Chapter 5: I'm your captain
Emma reached the boat, it was busy with men loading the ship. Emma thought one of the guys must know where she could register for an interview.
"Excuse me…i'm looking for the job register place for working on one of these ships?"
"Depends what job you are looking for."
"Bar work, waitress, anything like that?"
"Oh always plenty of those, usually at the town hall, i'd check the notice board, they come and go these interviews."
"Excellent. Thanks."
"No worries, good luck."
Emma now had to find the town hall, at this point she now wished she hadn't walked and had driven her bug. The guy who ran into her really knocked the wind out of her. She walked back up from the dock and sat down on the bench once again and decided to have another cigarette.
Smoking calmed her down, drinking helped her forget and drugs, well they made her feel like the world really had changed and vanished.
Two years ago…
The nightclub was pumping and Emma was due to finish her shift. Emma loved being on opening shift because it allowed her to enjoy the night life, she could finish up, drink and do whatever she wanted and tonight she really wanted to get wild.
"Hey Em's when you get off?" one of the punters called.
Emma smiled, it was her friend Rosa.
"Hey Rosa, i didn't know you were out tonight."
"Yeah, Craig, Steph and Mike are coming on down soon."
"Sweet, we going all out tonight? Shots the lot?"
"Probably not the drinking, Mike says he's scored something?"
"What?"
"Pills, acid…so no drinking, we can get fucked up but…we have to be careful, mixing isn't good."
"Oh shit…nice one…and it's rave night tonight…"
"Hell yeah, were going to get fucked up Em's…going to be one hell of a night…"
"Totally…so i need of it…"
"Yeah, i agree…it's been a while…what with the move and everything…"
"God yeah…i think we need to all go all out tonight…i suppose as long as everyone's getting some.."
"Rosa…details…i was talking about getting really fucked up not…you know"
"Oh come on, were all adults Em's stop being a prude, we all need to get fucked up and have a good fuck now and again…"
"Alright…whatever you say Rosa… finish in fifteen, let me know when they get here…"
"Will do babes."
Emma's shift was soon finished, she got a text from Rosa to meet her in the smoking area, where the gang met up.
Emma was dying for a smoke as she couldn't all shift and as she came out she light up.
"Hey guys…"
"Hey Em's girl hows it going?"
"Great thanks Craig, Mike, Steph."
"You ready…we are all going in it together…"
"How many did you get?" asked Steph
"Enough for a couple of nights…"
"Shit…" said Craig.
"Man we so need this…after what happened with the flat and having to move downtown…we really need something…" Emma said as she took a drag
"You are so on it…right…what do we take…"
"I say pills, the other we save for late, we can lay on the roof and get really fucked up."
"I completely agree man."
Emma finished her cigarette and chucked it on the floor as Mike dished out the pills.
The four of them took them at the same time and all stood for a moment.
"Fuck there hard to take man."
"Yeah…where the hell did you get them from?"
"Same guy i get the coke and weed from…don't worry, he's cool."
"So should have got some Coke" Rosa pipped up. "Me and Em love that."
"Hey, we need to cut back…that stuff is expensive." Emma stated "Plus yeah…our noses…"
"Truth, lets hope this shit is good, come on, we should go inside."
The gang all followed inside as the rave night hit right off. As the club night had changed, the bar guys were giving out free glow bands and glow sticks and the gang all took one.
They all hit the dance floor and began to dance. The pills hadn't quite kicked in yet.
"You feel something?" asked Mike.
"Not yet…" said Rosa.
"Wait…guys…i think…oh shit this song…" Steph said. The pills were taking affect on her.
Craig began to smile and danced with her too.
"Fucking light weights…" Mike complained
"It's cause they only do weed…" Emma laughed
"Think we need to introduce them to coke" stated Rosa.
"I mean they do have the hots for each other, coke is really good for a good fuck…" Mike stated
"Couldn't say it any better…"
"We could get some Em's…"
"Nah…like i said, we need to cut back…"
"That guy is totally eyeing you Emma…"
Emma looked over at the guy Rosa was talking about. He was talk, dark, handsome and had a really cute face rumple and really piercing blue eyes, you could see the muscles coming out of his shirt.
"Oh…yeah he does…"
"Go get him tiger…"
"Rosa…come on…"
"You gotta stop, you need to move on and you know it…go have some fun…as for me…i got my eye on that guy…"
Rosa nudged Emma towards to guy and went over to catch her pray.
