Philomena Pan, Daughter of Peter Pan and Wendy Darling, had grown up hearing tales of her mother and father's great adventures.
However, the girl was most accustomed to the story of her fathers fight against his archenemy Captain Hook, the pirate c...
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chapter 24 ~ sweater weather
Harry Hook is bored out of his mind as his eyes scan the old books that sat infront of him. He had decided to finally try and tackle the pile of homework he had been given starting with history of Auradon .
He really had tried...for about ten minutes before he had fallen asleep. It wasn't his fault it was all so dreadfully boring. When he had awoken with a start about half an hour later he was in the mood for a snack so he traipsed down to the kitchens and bumped into the Smee twins on the way who he had ended up talking to for awhile.
He had grown to be quite protective of the two boys on the isle so he wanted to check to see no one had caused any trouble for them in their first week back at the school.
About two hours after he had originally planned he sits ready to fully focus on his homework.
He could feel his eyes start to wander around the library, his focus already wavering when someone sits at the opposite end of the table he was inhabiting.
"what?" He asks the person who dared to oh so rudely interrupted his peace when he was working so hard. The girls smile never wavers.
"A pleasure as always Harry" Evie replies unaffected by his unwelcoming attitude.
Harry snorts as he feigns interest in the brown leather book in front of him. He lets his eyes scan the yellowing page before looking back up to Evie who is still looking at him expectantly.
He rolls his eyes and "re focuses" on the book. Why wasn't she saying anything?
"You haven't turned the page in quite a while" She observes.
"Okay just say whatever you came to say and then leave me the alone to finish this stupid bloody homework in piece" he huffs, His patience wearing thin.
"What do you think of Philomena?" She asks simply.
His surprise is clear in the way his dark rimmed eyes widen.
"I think you know full well what i think of her" He wasn't in the mood for any games.
"We'll then let me ask you this: What are your intentions with Phina?"
"Why are you asking so many questions?" He retorts.
Evie's face turns gravely serious "Because if you hurt her i will kill you"
Her usual perky smile reappears on her face "mkay?"
"Believe me Evie that's the last thing i would want to do" he says with a sincerity that makes Evie look rather taken aback.
"Good" Evie jumps up from her seat and bids the pirate goodbye before she waltzes out of the library doors humming a tune to herself.
Harry watches in wonder as she disappears out of the doors.
About an hour or two later he had managed to write half a page full of messy scribbles until another presence disturbed his peace. However this particular presence was one he actually wanted to see so he didn't mind one bit.
"Hello darling" He says to Philomena who had chosen to sit next to him rather than on the opposite end of the table like Evie.
"Hi" She smiles "what are you doing?" She asks looking towards his work that is sprawled haphazardly across the table.
"This work will be the death of me love i swear. The third day of lessons and i've got about 20 research tasks to do" He huffs as he leans back in his chair throwing his pen onto the table lazily.
"Well i can help you look" She scoots her chair closer to him so she could take a look at his work. "i've already done these three and i'm half way through these few" She points to different pieces of work.
The last part was a lie. Of course she had completed every piece of work by now but she didn't want it to sound like she was bragging or anything.
"I'll go and get you some of the books i found useful. I'll be right back" And with that she stands up and disappeared into the isles of books.
Her eyes scan the variety of titles grabbing ones that are familiar but then she stops as her eyes falling upon a particularly interesting looking book. It is dark green and cloth bound. Golden vines of ivy climb its spine and wrap around the title. 'Peter Pan: A tale of his adventures in neverland'
She knows that everyone knew of her father's story but she had never encountered a real book about him. Her fingers pluck it from the shelf and she tucks it under her arm neatly. She would be borrowing that for a while.
Harry chuckles upon her return to the table, she was carrying as many books as she could possibly hold making her have to peek over the top of them to see where she was walking. She dumps them onto the table with a huff.
"I'm not reading all of them" Harry states but she rolls her eyes.
"Of course not we'd be here for days. Lucky for you i already have, so i know what information you need and where to find it" She claps her hands together but Harry just looks at her, then back at the books,and then back at her.
"You read all of those?"
"yeah i love reading. I'd read anything which really helps with homework sometimes"
"clever girl"
He smirks at the blush she tries to hide by tilting her head away from him. Clearing her throat to regather at least one coherent thought that isn't just about Harry she turns back to look at the book in front of her.
The words were not making sense and she was sure she had read the same line at least three times. She huffs, slightly mad at Harry's ability to be so distracting and so devastatingly handsome. the thought alone makes her roll her eyes.
She couldn't take any more of the suddenly suffocatingly stuffy library so she stands up and begins to gather her books into her small tote bag.
she is surprised to see harry doing the same thing behind her although, he doesn't have a bag and takes to just carrying the few books he has.
"Where are you going?" she asks with an air of indifference although it is fake, she does indeed find herself having a great interest in where he was going and who with but he doesn't need to know that.
"wherever you are" he shrugs and looks at her with keen eyes that she would liken to a puppy.
She bites her lip to hide her rising smile. The attention she had received from him since he came to the auradon was unlike anything she had experienced before but she had to say she did enjoy the company.
but was that wrong? of course he himself had proven to be someone she could trust to be a genuinely good person but that did not erase who his father was and the feud between their parents. Her mother and father would never except him to be her friend let alone anything else and so she had to wander if she was wasting both of their time.
Surely just being strangers would solve all of their problems. Her parents had made it quite clear that they want nothing to do with her should she choose to stay in the school and remain friends with the "villain kids" so what if she just obeyed.
Was being in her parents good books worth loosing the best friends she had ever had. she couldn't picture a version of herself that couldn't gossip with Evie and Carlos or just having Mal and jay to speak to should she ever need them. And lastly Uma and Harry who had more than proven that they were good people who wanted to help.
The heavy weight of her upcoming decision settles uncomfortably on her chest. She turns to leave the library without a word to Harry who has immediately followed her. She also notices that her heavy bag of books is slung over his shoulder as he traipses after her. she hadn't noticed him taking it from her but she guessed he had done so when she was thinking hard. She had a tendency to completely zone out all of her surroundings some times.
