Rachel has been living on her own and fending for herself for as long as she can remember. When she's taken aboard the Jolly Rodger, she doesn't expect anything good to come out of it. But what if she was wrong? What if being by herself wasn't as great as she thought it would be? What if she can open up her heart to the one man she thought she'd never learn to love? And as for Hook, everyone thinks he's a heartless pirate who has no heart. But what happens when he meets Rachel? In this romantic fan fiction, you'll find yourself asking the same question over and over again; will Rachel and Hook ever find a way to put their past behind them and start over?

"Because you've forgotten what it's like to actually feel something." I whispered. Peter's expression softened and the only sounds between us were the steady unsynchronized breaths falling from our lips. He swallowed, the closeness of our bodies making my heart beat faster and adrenaline course through me. The feeling was neither pleasant nor unpleasant as I looked into his forest green eyes. "How can you make me feel so belittled with only words?" his troubled voice fell into a whisper and he gripped my shoulders. "Is it your goal to stand before me and pull me apart until I am nothing?"