tHIS CHAPTER WAS SO GOOD I COULDN'T STOP WRITING, BUT IT GOT SO LONG I HAD TO STOP. So the action I wanted to happen at this chapter will actually happen at the next one. Prepare yourself because it's going to have so many feels hahaha
Well, after the next chapter I intend to come back with Peter. He has been gone for so long guys. I need him back.
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SAM
She didn't remember when he had returned to the cabin or when he had made his way into the bed, but he was there, right beside her, sleeping soundly when she had woken up. She kept staring at him trying to figure out how such a beautiful person, with piercing blue eyes like his, and such a strong jaw line could be so bad, and she almost dare to say, evil? She couldn't find an answer but she bet it had some connection to the name on his tattoo. And there was also that hatred towards Peter. Why did he want to know so badly his location and such? What could he possibly have done?
There were too many questions on her head already and it was only dawn as she could see from the window at the cabin. Her back was better, but after last night, when Hook had shoved her at the headboard she wasn't able to sleep on her back because of the pain.
She started to get up and to her surprise she managed to do the action quite nicely. Trying to make no sound around the room as not to wake the captain, she practiced walking. She looked like an old lady or someone with severe muscle ache all over the body trying to walk, but she was happy to be out of bed none the less. She thought she was progressing so well that it wouldn't be a bad idea to get out of the room and have some fresh air.
When she opened the door the smell of the sea and the soft breeze hit her with full force. It was so good to be out of that room and the soft breeze at her back lessened the ache she felt. She closed the door and walked just a few steps until she could use the handrail as a support. Closing her eyes just to stay listening to the sound of the waves was what she had missed the most, she realized now. But her peace was interrupted quite too soon.
"Good mornin' miss." Said a voice she recognized well.
"Morning Dave." She smiled back at him.
Dave had been such a good company to her the last day while she recovered in bed. She enjoyed talking to him. He knew so much; you could tell just by looking, he was not that young. He was old in his appearance but she thought how old he really was, because after all they were in Neverland. Time was not what it seemed here, actually, there was no time at all.
"I see you can venture yourself out of the Capn' quarters already."
"About that, I was wondering, would you accompany me in a walk into town?" He looked suspicious.
"I won't escape. I can't escape and you know that, I just wanted to buy some clothes for me, that's all." She finished, never letting go of his eyes. If she wanted to convince him she would not falter.
"Well, if that's wh-" But he couldn't even finish what he was about to say when they heard a furious scream from inside the captain cabin.
"Bloody Hell!"
The door to his quarters was almost torn apart when Hook, with only his pants on, opened then with such fury, but then when he saw her and Dave, just in front of him his face changed into a calmer one and was that…? Could it be? She thought she saw a glimpse of relieve wash his face, but he soon masked it into the cool act he always had.
"Morning Capn'." Dave was the first to break the ice. He was brave, she had to admit.
"Morning doc." His eyes never letting go of hers. "What are you doing here Samantha?"
"I needed some fresh air, Captain as well as new clothes and a bath." She kept his staring contest. She would not lose to him and she was not going to stare at his bare chest, just a few inches from her. "So I thought it would be very helpful if Dave was to accompany me into town so I could buy clothes that would fit me, knowing that my bag has… what have you said to me? Oh right, disappeared."
He kept looking at her and she could see he was holding himself not to shove her against the wall or something of the sort. But she could see that he was working something on that head of his. He walked back into the room and as quickly as he had gone he came back. He threw a small bag at the hands of the doctor.
"Don't get away from her. Keep your eyes locked at her and don't let her wander around. Did I make myself clear?"
"Aye Capn'."
"Good."
After finishing his words he went back to his quarters, shutting the door behind him, never looking at her. She stared at the whole scene with her mouth hanging open. She was shocked at how easy it had been to convince him. She had prepared herself for a duel or something like that, but nothing happened. He just agreed, but didn't say it out loud either.
"He really does care, you know?"
"What did you say Dave?"
"I said he cares for you. Even though you can't see it."
"Him? Caring for me?" She started laughing. "Oh, dear Dave, you make me laugh."
He didn't reply.
"You see, there are only two reasons for someone to care for another person, Dave." She was saying while getting down the stairs that lead to the deck. "Either that person loves you, which in this case is the least bit likely, or as I remember correctly, you have something that person needs."
Dave was now at her side, helping her get to the plank, leading the way to shore.
"And if I'm not wrong here, he might have been trying to make me say some things about Peter, so yeah, he might care for me, but not the way you might think. You see, I'm just a mean to an end." She stared blankly ahead, not noticing the movement that had begun already at the little town she had visited once before getting kidnapped.
"Just like I have always been."
She looked back to Dave, who stared at her with a look of pity. Pity? She didn't need any of that right now. And noticing her discomfort Dave started talking again.
