Here is my new story. It is the sequel to Looking to the Future. I have had this in my head since I started writing THAT story, so it has been brewing in my brain since then, and now I am finally getting it written out.
Please tell me what you think. It is definitely still in the beginning stages, but I hope you all enjoy! Please review! :)
Oh, and I don't think you will have to read Looking to the Future to understand what is going on. I am going to try to make it so that people won't get lost. :)
Joelle sat on the bench next to her friends, watching the baseball game that played out before them. It was the last baseball match of the season that Crosby, as well as her other friends were in, and Joelle tried to attend every one she could. It was the first year that they all joined the baseball league, and the guys seemed to really enjoy it.
"Are we winning? I haven't been paying attention." Joelle asked, turning to her friend Lindsay.
"We are losing." She responded, taking a sip of her water.
"We totally suck this year." Joelle said, making a face.
"They just haven't figured out how to play well with each other, that's all." Jackie said.
Joelle laughed at the comment, then bit her lips and covered her mouth.
"You know, Joelle, you have a nasty mind." Jackie commented, hitting her upside her head.
Joelle smiled, sitting back in her chair.
"You leave soon, don't you?" Charissa asked, looking over at Joelle.
"In a couple of days, we are heading up there."
"The boat's already there, or are you driving it?" She asked her, giving Dillon, one of her sons, a juice box.
"It's still there from Salmon season." Joelle said, glancing at her.
"Well at least you don' to drive the boat up there. Makes the trip up faster."
"I'd rather be on the boat. Airplanes bore me." Joelle said, making a face.
"The girl that would rather be on a boat 365 days a year, doesn't even own a boat. What's wrong with this picture." Lindsay joked.
"I technically own part of the Northwestern, so that should count, right?"
"That doesn't count. I think one of us should get a boat. One that we can all enjoy during the summer out on the water. One that doesn't smell like rotten fish." Jackie said, glancing at Joelle.
"I can't help how the Northwestern smells. It's a fishing boat."
"My point is, we need a boat for leisure." Lindsay added.
"You guys get right on that." Charrisa said. "I know I can't afford that shit."
"Who can?" Lindsay asked.
Joelle's three friends turned and looked at her.
"What?" She asked.
"You make more money than any of us."
"Yeah, right." Joelle said, glancing right at Lindsay.
"What?"
"You are now a lawyer. I don't even want to hear that you don't make more money than I do."
"Yeah, that's true." Jackie said, turning towards her friend with a smile.
Just then, Joelle heard everyone in the crowd cheer. She looked out at the game and saw that their team had hit the ball and she watched as Lindsay's boyfriend, Chris, run the bases, bringing in a couple runs.
"Now what's the score?" Joelle asked, leaning towards Charissa.
"We are actually tied right now."
"Yeah right." Joelle giggled.
"Seriously."
"You are saying, on the last game of the season, we may finally win a game?"
"We can't lose them all!" Lindsay said, leaning back in her chair.
"Well, we could…" Jackie trailed off.
"Excuse me." Someone said, walking up to them at that point.
"Yeah?" Lindsay asked.
"Um, aren't you the girl from that show?" The gentleman asked Joelle.
"Depends on what show you are talking about." Joelle said with a smile.
"You're the crazy chick from the Deadliest Catch."
"Then yes, that would be me." She said, nodding.
"Can I get your autograph?" He asked.
She nodded, and she watched as he handed her a magazine. She smiled when she realized it was the Playboy magazine she was on the cover of.
"Something tells me you knew I was going to be here." Joelle said, smiling at the gentleman.
"I knew that my friend was going to be playing against your boyfriend, and I had to be here for it." He confessed.
Joelle signed the front cover, and handed him the magazine back.
"Thank you so much." He said, smiling at her.
"Not a problem." She answered, and then watched as he left.
"Does that ever get awkward for you?" Jackie asked her.
"Not really. Sometimes I get asked at odd times where I wish I could be left alone, however, I find it flattering. It's cool that people look up to me."
"I'm glad I'm not famous." Charissa stated.
"Not me. I want my name out there. The more my name is out there, the more clients I get." Lindsay responded.
Joelle heard everyone in the stands start to cheer. She looked to see what was going on in the game, and saw that they were finished.
"Did we win?" Joelle asked.
"How bad is it that I have no clue." Jackie answered, making a face.
The girls all clapped, standing up. She watched as Crosby and the rest of her friends' guys run up towards them.
"We need to go out and celebrate now." Crosby said, as they all came up to them.
"Did you win?" Lindsay asked.
"Wait, you guys weren't paying attention?" Chris asked her.
"Of course we were. You guys rocked it." Jackie said, smiling.
"You are such a liar." Her husband stated, pulling her hat down in her face.
"I'm going to go for a yes, since you want to celebrate." Joelle said, smiling at Crosby.
"Is that your final answer?" He asked her as he watched her gather her things.
"Definitely."
"Too bad, you lose." Ryan said, smiling.
"You lost?" Jackie asked.
"Of course we did. You didn't see one of the guys on the other team just hit a home run?"
"Yeah, I'm going to go with a no on that one." Joelle answered.
"Hey, you got one right." Crosby said, putting his arm around her, smiling.
"Then what the hell are we celebrating?" Lindsay asked as they started walking towards their cars.
"The fact that we didn't kill each other this season. And the fact that we actually finished the season." Chris answered.
