A pirates story inspired by PS I love you. I own nothing to do with either of these films.

Willabeth story obviously

BOLD dreams

Italics memories and or thoughts

BOLD italics letters

Edward paced up and down the deck waiting for Will to emerge from his quarters. He was to leave soon, Will was very insistent on that, and he was under strict orders of to where he should go. True it was to deliver the letter to Elizabeth, but why was it so important that he delivered it by hand and introduced himself? Clearly, Will knew something he did not. A wave of realisation hit him; did Will intend to set him and Elizabeth up? It hurt him that he left Elizabeth alone, and it did seem something Will would do, Bill was always talking about how selfless Will was.

Will finally emerged from his quarters a small but sad smile on his face, a thick letter in his hand, he opened his mouth to speak but Edward spoke first

"Will, I can not be with your wife, she loves you too much, I'm afraid I can not do it, no matter how beautiful and kind she may be, it would not be right, specially as my heart has already been taken away"

Will laughed "No, Edward, that was not what I was planning at all; all I want is for you to deliver a message to Elizabeth, that's all, you'll know what to do from there"

Edward smiled "What do you mean by that?" he asked "You continue to say that, what is that you know"

"You've been to Aurum before have you not?" Edward nodded "You know the type of people who are there; therefore you will know what to do"

"Carry on with my old way of life? Being a pirate, that's all I really know" Edward sounded sad, wistful, his head told him that his sweetheart had moved on, but his heart told him never to give up "It's going to be weird being mortal again" he said "I've been so used to being here"

Will bit his lip "You'll get used to life back on the other side, I bet you'll get used to it really quickly" It hurt Will to lose his best friend, but Edward had a chance of happiness, and Will did want his best friend to lose that chance "Keep an eye on Elizabeth will you?" he asked "And make sure Liam does not get into too much trouble" he put the letter into Edward's hands "Keep it safe" he seemed to struggle with his words for a moment, he feared everything he wanted to say was in danger of coming out in a big muddle "Tell Elizabeth how much I love her, and tell that to Liam too, that I think of them always, and how much I miss them, can you do that?" there was a desperate look in his eyes, which made it impossible, even if Edward wanted to, to refuse

Edward smiled "I'll try"

"Remember, hand it to her by person, do not take any chances" Edward nodded "On your way then Master Baylor, you will find your self near Aurum shortly, your boat is just getting lowered now"

Struggling to find something to say to the man who saved his life and had been his best friend he was silent fro a while he walked to the edge and was just about to climb over before he paused "Thank you, Will, thank you for the second chance" Not waiting for a reply he climbed down and sat in the small boat and, feeling rather foolish, started to paddle against the other small boats that were travelling the other direction before he knew it the Flying Dutchman was almost a small speck on the horizon. He stared at it for a while not noticing the huge wave that passed over him, knocking the boat upside down and leaving Edward clinging on to it while underwater, he was struggling trying to turn the boat the other way as the sun set and sent forward a brilliant green flash, the boat seemed to be falling deeper under the water but also towards what looked like another surface, in a matter of second Edward broke through, coughing up a lot of salt water he felt relief come over him; he had arrived back in the mortal world.

Unbeknownst to Edward Will was watching him a face that seemed to be a mixture of emotions, he was only aware of his fathers figure next to him when Edward had disappeared and his father finally having decided to speak

"Another hard choice well made, your mother would be proud"

Will smiled sadly at his father "I have hope; it seems only fair that he should have some too; what I did was nothing; any decent human being would have done it"

Bill felt annoyance for his son, he really underrated himself, he could not see any of his good qualities sometimes, particularly when he was thinking over Elizabeth and having one of his dark days, where he refused to do anything apart from sit in the crows nest, saying nothing, but blaming himself for ruining the life of the one he loved most. It pained Bill to see his son like this, but there was nothing he could do.

Once Edward had regained composure, and retrieved his hat from the water beside him, he checked on the letter, not opening it he felt, with surprise, that it was completely dry, unlike him who was soaked. Grateful to the hot Caribbean sun that was rising he rowed towards the large island near him; he was tired the process was slow, Edward could not help but think on Will and Bootstrap as he called him, as he travelled towards the island, how they seemed to know something he did not, also even though he knew he would see them again, he would miss them, they were the greatest friends he ever knew, and how they all seemed to be bound by a tragedy; the loss of someone they loved, even if it was only temporary.

By the time Edward was halfway his clothes had dried and he felt warmer, he judged, by the position of the sun, when he got there, that it was around ten o'clock. Tired from his journey he sat on the beach for a while until his energy came back, he felt relaxed and ignored his stomach rumbling as he felt the warm sun on his face and he smiled. He supposed he should check whether he had arrived on Aurum, or if it was one of the other islands he had visited in his lifetime.

