Epilogue Part Two

"Well, I have a bit to say too," said Lissie as she remained seated. "Will, Jack, Beth… THIS IS IT!"

"What do you mean?" asked Beth.

"WHAT DO YOU THINK I MEAN?!"

"OH MY GOD!" said everyone together at the same time as they all jumped up.

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"WAAAAH!"

Jack and Beth looked excitedly at each other as Will burst out of the room.

"IT'S A BOY!" he screamed.

Jack and Beth jumped out of their chairs as Will pulled Jack into a bone-breaking hug.

"I'm a FATHER!"

"Ye already—ow—were—Will, I CAN'T BREATHE!"

"I know, neither can I… I'm SO happy!"

"LET GO OF ME WILL!"

"Oh, sorry!" said Will as he let go of Jack, who quickly backed away from him and massaged his ribs as he gasped for air.

"Let's go see her!" said Beth. All three of them ran into the room.

"LISSIE!"

"Hi, everyone!" she said weakly.

Will let out a squeal of excitement.

"I'm a FATHER…" Will practically ran to her side and kissed her.

"For the second time," corrected Lissie.

"I'm an aunt again—"

"Uncle—"

"Mother—"

"Excuse me," said a nurse who had just appeared in the doorway, looking slightly alarmed at the number of people in the room. "Here he is…"

They all, with the exception of Lissie, walked quickly and eagerly toward her.

The baby looked up at them all with curious chocolate brown eyes identical to Will's.

The nurse placed Will's son in his arms, his face glowing with pride.

"Hi, Will Junior!" said Will softly. He tore his eyes away from him to look at Lissie. "Is that name okay with you?"

She smiled. "Yep, we've got to keep the tradition in the family!"

Will turned to Beth. "You want to hold him?" he asked.

Beth nodded eagerly, gently rocking him back and forth as she held him. After a couple minutes, Jack broke the silence… as usual.

"Hey! When do I get a turn?" he asked. Beth rolled her eyes and passed Will III to Jack.

"Aaaw, lookit 'im! 'E's so cute—"

The baby's facial expression changed suddenly from curiosity to as if he had just looked at a picture of Elijah Wood (sorry to all his fans out there, no offense meant to you guys… just saying this to infuriate Beth! And I think I'm doing a good job…). Then, he let out a bawl and great tears sprang from his eyes. Jack jumped slightly, alarmed at what he was doing.

"Hey, it's okay… it's just yer Uncle Jack!" he said gently, rocking him like Beth had, but Will III just cried even harder. Jack looked up at the three of them, all of whom were looking alarmed. "What did I do?!" he said, exasperated.

"Oh, give him here, Jack!" said Lissie. Jack walked over and handed the now screaming baby to Lissie. After a few seconds, he stopped crying.

"You see, Jack, it's just you," said Beth sarcastically.

"One minute," said Jack. "Since I'm obviously not welcome here, I have some unfinished business to finish. Be right back," he said as he turned and strode out of the room.

Ten minutes later, he returned with a drink carrier and four plastic cups of ginger ale.

"Drinks all around!" he said. "Wow, I've wanted to say that for the LONGEST time…" he gave everyone a cup. "I would have gotten champagne and fancy glasses, but this is all the cafeteria had."

"Quite all right, Jack, quite all right," said Lissie.

"Well, now that we have a new addition to the family, there's a new reason to celebrate on this day!" said Beth.

"Life's even better," said Will.

"And it's going to keep getting better," said Lissie.

"With each passing day," said Beth.

"So, what do I have to say to that?" asked Jack as he held up his cup and the all gathered around Lissie's bed. He started to sing. "Da, da, da, da, da, da, da, da, da, da, da…" he smiled at all of them and they couldn't help but grin back. "And really bad eggs…" His smile widened at the look on Will's face as he almost spilled his ginger ale all over Will's front.

"Drink up me 'earties—"

"YO HO!" said everyone together.

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Yes, "I regret to announce this is the end." My story is over. (sniff sniff) I hope all of you enjoyed reading it, because I had a BLAST writing it! Also, I have one question about my other story that is up here… should I delete The Blood of a Pirate? I'm just not sure about it… but my Jack/You fic is on the way… hopefully.

Oh yeah, I also started my Lord of the Rings fic… and for all you Legolas fans out there, R&R!!! Toodaloo,

~Lissie