A Pirate's Wife
A/N: None of these characters are mine except for the people in the water.
Jack sighed and rolled over. He rubbed his eyes as the light shining through the glass on the cabin door struck his eyes. He felt something move in the bed beside him. He glanced over and all he saw was a blonde head.
"Rosie?" He asked. The head stirred and turned to face him. He looked into her blue eyes and saw the world.
"So I wasn't dreaming" he mumbled. Rosie smiled. She ran her fingers over his jaw line. She couldn't believe she was finally with him again. Four years she had waited, and now here he was.
"Captain!" Gibbs called out as he knocked on the door.
"I'm comin'! Hold ya horses!" Jack called out grumpily. He sat up and walked over to the door. He opened it.
"Bloody hell!" he complained at the brightness of the sun. He slammed the door behind him.
"What do you want?" He asked.
"We be needin' ya permission o be pullin' into tha dock" Gibbs said.
"Fine, do whatever you need to, I give you me permission, savvy?" Jack replied.
"Thanks" Gibbs replied, then ran off, barking orders to the crew.
Jack walked over to the rail and looked out to sea. Every time he was stressed, he just looked at the sea, it had a way of calming him down, making him see reason.
"Who is she?" Elizabeth asked. She stood beside him.
"Rosie, Rosa-lee Barker" Jack replied.
"Rosie, that's nice. I never picked you for the marrying type"
"Well, I do be full of surprises. But, Rosie's a good lass, the type a man never lets go of" Elizabeth knew that Rosie meant the world to Jack, she could see it in his eyes.
"Do you mind if I go and talk to her?"
"Mind? She doesn't belong to me, course ye can" Jack replied. Elizabeth walked away, leaving Jack alone.
"Hello" Elizabeth said. She closed the door behind herself.
"I'm Elizabeth" she said, she pulled up a chair and sat down beside the bed.
"I'm Rosie" Rosie replied. "Have you known Jack for long?"
"I've known him for almost a year now, feels like an eternity though"
"I wish I could say the same. How has he been?"
"Fine, he almost got killed a few times but it comes with the job" Rosie laughed. "He's never mentioned having a wife though, in-fact, he doesn't say much about himself much at all"
"He probably never mentioned me because he thought I was dead, as did I about him. He isn't one to talk about himself much, it took me ages to get it out of him about his profession!"
Elizabeth and Rosie chatted like old friends for nearly two hours.
"When I'm feeling better I would really like to help out, I'd feel terrible otherwise" Rosie said.
"I'm sure we can find something for you to do" Elizabeth replied. She loved the idea of having another woman her age on board. Sure there was Ana Maria, but she was older than Elizabeth, and not much fun to talk to.
TBC
A/N: Ok, what do you think? I was asked to not make Jack too soft, so I changed things a little. I hope you enjoyed it!