A/N: Number four! Haha. I'll admit now I'm not very good at writing arguments and fights, but I tried.
"You alright Nicole?" Jonathan chuckled over the hailer. He just watched Nicole get wiped off her feet by a wave for the second time today. Nicole stood up and turned to the wheelhouse window and laughed. "It's a good thing she can quickly recover. She's a good sport too. Most girls would freak out if they got a little wet." Jonathan said.
"Yea. At least she isn't like other girls." Andy hissed. Jonathan looked at his brother shocked.
"What's up with you? Why do you hate her? You barely know her." Jonathan said.
"Oh and you know her better than I do?" Andy asked and looked at his brother.
"I do actually. I've had nice conversations with her. There's a lot you don't know about her Andy." Jonathan said. Andy looked out the window
"She doesn't belong on deck in this weather. She belongs in the galley, or up here. I don't want to see her hurt." Andy said.
"Well if you want to pull her in then pull her in, but she seems to be able to hold her own. Besides she's gonna have to learn what it's like out there soon or later." Jonathan said.
"Its getting bad out and you promised Mario that we'd keep her safe. I don't want to be the one to tell Mario that Nicole fell overboard because she made a rookie mistake." Andy said as he grabbed the hailer. "Nicole dry off and come inside." Andy watched Nicole turn to face the wheelhouse and shake her head no. "Nicole." Andy warned. Jonathan chuckled and the two watch Nicole sigh and climb up onto the pots and walk over to the wheelhouse window.
"No!" they heard her yell. Jonathan smirked, but Andy wasn't amused.
"Nicole get inside now!" Andy hissed. Nicole rolled her eyes and got down from the pots and headed inside. Andy stood up.
"Don't shred her to pieces Andy. She's just a baby." Jonathan said.
"She's an adult. She should know that you should always follow a captains orders even if you disagree with his orders." Andy said as he headed down the steps. Once he got to the bottom he saw Nicole sitting on the table in the galley in dry clothes. He looked at her and she saw anger in his eyes.
"I'm in trouble aren't I?" she asked sadly. Andy felt his breath get caught in his throat. Her eyes got him every time.
"You better believe it?" Andy hissed.
"Sorry Andy." Nicole said as she looked down. Andy stepped closer to her.
"I'm only saying it for your protection." Andy said. Nicole looked at him. "You are officially on deck ban till further notice."
"What?" Nicole yelled. "That's not fair. I make one mistake and you put me in time out!"
"Mistake? Nicole you didn't listen to me. I'm the captain of this boat and whatever I say goes. I don't care if you agree with my decision, or not!" Andy yelled back. "You just broke another rule too. You talked back to the captain."
"Well it seems ever since the night I was with Blake Painter you've been hostile towards me." Nicole shot. Andy's eye got wide. He didn't think she knew about that. "I don't know why you would care though. You seem to enjoy a different girl each night." Andy clenched his jaw. "So Mr. Cowboy Casanova, why do you hate me so?"
"You just got on the boat and you're already disobeying my orders. I have no reason to like you!" Andy yelled. Nicole got up off the table and headed towards the stateroom she was in.
"Asshole." she mumbled.
"I heard that!" Andy yelled as he went back up to the wheelhouse.
"Any blood shed?" Jonathan asked Andy.
"Nope." Andy said as he sat back down in his chair. As time went on Andy started feeling guilty. He kept thinking about the fight he had with Nicole.
"You feel guilty about yelling at Nicole?" Jonathan asked.
"Nope." Andy said. He started feeling guilt-ridden the more he thought about what he said to Nicole.
"You know when you're not around she is a completely different person." Jonathan said. Andy looked at him. "She's really nice and fun to talk to.""Yea well why is haven't I seen that side of her?" Andy asked.
"She feels like she needs to stand her ground. She is after all a woman on a crab boat with a bunch of men." Jonathan explained. "She needs to stand her ground so people will take her seriously. Just try talking to her one day. You just may learn a thing, or two."
Meanwhile downstairs Nicole laid in her bed with her iPod playing. She was trying to figure out why Andy was being the way he was to her. She closed her eyes and when she did all she could see was what happened prior to her being sent to her room.
She knew it was wrong to fight with the captain, but she would told herself she would never let anyone bring her down. She was gonna be on top even if it mean she had to make a few enemies.
You can try to keep me down
You can try to keep me under
But you'll never get my will,
You'll never take my will to fight
'Cause I was born at the bottom of this mountain
I'm scared and I'll probably climb it ,
Climb it till the day I die
All the things I know I needed
Just keeps me going
All the things I never had
Just keeps me wanting it more
Fighting for it all
I know I'm not that pretty
I'm only avid smart
With an overwhelming uncanny need just to need to survive
But you can dig a grave six feet under
But you'll have to take me up
'Cause you know I won't be going high
All the things I know I've needed
Just keeps me searching
All the things I never had
Just keeps me wanting it more
Fighting for it all
I never had a hero
Never met a saint
And there's nothing on this earth I can take with me
Anyway
All the things I know I've needed
Just keeps me going
All the things I never had
Just keeps me wanting it more
Fighting for it all
Fighting for it all
So, you can try to keep me down
You can try to keep me under
But you'll never get my will,
You'll never take my will to fight
Fighting For It All - Mindy Smith
