Andromeda Swann: POTC

Epilogue: James Weatherby Norrington

Andromeda's POV

Elizabeth diffidently made the most of her day with Will. A month later she discovered she was pregnant with their child. I told her of my baby. We are both excited about being aunties and our babies growing up together like we did. But are also nervous about being mums, as we did not have one growing up.

Anyway Will freed Greg. He returned to Port Royal with Elizabeth and I, saying he had had enough of the sea to last a life time. When we returned to Port Royal I sold James and my house. Elizabeth and I lived together in the Swann Manor until our own house was built by the cliffs. 

When it was completed, we moved in. But kept the manor for winter and of course my political meetings. With father dead, I have become the Governess of Port Royal. Greg is my assistant and will be in charge while I look after my baby for the first month after it's birth.

We also have a stable. Where our horses are kept. When Greg is not helping with political business, he tends the horses. As he was a stable hand before he became a pirate. My horse is a gorgeous buck skin mare named Josie while Elizabeth's is a chestnut gelding named Jonah. Greg owns a black stallion named Dusk.

Right now I am brushing Josie as she eats her breakfast. "You should me resting" Greg tells me as he mucks out a stall. "You are due any day now" he reminds me.

"I know, but I love spending time with Josie and she loves a good brush. Don't you girl?" I say smiling. She nickers in agreement nodding her head. "Besides, the baby it not due for another week" I remind him.

"Even so" he mumbles as he lays a fresh bedding of straw for Dusk. "Elizabeth is resting" he adds.

"She is reading in the study while the laundry dries" I state. "She was on the furniture yesterday taking down curtains to wash them" I add.

"Fine, you win" he tells me. I groan in pain and hold my stomach. "Are you ok?" he asks me concerned.

"Just another fake contraction" I tell him as I sit down on a hay bail. Suddenly I pee myself. "Oh no, I think my water just broke" I tell him.

"Wait here, I shall tell Elizabeth and get the midwife" he says and runs off. Josie nudges me.

"I'm ok girl" I assure her. Elizabeth waddles into the stable with two blankets. She lays one down and gestures for me to lay on it. I do so and she covers me with the other. I remove my underpants as Greg arrives with the midwife and her assistant.

She checks my dilation. "Not yet there, how far apart are the contractions?" she asks me.

"Still about twenty minutes apart" I tell her.

"Ok, don't push until I tell you" she tells me.

"Ok, Greg please take Elizabeth to the house and remain there with her" I tell him.

"No, I want to be here for you" Elizabeth protests.

"No, you can't be stressed or you to may go into labor" I tell her. "Go rest, I will be fine" I assure her. "The midwife will send for you once the baby is born" I add.

"Ok, but as soon as he or she is born. Not a minute later" she states. Then lets Greg escort her out. The assistant follows to get towels and a bowl of warm water.

"Do you have names in mind?" the midwife asks me.

"James Weatherby for a boy, after his father and mine. Aster Elizabeth for a girl after my mother and her aunt. My sister" I tell her.

"Both lovely names Mrs Norrington" she tells me smiling. "What about your sister? Does she have names picked out yet for her baby?" she asks me.

"Don't know, we both are determined to keep the names secret from each other" I tell her smiling. "Maybe she will continue a tradition her husband's father started and name her son William. If it's a boy" I state.