The Pirate Prince L.T

Dancing Royals

Chapter 33

"Where are they!?" Liam asked, right when the curly haired pirate came to notice with intense relief that One Direction had stopped its advancing movements on the sea.

Just after Liam's call, several feet backward where the ship had once been, Harry felt himself grow incredibly at ease at the sight of Louis in the water with Lillian at his side as they approached the ship at a steady pace.

"Niall, you have the rope, right?"

The Irishman nodded in confirmation while holding up part of the thick and long lengthened rope before he tossed one end of it over the side of the ship for the two within the water to grab when they neared.

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"You're okay, right Lilly?" Louis breathlessly asked the female that still clung a single arm around his neck. Their body heat was entirely nonexistence in contrast to the freezing cold water that surrounded them.

Lillian weakly nodded her head as an answer, her teeth uncontrollably clacking against one another from the frigidness they paddled through while Louis held her waist. Her head was pounding from the fact that she had hit the water sufferance with it.

That was enough to make Louis silence himself. He just wanted an answer.

Right after, Lillian turned her face away from beside Louis and began releasing more dry coughs that made the Captain's heart clench up pathetically. Both their hair was matted over their eyes but Louis still focused his attention on seeing if Lillian displayed any sign of pain from her struggle in swimming earlier.

His eyes caught a glimpse of the rope that the crew had left to hang for them to get pulled back up onboard and knowing they were going to make it up safely made him return his eyes to the royal attached to him.

He didn't say anything... Only taking in the girl's movements that appeared stiff aside from when she was hacking up water from the pit of her throat with several coughs. It's so hurtful and burning the lungs to breath after you've been forced so much water in.

Once he grabbed hold of the rope that hung near the ship's base, Louis gave it a single tug without glancing away from Lillian's face.

"Lilly, if you want to make it up there without fail, I'm going to need you to wrap your arms around my neck." Louis informed plainly. His ears could hear the others of the crew above talking about them, though he opted to ignore them in favor of Lillian who now watched at the Captain incredulously.

It was nearly laughable.

"What? Why?"

"Is there water in your ear or do you just like being difficult? Do it so we can get up there when they pull the rope."

Lillian pushed back some of her hair from her face to watch at Louis with narrowed eyes and Louis couldn't help himself from chuckling despite their situation.

Even when they were stuck in the chilling ocean Lillian still found her ways to be defiant and bossy.

"I doubt you want to stay in here all day. The salt water will make your perfect skin prune. That enough should make you eager to get out." He chided out lightly causing Lillian to groan with a roll of her eyes before she threw both of her arms around Louis's neck.

The princess pulled herself close to pirate captain within the water and Louis found a smile forming on his lips as his head went over Lillian's shoulder. After he gave the rope another pull to signal them to start bringing them up, he allowed his free hand to wrap itself around Lillian's waist to bring them closer to one another.