Note I have no connections to JER or NBC or anything else to do with
Passions. I just borrowed the Passions charters for this story.
I'm Australian and we're over a year behind so anything I refer to came from a couple of sites with episode guides. Mainly Dustin's Passions Page archive.
JUST SO YOU KNOW.
( Jessica = Josephine, Charity = Prudence Standish, Kay = Elizabeth, Miguel = Christopher,
Timmy = Tommy or Thomas Bennett, Little Angel girl = Angela, Gwen = Gwenavear,
Hank = Henry, Luis = the Captain, Mystery Man a.k.a. Logan = your guess hehehe. More to come.)
Chapter 3
It had been quite a shock when Jessica arrived home at Josephine's house. When she entered the nice Standish house on the farm she came face to face with Josephine's mother. It wouldn't have concerned her as much if Jessica didn't see the person she saw.
The woman's ash blond her stuck out of a few spots from under her bonnet and her face did look a little different without all the makeup she wore in Jessica's time, but her eyes showed a joy that Jessica had never seen in this woman's eyes before. It was like something in this life seem to complete this life of Ivy Winthop and soon she found out what that thing was.
It had been part of a relief to see her father walk in and it turnout that he was her father in this time as well. But after greeting her he had gone over to Ivy and lovingly kissed her. Jessica's heart dropped when she saw it and became a little more confused because of what was happening in her time, but when they separated she could see the love in both their eyes. Seeing this cause Jessica to wonder if this was how her father and Ivy looked at each other and felt all that time ago when they had been lovers as teenagers in her time. The happiness and joy was clear and she could see him looking at Ivy the way that he had looked at Grace before she crushed all their hearts and left them for her other family.
"They're so in love, I hope I find someone like that one day." Jessica heard someone say from right next to her. She turned and was pleasantly surprised by who it was and the information about them that came to mind.
"Prudence, of course you will find someone to love, my dear sister." Jessica said as she gave Charity a hug.
"You are right Josephine, we will all find love like Mother & Father and also cousin Elizabeth and her fiancée Christopher."
Once Prudence said the names Jessica knew there was something about them but without seeing their faces she couldn't workout what it was. For some reason since she couldn't picture them her mind floated back to the ally and the man who saved her, suddenly for an unknown reason she had a flash of speaking with him a couple of times before. Before Jessica could get any detail about the meetings Prudence snapped her out of thoughts.
"You were thinking about 'him' again weren't you dear sister?" Prudence asked with a naught, knowing smile.
"Who?" Jessica asked taken back a little by the question. For a moment she forgot that it was Prudence and not Charity she was talking to. When she thought about it there were only a couple of guys in her life that they knew that well and only one of them was single and had the qualities she wanted, suddenly she felt herself go pale. "REESE." She thought as Jessica remembered that she hadn't been alone when it happened. "My god, what happened to him? Did he time travel as well? If so WHERE is he? Better yet WHEN is he?" This and a hundred more questions went through Jessica's mind at lightening speed.
With a smirk Prudence replied not noticing her sister's pale complexion. "That Mystery Man. The one who lives next to the Bennett, The one Angela says is so nice and caring even though most people in town are wary of him."
Jessica managed to quickly compose herself and remember that she was talking to Prudence, though the questions about Reese kept spinning in the back of her mind. At that moment something clicked in her head. "Dear sister do you think that he may be at the festival tomorrow?" she asked with an innocent smile while hoping she was right and that he could help her and maybe answer her questions.
Prudence smile grew at the thought that her sister may have found a man to court her. "Well to tell you the truth Angela did mention that he promised her and Thomas that he'd be back for the festival. So does this mean I get to help dress you up for the big event so he'll notice you?" She asked sound extremely excited.
"Of course sis, I would appreciate that very much." Jessica replied knowing that it would be much easier than trying to explain the truth and why she needed to talk with the Mystery Man.
The lamps that lit the town during the dark night still left plenty on shadows for the figures to move around town without being noticed, even so they still wore hoods to be on the save side. For if they were caught they would be burnt at the stake.
Every second building or so one would stop on either side of the road and carve the ancient language, to draw evil and mark the good, into it. Before moving on they would then use their own magic to make the incantations invisible to the naked eye.
