The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants

By: MelodyofTwilight

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Disclaimer: All characters you recognize from the book series The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants are not owned by me. They are owned by Ann Brashares. Any characters you don't recognize probably belong to me.

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Summary:

Bridget- She re-meets Eric for the first time after the first summer. She hasn't seen him in 2 years. Need I say more?

Carmen- She finds herself a job as an actress in the late night shows. Then she finds herself slowly falling in love with her co-actor. But what? He's Win's cousin? And Win's on the cruise?

Tibby- Finds herself a new boyfriend, (boy next cabin) and is determined that he's 'the one'. How will Tibby react when she finds out he's cheating on her AND with Lena?

Lena- Finds herself a new boyfriend who (boy next cabin) and is determined that he's 'the one. How will Lena react when she finds out he's cheating on her AND with Tibby?

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VERY IMPORTANT AN: I wanted to start this story after the second book, where Bridget still was heart broken after Eric, and she still met Billy. Lena is still heart broken after Kostos and Carmen still knows Win. Let's just say that she met him by babysitting someone else's grandma, not Lena's. Lena's grandma is still in Greece. Oh, and Tibby never was the girlfriend of Brian's. They're still buddies.

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Chapter One: Toast to a New Start

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"Ready?"

"Yes!!!" Three other teenagers screamed.

"Okay, let's record this thing!"

Tibby grinned as she inched the video camera a little bit to the left to focus on the three excited teenagers.

A tall, slim stunning blonde with sun-kissed skin named Bridget took a step forward and peered into the video camera. Tibby pressed the red record button.

"Hey!" Bridget said with a happy and confident voice. "In a few hours, my Sisterhood and I will be ready to board the cruise ship called "Princess of the Sea" and start a 2 week vacation!!!"

All the other three teenagers once again screamed in excitement.

Bridget stepped back and Carmen, an attractive curvy tanned brunette, took over her spotlight.

"Yes, we're on this rockin' cruise trip simply because we just graduated from high school with flying colors!" Carmen said cheerfully.

A beautiful Greek girl, Lena, who resembled an olive Greek Goddess, stepped forward. "Our parents paid for this trip and all the expenses to congratulate us on our achievement!" She said, with her soft melodious voice.

Tibby shook her black bangs out of her fair colored face and flipped the video camera around so that the lens were pointing at her now. She said "Well, that's it, for now!"

"YEAH!" Tibby, Lena, Bridget and Carmen screamed unanimously.

"Okay, c'mon guys! Let's grab our bags and get ready to go to the airport!" Carmen said.

They all grabbed their bags and luggage and headed out the door of Lena's house. A black and yellow taxi cab was already awaiting their arrival. Together, the four best friends helped each other haul their belongings into the trunk and climb into the van.

Bridget, already calling shot gun, jumped into the seat beside the driver's. Tibby, Carmen and Lena all filed into the back seat. Lena leaned forward and gave the money to the taxi driver.

Bridget, wearing white shorts and a blue striped shirt, flip-flops and big round black sunglasses perched just right on her blonde hair turned around and looked at her three best friends. Lena was wearing a red and white sundress and a white headband, Carmen was wearing shorts and a tank top with big white beads as a necklace, earrings and bracelet, and Tibby was wearing cargo shorts with a white t-shirt.

"I can't wait!" Bridget squealed. "Just imagine, in a few hours, we'll be in a huge cruise ship with lots of hot guys and paradise! What else could you ask for?"

Lena, Tibby and Carmen all nodded. Bridget smiled, even though she knew all three of them including herself were thinking of their past boyfriend troubles.

Lena sighed and rested her elbow on the window sill. She gazed out of the window. She could still remember the time, as if it were yesterday, when she came to her Grandpa's funeral and saw that Kostos was engaged to the girl he got pregnant. She could still feel her many emotions surging through her like a hurricane. She could still remember the smell of the funeral home, and every single little detail. The news of Kostos shot through her like a large bullet, tearing a hole in her heart that would never heal. It was six months ever since she was in Greece, and she was coping alright now, even though the first few months were a disaster.

Carmen looked out the other window, watching the sky. Her mind whirled back to all her memories with Win. Win moved to the Los Angeles with his parents due to the fact that his dad got a new job. They tried to keep in contact, but over the six month period, their zaniness slowly faded. It was hard to keep in touch due to the fact that they had other things going on in life. And slowly, ever so slowly, they lost contact. Carmen missed Win, but she didn't really wanted to bother him, since it was obvious that he didn't want to keep in touch with her. It hurt her a lot, but as time increased, her hurt slowly faded.

Tibby stared at her feet, since she was squashed in the middle of Lena and Carmen. She didn't have a boyfriend to mope over. It was hard, because she was always the one to console Bridget, Lena and Carmen. She never really had a serious boyfriend. But she believed that someday, at the right time, she would meet the boy of her dreams.

Bridget fidgeted with her charm bracelet and looked straight ahead. Eric… the name sent her mind whirling in many directions. She made the biggest mistake of her life, and she certainly wasn't going to make it again on this cruise. However, Billy though sent-

"We're here!" The chubby taxi driver announced, cutting Bridget from her thoughts and Lena, Carmen and Tibby from their trance.

"Okay" Bridget said. The four girls instantly cleared their minds and focused on the exciting cruise.

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"WHOO WHOO WHOO" The cruise horn echoed through out the ocean and city. Carmen, Tibby, Lena and Bridget grinned and hooked arms. They stood on top of the magnificent 20 floor five star cruise ship and waved to the onlookers, not caring that there was no one they knew saying goodbye.

They each had a flower necklace and a key to their room around their necks. Bridget and Lena were sharing a room, R200 and then another room separated them from Tibby and Carmen's, R203.

In a few more minutes, the cruise would start to begin, thus starting the most life changing experience ever.

"I can't wait!" Tibby said

"Me too!" Lena added.

"Five… Four…Three… Two…" Carmen counted down excitedly.

"ONE!!!" The four best friends shouted unanimously, earning a few stares.

Clinking their champagne glasses together, Bridget toasted "For the best trip ever!"

"To meeting new boys"

"And forgetting about the past"

"And creating memories to last a life time"

Grinning, Bridget, Lena, Tibby and Carmen drank their champagne.

Little did they know that three very handsome boys were interestedly gazing at them.

So thus, a very life changing cruise began.

AN- Hmm, not bad for a first chapter eh? I should have the next chapter up within the next week or so. Please review!