[Man, you guys read my mind sometimes. Lol]
Later that evening, I sat down next to Kimmi's bed. The doctor said that there was a chance that she wouldn't make it through, but as Jack said, fate has it's own way of working things out. She drifted in and out of consciousness, sometimes talking, but other times she didn't know where she was. I held her hand with both of mine and kissed it a few times. She stirred.
"Mummy," she whispered hoarsely. "Sing me the song about Daddy." I smiled and pushed the hair from her face and softly began to sing.
"Sailing, sailing,
Over the bounding main,
For many a stormy wind shall blow
Ere Jack comes home again.
Sailing, sailing,
Over the bounding main,
For many a stormy wind shall blow
Ere Jack comes home again." She was asleep before the song ended, for I had often sung her to sleep singing it.
"Did you write that?" I turned. Jack was in the doorway.
"I figured that the children needed something to remind them of you." He started walking to me.
"Then why don't you give them me instead?" He took my face in his hands and kissed me with the fiery passion that I had long forgotten. My knees went weak and he had to hold me up with his arms. We kissed until we were both dying from the lack of air. I let go and rested my head on his shoulder, toying with his earlobe. He lifted my chin with his finger to face him. "Amanda, I'm sorry for what I've done and I promise you that I will spend the rest of my life making it up to you."
"Jack, if you had not done what you did during the earthquake, I would've never believed you. But now I do." I slid my hands under his vest and put them together behind his back. "I love you, Jack. Next time I try to leave you, hit me over the head and tie me down." He laughed.
"I'll remember that, luv." He lightly kissed me and pulled back to look at me again. "I should have tried kissing you sooner."
"Jack!" I slapped him on the arm. He leaned in for another kiss, but the door opened. Peter and Sarah walked in.
"And what are you two doing in here?" Peter put on a sly grin and Sarah fluttered her eyelashes.
"Hello, children. I thought you were eating with Elizabeth."
"We were, but she sent us up to check on you, but we see that you don't need it, so we'll be leaving." They spun around to open the door.
"I told you we wouldn't have to tie them to a chair," Sarah whispered.
"What? Sarah Jane Sparrow!" I said in mock anger. They turned around guiltily.
"Uh, it's nothing, Mummy. Gotta go!" They raced out of the room and down the stairs.
"Like father, like children," I said as I walked back over to Kimmi. I sat down and took her hand again. "Do you think that she will get well, Jack?" He squeezed my shoulder and sat on my chair's armrest.
"I don't know, luv. We'll just have to wait and see." He kissed my head and put his arms around me.
"Well, Captain Sparrow, I am glad to see that there is some good in you." Norrington stood at the foot of Kimmi's bed with Will next to him. Jack sprang up.
"Now, come on, mate. You have nothing against me."
"Normally, I would hang you without a second thought, but under the circumstances I am willing to grant you clemency, for the moment."
"Why, because of Amanda?"
Norrington gave me a sad glance. "And your children, Captain Sparrow. I am not one to leave children homeless. But I will talk to you about the terms of your clemency. Alone."