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A/N thanks for the reviews... reivew again please:-) enjoy! Captainme

Her first instinct when finding out she was pregnant was to find a way to get rid of it. She was a pirate, she couldn't become a mother. It wasn't right. When she first told Jack her plan his face had remained emotionless. He didn't say what he was thinking, or what he was feeling. He simply nodded and told her that he'd be with her whatever she planned on doing.

It was in Tortuga that they found a backstreet doctor that did unauthorized abortions. Jack said nothing, nor did he look at Ana as she booked an appointment with the man. Jack looked at the man, noting just about everything about his appearance. Shoulder length grey curly hair, dirty face and hands, clothes stained with blood. As Ana was talking to the guy- whose name was Doctor Nickels- he had a little look at the tools he would be using. To his disgust they were still stained with blood, he couldn't tell how old it was, but it was most likely to be from a while back. The man didn't seem to clean up after using his tools.

It was Elizabeth that stepped in. She found out about Anamaria being pregnant by mistake, and when she found out what she was going to do, she went ballistic. Instead of trying to talk Anamaria out of it, she went straight up to Jack. Without him even saying a word she managed to assume it was his fault Anamaria was even thinking about getting rid of her child. She put the blame on him for getting the woman pregnant, and then made him feel guilty by accusing him about putting pressure on her to get rid of the child. When he tried to protest that he hadn't put pressure on her to have an abortion, Elizabeth simply snarled and told him he obviously hadn't supported Anamaria enough for her to believe she could have a child. Although most of Elizabeth's accusations were far off, she did manage to plant seeds of doubt in Jack's mind.

It was only hours before Ana was supposed to go, did Jack finally voice his thoughts and opinions on their unborn child and what should be done about it. Anamaria wasn't best pleased when he began to attempt to talk her out of it. All of her arguments were counterfeited by his.

"How can I look after it on my own?"

"You won't be alone."

"I don't want t' die during child birth."

"Yet your willing to expose yourself to more danger by havin' an 'bortion, which is far more likely t' kill ye then having the kid would."

"How am I supposed t' have a baby on a pirate ship?"

"We'll figure that out when the time comes."

All the way through the argument Ana's fear of being left alone with a baby was present. Even after a year and a half of being together- although they would never admit to having deeper feelings for each other such as to say that they were in love, Jack had assumed that he had won her trust back. But as they battled it out, it became more and more apparent to him, that he had hurt her more then he realized all those years ago, and it was going to take a lot for him to repair. The more he tried to convince Ana that he wouldn't leave her to be alone, the more she convinced herself that he was lying. By the end of the argument Anamaria's answer was still the same, and it appeared as though she wasn't going to back down on it.

Before he knew it the time had come for Anamaria to go back to Doctor Nickels and have the deed done. Before Jack had said he would go with Anamaria, and although he still offered, she told him she didn't want him to go. As he watched her go, the doubts still played in his mind. Should he have refused to let her go? Refused to let her out of his sight? Put her in the brig to keep her away from the outside world until it was too late and she would have to have the baby whether she liked it or not? Finally he decided he had done the right thing. He had tried to talk her out of it, told her everything that he could to make it better. But she had still gone. Had he kept her locked up, he knew there would be no way of ever repairing the damage done to his relationship with her. At least this way, there was still a glimmer of hope.

The minuets began to tick by extremely slowly. Most of his crew were somewhere in Tortuga, enjoying their time off. Jack felt as though he was completely alone in the world, although if he stood on the deck of his ship, he would be able to see dozens of people milling around having fun. He stood up and looked out of the window. At some point between Anamaria leaving and him being left to his thoughts, it had started to rain. Rather heavily. Jack sighed. He paced his cabin unsure of what to do with himself. Finally he sat himself down at his desk, feet propped up. His fingers tapped the desk lightly, as he became lost in thought.

After what seemed like an eternity his cabin door opened. Jack looked up, saw it was Anamaria, and quickly looked down again. What was he supposed to say? She had just killed his child. Time seemed to stand still between the two. Ana was still stood in the doorway, dripping wet from having been outside. Finally he stood up and walked over to her. Unsure of what to do, he just stood there, in front of her. She wouldn't meet his eye.

"So… erm… how did it go?" Ana stayed silent. Jack looked at her and noted she was shaking. What it was from- her recent ordeal, the cold, anything, - he wasn't sure. "Ana?" She looked up at him, and he saw the tears. "Are you ok?" Ana opened her mouth to speak, and then shut it again. She seemed to keep doing this, appearing to be quite disorientated. Jack stayed silent, waiting for her to talk.

