(A/N) This will be the last chapter I am updating until Wednesday1
DISCLAIMER: I DO NOT OWN POTC!
It took the Pearl two months to reach Port Royal. Jonathan was the first to step off, arranging things with the Harbormaster and the Marines. It was now Elizabeth's turn to say her good-bye's.
"Thank you Anamaria, for taking care of Jack."
"No, problem, Elizabeth, my pleasure." Anamaria replied.
"Come 'ere lass." Bill bellowed and the two embraced, "We'll see each other soon."
"I hope so." Elizabeth finally came upon Jack, her most trusted friend, her best friend.
"Oh Jack, I'm sorry…" Elizabeth said as she hugged him.
"Nothing to be sorry about luv, just take care of those children…" Elizabeth smiled and whispered in his ear.
"Where's Will?"
"Would you expect him to be here luv…"
"No…" Elizabeth then bent down to pick up Jack who was standing next to her as she said her good-bye's.
"Be good for you mother, you." Jack said as he tickled him.
"Unkie Jack, I wuv you." Jack said between his giggles. Jack ruffled his hair, and laughed.
"Elizabeth, the carriage is waiting, here let me help you." Jonathan said as he took Jack from her arms. He then turned his attention to Jack, "Thank you Jack, for everything." With that said Jonathan, Elizabeth, and Jack walked down the gangplank.
"Bye-Bye." Jack waved from Jonathan's shoulder.
Jonathan put Jack in the carriage and then helped Elizabeth in the carriage, who was now seven months into her pregnancy. As she looked back on the Pearl, she really hoped Will would have been there, but he wasn't, that confirmed her fears, Will was not coming back for her.
"Elizabeth, your old bedroom is empty, you may take it if you wish. There is a small room next to it, I took the liberty of placing a crib and some toys in their for Jack, and we'll get more for the baby when the time comes. Right now I must be going, I have a meeting with Commodore Gillette to discuss what I have missed. Do not stay up waiting for me, I should be rather late." Jonathan then went out the door, and Elizabeth was alone with Jack. She saw Jack yawning and decided she better put him down for a nap.
When she went back downstairs to the foyer, she realized she hadn't been in this house for nearly four years. As she walked around things she saw perked her memory, like the place where herself and Will said their vows. Tears streamed down her face, she wished he could be here to hold her, they barely spoke on the way to Port Royal, it hurt her, but nonetheless she loved him still.
Elizabeth roamed the house some more, and then went outside to the garden. The garden was absolutely beautiful, the roses her mother planted were still there, she loved her mother's roses, they always managed to look more spectacular than anyone else's. Finding a chair in the middle of the garden she sat down and slowly drifted off to sleep.
"Miss, wake up…" One of the maid's said as she gently shook Elizabeth, "It is getting chilly, and dark out here. I took the liberty of feeding the little one and sending him to bed."
"Oh thank you." Elizabeth got up and went to her bedroom and changed into her nightgown. She sat at her vanity and twirled her wedding rings on her finger and began to cry. She hated herself, she hated him, she wanted him back, she loved him. She made a mistake, one that could cost her everything, but he was gone, nothing more could be done.
When she got up to go to bed she noticed a red rose placed on her pillow, picking it up and smelling it she figured a maid had put it there. When she looked up, she let out a gasp, and dropped the rose.
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