Chapter 6.
After Wendy left, James felt emptiness inside of himself. She was gone! And as that thought sunk in he became more depressed.
Coughing to gain his crew's attention, he told them to continue with their work and with that he strode to his room.
Sitting at his desk, he suddenly had the urge to check for his diary and of course he came out empty handed.
'That little sneak!' he thought 'she took my diary' with that he got up and walked to Wendy's room.
After searching for a whole of five minutes Hook found his diary, stashed under the pillow on the window seat, and instead of feeling angry at Wendy he presumed he would feel he thought that she deserved to know the truth and he didn't give it to her...well he did, but he didn't tell her it face to face.
A few days went by and Hook soon realised that he missed the sapphire eyed girl, he missed her company, he missed her voice and he missed her.
Wanting to see the girl again, he and five of his crew rowed to saw so Hook could see the girl that wormed her way into his feelings. The crew didn't question why he wanted to do it at sunrise.
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The sight that met them wasn't pretty, there on the sand was Wendy and instead of feeling joy, James felt as though his heart froze over as he saw the blood pooling around her and the dagger sticking up from her abdominal.
He all but ran over to her and barely noticed the crew rushing with him. They were all shocked to say the least. How had this innocent girl... well women gotten stabbed?. Pushing all thoughts and questions aside they all gathered around the beauty and carefully lifted her, mindful of the blade and lowered her to the boat. Hook tried to stem the flow of blood by pressing around the wound with a bit of material he ripped from her dress; he didn't want to remove the blade until he had the crew's doctor and bandages with him.
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It had now been two days and Wendy still didn't show signs of waking up. After the five crew members and Hook got Wendy comfortable in James' bed they called for the doctor.
As soon as he arrived Hook dismissed the crew and set about helping the doctor. What he told him wasn't good news, Wendy had lost a lot of blood and when they pulled out the dagger it only increased. James by now had become deathly pale and scared what if he lost Wendy? He wouldn't know what to do.
Together Hook and the doctor had managed to stem the blood flow and stitch up her wound, all that was left was to wait and see when she would wake up.
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In those two days found Hook at Wendy's side refusing to move unless necessary.
James brushed a lock of her hair out of her deathly white face, she was gaining colour but very slowly. His heart went out to her, he was possitive that he liked her and that's what made the thought of losing her worse.
Hook was sat at his desk, looking out of the window pondering when Wendy might wake up, when he heard a gasp. Heart drumming hundred miles per minute, he ran to Wendy's side.
He almost sang in relief, but managed to refrain when he saw those beautiful blue orbs being revealed by long black lashes.
When Wendy opened her eyes, she recognised this place 'but where have i see it before?' then it clicked 'I'm in James' room' she felt relief flood her body.
Looking around her eyes landed on the man himself, relief clearly shown in his eyes.
"Hi" she croaked out, her voice sore from lack of use and managed a weak smile
"Hello" James replied pressing a glass of water to her lips. Taking a sip Wendy felt as though her throat wouldn't tear if she talked again. "What happened" she asked while mentally she was hoping she wouldn't have to say what really happend to her.
"Well, i was hoping you would tell me"
Wendy groaned 'he would have to ask it, wouldn't he', but Hook mistook the groan of annoyance for a groan of pain.
"Are you alright? Do you still hurt?" Hook asked, his eyes betraying his calm tone.
Thinking about it Wendy still felt pain and lots of it. She tried to sit up but groaned, this time in pain.
"I'm okay, i can't move without it hurting and it hurts alot but other than that i'm okay" Wendy stated smiling.
"So, you going to tell me what happend" James stated smiling back at Wendy
'Damn, i can't get out of this can i?' she asked herself " I will, if you help me up please" Wendy said grimacing in pain when she tried to move herself.
"No, let me help you" gushed Hook.
Walking to her side he placed his hands firmly but gently on her waist, mindful of her abdominal and getly pulled her up. Trying to ignore the tingling sensation from touching her.
'god, i wonder if he feels that tingle too' Wendy thought as she felt the tingling on her skin from James' touch.
Trying not to go giddy at the feeling Wendy said her thanks and took another sip of water.
Sitting on the bed so he was facing Wendy, Hook locked eyes with the beautiful teen.
"So, what happend to you?"
Unable to resist doing anything whilst looking into the forget-me-knot eyes, Wendy found herself telling him everything that occurred from when she left the ship.
As Wendy was telling him all this she saw Hook's eyes gradually turn angrier and angrier, flashing red more times than necessary. His posture and facial expressions clearly showed he was beyond mad.
"I'm going to kill them" he growled out abruptly standing up.
"No, please don't" Wendy pleaded grasping James' hand in her own
Looking down into Wendy's pleading eyes and having the pleasant feeling of her hand in his, he felt his anger melt.
"Why are you sticking up for them?" he asked. 'she is too forgiving'
"Because your better than that James" she said gently tugging his hand down.
Taking the hint Hook sat down again getting lost in the blue abyiss that was Wendy's eyes.
"Your too nice, you know that" he said placing a hand on her cheek, gently brushing his thumb across it.
"I've been told once or twice" mumbled Wendy closing her eyes and leaning into the touch.