AN: Hey everyone so this is a new fanfic story, It is about the movie finest hours, but with a twist. There is a woman on board, her name is Katarzyna Fitzgerald (Kate), and she is the daughter of the captain of the ship named Pendleton. Hope you all enjoy the story please remember to R & R.
Chapter 1:
She was the first woman allowed to work on a ship, the first woman allowed on the ship. For years there had been this line that states no woman is fit to do a man's job. Well she was here to prove them wrong. To throw out that silly old line.
Even though she was the daughter of the captain didn't mean that she was treated like a lady. She was treated like all the others, she was there to help the chief engineer. When she first came onto the boat Katarzyna saw the skeptical look Raymond Sybert (Ray) gave her. But soon she proved all the men wrong. Katarzyna Fitzgerald was no fragile woman, she was a force to recon with, the men soon accepted her as part of their own.
Months had passed with no incident, only a crack in the haul that was fixed up. But Kate knew that there was something coming, she could feel it in her gut, and her feelings never let her down. She was looking at the crack when she felt someone put their hands on her shoulders, she tilted her head back and saw that it was Ray, she smiled at him. There had been a connection between them that she could not describe. She thought at the time that it was only her imagination but after a while she noticed that he as well felt it. She looked back at the crack, she wondered if the weld they done is gonna hold. In this weather it was almost impossible she could already hear it starting to hum. She sighed and looked at Ray again "I don't know if this is gonna hold us in this storm" she says. Ray only gave her a slight smile, she knew it was his way of trying to reassure her that everything is going to be fine. She heard one of the crew members coming to stand next to them.
"You should go and sleep a little Katarzyna " he said to me, I looked at him and shook my head it was 4 am and I knew that even if I tried I would not be able to sleep. The boat suddenly rocked and she grabbed hold of the railing and shook her head. She then turned and went back to the control panel looking at it. She felt Ray moving to the opposite side, the humming of the crack got louder and Ray sighed as he picked up the phone and dialed the captain. He tried to reason with him to slow the boat down to 3 knots, but her father was stubborn he told Ray that the boat will hold.
Kate sighed softly and looked at Ray "I really hope he is right" she said but she knew that he was not going to be right. She walked over to Ray and put her arms around him, she did not care what the other men will think if they see them. She just wanted to hold him, because she did not know if it would have been for the last time...