Heather's POV...

I ran onto the ship and to the sky deck dragging my mother behind me. "Mom, isn't this ship amazing?! I mean, its so huge!" I exclaimed running up the stairs to the upper deck and throwing my arms out. She followed me. "I have to agree, but-" she was cut off by the intercom.

Attention! 10 minutes to departure! All ashore that's going ashore! I threw my arms around my mom and she did the same. "I'm gonna miss you! A lot!" I said. "I'm gonna miss you so much!" Mom said tightening her hug. "Can't. Breath!" I choked out. She let go and I fainted.

When I woke up my mom was gone. I stood up and slid down the railing. When I got to the bottom I ran into someone and we both fell down. "I'm so sorry, I didn't mean to, I didn't know you were..." my voice trailed off when me and the person locked eyes. He had long dirty blonde hair and he looked about the same age as me.

I was the first one to speak. "Hi, I'm Heather" I said still staring into his eyes. "I'm Zack or the man of your dreams" he said. I giggled and helped him up. Attention students, classroom time will begin in 5 minutes! "While we walk there why don't we get to know each other?" Zack asked. I smiled. "Good idea!" I said.

"So, where are you from?" I asked. "Boston, you?" He replied. "Paris" I said smiling. "Lucky!" Zack said. We started learning more about each other and we had a lot of things in common. We reached the other students and started follow Miss Tutweiler around.

"Then why do they call him a purser?' London asked as we entered the Marine Biology Lab. "I don't know but I do know that it is not his job to hold your purse" Miss Tutweiller said. "Fine then you hold it" London said tossing her purse to Miss Tutweiller. "Oh good grief, what is in this?" Miss Tutweiller asked. "My allowance" London said shrugging her shoulders. Miss Tutweiller handed London's purse back to her.

"Moving on. This is the state of the art Marine Biology Lab" Miss Tutweiler said. "Which my daddy paid for!" London exclaimed "Can I go now?" She asked. "No, now if you will follow me we will go up one deck to the Planetarium" Miss Tutweiler said. "I don't know what that is, but my daddy paid for it!" London said. "Can I go now?" She asked again. "No" Miss Tutweiller replied. "Though nothing would make me happier" She said.

Everyone left the lab except for me, Zack, Cody, Bailey and Woody who I got introduced to. "That's one good looking Cephalopod" Cody said as he, Bailey, and I were looking at the octopus. "Yeah, and you know, they're highly intelligent, they can even be taught how to open jars" Bailey said.

"Stupid jar!" Zack said trying to open the jar of octopus food. "We should get a hammer!" Woody said. "Yes!" Zack said. I walked over to them. "Allow me" I said. I easily screwed the lid off and Zack's jaw dropped. I shrugged. "You'll get used to it" I said. We walked over to the others. "Woody what are you doing?!" Bailey asked as Woody picked up the octopus. "Ew its mushy!" Woody exclaimed. "And delicate!" I said.

The octopus squirted ink at Woody causing us to laugh. He threw the octopus to Zack who got squirted with the ink. Zack threw the octopus to Cody who got squirted with the ink. Cody threw it to me and I got squirted with the ink. I threw it to Bailey who got squirted with the ink. And Bailey threw it out the port hole.

"No!" Cody exclaimed. We all rushed over to the port hole and Cody peered outside it. "Can you see it?" Bailey asked. "Yes it's stuck to the side of the boat, hold my legs and lower me down I think I can reach it" Cody said. Me, Zack, and Woody grabbed his legs and lowered him down. "Okay, I think I got him!" Cody said.

We started pulling him in but we weren't quick enough. "Seagull's attacking, seagull's attacking!" Cody shouted. "Don't hurt the octopus!" Bailey called. "No it's alright I'll just let them peck my eyes out instead" Cody said sarcastically. "Pull me in!" He said.

Me and Zack started pulling him in but Zack accidentally pulled his pants down. "Are those Share-Bears?" Woody asked smiling. Me and Bailey started laughing. "This is a nightmare!" Cody shouted. "Not to pretty from this side either" Zack said. "Nope" I said shaking my head.

We managed to pull Cody in. "Maybe their still in the lab" I heard a voice say. "Quick! Miss Tutweiler's coming!" I said. Cody tossed the octopus to me and I put it back in the water. Cody pulled up his pants and we all crowded around the tank.

"What in the world is going on here?" Miss Tutweiler asked. "Nothing" we said trying to act innocent. Cody let go of his pants causing them to fall. "Huh, are those Share-Bears?" She asked. We all went to our cabins to clean up.

Later...

