The story will be heading into more hardcore waters and I wanted to know if you think I should start to explicitly describe my sex scenes and change the story rating to M.

Also I hope I am not offending anyone with any past, present or future material in this story.

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Track: Ball of Confusion- The Temptations

The Cornelia Marie had left port the following day and was on its way to pick up a couple of strings.

As they suited up the crew joked about Andy and Caiden's relationship. Caiden was laughing with them, Jake wasn't.

"Well I think its wrong for a greenhorn to sleep with a captain," Jake started. "She's just trying to move up the food chain."

"You're just jealous because she's not fucking you," Dave said.

Caiden looked over Jake to see what his response to that would be but he stayed quiet.

"Could Andy have been right?" she asked herself, thinking about what Andy said about Jake possibly liking her now.

"Sorry, I don't want to catch any STD's," Jake suddenly said.

"Never mind," Caiden thought.

The crew walked out onto the deck and started hauling their pots.

The crab were coming in big numbers and their size was enormous.

Caiden was stunned at how excited the guys got when they pulled in those full pots. They all jumped up and down, Freddy yelled 'sweet' over and over again and the smile on Josh's face was priceless.

She looked at Jake and he looked happy but didn't express himself the way the other guys did. She wasn't surprised though. Jake had always been the more laid back of the brothers. He was calm and more reserved, unless he was tormenting her of course. She studied him with her eyes, zooming in and out on every part of his body.

She was so focused on looking at Jake that she didn't see notice the pot start to swing wildly and make a b-line right towards her.

"Caiden move!"

She jolted back to reality in time to see the pot coming her way.

"Bring it down," Jake yelled to Corey as he worked the crane.

A crazy wind force suddenly blew and the pot started to swing violently.

His eyes shifted to Caiden who seemed to be in her own little world, not seeing the pot coming at her.

He threw down the line and ran to her, pushing her down to the floor before the pot could hit her.

It took her a few seconds to come around and when she did Jake was already yelling.

"Are you fucking stupid?! Stop your stupid daydreaming and get with the program! I'm sick of having to save your dumbass on here."

She pushed him off.

"I'm not asking you to and if you hate me so much then just let me get slammed you fucking jerk!"

She got up and stormed inside.

"Yep, she's not gonna be coming out again today so you guys better hustle," Phil said. "Josh when this last pot comes in go talk to her, Jake you'll come and talk to me."

The two boys sent a nod their dad's way and they continued hauling the pots.

Once they were on their way to their second string Josh went in to talk to Caiden and Jake to Phil.

"Caiden?" Josh asked when he walked into his cabin.

Caiden was lying on her bed, facing the wall.

"I don't want to talk Josh," she said.

"I think you do."

"No I don't, hence why I'm facing the wall and flat out telling you that I don't want to talk to you."

Josh kneeled down next to her bunk and put his hand on her waist.

"Come on Caiden."

She sighed and turned to him.

"Josh I don't think I can take it anymore. Your brother is killing me."

"Come on Caiden, you can take him. If he turns up the heat then you turn it up higher."

"With how tired I am on this stupid boat I don't think I can."

"You're tough enough."

She smirked.

"I guess so."

He brought his face down so it was parallel with hers.

"No more tantrums all right?"

"I'm a girl Josh, they kind of come naturally."

He ran his hand through her hair and kissed her forehead.

"You didn't get hurt or anything right?"

"No, apparently I'm tough enough. Now get out of here, you stink."

"That's my girl."

He got up and walked out of the room. As he walked through the galley he could hear Phil yelling at Jake. He smiled and continued out onto the deck.

"Dad I fucking saved her, why are you yelling at me?" Jake asked.

"Saved her and then shoved it in her face. I could have sworn I raised you better than that Jake. Why do you always have to be such a cunt to her? She zoned out, it's not her fault. Being out here can really fuck someone up, especially a girl like her. I remember you used to do the same thing. Cut her some slack."

"You never cut me any slack."

"Because you wanted to come on here, she didn't. Now get your scrawny ass back on deck and haul this last string so we can drop the pots again."

Jake walked down and made a detour to his room.

Looking at Caiden sleeping soundly made him again wonder what it would be like if he was lying with her. Her shirt was riding up and he could see a nice section of her smooth stomach. Without thinking he sat down next to her and put his hand on the exposed skin, tracing it with his fingers.

She stirred but didn't wake.

For five minutes Jake sat there, his hand on her warm skin and his mind up in the clouds.

Dave appeared in the doorway.

"What the fuck are you doing?" he asked.

Jake slightly jumped, waking Caiden up. When she noticed Jake sitting next to her with his hand on her stomach she screamed.

"What the fuck?!" she kicked him off the bed.

"Sorry I was… um…"

Dave and Caiden leaned in, curious to see what Jake was going to say.

"I need to get on deck."

He quickly stood and left the room.

"God that boy is making my head spin," Caiden said before going back to sleep.

Dave just walked away, confused as ever.

The crew was surprised to see minimal arguing between Jake and Caiden during the next few days.

"Is something going on between those two?" Freddy asked Josh.

They were on their way to Dutch Harbor to drop off another load.

"I don't know but it's definitely weird to not see them arguing," Josh answered.

At that moment Caiden walked into the galley and slid in next to Josh, resting her head on the table.

"Hey there Caiden. How ya doing?" Freddy asked.

"Hanging in there," she said.

"We'll hit port in a few hours."

"Good, I'm getting kinda seasick."

"Yeah I guess we are rocking pretty hard today."

Josh put his arms around Caiden and pulled her close to him.

"Want to go lay down?"

"Sure."

He helped her up and they walked to their cabin.

