First time I've EVER shared a story with the world. I'd love comments, but please be nice! This will probably get smutty at some point, so I hope you like that sort of thing. If not, don't read :)
Leah was cold, drenched, and laughing. She and her old friend, Jake Anderson, were walking home after a long, rainy night at the bars in Seattle.
"I've never been this cold in my life," said Jake, "And that's saying something!"
"You big baby, it's not that bad!" said Leah, punching him in the shoulder.
"Hey, no one's ever called a crab fisherman a baby before."
"Oh la di da I'm a fancy crab fisherman and I fear no evil," the pretty blonde mocked.
"Yeah, you're so tough but you wouldn't last a day."
"To hell I wouldn't! I've been through more shit as an ER doctor than you've been through on your dinky boat."
Jake punched her back, "Don't you dare call my boat dinky!"
She shoved him, and they fell to the grass laughing.
A week later Leah was in her apartment when she heard the phone ring.
"Hello?"
"Hey, it's Jake."
"Hey what's up?"
"You ready to fish?"
"Huh?"
"Wanna be a greenhorn on the Cornelia Marie?"
"What the fuck?"
"You're the one that was talking smack, now you get to prove it."
After the initial surprise, it didn't take much to convince Leah to accept the offer-she wasn't one to turn down a bet. And because she was in between jobs at the moment she could certainly use the money.
Jake's string pulling had gotten her on one of the most elite crab boats in Alaska, which she only found out after meeting its crew.
