Lizzie's POV
We were nearing the end of our honeymoon, two weeks went by so fast and we only had a few days left but I didn't mind since I was staring to miss everyone even though it meant no more alone time with Harry since we've spent every single moment together as one should on their honeymoon and I absolutely loved the Summerland's, it was so bright and beautiful and the beaches were nothing like either Harry or I had seen before and it's where we spent majority of our time given Ben gave us his families beach house to use for our trip and it was right on the beach.
We watched sunsets from the beach, the deck off the room we were staying in and took strolls along the beach a lot with our ankles in the water, I think if Harry and I ever decided to retire from sailing I'd definitely fancy a home here or even a vacation house of our own because it truly was beautiful and I had even started to learn to swim and well...I haven't drowned yet so that's a good sign despite the first time Harry took me into the water didn't go so well.
Flashback 2 weeks ago
It's been three days since we arrived in the Summerland's and it's been nothing but beautiful and romantic but now Harry was trying to kill me as I sat on the beach just outside the wet sand with Harry standing in front of me with nothing on but a pair of red boardshorts and I was in a matching red bikini which I felt a tad over exposed in but we had a private beach thanks to Ben and his family.
"Come on Liza, you'll be fine" Harry encouraged since I had sat down childishly and was refusing while I stared out at the crystal blue waves crashing against the sand.
"I changed my mind, I don't need to learn how to swim when I have you and Uma to save me" I argued crossing my arms.
"You said you would, can't take it back now and besides what if one day Uma and I aren't there, you need to do this...if not for yourself than for my sanity" he argued and I glared at him since that was low even for Harry Hook.
"Fine but if I drown I'll haunt your ass" I stood up and brushed the sand off my skin taking a breath as I looked at the waves again.
"I'm right here love" Harry took my hand and I nodded my head since I trusted him, it was me that I didn't trust to save my life and we started walking towards the water and at first I didn't not hate it as it reached just above my ankles but I knew we weren't stopping here and the further we went out the tenser I became.
"Okay I think this is far enough" I stopped and Harry surprisingly stopped as well, the water was just above my waist and I ran my fingers over the top of the water rippling it before I turned to Harry. "Satisfied I'm in the water"
"For now" he smiled pulling me closer to him and attached his lips to mine and I wrapped my arms around his shoulders smiling against his lips as he spun me around and I squealed a little before laughing. "But I reckon you can go deeper"
"No, Harry no!" I exclaimed and wrapped my arms tightly around his neck and my legs wrapped around his waist as he started walking out further. "Harry take me back, take me back now!" I stared fearfully at the water as it got less clear the further we went out.
"Liza just look at me, hey look at me" I met his eyes as he held me close and I kept my eyes locked with his as I felt the water getting higher until everything but our heads was submerged. "I've got you love"
"I hate you" I growled at him.
"But look where you are" he smiled and I looked around seeing we were off the sand bank and he was treading water with me still attached to him. "One would think your related to Uma with the way your wrapped around me like an octopus right now"
"Shut up" I hit his shoulder. "Can we go back now?"
"Do you trust me?" he asked and I frowned since I wanted to say yes that I'll always trust him but he just went and did this.
"Right now no" I shook my head.
"Trust me Liza, let go for a second"
"Are you crazy, I'll drown"
"I'm here and I won't let that happen" he argued untangling my arms from his neck putting them on his shoulders. "Lean back"
"No"
"Liza I've never let you down, now trust me love lie back" I frowned since that was true so I slowly started leaning back but still held onto him feeling my hair spread out around me as I laid back. "Let go with your arms, I've got you" I sighed and let his shoulders go putting my hands out on either side of me, letting my torso float in the water...wait I was floating.
"I'm floating!" I exclaimed with a small laugh.
"Ready to trust me completely now?" he asks and again I wanted to say no but I haven't died yet so I just nodded my head and he pulled my legs off his lap and put them straight so I was completely floating on top of the water and I closed my eyes since this actually felt kind of nice.
"I guess it's not so bad" I replied and for a second I got no reply.
