Thanks once again for all the reviews! This was probably my favourite chapter to write because I never really knew how I was gonna end it, but I figured it out at the last moment. If this chapter does not make you readers happy then I don't know what will. lol

Heres the next chapter!

Chapter 8

Around 3:30 or so the guys finally decided to head back to the dock, leaving Gina and Carrie ready to head to bed. They tidied the living room, chatting about the night and the next days plans. Carrie was going to head to the dock around 10ish in the morning to see Josh off and Gina was still deciding. Carrie said she should go see Jake before he left, maybe try and send him the message that she would be waiting for him and wishing him a great trip.

It was now morning and Gina could hear Gina rushing around in the spare room getting ready to see Josh. She let out a small yawn, not letting sleep take over again and slid out of bed. She opened the door to see Carrie scurry down the hallway and towards the door.

"Heading off so early?" Gina said, flowing behind her to the front porch.

"Oh!" Carrie said in surprise. "Sorry if I woke you."

"Nah, I woke on my own accord."

"Okay." Carrie slipped her shoes on in a hurry. "I'm gonna run home and change before heading down to the dock. Are you going down?"

"I don't think so." Gina replied.

"Why? I'm sure Jake would appreciate you seeing him off."

"I dunno. I might go for a walk down there later." Gina thought for a second. "If he's there then I might stop and chat if their not too busy."

"If thats what you wanna do." Carrie slipped on Josh's hoodie, which she kept from the night before. "I'll call you after. Maybe we can hang out after."

"Okay, bye bye."

Carrie slipped out the door and left Gina alone. She decided a warm shower and a nice breakfast was in order.

Carrie had finished getting cleaned up and she was heading towards the dock with Josh's hoodie under her arm. She hurried her pace when she realized she was late to see Josh. It was almost 10:30 as she ran towards the dock where she saw the Cornelia Marie. The crew was scurrying about readying the boat to leave. She could see Phil on the dock talking to Sig about something that seemed to be troubling the Norwegian captain. She could tell Sig was not a happy person as he made some sort of hand motions, obviously describing something with his boat.

"I can't believe this is happening now!" Sig said in frustration.

"Especially after you already had it fixed." Phil replied, looking over to Carrie when he realized she was approaching.

"And under what privilege do we get to see you here?" Sig asked, the annoyance dropping from his face a little.

"I'm here to see your oldest son." Carrie refereed to Phil, giving him a little poke in the arm. "Is he busy?"

Phil turned, looking up into the wheelhouse where Murray was. "Murray! Where's Josh?" He yelled out. The rest of the crew continued working to get things finalized.

"In the galley, I'll call him up." Murray said over the radio. Phil nodded back to Murray in approval.

"So you and Gina kept the guys out late?" Sig asked.

"We were actually trying to send them home earlier, but they chose to stay out late."

Phil nodded with a smirk. "Whatever so say."

A thud came from behind them. Turning to see what it was, Josh was standing there from just jumping off the ship. "Hey." he said approaching, the grin on his face telling everything.

Phil rolled his eyes as he said his farewell. "I'll be talking to you just before we leave, Sig. Bye Carrie." He gave a wave before boarding his boat.

"Sure." Sig turned and headed towards his boat. "See ya Carrie."

Carrie could see Jake on the stack on the Northwestern helping Matt and Norman chain down the pots.

"So, I got your hoodie." she smiled, reaching out the hoodie to Josh.

"Thanks." He took the hoodie from her and wrapped his arms around her. "You never had to come all the way down here you know."

"I know." she breathed in his scent of sea and cologne. "I wanted to see you at least once more. Besides, you need this hoodie. It doesn't do much, but it's better then one less hoodie when fishing.

He nodded in agreement. He never really knew what to say. He couldn't talk long since they were leaving soon and there was so much work to be done. he just stood there and held her for a minute.

"I know you're really busy." Carrie started, reading his mind. "I'll guess I'll get going now." she pulled away and looked up at him.

"I think we might be coming back here to drop our first load off." Josh said. "I'm not sure though."

"Don't worry about it." Carrie smiled weakly. "I'll be waiting."

He leaned down and gave her a gentle kiss. "I'll miss you."

"I'll miss you too." she replied softly into his chest when he pulled her into another hug.

"I better go." Josh spoke up finally after a few minutes. "Dad will probably kill me if I don't get back to work."

Carrie nodded sadly. Josh leaned down and gave her one more kiss before turning to jump aboard the Cornelia Marie. He turned back to see her once more and blew her a kiss. Carrie smiled, pretending to catch it and put it in her pocket. She turned to walk down the docks when she realized Jake was looking down at her.

"Hey." he called down from the stack.

"Hey up there. I heard you guys are having some problems."

"Yeah, we're having some re-occuring prop problems. It's gonna keep us here for a long while."

"About how long?" Carrie questioned, a plan brewing in her head.

