Disclaimer: I own Jessica, Nikolina, Erik, Kirsten, not sure if I mentioned anyone else I own, lol. The rest of the people and places belong to their rightful owners, not me. I make no money from this, and it is for pure entertainment only.
A/N: Did I mention that I loved creating drama and tension? Apparently my sister does as well, and we seem to write fantastically together! We'll be bringing new chapters to you soon! Enjoy!
A few days later, Andy was sitting in a seat beside Jessica, on their way to Alaska to get the Time Bandit ready for the season. She was nearly bouncing with excitement over being taken along for this trip, but she was nervous too. The snowy scene below the plane had her captivated, staring out of the window with a smile on her face. He was less than amused with it though, but at least Jake Anderson wasn't anywhere around today.
It had infuriated Andy to no end when Jake had come to visit, mainly because Jessica had been stuck to his side. When he left, she had even looked sad, and what was worse, she had ran to him and given him a kiss. To keep from hurting the younger man, Andy had had to turn and walk away from the sight of the two of them. Ever since then, all she'd talked about was how dreamy and amazing Jake was, leaving Andy in a horrible mood every time she said his name.
When the plane landed, Jessica shot out of her seat and quickly stepped off into the snowy weather of Dutch Harbor. Grinning widely, she turned back to the plane to look for Andy, "Come on Andy, lets go to the Elbow Room!" He stepped off of the plane and looked at her, rolling his eyes and following behind her as she took off running. It was amazing how excited she could be over something like this, and he didn't like the idea of her seeing Jake again.
As soon as they entered the Elbow Room, he regretted not going to the Time Bandit first, because there was Jake. The young man leapt from his chair with a grin, Jessica spotted him and returned the grin, "Jakey!" Running over to him, she wrapped her arms tightly around his shoulders and he lifted her off her feet in a hug. "Jess, oh wow, its great to see you again!" The two of them drew the attention of the entire room, and Andy narrowed his eyes.
Resisting the urge to hit Jake, he turned and walked to the table where Sig Hansen, Phil Harris and Nikolina Hansen were sitting. He all but threw himself into the chair and ordered a beer, leaning back and crossing his arms over his chest. Sig's eyebrows shot up at the look on the other captain's face, not remembering when he'd seen him this mad. Following his line of vision, Nik spotted the problem, Jake Anderson was all over the girl Andy had come into the bar with.
Leaning over to Andy, she put a hand on his arm, "Its good to see you again, Andy. Who's that pretty girl you came in with?" He looked over at the female captain and narrowed his eyes, making Sig put a protective arm around his wife. "You know, if you keep glaring like that, everyone is going to notice something is wrong." Phil said as he took a drag off of his cigarette and looked at Andy, trying to get him to lighten up a little.
Andy shifted in his chair and picked up his beer, taking a long drink of it, his eyes still locked on Jessica flirting with Jake. "Her name is Jessica Daniels, she works for me." Nik nodded a bit and then looked back toward Jessica and Jake. "You're just friends with her, right? I mean, you don't like her as more than a friend, do you?" Glancing at Nik, he threw up his hands with an irritated sigh, "Maybe I do and maybe I just don't like Jake."
Sig glanced at his friend and fellow captain before shaking his head and taking a drink of his own beer. "If you didn't feel something for her, you wouldn't be acting like an ass right now." Andy glared at the Norwegian captain and finished his beer before standing up. Nik went to say something, but Andy glared at her before storming out of the Elbow Room. The three captain's looked at each other and started laughing, Andy Hillstrand was finally in love, and he was jealous.
Jessica had watched Andy storm out of the building, wondering what in the world had him in such a bad mood lately. Excusing herself from Jake and his friends, she left the Elbow Room to follow behind Andy and find out what was wrong. She saw him heading toward the Time Bandit, running to try and catch up with him. He beat her there and hauled himself up and over the rail, dropping onto the deck and heading toward the wheelhouse.
Shaking her head, she carefully went up to the boat and lifted herself up, managing to get over the rail and onto the deck. Glancing back, she made a mental note to learn how to just haul herself over that rail when she had a chance. Looking back toward Andy, she watched him disappear into the wheelhouse and she hesitated before going after him. Climbing the steps that led to the wheelhouse, she paused outside the door to watch him.
Tilting her head a bit, she watched as he went over and sat down in the captain's chair, an angry look on his face. Quietly opening the door, she stepped inside and pushed it closed behind her, making him turn to look at her. She'd seen him angry about things before, mainly at her, but she had never seen this particular look of anger. Walking over, she slid by his legs to stand in front of him, leaning back against the instrument panel.
"Andy, I'm not sure whats wrong, but I've never seen that look on your face before. Tell me whats wrong." She said as she crossed her arms over her chest and looked down at him. He watched her for a few minutes and then looked away again. "Nothing you need to be concerned about, its none of your business. Go back to the Elbow Room with your boyfriend." His words shocked her even though they'd had their fights, this went beyond that, he sounded downright pissed.
"I'm not leaving with you acting this way, something's wrong and you need to talk about it, so get talking!" He stood up, towering over her and looked down into her eyes, "Jessica, leave right now before I do something we'll both regret later." The look in his eyes made her wary and she quickly slid by him, putting some distance between them. She started to speak but then changed her mind, turning and running from the wheelhouse as fast as she could.