. I've been meaning to take him out anyway." Jack started playing with another fish in the water when he fell in. "See? It's obvious the boy takes a liking to the water!" He said, watching the boy splashing around in the water.
"Then I'm coming too." Elizabeth demanded, taking a step forward to claim her child from the water.
"Now, now, love. This is a man's job."
"It is as much a woman's job as it is a man's. You're forgetting that I had to sail with Barbossa for several days, only to end up on yet another ship and then back on the Pearl, where I was later stranded on some island with you and picked up by yet, another ship!" Elizabeth huffed at Jack.
He looked quite surprised. "Maybe a woman aboard might not be such a bad idea after all."