"I told you you'd be fine" his voice wasn't beside me, he was at least a couple of meters away and my eyes opened lifting my head and saw him closer to the shore.
"Harry!" I exclaimed in shock and I immediately up righted myself before my eyes widened and I began to panic. "Harry I'm not kidding get back here!" I thrashed trying to get closer to him before my feet found the bottom and I started running though that was hard with the water and followed him up the beach as he had ran for it laughing his ass off. "I'm going to kill you!"
I refused to talk to him for at least an hour after I'd stopped chasing him down the beach and returned home showering before making food completely ignoring him when he came back and lets just say he learnt his lesson since the next few days I refused to go to the beach and he apologized profoundly when I cut off the sex as well.
But alas it didn't last long as I forgave him when he surprised me with a beach picnic dinner with candles and food and it was hard to hate him after that, I still hated what he did but I didn't have the heart to continue to hate him and don't ask me how or why but he got me back in the water that night promising to be on his best behavior and I found out that swimming wasn't so bad as long as I could touch the floor and actually was starting to enjoy it.
The honeymoon continued and before we knew it we were on our way to Bayou De Orleans via a car to be picked up by the ship and I had a bit of mixed reactions since although I couldn't wait to see everyone and tell Uma about it all...well most of it I hadn't wanted it to end...but that thought went out the window when I saw the ship and dropped Harry's hand running towards it.
"Uma!"
"Liz" we crashed into each other in a hug as Harry came up carrying our bags of the things we'd gotten the family from the Summerland's. "I missed you two lovebirds, the ships dull without you"
"Well of course, we all know I'm the life of this ship"
"In your dreams brother" Harriet argued coming over and pulled us both into a hug which followed by CJ and Captain Hook who welcomed us back.
"So tell us everything, what was it like?" Uma asked and I was pulled away by the girls demanding that I tell them everything and I did leaving out the parts where Harry and I signified our marriage of course since that was for my knowledge only and they lapped it all up since like us besides our charters we still haven't really seen much of Auradon especially the outer kingdoms.
"He so did not leave you floating on the water?" Harriet gasped. "I'm gonna string him from the flag pole" I laughed.
"Oh trust me he learnt the hard way, I didn't speak to him for hours afterwards and ignored him for days refusing to go anywhere with him-"
"Not to mention you probably withheld sex" Uma laughed and Harry's sisters both made a disgusted face at that.
"I did" I nodded and that made them laugh.
"Good, he deserved more than that but I guess it worked out if you can at least swim a little bit" Harriet replied and I nodded, after my fall overboard they all knew I couldn't swim and it's reason why I wanted to learn.
"Alright girls that's enough chattering, we need to set sail and Lizzie I'm afraid it's back to work" Captain Hook came over interrupting our girls time.
"No worries captain" I saluted him before we all set about our tasks and of course I was in the riggings with Harry untying the sails while we moved and swung between masts laughing and messing around while we went and it definitely felt good to be back and doing what we love best.
Two weeks we've been back from our honeymoon and it was alright getting back to sailing and delivering our charters but the past couple of days I've woken up feeling the strangest thing, like I was getting sea-sick since the sway of the boat in the morning was enough to send me running out of bed towards the bathroom and emptying my stomach, every morning for the past 4 days and I could tell Harry was worried as he followed me nearly every time as I had to escape out of his arms.
"Here ya go try this" I looked up as Captain Hook entered our room and handed me a glass.
"What is it?" I asked still feeling like I was dying, the ship was anchored at the moment but it was still swaying.
"Ginger Ale with a mint leaf, it'll settle any stomach bug" I sighed and took a sip but frowned when it just mixed with the taste of my morning throw up.
"Maybe we should stop by Auradon City and see a doctor, she could have caught something in the Summerland's like a disease-"
"Son calm down, I'm sure she's just got the flu it was hot in the Summerland's and down here it's cooler which can bring on a flu" I smiled a little since if anyone was able to calm Harry down it was his father. "We're headed into Seaside, we'll get some medicine" I nodded when he looked at me then left leaving me alone with Harry and he sighed coming over and knelt in front of me placing his hand on my forehead.
