Lunette sighed into her home. Her rather empty home. She pouted as she shut the door. But frowned when a knock came to her door. She turned, opened it and Jim stood there with a rather large bouquet of flowers in his hands. Her eyes widened and his lips part to say, "I am sorry for how I acted with Jackson. And yes I played his game." She blinked at him and her heart squeezed with emotions. And then she covered her face with her hands and said, "Jim you came here looking like that?!" He looked at himself, saw that his shirt was still wide open and he chuckled, "Is it bothering you?" he teased. "Is anyone with you?" she asked. His brow furrowed for a moment and he shook his head before she caught the front of his shirt and hauled him into her home. Jim was stiff as he fell into her home before he felt her pull him down to her and she kissed him. He shook his head as he pulled away. "I don't understand-"

"No man has ever fought for me," she said bashfully. His eyes widened for a moment and she corrected him, "But I am not a prize!"

"Lord," he cursed before her caught her up and kissed her. "I need you," he whispered against her lips. She gasped, but moaned into him, pressing herself tightly into his arms as fireworks went off in her head. His hands were on her in moments, pulling her closer as passion ensued. A hand grasped her skirts, pulling them up until he could feel the creamy, inviting satin-clad flesh of her calf only to trace his fingers up to cup the back of her thigh. His lips fell away from her as he cupped her backside and she moaned. His lips attacked the thin flesh of her throat once more, suckling and nipping at it while her hands caught a hard hold on a handful of his hair. The pressure sent shock waves of tremors through him. Her cool hand grazed down his chest then. He swung her around, and she landed back onto the couch, with her hair flying wildly. She looked at him, saw his expression and she frowned, "Why do you look so sad?" He sighed, and rested his forearms about her, balancing himself above her, "You'll think I'm a gentleman, but I cannot do this," he said tenderly. He kissed her forehead, and sighed.

And suddenly a knock came to her back door. They froze like teenagers caught in the act and both whipped about finding themselves in disarray. Lunette blushed madly as she rushed away hiding her swollen lips as she smoothed her hair and tucked her shirt back into the high waist of her skirt. "Your clothes," she murmured and he groused as he quickly buttoned his shirt and tucked it into the high waist of his pants. He slicked his hair back and she walked to her door and called. "Who is it?"

"John," someone called and then her eyes widened. She ripped the door open and her father stood on her doorstep and she quickly stepped aside to allow him in. Silver's large form filled her front hall and he arched a brow at Jim. "You know my time is limited boyo, I'll see you in the kitchens," Silver said and Lunette nodded as her father walked away and disappeared into the kitchen. Jim groaned lightly before arching a brow and merely taking in a calm deep breath and followed Lunette into the kitchen. He craned his neck and pulled his shirt taught to sit neatly across his broad chest and chuckled seeing Lunette searching for the loose pins that were lost in her frizzed hair. One was dangling dangerously close to falling and he whisked it up, and she froze as he pinned the last wisp of loose hair into place, "Perfect," he murmured and she blushed. And they walked into her kitchen, sitting at the small table there.

Lunette smiled at her father and Silver looked at her. "You're happy," he observed and Lunette stared at him blankly before he looked at Jim and his head tilted to one side. Jim saw the look in his eyes and Silver said, "Lunette I do not approve of you being with this man." Her eyes went wide and she gaped at him. "How- well, doesn't matter," she groused, "but you don't have a right to tell me-"

"You don't know him," Silver groused and Jim's eyes widened. "Silver, that's in the past," he forewarned and then Lunette stiffened. "What?"

"I said you don't know him," Silver said. "Whatever you know right now is nothing, you know nothing about him." She shook her head. "Of course I do, he-"

"Does she know how you privateered that treasure that got you into the academy?" he groused and Jim's eyes narrowed, "How dare you speak if it. You know it was either that treasure or the bounty on your head." Lunette frowned, "What are you talking about?"

"It doesn't matter Silver," Jim snapped. "There was a treasure," Silver rasped, "it was a treasure I had stowed away from Treasure planet and Jim scoured the vast galaxy for it, and after betraying me to find it, he paid his way into the academy," he explained. "It's the very treasure mentioned in the last letter I wrote to your ma." Jim's eyes widened, "I hadn't-" he began. "You stole from us?" Lunette asked brokenly and Jim's eyes narrowed, "Now you're 'us' with your father? The very man who left you for a life of piracy?! And I hadn't known it was a treasure indebted to you! I merely took it as payment for a death he caused!" he demanded.

