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"Hey, Ryan. WE are pulling out. Are you going to come watch as we leave land behind?" Mike asked.
"Sure. Sounds great." Ryan closed up her lap top. She was reading a great story called Under the Rose by JakeHarrisLover. She followed Mike onto the dick.
The Time Bandit had just pulled away from the dock as Ryan made her way to the rail. The further away from land the boat got. The more beautiful Ryan believed the Bering Sea would be.
"It's beautiful isn't it?"
Ryan turned and looked at Scotty, "Yes it is." She looked back out at the water. "Tell me about yourself Scotty."
"If you have ever seen the show Deadliest Catch then you know what I am like."
"Actually I never once saw the show. I only learned about you guys through the medical magazine I was reading at work. I saw the ad for a medic so I applied."
"Hmm. Well, I'm twenty-eight, divorced and I have a two-year old son named Sawyer. He and this boat are my life. Now your turn. I know how you found out about us, but now I want to know about you."
"There's not a lot to tell. I am twenty-five, a flight medic for Star Flight. I am an only child. My parents were killed in a car wreck when I was thirteen. After that I was bounced around from one relative to another." Ryan turned and looked at Scotty.
Wow, Scotty felt sorry for her. He didn't know what he would do if that had happened to him. "So, do you have a boyfriend back home?" 'Damn' he thought, 'he sounded corny. Of course she had a boyfriend…she had to…she was to beautiful not to.'
"No. I did about a year and a half ago, but not now."
"What happened?" Scotty thought he would hear about how some loser was screwing around on her or something of that nature.
Ryan turned and looked back out at the water. "I was on duty. There was a bad wreck on I-35. We flew out, picked up our patient and headed to Brackenridge Hospital. We landed, pulled the patient out of the helicopter, and loaded the elevator. When the doors closed I looked at the patient's face for the first time and realized it was Max, my boyfriend. He lived, for two days after the accident, because of the life support he was on, but his family decided to pull the plug and donate his organs."
Scotty looked at Ryan in stunned silence. Ryan turned and looked at Scotty. "I cried a lot after Max died, but I'm ok now. I knew he would want me to be happy and get on with my life. Besides, crying has never done me any good as it is."
Ryan turned and began to walk off deck. She stopped and turned around looking at Scotty's back. "Hey, Scotty?"
"Yeah?" Scotty turned and looked at Ryan.
"Thanks for letting me talk about Max. Most people just say they are sorry to hear about my loss and then change the subject. If you every need anything, even just talking, let me know." Ryan turned and walked off deck.