Emma was a little shy at first and it wasn't long before the pills kicked in.
The guy kicked down the clubs janitorial door, he and Emma were locked in mouth on mouth, hands on body. Emma really wanted it, the pills had driven her completely wild.
Running his hands down her back, he slipped off her jacket, revealing he slip. Emma grabbed onto his hands as he tried to pull down her bra and directed him to his jeans. She didn't want the whole warming up to it, she just wanted to fuck.
The guy smirked , and leant Emma against the cupboard, ensuring she was sat on one of the shelves, in which it's contents were now on the floor, he undid his jeans and slid them down with his boxers. Emma bit her tongue and followed suit and slid down underwear as he pulled him towards her for a kiss.
She moved forward, slowly pressing her clit against his swollen member, He was solid and she wanted it. She lifted herself up and over it until she slowly slid herself into him. She moaned and bit her lip as she felt the ecstasy she so craved and with that, he held her and fucked her against the cupboard, bringing everything down around her. Emma really had gotten more than her wild night.
Present day...
The town hall was light up as Emma walked up, she noticed the sign on the door for interviews.
Sailors and Deck Hands- Room 2
Maintenance and Safety - Room 3
On board staff - Room 4
Medics and welfare - Room 5
Emma looked around and found a corridor on which each of the rooms were, each room had chairs outside of it and each one was empty. Emma found this strange, how would a huge cruise liner, not have anyone wanting to join it. Cruise ships were an amazing opportunity, a chance to travel the world and learn new skills, but clearly no one really felt the same way she did.
Emma stood outside the door for a moment, she clutched onto her resume a little nervously and she didn't know weather to knock, despite the silence of the corridor. She waited for just a moment then shook her head and knocked on the door.
"Come in…" she heard a female voice.
Emma opened the door and walked in. A woman with messy blonde hair, she was chewing on a stick of gum and filing her nails.
"Hi…my name is Emma, Emma Swan, i'm here for the interview…"
"Take a seat there darlin', the names Tinker Bell, most people call me Tinks…"
Emma thought her name was extremely peculiar and her manner was really not of someone you would expect to be conducting interviews but Emma humoured it and sat down.
"Thank you, nice to meet you…"
"So what job you after, we have cleaners, waitress, Shop assistant on the concessions stand…"
"Oh…i was looking for the bar maid role…"
"No can do sister, there all taken…"
Emma internally was a little disappointed, being a bar maid was all she had ever really been and what she was keen to get on. Emma pondered just a little, a cleaner really wasn't something that Emma was good at, she thought if anyone had seen her rooms at the flat, they would send in the extermination team. Shop assistant really wasn't for Emma, she couldn't really stand trying to lure people into buying something they didn't want.
"No worries, the waitress job, i'm interested in that."
"Of course then darling, you read up about it?"
"Serving the passengers on board the ship, cleaning away tables, greeting the passengers, taking orders…"
"Your right on it, you will be given this on shift work, ten hours per day. You will be required to do three dinner dancers per month and will be required to do two really late shifts per month for passengers who require late meals or drinks. You will get a pass on board the ship, you will get free food and drink on this, of course drinking must be kept to a sensible level as of course you are service on board, however mingling will not do hard to you or the passengers. You will be given four standard uniform's and two dinner dance uniforms and will be required to keep that in pristine condition."
Emma didn't mind the sound of this, she just seemed a little worried that more food and drink would end up on the passengers than on the table's were they were to eat and drink it.
"Will i get a set route of travel?"
"The current ship goes down to the south of North America and then down to South America and around the Caribbean…our next term is across to Europe which is also nice"
"Oh wow…excellent…"
"Yeah it's a nice trip…do you have any previous waitress experience…"
"I worked in a few coffee shops, where i did service, i also worked in a Wendy's, serving and greeting customers, the rest has really been bar work."
"Sounds good to me…is that your resume…?"
"Oh yes…"
Emma handed it over. Tinker bell looked through it and nodded.
"A lot of work in different places, which means your not fussed with change, which is a plus on board this ship."
Emma smiled and nooded. "Change is good…"
"Oh…the pay is $12 an hour, plus tips you get from passengers, of course don't take liberties, if someone is trying to give you more than $30 you know something is up…"
Tinker bell kept scanning.
