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"Thank you Captain." Fiona answered quietly still not having gotten her confidence back in her voice. Hook noticed this but didn't say anything he left the room to make a few arrangements with Mr Smee, he wanted to learn more about this mysterious woman whom he had in his quarters, she had certainly been through a lot and had a connection with him in a way. She was also beautiful and made his heart rate increase slightly whenever he saw her, which was something that rarely happened under his cool exterior. The thought of her leaving was giving him a feeling which he had never felt before. His heart sped up and his stomach dropped at the thought, what was this woman doing to him? He had a feeling that it may be harder to let her go than he had previously envisioned, that was something he would have to deal with if it ever came to it, until then he would try and make her feel as comfortable as possible. Not something he expected of himself, he had never before cared about anyone's comfort other than his own, was she making him soft?
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Hook returned a few minutes later with Mr Smee in tow pulling a large trolley full of what Fiona thought must be the food that had been prepared. The food smelled delicious and was certainly having an effect on Fiona's senses. She had been without food for a whole day now and the effects were beginning to show. Her blood sugar level was low and therefore she was beginning to tire, she could last like this for days usually but the fact that she had been in a rather aggressive duel which lasted much longer than usual was having effects. Her spirits were lower than usual and therefore she no longer felt the will to fight. Hook beckoned her to the table that had been spread and held the chair for her to sit down on.
"Come my dear I'm sure you are hungry after everything, Mr Smee has prepared some of his finest dishes just for you, I do hope they are to your liking." Hook left the chair and walked towards Fiona with an outstretched hand. Fiona took his hand and was led towards the now fully set table for two. Fiona was to sit on one side and Hook facing her on the other. The table was spread with many dishes a number of which Fiona had never seen before. Hook pulled back the chair like a gentleman and pushed it in as Fiona sat down. "Please begin Miss Williams there is no need to stand on ceremony here."
Fiona was a little hesitant but she finally reached for something and took a bite, what she thought was a familiar fruit tasted like nothing she had ever had before. The taste was sweet and refreshing and she could feel the energy starting to come back to her, soon she would not be as low as she had been a few moments ago. Fiona eagerly took another bite much to Hooks amusement.
"I see you have a taste for Never food my precious, what your eating is one of the rarest fruits on the island, I can see that it hasn't gone to waste on this table though." Fiona blushed and ducked her head at this comment trying to hide it. She had forgotten that he was sitting opposite her as she revelled in the taste of the food. She was not acting like herself anymore either, after the incident with the dress it seemed that she was finding it hard to be anything but embarrassed and shy around him.
"What am I doing? I'm acting like a little school kid, come on Fiona snap out of it! You have a mission remember? You need to get home; you need to get out of here!" Fiona had begun to have an internal conversation with herself and had therefore not paid any attention to what Hook was saying.
Hook chuckled after having asked if she would like some wine he noticed that she had a far off look in her face as she still had her head bent down. The sound of him chuckling soon brought her head up though. It was a deep pleasant chuckle which sent a shiver down Fiona's spine.
"What are you laughing at?" asked Fiona slightly annoyed at him for laughing at what she guessed was her, and even more annoyed at herself for giving him any cause to laugh at her.
"My dear sheath those claws which you have, there is no need to be so ready to defend yourself, I have no intention of hurting you. I was merely laughing as you seemed to be a million miles away and you had such a serious look on your face, as I asked if you wanted wine."
Fiona looked towards her wine glass which was now full of a deep red liquid.
"I do hope you wanted some as when I got no answer I made the decision for you."
"Yes Captain It will be fine" Fiona blushed again. It was no use he seemed to be able to pull this reaction from her no matter what she did at the moment.
"James"
"I'm sorry?"
"Call me James!"
"But Captain"
"I want you to use my Christian name please; Captain just seems to formal doesn't it?" I will call you Fiona and you will call me James! Well at least when we are in private like this we will is that clear?"
"I…well….I don't think I will be here long enough or in private with you often enough to call you James, we have only just met and it would be informal of me to call you anything but Captain as it is your station."
Hooks heart missed a beat at this comment and his stomach dropped slightly she was still thinking about leaving as soon as she could.
"Fiona" Hook couldn't but help to notice her slight shiver at him saying her name. "Fiona I have asked you to call me James when we are in private, even if you stay is not longer than this evening I would ask you to lay aside formalities when we are alone, is that clear."
"But…."