Once they were finished they quietly made their way out of town.
When they were a safe distance from town they removed their hoods and the young looking man spoke.
"Why did we have to bother with these foolish spells and foolish humans, we should have just gone in there and taken them Tabitha." He said annoyed.
Tabitha shook her head. "You are a fool Michael. I do not know how you ever made it to the age of 50 without being caught and destroyed."
"I am a force to be reckoned with. The mere mortals should bow down to us like gods."
"You are truly stupid, we are not all powerful and more so for you. You also forget that what we have on our side good also has on theirs and maybe even more." She raised her hand to stop him before he could interrupt her. "It also seem that you forget that we are trying to catch one of these powerful ones and even if they don't know their powers yet, a magical attack by us may force their powers to manifest."
"You are right Mistress Tabitha." He said bowing before her realizing he was foolish.
"Plus I sense the faint presence of something more powerful than any human I've ever met and sense that it is some how connected to the two energy ripples I have felt over the last three days."
Michael, caught the nervousness in her voice, this made him nervous for he had seen the power she weld and knew she didn't scare easily.
Kay lay back against Christopher's chest and looked up at all the stars. She had seen then often at home and seen them from hill tops while camping, but in 1695 they seemed brighter and more of them.
As Christopher's arms wrapped around her and he lightly kissed her neck she wondered if the reason the stars looked so bright was because for the first time in over two years she wasn't asking, "why doesn't he love me."
Elizabeth's life was harder and she didn't have any of the things Kay had at home like T.V, microwaves or even more rudimentary things like running water or even indoor plumbing. But none of that seemed to matter since she had Miguel.
Turning in his arms she returned his kisses as he worked up her neck. Their kisses were growing more passionate as they went on, Kay's hand had found it's way to his bare chest and his hand found its way to feeling the bottom of her firm breast through her top.
"I am glad our wedding is only a week away I don't think I could hold out any longer." Christopher said as he pulled away.
"Me neither." Kay replied feeling her desire to go further right then and there.
"I should go now, before this beautiful night draws us into sin which we may regret." He said helping her stand and giving her another kiss. "I love you my sweet."
"I love you too my love. I will count the minutes until you arrive tomorrow to take me to the festival." Kay replied as he mounted his horse and rode off into the night.
One short week and finally all her dreams would come true, until then Kay just lived the magic of what was happening in what she would describe as a fairy tale.
Jessica sat by the window looking out up at the stars. She had managed to get a little sleep before her dreams had woken her and caused her to think of Reese again.
Even with the quiet, hypnotic breathing of Prudence in the bed next to hers, she just couldn't get back to sleep.
Her dream had been weird to say the least but in some ways claming.
~*~
Reese had his arm around Jessica as they snuggled up together on the couch. She felt so warm, safe and comfortable there.
The movie Sleepy Hollow had just finished. "This was nice." He said as they got up and walked to the door front door of the Bennett house still holding hands.
"Yes, I just wish we had more time." She replied as she opened the door.
There tied to the front of the house was a big black stallion and there clothes had changed to late 17 century clothing. In Jessica case pilgrim clothing but in Reese's case a well to do European that wasn't quite as rich as a nobleman.
"Are you sure you're OK?" Jessica asked.
Reese smiled, wrapped his arms around her and pulled her into him and giving her a gentle kiss that wasn't anymore than a brush of lips but sent electricity through both of them.
"I've wanted to do that for a long time." He said when they broke apart. "Remember Jessica I had my friends fooled for a couple of years thinking I was clueless and in love, I think I can handle a little while in the 17 century where I know what to avoid." His smile had a slight un-Reese smugness to it and it seemed to relax her.
He mounted the horse and turned it to the main street of old Harmony. But before riding off he turned in the saddle and said. "Remember what I said to you before this all happened."
The words 'I'll do everything within my power to keep you safe' echoed in her head.
"I meant it." He told her as he road off into the dark, the night seemed flutter around him like a cloak.
~*~
Jessica could still remember the feeling of his lips brushing hers and it just made her tingle and relax a little bit more. She didn't know if it was just her subconscious playing tricks on her but somehow her gut told her it was true.
