Chapter 20

Elizabeth eyes where closed, she could here the sound of the ocean; the waves colliding with the boat, the wind faintly blowing against the sails, the cold night air.

She could her Jacks voice, "Izzy, darling where are you?..."

Elizabeth knew this dream, she had had it many times before, but it was not a dream but instead a nightmare. A nightmare of so many years ago, right after Will left and she was on her way back on the Pearl.

"Elizabeth?" Jack's voice continued from far away.

She was thinking, I can't do this, not anymore. I can't wait ten years. I wont be able to leave without him. This is the only thing I can do and if I'm lucky it will lead me to him so that we can be together for eternity and if it doesn't… at least I'll be out of my misery.

Her eyes open, it's night. She looks down to see the waves, the dark ocean.

"Elizabeth!" Jack yells as she hears him running behind her. She panics and starts to put her feet higher on the railing, "Elizabeth! Don't do it!"

Elizabeth freezes, "I have to Jack! I can't do this!"

Jack stops a few feet behind her, "Izzy, darling come down, please…"

"Why? They're all gone! My father, James, and Will, they're gone! I don't have anything else to live for!"

"Come here, you've got me and the crew… Will will be back in ten years. Then you can be together forever. But if you do this then… then you'll never see him or any of us again."

"It doesn't matter! I don't want to live anymore!"

Elizabeth wanted to let go, she wanted to run over to Jack but she couldn't, she knew how this dream went but still every time she had it she tried to stop it from going further.

"Elizabeth I wont let you! Either you get down here or I'm coming over there!"

"I won't let you! Don't come any closer or I'll do it!" she said attempting to get up further.

Jack ran up behind her and pulled her down as she tried to struggle out of his arms for a minute until she gave up and realized what she had almost done. She began crying uncontrollably in Jacks arms as she went to the ground, he followed her down still holding her close, "It's okay, you're safe now, don't ever do that again. I can't let anything happen to you… It'll be all right, I promise love.

Elizabeth woke up fast, scaring Will, as she sat up panicking.

"Whoa, you okay?" He said looking at her.

She was breathing heavily, looking around; she went back down into Will's arms and buried her face in his chest.

"What is it?" he asked sweetly as he ran his fingers through her hair.

"I… I had the nightmare again… the one where—"

"Shhhh, I know, don't worry. It was just a nightmare, you're here now, I'm here…"

Her breathing finally returned to normal.

"How do you do that?" she asked looking up to him.

"Do what?"

"Calm me like that, you always have. All I have to do is imagine myself in your arms and it all goes away… but now I don't have to imagine it anymore. We've been through thick and thin; you have saved me my life multiple times, you've convince me to the right things when I've wanted to do the bad, when my father died you were there, all you did was take me into your arms and all the pain went away…"

"You do the same thing to me, you just don't realize it…" Will then kissed her lovingly.

"Where's Will?"

"It's late, he went up to play in his room about an hour ago but I think he fell asleep," Will laughed quietly.

"That is going to be so confusing," she laughed.

"What?" Will asked confused.

"You and Will, you're both Will. I call you both Will," she laughed.

"Well then maybe we can give him a nick-name."

"Like what?"

"I don't know, we'll have to think. I bet we can think of something," he said sweetly.

"We should probably go upstairs—"

"But we're perfectly fine here. Let's just stay right here tonight, next to the fire, in each other's arms…"

"I've waited for this for so long…" Elizabeth said cuddling up closer to him.

"Me too, I've dreamed about it every night, but I must say, it's better than I ever could have imagined it…"

"I love you William Turner."

"I love you Elizabeth Turner," Will said as he leaned to kiss her again. They then relaxed watching the fire, listening to the rain outside, but most of all enjoying each other's company; they never wanted the night to end. After a little while as they sat their awake Will got an idea, "I've got it."

"Got what?"

"A nick-name for Will."

"Really? What is it?" she asked smiling up at him.

"Liam, what do ya think?"

"I love it," she said, once again, kissing him sweetly.

"Thought ya would…" he smirked.