"Alright lets do this!" Nicole yelled as she started up the engine of the Bella Amore II. Nicole smiled when she heard the engine start. "So far so good." she said to herself. This was the first time she was going to drive the boat and she was very nervous. With her hands shaking, Nicole turned the black knob that controlled the rudder, grabbed the silver handle that controlled the speed of the boat and attempted to pull out of Dutch.
"Don't sink the boat Nicole. You haven't even pulled out of Dutch yet." Phil said over the radio chuckling. Nicole smirked.
"She almost sank the boat already? What was Mario thinking?" Sig said over the radio. Nicole sighed.
"Phil I won't sink the boat. I promise. Sig say it again and watch what happens." Nicole chuckled.
"What are you gonna do about it?" Sig asked.
"Sig do you really wanna know?" Phil asked.
"Trust me he doesn't want to know." Nicole put the radio down and continued driving the boat to where her and her dad agreed to start.
"Hey honey." Kathy said as she sat down in the co-captain chair.
"Hey mom. What's up?"
"Nothing bored." Nicole chuckled
"It's gonna get interesting once we get to the fishing grounds. That's when the real action happens." Kathy nodded. "So what are making for dinner tonight?"
"I don't now yet. You got any special request?" Nicole thought about it.
"Well I know its gonna be cold, so can you make chicken soup." Kathy smiled.
"Sounds good." Kathy got up and headed to the galley.
"Nicole go downstairs and get ready." Nicole switched places with her dad.
"Did you talk to mommy?" Mario nodded. Nicole sighed in relief and headed downstairs.
"Who's that?" Nicole chuckled.
"Me mommy. Daddy is driving the boat."
"Oh. Did you come to help me?" Nicole froze. She couldn't lie now.
"No mom. I got to get ready and head outside to help the guys." With that Nicole quickly left to the dry room before she could hear her mom's reaction, but on her way there she bumped into someone. She looked up.
"Nicole watch where you are going." Larry said. Nicole chuckled.
"Sorry." was all she said while she got suited up. Once suited up she headed outside. Nicole looked up the wheelhouse and saw her mom up there with her dad.
"Get the pot ready." Mario said over the hailer. Everyone quickly got to work. Nicole climbed on top of the pots like she normally did.
"What is she doing Mario?" Kathy yelled. Kathy's voice was so loud you could hear it from the wheelhouse without the hailer. Everyone looked towards the wheelhouse and then at Nicole who had her face in her hands.
Meanwhile in the wheelhouse Mario was trying to explain to Kathy that what Nicole was doing was part of her job. "Part of her job? You mean she's been doing this the whole time?" Kathy yelled again. Mario sighed.
"Yes Kathy. This is what Nicole does at her job. Her job isn't a safe one Kathy and she knows that. Nicole is an adult. She can make her own choices. If she didn't want to do this she would of said no."
"Get her inside now!" Kathy yelled. Mario looked at her.
"I can't bring my deck boss in. She's needed out there. She is in charge out there. I thought you would be proud of her." Kathy felt her blood boil.
"Well I thought she worked inside! I thought she was a boat mom too and she would be helping me!" Mario shook his head.
"Well you thought wrong Kathy." With that Kathy grabbed the radio and her voice boomed over the hailer.
"Nicole Katherine Piccolo get inside now!" Nicole turned her head and looked at her, but instead of listening to her mom she rolled her eyes and went back to doing what she was doing. Kathy sighed in frustration and looked at Mario. "Get her in here now!" Mario knew he wasn't gonna win this one, so he just decided to give in.
"Nicole come to the wheelhouse." Nicole sighed and walked into the wheelhouse. She knew she was in for it.
"Nicole Katherine! What is wrong with you? You could have been killed." Nicole just rolled her eyes, but then looked at her dad.
"You told me you talked to her."
"I did, but I guess I must of left out the part of you climbing on pots." Nicole sighed.
"You told me that everything was gonna be alright! You said she was gonna be fine with it!"
"I was fine with it until I saw what you really do." Nicole sighed.
"Well its part of the job mom. This job isn't safe and you need to learn that this is what I do and I will do this till the day I die." Kathy rolled her eyes and stormed downstairs. It was gonna be a long season.