First off…all of you guys are being too nice, but I do try to make my stories as best as I can. Stupid mistakes make me mad though, at the end of the story I posted two that I can't seem to stop doing. Anyway thanks to everyone and I mean even though you might think I don't mean you, I do, for reading and reviewing this because even if you say "its good" it puts a smile on my face. The longer reviews have me bouncing off my seat, I'm seriously like smiling and giddy and when I receive reviews I want to go into the next chapter right away…yeah I'm crazy, but you like it…Also its longer than the first chapter..yikes.

~Day Two~

I was laying on the couch all night, my legs were hurting when I opened my eyes. The room was pitch dark until I heard humming and Mitchie opened the room door. I gathered up my strength and pushed myself up on my arms to stare at her. At first she didn't notice but once she flicked on the light switch where I was laying she jumped a bit before staring at me.

"Thanks for locking me out of OUR room"

"No problem," Mitchie said as I watched her shimmy across the floor. "We have breakfast in twenty, maybe you should get dressed."

"You see I would but mornings aren't my thing," I called out falling back onto my back before covering my eyes.

"But Alex, oh come on" I heard her say but I still ignored her. "Fine," was the last word I heard before a loud banging noise came through the room. I looked up narrowing my eyes at where Mitchie was standing. Between her fingers were two lids from a pot and pan.

"Stop that"

"Not until you get up"

"Mitchie I mean it"

"Or what? You'll glare me to death?" After she said that I hopped out of the bed and ran after her, she laughed before dropping the lids and hopping onto the counter. Once I reached her she fell off on the other side before running towards the sofa. One, I was still tired, and two, my ears were ringing.

"MITCHIE," I yelled, not angrily but I was a bit frustrated. She was running in an all white sundress that had a thin pink string wrapping around the middle and going into a bow at the back. She hopped onto the couch I was sleeping on before I made it to the other side and stretched my arm out for her but she just slid over, and I fell into the soft covers face first. "I'm going to kill you."

"I want to see you try"

"Ugh," I rose myself up as fast as I could and just before Mitchie tried to hop off the let out sofa I grabbed her waist and we both fell backwards, me of course falling onto the bed first with her landing on top of me. I quickly shifted my body weight so she could fall to the side of me before climbing on top of her, holding down her wrist and narrowing my eyes at her. She was laughing, but I really didn't see what was funny.

"At least your up now"

"That was so not cool"

"What? I didn't want you to miss breakfast," she said between catching her breath as I stared at her. That's when something in my head clicked that I was on top of her and my fingers began tingling, damn it.

"Never, ever in a million years wake me up like that"

"But I already did," she was still laughing so I decided to stop her laughter, and that's right I put my mouth over hers. I could feel her hands move around mine but she couldn't really get a good grip since my fingers were holding her wrists down. I pulled back and rose my eyebrow as Mitchie frowned.

"What?" I ask innocently.

"Get off Alex"

"But I don't want to"

"I'm serious get off"

"Can I kiss you again first"

"Do you even have to ask?" I knew what she meant but I leaned in and pressed my lips against hers. Our skin warming up as I pushed our bodies a bit closer together. I felt Mitchie forcefully turn her head.

"ALEX….."

"What you said I could kiss you again"

"When I said do you even have to ask, I meant do you even have to ask because of course you couldn't"

"Oh," I stared up at the room door before Mitchie moaned. "What was that for?"

"Get off"

"What was that moan for"

".," I heard her cry out before I decided it was best, only for her, if I moved. Once I sat up next to Mitchie her fingers came into my shoulder and I was pushed onto the hard floor. "Next time stop and I mean it," I heard her say. I was looking up at the ceiling before I pushed myself up on my palms and saw Mitchie getting ready to put the couch back into place.

"This should be a crime what you're doing to me"

"And what's that?"