After thinking about the dream some more Jessica climbed back into bed in the hope of getting a little sleep. As her head touched the pillow her mind flashed on Reese cooking them dinner and before the smile had reached it's full size sleep pulled her under, this time into a relaxing slumber.
He felt the tip of his sword grind on the bone of the shoulder blade of the man it was stuck in. This surprised him because he thought he shouldn't be able to feel anything over the sharp throbbing in his left arm from his own wound.
In the background he could still hear the baby screaming.
More pistols fired in the small Captain's cabin.
"NO!" he heard the Captain yell as he saw his wife get stabbed just as she fired at another pirate.
He drew his pistol and fired. As the boom subsided he watched the Captain fall to his knees and then back against the wall, blood flowing out of a number of his wounds.
There still in the background was the screams of the baby.
He bolted up right, completely covered in a cold sweat.
"Honey are you alright?" Gwenavear asked sitting up next to her husband.
Her voice helped to bring him back to where he really was. Slowly Henry turned to face her and tried to pass it off. "I'm fine dear."
One look even in the darkness and Gwenavear knew he was lying. She took his head and placed it on her bosom and laid both of them back down. "Rest Henry my love. The nightmares will go way soon like they did before." She prayed that she was right. She also knew that she couldn't tell him her surprise until they were gone.
Henry let out his tension with a breath. He always felt safe in his wife's arms, like she could stop the dreams that haunted him. Hearing her heart beating soothed him and it wasn't long before sleep once again took hold of him.
Gwenavear felt the change in his breathing and knew he'd sleep peacefully through the rest of the night. She didn't know the exact nightmare he'd had but guess it was something to do with 'THAT' day, the same way it had given her nightmares as well and caused her to be in the position he was in now.
(Anyone care to guess Hank's a.k.a. Henry's past? Anyone like the Savy and Kaguel parts?
I know Jessica would have realized about Reese earlier but I put it down to shock.
Mainly just setting up some story lines for later. If you have any suggestions for some of the characters I might be able to use them unless I've already got an interesting sideline for them.)
P.S. Couple of clues on Mystery Man.
I'm Australian and we're over a year behind so anything I refer to came from a couple of sites with episode guides. Mainly Dustin's Passions Page archive.
JUST SO YOU KNOW.
( Jessica = Josephine, Charity = Prudence Standish, Kay = Elizabeth, Miguel = Christopher,
Timmy = Tommy or Thomas Bennett, Little Angel girl = Angela, Gwen = Gwenavear,
Hank = Henry, Luis = the Captain, Mystery Man a.k.a. Logan = your guess hehehe. More to come.)
Chapter 3
It had been quite a shock when Jessica arrived home at Josephine's house. When she entered the nice Standish house on the farm she came face to face with Josephine's mother. It wouldn't have concerned her as much if Jessica didn't see the person she saw.
The woman's ash blond her stuck out of a few spots from under her bonnet and her face did look a little different without all the makeup she wore in Jessica's time, but her eyes showed a joy that Jessica had never seen in this woman's eyes before. It was like something in this life seem to complete this life of Ivy Winthop and soon she found out what that thing was.
It had been part of a relief to see her father walk in and it turnout that he was her father in this time as well. But after greeting her he had gone over to Ivy and lovingly kissed her. Jessica's heart dropped when she saw it and became a little more confused because of what was happening in her time, but when they separated she could see the love in both their eyes. Seeing this cause Jessica to wonder if this was how her father and Ivy looked at each other and felt all that time ago when they had been lovers as teenagers in her time. The happiness and joy was clear and she could see him looking at Ivy the way that he had looked at Grace before she crushed all their hearts and left them for her other family.
"They're so in love, I hope I find someone like that one day." Jessica heard someone say from right next to her. She turned and was pleasantly surprised by who it was and the information about them that came to mind.
"Prudence, of course you will find someone to love, my dear sister." Jessica said as she gave Charity a hug.
"You are right Josephine, we will all find love like Mother & Father and also cousin Elizabeth and her fiancée Christopher."
