WOW WOW WOW!!!! TONS of reviews from that last chapter, thank you guyz!!!! Keep 'em flooding in… I REALLY appreciate them! And the reason I haven't updated in a while was because I was writing more of the Blood of a Pirate.

Chapter Seven:

Suddenly, there was no more wall she was leaning on. There was nothing to support her, except Will's strong embrace on her. She fell backward, taking Will with her.

Will didn't know what happened. One second they were leaning against the wall of Riley's closet, the next, there was no more wall of her closet. He felt her being pulled back, and, this catching him off guard, made him fall back too.

THUD.

Riley hit the floor on her back, Will falling on top of her.

Her heart started racing again, but it wasn't because of the pirates outside her closet…

Will looked into her eyes, quickly kissing her. Then, he rolled off and silently stood up, reaching out a hand for Riley. She took it, and he pulled her up.

"What was that?" asked a pirate.

"Not sure… check the closet, maybe they're in there."

The two of them held their breath as they heard the door open and footsteps come into the closet.

"What are you idiots doing?" came a new voice, followed by more footsteps. "They've got to be in here someplace…"

Riley gasped and started to shiver violently. Again, Will protectively wrapped his arms around her in his strong yet gentle embrace. Somehow, the air seemed warmer around her and she felt like nothing in the world could touch her now, now that he was holding her, protecting her.

"But where could they be?" asked an angry pirate. "We've checked everywhere else…"

"Come on! We're wasting time! Let's just go…"

"Yes, sir," said a few voices together.

There were footsteps that exited the room, then a huge crash. It sounded like they had broken the door off completely. There were footsteps below them, then there was silence. Will turned around, looking at where they were.

"What is this place?" he asked into the black silence.

"I don't know… Riley replied. She couldn't see anything, and she didn't know if there was a light anywhere. No sooner had she thought it and began to move around, something grazed the top of her head, feeling like a chain. She reached up and pulled it, and light filled the room.

"I think it's a secret passage…" she said.

There was absolutely nothing in the room whatsoever except for herself and Will. Well, this sure came in handy, perfect timing, that was for sure.

"There's a door…" said Will, walking over to a side of the wall that they had apparently fallen through. Riley followed him as he pulled on a handle and he led the way out. Once he shut it behind them, he noticed that it was barely noticeable. There was no handle, and it blended perfectly with the paint on the wall.

"That's interesting…" said Riley before she could stop herself.

Will laughed quietly. "My friend Jack always used to say that phrase…" he opened the door of the closet.

Once he did that, Riley wanted to go back into the closet and stay there until everything was back the way it should be.

It seemed like every single one of her precious things was destroyed. There was debris everywhere, miraculously, her bedroom wasn't totally destroyed, it was mostly just the door, which was in a couple pieces on her floor. Then, she moved toward her living room and kitchen.

She almost had a heart attack. There was a foot hole through her TV, broken dishes everywhere, her stereo equipment in a few pieces, her couch split in two.

Riley moved toward her office, so to check on that, but nothing was touched, thank God. She moved back into the bedroom and opened the door to the balcony, and stepped out. She saw a group of pirates moving towards the shadowy alleyways. She pulled her sweater around herself tighter, the night air was chilly. But even then, she still shivered.

Will moved into the bedroom too, seeing Riley standing on the balcony. He moved out there as well, and wrapped his arms around from behind her.

She jumped, but Will whispered quickly, "It's okay, it's just me."

She turned around, still shivering, even in Will's warm embrace. But she noticed that he was also shivering, but it couldn't be because of the air around them.

The leading man afraid? This couldn't be right… men were strong, bold, fearless in situations like this.

This couldn't be good.

"Are you all right?" he asked.

She looked away from his face, staring at the ground instead.

"Riley?"

A wind swept her hair back, billowing the T-shirt Will was wearing. "This is just so overwhelming for me," she said, her voice cracking, sounding as if she were about to cry. "I mean, you come here, from a different world, and some evil pirates follow you, looking for us. Will, this isn't normal in our world. People don't just fall out of the 18th century, they only do that in movies or books."

Will was silent, but Riley could read his thoughts. "Not that I don't want you here," she said quickly, "It's just… I'm scared."

Will kissed the top of her head. "I know, but they're gone now, we won't have to worry about them for a while… hopefully. Come on, I'm sure you're tired."

He led her back into the bedroom, taking a blanket from the end of it and unfolding it so he could sleep on the floor and she could have the bed.

"Will, you don't have to sleep on the floor," she said. He looked up.

"Are you sure?"

She nodded quickly, and he snuggled up behind her, smiling.

º Sorry about not updating for awhile… but to celebrate, PLEASE review! Yes, I am staying home from bowling with my friends tonite just to write this! (also partly because I don't think I can go…)