"I-I'm s-sorry, what?" Moose couldn't stop himself from stuttering.

"I-I used to have a s-small crush on him, so w-when he came up to me about 2 years ago, he s-said he was in l-love with me. And I was just stupid enough t-to believe him" Grace talked against his chest blurring her voice, but Moose heard her.

"You don't have to keep talking if it pains you this much" He kissed her head, his arms were still around her just like hers were around him.

But she just chose to ignore his suggestion.

"We started dating, a-and I was just so happy that h-he apparently liked me back that I kind of b-became unaware of how he r-really treated me. He ordered me around, he m-made decisions for me, he s-started being so controlling. In the s-same laps of time, he started ha-having gambling problems a-and he even dared to bet against the pirates, t-that's when he was kicked out of the crew, b-but it was also when he turned vi-violent on me" Grace tried so hard to stop her tears, but she just couldn't, every teardrop burned on her skin. She also stuttered with each sob. She unconsciously tighten her hold on Moose. But she wasn't the only one, when he heard the last thing she said, his body instantly tensed around her.

"H-He hit y-you?" He stuttered out, fear and anger smothering every word.

"The day he w-was kicked out of the crew, he s-sneaked into the warehouse... a-and found me in m-my room" Her voice went higher with the sentence.

Moose opened his mouth to stop her from continuing, but he was interrupted by Grace when she suddenly pushed herself away from his body so there was about 1 foot between them. She took her arms from around his torso and moved to support herself by grabbing his shoulders. Moose stared at her with wide eyes when she continued talking without stuttering, he felt like is heart was being cut into pieces. He blinked several times and realized that he was crying just like she was, if you looked at the ground between them you could find wet dots.

"He took his anger out on me by hitting and yelling at me, insulting me, insulting my dance, my family, my everything"

"And then he tried to force himself on me"

Silence enveloped both young pirates. Music was long forgotten, a new song was playing but it wasn't like they were paying attention to it.

"Luke arrived and stopped him, they fought until Luke knocked Julian out. We tried denouncing him to the police, but we didn't have money and Julian had it all, so the cops taught I was tricking them for his money and didn't help us at all"

Painful memories invaded Grace's mind while blazing emotions flood Moose's head.

He took her arms from his shoulders and left them gently at her sides, then he placed his hands on her cheeks and tilted her head to face him, her eyes were closed and she wore a pained expression, so he did whatever came first in his mind to try and take the pain away. He rubbed his nose against hers slowly, and moved his thumbs in circles caressing her cheeks.

"Dance can take it all away"

Her eyes snapped open when she heard him.

"Just give it a try, let your mind free, dance for yourself, dance for your happiness, just dance for a smile"

"Whatever Julian said about your dance, about your family, about you are just lies"

Moose turned up the volume, and left her standing in the center.

"Just let your wings free... spread them wide open... and fly" he said softly.

"O-ok" Grace whispered. Her mind was unstable and jumbled up, so she just chose to dance without thinking at all, and just let herself flow with the music.

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