Trinity Cruise
( I am writing this at the request of my friend jesslarhea, I hope you enjoy it)
(All rights for Divergent go to Veronica Roth)
Tris POV
It had been a long day, as Tris stood surrounded by the bags she had packed and repacked for the two week cruise to the Caribbean that she was about to embark on, she checked her purse one more time. She thumbed through her documents making sure that each one was in it's place and that they were all there. Itinerary for her flight, shuttle and hotel in Miami, check. Drivers license and passport, check. Travellers checks, check. Meal and drink tickets, check. And last but certainly not least the boarding pass to get aboard the Trinity.
Tris needed this vacation. In the 5 years since she had graduated college and started her career she had yet to take any of her vacation time. One day two months ago her boss, Max, had sat her down. "Tris, you are my best employee and you definitely put in more work than anyone here. Human Resources has contacted me and requested that by the end of this quarter you use your vacation time." Tris had started to protest but was quieted by Max's raised hand.
"They wanted you to take the full 160 hours that you have stocked up, but I talked them into letting you use only 80 of them." As she smiled at the memory she remembered how angry she had been that day. She had even thrown something in her office, though what it had been evaded her. After Tris got over the initial shock, she found herself actually looking forward to taking the break and discovering who she is outside of work.
Now, the only problem that she faced was figuring out what to do with her 2 weeks of vacation. Now that she had decided that she actually wanted to make this much needed break, the rest was actually pretty simple. She was online one night checking her email and just fooling around and there it was just sitting in her email box. CARIBBEAN CRUISE... She opened up the attachment and found out that if she signed up now it would be 25% off of the entire trip.
Tris had known that as soon as she saw that, that is was what she had needed to do. She called the number instantly and spent 2 hours on the phone making all of the necessary reservations. Luckily she had enough in savings to cover everything from the hotel to the ship and still have some spending money for the on shore excursions. The next day at work she happily walked up to Max and told him that she needed the last two weeks of August off.
Stepping out of her memories she stood up and stepped into the pajamas she had set out for the evening. She proceeded to set her alarm for 4:45AM and laid down in the most comfortable bed in the world and tried desperately to go to sleep but thoughts about all the things that could possibly happen on this trip kept sleeping at arms length. She rolled over and after fighting the thoughts of the next 17 days, she reluctantly fell asleep.
Eric POV
Tobias and Eric sat in their living room in Chicago going over the game plan for their upcoming adventure. They had been together for two years and were very happy but something was missing from their relationship, they knew what was missing it was just a matter of finding it. Both of them happen to be bisexual, they had tried to add a few girls intermittently through out the years, but none of them had even made it to the bedroom.
When they first heard about the cruise through a Facebook ad they both looked at each other and somehow hoped that the woman that would complete them would be on this cruise. It didn't occur to them that she could be from a different city or that she may already be spoken for, they just prayed that she would be there.
Their flight to Miami leaves at 7AM tomorrow morning and then they would have 16 glorious days of sea and fun. Eric checked to make sure they had everything that they would need packed. Chargers, clothes, and of course all of their travel documents. They also had some fun things packed because even if they didn't find her they were determind to have a great time.
"Babe, did you make sure to pack the camera?" Tobias asked. "Of course I did silly." Eric replied. "We have to document our first vacation together." At that they both laughed and flopped down on the couch. Eric and Tobias were both happy with their situation, there was no denying that, it just felt incomplete in a way.
Tobias cleared his throat and looked at Eric thoughtfully. "We really need to iron our plans, if we are going to find her on this giant ship we are going to have to split up." Eric nodded his head in response but other things were weighing on his mind. "I think that we need to set a time limit, because I don't want to spend the entire cruise away from you." Tobias stuck his hand under his chin and nodded in agreement. "Four days, we will give it Four days and if we don't find her we will spend the rest of our time together. Does that sound good love?" Eric looked at him and smiled and then checked his watch.
He stood up and went to check the bags one more time, obsessing that he surely forgot something. Camera, tickets, meal and drink passes, travellers checks, clothes, condoms, chargers, shoes, boarding passes, passports, ID's, and finally the itinterary for the flight, shuttle and hotel stay. After 30 minutes of this he was sufficiently satisfied that they had everything they would need. He stood up and yawned, Tobias was already asleep on the couch. Eric shook him awake and helped him into the bedroom.
After he was safely in bed, he checked the alarm clock that was situated on the other side of the room, setting it for 4:15. After getting changed he climbed into bed and faced Tobias and kissed his forehead whispering "I love you" into his hair. He didn't know what to expect and he didn't know if they would be successful, but what he did know is that if things continued the way they were going, things might not be so pleasant after a while. There is a release that you can only feel when you are with a woman and they had discussed it at length, the sex with Tobias was wonderful, but they needed this and he knew it. At this last thought Eric drifted into the world of sleep.
