So, I have a little writer's block on the other stories and a fun idea came up between Ms. Macrocosm and I on Twitter. Now that my wheels are turning, I've decided to go with it! Haha so humor my silliness and enjoy the first chapter of From Which There Is No Escape!
Emily smiles in the morning sun and breathes in the salty ocean air of the South China Sea. Her red locks flow in the breeze and she closes her eyes, enjoying the hum of the machinery on the rig. Emily jumps when she feels her phone vibrate in her pocket and pulls it out to answer, "Hey Katie, what's up?"
"Hey babes, what time is there?" Katie asks in a sleepy voice as she balances the phone between her shoulder and cheek while she paints her nails."Erm, it's a little after 8am, how about you? I can never keep the time zones straight anymore." Emily smiles and rolls her eyes.
Katie giggles, "Yeah, it must be a work hazard. It's a little after 1am."
"Yeah, so how's it going at home? James being good in college?" Emily leans against the railing of the massive rig.
"He's actually doing well, when he's not being a total prick that is. It's going well here, but we miss you and dad a lot. Mum has actually planned on James coming to visit her and Carl, but I don't know if he wants to see her. I know I don't, but he is almost out for summer break so the decision is his." Katie blows her nails and closes the cap to her polish bottle.
"Good, I'm glad he's doing well. As for Jenna, he can do what he wants, but I'm with you on no interest in seeing her. Dad is doing good, accept Naomi is pissing him off again." Emily chuckles."Aaah Naomi, that's the blonde one right?" Katie asks with a smirk.
"Yes. Naomi is quite blonde, and rather beautiful. Dad agrees." Emily cocks her head to the side and looks up at the colorful rising sun sky, leaning her back to the ocean.
"So have you asked her out yet then?" Katie rolls her eyes. "Does she know you like her?"
"It's not that simple Kay, I mean…we all live and work on the rig, it's complicated."
"I don't get that Ems, you like her and from the sounds of it she likes you too. What's so complicated?" Katie flops back onto her bed and inspects her nails with a smile.
"Oh yeah? Okay well, what about Cook then? He's madly in love with you and -"
"That's complicated Ems!" Katie yells and rubs her eye with her palm.
"How so? He spent two weeks living with us when dad insisted he come over for the holidays last year. You two were inseparable? And I know you hooked up, we share a wall you know."
"There was mistletoe! What was I supposed to do?" Katie laughs.
"Whatever. He asks about you constantly you know." Emily smiles, "He's a good guy, you should give him a chance."
"Yeah, well he's 7 hours away though. Anyway, I wanted to tell you about the holiday I planned."
"Yeah? Where are you going?" Emily hears a noise and looks over at the office door to see Rob walk out. He see her looking over and sends her a wave with his muscular arm and smiles a toothy grin at her. Emily smiles and waves back.
"Morning love!" Rob calls over to Emily.
"New York City! Finally I'm going to get my Big Apple shopathon on!" Katie squeals from the other end. "Hey is that dad I hear? Tell him hello and I love him yeah?"
Emily nods and looks over at Rob, "Dad! Katie sends her hellos and love!"
Rob smiles and before he can respond, Cook jumps down from a vertical ladder of the rig, "Oi! Katikins!? Send her my love too yeah?!" Rob smacks him on the back of the head with a grin.
"Back off boy!" Rob smiles, "That's my other little girl you're talking about yeah? Emily laughs and shakes her head.
"Is that Cook!? Fuck's sake, well I'm going to let you go now since our conversation has become a public affair. I'll talk to you later okay?" Katie scuffs.
Emily laughs, "Okay Kay, I love you."
"Yeah you too," Katie smiles.
"See you." Emily says before hanging up. She looks up at the goofball men now sparing with each other a few feet from her and rolls her eyes and walks past them, "Gentlemen?"
"Hey morning Ems!" Cook giggles, "Have any sweet dreams of you know who?" Emily responds with her middle finger and a smirk over her shoulder.
Rob rolls his eyes and shakes his head, "I assume you're referring to the blonde pain in my ass?"
Cook laughs with a gaping smile, "Ah come on Rob!? She ain't so bad! What you got against Naomikins? You hired her after all?"
Rob bites his tongue, "Yeah, yeah. She's just a cocky, know-it-all who thinks she knows it all, but doesn't…at least not when it comes to drilling for oil." He runs his hand through his hair. "I mean, I see what Emily may see in her, but as her dad I wish she'd choose a more reliable person…like you Cook."
Cook laughs, "Umm, she's gay and besides, I like the other one boss." Cook pats Rob on the shoulder. "And Naomi maybe one stubborn chick, but she is a decent bird. Come on, let's get some breakfast yeah?"
Rob smiles and nods, "Yeah, I'm craving some bacon!"
