Uncharted Waters

Disclaimer: This is just a story I thought up using my very own imagination. The events from this story are from my mind only. Any resemblance they have to real events are truly accidental. The only thing I own it a wild imagination and a huge crush on Johnathan Hillstrand and the Time Bandit.

Walking into The Elbow Room was the last thing Charlie thought she would be doing when her friend, Lily, picked her up from the hotel she was staying at.

"Go in Charlie! It's cold as hell out here." Lily exclaimed shoving her friend into the bar from behind.

Charlie and Lily walked up to the bar and each ordered a beet then headed over to a booth and sat down.

"Alright Lil. What are your plans for me the next couple of week? Make it good before I have to go back to reality please." Charlie begged.

Charlie came to Alaska to be with her best friend over the Christmas holiday break from her job as a high school English teacher. She and Lily had been best friends for over twenty years. Neither had been married but always tried to find 'Mr. Right' for the one.

"Well, my dear Charlotte. My plan is to find you..."

"Oh dear Lord! Lily, I told you not to find me a man anymore. No one wants a thirty-six year old high school English teacher as a girlfriend. Get that through your head!" Charlie interrupted her friend.

"Priss"

"Prude"

Charlie and Lily began making plans for the next two weeks when the door to the bar opened and in walked four loud and rowdy men. The first in the door was a tall, gray haired man with a stocky build. The next two in were slightly shorter than the first. One had light brown hair and was a younger looking man while the other was a slightly balding, dark haired man with a mustache. The last one in caught Charlie's attention. He was tall, at least six feet two, broad shouldered, dark brown hair coming to just below his shirt collar. He was wearing a baseball hat turned around backwards, a black leather jacket, jeans and cowboy boots. The men took seats near the bar and ordered a round of drinks. Charlie couldn't help but stare at gorgeous man that had caught her attention.

"Hey, John. You have an admirer," one of his friends told him.

John turned in his seat to see who was looking at him when he saw Charlie. He was immediately taken aback. She had the most beautiful green eyes and long curly dark brown hair. She smiled at him then looked away quickly.

John turned back to his friends, "Not bad. Most girls in here this early aren't that good looking. If she hangs out a while I may have to buy her a beer."