Prologue
She had but turned twenty one when she first met him as a man and her a woman.
-Three weeks later-
She was at a ball.
She was a mere angel among the other women in the crystal and cream coloured ball room. She had every man's gaze upon her but there was only one set of eyes she yearned for and it was his cool forget me nots.
"Mary?" shouted a young man's voice.
Mary Aster was one of the finest looking women in society and her intellect didn't go a miss either. She glanced around in search of the her eyes met those of her best friend George Darling.
"George...what is wrong?" she asked as she straightened his glasses which had become unbalance during his search for Mary.
George grabbed a hold of his good friends hand and escorted her out into the garden.
"Oh Molly my sweet. You know how I have always loved you as a friend and how both our parents have yearned for us to marry?"
Mary knew; she had known since she was ten years old that she would end up marrying her best friend.
"Of course George" she answered as she sat upon the marble seat under the blossom tree.
"Well I have wonderful news; I have just gained the position of a bank clerk, it of course is not the greatest pay in the world but I shall have enough money for a small house for the two of us."He stated as he sat next to her.
Mary turned her face away "George...I have something to tell you."
"Can't it wait Molly?" he said as he gently made her face him.
"No George ...It can't" she stood up as she answered to which the blossoms began to fall down gently onto her pale skin. She loosened her long brown hair which had been stuck in a bun all day how she hated her being tired up. She let her cool green eyes settle upon the midnight sky. Her pale pink silk dress blew gently against the wind.
"Molly what is wrong?" asked George till baffled by her odd actions.
"George you must stop calling me that for one; I am no longer a child."she said as she turned to face her friend.
He nodded as she continued.
"George..you would still love me even If I had done something incredibly wrong wouldn't you?"she asked as she let her head fall to the ground.
George although lost with where she was going with this stood up and walked before her."Mary nothing you could have done could ever stop me from loving you."
"Oh George" with this she placed her arms around his neck.
"So what is wrong Mary?" he asked as he began stroking her back neck.
She glanced up at him with those pleading green eyes in desperate hope he would understand and forgive her for what she was about to say.
"Am with child"
George glanced down at the small woman in his hands he was angry to say the least . "Whose is it Mary?" he asked as he cheeks began to turn red and his eyes became fixated on hers.
"Do you remember as a children; we went to Neverland?"
He nodded in rememberance.
"Well do you remember the Captain?"
Again he nodded.
"He came for me ...do you remember the week when I had not long turned twenty one and I had gone away to see my cousins? Well half way through my journey the coach was attacked and I fail to re- call how I came to be in Neverland. Anyway the Captain intended on using me to catch Peter but he ended up seducing me and i fell in love with him. He then realised that I needed to return to my parents; he said "Neverland is no place for a modern day woman to live in...you deserve a life. Not a pirate. You need a husband to love; unfortunately Mary I can't offer you that."
George's face was bright red filled with anger at the sheer thought of the man who had deflowered his love of his life.
"I am such fool George...I don't know what to do."she said as she cried into his waist coat.
George hugged Mary and glanced up to the stars.
"How far gone are you?" he said as his voice mellowed slightly.
"The doctor said just barely gone 3 weeks." said with worry in her voice in case he suggested the unspeakable thing of killing the unborn child within her.
"We marry. We live our lives as god intended Mary and we pretend to our families that you are with child."
Mary's eyes widened "We what?" as she glanced up into his cool grey eyes.
"Mary marry me. No matter what you've done I will always love. I will even love this unborn child within you as if it were my own flesh and blood."
"Oh George. Yes of course my darling" Mary was so excited that she had somehow managed to make both of them fall down.
The couple kissed and reconciled; as the lucky couple began sorting the date of wedding.
A set of cool forget me nots had been watching the couple from behind a bush unfortunately these set of eyes did not know what our fair Mary was carrying and that prey was his unborn child.
He stared at the woman one more time.
"Till we meet again my beauty"
With this the man with the long black curls, the cool forget me not eyes and the hook for hand left the frolicking couple in peace to only set sail for home.