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Now I've finished Pieces and Chances, and thank you to everyone who read it, I'm returning to It's A Small World After All. Utilising my chance to suck in everyone who tried to kill me after I killed off Spider, it's Bomber/Spider. Here's a sneak peak…
Plot: The year is 2011. The Hammersley has been lost and many of the crew have gone their separate ways. Among them the ship's fiery chef Rebecca Brown who has escaped to Sydney and found herself a new home on the ANZAC-class frigate the HMAS Parramatta. Now a Leading Seaman with her own boarding party, life seems good – until everything goes wrong. First the Parramatta is called in for questioning about a boarding party gone wrong which ended in the death of fourteen illegal fishermen. Then half of her friends lose their jobs and her date for ranking is put on hold, causing her to work harder to become Petty Officer. Working harder means less sleep and with stress and overtiredness comes bad memories about exactly how they lost the Hammersley in the first place. And then, the one thing she never thought would end the month from hell – Spider Webb joins the Parramatta.
Himself a newly ranked Leading Seaman, Spider has spent the last three years in Sydney building up a reputation as a good worker and a smart kid. But Bomber can't see this. All she can see is a history that she and Spider had. One that not only reminds her of the Hammersley, but also life before.
What is Bomber running from? What does Spider know that can make life okay again? What happened to the Hammersley? And what happens when the month from hell, that Bomber thought could only go up from here, actually gets worse?
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The CO smiled and glanced at his XO. "In that case Bomber, you can give him the tour of the ship. He'll be in Leading Seaman Thomas' old bunk, if you can show him that too." And then the CO and XO left.
"No freaking way." Bomber said again after a few seconds of stunned silence.
Spider seemed to awake from his stupor. "Small world Bomb." He gave her one of his old grins. "Well, where's my tour?" He asked with a shrug.
Bomber shook her head again. "No freaking way." She repeated.
Spider laughed. "You already said that."
Bomber gaped, then closed her mouth quickly. "Uh, oh, right, tour." She thumbed towards the stairs off the quarterdeck. "This way."
For a while they were quiet, Spider just taking things in, but when they reached the men's messdeck he stopped and grinned, leaning on the doorframe. "So, like old times eh Bomber?" He taunted.
Bomber frowned. "NOT like old times Spider. I'm working for Petty Officer and trying to keep my boarding party under control. You're free to do what you like, just leave me out of it."
Spider laughed. "Wow, Sydney hasn't been good to you, has it? It's frozen your heart."
Bomber scowled at him. "What happens with my heart has nothing to do with you. Now, don't you have something to do, cos I've got a galley to run." She turned on her heel and stalked away.
Spider's smarmy façade dropped and he frowned. For a while now he'd been thinking about what he'd say when he saw her again, and it hadn't been like this. So much for the pre-planned speech about how good it was to see her. So, turning into his room, he kicked the door shut.
It's A Small World After All is up now
