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Post by Ariel on Feb 22, 2013 21:28:41 GMT -5
"You really think so? I hope your right Else, I have to get away from Hook... I actually told him I loved him the other night..." She bit her lip for a moment seeing Else's reaction.
"I do.. or at least I did.. I know, he can't love me back probably not anything even close to that and I took it back but it was to late." She put her head in her hands.
"Oh I am so stupid! I mean really? Hook of all the humans in the world why on earth does it have to be him?" She sighed.
"Jefferson is so different he is nice he can feel and I need that. I like him I really do and if I could wager a guess, I would say he likes me as well. I just want something real, I don't want to play games anymore." Ariel told her everything with true honestly it was refreshing to have someone like Else to talk to.
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Post by Sally Fitch/Clever Else on Feb 23, 2013 0:19:37 GMT -5
Else listened to the poor mermaid spill her heart out.
"Well, then woo this Jefferson on an intellectual level before jumping into bed with him." She suggested. "Sex is, don't get me wrong, INCREDIBLE, but it shouldn't be the basis for a relationship. It is merely the cherry on top. Too many confuse sex and love, thinking they are one... but they aren't, Ariel."
"How... how did Captain Jones react to your profession of love?" Else asked, nonchalantly. She hoped to find even a LITTLE evidence of a change of heart within the pirate. She refused to give up on him finding his own redemption or happy ending... or perhaps both.
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Post by Ariel on Feb 23, 2013 0:41:43 GMT -5
Ariel blushed, "Well it's a long story but I will make it short. We got into a fight I told him I was done just sleeping with him all the time. I wanted something more. So as usual Hook just kicked me out and we screamed at each other for a while. Then things shifted and he got really possessive. When he let me go I just couldn't handle it anymore and I dove off the docks." Ariel paused for a moment this part was hard.
"The thing that keeps me human lets just say it doesn't allow me to go back to being a mermaid here and I almost drowned. Hook saved me it was after that we went back to the ship and he was just holding me. I was upset as you can imagine, I kissed him and told him. I didn't want him to know... not ever when I did something else to distract him he actually pulled away. He'd never pulled away before..." Ariel admitted to her.
"Anyway, we chatted for a while after and I realized if I didn't stop loving him I would spend the rest of my life being nobody to him but a warm body. I can't... I can't bear the thought of that." She blinked back tears.
"I don't plan on sleeping with anyone for a while... sex just makes everything so much more complicated. If things work out with Jefferson then great but slowly I agree would be better. I think he is the kind of guy who doesn't rush into things." Ariel sighed.
"To Be honest Else I didn't expect to pour my hear out to you but I feel better not keeping all this inside. I've done that for far to long."
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Post by Sally Fitch/Clever Else on Feb 23, 2013 9:04:48 GMT -5
Else smiled. "It's what friends do for each other; listen and share." But Else couldn't help but feel for Hook. He brought his own grief upon himself... but that was probably because he didn't now HOW to act otherwise. His defense mechanism of keeping everyone at a distance had become a crutch he could not function without.
Ariel needed to get away from the ship. It was becoming toxic to her thinking clearly, being so close to someone she had given her all to. And perhaps her presence was detrimental to Hook's development as well. He needed to see that he DID feel more complete with having someone around. And perhaps if he missed that feeling, he would be inspired enough to go out and get it back. Either with Ariel or SOMEONE else... but he needed to be the one feeling the want of something more... not being the ill-tempered flame that attracts the pretty moth before zapping it of it's life as he currently was.
"Why don't you and Jefferson come over to my and Hans' house sometime? For dinner?" Else suggested. "I rarely had house guests under the curse, and it sounds like you could use a change a scene. Something different to do with this man other than hang close to the ship..."
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Post by Captain Killian 'Hook' Jones on Feb 23, 2013 13:05:09 GMT -5
He had heard just about enough, his emotion stirred in the pit of his gut. Anger, frustration.... And just a touch of sadness....
He should have just left, gone back to whatever it was he had been doing before. To shut away any thoughts that'd cause him more anguish. No, instead he opened the door and casually went to the back of the room- he wasn't even sure why he was in here, perhaps he just wanted them to stop discussing him and this Jefferson character, or to say something in his Defense. Hook started shuffling through some of the scraps of old papers and maps as if he was trying to find something important.
"Don't mind me ladies," he said in his usual confident voice,"I just need a moment to find something and then I'll be out if your hair"
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Post by Ariel on Feb 23, 2013 13:19:49 GMT -5
"That sounds nice actually." Ariel told Else jumping when the door opened and Hook strolled into the room. She looked to Else in a moment of panic had he hear her confession? She hoped no prayed he didn't.
She turned to him his look gave away nothing. "Alright." She said. Looking back at Else if he had heard her... then what did it really matter was he so damn blind he didn't already know what was so clearly obvious. Whatever it was Ariel told herself it didn't matter now she was moving on it was to painful to stay.
