A/N: Yay! It's finally the last chapter. Though sadly, also the shortest. I have an idea for a sequel, but if I do write it, it will probably be long from now. I have four other stories I'm working on currently, and I don't see an end for any of them anytime soon. It's been great writing this, and a big thank you to anyone who reviewed!!!
Chapter 10: Home, Sweet Home
After finally getting Abby back, Jack and his crew had returned to Part Royale. Upon their arrival, Will and Elizabeth got their things to find a temporary place to stay until they had a new house. Jack and Abby accompanied them.
"Well, I guess this is good-bye again, Jack," Will said.
Jack nodded. "For now at least, mate. Take good care of Abby or me, will ye?"
"What?" Abby cried. "Jack?"
"Jack?" Elizabeth repeated. "You can't honestly want her to stay here. We have no house right now, and that's a result of the last time she was here."
"It's still best for her here. Now that' Thomas is dead, she'll be jus' as safe 'ere as she would on the Pearl," Jack rationalized.
"Just as safe as the Pearl, not safer. Why not just have her with you where she'd be happier?" Will asked.
Jack looked from Will to Elizabeth to Abby. Tears were forming in Abby's eyes, but she was fighting them, not letting them fall.
Picking her up, he settled her on his hip as he had done so many times before in the past week.
"Back to the Pearl then, right luv?" he asked the small girl he held.
"Right!" she exclaimed happily as she threw her arms around his neck.
Will and Elizabeth smiled.
"It's what's best, Jack," Elizabeth said as she rested a hand on his arm.
Jack looked at her. "I know," he nodded.
"Bye, Jack," she and Will said.
Jack gave them a wave before turning and walking back to the Pearl. Abby waved happily over his shoulder with a wide grin on her face as they disappeared from sight into the crowd on their way back to the ocean.