𝐌𝐎𝐎𝐍𝐒𝐄𝐀, peter pan

Chapter Twenty-Five

Her right side was pressed against James's chest to feet, her cheek was inches from his face, it was difficult to shift the other way as they tried to, her foot tangled through the net and her ankle would twist when she tried to shift.

"We gotta get out of this before hunters find us" James gazed his left to right.

"Do we have a dagger or something sharp?" Mara asked derisively, "oh no, wait, we left all of our weapons back in the camp"

The boy sharply huffed, "Does bad luck latches on your back all the time?"

"Unfortunately" Mara answered.

As they tried to think of the ways how to get out of the net, the ropes of the net was too thick, the branch above them was thick enough not to break if they decided to swing around to attempt to break.

"This is impossible" James gave up, "We're gonna have to wait for them to find us"

"So that's it?"

"Unless you got a brilliant idea to get us out"

Mara said nothing, it was silent between them and around them. Nothing and no one moving in their sight, Mara almost hated where she was right now, her body against James's, his face inches from her's, his breath touching her neck, and she could even feel his heart beat on her shoulder. James could only shift his head to his right as if trying to give them both a space.

"Well, this could take a while" Mara broke the silence and with little awkwardness in her tone.

"Afraid so" was all James said.

She tried to find many words as she could to avoid the awkward silence between them. "What happened to your parents?" It was the first thing that came to her mind.

He didn't answer right away, "I don't know, never met them, my aunt told me my father was slave and he was sold and taken far away. One day, my mother dropped me off at my aunt's when I wasn't even a year old, said she was only running errands but never came back"

Sad, Mara couldn't even look at him, only because she was literally too close to him. "Sorry" she was sympathetic.

"Don't be" James tried to shift his body around but couldn't, "I'm not even mad or anything"

"And what of your aunt?"

"Dead" he squirmed a little, "a disease killed her. Not long before Captain Blackbeard found me and gave me a job as a cabin boy. Lived with him for five years until he gave me up for a magic bean. Worst years of my life"

"He tormented you?" She looked at him finally.

He seemed uneasy, "Sometimes. He'd pull out the whip if I don't do my job, he'd made me watch tormenting and killing people"

"That's...awful" Mara felt sorry for him.

"Just hope I don't see that man ever again, I mean from what I've heard Slightly and few other boys that he comes here sometimes. It's most likely he'll stop by here again one day"

"Well..." Mara paused, "...if you want me to, I'll put a sword through his heart for you if he does"

James laughed softly in response, the comment did meant for him to laugh, she was glad she did made him laugh and she smiled.

He was looking at her, their eyes meeting closely, his eyes were brown like her's, only his looked darker brown. Her shoulder could feel his heart beating, this time it was fast and she could feel her's running quickly like his. She wasn't sure if he was thinking the same, something she hasn't done before.