Ria woke up before anyone else the next morning. She knew immmediately she wasnt the only one who occupied the bed, and glanced up to find Jake One arm around her one arm resting over his stomach. She smiled lightly as she propped herself up to look at him. He looked so young when he slept, and the thought reoccured in her mind when she looked over at Josh who was also asleep. She sighed and stretched again before silently climbing over Jake, so not to wake him. By the time she was showered and freshly made up everyone was awake. Phil stretched as he came out of his staterooom, and immediately went into Captain mode. They were leaving Port in 6 days and still had alot to do. Gorceries was at the top of the list. Phil sent Ria, Josh and Ryan to do the job while Jake Freddy and Steve did deck work.

The grocery store was an episode and a half. The store was so crowded with fishermen getting their groceries, the poor girl in the checkout looked so overwhelmed she was about to cry. RIa had once had her job, and knew how it felt she gave her a reassuring smile as she walked past. They ran into Sig, Edgar and Jake anderson from the Northwestern, Keith and Monty, Larry from the sea star, Wayne from the Lisa Marie, Blake and Rick Painter, and the Hillstrands. They all joyfully greeted eachthother. FIshermen were buying things faster then the workers could re stock it. Josh and Ryan carried the supplies out as RIa payed for everything. The girl behind the counter, Chrissy, as her nametag said, did the credit card transaction slighty nervously. She reminded Ria of herself when she was seventeen. She was tall and skinny, blue eyed blonde haired, with braces, and looked way overworked. RIa smiled at her.

"Dont worry. The job gets easier once they leave town" Ria said gesturing at the salty fisherman behind her.

"Oh come on were not that bad!" Andy Hillstrand exclaimed smiling kindly at the teenager behind the counter. She smiled back and handed Ria back Phils credit card.

"Thanks" she said simply "I feel much better"

Ria turned to look and saw the smile had not been taken off the girls face, as she now chatted good naturedly with the Hillstrands. Ria drove home nearly killing them on several patches of ice, and sucessfully made Ryan scream like a girl. Of course Josh laughed so Ryan punched him, and in seconds they were waging an all out war in Jakes truck. After narrowly missing a fist twice Ria slammed on the brakes and yelled

"OY!" They both stopped laughing at her, and fixed themselves as she started driving again. Cursing them both she stepped out of the truck rubbing her arms as the Alaska air seeped through her jacket, and sent a chill up her spine. She walked to the wheelhouse to bring Phil his reciept, and credit card back. He smiled at her as he watched the guys load the stuff. Ria leaned forward and searched for the littlest deckhand. He was yelling something at Josh who was yelling back while Ryan stood laughing at them. She smiled, and looked over at Phil who shook his head.

"Thing's never change do they?"

"HA!yeah right. Josh and Jake have been fighting since they came out of the womb. Remember when you bought the boxing gloves. Watching them beat the snot out of eachother was the most entertaining moment of my life."

Phil laughed till tears came out of his eyes. She smiled warmly. it was good to see Phil happy and laughing after everything that had happened in the past year. His health hadnt slowed him down and Ria was grateful it hadnt . She couldnt imagine life without Phil. She wouldnt be here had he not decided it was best for her to stay with family. Especially after what had happened. She shook her head ridding herself of the memory, and told Phil she was going shopping.

jake drove her, and walked around the only mall Dutch Harbor had, and made comments through the whole process. He waited patiently while she tried on a piar of jeans, and his eyes widened when she stepped out.

"What do yo-what?" she said seeing his expression. She looked down at herself and then back up."Do they look that bad?"

"Ria. You are so fucking skinny. Dont you eat?"

Ria scowled"Jake I've been this skinny my entire life."

" What size pants are they like a triple zero"

"Your not exactly a huge person either Jacob"

Jake pulled a face at her, and huffed."Would you hurry up!I'm so bored"

She sighed. This was why she never took him with her was always"Bored"

She paid for her things, and made Jake drive home which was a mistake. In between fiddling with the radio and the heater and his lighter Ria barely made it home alive. Jake laughed as she jumped out of the truck, and nearly kissed the ground. When she showed up in the wheelhouse looking pale and shakey Phil gave Jake a hard smack, and shook his head

"Kids" he mumbled as he turned back to the charts.