Hook's Lady-Ch 4
Captain Hook stood in the doorway of Wendy's room and looked towards the bed where the young woman lay sleeping. He thought, 'now what? I am as nervous as a school boy and don't have the foggiest idea as to how to approach her without waking the entire house with her screams. Perhaps I should try saying her name softly and see if she awakens enough to not be frightened. I will try that before my confidence recedes and I run away like the coward I feel like.' With that Hook moved forward into the room, softly closing the door behind him and sat down on the side of Wendy's bed.
The slight movement on the bed alerted Wendy into wakefulness and she realized that someone was not only in her room, but on her bed next to her. Wendy knew though that it could only be one man that would make her heart race like it was, only one man that would have the courage to come to her home, her room and sit so calmly on the side of her bed... Captain James Hook. Knowing this, Wendy casually moved closer to the Captain and sighed softly, never letting on that she was awake.
Hook had no idea what to do after that, the softness of her hand was so close to his that he couldn't help but move closer as well and let his hand graze the top of hers for a moment. He too sighed softly and wondered if somehow, even in sleep, she could care for a man like him...'Her hand is as soft as the clouds in Neverland and she smells of apples and cinnamon...*sigh* I am not sure I have the heart to wake her just yet.'
Wendy chanced a heavy-lidded glance at the man beside her and decided it was time to give a hint of her feelings for the captain, just in case he had other ideas about revenge or some other nonsense, and she particularly didn't wish that hook to be in her any time soon. So with that train of thought, Wendy decided to say, "Mmm, Captain Hook, no you cannot leave me... I'm sorry for my words... you are not old, alone or done for... please come back to me... I'm sorry, so sorry."
Now Wendy acted as though she were dreaming so that she wasn't completely embarrassed should the Captain decide her words were those of a silly young woman with idealistic fantasies in her head. Wendy was lucky because Hook did think she was talking in her sleep and decided to see if he could get her to answer any questions in her sleep, as some people have been known to do.
"Wendy", Hook called softly, "I have not left you, I'm back now my dear... I forgive you for your words...but why choose me and not Peter Pan?"
Though he asked this, Hook was secretly afraid of the answer, he was afraid that she really did want Peter and only felt guilty about having the crocodile eat him. He decided that he would survive no matter her answer and that second chances were not to be wasted on revenge or silly plots to kill the Boy who refused to grow up... that perhaps second chances were for finding someone to love forever and be happy. Hook waited to hear her answer and silkily ran his fingers over the top of her hand in anticipation.
It took Wendy only a moment to figure out that Hook was baiting her, she really was a bright girl, and decided to answer honestly. "James, I've missed you, only a man as sure as you, as handsome and brave, as grown up as you could have captured my heart so fiercely and have managed to keep it all these years. Peter is a boy, a boy that will never grow up... and though I will always care for him, as a sister does a brother, he could never have been what I wanted or needed." As Wendy said those last few words she opened her eyes to look into the startlingly blue eyes of the Captain and grasp his hand in hers tightly.
Captain Hook had never been so shocked and excited by the words of a woman before and he had no other idea in his head other than capturing her lovely lips with his own and wrapping her up in his arms.
Wendy held onto the dear captain and welcomed his lips on hers for what felt like a lifetime before he released her and looked deeply into her eyes.
"Wendy, I have thought of nothing but you since I returned from the abyss and I would like nothing more than to spend the rest of my life with you by my side... I know this sounds abrupt but I have lost 10 years of my life and maybe more being the cutthroat pirate and now I want more. I want to be with you, have you by my side, a wife, a lover, a friend and I want to sail the seas with you there, always. I have received this second chance and I know it was because of you, something tells me that it was because of your love and your desire I was given another chance at redeeming myself. What say you? Am I a fool?" Hook halted his speech in a rush of breath and waited anxiously to hear what Wendy had to say about it all.
Wendy closed her eyes for a moment, the emotion coming from James Hook was so much that it was nearly blinding to her eyes. She thought carefully about what she wanted and decided it had always been him, she would have walked any plank for him, she would have done anything for him and would like nothing more than to be his lady forever.
"My dear Captain, I have felt guilty over these past long years over what I said that day and though I regret them, that is not what has called you to me now. I have wondered for many years if my love was strong enough to bring you back, or if you had really disappeared at all... I had no word from Neverland and it had been so long. I have wanted nothing more than to be with you since the day I became a grown up and decided that you were the man I needed. And I do need you, more than you know. You have all the qualities that I admire in a man and you are the greatest pirate Captain that I have ever met. I have waited many years for the opportunity to meet you again and I will not refuse any opportunity to be with you ever again. We are destined, you and I, even the Fates have deemed it so. I will gladly help you in your second chance and teach you all I know of love and family. Will you take me as your Lady then and whisk me away to Neverland once more?" Wendy smiled a radiant smile and leaned forward towards the captain again, looking deeply into his eyes and praying that what she saw there was the answer to all her dreams.
Hook silently gave up a prayer of thanks to all the Fates and looked deeply into Wendy's eyes and said, "You, my darling, are my one and only Lady and we shall we together as long as time allows. I am honored that you have given me this second chance and I will attempt to be the best man I can be."
With those words the two kissed and whispered sweet nothings into each other's ears as all the stars in the sky lit up more fiercely than ever before... the Fates knew that Captain Hook and his Lady would be returning to Neverland soon and when the Boy who never grew up found out...there was sure to be hell to pay.
***A/N- Please REVIEW! It takes 2 seconds to leave me a review and it really lets me know people are reading and whether or not you like my story! I am thinking of either leaving the story here, and ending it this way with maybe a one-shot of their return to Neverland... but if you'd rather I just add a couple of more chapters with that return then let me know!!! Please and thank you for reading!***
