First Impressions

Sasha sighed as she sat down on her bed in the small, private stateroom Phil had assigned her too. She glanced around her very tight quarters and grimaced. This wasn't what she was used to at all and she wasn't so sure how much fun this little adventure was actually going to be.

"Dinner's ready!" shouted a voice from the galley, jolting Sasha from her despairing thoughts. She took a deep breath and stood up to leave her room and head into the galley. As soon as she walked in, everyone turned to look at her. Two young men standing near the sink openly gawked at her and she rolled her eyes in exasperation. She pulled her long, dark brown hair into a ponytail and sat down behind the table.

"Dude she's hot," muttered Jake Harris to his older brother.

"And so out of your age range," sneered Josh, "She's more my age…I call her."

"You can't call someone, dude! She's gotta call you…that's how it works."

Josh smirked, "Alright we'll see little bro."

Dave and Freddy exchanged amused looks as they watched the two brothers discuss who was going to "get the girl."

Freddy smirked, "Who says you two are her type? Maybe she likes men like me or Dave over here."

Josh and Jake snickered and looked at Freddy like he was crazy.

"Yeah somehow I doubt that," muttered Jake.

Sasha sighed in exasperation at the entire scene. She found it somewhat amusing that they all assumed she couldn't hear a word that they were saying.

Just then Phil entered the galley.

"Alright knuckleheads let's eat…Ding, Dong start piling that food on some plates would you? And fix the lady a drink."

Dave glanced over at Sasha and gave her a kind smile, "What'd you like to drink?"

"Water's fine," replied Sasha as she smiled back at him. She felt her heart skip a beat when she looked into Dave Millman's crystal blue eyes. He was very attractive that was for sure.

Josh and Jake quickly ran over to the table, attempting to trip each other along the way. Jake slid in quickly beside Sasha and gave his brother a smug look of victory. Josh scowled at him as he walked over to sit on the otherside of the table. Jake leaned closer to Sasha and put an arm around the back of her seat.

"Hey there," he crooned as he glanced at her.

Sasha glanced back over at Dave who was returning with her drink. They exchanged slightly amused looks as he settled down across from her at the table.

If nothing else, Sasha knew one thing was for sure…this was going to be one very interesting adventure…

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The second Andy Hillstrand laid eyes on Maggie he knew he was in love. Jonathan had teased him about it that evening when they were alone in the wheelhouse.

"She sure is pretty ain't she little brother?" teased Jonathan, "She'll be a handful though that's for sure! She's the stubborn kind."

Andy smirked and shot a playful glare at him, "Whatever."

Jonathan unleashed one of his unique laughs and slapped his brother on the shoulder, "Aw I'm just pickin' on you. No harm no foul."

Andy sneered and muttered under his breath, attempting to hide his smile and failing miserably.

Shortly after Jonathan left, Maggie climbed up the stairs and entered the wheelhouse.

"Can I come in?" she asked coolly.

Andy smiled and nodded, "Yeah sure…make yourself at home."

Maggie sneered at that and sauntered over to the co-captains chair across the wheelhouse. She sat down and folded her arms over her chest and stared out the window.

Andy glanced over and studied her. She had long, brown hair and deep brown eyes. Her skin had an olive tone to it and she had quite a slender build. He swallowed nervously and silently chastised himself for starring as he looked away sharply.

After a few more tense moments he glanced back over at her again and cleared his throat.

"So…you alright?" he asked, hesitantly.

Maggie shot him a look, "Am I alright?" she asked sarcastically, "Yeah I'm great…I'm a nurse who's about to go into the most dangerous ocean in the world with a group of crab fishermen. I'm just thrilled."

Andy couldn't help smiling, "Aw we aren't that bad I promise. Some of us are actually very good gentlemen."

Maggie sneered, "Oh yeah?"

"Look," said Andy as he climbed out his chair and walked over to her, "I know this isn't exactly what you wanted…and its defintiley not something we signed up for either trust me, but I promise you I'll do everything I can to make you comfortable while you're here. And if any of those guys give you any crap you come right to me and let me know and I'll take care of it, okay?"