Once Prudence said the names Jessica knew there was something about them but without seeing their faces she couldn't workout what it was. For some reason since she couldn't picture them her mind floated back to the ally and the man who saved her, suddenly for an unknown reason she had a flash of speaking with him a couple of times before. Before Jessica could get any detail about the meetings Prudence snapped her out of thoughts.
"You were thinking about 'him' again weren't you dear sister?" Prudence asked with a naught, knowing smile.
"Who?" Jessica asked taken back a little by the question. For a moment she forgot that it was Prudence and not Charity she was talking to. When she thought about it there were only a couple of guys in her life that they knew that well and only one of them was single and had the qualities she wanted, suddenly she felt herself go pale. "REESE." She thought as Jessica remembered that she hadn't been alone when it happened. "My god, what happened to him? Did he time travel as well? If so WHERE is he? Better yet WHEN is he?" This and a hundred more questions went through Jessica's mind at lightening speed.
With a smirk Prudence replied not noticing her sister's pale complexion. "That Mystery Man. The one who lives next to the Bennett, The one Angela says is so nice and caring even though most people in town are wary of him."
Jessica managed to quickly compose herself and remember that she was talking to Prudence, though the questions about Reese kept spinning in the back of her mind. At that moment something clicked in her head. "Dear sister do you think that he may be at the festival tomorrow?" she asked with an innocent smile while hoping she was right and that he could help her and maybe answer her questions.
Prudence smile grew at the thought that her sister may have found a man to court her. "Well to tell you the truth Angela did mention that he promised her and Thomas that he'd be back for the festival. So does this mean I get to help dress you up for the big event so he'll notice you?" She asked sound extremely excited.
"Of course sis, I would appreciate that very much." Jessica replied knowing that it would be much easier than trying to explain the truth and why she needed to talk with the Mystery Man.
The lamps that lit the town during the dark night still left plenty on shadows for the figures to move around town without being noticed, even so they still wore hoods to be on the save side. For if they were caught they would be burnt at the stake.
Every second building or so one would stop on either side of the road and carve the ancient language, to draw evil and mark the good, into it. Before moving on they would then use their own magic to make the incantations invisible to the naked eye.
Once they were finished they quietly made their way out of town.
When they were a safe distance from town they removed their hoods and the young looking man spoke.
"Why did we have to bother with these foolish spells and foolish humans, we should have just gone in there and taken them Tabitha." He said annoyed.
Tabitha shook her head. "You are a fool Michael. I do not know how you ever made it to the age of 50 without being caught and destroyed."
"I am a force to be reckoned with. The mere mortals should bow down to us like gods."
"You are truly stupid, we are not all powerful and more so for you. You also forget that what we have on our side good also has on theirs and maybe even more." She raised her hand to stop him before he could interrupt her. "It also seem that you forget that we are trying to catch one of these powerful ones and even if they don't know their powers yet, a magical attack by us may force their powers to manifest."
"You are right Mistress Tabitha." He said bowing before her realizing he was foolish.
"Plus I sense the faint presence of something more powerful than any human I've ever met and sense that it is some how connected to the two energy ripples I have felt over the last three days."
Michael, caught the nervousness in her voice, this made him nervous for he had seen the power she weld and knew she didn't scare easily.
Kay lay back against Christopher's chest and looked up at all the stars. She had seen then often at home and seen them from hill tops while camping, but in 1695 they seemed brighter and more of them.
As Christopher's arms wrapped around her and he lightly kissed her neck she wondered if the reason the stars looked so bright was because for the first time in over two years she wasn't asking, "why doesn't he love me."
Elizabeth's life was harder and she didn't have any of the things Kay had at home like T.V, microwaves or even more rudimentary things like running water or even indoor plumbing. But none of that seemed to matter since she had Miguel.
Turning in his arms she returned his kisses as he worked up her neck. Their kisses were growing more passionate as they went on, Kay's hand had found it's way to his bare chest and his hand found its way to feeling the bottom of her firm breast through her top.
"I am glad our wedding is only a week away I don't think I could hold out any longer." Christopher said as he pulled away.
"Me neither." Kay replied feeling her desire to go further right then and there.
"I should go now, before this beautiful night draws us into sin which we may regret." He said helping her stand and giving her another kiss. "I love you my sweet."