"So Else do you know if your having a boy or a girl yet well maybe you need to be farther along I read a few books on it but I still don't know much?" Ariel asked wanting to change the subject off her and Jefferson or even Hook its not like they could talk about him while he was actually here.
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Post by Sally Fitch/Clever Else on Feb 23, 2013 14:25:29 GMT -5
"Oh, it's far to early to tell yet. " Else laughed as Ariel put a hand to her stomach, trying to "feel" the baby inside. "I have an appointment with Dr. Whale near the end of my 12 week mark, see if we can determine the sex then... but it is a long way off." She looked down and grinned to herself. "I think... it is a girl... Just a feeling I have. Then maybe Ashley's Alexandria will have a playmate."
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Post by Captain Killian 'Hook' Jones on Feb 23, 2013 14:59:07 GMT -5
Hook glanced at them, Ariel seemed a bit flustered by his entering for a moment- but it had passed. He looked over the papers, not having a clue as to what most of them were or why they were in here in the first place, but selected a few at random hoping it wouldn't reveal his practically pointless entrance.
"Best of luck to you and Hans..." He commented, though he had very strong opinions of the man as well as the doctor she was seeing," You'll have to let me know what it is if I'm still around"
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Post by Sally Fitch/Clever Else on Feb 23, 2013 15:12:54 GMT -5
"'If I'm still around?'" Else repeated his words. "Are you planning a vacation of sorts, Captain Jones?" Else asked lightly... but immediately knew it was the wrong path to go down.
The man had crossed worlds for revenge alone, and to make light of that fact, to act as thought he was in the right frame of mind when he was clearly NOT... Else could see the anger beginning to swell. He didn't expect to survive another attack against Rumpelstiltskin... because he was going to fight to the death.
Else felt the vibes of unwelcome before he opened his mouth. She was on HIS ship, advising a woman to NOT give the sexual comfort he sought, and now she was making light of his life's quest.
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Post by Captain Killian 'Hook' Jones on Feb 23, 2013 17:35:19 GMT -5
He didn't have a response for that right away, he looked over to her and raised an eyebrow, she usually wasn't the type to miss a cue or hint like that. The look on her face suggested she figured it out, and could now sense his resentment towards the both of them.
"If fate allows..." he replied, as he strode back towards the door,"...actually ladies, I'm in need of a bit of solitude- if you could carry out your conversation elsewhere I'd be most appreciative"
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Post by Sally Fitch/Clever Else on Feb 23, 2013 18:07:27 GMT -5
Just when she THOUGHT he had been making some progress...
"I'll leave. We were about finished anyways." she got up, her food only half eaten. "I'll call you, about dinner sometime, Ariel..."
She got up, made her way towards the door. She glanced up sharply at him. Shaking her head. "You stupid man..." she said under her breath, continuing on her way out. Whether he liked it or not, he now had people in his life that cared about him. And these reminders of his, of his impending dance with death... only hurt those people. Worse then the deepest wound any sword could inflict.
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Post by Ariel on Feb 23, 2013 19:52:43 GMT -5
Ariel said goodbye to Else and then turned back to Hook.
"Would you like me to leave the ship for a bit?" Ariel asked she never did that before usually he was stuck with her unless he did something to drive her away. Which happened frequently usually with a huge fight.
She studied him for a few moments, Ariel remembered being much better at reading people as a mermaid. She couldn't tell what he was thinking. "Are you planning on leaving Storybrooke?" She asked as an after thought. Getting her coat because she was sure Hook would send her away and this once she didn't want to fight with him.
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Post by Captain Killian 'Hook' Jones on Feb 23, 2013 20:08:29 GMT -5
"Yes, if you don't mind," He said shuffling through the papers, pretending not to pay attention," If I have to yes... but I need to do a bit more planning before I decide anything's set in stone"
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Post by Ariel on Feb 23, 2013 20:37:35 GMT -5
Ariel looked back at him a bit sad he would leave and she would probably never see him again. She went over to him right up to the table.
"Listen, I know we have been through a lot and even if you don't see it I think of you as a friend. If you leave, before you finish trying to exact your revenge. Then if you wish not to go alone I will go with you. Not to take Milah's place or even find a space in your heart but I will go with you as a friend. So you don't have to face this world alone Killian." Ariel's voice was low and honest. She searched his eyes for any emotion to see if he cared.
Ariel had never been more honest with him in her life. She would go only if he'd stop if he could let himself live a life apart from all he had known. She would help him, in anyway she could. She waited to see what he might say and he was being very quiet. It made her wonder if he might scream at her or tell her to leave.
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Post by Captain Killian 'Hook' Jones on Feb 24, 2013 13:27:32 GMT -5
"This is something I have to do myself Ariel.... I appreciate the thought but there's just no room for friends on the path I plan to go down"
He smiled weakly at her, wanting to tell her it was nothing she had done to make him be like this, and certainly not something he would hold against her. Instead he opened the door, went a few steps into the hall, but stopped and turned back,"Thank you Ariel, I don't think I've told you, but... I appreciate everything you've done for me"
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