Chapter 1 – Traumatizing Love

"Zack Martin, report to the front desk immediately!" a voice from the loudspeaker that was quite clearly Mr. Moseby's exclaimed.

"Ughhh not again" I thought to myself noticing my teacher, Ms. Tutweiler, point her hand toward the door as she stared at me. I got out of my seat and exited the room.

What could I have done this time? Let's see… maybe Mr. Moseby found out that I'm the one who put that snail in the salad bar last week. Or maybe he found out that I spit in the smoothie he bought this morning. Whatever the case may be, it's not like I haven't been in trouble before so I really shouldn't care. And besides, there is only one more month until I graduate from this school anyway.

After reaching the front desk of the ship, I get Mr. Moseby's attention by poking his shoulder. He looks up and sees that it is me. "Hey Mr. Moseby," I shout ecstatically. He brushes his shoulder and picks up his smoothie, taking a sip from it. I begin to chuckle as I recall spitting in it.

His eyes begin to arch downward as he replies, "Zack, how many times must I tell you to clean your room. You will be out of here in just a month's time and your room must be tidy when you depart for the incoming students." That wasn't exactly what I thought he would say to me, but I was pleasantly surprised that it was.

"Sure thing Mr. Moseby," I assure him as I wink and walk toward my room. I might as well take my time since I'm getting out of my Friday classes for this. Apparently cleaning up my room is more important to him than school. Ha! Way to teach me the priorities in life Mr. Moseby.

I open the door to my room to find my roommate, Luke, cleaning the room with the song "Retainer Baby by Little Little" at an obnoxiously loud volume playing. I quickly turn down the volume which gets his attention.

"Hey I was listening to that."

"Wow, you're actually cleaning?" I jokingly ask.

"Well Mr. Moseby said he'll be inspecting our room in an hour."

"At this rate you should be done by then. I'll go get us some snacks."

"Are you really getting snacks or just getting out of cleaning to go hang out on the Sky Deck?"

"Both"

"Okay then. Try to return as soon as possible."

"Do you want to go hang out with me on the Sky Deck after you wrap this whole cleaning thing up?"

"Sorry, but I want to pick up Cody from class."

"Oh..."

"Well, if you're going to bring us some snacks then could you please make it snappy? I have to leave soon."

"Sure thing," I reply as I shut the door behind me.

Just when I begin to walk down the hall, I hear him turn that song back on. Even though "Retainer Baby" sounds absolutely nothing like the Marcus I knew, it always reminds me of him.

Marcus was my old roommate. He was pretty cool, being a former musical artist and all. He was around for a year and a half and left once senior year had began. Apparently his record label wanted him back because of popular demand. Almost as soon as he left, Luke moved into my room. I kind of missed Marcus for the first few weeks, but now me and Luke are as close as friends could be.

We are known as the Prank Duo of the school. We get into so much trouble. From shooting spitballs at passengers, to just causing panic on the Sky Deck, we have become the closest friends on the boat.

Luke has long hair, about the same length as mine, except that it is brown while mine is blond. He's a bit taller than me and about equal when it comes to body build.

I also trust him with anything I keep inside, more so than I do with my own twin brother, Cody. Sure, I trust Cody with my life, but he's more of an emotional pushover and he doesn't quite relate to me as well as Luke does. It's because of Cody's over-paranoid personality that Luke hasn't really been in the pranking mood lately.

I'm still having some trouble digesting it myself, but Cody is far more than an influence on Luke. Then again, when two people are going out that tends to happen.

Yeah, you heard me. Cody and Luke are going out. They tried to hide it, but that just made it worse when I actually found out. It all started on one fine morning when I went to work particularly early because Luke was practically shoving me out the door. Since I had some time to kill and I'd forgotten my wallet, I thought I'd run back to get it. To my surprise though, as I open the door, I find Cody and Luke making out on my bed! I don't how their little party walked its way to my side of the room, but I'd rather not know.

You probably couldn't imagine how traumatizing it is to not only figure out that your brother and your best friend are both gay, but that they are also gay for each other all at the same time. I'm not quite sure how they hooked up, but that is the downside of not being in their shoes I suppose.

They have been dating for a little over a month now and ever since, I have been trying to get Luke to act like his old self, which has been a harder task than it sounds. I mean, ever since he started dating he's been around me a lot less. I kind of miss the old Luke. I just want my roommate to be my best friend, not Cody's boyfriend.

"AHHHHH! Don't..."

What was that? It sounded like a girl. Maybe she needs help. I guess I'll have to put the recollection of my memory on hold.

Thank you for reading the first chapter of my first story on here! I'm very happy to be here and I hope to here your opinion on this chapter so that I can improve as I continue this story!