"I love you too my love. I will count the minutes until you arrive tomorrow to take me to the festival." Kay replied as he mounted his horse and rode off into the night.
One short week and finally all her dreams would come true, until then Kay just lived the magic of what was happening in what she would describe as a fairy tale.
Jessica sat by the window looking out up at the stars. She had managed to get a little sleep before her dreams had woken her and caused her to think of Reese again.
Even with the quiet, hypnotic breathing of Prudence in the bed next to hers, she just couldn't get back to sleep.
Her dream had been weird to say the least but in some ways claming.
~*~
Reese had his arm around Jessica as they snuggled up together on the couch. She felt so warm, safe and comfortable there.
The movie Sleepy Hollow had just finished. "This was nice." He said as they got up and walked to the door front door of the Bennett house still holding hands.
"Yes, I just wish we had more time." She replied as she opened the door.
There tied to the front of the house was a big black stallion and there clothes had changed to late 17 century clothing. In Jessica case pilgrim clothing but in Reese's case a well to do European that wasn't quite as rich as a nobleman.
"Are you sure you're OK?" Jessica asked.
Reese smiled, wrapped his arms around her and pulled her into him and giving her a gentle kiss that wasn't anymore than a brush of lips but sent electricity through both of them.
"I've wanted to do that for a long time." He said when they broke apart. "Remember Jessica I had my friends fooled for a couple of years thinking I was clueless and in love, I think I can handle a little while in the 17 century where I know what to avoid." His smile had a slight un-Reese smugness to it and it seemed to relax her.
He mounted the horse and turned it to the main street of old Harmony. But before riding off he turned in the saddle and said. "Remember what I said to you before this all happened."
The words 'I'll do everything within my power to keep you safe' echoed in her head.
"I meant it." He told her as he road off into the dark, the night seemed flutter around him like a cloak.
~*~
Jessica could still remember the feeling of his lips brushing hers and it just made her tingle and relax a little bit more. She didn't know if it was just her subconscious playing tricks on her but somehow her gut told her it was true.
After thinking about the dream some more Jessica climbed back into bed in the hope of getting a little sleep. As her head touched the pillow her mind flashed on Reese cooking them dinner and before the smile had reached it's full size sleep pulled her under, this time into a relaxing slumber.
He felt the tip of his sword grind on the bone of the shoulder blade of the man it was stuck in. This surprised him because he thought he shouldn't be able to feel anything over the sharp throbbing in his left arm from his own wound.
In the background he could still hear the baby screaming.
More pistols fired in the small Captain's cabin.
"NO!" he heard the Captain yell as he saw his wife get stabbed just as she fired at another pirate.
He drew his pistol and fired. As the boom subsided he watched the Captain fall to his knees and then back against the wall, blood flowing out of a number of his wounds.
There still in the background was the screams of the baby.
He bolted up right, completely covered in a cold sweat.
"Honey are you alright?" Gwenavear asked sitting up next to her husband.
Her voice helped to bring him back to where he really was. Slowly Henry turned to face her and tried to pass it off. "I'm fine dear."
One look even in the darkness and Gwenavear knew he was lying. She took his head and placed it on her bosom and laid both of them back down. "Rest Henry my love. The nightmares will go way soon like they did before." She prayed that she was right. She also knew that she couldn't tell him her surprise until they were gone.
Henry let out his tension with a breath. He always felt safe in his wife's arms, like she could stop the dreams that haunted him. Hearing her heart beating soothed him and it wasn't long before sleep once again took hold of him.
Gwenavear felt the change in his breathing and knew he'd sleep peacefully through the rest of the night. She didn't know the exact nightmare he'd had but guess it was something to do with 'THAT' day, the same way it had given her nightmares as well and caused her to be in the position he was in now.
(Anyone care to guess Hank's a.k.a. Henry's past? Anyone like the Savy and Kaguel parts?
I know Jessica would have realized about Reese earlier but I put it down to shock.
Mainly just setting up some story lines for later. If you have any suggestions for some of the characters I might be able to use them unless I've already got an interesting sideline for them.)
P.S. Couple of clues on Mystery Man.
