**Just a reminder that this story contains adult situations and explicit sexual content. Consider yourself warned.

Missy woke up a few hours later and got up to check on Norman. She walked quietly into Norman's room, he was sleeping on his back, she gently pulled the blanket off his leg and checked his wound. The bandage was slightly bloody so she decided to change it. She walked into the galley to retrieve her bag, and heard raised voices coming from the wheelhouse. She paused and considered going up to see what was going on, but her patient needed to be tended to first. Turning around she headed back to Norman's room, she managed to get the old bandage off without waking Norman. But as soon as she poured some of the saline solution on his leg he woke up.

"Hey Missy, am I going to make it?" he asked groggily.

"Yes" she replied. "I'm just changing the bandage. Are you in any pain?"

"Nothing I can't handle." replied Norman with a weak smile.

"I'll check on you in another couple of hours and see if you feel the same. I'm afraid you'll have to stay off deck today." said Missy.

"Darn. Will you take my place?" asked Norman.

"Of course" said Missy. "I'll be back in a while, keep your leg elevated and try to get some rest."

Missy closed the door and walked back towards the wheelhouse. As she walked up to the stairs she could hear the raised voices. It was clearly Sig and Edgar.

"I don't care if I sound like a broken record Sig, I think we should just wait and see."

"Edgar, if he needs medical attention then we need to call the coasties."

"Just wait and see what Missy says, she does this for a fucking living." shouted Edgar.

Missy walked into the wheelhouse and cleared her throat.

"I've just checked on Norman, he's going to be fine. The stitches are fine, both the internal and external stitches won't pull if he can rest his leg for a few days. He says he's not in any pain, however if that changes I have medicine that will help him."

"What happened?" asked Sig.

"From what I can tell the cut is really clean, so maybe he was cut with a knife or a piece of metal, whatever it is it's really sharp." said Missy.

"How is everyone else?" asked Edgar.

"Jake and Nick both had small cuts, they will be fine in the morning. I just used Steri-strips so they may have a scar. Matt seemed to come away unscathed and I have just a little cut." Missy pulled her hair back to show her cut. "Edgar I never got to check you out."

"I'm ok, no blood just a sore finger." said Edgar holding out his hand. Missy picked up the hand and inspected the finger, it looked like it had been jammed.

"I could tape it for you and it may alleviate some of the pain." suggested Missy.

"Sure, although I don't really mind it." said Edgar. Missy ran downstairs to get her surgical tape. She made short work of wrapping Edgar's finger, then she handed him an ice pack and told him to sit down and ice his finger.

"Wow, I can see you make a lot of friends with your bedside manner." remarked Edgar.

"Well, I only hassle the ones I love." said Missy.

"Thanks for taking care of Norman" said Sig walking over to give Missy a hug. "I don't know what we would have done without you."

"Honestly, he would have been fine, some direct pressure would have kept him from bleeding too much, and you would have called the coast guard." said Missy.

"No, because you are here we know he's ok, we can see him and check on him, it's a big relief." explained Sig. Missy just nodded and gave Sig another hug.

"How much longer until we get to the next string?" asked Missy.

"We are still a couple hours away, why?" said Sig.

"Because I want to go back to sleep." said Missy already heading down the stairs. "I'll be up in a few hours to check on Norman. He can't work out on deck for now."

Missy crawled back into bed, she snuggled in next to Matt, resting her head on his chest. The sound of his heartbeat lulled her back to sleep.

Matt woke up slowly, shifting to roll over but finding he was unable to. He felt Missy laying on his chest and smiled. He had assumed that she would have been gone before he woke up, like she had yesterday. He shifted her in his arms and tried to look at her face. In sleep she looked ridiculously young, yet in reality she was only 4 years younger than he and Edgar were. She was also tiny compared to him, yet she could pull the shots out of the pot. He hugged her tighter and imagined a future where they were together. He fell back asleep for a few minutes dreaming of children and vacations. He woke again when he felt her stir, she rolled over and pressed her butt against his groin. He held in a groan and pulled her tighter, thrusting his hips slightly. Matt was trying not to wake Missy up, she was probably exhausted and he didn't want his first time with her to be in a bunk in front of a sleeping Jake and Nick. With fortitude he didn't think he possessed he pulled away from her and got up. He made his way to the bathroom, took a shower and wanked himself into oblivion.

Missy woke up to the sound of running water. She checked her watch and saw that she still had 30 minutes before she had to check on Norman. When she rolled over she realized that Matt was up, she wondered what they should make for breakfast. Swinging her feet over the bunk she dropped to the floor and bent over to select some clothes. She changed quickly and opened the door and almost ran into a very shirtless very damp Matt.

"Hey, you're up. I didn't wake you when I got up did I?" asked Matt.

