Thank you again for the reviews, i really appreciate them. I know Lights met his wife after he served on the Arabic but let's pretend he didn't. A grass is another name for a snitch.

Disclaimer: still the same.

SS Arabic, 1903

William Murdoch, now second officer of the White Star Liner Arabic, was standing on watch at the bridge. He could see a storm forming in the distance on the North Atlantic, but it didn't look too serious. The Arabic was sailing back to England from America and so far everything was going well.

"Hey, Will" shouted a voice from behind him, causing Murdoch to turn around "I got you some tea"

"Thanks, Lights" Murdoch said as Lights handed him the cup "What do you think?" Murdoch asked, pointing towards the oncoming storm.

"Doesn't appear to be too bad, well not yet anyway. So I got a letter from Sylvia before we left" Lights said, taking a mouthful of his tea.

"Oh yeah, alright is she?"

"Yeah, she's fine. I want your advice on something, William and I want you to be brutally honest" Lights said nervously.

"You want my advice?" Murdoch laughed "You've been ignoring my advice for the past three years" Murdoch sighed "Go on then" Murdoch started drinking his tea.

"I'm going to ask Sylvia to marry me" Lights blurted out causing Murdoch to immediately spit out his tea in surprise.

Murdoch busted into tears from all his laughter "Out of all the jokes you've ever said or done, this has to be the funniest" Murdoch continued laughing, then noticed the serious look Lights had on his face. "You weren't joking were you?" Murdoch said as he ceased his laughter.

"No, you soppy sod, I'm serious. You know, we have such a connection, as soon as I saw her I knew she was the one for me. It was like when we first met and I told you we would be best friends and here we are"

"Yeah" Murdoch said not sounding too convinced.

"So, do you think I should ask her?"

"I think so. Life's too short, if that's how strongly you feel about her then you should ask her and when she accepts she will be the bravest woman I'll ever know"Murdoch smiled, placing his hand on Lights shoulder.

Lights opened his arms widely "Come on, let's hug"

Murdoch backed away slightly "I'm not hugging you, Lights"

"Yes you are, come on this is an important step in our friendship" Lights stepped towards Murdoch.

Murdoch sighed and wrapped his arms around Lights who in returned wrapped his arms around Murdoch. They stood there for a couple of moments before Murdoch noticed a problem.

"Lights, your cutting off my air supply" Murdoch said which caused Lights to let go of him.

"Sorry, I sometimes get too over emotional, you know, you could do with a woman's touch it might get you out of your grumpiness" Lights laughed.

"You don't say" Murdoch laughed, turning back to his watch which upon he noticed a ship bearing down on the Arabic out of the darkness, he quickly handed Lights his tea, and ran over to his superior, Officer Fox. "There's a ship, sir, right ahead" Murdoch warned.

"Hard-a-port" Fox commanded the quartermaster.

Murdoch immediately realised Fox's mistake and rushed into the wheelhouse, brushing aside the quartermaster and held the ship on course. He held the wheel steady as the two ships past, within inches from hitting each other. Murdoch nodded for the quartermaster to take back control of the wheel "Alright, change, go steady on her" Murdoch instructed.

"Mr Murdoch" Officer Fox said sternly "You had no authority countermanding my orders"

Before Murdoch could respond, Lights stood in-between the two men "With all your respect, sir, if we had followed your order the ship would have been hit, if Will hadn't overruled you, we'd be fish food" Lights defended Murdoch.

Murdoch pushed Lights to the side "Mr Fox is right"

Lights put his hand up "Shut up William, this has nothing to do with you"

"The captain will hear about this" Officer Fox warned before walking off.

Lights released a deep breath "That was close" Lights laughed nervously "That was quick thinking, you know, there's no way you're gonna be punished"

Before the two men could walk back to their watch, Captain Hayes, closely followed by Officer Fox, walked onto the bridge. "What happened, Mr Murdoch?" the captain asked interested in Murdoch's side of the story.

"There was a ship bearing down the Arabic, sir. I disobeyed the order of Mr Fox to hard-a-port and kept the ship on course, sir" Murdoch explained, he was terrified he would get the sack for his actions even if those actions did save the ship, he knew the consequences of disobeying a superior officer's commands.

"I see, well then you should congratulated for saving the ship. Carry on with your watch, men" the captain nodded.

"Yes, sir" Murdoch and Lights said in union.

The captain walked off the bridge, Mr Fox looked at Murdoch and Lights as if they were public enemy number one before finally following the captain. Lights and Murdoch walked back to their assigned positions to continue their watch.

"So Mr Goody two shoes, how did it feel being under the knife like that?" Lights giggled.

"I thought I was going to get the sack for sure. Thanks for what you did back there, I appreciate it" Murdoch smiled.

"What are friends for?" Lights shrugged, patting Murdoch's back.

Hoped you enjoyed. Cheerio