"You can do it." Annabelle smiled, and Hector sighed.

"Bell, I've been trying to walk across the room all morning." He scowled. Annabelle had taken to the task of helping Hector get back on his feet, but both of them were quickly learning it wasn't an easy task. They had taken the first weeks slowly, with getting him stand and walk around a little, but he was still weak.

"Hector, don't give me an I can't do it." Annabelle crossed her arms. "I will walk across this room and slap you."
"Will ye now?" Hector snorted. "I'd like t' see yeh try." He taunted.

"Why don't you come over here and find out." Hector scowled at her and Annabelle smirked. She knew Hector could do it, and if she had to taunt the pirate lord into it, then so be it.

"Maybe I will." Hector slowly stood up and grimaced. Annabelle watched as he slowly started walking across the room, but stopped hallway, leaning on a table.

"Come on." Annabelle leaned against the wall. "I'm waiting."

"I'll get yeh for this, missy." Hector grinned and slowly continued, until he stood in nfront of Annabelle. He raised an eyebrow as she lightly tapped his cheek, and grabbed her hand. She smiled innocently and he didn't hesitate as he pulled her closer, pressing a gentle kiss to her lips, and she leaned against him, kissing him back.

A sudden throat clearing at the door made them both break apart, and Hector leant against the wall, keeping an arm around Annabelle's waist, and she blushed as she recognized Tia.

"I need to talk to Hector alone, Bell." Tia said, and Annabelle sighed.

"You need to talk to him right now?" Tia nodded, and Annabelle felt Hector press a kiss to the top of her head as he let go off her.

"I'll come get yeh when I'm done." Hector murmured, and Annabelle smiled at him.

"If you can make it down the stairs after me." She teased, and moved out of his reach. She paused and shook her ass at him, and he raised an eyebrow.

"Are yeh taunting me?" He asked, and Annabelle giggled, not answering him as she headed out the door, and Tia smiled at her.

"Jack looks like he wants to go outside wit you." She offered, and Annabelle smiled.

"I'll be back by lunch." She promised, and Tia nodded.

"We'll be here." She said, and Annabelle headed downstairs. The minute she got down there, however, Jack screeched and leaped, landing on her shoulder.

"Jack!" She jumped in shock and then sighed. "I heard someone else was tired on being cooped up in here as well." Jack chittered in agreement and she smiled. "Let's go see if we can't rustle up a few apples, eh?" Before she had even finished her sentence, Jack was standing up, his small furry hands holding her hair, which was pulled back in a tight bun so he couldn't rip it apart, and because Annabelle found it easier to move around without her hair getting caught on the many items Tia had stacked around. She laughed and headed out and into the rowboat, careful not to knock the small monkey off, quietly humming as she rowed through the swamp.

"Annabelle!" Annabelle looked up and saw another rowboat headed her way, and smiled. One of the locals- she could never remember any of their names-, and it looked like he had a whole barrel of apples. "It's good to see you outside!"
"It's good to be out!" Annabelle smiled and slowed down. "Jack was getting a little to energetic." She explained, and Jack tried to climb across, but she grabbed him.

"I can see that!" Jack struggled to pull away from Annabelle reaching towards the apple, and this earned him a raised eyebrow. "He likes apples?"

"Loves them." Annabelle grimaced as Jack clawed at her. Any minute, he would start biting, she just knew it. As she thought it, Jack bit her hand and she let go of him, gasping in shock.

"Why not take a few of them?" Annabelle nodded, and Jack happily took an apple, holding close to him. "Keep the little fella happy, so he won't bite." She smiled gratefully, and soon the bottom of the boat was filled with small sacks of apples. She couldn't believe her luck here, but she knew both Hector and Jack would eat them within the week.
"Thanks." Annabelle breathed a sigh of relief as she headed away from the boat and back towards Tia. She scowled at Jack, and pushed a few apples aside with her feet. "You are so lucky I don't throw you over." She grumbled.

When Annabelle got back to Tia's house, Hector sat on the docks waiting. "You made it all the way down here?"

"Aye, I told yeh I would meet yeh here." Hector raised an eyebrow as Jack ran past her. "What's in the sacks?"

"You'll see." Annabelle smiled and picked them up, taking a deep breath. They were heavier then they looked. "It's a surprise." She smiled as Hector tied the boat off, and headed inside, but when she set the apples down, Hector grabbed her hand.

"Did Jack bite yeh?" Annabelle looked at her hand. There was a bite mark, and some blood. She grimaced and nodded.

"I tried to keep him from running off, and he bit me." She explained as Hector inspected her hand, and he shook his head.

"Bell, every time I see ye, there's a new mark isn't there?" Hector chuckled. "Amnesia, pin pricks, monkey bites…" He shook his head. "What next?" Annabelle blushed and scowled. Hector was right, but still, he didn't have to rub it in.

"Jerk." She muttered as he laughed, blushing in embarrassment.

"Now, what are yeh trying to hide?" Hector opened a sack and his eyes widened slightly. "They're filled with… Apples?"

"Yes, I got them from a local." Annabelle sighed. "Thanks to Jack's little fi9ght with me, he said I could have them, and not to worry about price."
"Then he did some good." Hector said in amusement. "Now, lunch is ready, and yeh need to eat."
"So do you?" Annabelle huffed.

"I have these apples. Now, go eat. Or I will make yeh eat." Hector kissed her cheek, and Annabelle shook her head, but smiled as she walked away, hearing Hector rooting through the apples and muttering about green ones.