This is short but it's better then nothing =) Some action's coming up soon. With our mysterious secret privateer fiance of Felicity's. Still deciding his name. I think i'm going to have him reveal himself as a pirate later. Look at Benny boy!
Chapter 4
"B—Ben, why didn't you say so?" Felicity whispered. Her glass of water was forgotten in an instant and she set it on the counter.
"I at first didn't want your family pitying me for my loss but now I realize how foolish that was." He choked a little on his words. The pain in his face was close to agony.
"Oh Ben," she didn't say sorry. No, that was not what he needed. No pity just understanding. There in the lantern light all she wanted to do was brush her hand against his cheek.
What would that feel like?
Get over yourself Felicity Carter Merriman!
Is it so wrong to have such feelings for Ben?
Nay, but do stop wishing and do it.
Do-it?
He needs to be comforted right now.
Oh...
Felicity raised her hand and touched his cheek tenderly. Ben's eyes closed for a moment. A tear leaked out from under his lashes.
Felicity didn't judge Ben for his tears. Most people thought a man was a sissy if he cried but Felicity thought a real man should show his emotions.
"I was there when they were killed. I tried to stop them I did but one of the redcoats lashed me from my neck to chest. It was the same day I was shot in the arm," Ben explained to her.
Felicity felt like crying herself when he told her his whole family was gone. She gasped when he said he'd been slashed.
Ben unbuttoned his shirt and Felicity fought the urge to cover her eyes. It wasn't proper for boy or man to unbutton his shirt in front of a girl or woman. She fought that thought. Ben was just going to show her the scar where he'd been slashed.
Felicity gasped in horror and cringed. Oh how must it had to have hurt. It was nearly ten inches long and such a ghastly shade of red. She bit her lip to keep from crying. Why did he have to go through so much?
He began to button his shirt back up with a slight flinch.
"Ben you're a part of this family too. You have been since you became Father's apprentice. You're as much as a son as I am a daughter to Father," Felicity insisted, giving him a hug.
"So i'm your brother then?" Ben said in a strange voice and she backed an arm's length away to look up at him.
Felicity scowled. Ben was taking this the wrong way. The very look he gave her showed he didn't want to be her brother but more then the friend he already was.
"Father will let you stay. You must tell him the truth tomorrow," Felicity said giving the glass of water a glance before picking it up. She gulped down the water.
Ben stared at her strangely as she set the glass down. "I will." His eyes slid away from hers. "I still can't believe they're dead."
"I know, Ben," she touched his arm. She started to yawn then. She was really tired. She could almost go to sleep standing up.
"Lissie, you better get some sleep. You look ready to fall over," Ben said, blowing the lantern out and then herding her away toward the stairs.
"I'm glad you're back Ben. It hasn't been the same since you left," Felicity smiled in the dark.
"Aye, me too, Lissie," Ben said softly.
With that Felicity went up to her bedchamber
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