"Well all looks good to me…all i can say now is…if you want it…welcome aboard Cruise liner the Jolly Rodger…"
Tinker bell stood up to shake Emma's hand.
Emma was shocked she never had been offered a job so quickly like that, even some bar work she had to come for at least a test drive. Emma stood up too and shook her hand.
"Yes, yes of course, thank you…thank you ever so much…"
"See me tomorrow at the docks, 9am sharp, i will get your uniform and such ready for the first shift on board, we will be doing the final preparation tomorrow and will set sail on Saturday, where we will great the passengers, you will be on induction for the first entire trip and then we shall sit and discuss your time aboard…"
"Excellent, thank you ever so much…i will be there 9am sharp…"
Tinker bell smiled and showed Emma out to the door.
"Have an excellent rest of your day, see you tomorrow Emma."
"You too, see you then."
Tinker bell shut the door behind Emma and Emma smiled with extreme happiness, she didn't care if the whole experience seemed off, this was it, this was her time to get away from everything.
Elsewhere…
The dealer and his gang took the man into the back room, he was determined to find out where this woman was and get her for screwing him over. He couldn't believe it, that stunning blonde woman had really fucked him over, she had attempted to screw him and run off with 20 grams of cocaine, worth at least $2500, which the dealer was really not prepared to lose.
"Where did she got…" the interrogator yelled at the man.
"I don't know…i only saw her in the club… she was selling left right and centre…anyone could have seen her…"
"Anyone out there…?"
"Yes…i'm sure of it…"
"Question them…find me some more of these fuckers… i need to find that woman and i need to find her now…as for you…you are a very lucky man…let him go…"
The dealers right hand man grabbed the man and threw him out, as two others went back into the bar to find someone who knew where she had gotten to.
The dealer stood up and began to pace, he really couldn't fuck this up, his boss was fuming, this wasn't the first time he had been placed by an attractive woman who had made of with his goods. He couldn't afford another beating. He really needed to get this resolved.
Half an hour passed before the dealer brought in a sailor, his eye was black and blue and his face was bloody.
"Found this one…he claims he saw her in another bar later talking to another sailor…"
"Excellent… put him in the chair and tie him down…"
The man was groaning.
"I don't know anything…fuck i just saw her with another sailor like myself…"
"Shut up you fucker and wait until you are spoken to…"
The assistants tied him down to the chair and the interrogator placed another in front of him.
"Tell me about this man she was talking to…"
"Tall, brown hair, unshaven…he ordered her a drink…there was also a yellow bug parked outside…i think that was her car…"
"And where was she headed in this car?"
"'I'm sorry…i don't know…"
The dealer had enough and slammed his hand on the table.
"Well you better…" the dealer punched the sailor in the face, knocking him out cold. The dealer was getting ever so closer, but not close enough.
Storybrooke…
Emma began her walk back to Granny's diner for a drink to celebrate, she would soon be out of this little town, and out on the sea. Emma pulled out her wallet and opened the snapped pocket it is where she kept the final bag of her stash, she looked at it, ensuring this was a stark reminder that she would never get involved in this again. This was a fresh start. She put threw it up and caught it in her hand and then put it quickly back in her wallet.
Emma arrived back at the diner, the diner was packed with Sailors and the town regulars who seemed to enjoy the additional company.
Emma smiled, deep down she really liked this, and really missed her friends, even if they were a group of messed up drug addicts, she missed their similarities and comforts.
Emma managed to get to the bar.
"A beer please Ruby…"
"Be with you in a minute Emma…"
Emma took out her wallet and took out the $5 bill for her drink when she was approached, by the same man who had knocked her over earlier.
"I think i owe you that one love…"
Emma laughed under her breathe.
"I won't be turning that down."
The man paid for the drink when Ruby got round to pouring it.
"I'm sorry i never introduced myself, Killian, Killian Jones."
Emma laughed.
"Oh come on…you can tell me your name surely."
"Emma, Emma Swan…"
Killian held up his drink to clink it with hers.
"And what are you doing in town Swan…?"
"You sure are a curious one."
"I'm only making conversation, i am sick of seeing half of this rabble day in and day out…"
"What rabble the towns folk?"
"Nah…not the towns folk, the Sailors."
"Oh you work on one of the ships?"
"I don't just work on one of the ships love, i am Captain, Captain Killian Jones, Captain of the Jolly Rodger…"