"At least ye don't have a fever"
"Harry I'm fine, like your Dad said it's most likely the flu" he frowned so I grabbed his hand and rubbed my fingers over his knuckles smiling when I saw the ring on his finger. "You should go up, help out"
"No, I'll stay here and take care of ye" I smiled a little.
"Harry trust me you don't want to catch what I have, I'll be fine and if I need anything I can always call for you, your only above my head"
"Liza-"
"Harry I'll most likely kill you if you stay, I'm just gonna take a nap and you ought to help out since we'll get to Seaside faster" he let out a heavy sigh.
"Alright fine but I'll be checking on you"
"I know" I replied and he kissed my forehead before leaving the room and I got up heading over to our bed and laid down letting myself drift off.
It was nearly 6 hours later were we finally pulling into Seaside harbor and docking the ship, I felt a little better now but still felt a little queasy every time the ship pitched and swayed a little too much but made my way up having gotten at least 5 hours of sleep which I guess was why I felt a little better and found Uma.
"Hey, you feeling like crap still?" she asked and I shrugged.
"It comes and goes but with the ship still it's better" I replied and she looked at me.
"You never get sea-sick" she suggested and I just shrugged again.
"I think I caught the flu from the temperature change"
"You've been home two weeks now, if it was the flu I reckon you'd have got it a lot sooner" she argued and I frowned confused on what she was getting at especially when she looked around then leant closer towards me. "When was your last...you know?" she asked and I frowned before I realized what she was getting at and I opened my mouth to reply but came up short as I tried to remember the date.
"Uh...I don't know, I can't remember" she rolled her eyes.
"What do you mean you can't remember?"
"I mean...there not exactly always regular, I've always had off cycles"
"Have you had it since the honeymoon?" she asked and I shook my head since I definitely could remember the last two weeks. "What about on the honeymoon?"
"No definitely not"
"That's over 4 weeks Liz"
"No" I shook my head since that wasn't right. "It can't have been"
"Do you and Harry even use protection?" she asked and my eyes widened since this conversation was just getting worse.
"Not...not always" I replied honestly.
"Liz!" she exclaimed and I hung my head.
"It's not always planned Uma especially on the honeymoon and you don't just carry that stuff around with you everywhere" I argued before I cursed. "This can't be happening right now"
"I think we need to find out" she suggested and I nodded my head.
"Find out what?" we both jumped and turned to see Harriet.
"Nothing" I replied quickly since the last thing I needed was for everyone to know and it getting back to Harry before I found out.
"Well that was fast, what are you two up to?" she asked and I frowned struggling to come up with something.
"A surprise for Harry" Uma replied and I turned to her. "We're planning a surprise...uh date" I rolled my eyes but turned back to Harriet and nodded just going with that.
"Okay well Harry was looking for you, said something about going into town for some medicine"
"Tell him I took her" Uma replied and she gave us a suspicious look. "Cause we have to get some stuff for the dinner"
"Okay" she nodded then left and Uma and I quickly took that opportunity to leave the ship rushing into the closest pharmacy to the docks and I walked in feeling extremely awkward as we followed the signs to where the tests were frowning when I noticed there was so many different ones. "Uh...these can't all be for-"
"God don't even say the word right now Uma" I cut her off then looked around to see if we were being watched by anyone. "Lets just grab one and go"
"But they all do something different otherwise there wouldn't be this many" she argued and I frowned watching her study each box. "This one says early detection"
"Great that'll do now lets go before someone sees us" I grabbed the box and grabbed her hand heading for the counter putting it down trying to avoid eye contact with the lady working.
"First time?" she asked making me look up and all I could do was nod as she rung it up and I handed over the money quickly. "Good luck" she smiled politely but I didn't want the luck, I grabbed the paper bag and we headed out going back to the ship and tried to slip downstairs without being spotted.
"Liza" I froze at the sound of his voice and hid the bag behind my back. "Are ye okay?"
"Yeah I'm much better" I nodded trying my best to appear normal.
