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Emmett grinned, Edward would like that, and so he thanked the Carlisle for the news and returned below deck to let the rest of his crew know the good news.
"...So she's ours to look after?" Jasper summarised.
Emmett nodded, "I'm 100% sure he'll keep his word."
"Yeah, definitely a man of his word, James." Edward remarked. The news spread through him, engulfing him in a feeling of relief. He glanced at Bella for the first time since Jasper had pulled her from behind his back.
Reaslising she had nowhere to sit, even if she didn't want to, he cursed himself for forgetting his manners and stood up, "Sit Bella".
Bella's half-relaxed face turned terrified as she tiptoed over. He winced as he realised it had sounded like an order, "No, wait..." He took her arm. Another order, he shook himself.
"I didn't mean..." he looked down, "I didn't mean that as an order."
Bella relaxed slightly and smiled, "thank-you sir."
He flinched, "you err, you don't have to call me sir, Bella".
A huge grin spread across her face, lighting up the room, and knocking the breathe out of him. He had a feeling it had been a long time since she had smiled like that.
Bella crept out onto the deck, Jasper right behind her, ready to catch her if she should fall on the steep stairs. In front of her Emmett opened the hatch onto the deck. She nearly swooned at the smell and the feel of the clear night air washing over her.
Jasper pushed her gently and she rushed forward up the last steps and into the night air.
Emmett and Jasper had been making her wait for three days until she could come up on deck. None of the men willing to let the beautiful, charming girl risk an encounter with James. She found it oddly amusing, really, the way they were protecting her, she had encountered worse, it was like she'd put them under her spell.
She gazed in delight at the twinkling stars and twirled around the deck, she felt free, a bubble of laughter was building up in her throat. She danced in the moonlight and she couldn't hold it in any longer. It burst forward, the sound was foreign to her, and she had forgotten what it was like to laugh.
She did a few more twirls around the deck laughing freely, before coming to rest against the rigging. Her breaches tightening around her legs as she ran. Her hair escaped the confinements of her pins as it fell down to her hips.
Emmett glanced over at his brother's reaction to Bella's sudden outburst. Edward was watching her admiringly. His hands frozen somewhere over a knot he was untying. Emmett crept up behind him and gently took the knot from his hands.
"Go on, I know you want to." One eyebrow raised, challenging him to disagree. Edward nodded still dazed and slid down the mast to the lower deck.
Edward walked forward until he had Bella's attention, she smiled, dazzling him completely. He wasn't going to lie to himself; in the moonlight she looked absolutely delectable.
He stepped forward and then bowed jokingly, "may I have this dance?"
She giggled, the sound vibrated through him, heating him on the inside. "But there's no music".
"we'll make our own music" he replied, pulling her closer by the hand she slipped in his proffered one.
Emmett laughed to himself, as Edward bowed and offered her his hand; it hadn't escaped his notice, or that of the rest of the crew, that Edward was the only one of them to have any manners. He quickly finished untying the knot he'd taken from his brother, and slipped back under the hatch.
Bella sighed happily, her warm body pressed up against his, as they swayed to the sound of their own music and the beat of the waves crashing against the side of the ship. So this was what peace felt like.
An hour later Bella sighed once more, being a slave had made her scared of being too close to men, but tonight she's surpassed herself, being pressed up tightly against Edward's body, listening to the sounds of the sea rushing gently back and forth, and his gently whispers had been almost perfect.
Almost... The memories of her past experiences haunted her still and it used a lot of her will power to push them away and just live in the moment.
Now, she was leaning against Edward's shoulder as they rested against the side of the boat, the soft waves lulled her further and further towards dreamland, like the boat was pulling her back across the sea away from the horrible nightmares.
Bella jolted awake, a rough arm pulling her to her feet and growling softly. She shivered, and froze automatically. This man she hadn't met yet, this man was using that very same animalistic tone that the other men used.
She pulled away from his jaws as he leant forward to kiss her. 'No, please!' she whimpered. The door flung open, and Edward's intimidating form filled the doorway. He grabbed the man from her and pulled her behind him. 'NO!' he shouted he pinned the man against the wall, a menacing, possessive growl passed his lips. 'Don't you touch her! If I see you near her again I will throw you overboard, you will regret ever setting your eyes upon her!'
Bella hid behind Edward, shaking at the man's furious expression. She whimpered as the man grabbed Edward's shoulder and lifted him up, his feet barely touching the floor.
"Don't you ever threaten me, you lousy shit, I rule this ship. Keep your girl, but this afternoon you've got deck punishment!"
Bella sighed with relief as the man stalked off. Deck punishment, just more work maybe? That didn't sound so bad.
Edward grabbed her elbow, pulling her towards his cabin "Where are we going?" her voice broke his anger as he turned to face her. He cupped her face in his hands searching her for any injuries "did he hurt you?" his voice filled with concern, touched her deeply, no one had ever been concerned for her welfare for a long time. She shook her head mutely before following him into his cabin.
"You'll be safer here" Edward laid a sheet and a pillow onto the ground, gesturing to the bed for her to sleep in, whilst he set up camp on the floor. Bella knew she should say no and insist that he sleeps on his own bed whilst she sleeps on the floor, but she was too shaken by James' actions that she simply didn't have the strength to protest. Sleep soon engulfed her.
Bella screamed, this was deck punishment! This was torture!
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