((... LOL. You just made my day. xD))

I am imagining one glorious butt right now and starting to get a bit jealous ssshh. ]]

((... My Bella life is made, okay. ;-; Totally made.
Also don't worry about Nick's bit. xD I can improvise with that. c;))

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I didn’t expect a pretty smile and thankful attitude from her, and that’s not what came. A look that told me she found my action unnecessary was more what I had in mind, and the gratuitous attitude was what I got. I gave a mock gesture of offense, the hand that once held the bottle now going to my heart. “Is it a crime to be a gentleman and help a lady when she’s wounded?” After the words were spoken, I went back to my normal demeanor, a wink coming from my right eye. 

My hip leaned against the railing where we were standing ( if it wasn’t already. Plus I like talking about his lower half. Just imagine [x], this guy has got to have a great butt. ) with that same playful smirk teasing my lips as I kept a tight grip on her arm, pulling her with me. “But you’re injured? The lady needs a doctor.”  I said, my voice going to a husky whisper. Nemea was unpredictable and I would never know if she would play along or roll her eyes. Or maybe both. But I couldn’t help but be such a tease either way. 

[[ I forgot how we were going to do this Kelly, so I’m aware I might have to change this post. But I thought I’d post what I had and then change the end after we talk ok. C: ]]

Ella

Such a shame. All of it, really. Though Ella kept reminding herself she should probably stop thinking about Harmony and her predicament. It'd only serve to dampen her mood if she carried on staring at the ships deck like she was doing. And it wasn't exactly going to accomplish anything, either.

The red-headed pirate lifted her head in time to catch Adrian's approach, and she mentally sighed. This probably wasn't going to be a simple conversation. She knew full well the crew had been helping themselves to the ale barrels, and she also knew full well that they most certainly did not act appropriately after a few mugfuls of the stuff. Ella had been more or less expecting the pirate's drawling, somewhat hinted at speech; Though she failed to catch half of it, truth be told.

His words had Ella almost dazed, and she stared without interest across the deck and out towards open water. As such, she failed to see Adrian's somewhat... Touchy advances, and by the time she noticed she had little chance to prevent it. Lucky for her, things didn't quite proceed, as at that point, Beaux; Seemingly appearing out of nowhere, took Adrian into his own hands. It all happened very quickly, and Ella barely had time to register the white haired pirate with utter surprise before he was stopped in his tracks by Nick.

Probably a good thing, too. She wasn't entirely sure Adrian could handle another punch from Beaux. One was clearly enough. She was also just as certain the Captain wouldn't be too happy with having one of his crew killed on deck.

Opening her mouth to speak, Ella almost instantly shut it again. She was, needless to say, at a loss for words. The silence of the ship clearly mirrored her own reaction, though that silence was immediately overrun by muttering and whispers. It eventually escalated back into it's rowdy state, as Ella threw a somewhat confused glance at Nick. Perhaps he understood Beaux's reaction better than she had...Or then again, maybe not. She doubted anyone had seen him quite so... Angry looking before. Not like that, at any rate.

She looked back in time to catch a couple of the crew members hauling the now unconcious Adrian belowdeck, and, giving Nick one last, slightly confused look, padded off towards where Beaux had settled himself, hands crossed behind her back.

"... Thanks?" She said somewhat uncertainly, and coming to a stop as she looked at Beaux with slightly knitted brows. "That's not like you, though." She added, still looking somewhat confused. She stared at him for a minute, before exhaling, and seating herself on a spare barrel with her legs crossed. "I mean, jeez, Beaux. I don't think I've seen you knock anyone out so quickly... Or at all, even." She paused, lips twitching, before her ex,pression settled into something that could only be described as slightly concerned.

"...Are you okay?" She asked. It seemed like a qood question. He can't have been in a very good mood to explode like he had. And yet, he'd been perfectly fine belowdeck ten minutes ago. She watched him for a moment, a trace of a smile playing on her lips again.

"Nice pants, by the way."

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Nemea.

Okay. This wasn't quite what Nemea had had in mind. She had been somewhat hoping to dislodge the Captain;s grip on her arm by pulling away as she had. Not quite intending to bring the Captain with it, which unfortunately, is exactly what happened.

She inhaled somewhat suddenly, abandoning her attempt to get her arm our of Hook's grasp in favour of trying to get some distance between them. In her, personal opinion, this was way too close for comfort. She was almost able to feel the heat radiating off the Captain's body, and attempting to step away from him was an almost natural reaction on her part.

"You, Captain?" She snorted, turning her attention back to the arm that Hook currently held, though she kept her stormy gaze on his. "A doctor?... I hadn't realised you were what passed as "qualified"." Finally managing to release her arm, she shook it slightly and took a quick step away from the Captain in order to put even just a little space between them. "I'm also pretty sure I can handle these injuries. I've dealt with worse." She gave him a somewhat unamused smile, then sighed quietly through her nose. Despite the wind, she could almost still feel that body heat on her skin, despite having moved away. For some peculiar reason she found this bothered her somewhat.

It took a moment or two for the blonde to realise the sudden drop in volume on the ship, and she glanced over her shoulder just in time to catch Beaux giving Adrian a taste of his knuckles, her brows raising slightly at the scene. Leaning herself against the railing, she crossed her arms and watched with interest as Nick eventually intervened, leaving Adrian to be carried away by a couple of the crew. She had absoloutely no clue what had caused this outburst from the bulky pirate, having never seen him act that way before. Huh. Seems the kid had a backbone, after all.

She watched the rest of the scene play out in silence, before remembering something she had wanted to address, a slight look of irritation passing on her features at the thought.

"Captain." She said suddenly, turning her head to look at Hook, her ex,pression flat. "That girl. What stopped you from dealing with her the same way you dealt with her partner?" She asked. It wasn't, after all, normal for Hook to simply allow someone onto his ship, and from what Nemea had seen, that was how it had planned out. "... And why, exactly, did you see fit to foist her on me?..." The blonde paused, then exhaled, pressing her middle finger against the bridge of her nose, her eyes closing.  "I don't remember babysitting ever being a part of my duties on this ship, Hook."

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