I must have seriously sucked on my last chapter because hardly anyone has reviewed. I need to know if I should continue on my story. I'm starting to get fed up with no one caring.
Please read, enjoy, and review.Jack and Dani's baby girl was born very early in the morning. Jack was surprised that Dani hadn't woken the whole town with her screams. He had no idea she could be that loud.
She was a beautiful little girl with her parent's dark hair and Jack's dark eyes. But she definitely had her mother's looks. She had the pale skin of her mother and it became Jack's immediate intention to protect every inch of it.
Jack couldn't take his eyes off of her. She was mesmerizing, just like her mother. And on top of all her other attributes, she was almost as loud as Dani as well.
Dani recovered a while later and joined her husband at the side of the basinet.
"What should we name her?" Jack whispered.
"I don't know," Dani said back as she watched the baby yawn.
"Well, at least we can't feel guilty for not naming her Marvin," Jack laughed.
"True."
"It should be something strong, bold, and beautiful. Something like…" Jack was cut off by Dani.
"Rosemary," Dani told him. "I was once told it means 'dew of the sea'."
"I like it," Jack said as he looked at his daughter. His daughter. He was a father now. Suddenly it hit him. He had to be responsible from now on.
Jack had to leave the room. It was too much. He walked out of his "cabin" and hid downstairs in the kitchen, nursing a bottle of rum. He had a very long time to think about this and work it all out, but now it was a real situation and he was lost.
Jack Sparrow, the captain who had been through everything, didn't know how to be a father and that bothered him greatly. No, it didn't bother him; Jack was angry that he didn't know what to do. This frustrated him greatly because he prided himself on knowing everything, or at least, pretending to know everything.
It wasn't long before all of their friends wanted to see the baby and Jack had to come out of hiding to answer the door.
Will and Elizabeth were Rosemary's first visitors and Dani made it very clear that she was unhappy about it. But she still let Will and Liz see her since they had made the trip from their house.
Dani knew she was cuter than Elizabeth's kids, but she kept her mouth shut about it. Although it wasn't completely her own doing; Jack kept motioning to his gun when she started to open her mouth.
Then Rosemary started crying and Jack was the first to reach for her. He carefully picked her up, with his clean hands, and started to rock her back to sleep.
Will, Dani and especially Elizabeth stared at Jack in amazement. Who knew he had it in him?
"We ought to be getting back to our children; it's about time for supper," Will said as he took Elizabeth's arm.
"I'll walk you out," Dani said, looking back at Jack holding their child.
At the door, Elizabeth turned to Dani and apologized.
"Danielle, I was once again wrong about Jack. He seems to be a good father. I hope he doesn't prove my new assessment wrong. I am very sorry about what I said," Elizabeth said quickly.
"Thank you, Elizabeth, that means a lot," Dani answered her. "Would you like to come to supper tomorrow night?"
"Are you cooking?" Will laughed.
"I have been practicing. And I'm pretty good at it now. Especially now that I can reach the pot," Dani told him matter-of-factly.
"Sure, we'll call 'round about seven if that's all right?" Elizabeth smiled. She was happy to have her friend back.
"Sure, sure," Dani smiled back.
"Dani! Something smells funny!" Jack called from the top of the stairs.
"I should probably go check on him," she said to her guests.
She kissed both Will and Elizabeth on the cheek before they stepped out the door and she bolted it behind them.
Then she climbed the stairs to find Jack looking at the child wondering what could possibly be wrong with her.
"Suddenly she smelled funny. I don't know what I did," Jack said, scared of what he could possibly have broken. She was awfully small. Maybe he held her too tight?
"Jack, you didn't do anything. She just needs to be changed," Dani answered her husband, who was looking very frightened indeed.
"Changed? Into what?" Jack asked.
"Her undergarments need to be changed. She is a baby and cannot go like you and I do."
"I will never understand children," Jack muttered as he watched his wife.
"You didn't do this with baby Jack or Marie?"
"No, you were always there. But I intend to learn," Jack said, watching from behind her shoulder.
She showed him what to do and he only made about three faces in the process, it had to be a record. So, as soon as their dear daughter fell back asleep, Dani and Jack were having a celebratory drink downstairs in the kitchen.
"Here's to us, who have conquered the seas, the Royal Navy, and…" Jack started.
"Parenthood," Dani finished. "I feel very lucky that I have known you, Jack Sparrow."
"I am lucky that I have known you, Danielle Sparrow, and I don't believe in luck," Jack said back to her.
"That just leaves one thing," Dani said to him.
"And what would that be?"
"The Fountain of Youth," she said back to him. "We need to find it."
"Give yourself some time," Jack said. "I saw where she came out of."
"I didn't mean now. I mean, we need to come up with a plan."
"Tomorrow, love, tomorrow," he said before kissing his wife and then dipping her.
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