"There will be no buts!" Hook growled getting frustrated at her refusal to do something this simple. "Are we clear?"
"Yes Capt…er James."
Hook smiled at his name, it sounded so nice coming from her lips. "Now Fiona please tuck in and enjoy the food, you've only tried one thing and I am sure that you will find the rest of what's on offer equally as pleasing."
Both Hook and Fiona tucked into the meal which had been prepared by Smee, Hook was right when he said that she would enjoy the rest of the food but she hadn't been expecting just how much she would. Hook was enjoying watching the looks of pleasure and satisfaction which was passing over her face when she took a bite of a new food for the first time. By the end of the meal both of then were pleasantly full and sat there with satisfied looks upon their faces. Hook got up after a few minutes of rest after the meal and rang for Mr Smee who came in with some drinks.
"My dear you must try this it is most refreshing" Hook offered Fiona a glass and inwardly congratulated himself as the drink was a sort of refreshing truth serum, he was going to get answers.
Taking a small sip of the offered drink Fiona did find that it had an instant refreshing effect. Once they both were settled Mr Smee left and Hook and Fiona were alone once again.
"Now my dear Fiona I would like to ask you a few questions as per our agreement, remember I will know if you are telling the truth"
"Okay I suppose the sooner I get this over with the sooner I can get home, Fire away."
"Fire away?"
"Sorry it's just a saying in Britain we sometimes use when someone wants to ask questions, it just means go ahead."
"Ah, well then lets begin, I suppose we should start with who you are?"
"Okay what can you tell him without giving too much away? General stuff should be okay" Fiona thought to herself. "Okay, I suppose that is as good a place as any. As you know Cap..Erm James my name Is Fiona Williams and I am a Corporal in the Royal Air force, I am stationed at Leuchars which is a place in Scotland. I have been a member for 7 years now and have a happy life serving Queen and country."
"What is this Royal Air force that you speak of my dear it sounds intriguing?"
"The Air Force is a military organisation which protects Britain against threats from other countries, we protect the country from the air while the navy and marines protect at sea and the army are land based. Although I suppose these days all the forces kind of integrate doing a little of each. I fly tornados which are a sort of fighter aircraft."
"You fly using a machine? Is it like the one you arrived in?"
Fiona chuckled slightly at this. "No, Hell no you'd get nowhere fast it you just used a paraglider. The little piece of art you have in your possession makes use of air currents to keep you aloft a Tornado Is many times bigger and had large engines to carry you at very high speeds while you sit encased in metal. My paraglider is just a means of me flying so that I can have the wind in my hair instead of me being inside a cockpit."
"Ahhh" Hook looked slightly perplexed at some of the information he had just received. He did not full understand it. "I believe a demonstration of how it works will be in order at some point my dear."
"As long as I get my paraglider back in one piece I will show you how it works although you will have to come as a passenger while I fly."
"I am sure that can be arranged my dear, but where would I attach myself if I was to fly with you?"
"You would be attached to me, underneath me if you must know?" Fiona said with the blush returning again and forcing her to take another sip of the liquid to cover the fact.
"Underneath you, you say my precious I am sure I will enjoy that." Hook said with a smirk and the implication of something else in his words. This only made Fiona redder.
"What else do you want to know?" Fiona asked trying to get off the topic.
"I want to know what they teach you my beauty as you seen to be most proficient with a rapier, what else can you do?"
"I can shoot numerous forms of gun, I have also been taught self defence. As for hobbies, I love my paraglider as I'm sure you've noticed, I also climb and I have been a gymnast for a number of years, which explains some of the flexibility that you saw in my fencing."
"Strange I thought women were taught to be graceful and polite, with curtseying and other things that are ladylike?"
"What century do you think I come from Captain….sorry James?"
"Well isn't that what young women are taught?"
"Do you think I would be doing all these things if women were still being taught like they were in the 19th century?"
"What century do you live in then?"
"I'm from 2008."
"2008!"
"Yes James."
"Obviously Peter hasn't brought anyone here for a while then, the last child was from 1930 I think."
"Well the world that I come from has changes a lot since then. Women have rights, we work just like men do, we don't stay at home with the kids anymore. To be honest we don't need a man to be anything these days, we can do it on our own and a lot of us do?"
"What about you my precious? Do you have a man waiting for you when you get home? If you get home. Hook eagerly awaited the answer, if she said no then he may have a chance. He tried not to let the anticipation of her answer show on his face and it seemed to work.