"I got there… she was screamin'… looked in… blood everywhere… so much pain… I couldn't…" Ana looked up at Jack, bottom lip trembling. He could barley make sense of her rambles, but he was getting worried about Anamaria's out of character behaviour. "You promise? You won't go. You won't leave me?" finally it all pieced together in Jacks head. She hadn't gone through with the abortion. They're baby was still alive in her stomach. The relief that flooded through his body was unbelievable. Jack gently took her head in his hands, his thumb wiping away some of the tears that drenched her cheeks.

"I promise." Those two words were enough to send Anamaria into uncontrollable sobs. Jack wasn't sure of what she had witnessed during the 30 minuets she had been gone, but he thanked whoever was up there for it.

It had been a number of months, and now Anamaria was almost due to give birth. Everyday for the past month or so she had been telling Jack that she regretted not having the abortion. The first few times this alarmed Jack, and he took it seriously. That was until he realized her 'regret' had started when she began to get rather large and uncomfortable. As soon he realized the real cause behind her thoughts he relaxed a little, trying to make her more comfortable- but without her realizing he was doing it. If she knew what he was doing, he would surely have been in for a slap. Since getting pregnant, most of the men avoided Anamaria like the plague. She automatically assumed it was because she was 'with child', but the real reason was that she had the most awful mood swings.
On that day however she was in a calmer mood. Sat up in Jacks chair, pillow behind her back, she had allowed her mind to wander. Well, that was before a piercing pain shattered her thoughts. It didn't last very long so she relaxed again. Only after about 15 minuets it came again. And then again. It didn't take her very long to figure out what was happening. The only problem was that there was no mid wife on board, and the doctor or his assistant that could have helped, had both been killed in a previous battle and were yet to be replaced.

Anamaria got up from her seat, much to her discomfort, and waddled over to the door. She hardly yelled at the moment, unless she was in an angry mood (then the yelling was mostly at Jack, until she broke down in tears, warning him that if he ever mentioned the tears again she would kill him.) Poking her head round the door she spotted Mr Gibbs who was standing around not doing much.

"Gibbs!" Gibbs looked over to the door and stared at Anamaria warily, unsure of what kind of mood she was in that day. "Gibbs, I haven't got all day. Get yer ass over here now!" Gibbs did as he told; more scared of what she would do if he didn't. She may be pregnant but that didn't stop her from being one of the strongest there.

"Aye Anamaria."

"Can ye get Jack for me please?" Gibbs opened his mouth to protest, about to say that Jack was a busy man and couldn't be at her beck and call every moment of the day. That was until he saw her winch in pain. His eyes trailed from her face, to her stomach, and back up again. Just as Jack had done the day he found out she was pregnant.

"Aye… aye…" Gibbs started to walk over to the helm, stopping every now and then to look back over to the door where Ana had been standing and muttering 'Aye'.

"Captain!" Jack sighed looking across to Gibbs. No doubt he was about to hear yet another superstitious or idiotic comment that seemed to come from the man so frequently.

"I think Anamaria's gone int' labour sir."

"Gibbs whatever- what?" Now that wasn't what he had been expecting to hear.

"I think she's goin' t' be havin' the babe rather soon capt'n." Jack stayed silent for a few moments, his head doing a brief calculation.

"Shit… Mr. Gibbs, if you would be so kind, can ye go and find 'Lizabeth and ask her to sit with Ana." Gibbs stood there for a moment, his instructions sinking into his head before nodding and walking away.

Jack on the other hand was trying to think of what he was supposed to do. He had got his calculations wrong before, believing there to be at least another month until she gave birth. No wonder she was so big! She looked like she was ready to pop, and indeed it seemed she was. Jack took out his spy glass, trying to see if there was any land particularly near. He was too far away from Tortuga to get there in time, and might just reach their destination in time, but whether he would find a midwife or doctor was beyond his knowledge. Spotting an island, which looked like a town he called Will over. When both men were in agreement that the town wouldn't be a threat to them, Jack set course.

Anamaria was pacing the cabin when Elizabeth came in. the two girls still didn't get on very well, and had hardly spoken in all the time Elizabeth had been on the ship. And there she was, helping Anamaria when she was due to give birth to a baby any second. Unsure of what to do Elizabeth just stood there for a moment, making a move towards Ana every time she held her stomach in pain, and then backtracking.

