[Tori and Depprulz are the winner of the contest! Tori gets to name the sequel and Depprulz gets to name Amanda and Jack's third child (and you get to choose whether it's a boy or a girl). Get to work and let me know so I can put the sequel up! If you need any ideas for what the sequel is about, let me know, even though Depprulz like totally hit the whole gist of it. lol]
I spent the night in my room but didn't sleep any. Peter and Sarah were sleeping soundly in their beds on the other side of the room. At dawn, I packed my things and got the twins ready. I wrote Jack a note and put the ring that Bootstrap gave me with it.
"Where will you go, dear?" The Captain's wife asked me. She helped me put my coat on.
"My cousin, Elizabeth Swann and her father are moving to Port Royal. I'll get on a ship and sail there. They will welcome me." I stopped moving and looked at the silent figure of Jack, asleep on the floor in the living room. Tears came back to my swollen eyes. I loved him so much. The Captain broke my gaze as he walked up with a bag of food.
"Here, Mrs. Sparrow. This should hold you for a while."
"Thank you." I took the bag and my other one. "I must go now." I took up the twins in my arms and left the house before I could look back at the sleeping figure and reconsider.
I went to the dock and got on a boat headed for Port Royal.
The boat carried the twins and I back to the east. The day we reached Port Royal marked the day that Jack and I had been married. Only two years.
Governor Swann had not arrived yet, but I was allowed to wait for him in his parlor.
I set the twins down in a chair and took one of my own. My right hand moved subconsciously to clasp my wedding band. I looked down at it and swirled it on my finger. I swiftly took it off and unclasped my necklace, sliding the ring onto it. With one final look, I dropped the necklace into my blouse, out of sight and out of mind.
The front door opened, and I heard voices.
"Sir, you have a visitor."
"Already? Did you hear that, Elizabeth? We just moved in and already we have visitors." A man laughed and there were footsteps towards the parlor: a man's heavy grown-up ones and a girl's light young ones. I stood up when they entered the room. "Why, bless my stars! Amanda!" I smiled and walked over to hug him.
"Uncle!" I bent down to hug Elizabeth as well. "Elizabeth! Oh! It's been too long!" The Governor saw the twins on the couch and walked towards them.
"Amanda, are these yours?" I turned back to him and smiled.
"Yes, Uncle." He bent down to pat Peter's head.
"Where's the father?" I looked down and cleared my throat.
"Gone, and that is why I'm here." He stood up.
"You did the right thing by coming to me, Amanda." He looked behind me at someone walking in. "Ah, Lieutenant Norrington! Come and meet my niece." A well-dressed man from the navy walked to the Governor. "Lieutenant Norrington, this is Amanda, my niece." He turned to me and looked amazed, then he took my hand and kissed it.
"The honor is mine, Miss." I smiled at him but took my hand back. The Governor sensed my discomfort.
"Uh, Norrington, would you please escort my niece to her room?"
"Of course." He held out his arm and I took it. The servants got my luggage and the twins and they followed us up the stairs. I stopped at the door and let the servants go in.
"Thank you, Lieutenant." He eyed the servants bringing the twins in. I followed them and stood in the doorway.
"You have been married?"
"I was, Lieutenant." I nodded politely and closed the door.
After a few days I got my own home, earning money as a seamstress. My contact with the Governor and Elizabeth was limited, but if I ever needed something, they made sure that Lieutenant Norrington brought it to me. I knew nothing of their daily lives, or their friends and I had no friends of my own. Norrington visited me often and asked me to take walks with him on the warf. Then he wanted to eat dinner together, and then he wanted to help me around the house. He would bring me presents and brought me things that only Jack knew that I liked. About a month later, he invited me to have dinner with him in a fancy restaurant. I wore my best and left the twins with a sitter. He beamed when I walked in.
"Amanda, come, please sit down." He pulled my chair out and pushed it in. "Amanda, there's something I would like to talk to you about before we eat." I smiled and told him to go ahead. He reached forward and took my hand from the table. "I would like to talk to you about marriage." My heart stopped and the colour drained from my face. "What is it?"
"No, I'm sorry, Norrington. I can't ever love anyone liked I loved Jack." Norrington's smile faded.
"Jack Sparrow? Is he a pirate?" I looked back up at him and nodded.
"Pirates are an enemy of the crown and they all must be hanged. Although, I know now that hanging Jack Sparrow will be most enjoyable." He got up and left the restaurant.
I slumped back into my chair and sighed. I'm sorry, Jack.
Jack's POV
Amanda left that morning, before I was awake. The Captain said that she left sad and hurt, but she left me a note.
Dearest Jack,
There is not much to say. You hurt me, Jack. More than I can ever express. You made me realize that I'm keeping you from your real life. You love the sea and you love being a pirate. You can't have that and a family. I wish that there were another way. I will love you always, even if you forget me.
Amanda Sparrow
The End!