"No, I woke up when I heard the shower" said Missy. "What are we going to make for breakfast?"

"I haven't really thought about it. But if you are offering to help we could whip up something quick." said Matt as he quickly pressed past Missy and grabbed a shirt.

Missy and Matt walked into the galley and decided to make bearing sea omelets. Matt explained that you dice the same veggies that one would put in a regular omelet then instead of making omelets to order you cook it all at once in a big electric skillet. Missy started cutting up the onions, green peppers and canadian bacon while Matt started cracking the eggs. By the time Missy was finished Matt had managed to crack 3 dozen eggs into a huge bowl and was whisking them gently. They worked together to make the omelet, their hands brushing occasionally and they never stopped the constant stream of chatter. Edgar walked down from the wheelhouse and watched the two of them in the kitchen. Jealousy flared within him and then he thought how happy they looked together. Still, he only had the time on the boat with Missy and he didn't want to share her with Matt or anyone else for that matter.

"Hey kids whatcha doing?"

"Making breakfast." replied Missy.

"I was just going to check on Norman, wanna come?" said Edgar.

"Yes, just let me get my bag." said Missy.

Edgar and Missy walked into the room together they noticed that Norman was still laying in the same spot . Missy went over and checked on Norman, she felt his pulse and found it strong . She checked the bandage and saw it was dry and clean.

"He looks like he's doing fine?" whispered Missy. She placed two pain pills in a small cup on the table next to Norman.

"How are you doing?" asked Edgar pulling her towards him.

"Fine, how's your finger?" asked Missy.

"Well I don't know if it will be doing any fingering today, but luckily I have another hand." said Edgar, pulling at Missy's pants. Missy smiled and spread her legs allowing him better access. He pulled her onto his bed and laid her down, removing her pants and underwear. "God I can't get enough of you." Spreading her legs he started kissing her nether lips, spreading her open with her fingers he found her clit and sucked on it Missy could feel her toes starting to curl. She was desperate for something to fill her, she wasn't particular fingers, cock, tongue, anything. Missy was rewarded when Edgar stuck two fingers into her aching pussy. She felt the orgasm rush over her and bit her lip to avoid making a sound.

"I like it when your louder" whispered Edgar. He stood up removing his mouth and fingers from her and stripped out of this pants. He immediately climbed on top of her and pushed in to the hilt and moaned.

Norman heard that and opened his eyes, he got an eye full of the two writhing bodies on the bed next to him. "Take her shirt off" he said in a sleepy voice.

Edgar looked over his shoulder and saw that Norman was awake and watching them. He decided to take Norman's advice and pulled Missy's shirt off tossing it on the floor. Then he angled her so Norman could see her face and chest. As Edgar and Missy moved in rhythm the sounds of slapping skin filled the air. Norman's hand traveled down his chest, over his stomach and into his boxers where he started to touch himself. He mimicked the rhythm of the two across the room. He saw Edgar tense and heard Missy's stifled cry of completion, he pulled faster and soon spilled all over his stomach. His head started to pound as the blood returned to the northern half of his body. Missy was just sitting up and getting redressed when she saw Norman wince. She walked over and handed him the pain meds and a bottle of water. He drank down the pills while Missy cleaned the cooling seamen off his stomach. She gave him a quick kiss and finished getting dressed. She left the room a few minutes later after she'd given both Edgar and Norman a kiss.

"What are you doing with her Edgar?" asked Norman.

"I don't know, she's like a drug and I'm addicted." said Edgar with a sigh. "I only have this trip, this time to have with her. I don't want to waste a minute of it."

"Oh Edgar, I hope you know what your doing." said Norman.

The buzzer sounded and Sig announced that they were about a mile from the next string. The crew was dressed and out just in time for Matt to throw the hook. The first pot came over the rail and it was three quarters of the way full of beautiful clean crab. Missy started sorting the crab at the sorting table. Sig was trying to go a little slower since the guys were a man down, but to Missy it felt like everything was going in fast forward. The hours went on and instead of getting use to things she found herself just struggling to keep pace with everyone else. Her arms started to hurt, then just became numb. She felt like nothing more than a drone, doing the same thing over and over again. They guys started up a rotation, Missy stayed in the same place until the last few pots of the string, then she got a chance at the rail. The first pot came over the rail and she grabbed it and helped Edgar to swing the pot around. She untied the pot door and flipped it onto the top of the pot. She stood back as the launcher raised up to dump the crab into the sorting table, then she grabbed the bait from Matt and hopped into the pot to hang it. Once out she slammed the door closed and refastened the door closures. She did that another 50 times before they finally finished hauling the 2 strings.

