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Andrea stepped out on deck to begin the first offload of the season. The past couple of weeks were grueling, grinding on low numbers, but they finally had stuffed the boat and were in for their first offload. Every muscle in her body ached, but she was glad to finally see the crab coming off the boat. They had another trip ahead of them, and she wished that the pots that were soaking were in for great numbers, but unfortunately, they were unsure. They set everything on new grounds, hoping to find the crab, but she had a bad feeling in her stomach that they weren't going to get what they wished.

"At least the crab look good." Jake said, holding the weight chart to record the numbers.

"They are huge crab." She said, watching the offload in progress.

Just then, she felt some hit her arm. She turned to see Matt, pointing towards the docks. She looked up to see Blake standing on deck, watching her.

"What are you doing here?" She asked him, confused. "I thought you weren't fishing."

"I guess I could ask the same thing of you then, huh?" He asked.

"I changed my mind. I got bored with Vegas." She said, walking towards him. "Now seriously, what are you doing here?"

Blake watched as Andi climbed off the boat onto the dock. When she got close, he reached in his pocket and grabbed his cell phone. He pushed a few buttons, and then handed the phone to her. She grabbed it and looked at what he was looking at, and saw a picture of her and Mike kissing on the Time Bandit's deck right before they had left the harbor.

"Where did you get this?" She asked.

"Does it matter?" He asked. "I always knew something was going on between you two. You bitched at me for how long about cheating on you, and made me feel like shit, when all along, you were doing the same thing?"

"Wait a minute, I never once cheated on you." She said, throwing the phone at him.

"Cheating doesn't mean the actual act of sex, Andrea. You two have been flirting with each other for God knows how long." He said, getting angry with her. "Is he why you left me at the altar?"

"No." She said, crossing her arms. "I left you because I couldn't trust a damn word that comes out of your mouth. What happened at your bachelor party? Why were you out all night? No, wait, I don't care what you have to say about it, because I can't believe a word you say."

"I have been nothing but honest with you since I slept with her. I have done nothing but be there for you, and prove to you that you are the one for me. Then you go and do what you did at the wedding. How can you be mad at me? Honestly?"

"Because you cheated!" She yelled. "I thought I could get over the fact that you were unfaithful, but I can't. I can't trust you. I can't get the thought of you with another woman out of my mind. I thought I could get past that, but I can't!"

"And I can be okay with the fact that a couple weeks after you left me, you are already in the arms of another man? And not just any other man, but the same man I suspected you to have had feelings for for awhile now."

"Nothing was going on while I was with you. Not a damn thing, Blake." She said. "It's not my fault that you don't trust me. I have done nothing to break that trust between us. It was all you."

"I don't think I would be as angry right now with you if you would have had the decency to wait a little longer. Do you not care about anyone's feelings but your own? Did you not think about what it would do to me?"

"Did you think about that when you slept with the whore?"

Blake shook his head, obviously angry.

"Do you have it?" He asked, glaring at her.

"Have what?" She asked.

"The ring? I want the ring." He said.

"No, I don't have the ring."

"Where is it?" He asked.

"I pawned it. Didn't see any excuse to keep it." She lied, crossing her arms.

"Andi, that was my grandmothers ring!" He yelled.

"Oh, darn. My bad." She said, giving him a smartass look.

"Thank God you left me at the altar. I never realized how big of an insensitive bitch you really were." He said, then walked off.

"At least I'm not a nasty man whore!" She yelled back at him. It was at that point that she realized that they had an audience. Every guy working on the boats in the area were on their decks watching the argument unfold.

"What? Waiting for an encore? Get back to work." She yelled, jumping back onto the deck of the Northwestern. She stormed back inside, leaving the rest of the crew staring at each other, not knowing what to do.

"Well, that was interesting." Nick said, making a face.

"That's just going to put her in the best of moods for this next trip out." Edgar said, making a face.

"Do you guys know who sent the picture?" Jake asked, eying the rest of the guys.

"No, but I wouldn't want to be that guy right now." Matt answered, going back to work.

Andrea came back on deck at that point, a cigarette hanging out of her mouth, and went straight to Jake, snatching the clipboard out of his hand.

"Andi, you alright?" Norman asked.

