Chapter 2 for you, my dears...

James sat in his car in front of 'The Black Pearl', concerned that someone was going to break his windshield and murder him. He both smiled and sighed with relief as Mina practically bounced out of the building. He smiled wider as he took in what she was wearing. She wore a pirate styled shirt with baggy sleeve and a V cut out to expose a bit of cleavage that cut off just under the swell of her breasts, exposing her pale stomach until it met her tight faded blue cut-offs. On her feet were brown leather ankle-high boots that were very baggy as they sloshed around above their one inch heel. She knocked on the window of the passenger side door and he rolled it down.

"So where are we going?" he asked, his British accent thick. It was so different from Mina's Ozark accent. She'd grown up with her father in America for her first 6 years of life while Will spent his first 7 years in Port Royale with their mother before she died and Bill and Mina were forced to move back. Somehow, Mina had maintained her accent even after all these years.

"So… when I said pick me up here… I kinda meant we're hanging out here." She smiled shyly at him. James sighed, rolled up the windows and got out of the car, locking it. He followed her into a large room with a concrete floor. All the light that came through were blue from the stained glass windows and there was a small stage covered in crates and barrels across from the entrance. There were similar things pushed against the wall but the center of the room was cleared aside from a large black blanket with a little picnic basket in it.

Mina walked with James to the blanket, watching for his reaction. He seemed happy and he sat down, smiling at her. She opened the picnic basket to reveal a bottle of sparkling grape juice, two plastic champagne glasses, a few peanut butter and jelly sandwiches, and nutella covered strawberries. James pulled out the juice and glasses, pouring some for the both of them. Mina held her glass up and tapped it to James'. She poorly hid a smile as he made a face at how sour it was. They ate quietly, enjoying each other's presence until they came to the strawberries. James pulled out a large, juicy looking strawberry and offered it to her.

In an attempt to be sexy Mina leaned forward to take a bite but slipped as the arm she was propping herself up on slid backwards and she took the whole strawberry in her mouth along with bashing her front teeth against the side of James' pointer finger. "OW!" James yelped, but he was chuckling and Mina was just blushing so cutely. She swallowed the devious red fruit and smiled up at him, still blushing.

"Sorry…" she said. She was so adorable that James just wanted to cuddle with her forever. He inched closer to her as she fed on the sugary demons. By the time Mina had looked up from the food James was less than an inch away from her. She looked up at him questioningly.

James smiled gently and brushed some hair behind her ear, never breaking eye contact. "I never even realized how beautiful you were." He whispered, his face changing from happy to confused, as though he didn't understand why he hadn't fallen for her sooner.

"That's because I'm not." James looked at her again, confused. He gently pushed her onto her back and looked down at her.

"So beautiful." He said breathlessly.

"Not like Elizabeth or Angelica…" she looked very sad, as though she really thought she wasn't as beautiful as them. James thought that was ridiculous because to him, there was never a creature more perfect than Mina.

"You're right." He said. He leaned down to her ear and whispered, "You're so much more…" it sent a shiver down Mina's spine, the way he said it. He had one arm over Mina's head, holding himself up on his forearm and the other was lower, with his hand on Mina's hip. She looked up at him, staring into his sea green eyes with her stormy blue-grey ones, silently begging him to close the small distance between them. James complied and kissed her as her arms raised to grip his shoulders. The kiss was gentle and passionate and slow and sweet.

Both were disappointed when James pulled away so they could breathe. James lay on his back, kicking away the basket and pulling Mina to lie next to him with her head in the crook of his shoulder and one arm resting against his chest as the other fell over James'. The arm Mina was laying on was wrapped around her so that his hand was on her hip while the other was bent under his head. Mina seemed very content in this position and snuggled into James, soaking up his warmth on the cool concrete floor that penetrated the blanket and her clothes. "James?"

"Yes?"

"Did you enjoy the date?"

James smiled and let out a breathy chuckle. "I did."

Mina smiled in relief and buried her face in James' shoulder. "Good, it took forever to cover all those strawberries in Nuttella." She muttered.

James laughed out loud. Mina liked the sound. It was hearty and full and joyful and just plain good to hear. "And only a second to use them as a device for biting off my fingers."

Mina snorted. "Yeah, exactly." She said sarcastically. James smiled and tugged her closer. Mina smiled at the contact. She liked have a boyfriend. It was nice and sweet and warm. "James?" she asked again after a few minutes of silence.

"Hmm?" he asked, his eyes closed.

"I'm glad you're my boyfriend."

James smiled at the words. "I'm glad I'm your boyfriend too…" he said drowsily. "Now, hush. I want us to nap together." And so they did.

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-Gingie