"Some time tonight." Jake estimated. "We're almost done getting stuff ready though so we're gonna be waiting on getting it fixed, which is the most annoying thing."

"Well, good luck on that." I have to head out. I'm supposed to be hanging out with Gina soon." she mentioned her friends name in hope to get some sort of response.

"Tell her I said hello." he called down.

"I will." she smiled, waving back as she turned. She could not wait to tell Gina she had a second chance at telling Jake.

Gina was just getting back from the grocery store in the early night. Waiting for her on her front step was Carrie.

"You missed me that much."

"He' not leaving until tonight!" Carrie blurted out, getting up to take some bags from her friend.

"Then why aren't you with him?" Gina questioned, thinking she ment Josh.

"No, Jake is not leaving until sometime tonight." Carrie patiently explained. "Josh is probably gone or leaving now."

Gina unlocked her door and stepped inside. "So why is Jake not leaving until tonight?"

"There's something wrong with the boat." Carrie explained. "Sig said something about the prop."

"Okay."

"Thats all you have to say?!" Carrie sighed. "I waited outside for almost 2 hours knowing you left your cell phone behind AGAIN like always t tell you this important news and all you have to say is okay?"

"Yep." Gina laid the bags down in the kitchen and began going through them one at a time and putting stuff away.

"It's only 7 now so you may still have time."

"Time for what?"

"To go see him before he leaves." Carrie explained, frustrated Gina was not catching on. "To tell him you like him."

"I don't want to bug them. They probably have a lot of work to do."

"Gina, Jake told me earlier that they would have their preparations done earlier since they were not expecting to leave late."

Gina knew she had to go. Carrie would haul her down there by her hair if she had to.

"Fine." Gina reasoned."I'll go after I put the groceries away and change."

"Good." Carrie said, putting a box of cereal in the cupboard.

Gina walked down the dock towards where the Northwestern was last known to be tied up. She could see Edgar and Norman looking around and getting ready to set off fishing King Crab.

"Hey." Gina called, jogging up to the boat.

"Hey, what are you doing here?" Edgar asked from the boat. Gina could tell he was a little nervous about something.

"I wanted to talk to Jake for a minute," Gina explained "but I guess it's too late."

"Now what!" Sig yelled from the wheelhouse door, wondering what was holding up his younger brother. He eased up when he saw Gina. "Sorry, we're just a little behind and missing a crew member."

"Have you seen Jake?" Edgar asked.

"Jake's not here?" Gina asked, extremely surprised.

"We're gonna leave without him of he's not here soon." Sig called, frustration still showing as he ran a hand through his hair. He went back into the wheelhouse.

"So you don't know where he is?" Edgar seemed surprised. "I figured he might be out with you?" Edgar hinted at something Gina seemed not to know about.

"I haven't seen him. I actually came here to see him."

Edgar pulled the back rope from the dock. "Well, he's been gone for a little while and that all we really know. It's weird for the kid to do this."

Gina nodded in agreement. She turned to leave and thats when she saw him. Jake was running down the dock towards the boat.

"He's coming!" she called to Edgar, pointing down the dock at him.

"He better hurry faster or Sig's gonna make him swim to the boat." Norman commented, pulling the last rope from the dock, allowing toe boat to float away from the dock a little.

Jake ran past Gina and leaped onto the boat, just clearing the water.

"You almost missed the boat kid." Edgar said, patting him on the back. He turned to look at Gina, who was slowing heading back down the dock. "Now don't miss her." He pointed.

Jake looked back at Gina, running to the end of the boat to be closer to her. "Gina!"

Gina turned, hearing Jake call out to her. She began running for the boat, which Sig had now put into a low gear and was steering straight down the end of the empty dock.

"Sorry I can't talk." he said when she had caught up to him. "Thanks for seeing me off." He smiled, he had just gotten off the phone with Natalie and told her it was completely over and his job was his life. He knew in his mind he would not have said it without Gina's guiding words.

"It's okay. I understand it's your job." she paused for a moment, hesitant to tell him this way. She actually wanted to know what his response would be. She took a breath and started. "I wanted to tell you this last night, but I never really know how and all."

"Tell me what?" he called back. Sig had started to steer down the docks a little faster, causing Gina to start jogging.

"I..." she was almost afraid to say it. "I like you!"

"What?" Sig had revved the engine into a faster gear, causing more noise. Jake leaned over the edge to hear her better.

"I like you!" Gina cried out once more. She had run out of dock and was now standing, waiting for a reply from Jake. She never expected much of a reply from him as he slowly stared back at her from the boat. She realized he was grinning like a fool and he ran for the wheelhouse. She figured that was it and she turned to leave, figuring maybe he felt the same since his grin seemed like an appropriate response.

When she least expected it she heard Jake's voice call from the intercom of the Northwestern. "I like you too!"

Gina turned, almost mimicking the cheshire grin Jake had plastered on his face moments ago. She liked Jake and he liked her. She could not wait to tell Carrie how she almost missed the boat and the man it carried.