The next morning I didn't feel like getting out of bed because I had finally been able to have a good night's sleep. I felt an arm wrap around my waist and a grunt coming from Jack who was behind me. I smiled to myself and sighed nothing was bothering me since Jack came back. I rolled onto my other side and saw that he was still fast asleep. I smiled he looks kind of dead to the world when he sleeps. I decided to wake him gently instead of scaring him out of his skin, so I kissed him lightly as to not startle him. He shifted once I pulled away and tightened his grip on my waist.

"Jack, I know you're awake." I whispered but he didn't move. I tried to move his hand off my waist but it wouldn't budge. "Jack, come on I have to get up now." He still didn't move so I once again kissed him but on his cheek this time. He frowned and opened his eyes.

"Morning, love..." He said loosening his grip on my waist.

"You've been awake this whole time haven't you?" I said sitting up.

"What makes you say that, love?" Jack asked with a sly grin on his face.

I got up and quickly got dressed. When I came out from behind the screen Jack was up and looking out of the window. I walked up to him and touched his arm. He looked at me, smiled and then continued to look out the window. I followed his gaze and saw that John was coming up the driveway.

"Oh no..." I looked up at Jack to see what his reaction was to this. He had hate readable on every part of his face. "Jack you have to stay here I'm going to go meet him." He didn't answer me and I figured he wasn't going to listen to me. I left the room and went outside to go meet John.

As soon as I came up to him he hugged me and gave me a kiss. I tried to contain myself from gagging. "What are you doing here?" I said putting on my fake smile and trying my best to sound happy.

"I decided to come and visit you because your father said you were under a lot of stress with all the wedding preparations." He said smiling. As quickly as his smile came it faded and he looked at someone that was standing behind me. I turned around and saw Jack standing only 3 feet away from me.

"Who is this...a pirate?" He looked at Jack then at me.

"Yes, he's a friend of mine." I said using the quickest excuse I could think of.

"Actually I'm here for her..." Jack said pointing at me. I looked at him like he had gone crazy.

"What are you talking about?" John asked looking at Jack with dislike. I knew right then we were in trouble.

"Well, you see before this whole betrothed thing started me and you're soon to be wife we're very much in love. We still are as a matter of fact." Jack said looking right at me when he said the last sentence. I looked back at John who seemed stunned at the moment. Jack then took my hand and led me away from John, but we didn't get very far.

"Pirate..." I heard John call from behind us. Jack and I both turned around. "She's mine..." I noticed that John was pulling out a gun and aiming for Jack. I tried to get in front of him but he pushed me back. I stumbled backward and tripping over the back of my dress I fell to the ground just as I heard the gun be fired.

"No!" I shouted as Jack fell backwards. Elizabeth and my father came out of the house to see what was going on. I crawled over to where Jack laid on the ground and put his head on my lap. My father saw that John had a gun and took him to Commodore Norrington.

"Jack..." I whispered my eyes filling up with tears. "Why did you do it?"

He smiled up at me. "I couldn't let you marry him not as long as I love you." He closed his eyes and I felt the tears escape my eyes and slid down my cheeks.

"I love you, Jack." I whispered to him as Elizabeth walked over to me with some servants. The servants carried Jack into the house.

"Natalie, I'm sorry." Elizabeth said as she pulled me into a hug.

"I know..." Was all I could say. I broke the hug and went into the house, up the stairs and into the room where the servants brought Jack, which was my room. The servants had left Jack on my bed. I walked in and pulled a chair over to the bedside just as a maid walked into the room.

"Is there anything I could get you, Miss?" She asked.

I looked up at her and nodded. "Could you bring me a bowl of warm water, a few hand cloths that we don't use and some bandages?" She nodded and left the room. I looked back down at Jack and then at his shoulder where he was shot. The maid came back a few minutes later with what I had asked for, put the tray of supplies on the night table next to me and then closed the door on her way out.

I moved the right side of his shirt down so I could take care of the wound that was on his shoulder. Then I put one of the three cloths the maid gave me I dunked it in the warm water, squeezed the water out of it and used it to clean the wound. Once that was finished I took the bandage, which was a white type of cloth, and wrapped up his wound.

"That should help you a little bit." I whispered to him. "Now all I have to do is hope that you will pull through."

For the rest of the day I sat there by Jack's side not wanting to leave him just in case he woke up, but there was no change. It was late at night when there was a knock on the door. "Come in..." I said putting down the book I was reading and looking to see who it was. "Father, what are you doing here it's late?" I asked slightly shocked that he would be up this late.

"I wanted to see if there was any change and to talk to you about today." He walked in and closed the door behind him. He then took a seat in the chair by the window. "I have had a talk with John's father and we came to the conclusion that you won't have to marry John. John is now in jail so he will not bother you anymore. I have noticed today that you were right about Jack. He was willing to take the bullet for you even if it meant his own death."

I frowned I wasn't quite sure where he was going with this conversation. "What are you trying to say?"

He sighed before speaking. "I just want you to be happy and if that means loving a pirate then so be it."

I smiled. "You mean it?" I asked not sure I heard him correctly.

"Yes, I do mean it..." He said standing up to leave.

"Thank you, father." He smiled and left the room. I turned back to Jack. "We finally have our wish, Jack. We are finally allowed to be together." I then laid my head on his chest and fell asleep.

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