Lizzie's POV
There was days in the past six years that I would wake up and expect everything to have been a dream, a wonderful and impossible dream but then I remember to list off the things that seemed impossible and count them in my head before I opened my eyes and was greeted with the shining sun filtering through the windows of Harry and I's cabin and listened to the waves crashing against the side of ship and could never not smile knowing that it hadn't been a dream and today wasn't any different as I laid in bed completing my ritual before I stood seeing as Harry was already awake as usual with his early riser tendencies.
I finally got up and made my way to the wardrobe pulling out some clothes heading to the bathroom where I showered and changed clothes and fixed my hair so it was pinned back out of my face before I placed my old pirate hat atop my head and slipped my boots on then made my way up onto the deck of the ship smiling when I spotted Uma at the helm.
"Hey girl, see your finally awake" she smiled at me as I headed up to the upper deck and that's when I spotted the little angel standing in front of her hands on the wheel, a little pirates hat on top of her light brown hair and she turned her brilliant ocean blue eyes towards me.
"Mommy!" she slipped out from in front of Uma and ran towards me with her little wooden sword bounding on the side of her hip and I smiled wrapping my arms around her.
"Hi baby girl" I hugged and kissed her cheek good morning. "Aunt Uma teaching you how to steer?" I asked her.
"Yes, I can almost do it all by myself now" she smiled as I set her back down.
"I wouldn't expect anything less, you are the co-captains daughter" I smiled at her looking back at Uma as we smiled at each other, four years ago we finally achieved our dream in saving up for a ship of our own, the partner ship in the Hook family business meaning business had doubled in our trading company and we had appropriately named the beauty the 'Lost Revenge II' since it just felt right with Uma and I returning to a Co-Captaincy leadership with our old crew members following us over from the Jolly Rodger which Captain Hook and Harriet still ran.
Isobel Hook was born five years ago when Harry and I had been married for nearly a year when we had actually decided to try for a baby, the scare we had 2 weeks after our honeymoon had come negative thank god since neither of us had been ready then and I was relieved because when we finally had decided to try I knew that meant we were ready and it took us only 2 months before I had fallen pregnant with Izzy and she was the best thing we ever did.
"Where's your father?" I questioned my daughter.
"Crow's nest" both Izzy and Uma replied and I looked up seeing Harry standing in the crows nest and smiled.
"I'm surprised your not with him Izzy" she usually loved to follow Harry around the ship.
"That's not a captain job, mommy" she replied making me laugh, she was such a sassy pants sometimes.
"You're spending to much time with your Aunt" Uma looked up.
"That's because I'm awesome, isn't that right Iz?"
"Right" I scoffed shaking my head at my best friend before I headed for the mast.
"Liz, you know your not supposed to climb" Uma warned me but I ignored her rolling my eyes and started climbing up the pegs since the ship wasn't going that fast.
"Hey you" Harry turned lowering his spyglass.
"Liza" he sighed coming over and helped me into the crows nest. "You know-"
"Yeah I know but I thought you'd be lonely up here by yourself given our daughters currently miss sassy steering the ship with Uma instead of being your mini me" he chuckled as I grabbed his spyglass and put it to my eye looking out at the horizon checking our surroundings for any rocks or shallow reefs but it was all clear.
"Yeah I've had the brunt of it all morning as soon as Uma offered to teach her how to steer" he laughed before wrapping his arms around me from behind.
"Well she does have your stubbornness" I snickered turning my head so that I could see him.
"I think yer mean yeh stubbornness princess" he argued making me laugh as I leaned back against him.
"She's still the best thing we ever decided to do"
"Well I can think of one other" he smiled and I smiled back at him when his hands fell to my stomach and caressed the bump of my four month pregnant stomach.
"Well we didn't really plan this one" I argued placing my hands over his.
"We decided to have sex, did we not?" he asked and I rolled my eyes.
"That doesn't count when we do it anyway" I laughed laying my head back against his shoulder and he leaned his chin on my shoulder.
