Disclaimer in Chapter One...
THE NEXT DAY...
Elizabeth sat on the stairs leading to the helm her mind in deep
thought. Jack walks over and sits down next to her.
"My tremendous intuitive sense of the female creature informs me
that you are troubled." he said with a slight slur.
"I just thought I'd be married by now. I'm so ready to be married. "
She replied.
Jack looks at her and offers her a bottle of rum which she just looks at.
"You know... Lizzy... I am... captain of a ship. And being
captain of a ship, I could in fact perform a... marriage.
Right here. Right on this deck. Right... now! "
Elizabeth's heart skipped a beat and she looked up at him...
'Did he just ...he did...he just purposed..."she
thought to herself.
She smirked and said,"Tell me Jack...Are you just offering to
get me in your bed?"
The look on his face was her answer. She stood up and walked
toward the rail of the ship Jack following her. She looked over
at him, "Jack, do you remember when we were on that island
together?"
"Course luv, how could I forget..."she smiled softly..."...you
blew up all the rum. Not a good thing." her smile faded slightly,
but then she got an evil smirk and he looked around to find
Gibbs to make sure he hid the rum.
"That's not what I meant...You drink way too much rum."
she said coyly.
"No such thing as too much rum...wait?...what are you talking
about?"
She giggled softly at the confused look on his face and headed
towards her cabin.
"Women!"..Jack thought to himself. 'Confusing..the whole lot of 'em.'
He shook his head and went up to take the helm to clear his head.
As he stood at the wheel he remembered him and Lizzy singing and
dancing around the fire...he smiled to himself.
A FEW HOURS LATER
Jack still stood at the helm, held the wheel in one hand and a bottle
of rum Gibbs had brought him in the other..his mind was clear and
he was relaxed.
'Nothing could ruin this moment. The smell of the sea. The wind in
my hair...absolutely perfect...nothing could..." a scream pulled him
out of his thoughts and it only took him a second to realize where it
came from...
"Elizabeth!"
She was still giggling as she shut the door to the cabin. But as soon
as she shut the door she stopped, 'He really doesn't remeber...'
She walked over to the desk and pour some water from a pitcher
into the basin and splashed some water on her face.
She gasped at a sharp pain in her side then shook it off. She went to
take a drink of water from the pitcher when another sharper pain
hit her. The pain became intense and she grabbed her stomach...she
looked down when she felt a wetness in her pubic region and put her
hand on her pants and pulled it back.
She screamed and fainted when she seen the blood on her hand.
Jack and Gibbs bot burst through the door to find Elizabeth unconcious
on the floor. Jack went to kneel beside her but was stopped by Gibbs.
He pointed to the ground around Elizabeth's lower body where blood
was beginning to pool slightly."We need to have her look'd at. It may
be normal for women ta bleed but not like that..." Jack looked at Gibbs
and nodded. He then picked her up and set her on the bed.
"Go take the helm from Merrick...and make for the nearest port..."
Gibbs wasted no time he walked out of the room and shut the door.
Elizabeth gasped as she woke. She sat up and as she looked around
she realized she wasn't in her cabin. She wasn't even in Jack's.
She turned quickly when the door opened and a woman walked in.
"Ah, deary, we were 'oping ye'd wake soon."
"Where am I? What happened?"
" You are in Port Hanan...As for what 'appened...Dear...did ye
know ye were with child?"
"I had figured when I missed my monthly...why?"
"Does yer 'usband know?"
"My husband?"
"Aye...the man who brought ye in...'e told us 'e was yer 'usband."
"Oh, yeah he is my husband. And no he doesn't. I was waiting to tell him.
What does this have to do with..."
"My dear I am sorry ta have ta tell ye...ye lost the baby..."
Elizabeth inhaled deeply as tears started to form in her eyes. ' I lost
the baby...oh, god...' She looked up at the nurse who shook her head.
"I 'aven't told 'im...but 'e is waitin to see ye...do ya want me ta send 'im in?"
Elizabeth nodded her head slightly and laid back on the bed.
Jack paced back and forth in the hall...that was all he had done
since the doctors and nurses had taken Elizabeth into the room.
It was dark when they arrived and now it was dawn.
He looked up as one of the nurses walked up to him.
"She's 'wake...ye can go in an' see 'er."
Jack was already to her room door before she finished speaking.
He shut it behind him and looked over at Elizabeth lying on the bed
facing away from him he moved a few steps towards her but stopped
when her voice spoke suddenly.
"You told them you were my husband?"
"Yea...I uh...I did...otherwise they wouldn't have told us anythin."
" Thank you... "
" It was no problem...What happened? You scared us all. I even
think Gibbs wet himself. "
Elizabeth giggled slightly at that. But then realized that now she
had to tell him the truth. She looked up at him and swallowed.
She took a deep breath and began to tell him all that had happened
between the two of them on the island.