"Did you get the medicine?" he asks and I quickly nodded my head.
"Yeah I'll take some now but it'll make me drowsy so I was gonna go down and take another nap, help myself get over it quickly"
"I'll lay down with ye"
"No!" I exclaimed and his eyes widened in surprise. "I mean...I don't want to get you sick remember, I'll be fine and you need to help unload the supplies" I started backing up to the stairs where Uma had luckily already disappeared before he'd spotted me.
"Ye sure yer okay, yeh acting weird"
"I'm just tired and the ships swaying so it's making me a little queasy still" he frowned and I worried that he wasn't buying my act at all.
"Okay, get some rest and I'll be down soon to check on yer" I nodded forcing a smile on my face as I turned keeping the bag mostly out of sight as I headed down into Uma's room and she smirked.
"Thanks for the help Uma"
"You're a terrible liar by the way"
"Harry bought it" I retaliated.
"Don't bet on it" I jumped turning around finding Harry behind me with his arms crossed looking downright pissed and I didn't blame him when I'd just lied to his face. "What's really going on?" I turned to Uma.
"Oh no girl this is all yours" she quickly said and practically fled the room so I glared at her exit since some friend she was.
"I don't know what you mean?" I replied cursing myself since stop digging your own hole Lizzie.
"Liza I'm not kidding around anymore, what's wrong with yer?" he asked narrowing his eyes and I sighed since I couldn't lie to him anymore.
"Just don't get mad...or I guess madder" I replied reaching into the bag and pulled out the test handing it to him and he looked down at it for a second before back up at me.
"Yer...yer serious?" he asked and I shrugged.
"I don't know but Uma was pretty sure which is why we went and got the test" I replied and he fell silent looking back down at the box in his hand. "I'm sorry I know we've never talked about this-"
"Why are ye apologizing?" he asked and I looked up seeing him smiling towards me.
"I just...thought you'd blame me, we only just got married and now I'm possibly pregnant-"
"I'll admit it's quick but I couldn't blame ye without blaming meself since I'm the one that's supposed to...cover up" he replied and I blushed since all this was still so awkward for me to talk about even with Harry. "We both chose not to keep up with protection Liza and if ye are then we'll figure it out" he pulled me close and I sighed resting my head on his chest.
"I'm scared Harry" I admitted after a couple seconds.
"Me too" he nodded pulling back a little. "But were in this together and no more lying okay"
"Okay" I nodded my head with a smile before laying my head back against his chest comforted with his arms around me like always.
"So do ye...have to pee yet?" he asked and I laughed at his excited impatience.
"Maybe a little" I shrugged then took a deep breath taking his hand and we walked to the bathroom.
"I'll wait out here, ye don't need the stress of me hovering" he said and I smiled at him before I leant up and kissed him quickly.
"I love you Harry"
"I love ye" he replied then kissed me again and this time it was more deeper and emotion filled before we parted and I headed into the bathroom taking the test out of the packet and did it quickly just to get it over with then sat it face down on the sink before I opened the door and pulled Harry in.
"We're finding out together" I told him when he gave me a confused look before it turned into a smile and he put his arm around me while we anxiously waited for the time to pass and 5 minutes seemed to take forever as we watched his pocket watch tick by.
"5 minutes are up, you ready for this?" he asked and I sighed.
"Not really" I admitted looking at him.
"Me neither" he smiled before I reached for the test sucking in a deep breath before I turned it over...
A/N: SORRY ABOUT THE CLIFFHANGER AND FOR PACKING SO MUCH INTO THIS ONE CHAPTER I HOPE IT WASN'T CONFUSING BUT I DECIDED TO FINISH THIS SERIES WITH FIFTY CHAPTERS SO THE NEXT ONE WILL BE THE LAST...THE EPILOGUE AND I'M SAD TO BE AT THE END BUT ALSO GRATEFUL SINCE I HAVE LOVED WRITING THIS STORY BUT ALL GOOD THINGS MUST END SO KEEP AN EYE OUT FOR THE EPILOGUE COMING IN THE NEXT FEW DAYS!