"No, as I said women don't need men anymore to stand on their own two feet. I will maybe find someone someday but at the moment I am happy to be my own person."
"Ahh so you've not found that certain someone yet? Well my dear I hope that you find him, as I'm sure you don't know what your missing." Hook wall elated inside and was secretly hoping that he had the opportunity to become that certain person in her life.
"Maybe I do, maybe I don't but I am happy as I am just now." Said Fiona getting slightly irritated with his questions.
"Well Fiona lets move on shall we?" Hookasked pulling a small device out of his pocket.
"My dear I would like you to explain to me what this is? It seems to emit strange noises when you push this button."
Fiona looked at the small device in his hands and flashed a smile, Hook was holding her MP3 player which had been attached to her paraglider.
"Its an MP3 player, it plays music, my favourite music at the moment is on it. Here let me show you how it works."
Fiona took the device out of his hands and offered him an earphone. She put the other earphone in her ear and indicated him to do the same. Fiona switched on the MP3 player and pressed play which started the song she had last been listening to.
"On
the day I was born, the nurses all gathered 'round
And they gazed
in wide wonder, at the joy they had found
The head nurse spoke
up, and she said leave this one alone
She could tell right away,
that I was bad to the bone
Bad to the bone
Bad to the bone
B-B-B-B-Bad to the bone
B-B-B-B-Bad
B-B-B-B-Bad
Bad
to the bone
I broke a thousand hearts, before I met you
I'll
break a thousand more baby, before I am through
I wanna be yours
pretty baby, yours and yours alone
I'm here to tell ya honey,
that I'm bad to the bone
Bad to the bone
B-B-B-Bad
B-B-B-Bad
B-B-B-Bad
Bad to the bone
I make a rich woman beg,
I'll make a good woman steal
I'll make an old woman blush, and
make a young woman squeal
I wanna be yours pretty baby, yours and
yours alone
I'm here to tell ya honey, that I'm bad to the bone
B-B-B-B-Bad
B-B-B-B-Bad
B-B-B-B-Bad
Bad to the bone"
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Bad to the bone by ZZ top played over the head phones, giving Hook a start when he first heard the music but when he heard more and actually listened to the lyric he grew to enjoy the music.
"Well my dear your music is interesting, I certainly like that one anyway." Hook tried to reach for it to inspect it a little more but Fiona had hastily pushed it into her pocket. "Why have you put it away my dear I was enjoying that?"
"It is mine, and I would like it to stay in my possession as it is something that reminds me of home and what I am missing if I don't try to get beck."
Hook secretly wished he had never given her it back as I she started to forget what she was missing in her old life she might be willing to stay here for longer. Quickly changing his tactics Hook decided it would be better if he stopped questioning her for this evening, obviously the more he probed the more she would think about what she had left behind.
"Fiona my precious I think its time for us to sort out the living arrangements while you will be staying here. Obviously as I said before for the first few nights you will have to sleep here my dear as we need to sort out some other accommodation for you. You will take my bed and I will sleep on my hammock."
"But Captain!" Fiona started and got a look from Hook.
"It's James remember Fiona?"
"James you don't need to give up your bed, I will be perfectly comfortable on the hammock, I have slept in a lot worse."
"No my dear you will have the bed and that will be an end to it. I will go and find some night clothes for you, I'm afraid it will probably just be one of my night shirts as we do not often accommodate women on board. The dress you are wearing has not been used for many, many years. Please make yourself comfortable I will go and find everything you will need for your stay with us, I will also try and locate another dress for you which is longer and covers your legs. Will that satisfy you my dear?"
"I would much rather have my own clothes James."
"I am afraid they will not be ready for tomorrow, our wash day is not for another two days and you will not get them back till then."
"If you let me I can wash them tonight."
"No, you will just wait and you will have them when I have them washed for you. I promise that no-one will see your legs apart from me my dear Fiona and I do not mind in the slightest." Hook said raising his now hook less hand to show exactly how much he didn't mind.
"Now just stay here and make yourself at home."
(1) This is the song lyrics to ZZ tops song Bad to the Bone
Well this is a long chapter. Please review I haven't had many so far and would like more. Thank you to those of you who have been kind enough to give me your reviews they are appreciated. I hope you like the latest update and there are not too many mistakes. I don't have a beta reader if someone would like to volunteer please let me know.