By the time she was inside again she couldn't move without something hurting. Matt and Jake helped her out of her raingear, just being inside made her skin tingle and burn. She passed through the galley and immediately went into the bathroom, she started the shower. She didn't even wait for it to warm up, she just got under the spray and took a quick cursory shower. Once she was out she dried her hair and wrapped the towel around herself then moved to her room to get dressed. Matt was sitting on the floor digging through her clothes. He pulled out a pair of soft pants and a t-shirt and handed them to her. Slipping on the t-shirt she stared at Matt expectantly.

"What?" said Matt.

"I need underwear." said Missy.

"Oh, right." Matt started digging in the bag and finally pulled out a pair of electric blue undies. "Are these ok?"

"Perfect" said Missy taking the underwear and sliding them on, then putting on her pants. She sat down on the bed and picked up the pair of socks that Matt had placed next to her.

"I'll do it for you." said Matt taking the socks from her hand. He made short work of slipping them over her feet. Once she was dressed he pulled her to her feet and together they headed out to the galley.

Missy picked up her bag and headed to Norman's room. She needed to check her patient before she did anything else. Walking into Norman's room she saw that he had rolled onto his side. She deftly rolled him so he was flat on his back. She inspected the wound site and saw that it was oozing a little blood, but it was lighter in color which was good. Missy changed the bandage, then checked Norman's pulse and listened to his heart and lungs.

"Well nurse, will I live?" asked Norman sleepily.

"You are already on the mend." said Missy. "Do you want me to bring you something eat?"

"Sig brought me something earlier, but I could eat again." said Norman. "When will I be able to walk on it?"

"Um, I'm not sure. You need to let the skin start mending, although if you wanted a change of scenery I'm sure with help you could sit anywhere as long as your leg was elevated." explained Missy.

"Great, when Edgar comes back I'll talk to him about helping me move." said Norman

"How's your pain level? Do you want some more medicine?" asked Missy.

"It's hurting, but I don't know if I need as much as you gave me last time." said Norman. Missy took out one pill and handed it to Norman with the bottle of water. He swallowed the pill and laid back down.

"I'll send Edgar in with something to eat." said Missy giving him a tender kiss on the forehead.

Back in the galley dinner was on the table, it was Norwegian meatballs with rice and it smelled delicious. Missy slid into her seat and served herself a plate. She looked around the faces at the table, everyone looked completely spent. Edgar finished eating quickly and went up to relieve Sig so he could eat. Sig came down and slid into the seat next to Missy.

"You did pretty good today prissy Missy." said Sig as he served his plate.

"Thanks." said Missy quietly.

Leaning down Sig whispered in her ear "I need to see you in my room after dinner, bring your bag."

Missy just nodded, she was so exhausted that she hoped whatever game he wanted to play was going to be quick. Ice Cream and oreo cookies were dessert and Missy felt pleasantly full by the time she left the table. She grabbed her bag and walked up to the wheelhouse to speak to Edgar.

"Hey Edgar."

"Hi Miss, how's Norman doing?"

"Good, he said he could eat again and he's up for a change of scenery." said Missy.

"What's with the bag?" asked Edgar eyeing her.

"I don't know, Sig wanted me to bring it to his room." explained Missy.

"Sounds kinky." said Edgar with a snort. Missy just stuck her tongue out at him and walked down the stairs to Sig's stateroom.

Pushing open the door she saw Sig sitting on the bed with his shirt off, he looked pale and was wincing slightly. Missy sensing the pain moved to him quickly, pulling out her stethoscope. She bent down to listen to his heart, it was beating rapidly.

"What's going on Sig?"

"It's been hurting off and on all day." said Sig as he struggled to take a full breath.

"Show me where the pain is." said Missy. Sig showed her that it was in one concentrated spot and it would start as a sharp pain then ease to a dull ache. Missy gave him an aspirin, she was pretty sure it wasn't a heart attack but she didn't want to take a chance.

"What did you eat today?" said Missy.

"What? Why does that matter?" said Sig wincing in pain.

"You may have an ulcer and maybe what you've been eating or not eating is making it flare up." said Missy matter of factly.

"I had coffee, cigarettes and stress all day" said Sig.

"Have you seen a doctor about this type of pain before?" asked Missy taking Sig's blood pressure.

"Yes, over the summer I saw the doctor and she said it could be gastric, but nothing was conclusive." said Sig.

"Well your blood pressure is elevated, but it's probably due to the pain your in. I think I'm going to give you some pepcid and see if it makes you feel better." said Missy. "You also need to eat more food during the day, but nothing spicy, drink more water, and try to smoke less."

Sig just rolled his eyes at her. "Honestly Sig, it's the only thing that's going to make you feel better. Why don't you try to rest a little." said Missy.

