Lizzie's POV

I had pushed my foreboding mood aside and enjoyed the time spent with the crew, Gil and Harry like every minute was my last because I knew my mother wouldn't give up, we partied, terrorized and pillaged with Harry actually finally breaking into the traitors hideout where we vandalized Mal's art work on the walls with random doodles and mustaches as well as littered the hell out of the place until well into the night before we all began to part ways after a successful day being pirates.

It had somehow agreed that I was going to be staying with Harry seeing as he has barely let me out of his sight and was always close by the whole night and I found myself following him to Hook's Inlet where I saw the tackle shop and the Jolly Rodger docked behind it where the Hook family all lived but I felt incredibly nervous as we stepped aboard the deck and headed towards the barracks.

"Are you sure it's okay that I'm here, what about your Dad?" I asked gripping his hand a little tighter as my nerves grew while I looked around for the retired pirate captain.

"He's probably passed out drunk in the shop" Harry shrugged with a sad look on his face as he led me down the stairs. "The one you gotta look out for is Harriet" he quickly added with a smirk.

"What about CJ?" I asked thinking about his younger sister, she was a troublesome kid like all worthy villain kids.

"I don't know, I don't keep tabs on me siblings but Harriet's gotta be around seeing as she pretty much runs the tackle shop" he shrugged before opening up a door a couple down from the captains quarters which I could see at the end of the short hallway, I could tell because of the shiny golden hook on the door which told me it was Captain Hook's. "Come on" he gestured me into the room he'd opened and I quickly slipped in allowing him to close the door behind me.

I took in my surroundings, there was a large desk in the center of the room with a lot of things covering it looking like maps, books and charts as well as a couple of drawings, I knew Harry drew since I had often saw him fiddling with some sketches over the years that I'd known him and he had me intrigued when he was quickly piling them up out of my sight which made me smile at his insecurity since it wasn't a side of Harry one saw often if any of the time.

In a corner of the room was a bookshelf with a couple of more books stored neatly on a shelf but there was a few random trinkets and trophies that he'd no doubt stolen over the years but it was interesting to take in all the small details of his room since this space was Harry's and Harry's alone and it allowed me to see a new side of him since I'd never been in here before or even on the Jolly Rodger actually.

I heard a creak and turned seeing Harry had laid in the sheet of cloth hung from the ceiling acting as a hammock and judging by the lack of an actual bed I pretty much guessed it's where he slept and suddenly felt guilty of my huge bed back at my mother's but I'd already known that not a lot of kids actually had bed or even a pillow for that matter.

"What's with the sour face?"

"Nothing" I sat down in the chair at his desk.

"Liar" I rolled my eyes at him as I leant my head back relaxing just for a second seeing as I haven't had a moment to actually relax in weeks and for once my mind was clear and untroubled...the madness gone for the time being. "Yeh okay?" I opened my eyes looking back over at him seeing him sitting up in the hammock.

"Yeah just enjoying the peace and quiet" I smiled at him as I stood and walked over to him, he pulled me to stand in front of him placing his hands on my hips.

"I'm glad yeh back in me arms" I nodded my head since I was glad to, he'd saved me for the time being and I was grateful even if I'd have to endure my mother's temper.

"Don't stop being a pirate Harry" I laughed tipping his hat over his eyes since he was getting too mushy these days.

"I've always been a pirate and I don't ever intend to change that" he argued pulling me further into his arms as he laid back on the hammock again forcing me to go with him until I was practically lying on top of him and I felt my whole body relax threatening to make me fall asleep.

"Good, I don't date softies" I smirked up at him before laying my head against his chest and yawned. "You mind if I sleep?" I asked hesitantly.

"Of course not" he smirked and started running his hands through my hair which seemed like the last straw and I found myself dozing off in his arms.

