Epilogue
Will Turner stood beside Captain Jack Sparrow, nervously shifting his weight from one foot to another. The hot Caribbean sun beat down on his brunette hair, despite the canopy he was standing under. For his part, Jack was fairly calm, every once in a while he'd reach up and try to stretch the stiff collar around his neck.
The four piece string ensemble began to play s the gathered crowd turned, almost as one, all eyes gazing down the isle.
Will and Elizabeth's children came first. Each boy carried a small pillow, on which sat a gold band. They walked slowly, side by side, without fighting, for the first time in their life. They stopped and stood beside their father, quietly.
Next came Elizabeth. She fixed her gaze with Will's, smiling. Walking just as slowly as the boys, Elizabeth's gaze never broke with Will's even as she too her place across from him.
The music stopped briefly before another, slower march started. Will felt his hear speed up as Jack began fidgeting on the spot.
Everyone in the small assembled group turned farther as Jill took her place at the end of the isle on Gibbs's arm. Her face was beaming with a smile. The dress was a simply ivory color that hung close to her body. Her short blonde hair had been laced with small white and blue flowers and then covered with a veil.
Jill and Gibbs slowly walked down the isle, Jill unable to keep contact with Jack's eyes. She silently greeted the guests with a small not until Gibbs stopped at the end of the isle.
"Friends, we are gathered here today to witness the joining of Captain Jack Sparrow and Jill Warrick. Who gives this woman to this man?"
Gibbs stepped forward. "The crew of the Black Pearl does."
Jill stood forward and took Jack's offered hand, finally looking him square in the yes.
"Marriage is not an institution to be entered into lightly. It takes more than love to make things work. Communication, compromise and compassion are key to a lasting relationship.
"Do you, Captain Jack Sparrow, take Jill Warrick to be your lawfully wedded wife? To have and to hold, through pillage and plunder? Through good times and bad? As long as you both shall live?"
"Aye!" Jack said, gently squeezing Jill's hand.
"And do you Jill Warrick; take Captain Jack Sparrow to be your lawfully wedded husband? To have and to hold through curses and storms? Through good times and bad? As long as you both shall live?"
"Aye," Jill said, trying to repress her smile.
"Then by the powers vested in me I pronounce you husband and wife. You may kiss your bonny lass."
Jack all but ripped Jill's veil off as he gathered her in his arms, kissing her deeply. He broke the kiss as he felt the ground shift below him as the Pearl began to move out to sea. Jack smile at Jill quickly kissed her again before grabbing his hat and taking to the wheel of the Pearl. He placed Jill between him and the wheel as he steered his beloved ship toward the setting sun.