"You don't have t' stand there like a spare part 'Lizabeth." The other woman smiled, glad that someone had finally spoken.

"I don't know what to do." Ana let out a laugh before wincing.

"Neither do I." for the first time since being there, Elizabeth saw the fear in Anamaria's eyes. And for the first time she found herself wanting to help the woman. She moved over to Ana, and then stopped, still unsure of what to do. "What's going to happen?"

"What do you mean?" Ana who was still pacing put her hand up to her face, rubbing her eyes.

"There's no one here that can deliver babies Liz. What's goin' t' happen?"

"Well, I think Jacks changed the course, going to a close town. Doesn't look like it's a massive threat to pirates. Apparently through the spy glass looks a lot like Tortuga." Liz smiled, trying to make light of the situation. Ana's eyes were searching her face, obviously still scared and worried. "If worst comes to worst, it'll be me delivering your baby, ok?" slight relief washed through Ana's features. At least that meant that it would be another woman. She couldn't bare it if Jack tried to get one of his crew to do it. She shuddered at the thought. Ana nodded in response to Elizabeth. "Look maybe you should sit, or lie down. You're tiring yourself out pacing like that." Elizabeth guided her over to the bed. While she was like this Elizabeth could see herself becoming friends with the woman. Before she was intimidated by her, as it seemed nothing could get to her, or hurt her. And here she was needing Liz's help. How things change.

It was just over 4 hours before The Black Pearl arrived at the town. It was, like they had thought, a lot like Tortuga, just not quite as bad. Jack sent Will to tell the women what was happening, and to make sure that Anamaria was ok. The fact that he, himself, hadn't been to see her at all during the labour briefly crossed his mind. It didn't take him very long to locate a midwife. And luckily for Anamaria, the woman wasn't with anyone at that moment.

"Excuse me luv, my er… my… well she's in labour ye see. Don't suppose ye could come and 'elp?" The woman eyes Jack suspiciously.

"I have a charge." Jack nodded.

"Aye. Aye whatever ye want luv, this way." The woman opened her mouth to protest that she hadn't actually accepted the job, but ignored it and followed the man anyway. He was walking so fast she was practically running to keep up with him.

"Sir! If you keep walking at this pace, I won't be able to help deliver the babe. Slow down." Jack slowed his pace considerably, although it was obvious it was paining him to do so.

When they arrived it became obvious that they were running out of time. The woman went straight into the cabin where Anamaria was. When Jack tried to follow her in, she turned and stopped him, refusing him access. Almost immediately, it became obvious to the woman that she had got there just in time.

Jack and the rest of his crew stayed down in the galley. At first it was all pretty silent. But when they began to hear Anamaria's groans as she tried to push a baby into the world it suddenly got a lot noisier as they tried to block it out. However much he tried, Jack couldn't join in with the crews games and singing. His ears kept straining, trying to hear how Anamaria was doing. Elizabeth was still with Ana and for that much he was thankful. At least she had someone with her.

After about an hour the galley where the whole crew were, gradually became quiet again. A faint cry had been heard, which was beginning to get louder. Jack and Anamaria's baby had been born.

"Congratulations Maria, you 'ave a boy." The midwife placed the little baby on Ana's chest, which was still moving up and down rapidly from the effort. A towel was loosely wrapped round his tiny frame, but Ana didn't notice. She was mesmerized. Elizabeth was smiling, watching mother and son, finally having let go of her hand. She nodded thanks to the midwife who was about to make a move after finishing up with Anamaria.

It was about 30 minuets before Jack went in to see his son. He paid the midwife first, and Elizabeth told him to wait until she had cleaned up the mess inside. Anamaria hadn't moved at all, her arms still cradling the little life, her eyes keep dropping and she kept forcing them back open to watch her babe.

When Jack finally made it into the cabin, Elizabeth having left, Anamaria had fallen asleep. He walked over and sat next to her, his eyes trailing from her, to his son, and back up to her again. He couldn't stop the lopsided grin that was forming on his face. He stroked his son's hand with his fingers, and smiled when the child grasped one of them. The little boy opened his eyes to see his father for the first time.

"'Ello mate."

A/N whoa, that was a long chapter for me! (just to make it clear, it was Jack talking to his son not his son talking to him, because that would be rather stupid since the babys only a few hours old! Just incase i didnt make it very clear. :-) )Please review! Captainme