I obviously slept through the night seeing as I was rudely awoken by light coming through the porthole window directly into my face from the rising sun, I was actually surprised I'd slept through the night since I hadn't in weeks but the reason I had was the snoring beneath me as we were sprawled out as much as we could in his hammock bed and I smiled admiring his 'gorgeous face' as Harry likes to say taking in his sleeping form.

I moved my hand up and started tracing lines over his jawline before sliding my hand into his hair, he'd lost the hat meaning I had free range of his messy brown hair that was always hidden beneath his pirate hat and I slowly ran my fingers through it seeing if it'd wake him up so that I could make fun of him for sleeping in since he always liked to claim that a pirate should be awake before the sun yet here he was still passed out and none of what I was doing was seemingly going to change that.

I got up out of his arms and the hammock all without even waking him...I never knew he was such a deep sleeper and suddenly got a wicked idea, I walked closer towards the end of the hammock where his head was and knelt down so that I was right next to his ear.

"GET OUT OF BED YOU LAZY CODFISH!" I yelled and his eyes shot open jumping up but got tangled in the hammock and went crashing to the floor as I burst out into a fit of laughter feeling tears in my eyes since that went even better than I thought. "You should 'a seen your face" I cried as he stood up rubbing his sore head.

"It's not funny, Ilizabeth"

"Oh please, I wish I'd had a camera and recorded it" I was nearly doubling over in laughter but I saw his eyes narrow into a glare before I squealed when he started towards me and made a beeline out the door towards the deck. "I was kidding!" I yelled back as he chased me.

"I wouldn't run that way" he warned me but I ignored him which was a severe mistake as I suddenly felt a board give out beneath my foot and I went spiraling headfirst into the deck.

"Ow...what the hell?!" I yelled hearing his laughter.

"We've been meaning to fix that" I glared at him trying to pull my leg out of the plank that had gone loose and I'd fallen through, he took pity on me and helped me get it free. "Yeh got hit with karma"

"Shut up" I shoved his shoulder but couldn't help laughing since this felt good.

"You two finished yet?" we both spun and saw Harriet standing at the helm and I was shocked that we hadn't noticed her until now. "I could use some help securing the sails, there's a storm expected later" I was surprised that she wasn't even questioning my being here.

"Sure" I smiled at her since I've never had any beef with the oldest Hook child, she nodded back leaving Harry and I to climb the masts and it was so much easier when the ship wasn't moving and we made quick efficient work tightening up the ropes that secured the sails to the masts before finding ourselves perched in the crow's nest and I couldn't help admire the view. "You forget how amazing everything looks from this height" I said feeling Harry sit down beside me, our legs dangled over the side.

"You ever think about where Uma is?" Harry suddenly asked after we'd sat in silence for a few minutes and I turned to him seeing a sour look on his face as he stared out at the ocean beyond the barrier.

"Of course I do, it's been weeks and I won't say I'm not growing worried for her out there alone but we have to trust that wherever she is she's trying to come up with a plan on getting us out of here especially now that my mother's practically hunting me down" I answered looking out at the ocean myself wishing that we could just see Uma as my hope that she was coming back for us was dwindling but I couldn't tell Harry that.

"She won't get her hands on yeh again, I swear to yeh" I smiled at him with a nod but I knew it was only inevitable that she did since there was only so many times that I could avoid Ace and the other goons and avoid getting dragged back there where I'd likely lose my head after this stunt.

"If only we could stay up here forever, above all the drama that lies back on that island" I admitted laying my head against his shoulder. "It all just seems peaceful up here"

"We could" Harry suggested and I could tell he had a smirk on his face and I scoffed but didn't argue since it was a pleasant thought...just not conceivable. "It's me and you from now on" he added taking my hand and entwined our fingers making me smile liking the sound of that even though we were still responsible for the crew in Uma's absence but for right now I was satisfied with it just being me and him.

