James, Antoinette, Rayanna, Felicity, Cutler and I had just finished up a lovely dinner of pasta and roast beef, and were sitting in the front room, chatting. Felicity had just returned from visiting relatives that afternoon, and had received the surprise of having James home to greet her.

"So," I asked James and Antoinette, "What all happened while the pirates were attacking? Tell us everything!"

"Well, after James rescued Rayanna, Elizabeth, Mr. Sparrow and I from the island," Antoinette said, "Pirates attacked the ship. Rayanna and Elizabeth snuck off to Isle de Murta to help Jack and Will fight Barbossa, leaving James and I to fight the pirates that were trying to take over the Dauntless. And, while we were fighting, James proposed that we get married right then and there, because if we didn't do it, we might have never been able to."

The whole room was quiet. "So, you two are married now?!?" I asked, starting to sob. Cutler put an arm around my shoulder, and tried to comfort me.

"Why is she crying?" Felicity asked, not understanding what was going on.

"Well," I said, delicately wiping my eyes on my dress, "it's just that I always wanted to go to my best friend's and/or brother's wedding, so to hear that they eloped, it's just…"

"Oh, we didn't actually get married," James said. "We had Gillette marry us, but when I tried to have Antoinette that night, we decided that we wouldn't be able to enjoy ourselves unless we were properly married in front of all our friends and family."

"Really?" I asked, feeling better.

"Really," Antoinette said sincerely. "We're still having the wedding in April."

"Really? That's the same month that the twins are due!" I said.

"They'll probably come during the wedding," Cutler said, joking around. Everyone laughed.

"So what all happened with you two?" Antoinette asked Cutler and I.

"Well," Cutler started, "we, of course, found out that we were having twins, and held a ball to celebrate it."

I decided to butt-in. "But then, after about five months of marriage, Cutler and I got in our first big fight."

They all looked sympathetic. "Really? What about?" Rayanna asked.

"I had received a letter that I got really excited about while Cutler was at work," I said, feeling guilty about what I had done, "and so I jogged over to tell him, and the jogging caused me to go into false labor."

Everyone was shocked. "Are you all alright?" James asked, scared.

"Yes, yes, we're all fine," I said, taking Cutler's hand and holding it onto my stomach so I could have the comfort of feeling his touch.

"I had been pretty scared when it all happened," Cutler said, "and so when Heather got home from the doctor's office, I snapped at her, she yelled at me a little, we called each other names, and then she went off to stay the night with a friend."

I wanted to get past all the bad parts. "And so at Mr. Mercer's house, he and I talked for a little bit, I let him feel the twins kick, and then Cutler came by to talk to me about the argument. We both said that we were sorry, and then went home to, uh, apologized a little more," I said, squeezing Cutler's hand, remembering the night that we had had. I was about to go on to talk about what happened the morning after that, when Cutler interrupted me.

"If you would," He whispered and blushed, "don't mention that around other people besides us."

I giggled, and then nodded at him. One of the maids, Helen, came into the room.

"Desert is ready," She said as she curtsied.

"Thank you Helen," Cutler said. We all stood up, and started towards the dining room again. Cutler pulled my chair out for me, and then sat down himself, as James did with Antoinette and Rayanna. As I looked down and saw my sherbet and cake, I suddenly had a huge craving. I noticed Helen walking by, and I called her over.

"Helen," I asked, "Would you mind getting some cheese for us?"

"Right away, Lady Beckett," She said as she went into the kitchen. She came back in just about a minute, with a cheese wheel. I cut myself a small slice of it, dipped it into a little bit of frosting that had been on the cake, and took a bite of it. After I had swallowed it, I looked up at my friends and family, who were all looking at me like I was crazy.

"Do you guys want some?" I asked, ready to slice up some cheese for anyone who wanted any. But they all put forced smiles on their faces, and shook their heads. I shrugged, and went back to eating my cheese and frosting.

"So, James" Antoinette asked her fiancée, "what will happen to Jack Sparrow?"

James swallowed the bit of cake he had in his mouth, and said, "He is imprisoned, and will be given a short drop and a sudden stop next week."

I heard Rayanna's fork clank down on her plate as she heard what James said would happen to her lovely Jack in just a short while.

"I feel like taking a walk right now," Rayanna said, standing up and pushing her seat in. "I will be back later tonight." With that, she went outside, closing the door behind her. I started to go after her, only to be reined in by Cutler.

"She'll be alright," He said, patting me on the back gently as I sat back down. "Just give her some time to herself."

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