On the outside Ria was her normal self. But on the inside she was miserable.

She was glad she was bunking with Josh because in some ways it was like sleeping with Jake. They used to same axe smell, so often times she found herself dreaming about the day he came back.

******************************************************************************Phil was in so much pain he had done the unthinkable and put Ria on wheel watch. Not that she didnt kow how to drive a boat, because she did but no other Captain in the fleet would EVER have done that.

She stared over the sea which was flat calm even though it was raining. She jumped slightly when she heard a noise. She turned to see Jake Anderson smiling slightly at her.
"Hey" he said taking a seat on the bench behind her

"Hey jake" she replied smiling at him

"You know Captain Ria Daniels sounds pretty fucking good to me." He said grinning broadley at her. She laughed

"Hell yeah."

they sat in silence for a few moments before jake said

"Hey Ria..we-Weve known eachother a long time yeah?"

She nodded "Yeah why?"

"Can I ask you a question?"

she nodded

"Are you in love with Jake?" The question hit her like a ton of bricks. She had never really thouhgt about it because it had never been brought up. She loved Jake but she hadn't thought about id she was in love with him.

"I guess..now that you say it..I am."

she blushed. She was in love with Jake.

"I think I'm in love with Cara too."

She beamed at him"AWE!Jake thats so great!"

He frowned"No it isnt."

She furrowed her brow "Jake..of course thats a good in love with her?"

"But it.I just..I..IT FREAKS ME OUT OKAY!"

Ria stared at him for a few moments before bursting out laughing

"Oh come on you can't be serious?" SHe said clutching her stomach while she doubled over, still laughing. Jake's big blue eyes looked like they were about to fly out of their sockets

"It's not funny!" He said puffing his bottom lip out" What if she doesn't like me?"

Ria rolled her eyes" What are we in fifth grade?If she didn't like you she wouldn't be dating you now would she?"

"Well...I..guess not. But I'm gonna let her say it first."

He folded his arms over his chest.

"Jake." She said pushing her hair out of his eyes "grow a dick, and tell your goddamn girlfriend you love her."

Jake glowered at her, and pouted "But I don't wanna do it." he replied in his most pathetic baby voice

Ria rolled her eyes again, and turned back to the controls.

Men.

More like Women.

Fuckin Babies

The day they swapped Jake's was the happiest in Ria's life. She was overjoyed when Jake returned.

Or so she thought.

Things were great at first. Ria and Jake could barely keep their hands off eachother for the first day or so. But then things changed. SOmething about Jake had gone seriously wrong, and everyone took notice of it.

Ria and Jake began fighting all the time. Josh broke up numerous fights. Something had changed about Jake when he left. Something bad. He fought even more than usual with Josh, and acted overbearing and angry all the time. He just wasn't Jake.

Ria was constantly crying. They still slept in the same bunk, but inched as far apart as they could. It became a routine. THe more Ria would cry, the angrier Jake got.

He wanted nothing to do with Ria, had a bad attitude, and his performance on deck was bad too. Ria had tried to talk to him but he had only ignored her, and told her to mind her own buisness.

Then offload happened.

Instead of just changing his shirt Jake yanked it off, and threw things around looking for one. Ria innocently asked his is something was wrong and he exploded.

He screamed at her while she sputtered wide eyed at him. He threw things against the wall, yelled, kicked things, and punched walls.

When Josh came in Ria and jake were standing only inches apart screaming in eachothers face. Ria angrily threw things in her bags, while Jake destroyed the stateroom. Josh tried to reason with both of them but neither wanted to hear it. Jake angrily shoved a cigarette in his mouth and told Josh to fuck off, and RIa told him Jake obviously didt want her there anymore so why should she stay?

Josh was at a loss. He knew this was Jake's fault but didn't want to risk another explosion. But he didn't want her to leave. But he was too late.

And then Ria left.

Left Dutch Harbor

Left Alaska

Left Jake