"i think this means we will work!"nina says smiling at castor,feeling so much better things were back to normal.nina smiles to the people in the kitchen,knowing full well that they heard what went on.



karoliena laughs. "i once snuck my dad's can of beer.ugh,it was sooo foul!"

erica comes back in the room,she has clearly been crying. "hi." she waves to everyone and sits down on the couch. this was her ship too,she'll be damned if she'll stay cooped up in her room.

erica looks up at the little girl beside her. she rubs her eyes and tries to looks like she is fine." hello miss virginia!" she smiles at her. "sorry for leaving so quickly before.that was so rude of me."

erica laughs hard."i would love some! i do love my orange juice." she takes a sip and tells virginia,but looks at castor. "dont worry,i dont have cooties!" she giggles.

erica sighs and hugs virginia tightly. "me too...me too. now why would such a bright woman such as yourself cry?" erica says,wondering how telling her eyes are.

erica thinks about how castor is probably gone a lot." it must be rough having your dad away so much.but now you have your dad and nina! nina is great and will make a wonderful mother." erica tries to come up with something to tell virginia that isnt the truth."i was crying because people have been mean to me too."

erica smiles slightly."yes they are miss Virginia." she hugs her. "good night,i loved meeting you." erica smiles at the curly blonde hair bobbing down the hall beside her father.

karoliena and erich wave and say "good night" in unison.

nina sits beside erica. "i'll be in in a bit,castor. i'm going to talk to erica for a while.

after everyone goes to bed erica breaks down and sobs.

erica: why does he fucking hate me?! i've done nothing to him!

nina:i...dont know,love. he is very loyal to nichole.

erica:*wraps her arms around herself* nichole..i dont care if i ever see her again.i swear she gets some sick kick out of hurting me. i chance everything with natalya,and what does nichole do the next day? she fucking leaves! i genuinely am concerned if she and sam are ok,and she tells me she isnt in the mood to talk to me?!


nina: *sighs and holds her friend.* i...cant say i know much about her.

erica:the more i think about it,i dont think she ever was my friend.she didnt even care if natalya forgave me.

nina:i take it natalya did forgive you?

erica:yes.natalya loves me,and i love her. she is simply amazing.*erica smiles thinking about natalya.*

nina:*shakes her head slightly* i guess,love....

erica: trust me. what you see on twitter isnt how she really is.she is super sweet and kind.*erica sighs* we wont be coming to your wedding.

nina: WHAT?! oh but you must,love! you're my best friend.

erica:*slowly shakes her head* im sorry. but i cant. your husband hates me and i assume thinks i'm dirty or something.i'm frankly surprised he didnt burn the glass after i drank from it.nichole will be there and she and natalya do not get along.i'd hate for there to be an...incident.honestly,i dont feel like seeing nichole either.

nina:*hugs erica tightly* please reconsider erica.i need you there.

erica:*shakes her head* no. i'll just be a problem. *she changes the subject* virginia is fucking awesome! i love her.

nina:*smiles proudly* isnt she? i was so unsure about her when castor first told me he had a daughter. but 2 minutes after meeting her? i loved her and felt like she always was meant to be mine.

erica:*smiles* that is so cool. i had serious doubts you could be a mother,but....you're like super mom or something!

nina:*beams* castor has set the bar pretty high.he is such a wonderful father,love.

erica:i can tell. he'll be a wonderful husband! take lots of pictures of the wedding! *she yawns.* i need to get to bed. i'll see you tomorrow.

erica and nina get up and embrace tightly.

erica:it's so good to see you again.

nina: you too,love! i feel i havent seen you in years.


erica goes to her room and gets into bed with natalya.she softly cries and eventually falls asleep

nina goes to her and castor's room. she covers vriginia with a blanket before getting into bed with castor. fighting with him felt odd and very unnatural. she hoped to never do it again. nina lays her head on castors chest and listens to him breath before she falls asleep.


ooc: goodnight

OOC: Then it must have been his cheek....yeah? I jest, of course.

Nat wakes up and rubs her eyes. She gets dressed and goes to look for Erica.

Natalya hears Erica shout and she walks out onto the deck. She sits there with her legs crossed on the floor and smiles, with a tired look in her eyes.

"Hey," she smiles.

Nat nods. "Yeah...I just feel tired since I just woke." She laughs a little. "How are you?"

Natalya scoots closer and puts her head on Erica's knee. "What do you mean now? What was wrong?"