"Only if you sleep with me." said Sig. Without a word Missy just climbed into the bed, she lay her head down on Sig's chest, listening to his heartbeat start to slow and his breathing even out. She only closed her eyes for what felt like a minutes when she felt Edgar slowly shaking her awake. He held his fingers to his lips in an effort to keep her quiet. She maneuvered out of the bed and followed Edgar out the door.

"What's going on with Sig?" asked Edgar once they were back in the wheelhouse.

"He's having some pain, I think it might be an ulcer or gastritis." said Missy.

"Everyone on this fucking boat is falling apart." said Edgar running his hand through his hair.

"Well it's a good thing I'm here to put everyone back together. As for Sig, I gave him some meds, and I think I have a plan to get him to take better care of himself." said Missy slyly.

"I hope it works." said Edgar.

"Did you take some food to Norman?" asked Missy.

"Yes, he devoured some leftovers, he wants to come up and sit in the wheelhouse when we start pulling the next string. I told him I'd ask you if that's allowed." said Edgar.

"That should be fine, as long as he keeps his leg elevated." replied Missy. "Well if I'm all done with the doctoring I'm going to lay down."

"You deserve it. We still have a couple hours until we reach the next string." said Edgar, dropping a kiss on her cheek. Missy dragged herself slowly down the stairs and into her room. Matt was sleeping in his own bunk and for some reason that made Missy a little sad. She collapsed on her own bunk and was asleep before her head hit the pillow.

A few hours later Nick was gently running his fingers through her hair, Missy loved the feeling and smiled in her sleep. Nick leaned over and placed a light kiss on her lips.

"It's time to wake up sleeping beauty."

"Already? Well I suppose this is the nicest wake up call I could hope to receive." said Missy sleepily.

Nick smiled shyly and helped Missy stand up. Her head was pounding and as she stood her legs felt wobbly. Leaning over to get her clothes and stand back up was a challenge, she hobbled to the bathroom and got dressed. Walking into the kitchen she saw that Norman was sitting at the table with his leg on the bench seat.

"Norman, it's nice to see you out of your room. How's the pain?" asked Missy.

"Well nurse, it's not too bad, I just took some ibuprofen." said Norman. Matt placed a breakfast burrito on the table for Missy and a glass of milk. Missy took her place and tucked into her food. The food seemed to energize her and by the time she was finished she felt like she could face the day. After breakfast she retrieved something from the fridge and grabbed her bag so she could check up on Sig.

Entering the wheelhouse she saw Sig in the captain's chair and Edgar standing behind him.

"Good Morning Hansens." she chirped.

"Morning Missy." said Edgar.

Harumph was all she got from Sig. She pulled out her stethoscope and checked his heart beat and listed to his bowel sounds. Next she checked his blood pressure, it was still high, but lower than last night.

"How's the pain?" Missy asked.

"It's pretty much gone." said Sig.

"Well since the nurse is here, I'm going to eat." said Edgar already heading down the stairs.

Missy gingerly pulled out the water bottle she'd gotten from the fridge and set it down next to Sig's ashtray.

Sig gave her a questioning look.

"I want you to drink this water before you have any coffee." said Missy, she held her hand up to forestall any comment from Sig. "Now if you do this for me I will give you something."

"What?" said Sig.

"Something that will make you happy" said Missy coyly.

"And once I finish it I can have coffee." asked Sig warily.

"Yes. And you can continue to smoke and eat your chocolate. But you have to drink the water." said Missy firmly.

"When will I get my surprise?" asked Sig anxiously.

"When you finish the water. If I'm out on deck you can call me up and I'll give it to you." answered Missy. "I promise it will be worth your while."

"Fine." said Sig, opening the top of the bottle and taking a swig.

Missy flounced down the stairs with a smile on her face. She asked Edgar to take Sig something up to eat but no coffee while she checked Norman's bandages.

Norman was given the all clear to go up to the wheelhouse and Missy didn't even see a need to change the bandage.

Edgar entered the wheelhouse and almost dropped the plate of food. Sig was sitting in his chair sipping out a lavender sports bottle.

"What the fuck are you drinking?" said Edgar.

"Water." answered Sig.

"I've known you all my life and I've never seen you drink water." said Edgar in surprise.

"Well if you must know Missy will give me a surprise if I finished my water before I have any coffee." explained Sig.

"What's the surprise?" asked Edgar.

"I don't know, it's a surprise. But she said it would be worth it." said Sig smugly. Edgar just shrugged and set the plate of food down next to Sig.

"Norman's coming up here to keep you company today." said Edgar conversationally.

"Cool, I'll have someone to talk to." said Sig. "Tell Matt this was really good. And tell Missy I'm drinking my water."

Edgar nodded and headed downstairs with the empty plate. He delivered the message to Missy who just smiled. Then he and Matt helped to get Norman up to the wheelhouse. By the time he was settled it was time to go out on deck.