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Post by Sally Fitch/Clever Else on Feb 12, 2013 16:31:34 GMT -5
Else stepped through the hospital room doors. The room was dimly lit inside. She walked over to a small table and set the small flower arrangement down. Holly had helped her pick out the flowers and their encouraging meanings, but the once-queen knew that the Pirate wouldn't care a lick about any of that.
She turned towards the bed. Hook seemed to be asleep. She soundlessly walked over to his side. Gods, he hadn't changed a bit... except for a few scraps here and there on his face. She leaned over to gently comb a dark lock of his back into place.
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Post by Captain Killian 'Hook' Jones on Feb 12, 2013 16:38:19 GMT -5
"mmm, I wondered when I might run into you again..." Hook muttered as she brushed back a lock of his hair. He chuckled watching her jump back a little," and waking up to you over me like this... makes it that much sweeter of a reunion"
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Post by Sally Fitch/Clever Else on Feb 12, 2013 16:53:32 GMT -5
Else huffed after being startled.
And then of course she had to roll her eyes at his comment. "Oh, Captain Jones... ever hiding behind shallow innuendos. How do you fare?" Although she could take a pretty educated guess from the looks of him.
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Post by Captain Killian 'Hook' Jones on Feb 12, 2013 16:57:08 GMT -5
"I've been better.... you'd think I'd be happier tied to a bed but unfortunately no..." he sighed and glanced over at the flowers and chuckled," For me? You shouldn't have- may I ask the occasion, Love?
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Post by Sally Fitch/Clever Else on Feb 12, 2013 17:16:29 GMT -5
Else pulled a chair up beside the bed. "I thought you could use a familiar face, who can find your presence SOMEWHAT tolerable." She grinned. "You've made one hell of an impression on the citizens of Storybrooke."
She met his eyes. "Shooting an innocent girl? REALLY?"
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Post by Captain Killian 'Hook' Jones on Feb 12, 2013 17:20:49 GMT -5
"We both know no one is truly innocent, Love," He replied flatly," and it sounds to me the lass made a full recovery- outside of her missing memory, so what harm have I really done to her? I've gotten my revenge, and that 'innocent girl' has been saved from a life believing she loves that monster"
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Post by Sally Fitch/Clever Else on Feb 12, 2013 17:28:47 GMT -5
"She did love him, Killian." Else retorted. "...And she was the only thing keeping that MONSTER in check in a town full of innocents that he can easily dispose off." She ran her fingers through her ash brown hair and sighed. This was the side of Hook she couldn't reason with. And never would.
"So how does it feel?" Else asked point blank. "Has your thirst been quenched, FINALLY, after centuries? Does it taste ever as sweet as you always imagined it would?"
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Post by Captain Killian 'Hook' Jones on Feb 12, 2013 17:33:56 GMT -5
Honestly, there was still a part of him that didn't want to be finished, something empty. He didn't say anything right away," Wonderful, peaceful actually"
" How's your husband by the way?" He asked, guessing that would still be a sore spot for her.
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Post by Sally Fitch/Clever Else on Feb 12, 2013 17:46:51 GMT -5
Else only weakly smiled and shook her head at his reply. "Liar." She said simply.
And then the jab. She should have expected it, that was the way he was, but it still stung. She looked down.
"He's fine... we're expecting." She said, she couldn't hide the sadness in her voice. She laid her head down on the railing of his bed. There was a time, in Neverland, when the two had been stripped to their most inner tortured souls... and held each other to find comfort. She wished for that moment now... for that sense of comfort. Kind of hard with him handcuffed... and he probably wasn't in the best of moods.
"You'll be proud to hear that I'm leaving him." She said, not looking at the pirate. "So I could very well have my way with you on this very gurney and not feel the least amount of remorse about it..." she teased, although her eyes were getting wet.
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Post by Captain Killian 'Hook' Jones on Feb 12, 2013 17:56:16 GMT -5
"and wouldn't that be a treat" he winked, though it was then he noticed the wetness in her eyes,"...though.... leaving when you're carrying his child.... well both of yours I suppose... "
It was hard to believe, but he wanted to comfort her, as he had done in Neverland. True, he wanted to ravish her in bed like any other woman, and true he didn't have any real 'romantic feelings' for her like he had Milah.... but he had grown fond of her as a friend.
".... you're very brave.... but.... are you sure this is what you want?'
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Post by Sally Fitch/Clever Else on Feb 12, 2013 18:15:48 GMT -5
Else sniffed. "No... but I can't do NOTHING." She was careful not to raise her voice. Hans was in the waiting room... but if he had followed her...
She sighed, breath shaky. "I'm not like you Hook. I know that revenge will never sate the unjust that has beaten me down time and again. Only happiness..." Her voice was failing her now. "... But when I try to reach for it... it slips from my fingertips, no matter what I do." She laid her head back down, one hot tear streaming down. "I need to find my Neverland... somewhere here in Storybrooke.... away from it all..." She shut her eyes tight, clinging to the rail.
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Post by Captain Killian 'Hook' Jones on Feb 12, 2013 18:20:41 GMT -5
Hook was shocked, he hadn't seen her like this since.. since Neverland.
Now more than ever he wished he could get up, he could hold her, but he was helpless," Love... Else please don't cry...." he said softly," there's something I should tell you... about Neverland... it wasn't as numbing as I made it out to be"
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Post by Sally Fitch/Clever Else on Feb 12, 2013 18:34:55 GMT -5
Else wept quietly, wiping away tear after tear, but his soothing words did sift through the haze of her sadness, reaching her.
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Post by Captain Killian 'Hook' Jones on Feb 12, 2013 18:44:47 GMT -5
"It was a little like the dream before a nightmare, the bit just before things start to turn sour.... and you know it's inevitable.... and it's empty" He bit his lip and leaned back," Else.... Love, believe me.... it's not what you need, I don't know if you should stay with Hans or find a new path but.... I know that a 'Neverland' isn't the answer"
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Post by Sally Fitch/Clever Else on Feb 12, 2013 19:04:04 GMT -5
Else wiped another tear away.
"Wanting to put me back on course towards a happily ever after..." She murmured. "...but refusing to find your own..." She didn't want him to read into that as a jab. She lowered her head to bring her lips to his handicapped arm, placing a soft kiss on the broken piece of him. Else smiled against him, and then looked up at him.
"You always knew you would have a kiss from me sooner or later, pirate." she said, feeling a little more like herself. Calm and collected.
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