A/N: Review or I will send you down a wormhole. But not just any wormhole.
You see, at the end of this particular wormhole is . . . A ROOM WITH A
MOOSE!!!!!! Your fear is overwhelming, no?
After Amanda went down to her cabin and washed her sweaty face she tromped back up to the captain's cabin. She let herself in without even knocking. She was surprised to see Jack already seated behind his desk. He looked up as he heard her come in. Amanda began to get nervous when Jack didn't smile or make any movement but she held her chin up and looked back at him square in the eye. They stayed in that position for quite a while with Amanda balling her hand's into fists to keep them from trembling and Jack smoothly running his fingertips back and forth across the desk. He finally broke the silence with, "Why were you not eating with us this evening when I specifically told you to join me?" She knew the look in his eyes, she had seen it many times in Annabella's. It was the look of a person who felt their authority was being challenged. Amanda wasn't in the mood for a dominance battle so she answered mildly, "I didn't want to start a fight with Annabella and it was obvious she did not want me present."
He began to laugh, a deep and rich noise that barreled from his lean stomach. She flushed a little and tried to be heard above his laughing, "I'm telling the truth!" He wiped a tear that had formed in his eye from his laughing out of the way and said, "I believe you me dear. I'm just amused is all."
"What do you mean," Amanda asked, confused. He smiled at her for a moment before answering, "I just don't understand why you suck up to that snotty bitch. I don't know whose convinced you that you aren't as pretty as her, but I can tell you that you're much more attractive then that lil' wench is. And more importantly, you're much stronger then her." Throughout his speech he had gotten up from his seat and walked closer to her, leaning back against his desk. Amanda remained complacent and for the first time in her life, kept her face its normal color. She took a deep breath before responding, "The reason I cater to her is because I am her maid and most men do consider her more attractive then me. And besides, I'm stronger then her in a different way. I don't treat other people like puppets in my personal puppet show." She directed this last comment at her.
He just smiled slyly at her as he gently took her hand. She tried to yank it out of his grasp but he held it firm and began to draw her in closer to him as he said, "I know yer still mad at me luv, for the other night and all. Ye have to understand that that's the way I am and I only did it cuz I was hurt. Ye know me well enough to know that I'd rather be in bed with you any day." She was pressed up against him now and his breath was hot on her face. Her senses were overwhelmed now and she knew it wouldn't be long before he completely seduced her and she was in his bed, writhing beneath him. Somebody help me, her mind screamed as he continued, "I am sorry luv," he murmured, his lips only an inch away now, "Why don't ye just let ol' Jack make everythin' right between us." His lips descended on hers and she was about to respond when a knock at the door interrupted them.
"Go away!" Jack half-growled, half-yelled at the door. Laughing could be heard on the other side followed by Captain McCarthy's voice, "Ah, come on Jack. Do an old friend a favor!" Jack sighed and opened the door reluctantly. A very drunk captain stumbled in but straightened up when he saw Amanda in a sad attempt to cover his drunkenness. "Miss Smith, my! Don't you look lovely?" He stared at her dreamily for a moment as Amanda tried to hide a giggle. He responded with a seductive smile and said, "Very lovely indeed. And a little lonely, Miss Smith, are you in need of some company this evening?" He was so handsome that Amanda almost agreed, even in his drunken state but instead politely said no and slipped back to her cabin unnoticed as Jack and Michael began to talk.
After Amanda went down to her cabin and washed her sweaty face she tromped back up to the captain's cabin. She let herself in without even knocking. She was surprised to see Jack already seated behind his desk. He looked up as he heard her come in. Amanda began to get nervous when Jack didn't smile or make any movement but she held her chin up and looked back at him square in the eye. They stayed in that position for quite a while with Amanda balling her hand's into fists to keep them from trembling and Jack smoothly running his fingertips back and forth across the desk. He finally broke the silence with, "Why were you not eating with us this evening when I specifically told you to join me?" She knew the look in his eyes, she had seen it many times in Annabella's. It was the look of a person who felt their authority was being challenged. Amanda wasn't in the mood for a dominance battle so she answered mildly, "I didn't want to start a fight with Annabella and it was obvious she did not want me present."
He began to laugh, a deep and rich noise that barreled from his lean stomach. She flushed a little and tried to be heard above his laughing, "I'm telling the truth!" He wiped a tear that had formed in his eye from his laughing out of the way and said, "I believe you me dear. I'm just amused is all."
"What do you mean," Amanda asked, confused. He smiled at her for a moment before answering, "I just don't understand why you suck up to that snotty bitch. I don't know whose convinced you that you aren't as pretty as her, but I can tell you that you're much more attractive then that lil' wench is. And more importantly, you're much stronger then her." Throughout his speech he had gotten up from his seat and walked closer to her, leaning back against his desk. Amanda remained complacent and for the first time in her life, kept her face its normal color. She took a deep breath before responding, "The reason I cater to her is because I am her maid and most men do consider her more attractive then me. And besides, I'm stronger then her in a different way. I don't treat other people like puppets in my personal puppet show." She directed this last comment at her.
He just smiled slyly at her as he gently took her hand. She tried to yank it out of his grasp but he held it firm and began to draw her in closer to him as he said, "I know yer still mad at me luv, for the other night and all. Ye have to understand that that's the way I am and I only did it cuz I was hurt. Ye know me well enough to know that I'd rather be in bed with you any day." She was pressed up against him now and his breath was hot on her face. Her senses were overwhelmed now and she knew it wouldn't be long before he completely seduced her and she was in his bed, writhing beneath him. Somebody help me, her mind screamed as he continued, "I am sorry luv," he murmured, his lips only an inch away now, "Why don't ye just let ol' Jack make everythin' right between us." His lips descended on hers and she was about to respond when a knock at the door interrupted them.
"Go away!" Jack half-growled, half-yelled at the door. Laughing could be heard on the other side followed by Captain McCarthy's voice, "Ah, come on Jack. Do an old friend a favor!" Jack sighed and opened the door reluctantly. A very drunk captain stumbled in but straightened up when he saw Amanda in a sad attempt to cover his drunkenness. "Miss Smith, my! Don't you look lovely?" He stared at her dreamily for a moment as Amanda tried to hide a giggle. He responded with a seductive smile and said, "Very lovely indeed. And a little lonely, Miss Smith, are you in need of some company this evening?" He was so handsome that Amanda almost agreed, even in his drunken state but instead politely said no and slipped back to her cabin unnoticed as Jack and Michael began to talk.
