Hooked on Him

Chapter 3

A bit shaken up from her first day of "adventuring" Evangeline placed her woven basket of flowers and herbs that she had collected on the bed and sat along side them. She didn't mind how the other pirates laughed and commented about her flower picking. Even Captain Hook had made a comment about it being
"How like a girl"  as the other pirates snickered along with him.

'How like a man' she thought. Typical to only seeing things one way and always brushing things off as girly. If only they knew that she wasn't picking just any pretty flowers and plants around the Neverland island but in fact very important herbs. Powerful herbs scattered all around and they had just been stomping around on unknowingly. When she was a young maiden her grandmother had taught her all about different herbs to mix for all sorts of things. From medicine to sweet poison made simply by finding the right "flowers" to mix. So far she had found many herbs to make a small batch of simple medicine, which she began to make as it felt rather important to have around such daring pirates.

Evangeline got up and began crushing the flowers into the mixture she needed. She thought back to when she was young and would make "medicine" out of mud and mint along side her grandmother. A small melancholy smile spread upon her face. Her grandmother had taught her many things before she had passed.
Evangeline let out a quiet sigh. She missed her sweet grandmother and her garden back home. Evangeline had no time to bring along anything from her home when she escaped, not even a change of clothes. She looked down at her beyond muddy dress and after putting the completed mixture into a vile, began to peel it off.

There aren't many options for women's clothing around here, she thought. Evangeline walked into the little "laundry room" and spotted a small pile of white clothes. Upon picking it up she realized they were the white button up's of the Captain. She contemplate against borrowing from the Captain. Just as a gust of cold wind entered through the large porthole sending goosebumps all over her naked body. Without regards she quickly threw the shirt on, the soft fabric falling a bit above her knees.

Reentering the bedroom she laid down on the bed twiddling her delicate fingers down the buttons of the shirt. A slight giggle erupted from her lips as the memory of the flustered face of the Captain appeared to her when she had buttoned him up previously. However the smile from her lips did not fade when she imagined the opposite. Buttons opening, revealing a firm chest beneath as he removed the silky blouse gifting it to her instead. Her eyes felt heavy as she played with the soft fabric, slowly drifting her off to a honeyed sleep.

In the morning, as the other pirates scurried to get ready to set foot on land she quickly tucked the small vile of medicine and tried to blend in with them as to not be seen in her new "borrowed "attire. Just as she and the last of the pirates were about to get on the small rowboats Captain Hook came striding toward them. He looked at the oddly dressed figure from behind as she slowly turned feeling his intense gaze burning the back of her mahogany locks. Upon realizing the unfamiliarly dressed pirate was her, his body froze. The look on his face was priceless, beet red and full of complete shock. Blue eyes as wide as the moon, with a quick clearing of his throat he shot the snickering pirates a piercing look that could freeze the entire ocean. None of them dared to make a sound as they watched closely how the Captain would react towards the girl who was not very attentively counting the cracks in the floorboards.
Slowly he spoke his voice came out as a low growl that sent shivers throughout the ship.

"What is the meaning of this" He reached out and touched the collar, gliding his hook under her chin urging her to look up at him.
Evangeline gulped as she tried to explain. "Well you see, I didn't have anything else to wear so I found these and thought I could just borrow one for a while..."
The pirates looked from her to him ,the tension in air rising too dangerous levels. Feeling all eyes on him he went to speak once more but was cut off by the sight in front of him. His eyes widened once more and his breath hitched as he looked down at the the girl before him. Blushing pink with embarrassment Evangeline slowly unbuttoned the first three buttons revealing the soft glistening skin just inches above her breast.
"I'm sorry Captain... I'll go-" Hook's hand quickly shot up covering the opening before stepping in front of her and loudly boomed that they are to leave now. 

With that, the pirates before him waisted no time and quickly began rowing towards shore. One final quick turn of his face and he was met with hers inches apart. In a low raspy voice he spoke sternly to her,
" Next time do not forget to ask for permission". His piercing blue eyes lingered for a moment on hers lightly flickering towards her lips and then were gone.

Scavenging Neverland resulted in the same results as always, no Peter Pan to be seen. She began to grow a bit tired and bored of looking up towards the sky and began wander. Slowly she inched further and further away from the crew unnoticed. Eventually she made it back to the beach and decided to pick a couple of the beautiful colored shells on the shore. Evangeline walked along the sand leaving soft imprints until her steps halted, spotting a large figure laying on the sand a distance ahead of her. The waves crashed against the body and as she slowly crept closer she realized it didn't really look like a body at all, at least not the bottom half.

A mermaid. With caution she mustered up the courage to get closer and inspect creature.  It opened its eyes weakly as Evangeline's body shaded the sun from her face. It tired to lift its body up slightly to hiss at her but winched at it's efforts. Looking down the creatures body she noticed bright crimson blood on her tail and a wound of a scraping bullet. She concluded this must've been the mermaid that had attacked her last night. Evangeline slowly kneeled next to the creature, keeping a little distance as it continued to try to hiss. She pulled out the small vile of medicine and held it up for the mermaid to see.

" Im not going to hurt you I'm here to help, you just have to trust me" she looked at the creature and it stared back almost like it could understand. As she went to put medicine on the wound but the creature hissed loudly and tried to bite her. Jumping back onto the sand landing on her pile of shells, she picked one up. It was a small beautiful pearlescent pink shell. Evangeline placed it next to the mermaid offering it to her. " Here, you take this and in exchange you allow me heal you" she said watching the creature's reaction. The mermaid picked up the shell and inspected it looking back up at her. Again she began to get closer opening the vile. She looked into the eyes of the mermaid, like polished obsidian, they held an gaze with her copper ones. The look they gave seemed to soften seeming to grant her permission, she began to smear the medicine on the wound.

The medicine seemed to react with the creatures scales scorching them, cauterizing the cut. Once more the creature let out a ear piercing screech just like the one heard last night. Panicking she got up from the sand as the mermaid trashed around, the waves crashed further and further up her body. Within a few moments there was rumbling on the shore. To her surprise the band of pirates she had left earlier were now running down the beach in her direction. Swords out they swung around at the empty beach. Hook ran to her gripping on to her shoulders. His body shook with an intense anger as he huffed for air from running.

"Where did you run off too, you are not to leave on your own. Don't you see that it's dangerous!" His voice boomed like thunder. The sun began to fade as dark clouds appeared, the rain began to fall. 
" I was just trying to help..." she turned around to see there was nothing on there just the waves crashing. As they pulled back in her place was a small blue conch shell.