Maggie looked up at him, her scowl fading slightly as she looked into his eyes.

"Okay..thanks," she muttered quietly.

Andy smiled as he looked out the window, "No problem…I don't think you'll hate it as much as you think you will. You may end up surprising yourself. Just give it a shot."

Andy turned and wlaked back to his chair and started studying of his charts while Maggie sat in the co-captains chair, contemplating what he said. Maybe he was right…this might not be a total nightmare. At least the captain was kind of cute…

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Jenny walked across the deck of the Wizard and stopped when she reached the bow. With a sigh she leaned over the railing and gazed out into the harbor. She hadn't really wanted to act that excited since all the other nurses seemed rather against this whole thing, but deep down Jenny was thrilled. She was an adrenaline junkie and couldn't wait to get out onto the Bering Sea.

"Whatcha doin' up there pretty lady?"

Jenny whirled around, startled by the loud voice that came from somewhere behind her.

"Whoah there," laughed a rather tall man with curly brown hair, "Didn't mean to scare you. You must be the nurse…I'm Crosby."

Crosby reached out his hand and Jenny shook it, "Oh, um, yeah…I'm Jenny."

Crosby felt slightly weak in the knees when he gazed into her bright green eyes. Nervously, she brushed a strand of her auburn hair behind her ears and glanced away.

"Well it's a pleasure to meet you, Jenny," replied Crosby as he flashed her a dazzling smile, "If you need anything…don't hesitate to ask."

"Um, yeah okay thanks," said Jenny as she smiled back at him.

Crosby gave her a final look over before he turned to go back into the galley. He glanced over his shoulder at her before he went in. She was still standing on the bow, gazing out onto the water…and Crosby couldn't remember ever seeing anything so beautiful…

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Sig had just finished showing Amber the inside of the Northwestern. He was surprised to find himself stuttering a lot and feeling rather nervous around the beautiful, blonde nurse. He was mentally kicking himself for acting so stupid. It's not like he hadn't seen a pretty woman before…

"And up there is the wheelhouse?" asked Amber as she pointed to the stairs.

"Huh? Oh, um yeah…yeah you want to take a look?"

Amber nodded and gave him a kind smile. Sig felt his heart skip a beat and again he mentally kicked himself as they climbed the stairs.

Amber went straight to his captain's chair and sat down. Sig raised an eyebrow at that. The girl had guts just plopping down in his chair like that. He watched as she studied the controls rather intently. It was quite a turn on looking at a beautiful woman sitting in his chair. He shook his head irritably and cleared his throat.

"So…um you have any questions?" he asked.

Amber glanced back at him, "How do you drive her?"

Sig couldn't suppress a smile at that.

"First time on a crab boat and all you wanna know is how to drive it?"

Amber nodded, "Yeah…why not? So, how do you?"

Sig smirked as he came up behind her and reached an arm around her to push the throttle forward. The engines were cut off so the boat wouldn't budge, but at least he could show her how it was done. He reached around her with his other arm and showed her how to turn the rudder.

Amber couldn't help but blush when his arms snaked around her like that. His gravelly voice was right at her ear as he explained how to control the Northwestern and she found herself having trouble paying attention to exactly what he was saying.

"And that's about it," finished Sig as he stood up straight.

Amber swallowed and nodded, "Oh…yeah okay thanks, Sig."

"Anytime," replied Sig as he gazed into her eyes.

Amber could almost read the meaning behind them as they stared at each other. Just then a loud voice echoed from downstairs.

"You guys coming down here to eat or am I gonna have to re-heat all this stuff?" shouted Edgar from the galley.

"Yeah!" shouted Norman, "Hurry it up would you?"

Sig muttered something under his breath as he turned to go downstairs, "Guess we'd better go."

Amber laughed and followed Sig down into the galley, suddenly feeling rather excited and happy that she had been assigned to this particular boat. She couldn't wait to see what would happen once they finally hit the high seas…

Whew! These chapters are a lot of work! They're longer than my usual ones since I have to write 4 POV's, but it's worth it! Hope you all liked it!!!

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