Jack awoke with a start.
"Where's William?" he muttered in a panic, jumping off of the chair and hitting his knee on the desk.
"Ow!" Jack yelped aloud, swearing under his breath. There were murmurs coming from the bedroom.
Jack continued to hold his knee as he limped over to the doors that led to his bedroom. Opening one of them, he discovered Ragetti holding the baby, making strange faces and mimicking William's baby noises. Jack looked over at Elizabeth's smiling face and grinned.
"You know," Jack addressed Elizabeth with you smirk. "You do need to warn a man about taking something from him before it causes him to hit his knee."
Elizabeth looked down at Jack's knee and put her hand over her mouth, trying to suppress a giggle. "I'm sorry, did I cause that?" she asked innocently.
"Well, maybe wake me next time before I go into a panic." Jack replied. "How late is it?" he asked.
"Almost lunch, actually." Gibbs said, taking William from Ragetti and handing him back to Elizabeth. "Come on men, let's go. We've bothered them long enough." As they filed out, Jack walked towards the window and looked to the ocean. Elizabeth slowly got up and joined him as she gently burped William. Silence seemed to be the worst noise to ever come between them.
Jack spoke first. "We've got our whole lives in front of us…"
Elizabeth sighed, "Our very long lives."
Jack nodded in agreement. "Searching for a way to live forever has taken a long time. Now that I have it-"
"You don't know what to do with it," Elizabeth finished for him.
"Yes, exactly!" Jack exclaimed, sitting down. Putting one leg on the windowsill, Jack looked out to sea. "So," he said, looking up at Elizabeth for suggestions.
"Well," Elizabeth said. "How about we simply start by raising the next generation of pirates and see what other adventures we get swept away in."
Elizabeth handed William to Jack, giving him a knowing look. Jack glanced down at the baby, the same eyes of Elizabeth looking back at him. He gave William a genuine smile. The baby was having a very odd effect on him. Jack looked back up at Elizabeth.
"Perfect."