Treasure

**Sorry I haven't posted in a while, couldn't really think of anything**

Chris

Chris walked out onto the deck in time to see Tim storming away from Velna, blushing furiously. He frowned slightly, stepping between Tim and wherever he was going, "What's going on?"

"Get out of my way!" Tim growled, pushing him out of the way. Chris' frown deepened, and he made a mental note to give the hostage extra chores to make up for his insolence.

He made his way up to Velna, sitting himself on the side of the ship, "Is there some kind of problem between you and Tim? Anything I should know about?"

**Sorry, I meant guy. It had been a long day. And PLEASE don't control my person like that. She doesn't let her emtions so that well.**

Velna:

Velna looked after Tim surprised, he was a she. She should've known. She kept her eyes to the ground trying to be respectful, she was a hostage even if they weren't being treated like it.

"Tim's just in a bad mood." She replied keeping her eyes to the ground. SHe would keep Tim's seceret no matter how much she hated her.


*tears*

Chris

The bosun raised one eyebrow, not quite believing her. He'd let it go though, after all, he had his own secrets, "Alright then. I guess he's like that often enough, maybe I should ease up on him a bit. What d'you think?" He glanced at her sidelong, hoping he wasn't being too transparent. After all, he still didn't know her feelings towards him. At this stage, it just seemed like the regular hostage-crewman relationship.

Velna:

"My opinion on the matter doesn't matter." Velna replied keeping her eyes to the floor. She like dhim and that scared her. She couldn't do that, she'd get herself killed.


*tears*

Chris

Chris crouched down a little so he could look into her eyes, his own eyes betraying his feelings somewhat, but he wouldn't just let her put herself down like this, "Hey. You know the hostages better than I do, and whatever the role of 'hostage' seems to imply, I think your opinion does matter."

Velna:

"I am a hostage, therefore it doesn't." She shook her head. "Course I"m not supposed to argue either." She smiled softly still keeping her eyes on the ground not daring look in his not wantitng to betray the way she felt. TO do so would be sucicide in all accounts.


*Sorry*

*Don't worry, there's not a whole lot I can think of either*

Chris

He smiled, finally she'd conceded some small victory to him, "That's right, I suppose. But at the same time, I'm not gonna force you to give me your opinion on the subject." He took a deep breath, hardly able to believe that he was actually going to say what he said next, "One thing I will ask of you though, is to stop trying to avoid meeting my eyes. It's not any kind of challenge on your part, and I've never had a hostage punished for it. I just can't work out why you don't want to look me in the eye, Velna."

Velna:

Velna growled inwardly. "Eyes give away more then I would want them to. It is easy to read a person through their eyes." She replied keeping her eyes on the ground. No matter how badly she wanted to look into his eyes to try and read him, she couldn't with fear of what he would see in her own eyes.

*tears*

Chris

His expression softened. He couldn't believe he was begging a hostage to look him in the eye, just so he could tell if she had any feelings for him. From her demeanor, he could be fairly sure, though, which in turn gave him the confidence to do this, "Please, Velna. Just this one thing, for me? I promise I won't judge you from whatever I see."

Velna:

Velna swallowed hard and tried to put a wall up in her eyes the best she could. She squared her shoulders and looked him dead in the eyes. "What would you read in my eyes that could be judged?" She demanded trying to keep any emotion from her voice and failing horribly. She swallowed hard when she saw his eyes, soft and kind. She quickly looked away not being able to keep eye contact, she didn't want to know what he thought of her. Acctually she didn't want to know if he didn't feel the same, she was scared, but she wouldn't look in his eyes long enough.

Chris

He could hear the emotion in her voice, and thought it was fear. But fear of what? Her feelings? His feelings? Just him? The possibility of her being absolutely terrified of him struck him all of a sudden. After all, he wasn't known for kindness. The captain considered him a fantastic bosun simply because of his ruthless, often brutal efficiency. In all probability, she thought he was looking to get her thrown off the ship or something. He turned away, putting his hands on the guard rail and letting out a sigh. He hated himself for being such a monster, but what could he do? Fate had made him that way.

Velna:

Velna looked at Chris' back surprised.

"Y-you ok?" She asked softly walking towards him then stopping again.


*Tears*

TIM


Tim's right eye twitched, "How could've I been so careless as to let my most precious secret just flap open?!!?!?"

She growled, "Oh man, this SUCKS!!!!!!"

What if that emotional girl tells someone? CRAP!

Tim turned around with a quick motion and ran over to Velna who was standing to the back of the guy Tim had brushed past before, what was his name, was it Chris?

She put on her nicest , but boyish voice, "Velna, could I please talk to you?"

She stared at Chri's back worriedly for a second and . . .

*sobs* (Guys I'm sorry I've been away for so long ^^ BUT I'M BACK! I hope that this'll interest things up . . . if even a little ^^)

Chris

He shrugged, "I'm fine Velna. I just need some time to think at the moment." He glanced over at Tim, slightly annoyed that the boy had chosen this moment to interrupt them. He waved one hand dismissively at the two hostages, "Fine, go and talk. But I'll be checking up on the two of you later, this ship can't sail itself."

He caught the momentary look of hurt on Velna's face before she walked off with Tim, and cursed himself. You always have to do that, don't you, Chris? Every time you look like you're getting close to someone, you just have to turn around and screw it up like that. He slammed his fist down on the rail, unnoticed by the others, thankfully. He was letting himself get way too emotional these days.

Velna:

Velna was confussed, what did she do that made him made again. It just didn't make sense. She took a deep breath and let it out.

"What do you want, Tim?" She said crossing her arms. "What is your real name anyways, cause no girl is named Tim."

She was mad, and she didn't care what Tim did, she could take him, well rather her.