"So who do you think this Nick guy is? Mario didn't say much about him." Jonathan said.

"I'm wondering myself. Mario sounded excited though. He said something about how he waited Nick's whole life to join the Bella Amore clan. I just wonder how Mario knew Nick so long. He did say Nick was what 20?" Jonathan nodded and shrugged at Andy's thoughts. The two climbed onto the Bella Amore and saw them hard at work, but they could not see anyone new.

"Where is Nick?" Jonathan asked.

"Mario most likely knows." Andy answered. The two walked past the hard working crew and climbed up the stairs to the wheelhouse and opened the door.

"Hey nice to see you guys. Come on in." the Hillstrand brothers walked into the wheel house and shut the door. They took a seat on the bench behind the captain's chair. "What brings you two here?"

"We wanted to meet Nick. You seemed real excited about him working on your boat." Andy explained.

"Yea. Where exactly did you meet Nick?" Jonathan asked. Mario just smiled.

"Nick was living in Indiana on a ranch for a while with family. Nick wanted a change in scenery and needed extra money so I decided to take Nick on my boat as the new deckhand. I needed someone new anyway. I got tired of being short a deckhand." Mario explained.

"What did Nick do before he decided to join you?" Mario smiled at Andy's question.

"Bull riding believe it or not." The Hillstrand brothers looked at him in shock. "Not kidding guys. Nick is touch as nails."

"Was Nick any good at bull riding?" Andy asked clearly not believing that this guy was for real.

"You have no idea. Five time champion actually. Nick was on top but, I don't understand why Nick would just quit though. I've known Nick forever and it's not like Nick to just quit while being on top." Mario pondered. He turned looked at Andy and Jonathan and smiled. "You guys want to meet Nick?" The Hillstrand brothers nodded. Mario yelled down the steps that lead to the galley. "Nick!" Nothing. "Hey Nick." Again nothing. Mario sighed in frustration. "NICK!"

"Keep your fucking shirt on dad! I'm busy doing something. What do you want?" They heard a girl's voice. The two got wide eyed at Mario.

"Come here! I want you meet two good friends of mine!" The three heard a loud sigh and then footsteps and finally a girl in daisy duke jean shorts and a tank top appeared.

"What do you need dad?" she asked as she sat on the counter.

"Wait you're Nick?" Andy asked in shock. The girl smiled. She was not surprised by his reaction.

"Name's Nicole Katherine Piccolo, aka Nikki, aka Nick." she stated proudly.

"I'm Andy and this is my brother Jonathan. We captain the Time Bandit." Andy said.

"Wait Mario. This is your daughter?" Jonathan asked him.

"Yea my oldest Nicole." Mario explained. Nicole chuckled.

"She looks so much like you." Jonathan stated as he looked at the two. Nicole chuckled again.

"I'm told that." Nicole said. "Wait did you guys think that I was a guy?" Nicole asked finally realizing why they were looking at her strangely. The two nodded and Nicole busted out laughing. "The name gets them every time, but really its nice to meet you two. My dad told me plenty of good things about you both"

"So your dad told us you're a bull riding champion." Jonathan chuckled. Nicole smiled.

"I was for awhile, but I needed a break from it. After talking to my dad for awhile he agreed to let me come work on the Bella Amore." She explained. Andy watched her with interest. She was different than the other girls he knew.

"Anyway we need to get back to out boat." Jonathan said as him and Andy got up "It as nice to meet you Nicole. I hope you will tell us about your rodeo days soon."

"Of course I will. We will sit and chat one day after King Crab." Nicole said as she watched them leave.

Jonathan and Andy jumped off the boat and walked towards the Time Bandit. "I like her. She has spunk." Jonathan said. Andy nodded. "I want to hear about her rodeo days" Again Andy just nodded. "You are awfully quiet brother. What's on your mind?" Andy just shook his head.

"Nothing. Just thinking about the season brother." Andy said. Jonathan didn't buy it for one second.

"I think you're lonely. You need to find someone to make you happy." Andy gritted his teeth as he hoped onto the deck of the Time Bandit. He hated how Jonathan always brought this up.

"I am not lonely Jonathan. I do not need another woman in my life." Andy sneered. "For the record I am perfectly happy." Andy went into his stateroom and slammed the door shut. He sighed and laid on his bed and got lost in his thoughts. He didn't need a woman in his life. He was fine without one.

He turned and laid on his side. It was like this every night. He laid in his bed and he would think. He said he didn't need someone, but in reality he did. He wanted to be loved by someone, but he would never admit it. A tear escaped his eye. He knew Jonathan was right. He was lonely.

Hear that lonesome whippoorwill,
He sounds too blue to fly.
The midnight train is whining low,
I'm so lonesome I could cry.

I've never seen a night so long
When time goes crawling by.
The moon just went behind a cloud
To hide its face and cry.

Did you ever see a robin weep,
When leaves began to die?
That means he's lost the will to live,
I'm so lonesome I could cry.

The silence of a falling star
Lights up a purple sky.
And as I wonder where you are
I'm so lonesome I could cry.

I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry - Hank Williams