"Did any of you send him the picture?" She asked, staring down each of the guys on the deck.

They all shook their heads.

"Then we are all fine."

Andrea kept to herself for the rest of the offload, not wanting to be disturbed. They were scared of her at that point, knowing she was ready to snap at anyone that said the wrong thing.

"That's it. Everyone hurry up. I want to get out of here." Sig said after the 20 hour offload, heading up to the wheelhouse.

Andrea walked over and started to bring the lines in to set sail. Once the boat was heading back to the crab grounds, she headed down to her stateroom, crawling into bed.

"Andi?" Jake asked, walking into the room.

"Yea?" She asked, her back towards him.

"Are you going to be okay?" He asked.

"Yeah." She said, trailing off.

Jake sighed, crawling into his bunk.

"I just don't understand where he gets off." She said, laying on her back. "He cheats on me, and yet, I'm still in the wrong."

"He is finally realizing that he won't get you back."

"He needs to stop." She said, shaking her head. "All he's doing is pissing me off."

"He'll get over it in time." He said, watching her from his bed.

"I sure hope so." She replied, sighing.

The next day they arrived at their first string, and Andi stood next to the rail waiting for the first set of buoy's to come close. She was anxious to see if they had found the crab. It was a gorgeous day out, the sun shining, with hardly a cloud in the sky. It was a perfect day for fishing, but Andi wasn't in the mood.

"I'm guessing a 50 average." Matt said, smiling.

"I'm going for a 75." Edgar said, holding the hook.

"I'm guessing a 20." Andi said with a smile.

"Quit being a pessimist." Nick said to her, watching her from the sorting table.

"I don't know how to be optimistic." She said, glancing over at him.

Andi watched as Edgar threw the hook and brought in the buoy bags. He put the line in the block and they waited to see what the fate of the string was. When it was brought up, Andi leaned over the rail to see what the pot contained, and she put her fists up in the air.

"We got crab?" Norman asked, excited.

"No! The pessimist wins!" She yelled sarcastically, not really happy for being right. It was one time that she wished that she was wrong.

"I miss the happy go lucky Andi. Where did she go?" Matt asked, sorting the small amount of crab that laid on the sorting table.

"She disappeared the day that Blake cheated on her." She said, moving the pot to its spot on deck, since they were moving the string.

"Well she needs to come back. We're over it." Edgar said, getting ready to throw the hook again.

Andrea groaned.

"If you are going to jinx us, I would rather you not be on deck." Edgar added as the next pot came over with hardly any crab in it.

"Fine, I'm sorry." She said, apologizing.

Edgar eyed her as the two of them opened the crab pot, the crab spilling out.

"I want to see you smile, and be cheery." He said.

"Why? You don't." She said, giving him a fake smile.

"We aren't talking about me." He said, smiling at her. "I want you to skip between pots. I want to see you cheerful. I don't want to see a scowl on your face anymore."

"Or else what?" She asked, hands on her hips.

"Do we need to remind you how salmon season went?"

Andi made a face.

"It starts now, bug." He said.

Andi plastered a smile on her face.

"I hate you." She said in a sing-song voice.

"Aw, I love you too." He said with a grin.

Andi, for the next few hours, tried her best to stay cheery, and as time went on, the crab in the pots started to increase, which put everyone in a great mood.

"See, you're bad vibes were scaring the crab off!" Matt said, smiling at Andi.

Andi flipped Matt off, being sure to smile while doing so, and he laughed at her.

"I wish I had a camera for that. That was a priceless look you just gave me."

"Gotta' stay happy for King Edgar." She said, smiling.

Edgar laughed at the comment, the higher numbers in the crab pots putting everyone in a good mood. Even Sig was in high spirits, but they were short lived when an Arctic storm started to go through. Sig had no thoughts of stopping either, and pushed them until their pots were all fished through and soaking again.

"I can't feel my body." Matt said after their strings as they sat in the ready room, waiting to start back up again. They had been going non-stop without a break for 28 hours by that point, and Sig wasn't ready to give them a break.

"I need a good pick me up." Jake said.

"What would do it for ya'?" Andrea asked, lighting a cigarette.

"A weeks worth of sleep." Jake responded.

"A lap dance." Matt said at the same time.

