HOLLY POV
We were headed off to find Fairy Cottage finally. Since the knight incident, there has been no action besides Harrys cut so I'm itching to get some conflict, a fight, something eventful.
It was quite a walk and it had gotten dark but once again me and Harry just had a casual conversation which kept it interesting. We had good laughs during the walk as well but for some reason, I couldn't get the painful bad feeling in my gut out of my head. I felt like something was up,
"Uhm this is going to sound weird but do you feel... I don't know... off at the moment?"I asked Harry rather quietly,
"What do ye mean?"
He said matching my volume,
"Like the feeling you get when you feel like somethings wrong"
He thought for a second,
"A little but nothing huge, do ye?"
"Yeah... something's totally off"
I glanced over at him to see him glancing at me. He seemed to have a nervous expression written on his face. I turned to him,
"Hey, are you okay?"
FLASHBACK
"Hey, are you okay?"
Harry seemed to jump. I laughed and sat next to him. He'd been sitting silently on the ship for three hours now. The only reason I'm even here is that Uma wanted some help moving some crates around because Harrys in the dumps. I can't wait to hear why I'm doing the heavy lifting here and not the most physically able one here,
"Do I seriously scare you that badly that you jump when you hear my voice?"
"N-no"
Ever since we met he's seemed awfully timid and when he's not timid he's rude, and when he's neither of those he's simply downright obnoxious. I looked over to him,
"What's up then?"
"None of yer business"
I put my hands up as if I was surrendering,
"Okay damn I was prepared to listen to your damn feelings but if you wanna wallow in your own sadness and self-pity that's cool with me, I'll leave you to it"
I got up to leave. I felt a hand land gently on my wrist,
"No"
He said blandly
"No? what's that supposed to mean?"
"I want ya to stay but I might not talk"
"Then why do I have to be here if you're not gonna talk?"
"I just don't wanna be alone."
I scoffed and rolled my eyes but sat back next to him. I've known Harry for a solid 1 1/2 years now and he still confuses me.
As I zoned out into my own thoughts I came back to reality to see Harry. He was just kinda... staring at me. Not in an obvious or weird way but he just kinda looked at me. I glanced over to him and he immediately looked away from me. I leaned back and looked at him for a while, just to see if he was gonna start staring again. He glanced over a few times but didn't stop to stare. I was actually getting kinda worried now, we've been sitting here for like 10 minutes and all he's done is looked at me.
I gently put my hand on his shoulder which made him jump and his head shot to me,
"You can talk to me ya know, I'm not that much of a bitch"
I said. He seemed flustered. He took a few deep breaths,
"W-well I've just been kind of confused lately"
"Do tell"
I said in a more gentle voice than I normally talk in,
"Have ye ever liked someone?"
He blurted out,
"What kind of like?"
"Like... more than like type of like?"
I sighed and looked to my feet,
"Well, I don't have much experience on the subject. I've seen a lot of tortured heartbroken souls back at home but that's all I've really seen, and I barely remember that I was so young"
Harry furrowed his brows and looked to me,
"In hell. No happy go lucky souls end up in hell Harry. Unless you marry into it that is, hence my dad and my stepmom. So sadly I don't know much about that sort of like..."
I hesitated but then decided to just go for it,
"...I don't think I know what that sort of like feels like, I'm pretty sure I don't..."
I said rather quietly,
"... do you like someone?"
I said changing the subject and looking back up to him. He stared for a second before answering,
"Y-Yeah. It's never happened before but I don't know how to handle it because the person seems to hate me most of the time"
"Well maybe you should talk to them more, maybe you don't know their whole story. There might be a reason that they act like they hate you"
I said with a slight smile. He looked away from me and nodded,
"Thanks lass, it's so confusing to meh. She's just so... different"
He said, a smitten expression slowly appearing on his face. I smiled some and patted his back and stood up,
"No problem dude, do you want me to stay, or are you good? And with that look of yours that you got right now, I'm sure she is"
He quickly shook his head a little and got rid of the expression for some reason,
"I think I'm good unless ya want to stay then I won't stop ye"
I thought for a second before sitting back down,
"I can stay for five more minutes, why not?"
He smiled but looked away from me as he did. Harry's kinda weird but he's a good guy. We always act so harshly to each other when others are around but when people leave we get along just fine. I'm not exactly sure why though. It doesn't help that the day I met him was a shit day, I had just left Mals gang anyway. I was in a pissy mood, maybe I should stop associating him with that.
END OF FLASHBACK
"Oh yeah I'm good"
"Your tone isn't terribly convincing, I know you too well for your bullshit"
"Guys! Over here"
I heard Mal say. I looked in her direction to see a small cottage,
"We're continuing this conversation later"
I said directly at Harry. He huffed and looked away from me so I lightly punched his arm which made his head jolt back to me,
"Don't be throwing sass at me Hook"
I said as I followed everyone as they all snuck around trees wearily up to the cottage. I followed behind Mal specifically,
"If you see her, don't hesitate to disarm her"
Mal said, I nodded and let my eyes glow slightly. We carefully walked up to the cottage. I made sure I was in front of the group. I carefully opened the door.
Jay came in next and went upstairs to check up there. It was a quaint little place, a table and chairs, a small kitchen, a pantry possibly. Definitely a nice place to hide away no matter if it's from evil or from good. Jay came back downstairs,
"Nothing"
Suddenly we heard banging coming from the pantry thing. Ben went up to it and looked inside. After looking inside he quickly opened the door. A boy was sitting shakily in the floor in an upright fetal position,
"I want my mommy"
He said timidly and shakily. I almost started laughing but I kept it in as much as possible. I turned around and walked in small circles to keep myself together. Ben bent down and tried to pick the boy off the ground. At first, he jolted away from him but Ben managed to get him to stand up. He looked in fear at Ben before a wave of realization hit him. He gasped and put his hands on Ben's face,
"BEN! What happened to your face?"
He said sounding like a crazy person. I had to keep in my laughter again, this time I just put a hand over my mouth,
"She's gone?"
He asked frantically,
"The doors open! FREEDOM"
He yelled as he sprinted out the door. I slowly looked at Harry and he did the same. We both started laughing at the same time.
A/N
Hiya! This chapter was a little on the calmer side, just to give a little look into how Holly and Harry interacted on the Isle and all. Since it was on the more chill side, I might upload the next chapter later today. Remember to stay hydrated :D
-Brooke