Silver chuckled, "Have you told her about Estella?" Jim froze, his eyes went glassy hard, and Lunette frowned, "She was a prostitute from Tortucana," Silver said, "she had fallen madly in love with you Jimbo, and you loved her dearly, remember now?" Jim's eyes slowly closed, and when they opened, they were painfully filled with such sorrow, "She wanted something I couldn't give her," he reasoned solemnly. "What did she want?" Lunette's voice pleaded with him and he turned away, "I have no need to bring up a woman you killed Silver. Her greed died when you killed her. And I had every right to take that treasure to fill a void you caused."

"You took what was rightfully hers!" he yelled. Jim looked at Lunette and sighed. "And I've been making up for it ever since I found out she was your daughter," he reasoned. Her head spun. She frowned, "What do you mean?" Jim rose from his seat and peered out the window over her sink. "I found out he was your father when he mentioned you almost two years ago. He said you were Sebastian Cooper's step-daughter, and after I found this out I did everything in my power to make you and your mother's life easier." Lunette suddenly felt her anger begin to boil. "You…you knew this entire time I was his daughter, and you've been watching me longer than I've known you?" she asked and he slowly nodded. "I had not thought I would ever interact with you, but when I sent Silver news that you wished to see him I could not let you go alone," he reasoned. Lunette's head spun even more, "Did you fund the Tortucana voyage?" she asked then and Jim nodded, "With money also provided by Silver and your step father."

"My step-father knows as well?!" she exclaimed. She said coldly, "How dare you interfere with my life and play me like a pawn on a chess board!"

"I had not meant-" But he stopped his words, he knew they weren't any good saying aloud. Jim arched a wise brow and nodded, he bowed politely, "Miss Silver," he said. He walked to the door, "Clearly I am unneeded throughout the rest of your visitation," he announced. "Jim," Lunette said as he opened the kitchen door. He paused, "From this point forward I will assume my position as your Lieutenant of the Royal Space Academy and you will treat me as such. I cannot be a man you may trust." And with that he slipped away.

"And you?!" She whipped around to face her father, "What is the meaning of this?!" she demanded and he took his seat once more. "Jimbo once loved a woman, much like he has come to love you, and although I know you would never ask what she asked of him, he still leads a dangerous life. You cannot be with him." She paused and her next question caused him to wince, "Why did you kill a woman?" He sighed heavily, "Her name was Estella…and his love was not enough for her. She found out about my whereabouts," he reasoned, "She demanded Jim kill me for the bounty posted upon my head." Her eyes widened, he continued, "When he refused, she poisoned him, intending to come after me without anyone to stop her, luckily I caught her in the act of killing him. I shot her three times before she died," he explained, "Jim has never forgiven me." He sighed and rolled his fingers into his fleshy eye. "I cannot allow my daughter to be with a dangerous man like James Hawkins."

"He…he knew all this time?" she asked aloud and Silver sighed, "My dear-"

"How long has he known?" she demanded, Silver stiffened, "Does it matter?"

"Yes!" she retorted loudly, Silver sighed, "Jim came to me the first time you submitted a draft on your theory that I was still alive." Her eyes widened, "I was still an undergraduate, only eighteen, you mean to tell me that he's been studying me for not two years, but over five years?!"

"You are his first case, given to him by his General, because he knew Jim had known me at one point in his life, but he never thought he would never cross me." She shook her head. "Why would you do this?" she demanded. "Because there are men coming from Tortucana. They know of Jim's ties to me, and I'm afraid they may find out about you as well," he explained. "So you just ruined everything?" she demanded and Silver stiffened. His eye widened. He saw the pain in his daughter's eyes and his heart cracked. "You," he paused and she felt hot tears rolling down her face, "awe darlin' you love the boy." She winced at the sound of his words and she stood up and said. "Please leave." He sighed, "Lunette, light of my life, there are men in the city searching for you, you must stay safe. It is why I've come earlier than planned. Please," he murmured. She nodded and pointed for the door.