Harry and I spent at least an hour sitting in the crows nest in our own little bubble until we decided to climb down and head to the Chip Shoppe deciding to skip school today which really we'd be celebrated for on the Isle as it was just pain wicked and naughty which is everything the Isle stood for but as we were walking through the bazaar there was talk all around us of Mal and the others having returned to the Isle once again and had made some big announcement last night that everyone was talking about, they'd talked about some new program to take four kids from the Isle and give them the chance to go to Auradon Prep.

"Your joking right?" I asked one of the shop keepers.

"No they were standing right there on Maleficent's balcony" she pointed at the balcony of Bargain Castle, I turned to look at it before Harry and I locked eyes, anger and wickedness gleaming between them since if they were back then maybe we had another shot at them.

We left the bazaar heading into the Chip Shoppe not surprised to find most of the crew skipping school as well since after all we were all seniors and had pretty much learnt everything there was to learn in our years at the godforsaken buildings of Serpent Prep and Dragon Hall seeing as the crew was pretty evenly spit up between those two schools and they too were talking about the announcement, most of them excited which angered me.

"No one on this crew is taking their pity deal" I announced glaring at them. "We don't need them to get us to Auradon" they all turned and stared at me, a lot of them with defiance and began questioning why they shouldn't take the traitors offer and I honestly couldn't blame them since I'd been gone for weeks and for the fact that our last two attempts didn't go so well.

"She's right" Harry added adding a more sinister glare to mine and that got their attention making me frown a little since Harry really had stepped up and taken over the position as captain and I didn't not like it but it was a stab to the heart for me as I couldn't help wonder where I stood in the crew now. "Uma is still out there finding a way to get us all out of here without selling out to the good for nothing traitors, now question yeh Captains again and the lot of yeh will walk the plank!" they all shrunk back at Harry's threatening tone and quickly busied themselves with anything that wasn't talking out the traitors deals.

"You didn't have to do that" I told him with a frown.

"Aye I did, they disrespected yeh and Uma"

"They're right though, Uma and I have both been gone too long and in that time you've stepped up and pretty much became the captain Harry, the crew is yours now" I told him standing up and walked out needing to walk and think but he quickly caught up with me.

"The crew is yours and Uma's, Ilizabeth" he stated falling into step with me and I just wasn't in the mood to argue.

"I'd like to be alone Harry"

"That's not happening princess, yeh forget that yer mother's still after yeh" I frowned for the reminder and for him calling me princess, it was a horrible reminder but one that was true.

"Fine" I spat and we walked in silence neither of us looking like we were gonna talk anyway and it didn't feel awkward at all and that brought a small smile to my face for the fact that even though I was upset being with Harry just always felt natural and nice...he seemed to match my thoughts as he started to smile as well especially when our hands brushed each other's before we interlocked our fingers. "I hate you" I mumbled since he'd brightened my mood.

"Yer love me" he stated.

"Hate you" I shot back, the smile on my face betraying me.

"Yeh love me?" he stated again, this time it really sounded more like a question and I felt my resolve wavering.

"You make it hard to hate you" I smiled and he smirked suddenly stopping which pulled me to a stop and I was forced back into the wall behind me.

"I never said it back" he frowned and I eyes furrowed together.

"Said what?" I questioned.

"That I love yer" my frown deepened before I met his eyes.

"I don't need to hear it back Harry, when I said it I was never out for a reply from you because I didn't care if you don't feel the same way...I still don't-"

"But I do" he argued cutting me off. "I love yer Liza" I smiled at the new nickname and for the fact that he actually brought himself to say the words out loud since I knew how Harry felt and hadn't needed to hear him say the words.

"I love you Harry" I pulled him forward and connected our lips, once again just happy in the moment and never wanted to let him go, Harry Hook now forever held my heart solely and completely and I knew I held his in a twisted and unique love story cliché kind of way but neither of us cared about what it was going to take to be together because the only thing that mattered was us.

A/N: Harry's nickname for Lizzie is pronounced 'Ly-za'