Standing up he resolved to find out, he pulled the small boat onto the sand and walked away, resolving to barter a passage to somewhere if the distance was too large. He walked wide eyed around the town, searching for a familiar face, or a friendly one, but they all seemed busy, a don't bother me right now look on their faces.

the more he walked the more he realised that he was hungry, it had been a while since he was properly mortal, and the hunger was impossible to ignore and he was starting to feel weak, he sat down on a barrel wearily, his eyes half closed as he tried to think of what to do he had to find Elizabeth, he had to it was the one small thing he could do for his greatest friend. When he opened them he saw a beautiful woman glancing at him warily a concerned look in her beautiful brown eyes "Are you alright, sir?" she asked as his stomach gave a loud grumble; she laughed lightly "You sound hungry" she rummaged in her pocket and passed him a few coins "That will buy you a nice meal" slightly too light headed to comprehend the situation, Edward murmured a thank you as the woman was leaving and walked to the nearest restaurant.

"What can I get you?" a heavily made up waitress asked him as he sat down at an empty table.

Edward passed her a few coins "Whatever that can get me thank you" he replied managing a small smile at her

Quarter of an hour later his food came, it was piled with many things that Edward could only vaguely remember, some of the food was things he only had dreamt of eating, Edward smiled and nodded at the girl and ate it with enthusiasm and due to this he finished quickly, luckily not forgetting any manners. He stood up and said another thank you, wishing he could give a little extra money.

"Excuse me" he said to the girl "May you be so kind as to tell me where Elizabeth Turner lives?"

The girl smiled "You Will Turner?" she asked, not waiting for an answer she carried on "She talks about you all the time, she says your the most handsome man there ever was, sir, she really does, not to me, I jus' over hears their convo' see, but to her friend, I forge' her name though, Charlotte maybe, I don't know, but they are always 'ere, always with their little kids with them; little menaces they are, buts its so 'ard to get angry with them, specially as they are so cute. She's a lucky girl if you're 'er 'usband I must say. Mrs Turner was not wrong there" she giggled then stopped suddenly a thought suddenly occurring to her "Tell me is i' true, are you really the captain of the Flying Dutchman? Did you really kill Davey Jones with your bare hands? That's what's me boss says you did anyway."

Edward smiled "Where does she live?" he repeated "This is Aurum right?"

"Aye this be Aurum, Elizabeth Turner lives here. Just go straight down this road, turn left then follow that road for a while, you'll find yourself near some houses, walk past them all, then turn right, there are some slightly bigger houses there, with gardens, she lives on the one nearest the sea"

"Thank you" he said and turned to leave before walking into a tall man

"You were asking about Elizabeth Turner" he stated, more of a fact than a question, he was dressed in smart attire, which did not fit in with the surroundings, Edward glanced at these clothes before answering

"Yes" he replied as politely as possible, trying hard not to anger the man, he had learned in his years of being a pirate not to judge via impression, the scrawniest man could give a strong punch and on of the more muscled ones could be beaten easily

"I've known her for years" the man said sadly "I knew her since before Will Turner knew her" at this he gave him a suspicious glance "I know you are not him sir, so do not say you are"

"I was not going to, she merely assumed I was, if that was going to buy me an answer then that's what I'd go along with"

The man carried on as if Edward had not spoken "You know, she was a pretty thing when she was young, you could tell she would grow into a beautiful woman. Everybody knew that, they were all planning on asking for her hand when she came of age. Not me though, I wanted someone my own age, I did not care if she was rich; well, I felt that way before she grew up, I think all the Navy men were a little in love with her, her beauty combined with her fortune was irresistible, James and I were the only ones who did not care for her status or wealth. One thing that set James and I apart, I knew she did not love me, I knew she in fact loved Will Turner" a tear ran down the mans cheek "Look where that got her, he's now captain of the Flying Dutchman, and she's here alone waiting for the ten years to be up, so they can be together again!"

"I'm sorry sir, but do you still-"

"No, I care for her, but that's all, once I saw how happy she was when she and Will began courting, all my feelings for her disappeared." he sighed "Its hard to describe the relationship, I'm not in love with her, its kind of a mix between agape and storge" he said referring to some old Latin terms then had a drink of the bottle in his hand "James never stopped loving her, he loved her until the day he died, he finally got that kiss he had longed for his whole life. He died knowing that, though she never could return his love, at least she did not hate him anymore" he looked down for a while "It was not his fault, he made a mistake, his want for his old life back misplaced his judgement, he was killed by a man not in his right mind."

Edward looked confused and the man did not elaborate "Who are you?" he asked

"Groves, Theodore Groves"

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Katherine stuck her head through the door way of the kitchen to see how the children were getting on, she laughed, partially at herself for assuming that they'd carry on playing with the toys she gave them; Rosalind's doll was placed neatly on the chair, and the Whirligig Elizabeth had made was hanging off the candelabra, rather astounded as to how it got there Katherine left them to what they had moved onto which thankfully was not destructive. Seeming bored of their set games, they had somehow found the wooden animals on wheels Katherine had bought them for Christmas the previous year, Rosalind was playing with the tiger, while Liam had the elephant, it was a good gift, though not expensive they both loved them, and were currently racing them across the room, the polished floor making them go even faster.