After getting cleaned up, we went to the arcade. "So why didn't you want to switch roommates?" Cody asked Zack as we entered the arcade. "We figured opposites attract" Zack said. "And by opposites he means like in clean and messy, not like like boy and girl" Bailey said.

I turned to Bailey and Zack. "You two up for a game of pool?" I asked. They nodded. "Let's leave Cody and Woody to work out their issues" Zack said.

We went over to the pool table and they let me go first. I picked up the cue and squinted before I made my shot. I got a perfect score and when I turned around, Zack and Bailey had their jaws wide open. "H-how..." Bailey started. I shrugged. "Pool champion of 2002" I replied.

Zack helped Bailey and Cody walked up behind us. "What are you doing?" He asked. I zoned out and watched the people playing Galaxy Raider. Cody tapped my shoulder making me jump and whip around. "So I couldn't help but overhear... your the Pool Champion of 2002?" He asked. I nodded. "No wonder you looked so familiar!" He said.

"I hate this stupid sea school, I hate this stupid boat!" London said storming into the arcade. "Hey, Galaxy Raider games open!" Zack said. "I love this stupid boat!" London said. We all ran over and put the headphones on and the music was really loud.

It was in the middle of the game when I noticed everyone was gone. I tapped on Cody's shoulder who looked up and also noticed and soon we all took off our headphones. "Boy, that's a loud bell! I can barely hear myself not think!" London said, causing me and Cody to give her a look.

"What do 3 consecutive bells mean?" Bailey asked. Cody started naming them off and we all screamed thinking the ship was sinking. "Which way?" Zack asked. "Uh, port!" I said. We all ran to one of the ports except for London. "London! Your other port!" I shouted. She came running in our direction.

"Hurry! The boat is already tipping over!" London said falling into the wall. "No, you just broke your heel" Bailey said. "Worse!" London said. We all slid on a life jacket except for London. "Ugh, are they all orange? I need to go change!" London said starting to walk away. I pulled her back and Cody put one on her.

"Look, there's an exit! Let's get out of here!" Zack said. We all ran for the door and ran into it. "One at a time, one at a time!" Cody said. "Right!" We all said. Zack opened the door and we all went through at the same time and fell overboard.

"We fell overboard!" Cody said. "Why is the ocean so hot?" I asked. "Probably because its a hot tub!" Mr Moseby said. "Why is there a hot tub in the middle of the ocean?" London asked. I rolled my eyes and stood up. "Here's your hat Bailey... Dude, your a girl!" Cody said holding Bailey's hat out. Miss Tutweiler dropped her clipboard on Mr Moseby's foot. "I am? That explains so much!" Bailey said.

We all got towels and dried off. We sat down at the Juice Bar and I watched Miss Tutweiler talk to Bailey. "Miss Pickett why on earth would you mascaraed as a boy?" Miss Tutweiller asked her. "I don't know" Bailey said.

"Yes you do, it was her only chance of getting out of popcorn Kansas" Zack said. "Kettlecorn" Bailey corrected him. "Whatever. Anyway Seven Seas High was Bailey's one chance to get of the farm, you can't seen her back to Carmelcorn" Zack said. "Kettlecorn!" I corrected him.

"Well, Bailey, your application was by far the most impressive" Miss Tutweiller said. "Wait a minute, what about my essay on barnacle reproduction? I added pictures" Cody said. "Can I see them?" Woody asked smiling.

"Bailey I'd let you stay but we don't have a cabin to put you in" Miss Tutweiller said. "She can stay in my room, I'm willing to take one for the team" Zack exclaimed. Mr Moseby hit him with Bailey's hat. "I meant a girls cabin. Every girl has a room mate" Miss Tutweiler said.

"Except for me!" London exclaimed happily. "London, thank you, thank you!" Bailey said running over to her. "Huh?" London asked confused. "London, its so nice of you to offer to share your room with Bailey" Mr Moseby said. "I wasn't offering, I was gloating!"

She ripped her necklace off and handed it to Bailey. "Here's a diamond necklace, drop out!" she demanded. "I wouldn't drop out of this school for all the money in the world!" Bailey said. "I can get that" London replied.

"No" Bailey shook her head still smiling. "I want to stay here and become your BFF!" She said, giving London a big hug. "Get O.F.F.!" London said. Bailey quickly got off. "I will not share my room!" London complained. "Well, you will if you want to stay in this school." Mr. Moseby said. "I don't!" she replied. "Hasn't anyone been listening to anything I've said? Stupid. Sea. School! It's just a big pain in the butt!" London said throwing her towel to the floor. I noticed the octopus stuck to her butt. "Looks like she's met the octopus" I said with a laugh.