Cook laughs and throws his arm around Rob, "Yeah mate! These are the joys of getting out of the gym business and into something real, no you can eat some real food!"
"Bacon, the breakfast of champions!" Rob laughs and together they walk towards the dining hall.
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Naomi stirs in her bed and pulls herself upright. She groans as she stretches her arms out from side to side and let's out a yawn. Running her fingers through her messy blonde hair, she looks out her circular window and smiles at the sunshine beaming through. Naomi hops down from the top bunk and grimaces as her feet hit the cold ground. She throws on a baggy jumper and some boxer shorts and heads out to get some coffee. Naomi swings open her door and is greeted with a marvelous fresh breeze the blows her hair back off her shoulders.
"Well that looked straight out of a movie," A husky voice says that catches Naomi off guard. Emily smiles over at Naomi from her seat at the table that looks over the railing and off to the water. Emily is sitting sideways with her knees curled up to her chest with a cup of tea next to her. She squints in the sun and giggles, "Good morning."
"Emily, you scared the shit of me." Naomi laughs, "Good morning yourself." Naomi adjusts her jumper self consciously.
"Sorry, it's the downfall for being the room next to the best seat in the house." Emily smiles into her cup and turns out to view the ocean.
Naomi grins, "Yeah well, it's only the best for me you know." Naomi winks as tucks her hair back behind her ears. "Did you get any breakfast?"
"Yeah, I ate my weight in bacon." Emily laughs and blushes at Naomi's smile.
Naomi's smile drops, "Bacon? It's bacon day? Fuck! I better get in there before JJ and Sid eat it all."
"Well you better get in there then," Emily laughs again. "I had to claw my way just to get my share!"
Naomi laughs at the image of Emily throwing bows to get some bacon and smiles back at her, "Well I'll see you later yeah?" Emily smiles warmly at her and waves as Naomi quickens her pace to the dining hall.
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"Oi!" Naomi smacks Sid's hand causing him to drop the last few strips of bacon. "You've practically eaten all of it!" She smirks as she takes the stolen strips from Sid and chomps into a piece happily.
"Actually Naoms, Emily ate most of it!" Sid laughs with JJ.
"Yes, the shear amount of bacon Emily consumed is the equivalent to 3 whole pigs!" JJ snorts into his orange juice.
Chris jumps down onto the table bench, "Yeah Naoms, your girl can put it away." He grins as takes a bite a his bagel and squeezes a blob of cream cheese from the silver packet into his mouth.
"Chris! That's so gross when you do that!" Naomi throws a balled up napkin towards his head. "Put the cheese properly on your bagel before you take a bite, fuck's sake!" Naomi takes a sip of her coffee and smiles, "And she's not my girl!"
Cook nudges Naomi in the ribs, "Yet." He gives her a cheeky grin as he steals a piece of her bacon.
"Fuck off Cook." Naomi rolls her eyes and brings her attention back to her breakfast and gasps, "Hey! Tosser!"
Cook laughs with a mouthful of bacon and throws his hands up to protect his face from Naomi's now flailing fists. "Ha! You're so easily distracted when it comes to her and you don't even realize it. Just admit it Naoms, you want a taste of that Twin Pop!"
Naomi shakes her head and takes a sip of her coffee, "Why oh why did I ever choose to work with such wankers!?"
"Awe you love us," Chris says as he finishes the last of his bagel and rolls his cream cheese packet like a tube of toothpaste. He then squirts the remaining cheese into his mouth while looking at Naomi with a childish grin.
Naomi just rolls her eyes and grabs her tray and cup of coffee and stands up to excuse herself. "See you morons later." She smiles over her shoulder and heads towards the door to the dining hall. Before she exits, she spots Thomas in the kitchen and leans over the counter and pops her head in, "Thank you for breakfast Thomo! It was delicious, what I actually managed to grab before the boys ate it all!"
"Avec plaisir mon ami!" Thomas winks at Naomi from the ovens and smiles. Naomi waves and smiles before making her exit of the dining hall.
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Naomi walks outside and smiles from the sunshine's warmth on her body. Spotting Emily still sitting in her favorite spot, Naomi clears her throat and grins as she saunters closer to Emily. "Hey." Naomi says as she stands over Emily's shoulder.
Emily jumps and juggles her phone in her hands, "Jesus!" Emily manages to catch her phone before launching it overboard and looks up at Naomi. "You scared me. Do you know how many phones I've lost since working on this rig?"
Naomi laughs, "Care if I join you?" Emily smiles and nods as Naomi takes a seat. "Well the one time when you practically used your phone as a hacky sack and kicked it into the sea was pretty funny." Naomi chuckles as she rests her elbows on the table next to Emily.
Emily shakes her head, "It's not funny, phones are expensive and it takes forecer to get them shipped to us." Emily smiles in embarrassment, "Plus Katie was really pissed at me for that, she thought I hung up on her. She needed advise about something and I couldn't talk to her for days until I had a phone."
