Hook emptied the last of the bottle and crawled back into the bed next to
Wendy. She turned over in her sleep and put her arm around him.
He had been asleep a few hours when he woke up to find Wendy wasn't in his bed. He looked around the cabin and saw that she was on her knees in a corner. Her hands were clutched around the chamber pot. Hook got on his feet and went to her.
When he looked into the chamber pot, he saw that she had vomited. "Wendy, what is it?" he asked. "I'm fine, James," she said reassuringly. "It must have been something I ate."
It was a lie and she knew it. For the past two weeks she had been sick every morning. She had an idea of what was going on but wasn't sure how to tell Hook. Angry or not, he had to be told. She made up her mind to tell him tonight.
As they crawled into bed for the night, Wendy turned to face Hook. Resolutely, she spoke: "James, there's something I've got to tell you. I... I think I'm pregnant."
She avoided his eyes, fearing the worst reaction to her announcement. But it never came. Instead, his face was devoid of expression.
Suddenly he sat up and moved over to her. She winced, fearing he might slap her or even kill her. Instead, he lifted her nightgown and kissed her bare belly softly.
Without a word, he lay back down and fell asleep. Her fear ebbed away and she adjusted her nightgown and fell asleep.
It had been 6 months since she told him, and Hook had never said much about the baby yet his actions made it quite clear that he harbored tender feelings for his unborn child. Sometimes, when they were in bed, he placed his ear on her belly. He would lay like that for several minutes, then kiss it before he kissed her good-night. By now, her ankles were swollen and her belly stuck out. She knew the baby would be born within weeks.
One afternoon she was resting on the bed, reading a book. Hook had been away for several days, leaving Smee behind to help her and to keep her company.
All of a sudden, the door opened. Hook came in first, followed by two pirates and a female. Wendy looked at the girl for a while and then realized who it was. So this was what he had left for -- to fetch Princess Tiger Lily.
"James, what's going on?" she asked. "My dear Wendy, none of my pirates nor I have any experience with giving birth," he replied. "Princess Tiger Lily will stay aboard until the child is delivered."
Only three weeks later, in the middle of the night, Hook woke to a scream piercing enough to wake every pirate on the ship. He jumped out of bed, stepped into his breeches and boots and stormed out of the cabin, leaving Wendy alone. He returned a few minutes later, dragging Princess Tiger Lily with him. Smee came in as well, to act as her translator.
Tiger Lily sat down on the bed with Wendy, whose contractions were coming harder and faster. Smee sat with his back against Wendy's to support her. Hook had ordered him to face the walls instead of Wendy. Hook himself was pacing the cabin impatiently.
Three hours later, the baby finally came. Princess Tiger Lily wrapped the child in a towel and placed her on Wendy's belly after Hook had cut the umbilical cord.
He sat down on the bed next to Wendy. "James, she looks like an angel," she said. "Then her name will be Angie," he replied. She had the same blue eyes and black hair as her father but the gentle face of her mother.
A week after his daughter was born, Hook returned Princess Tiger Lily to Neverland. She had prepared Wendy as best she could to assume her new role as mother.
A few weeks later, Wendy woke up in the middle of the night. Hook was gone and Angie wasn't in the cradle he had ordered to be made. She went outside and there he was, pacing the deck with the baby, singing her a lullaby. "She was crying and I didn't wanted to wake you," he said. She smiled and returned to bed.
He had been asleep a few hours when he woke up to find Wendy wasn't in his bed. He looked around the cabin and saw that she was on her knees in a corner. Her hands were clutched around the chamber pot. Hook got on his feet and went to her.
When he looked into the chamber pot, he saw that she had vomited. "Wendy, what is it?" he asked. "I'm fine, James," she said reassuringly. "It must have been something I ate."
It was a lie and she knew it. For the past two weeks she had been sick every morning. She had an idea of what was going on but wasn't sure how to tell Hook. Angry or not, he had to be told. She made up her mind to tell him tonight.
As they crawled into bed for the night, Wendy turned to face Hook. Resolutely, she spoke: "James, there's something I've got to tell you. I... I think I'm pregnant."
She avoided his eyes, fearing the worst reaction to her announcement. But it never came. Instead, his face was devoid of expression.
Suddenly he sat up and moved over to her. She winced, fearing he might slap her or even kill her. Instead, he lifted her nightgown and kissed her bare belly softly.
Without a word, he lay back down and fell asleep. Her fear ebbed away and she adjusted her nightgown and fell asleep.
It had been 6 months since she told him, and Hook had never said much about the baby yet his actions made it quite clear that he harbored tender feelings for his unborn child. Sometimes, when they were in bed, he placed his ear on her belly. He would lay like that for several minutes, then kiss it before he kissed her good-night. By now, her ankles were swollen and her belly stuck out. She knew the baby would be born within weeks.
One afternoon she was resting on the bed, reading a book. Hook had been away for several days, leaving Smee behind to help her and to keep her company.
All of a sudden, the door opened. Hook came in first, followed by two pirates and a female. Wendy looked at the girl for a while and then realized who it was. So this was what he had left for -- to fetch Princess Tiger Lily.
"James, what's going on?" she asked. "My dear Wendy, none of my pirates nor I have any experience with giving birth," he replied. "Princess Tiger Lily will stay aboard until the child is delivered."
Only three weeks later, in the middle of the night, Hook woke to a scream piercing enough to wake every pirate on the ship. He jumped out of bed, stepped into his breeches and boots and stormed out of the cabin, leaving Wendy alone. He returned a few minutes later, dragging Princess Tiger Lily with him. Smee came in as well, to act as her translator.
Tiger Lily sat down on the bed with Wendy, whose contractions were coming harder and faster. Smee sat with his back against Wendy's to support her. Hook had ordered him to face the walls instead of Wendy. Hook himself was pacing the cabin impatiently.
Three hours later, the baby finally came. Princess Tiger Lily wrapped the child in a towel and placed her on Wendy's belly after Hook had cut the umbilical cord.
He sat down on the bed next to Wendy. "James, she looks like an angel," she said. "Then her name will be Angie," he replied. She had the same blue eyes and black hair as her father but the gentle face of her mother.
A week after his daughter was born, Hook returned Princess Tiger Lily to Neverland. She had prepared Wendy as best she could to assume her new role as mother.
A few weeks later, Wendy woke up in the middle of the night. Hook was gone and Angie wasn't in the cradle he had ordered to be made. She went outside and there he was, pacing the deck with the baby, singing her a lullaby. "She was crying and I didn't wanted to wake you," he said. She smiled and returned to bed.