Pretty soon it was lunchtime and Katherine persuaded them to stop racing the animals and to eat, though mischievous children, they were obedient and did so without a fuss, smiling at each other as they sat down and ate at the table Katherine could not help but suspect that they were planning something, deciding to leave it be she carried on eating the soup and bread in front of her, keeping a watchful eye on the other two, who were sitting and eating sensibly, albeit both of them had managed to achieve soup moustaches, Liam even managed to get a beard, although Katherine saw he had soup on his fingers as well. Noticing Katherine watching him; an amused smile on her face Liam beamed at her.

"Looky! Aunty Kathy" he said in his cute little voice, which could usually get him out of whatever scrape he got into "I am daddy!"

Katherine laughed, not knowing how to reply to that she got up off her seat and tousled his long hair "You're adorable you are" which made Rosalind glance up and blink at her, the soup running down her face as she did so, Katherine smiled and picked up her daughter "You two finished?" she asked, they both nodded enthusiastically, kissing her daughter on the cheek, carefully avoiding the soup, she put her down and watched as they both returned to the animals. She walked over to the candelabra and removed the whirligig and sat on the sofa. Elizabeth had decorated it with bright colours. She twirled the string until it would not twist anymore and then pulled it, she watched the disk spin around, the bright colours almost hypnotising, but it transfixed her. Her eyes were growing heavy; she put it down to not getting much sleep last night, she was missing Edward, her head had barely hit the cushion and her eyes had barely closed when she had woken up, to see Rosalind and Liam scurrying away from her, their soup gone away from their mouths.

As she was rushing around a few moments later she caught a glance of herself on the mirror and almost swore and laughed at the same time, on her face was drawn a very wonky moustache and beard, it did not take a genius to work out who it was, but she did not mind and she smiled as she washed it off hoping that troublesome twosome did not get up to anything more while she was occupied.

Edward mused on what Elizabeth would look like, and be like, the way Will had described her she seemed almost legendary, he continued thinking but they strayed to Katherine, what had happened the last time he was here, the last time he saw Katherine, the last time he was truly happy, as he walked down the roads going in the direction the girl told him to, his heart beating hard as he neared the first set of houses, this was it, he was going to meet the person who Will described as the most beautiful person in the world, what id he did fall in love with her, what would he do then? He mused on this as he walked past the bigger houses, towards the one nearest the sea and he stood outside there trying to knock on the door but he could not do so. A voice from inside made him jump.

"Liam! Oh my gosh; are you okay? That's what happens when you run with your eyes closed, silly, adorable boy" Edward smiled at the tone in the woman's, who he assumed to be Elizabeth's voice. The voice seemed to give him strength to knock on the door and he waited, letter in hand to pass it to Will's wife, mouth poised to introduce himself. the door swung open

"Hello," he began "I'm-" he saw the face that was staring at him, he knew those eyes, how could he forget those beautiful emerald orbs, or that shining black hair, or the way the cheeks were a delicate pink shade, it made her look so perfect that Edward could not forget it, not in a million lifetimes "Katherine?"

She stared at him, her whole body paused in shock as she gazed at the face she thought she would never see again, she was not even aware of Liam and Rosalind joining her, Liam with a red mark on his forehead, Rosalind with the bottom of her skirt torn Liam pirate hat set on a jaunted angle on her head, all she saw was Edward, her love. "Edward?"

A tug on her skirt brought her back to earth

"Mummy, who's that" Katherine looked down from Rosalind's face to Edward's "Who's that man?" she asked again, Rosalind then turned her pretty face, that was so like Katherine's towards Edward and smiled at him, feeling someway connected to him; she felt no fear as she looked into the stranger's face, unlike George, that big scary man who gave her nightmares sometimes.

"That's my husband" she smiled "That's my husband" and finally her body suddenly obeyed both her brain and heart and flung itself the few paces towards him, Edward catching her holding his wife tightly, fiercely, kissing her with every bit of passion and love he could muster and Katherine fully retuning it. She did not notice Liam and Rosalind crying "ewww" and covering their eyes and running around, or her best friend returning from work and leaving with the two children to give her some privacy, all she saw was Edward, and that was she could think of.

A bit later, after Katherine returned from the long walk with Edward leaving Liam and Rosalind in the care of Elizabeth, Katherine saw their three figures in the near distance looking out to sea; she knew she would soon have to tell him about Rosalind, and risk losing him again, but they would not live a lie, besides, to Katherine, Rosalind was Edward's daughter anyway, some magic seemed to have happened there, just like the kind that brought him back to her. She would always be grateful to Will, he had given her hope when she had none, those seemingly endless, senseless dreams had not gone to waste, she was with her true love again, just like Elizabeth would be in a few years, and no-one deserved it more than those two; Will's selfless act proved that. Pretty soon Elizabeth would bring Rosalind over to Katherine and Edward, and they would move into the empty house opposite ready to start the first day of the rest of their lives.

A huge thank you to all my reviewers

A special thanks to Bea who helped me out when I got stuck