"Not All Treasure is Silver and Gold"

Chapter 6

Jack was going crazy. All the babies did was cry. Okay, when they weren't crying they were screaming. No wonder Will and Lizzie looked so awful.

The young couple took full advantage of Dani and Jack being there. Elizabeth got up to feed the children, electing not to hire a wet nurse. She'd thank Dani and go back to bed, happy to have someone else there who was capable of kids.

Dani was glad to help poor Elizabeth and Will, but was starting to feel run down herself. After all, she was pregnant, but only she and Jack knew that.

A week of this and Elizabeth finally got up from bed. She felt refreshed and well again. She walked to the nursery after getting cleaned up and dressed. She found Dani asleep with baby Jack on her chest.

Elizabeth walked over and carefully removed the child from her arms. Dani's eyes opened quickly.

"I'm so sorry, Danielle. I shouldn't have made you look after them," Elizabeth said as she placed baby Jack into the basinet.

"Oh no. It's fine," she said, sitting up. But she must have sat up too fast because she suddenly became very nauseous. She ran out of the room.

Elizabeth caught up with her a while later downstairs and questioned her.

"What's going on, Danielle? Are you all right?"

"Fine, fine," Dani smiled. She smoothed her skirts and adjusted her hair.

"Something is wrong. I can tell."

"Nothing is wrong," Dani said as her head started to swim. She fainted and hit the cold marble floor.

Elizabeth screamed and both Jack and Will came running. They thought it had come from the nursery but found nothing but sleeping babies. But the time they found the women downstairs, Dani was sitting up and being fanned by Elizabeth.

"What the bloody hell is going on?" Jack said, kneeling down to look at Dani. "Did she hit you?"

"She fainted," Elizabeth hissed.

"Well, obviously. I was kidding," Jack said back. "Are you all right, love? Any pain at all?"

"No, I'm fine," she said, looking into his eyes.

"Will," Elizabeth whispered. "Something is going on and she won't tell me."

"Maybe it's private," Will said back to her.

The sound of a baby crying caught all of their attentions then and Elizabeth started up the stairs with Will at her heels.

"Are you really all right?" Jack asked as he helped her to her feet.

"I was just dizzy. I'm fine now."

"Well, you should probably have a lie down, for good measure. I need to talk to you, but later."

"I can talk now, Jack," Dani said as he took her arm to escort her up the stairs.

"Well, I think it would be best, from now on, that you stay here. In Port Royal. Maybe even with the governor, Elizabeth, and Will."

"What? Why?"

"Because it isn't safe for you on the ship anymore."

They reached "their" room and started shouting.

"What do you mean 'not safe anymore'?" she shouted in his face.

"What if some…complication…arises? Dani, you've lost one child already, I couldn't live with myself if I didn't do everything I could do to protect you and our child."

"Jack Sparrow, I am not happy on land, especially without you. If you think for one second that you are going to leave me behind to take care of our baby alone while you go gallivanting around the Caribbean and God's knows where else, you are sorely mistaken!" She yelled before slamming the door in his face.

"What was that about?" Will asked, coming from the other side of the home.

"Oh, just one of our wonderful husband-wife rows. She'll be fine now. It was just a minor disagreement," he said, trying the door and finding that it was locked.

"Fine, huh?" Will laughed.

"Danielle Marie Sparrow!" he shouted. "If you do not let me in, I am going to tell Will your secret!"

The silence was met by the sound of the lock clicking back and the door creaking open a bit.

He turned to Will before he entered the room, "She's pregnant."

He entered the room and shut the door behind him. Will stood outside and listened to them shout some more.

"You told him anyway!" Will heard her shout.

"Pirate," Jack said calmly back.

Will smiled and walked away to help Elizabeth. He was going to have to keep this from Elizabeth.

In Dani and Jack's room, Dani was throwing things at Jack. Pillows, blankets, even a candelabra flew at Jack's head; all of which he just barely ducked.

"Calm down, Danielle."

"Jack, I am so mad at you right now that I can't stand to be in the same room. Please, leave," she said as tears started to stream down her face.

Jack started to walk towards her but she backed away. "Don't touch me," she sobbed.

Jack somberly nodded and let himself back out the door he had just entered. It was going to take something great and brilliant to get himself out of this one.

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A/N: That was chapter 6. I hope you all like. Chapter 7 won't be up until Wednesday. I have to open and close at work tomorrow, so if I get it written and I'm not too exhausted, maybe it'll be up very late tomorrow night. As always, please review. I'm a little disappointed by the lack of reviews for chapter 5. I need some more interest in Jack and Dani for me to keep writing. The person who does the reading and reviewing will be given a drink by the person who did the writing.