DISCLAIMER: I do not own DC or any of the cast or crew. I do own Camilla and her story. This is purely fictional. :)

CHAPTER FOURTEEN

When Camilla got back to Dutch, she got a job as a nurse at the local clinic. She just finished her first month and was so happy that everything had gone well and she made a good impression on her colleagues. She picked up some dinner from the diner and headed home. She went inside and both her dad and her grandpa didn't look happy.

"What's going on?" She asked them handing them their plates.

"Your mom just called." Carter told his daughter.

"Oookkk." She said sitting down beside her grandpa. "What's the problem?"

"Greg beat her up last night." Her dad said. "She's leaving him. I told her she could come up and stay here."

While Camilla was gone to Alabama, she was sad to find out that her dad and Lisa broke up. Lisa had to move back to Wyoming and sold her co ownership of the bar to Camilla's grandpa. So now Grandpa Sims was the proud co-owner of the bar.

"Is she going to stay this time?" Camilla asked pushing her food aside.

"It seems that way." Her dad told her.

After a few minutes, Camilla worked her appetite back up and was able to eat. Her grandpa went to bed, leaving Camilla and her dad to talk.

"Dad, is the reason you told mom she could stay here is because maybe you still have feelings for her?" Camilla finally got the courage to ask.

"What are you talking about, Cam?"

"You know what I'm talking about." She told her dad. "You haven't remarried since mom. You've had a handful of girlfriend since the divorce…"

"Camilla, the options here in Dutch for dating is pretty limited." He chuckled.

"Really, dad." She said seriously. "Are you still in love with mom?"

"There will always be love there." Carter admitted. "She was my high school sweetheart but to say that I'm in love with her, I don't think so. Your mom is not the same person she used to be."

"Tell me about it." Camilla mumbled.

"So, how are you and Jake?" Carter asked changing the subject.

Carter Sims was always a little uncomfortable talking about his feelings.

"It's been a month since we've seen each other and we're already picking fights with each other." Camilla sighed.

"It's just that the long distance is hard on both of you." Carter said.

"Yeah and he's been having a tough time with the boat not being able to go back out this coming up season. He's worried about even having a job."

"Yeah, available jobs on crab boats are scarce." Carter nodded. "Everything will work out though. Jake's a good fisherman and with all the captains being close to Phil…he'll find a job."

Camilla just nodded.

Her and her dad spent most of the night talking and catching up. With their work schedules, they haven't had much time to talk.

She missed going to the bar, hanging out with the rowdy, foul-mouthed fishermen. She couldn't wait until October came around.

Jake sighed, finishing his 6th beer. He hadn't heard from Camilla since their fight the night before. He felt bad for hanging up on her, but he was just so stressed out about business that he just snapped at her. She wanted to know all about him and his struggles; but he just wasn't ready to go down that road with her. He loved Camilla, he really did. A part of him was scared that if she knew everything about him, that she would run for the hills.

Jake sighed. The beer wasn't really helping his nerves and wanted something else, something stronger.

Jake, you know that's a really bad idea. His mind told him. You've been cleaned for a year. Don't backtrack now.

His thoughts were cut short when his cell phone rang. He seen it was his older brother and he pushed the ignore button.

Camilla was woken up out of her sleep to her cell phone ringing. She seen it was Jake and it was 2 in the morning.

"Hello?"

"What are you doing?" He asked.

"Sleeping…it's 2 a.m. What are you doing up?" She asked. "Are you drunk?"

"Not yet." He said. "But I'm working on it."

"Jake, what's going on?" She asked.

"Nothing, why does something have to be going on?" He asked. "Something has to be wrong for me to have a couple of drinks?"

She was about to say something but he cut her off.

"I don't want to talk about my feelings. God, what is it with women? All you all want to do is talk about our feelings." Jake said frustrated.

"Jake, I don't want to fight."

"Who said we're fighting?"

"Jake, call me when you sober up."

"How about I not call at all?"

Before she could answer, he hung up.

"What the hell is going on with you, Jake?" She asked looking at the phone.

She looked at the phone for a few minutes, deciding whether to call him back. Instead she called Josh.

"Hello?" He asked groggily.

"Hi, Josh…its Cami." She said. "I'm sorry to wake you up."

"No problem, what's going on?" He asked with a yawn.

"Jake just called me totally hammered." She told the older Harris. "I'm worried about him."

"Jake does this sometimes." Josh told the girl. "He goes through these stages. He'll wake up tomorrow feeling like a complete jackass and he'll call and apologize for whatever it is that he's done."

"We've been fighting for a month over nothing."

"Ok, I don't know if this is my place to say but Jake really loves you." Josh said. "I know that he hasn't completely opened up to you. It's because of his past…"

"Addiction?"

"Mainly." He said. "The other girls were party animals, airheads and fake. They only cared about the money and the part of him being on t.v. You're the complete opposite, Cami. You don't see Jake only for his money, fame, and partying ways."

"I don't care about any of it."

"I know." He said. "Jake's a shy guy; when he's ready to be completely open about his past…he will. It will just take time, a lot of time for Jake. I mean hell; it was only after he met you that he started talking about dad."

Camilla didn't know that.

"It just frustrates me because he won't open up because he's scared that I'm going to see him differently." Cami said with a sigh. "That is total bullshit. I know Jake has a past drug addiction and it doesn't make me look at him any differently. Everyone has things that they are not proud of."

"Just give it time."

Cami sighed.

"Thanks, Josh." She said. "I'm sorry that I woke you up. I hope it won't take long for you to go back to sleep."

"Believe me, it won't." He chuckled. "I'll go check on him in a couple of hours. I know Jake, he might have one more beer and he'll be passed out."

Camilla smiled.

"Call me and let me know?"

"Sure."

"Ok, Josh…I'll talk to you later."

"Alright."

She hung up and went to sleep a few minutes later.