A/N: Hi all!
Yes it's me, I've been busy lately and not to mention I've had horrible writer's block for what seems like forever. I hope you'll enjoy this story, it's not going to be very long; maybe 1 or 2 more chapters, and the most is 3. As always, any thoughts, ideas, suggestions feel free to email me or leave them in a review. I love reviews they're what keep me writing!
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P.S. If you can think of a better title than this; let me know. It was all I could think of at the time.
P.P.S. This was originally going to be a one-shot, however more ideas just kept coming and this is what you have so far.
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"You know I'll come back once my mission for the king is completed," he stepped back from me, his blue eyes never leaving my face however I could tell that they, like him were seeking a new resting point.
"John," I reached a hand towards my friend for three years and lover for three months, "Must you go? My brother will be glad to give you a job at his store, you have your mother's house that she gave to you, and you've got some money saved away…"
He cut me off then with a shrug, "I spent the money on this voyage; I'm sorry Kate, I truly wished to go on this voyage however despite this being for our king I had to pay."
This was the sort of thing I hated him for;
"Thank you captain Smith for discussing it with me," I spat, my blue eyes flashing in anger, "I do hope you have a splendid time upon that ship."
He moved towards me then, placing his strong arms about my form, "I'll get that money back Kate, a hundred times full when we come back with all the gold that Virginia has. I'll fight some savages, save a few lives, and come back to you when I'm done."
I fought the urge to give in to him, however my blasted heart sped up and my arms were snaking around his neck as I held him close to my body, "Please be safe John; and just know that if any savage tries anything in means of harming you they will have me to deal with."
His rich laughter filled my ears and I smiled up at him as he bent his head and claimed my lips that could have made the earth move, "Don't worry your pretty little head over savages, and leave that to me."
This was the sort of thing I hated him for;
"I'm just a pretty thing to you?"
"You're much more than that," he winked as I followed his eyes to the neckline of my dress.
"You're a scoundrel," I said my voice even.
"You love me for it," John said as he crushed me against him, "Do you not?"
These were the things I hated him for, his mocking of me and the life that I so desperately craved with him;
"John," I spoke with his body so close to mine, "Just promise me that you will come home safe."
John smiled as he replied, "I've promised you the moon; don't you remember?"
His deep voice was as soothing as I felt my knees go weak as I gazed in to his ocean blue eyes, "Come back to me John, body, heart, and soul."
He released me then, sighing as he lowered his eyes from my own, "I'll make it back, and do not worry about me."
He turned from me and I watched him disappear down the dock and towards the ship. These were the things that I hated him for, his constant leavings and his constant returns. Along with his returning came the rumors that he had been with so and so, drinking and having a wonderful time while first Elizabeth, then Molly, Amy, Maria, and then me; Kathleen Brown had to deal with it all. As I watched the ship pull away from the dock, I marveled at how everyone had someone to say goodbye to. The captain of that ship didn't even face me, his back to me and his eyes gazing at the horizon ahead. I sighed as I turned my own back on the ship and walked back to my mother's house that we had shared since my father died a year ago. As I walked home, the afternoon sun lighting my path I thought about how John stood upon that boat, his eyes fixed on what lay ahead of him. Would he always be like that? Searching for something that was right in front of him?
"I'm the one you want John Smith," I whispered to myself as I made it up the steps to my house, "Hopefully when you come back you'll see that and stop searching for…"
I stopped as I reached the door; just what exactly was he after?
"Did John go off safely?"
My mother greeted me as I finally walked through the door, it slamming behind me as I did so.
"Kathleen," my mother Martha chided, "Is that any way to close a door?"
"I'm sorry mother," I replied as I walked in to the kitchen where I saw my mother preparing our early dinner, "I'm just a bit upset."
"About what love?"
I smiled as she ruffled my hair, just like she had done when I was a little girl. The word of affection had stuck as well as the years had gone by.
"About John Smith," I replied, my mother sighing with concern as she often did whenever the captain's name found its way to my lips.
"I wish you wouldn't fond over him so much," she said as she chopped vegetables, "He'll leave you with heartache and a tearstained pillow."
"He's already left," I said as I picked up a carrot and began to peal it, "On a ship to some place called Virginia."
I jumped as my mother slammed down her knife; her expression hard, "That, that good-for-nothing man; just picking up and leaving you like that…"
I quickly placed a hand upon her shoulder, "Mother please, he'll come back to me; he said he would. I'm sure with him being away from me for so long he'll miss me so much and he won't be able to wait any longer to propose. He'll walk off that boat, see me, drop to one knee and ask for my hand; I just know it!"
I plastered a happy smile upon my countenance as I gazed at my mother; and she knew it as did I however I said nothing.
"Please go and lay out the dishes," she said as she sighed and turned away.
"Yes mother," I replied as I did what she had told me to do.
Both of us knowing in our hearts that I was only trying to keep the hope alive;
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