"Well, let's go buy your things then."
x
She visited almost every tent available at the open market. She had bought a few leather pants and some loose shirts. It looked like everything had just got out of a book and she was having a lot of fun. But she couldn't brush off the feeling that someone was staring at her. It was like someone was piercing holes at her back with their gaze. She looked around, discretely, but couldn't found the person to which that gaze belonged to.
She then got her attention back to shopping. Dave had helped her a lot. He was a man but he had good taste and gave his opinion at what would be best for her, now that she lived on a ship and everyone knew she was a girl. Dresses where not good, not good at all. So they had decided for pants and shirts.
"Simple and practical" he had said.
After their shopping he led her to the tavern where there were some rooms for rent where she would be able to take a bath, clean herself and her wounds. And she took her time at the task, enjoying the hot water and the feel of washing her hair. She wanted to stay there forever, but she couldn't. She knew it wasn't possible.
When she got out, Dave had separated her new clothes, which to her surprise fit perfectly at her body, enhancing her curves. She thought that the fact of her clothes being so revealing in some aspects was going to be an advantage and a disadvantage but, whatever, she thought. It was the first time in days she felt so relieved and clean.
When they were heading back she shot a glance at the woods and noticed a small figure at the border line. She would recognize those blond locks anywhere. And there was no doubt that she needed to go there talk to him. But how would she do that? When she glanced back at Dave, he was already studying her intently. She pleaded with her eyes. No words were necessary here.
"Go. I'll be waiting here."
"Thanks." She smiled back at Dave. How would she ever repay him?
She started to run to the woods or she started to do something she thought it was running, because she was still injured.
When she got near the border line she smiled back at the boy who had started running towards her.
x
"Bunny!" She said while kissing his forehead, when he crashed into her after he ran straight into her arms.
"Sam! I missed you so much." He hugged her tightly, making her wounds ache more than ever, but she didn't even care. She had missed that little guy so much she thought that this wasn't real.
"Why did you leave us? You don't like us anymore?" He was crying, she could tell by his shaky voice.
"No dear, I needed to find something on my own." She had freed herself from his embrace and was now kneeling in front of him, to dry his tears.
"Peter thought you left us. For good." He was now saying. "He went to look after you, but he never came back. He was so angry Sam. I never saw him like that before."
Angry? Peter? That was new.
She grabbed his hand and looked straight into his eyes.
"He left? What do you mean he never came back?"
He was not looking at her when he responded.
"He went to look after you just as soon as he noticed you had gone. After that we spent days waiting for you two, but no one returned. So we thought, well you know…"
Oh boy. How could he leave them like this? How could he abandon them without saying goodbye? But didn't I just do the same? What right do I have to say such a thing?
"And what are you doing here Bunny?" She asked, preventing him from crying anymore.
"This is the best spot for us, when we need to see if Peter is coming back." He said in a whisper. "Are you coming back Sam?"
She was trapped at that ship. How would she leave? Well, she would figure something out.
"The hell I am. Say to the boys to wait for me."
If she was no to so sure as why she would come back, the smile in Bunny's face was all she needed as assurance.
"I knew you wouldn't abandon us!" He hugged her and started to make his way to the woods.
"Don't take too long Sam." He shouted.
"I won't".
x
It was night already.
When she had returned that afternoon with Dave, they hadn't talked very much like they usually did. It was like her mind was working in full force, trying to find a way for her to escape from that ship, and she thought that the best way was to trick Hook, but that plan was very risky. It was that or being trapped in that bloody ship for God knows how long.
Shit, I started to talk like the man. I need to get out of here and get to Bunny and the boys.
She was pacing across the cabin, looking at her bag in the corner, hidden from Hook, behind his closet. She had packed her new clothes and was repeating her plan over and over in her mind. The bottles of rum she found in his chest were already at his desk.
A few minutes after, Hook walked into the room, just to stop as soon as he laid his eyes upon her and her new outfit. She had tied her hair in a ponytail which left her neck and shoulders exposed, taking to her advantage that her shirt was a little loose at that part.
"Like what you see Captain?"
"Very much so love." He gave her his signature smirk and glanced to his desk. He was not the ruthless man she met last night. Had she imagined it?
"Oh, I see you took the liberty to search through my things now." He said.
"Yeah." She shrugged.
"I doubt you can hold your liquor lass." He walked towards her.
"Let's see then, shall we?" She jerked out of his way moving towards the table. She started to pour some of the rum into the cups. Everything was just going according to plan. She was getting nervous. It was going all too smoothly.
Then he broke the silence she was so enjoying.
"I do hope to learn more of your secrets love, seeing we will have rum involved I might get myself lucky tonight." He whispered in her ear.
She turned around as soon as he finished talking, shoving the cup into his hands. He laughed at her reaction. Then ignoring both his laugh and the influence he had on her body, which was now all hot from the simple fact of him whispering at her ear, she raised her glass.
"To freedom."
"Aye." He said as he raised his cup.
BUNNY IS BACK! I KNOW HAHAHAHAHA
AND HOOK AND SAM DRINKING? WHAT MIGHT COME OUT OF THIS?
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