I think I blushed while reading this! Very cool scenario. I’m not sure why, but I like the line; “It was death to be a girl aboard this ship.”

Thanks for entering!

ahh! what happens next? Brave girl. I wonder why she was pretending to be a boy, why she needed to be on the ship that badly.

:) i dunno. running from, running to, making money, just a few ideas.

Yeah it was agood read and suspenseful

Congrats on the challenge win
@someday…girls are bad luck on ships…or when they drive cars.

Tooke me a reread to get the last paragraph, but I’m a bit distracted today. Nice take on the challenge, going with the hot water as a counterpoint. I’m curious where you’re setting this, such that she could conceivable get away with pretending to be a boy, would need to, and would have running, hot water.

Olden times Navy, yes no women allowed (though I’m not sure who would have minded aside from the luck thing), but modern day Navy is co-ed.