Everyone looked over at Matt, and then busted out laughing.

"What? Neither of us are getting one anytime soon, so I guess we're both fucked."

"So, you are saying if I stood up and gave you a lap dance right now, you would be raring to go for another 28 hours?" Andi asked, smiling.

"I guess we won't know until we try it, eh?" Matt asked with a sly smile.

Andrea stood up, raingear still all on, and started to shake her ass in Matt's face, everyone laughing at the sight. It wasn't the best dance, which was what she was going for, but it got laughs out of everyone.

Matt slapped her ass, laughing.

"It won't get me going for 28 more hours, but it'll get me going for a bit." He joked.

"Those were my best moves too." She said, dancing a little where she was standing.

"Oh yeah. You'll get all the guys with those moves." Matt joked.

"If I fit my ass in a tight dress, I sure will." She responded, taking her seat back.

"You, in a dress?" Matt asked, laughing. "I was surprised you showed up to your wedding in a wedding dress."

"I can dress up when I want too. Would prefer not to, but I can do it."

"Yeah right."

"She actually does clean up nicely. It's a rare sight to see, but it does happen." Edgar said. "It comes around as often as a pot with 150 keepers in it."

"Rare." Norman said.

"You know what, because of that, I am going to wear dresses more often."

"That'll happen the day I become captain of this boat." Edgar said, laughing.

"I will become captain on this boat before you, and that will never happen." Andrea said, giving her uncle a funny look.

"Then that just shows you when you will wear dresses on a regular basis, huh?"

Andi laughed.

"You're probably right." She said.

"You don't need to change a thing, Andi." Nick said, smiling at her.

"Thank you, Nick." She said, smiling at him.

The crew worked tirelessly for the next 15 hours before Sig finally gave in and let them get a couple hour sleep in. Andi immediately stripped her wet clothes off and threw on a sweatshirt and pajama bottoms, and crawled into bed. When she woke up, she smelt the breakfast that was cooking in the galley. She slowly crawled out of bed to see Matt making breakfast for everyone.

"Need help?" Andi asked sleepily.

"Sure. Want to start cracking the eggs into the bowl?" He asked.

Andi did so, throwing the shells into the trash.

"How are you holding up?" He asked her, glancing over at her.

"I'm good." She said with a smile.

"You seem to have calmed down since the Blake fiasco."

She nodded.

"Mike's a good guy." He said. "I have always liked him."

"Yeah, he is." She said, cracking another egg.

"Gonna' be honest. I always liked Blake as well, but there was something about him that I couldn't put my finger on that bothered me about him."

She glanced over at him.

"But he was a good guy. However, Mike is a different story. Always liked the guy. He's the better one for you, definitely."

"Thanks."

"Now, there is a better guy for you, but if you want to settle for Mike, I won't stop you." He said with a smile.

"And who is that guy?" She asked, eying him.

"Me, of course." He joked.

Andrea laughed. She went up to him and put her arm around him.

"You will always be number one to me!" She said, laughing.

"I tell everyone you're my boat wife." He said, laughing.

"What does your girlfriend think of that?"

"Not a thing. What can she say? She knows I do nothing with you on this thing. The cameras prove that fact."

Andi laughed.

"Just thought I'd give you my two cents though." He said, getting serious again.

Andrea smiled at him, going back to cracking eggs.

"You have been bitchy since the whole cheating thing." He said, glancing at her. "However, I saw you with Mike. He makes you happy."

She nodded. "He does."

"Then fuck Blake. Who cares what he thinks. All he did was hurt you. Why do you care?"

She shrugged her shoulders.

"You need to think about what makes you happy for a change. Blake will get over it. He's just upset because he fucked up."

"Thanks, Matt." She said, smiling at him.

"I'm just saying." He said, then smiled at her.

"How many eggs am I cracking?" She asked, when she realized she had gone through the whole carton.

"You're good. We'll eat it, don't worry."

Andrea smiled at him as he handed her a whisk.

"Now add milk, and start stirring."

"How much milk?" She asked, giving him an uneasy look.

Matt laughed.

"You are something else, little one." He said, pouring milk into the bowl. "Now stir."

Andi started to mix the eggs, smiling to herself. She couldn't be upset anymore about everything, because Matt was right.


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