"Why didn't you use someone else's phone? You could've used mine you know?" Naomi laughs.
"I know, but I didn't have her number. She had just changed it and I didn't write it down before sending it to the fishes. Dad didn't have it either and my laptop is so slow, twitter and facebook aren't worth it, so I emailed her to let her know what happened. Unfortunately she never checks anything, so I was stuck until I got a new phone and she called me." Emily smiles as she swirls the last of her tea in her cup. "Obviously I now write down my contacts immediately."
Naomi smiles and shakes her head, "Yeah? Do you have mine written down?"
"Of course, I also have it memorized." Emily gives Naomi a cheeky smile.
Naomi scuffs, "Are you stalking me?" Naomi grins, "Waiting outside my door, memorizing my information, peeking in my window at night?"
"Oi! I do not peek in your window at night! That's Sid! And serves you right for sleeping naked." Emily grins, "A privilege for being the only female crew mate yeah?"
Naomi shakes her head, "Yeah I guess…bunch of pervs."
Emily smiles at Naomi, "But you are very stalkable."
Naomi licks her lips and smiles, "I'll take that as a compliment…I guess." She takes a sip of her now cold coffee and looks out to the ocean. "Oh nice, freaking whalers off in the distance…I hate them."
Emily frowns as she see the boats Naomi is referencing to, "It is pretty fucked up…poaching."
"Yeah, well my mum is a big activist. She hates what I do for a living, but at least she knows I stand up for the animals." Naomi glares off in the distance.
"Yeah? Like have you ever thrown paint of people for wearing fur and stuff?" Emily smiles half joking.
"Well not exactly, but I try to educate and nip ignorance in the bud." Naomi smiles at Emily.
"So how did you get into this position and what does your mum think about it? Working with ooooils" Emily laughs. "I mean, my dad was always into this except for his gym owning phase. I landed in this because of him, and his lack of organization." Emily smiles and peaks at her phone. "Oh it's almost 9, don't be late yeah?"
Naomi's eyes bug out, "Shit! I gotta run, I'll see you later yeah and I'll tell you how I got involved with ooooils?" Naomi smiles and nearly falls trying to get out from under the table and runs off to prevent being late. She tries to ignore Emily's giggles and just bites her lip in embarrassment.
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"CAMPBELL!" Rob screams as oil squirts all over his t-shirt that reads, "Strike it RICH with FITCH!"
Naomi slides down a vertical ladder, "Yeah! Right her Rob!"
"Goddamn it Campbell! I told you to shut number 2 down last night! It chewed 140 feet last night!" Rob screams!
"I had a hunch! I swear I thought it was a sure thing!" Naomi whines as she helps to stop the stream of oil.
They get the oil to stop and start cleaning up the mess, "My office! NOW!" Rob yells at her. Naomi nods and rolls her eyes, following Rob to his office. They walk in, passing Emily who is shuffling papers at her desk. She looks at Naomi and gently smiles, realizing Rob is furious and both are covered in oil. Rob follows Naomi into his office and slams the door behind him. He sits on his desk, toweling his arms and face off. Naomi defiantly sits with her arms crossed and oil dripping from her nose. She wipes it off and looks up at him.
"Look, I had a hunch okay!? I had a good feeling that it would work." Naomi rubs the bridge of her nose with her oil saturated hand.
"Listen, this is my company! My rules! My ass on the line!" Rob sternly says to Naomi. "When you have your own 8 million and your own company, you can do what you want."
Naomi nods and looks down at her feet. "Sorry Rob."
"Naomi you know what I need to hear." Rob places his hands on his knees and looks directly into Naomi's piercing blue eyes.
She nods, "I'll never do that again." Naomi looks at her hands and huffs.
Rob nods and says, "Yup, and Naomi?" She looks up at Rob. "That's strike two, one more and you're out." Naomi shrugs and nods as she stands.
Naomi walks past Emily at her desk once again. Emily looks up, "Hey, everything alright?"
Naomi holds her arms out at her sides and looks down at her clothes, "Never a dull moment!"
Emily smiles, "I see that."
"Yeah, well. The fun is over, I fucked up and I'm on your dad's shit list…again."
"Well, just give him some time. He will get over it, he just needs some time. He's really a big softy." Emily smiles.
"Yeah? If you say so. Hey, I thought you were off today?" Naomi smiles.
"I was…but I came in for one thing and find myself working." Emily laughs. "But I guess it's better than being covered in oil?"
"Perhaps." Naomi laughs, "But I should get cleaned up and back to work. See you later?"
"Yeah, see you," Emily nods.
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It's just a start! :D I'm tired and have to stop now but there is more to come. This is mainly all back stories right now anyway…the fun is on its way XD thanks for reading and let me know what you think! xxooxx