"Alright another best thing we ever decided was to fall in love, without yer none of this would have ever happened to me"
"I can agree with that one" I smiled turning my head to kiss his cheek before we settled to watching the horizon together with him rubbing soft circles on my bump. "You know I was thinking about baby names and now that we know it's a boy and I really like the name Haiden"
"Haiden?" he asked testing the name on his tongue. "What happened to so set on using your initial?"
"With girls" I smiled at him remembering our many arguments over Isobel's name since he'd liked the name Holly but I had liked the idea of naming her with something that started with an 'I' like my name since it had been sort of a tradition on the Isle of the Lost and despite everything that was our roots and I wanted our children to know them and it's traditions. "Boys get your initial"
"I like Haiden" he nodded smiling at me before he pulled me into a kiss and I melted into it turning so I could wrap my arms around his neck and his moved around my waist again pulling me as close to him as my bump would allow.
"Ew gross" we pulled apart at the sound of the tiny voice and looked down seeing Isobel climbing up and trying to cover her eyes while hanging onto the pegs which made us laugh before Harry went over and helped her up.
"Did you climb up here all by yerself?" he asked her and she smiled nodding her head with a proud smirk on her face which reminded me so much of Harry. "Yer could've hurt yerself princess-"
"I'm not a princess daddy" she argued cutting him off and I chuckled since yet she was like me, a mix of me and Harry in one perfect little girl.
"Yer definitely yeh mothers daughter" Harry smiled shaking his head as he picked her up sitting her on the banister with Harry and I on either side while she laughed and dangled her legs over the side and I noticed Harry had a good hold of her waist so she wouldn't fall letting me relax as I leaned on it beside them.
"Will the baby be able to swordplay with me?" Isobel asked pulling out her wooden sword, she'd of course wanted a real one and Harry had even tried to give her one but I put my foot down and said hell no, at least not until she's old enough to have one and so he'd gotten her a wooden one but I knew he let her play with his when he thought I wasn't looking and his damn hook was even worse as she was obsessed with it and always asked to carry it, which always had me muttering that she was definitely a Hook.
"Not for a few years at least Isobel" I smiled at her since she was enthusiastic about the baby and was excited when we told her I was pregnant to have a sibling but less so when a few days ago we told her it was a boy since she'd wanted a sister and had practically thrown a tantrum until Harriet had calmed her down remaindering her of when Harry was born and how she'd been upset to but how she still grew to love her little brother and after that she's been excited about the baby again.
"I'll teach him" she smiled and pat my stomach.
"I'm sure ye will my little pirate" Harry smirked and fixed her tiny pirate hat on her head that used to be CJ's when she was Isobel's age and had been a present from her Aunt CJ.
"We're gonna call the baby Haiden, Izzy, what do you think of that name?" I asked and saw her face scrunch up as she deliberated with herself.
"I like it" she smiled which made me smile. "I'm your big sister Haiden and I'll teach yer how to fight with a sword like daddy shows me, I'll teach ye how to steer the ship too after Aunty Uma teaches me fully, I'll be yer captain and you're my first mate little brother" Harry and I turned to each other with huge smiles as she talked to my bump and with everything she said especially the last part since it reminded us so much of ourselves and for the fact she'd demanded herself captain.
"I'm sure ye will and he'll love to be taught by yer Izzy" Harry hugged her and I leaned my head on his shoulder just enjoying the family moment as we overlooked the ocean ahead since life was only getting better and we truly have found our small piece of happily ever after finally and we'll continue to ride with the tide that was our lives together as a family.
A/N: This is it, this is finally the end of Lizzie's story and her happily ever after and just want to say a huge thank you to everyone who favorited, followed and of course reviewed.
You all helped me gain even more confidence as a writer and inspired me to create even more than I'd ever imagined when I first began this story so again thank you and please if you liked this story don't hesitate to check out my others, they may not be descendants but I hope they are just as good as this one and you like the stories just as much as I hope you all liked this one.
- Gem1607