Josh stripped down to his boxers as Caiden slid under the covers.

"Have I told you how much I hate this?" she asked him.

"I seldom remember you saying it a few times."

He got in next to her and wrapped his arms tightly around her body.

"So what's been going between you and Jake these past few days?" he asked.

"Nothing."

"I know, that's why I'm asking."

"Josh I really don't want to talk about Jake right now."

"Why not?"

"Because I don't Josh. Now shut up and kiss me."

Their mouths collided and tongues met.

Caiden's hands shot down the front of Josh's body and into his boxers.

"Caiden, Caiden what are you doing?" he asked out of breath.

Caiden's lips disconnected from their spot on his neck and she looked at him.

"Just passing the time."

"No, we can't do this Caiden."

He sat up.

"Why not?"

"Because it's gonna ruin the friendship we have."

Now it was Caiden's turn to sit up.

"Only if you let it Josh."

"I can't Caiden."

She sighed.

"Fine, sorry."

"Caiden I really didn't know it meant so little to you. You have got to be the most nonchalant person when it comes to sex."

"It's both a gift and a curse," she said.

"We'll dock soon. You can find someone there to…"

"It's not like that either Josh."

"But you said you could do it with anyone."

"Yeah but I at least have to be remotely attracted to them and know they're someone I can trust. I don't just pick random guys off the street, that would just be… wrong."

"And the way you handle yourself now isn't?"

"Josh I don't need you lecturing me."

"Well maybe I should because right now I don't think your morals are correct."

"You have no right to question my morals. I know you're no little angel. Whatever happened to you not judging me?"

"And I tried not to but you really have given me no choice."

"I'm not going to listen to this." She grabbed a sweater and stood up. "You just really disappointed me Josh. Out of all people I thought you would understand, but I guess I was wrong."

"Wait Caiden," Josh started but she was already out of the room.

Caiden ended up sleeping in the wheelhouse, not giving Phil any reason why. In fact all she said when she walked up was 'don't ask' so he just kept his mouth shut and kept steering the boat.

When they reached Dutch, the boat was unloaded and the guys headed to the Elbow Room for some down time with the only other FV at dock, the Time Bandit.

Scott waved Josh and Jake over and the three sat together.

"How much longer do you guys have?" Scott asked.

"Well we're doing a double season so we'll be fishing for king for a few more weeks."

"Damn that blows."

"What's up Harris boys?" Andy asked, resting his hands on the brothers' shoulders.

"Hey Captain Andy," Jake greeted.

"So, where's the pretty greenhorn?"

"She was taking a shower when we got off the boat so I'm assuming she'll be here soon," Josh said.

"All right, sounds good."

"Why don't you find someone your own age?" Jake muttered.

He didn't intend for anyone to hear it but unfortunately that was not the case.

"What did you just say?" Andy asked.

Jake looked around the table, all the men staring at him. He kicked his chair back and stood up.

"I said why don't you find someone your own age? You're nearly twice as old as Caiden. Can't you bang someone older?"

Andy scoffed.

"Jake this really isn't a conversation I want to have with you," he said.

"Because I'm right."

"About what Jake?" he asked, sounding exasperated.

"About you being older than Caiden."

Andy attempted to suppress his laughter but couldn't.

"I think it's pretty obvious to everyone that I'm older than Caiden. Now why do you care so much?"

"I don't."

"Ha! You could've fooled me. You bitch and moan about how much it sucks to have Caiden on your boat but the truth is you can't get enough of her. Why else would you have interrupted us the other day? You gave her some bullshit story about how your dad said she needed to help you with something but it turned out you called her away for no reason. You like her man."

"I do not like her. I can't stand her. She's a fucking skank, everyone here knows it. She even told me she's a sex addict and proud. You really think banging her is some sort of accomplishment? Man I bet she's fucked hundreds of guys. She's dirty and I feel bad for anyone that's slept with her. "

A fist suddenly smashed into Jake's face, sending him to the ground. Caiden stood over him with a look of pure displeasure on her face.

"You have to be the most wretched fucking guy that I know Jacob Harris. Not only are you stupid but you're also incredibly disrespectful. I know you and I have never gotten along but I've never spoken about you the way you speak about me. Then again, I don't know why I'd ever expect more from you."

She turned on her heel and calmly left although everyone knew she was extremely upset.

Andy took a step towards the door but Josh stopped him.

"I got this one Andy," he said, Andy nodding.

The second Caiden walked outside she let out a frustrated scream, stomping her feet on the ground and giving anyone around the false impression that she was crazy.

"Better?" someone asked from behind.

She turned and there was Josh with a worried expression.

"Why are you here?" she asked.

"Because I think you need someone to talk to."

"Last time I talked to you you were nearly saying the same things Jake was."

"Caiden you know that's not true."

"Well it still hurt the same."

"And I'm sorry."

He walked over to her and pulled her into a hug.

"Is he right Josh? Am I dirty?"

"No Caiden, of course not."

"Why? I mean everything he said is pretty much true."

"No, its not."

"Then why does it still hurt?"

"Because it was Jake that said it."

"Yeah, Jake."

She groaned heavily and turned to Josh.

"Usually when I get this pissed there's only one thing that can make me feel better."

"Sex?"

She shook her head.

"Drugs."

"Well you're definitely not going to find those anywhere around here, at least not tonight." She widened her eyes in agreement. "Why don't you just go for the next best thing?"

"I really don't want to walk back in there and get Andy."

"I wasn't talking about Andy."

Caiden's eyes zipped up to meet his.

"But you said that would ruin our friendship."

"Only if I let it, right?"

She took a step towards him.

"Right."

Josh took her hand and smiled before leading her back to the Cornelia Marie.

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