"I say that's a good enough reason to celebrate. Bonfire at our place?" Crosby offered.
"We could head over there now?" Charissa suggested.
"I have to pick up Kendra from the airport." Joelle said to Crosby quietly, talking about her best friend Kendra Wilkinson.
"When does she land?" He asked her.
Joelle glanced at her watch quickly.
"In an hour."
"Fine, meet us in a few hours at our place. If someone wants to get the food and beer, by the time we get back, we'll be ready." Crosby said to them.
Everyone agreed, and Joelle and Crosby got into his car and headed towards the airport.
"What time is your appointment tomorrow?" Crosby asked as he watched Joelle light a cigarette.
"We have to be there at ten. I can't believe I am finally picking out my dress." Joelle said with a big grin.
"I can't believe you haven't already gone shopping." He confessed.
"I wanted Kendra to be here, and this was the first time she could come out. Plus, I wanted to get it right before the season started, that way when I got back, it was here, and ready for the first fitting. I am always in my best shape after King Crab season."
"Who's going with you?"
"Kendra, Grandma, June, and Sig." She said, taking a drag of her cigarette.
"Have you asked Sig yet?"
"Ask him what?" She asked.
Crosby gave her a look out of the corner of his eye.
"Oh, no. I was going to ask him tomorrow while I try on dresses." She said. "I'm just afraid that Edgar and Norman will be upset I didn't ask them to walk me down the aisle."
"They know you have always had that special connection with Sig. They won't get mad at you. It just seems right that Sig gives you away at the wedding."
Joelle nodded.
"Did you ask them if they wanted to go pick out the dress tomorrow?"
"Yeah, but they don't want to see it. They want to wait until the wedding day."
"I agree. I don't want to see it either." He said with a smile.
"Good, because it's bad luck to see the dress before the wedding." She joked.
They arrived at the airport right before Kendra's plane was supposed to land, and they met up with her at baggage claim.
"I have missed you so much." Kendra said, giving Joelle a hug.
"Me too. We need to not have this big break in between visits." Joelle said to her.
"Agreed. Did you win your game today?" She asked Crosby.
"Yeah right. " Crosby joked.
"Let's get your bag. We are having a bonfire tonight." Joelle said, going towards the baggage belt to grab Kendra's things.
"Sounds like a plan to me. I still can't believe Hank asked to keep little Hank home this weekend. I thought for sure I'd have a baby attached at my hip."
"I bet you wish that you would have still brought him, huh?" Joelle asked her.
"Yeah. I miss him like crazy." She responded, making a face.
They grabbed Kendra's things, and then headed back towards the house, both girls chatting the whole way home.
"Why are you so quiet?" Joelle asked Crosby as they walked into the house.
"Just listening to you two chatterbox's go on and on. Hard to get a word in." He joked, smiling at her.
"Have lots of catching up to do." Kendra said, taking one of her bags to the guest bedroom. She was following Crosby, who was carrying her other bag for her.
"I'm going to get the firepit going." Crosby said. Joelle quickly gave him a kiss, smiling at him, before he headed outside.
"Look at you, looking all domesticated and shit. When did this happen?" Kendra joked, leaning against the kitchen counter as she watched Joelle bring two glasses out of the cubbard.
"Look who's talking." Joelle replied, putting ice in the glasses.
"Never in a million years did I see either of us in the position we are in a couple years ago."
Joelle laughed.
"Honestly, though, I kind of like it." She said, pouring Crown Royal into both glasses. She then added coke to it, before handing Kendra a glass.
"Oh, I wouldn't change anything about my life. But did you see us here back then?"
"I saw you still partying still, and me becoming a captain of a crab boat, alone, and very old looking, but yet, only being thirty." Joelle said, making a face.
"Now you are going to do that, but be married!"
Joelle laughed.
"I do not want to be captain." Joelle stated, taking a dip of her drink.
"Bullshit. You have been eying that spot for as long as I have known you. You are a liar."
Joelle laughed.
"Come on. Let's go outside. I want a cigarette."
The two of them headed out to the back porch so Joelle could have a cigarette, and the group started to show up at that point.
"Kendra, I want you to take a picture of the dress Joelle gets tomorrow. I want to see it." Lindsay said.
"No, I want no evidence of this dress. I don't want him to accidentally see it." Joelle said, shaking her head.
"I won't take a picture." Kendra said. She watched Joelle turn her head, and then she nodded at Lindsay, giving her the thumbs up, signaling that she would do it.
"You guys are getting married, what, a couple weeks after opie season, right?" Jackie asked Joelle and Crosby.
"Yeah." Crosby answered.
"So, who is doing all of the planning while you guys are fishing?" She asked.
"I already picked out what I wanted, but June and Linda are doing all of that for us." Joelle said.
"So, wait, you are pretty much having a wedding planned for you?"
Joelle nodded, taking a sip of her drink.
"How lucky are you? No stress, you just come home to a wedding." Charissa asked.
Joelle laughed.
"I have a feeling the last two weeks will be stressful enough." Crosby noted.
"And we have already done a lot of the legwork. They are just making sure it gets ordered. But believe me, I am very grateful for my aunts right now."
"I can't wait for the wedding. One, you'll be home for a few months. And two, it's going to be gorgeous, and you two deserve this great night."
Joelle glanced over at Crosby, who was sitting next to her, and he smiled at her.
"I can't help but agree." He said, watching her.
There you have it! Please tell me what you think! Definitely appreciated! :)