"You're teasing me, your not suppose to lead people on and then like…not go through with it, I mean come on Mitchie"

"I want you to know that after all that playing you were doing we only have at least ten minutes before breakfast and we have to go to meet your mom and mine"

"Oh yeah, change the subject," I said before Mitchie brushed her fallen hair behind her ear. She walked over from the other side and stretched her hand out at me. "Like I'm going to fall for that one"

"I'm just about to help you up"

"No thanks, the last few times I accepted your hand you rejected me and made me fall, just like when we got married, you rejected me and still made me fall head over hills for you," I said this as I got up from the floor and walked to the room to get dressed.

"WE'RE NOT MARRIED"

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I walked out of the bathroom fully clothed spotting Mitchie with her legs folded Indian style on the bed.

"Okay lets go," I said as she looked over at me and her eyes went big.

"You're wearing that?"

"It's a captain's breakfast, I was forced to wear this," I said exposing my dark green sundress similar to Mitchie's to the girl. It was a few inches above the knee, I had strap-up sandals and my hair was laying over my shoulders lightly curled.

"Who forced you?"

"My mom, look can we just go," I asked as Mitchie smiled and nodded before hopping from the bed. We made it to the front door before I grabbed out laminated passed and walked into the hall with Mitchie following behind me. Her arm brushed up against mine a few times leaving heat marks wherever she touched last, then to my surprise her finger fell into mine as we made it through people in the hall. Everyone was dressed up for this early breakfast, I was just staring and smiling at Mitchie dumbly until we made it to our moms room and entered. Mitchie was still holding my hand as we saw her mom standing near the door. Her eyes went down to our hands before she looked at Mitchie.

"Girls you're late, Teresa their here finally," Ms. Torres called out before my mom appeared from a hall fixing her earrings.

"Good lets go, our table is the same one from last night," my mom said before Mitchie and I walked back into the hall. It was weird, I didn't know why she wouldn't let my hand go, her mom didn't say anything and my mom never pays much attention to me so I didn't really care. Mitchie and I often held hands when we were in a big crowd, and well I guess since the ship hall was crowded that this was the reason for the palm to palm, finger to finger action. We arrived in the dining hall only to see everything as bright as last night. All the tables were decorated in gold cloth and the silver wear and dinner wear were white with small golden symbols outlining the edges. Mitchie's mom grabbed her daughter's other hand and lead us to the table before stopping. She sat down and so did I followed by Mitchie and my mom.

"Alex I've never see you in a dress, a skirt maybe but never a dress," Ms. Torres said as Mitchie dropped my hand and placed her napkin on her lap.

"Yeah, SOMEONE, forced me to wear it," I said staring at my mom.

"I think you look gorgeous, and Mitchie is adorable as well," my mom said lifting her menu. I didn't get why there were menus when it was the Captain's breakfast.

"Oh tomorrow night is the dance competition, you know all people type dancing, me and Teresa are gonna' enter, you girls should too," I don't know why Ms. Torres was all chipper for a dance, I mean it was just a dance right?

"Alex Russo does not dance," I said as the same guys from yesterday walked over to our table, placing drinks in front of us. I watched him move around, his eyes didn't leave mine, and from the corner of my eye I saw Mitchie staring at me.

"We'll dance together, it'll be fun," my stomach dropped at that. Hell I think she was being a little too obvious all of a sudden. I turned to my mom but she was still reading her menu.

"Fun," I said sadly before turning away from Mitchie, she was making me feel all weird and crap.

"Oh later on today we'll be outside of Maui, you girls want to Scuba-dive or hang board…"

"I don't know, I mean scuba-diving sounds fun I guess," I answered not really into the entire idea.

"I'd love to scuba-dive," Mitchie called out as out food hit the table. I don't remember ordering anything, but when I wasn't looking the same guy who passed out of drinks asked my mom for the food choices and he handed them to us. I leaned over to Mitchie so I could whisper.

"Are you trying to manipulate me?"

"Sort of"

"Well stop it"

"You do it to me all the time"

"I do not, you never fall for it"

"Well that's true"

"Its not fair, you know I'd do anything for you and yet you…ah" I fell onto the floor not knowing that every time I was talking to Mitchie I was falling forward more. My hand fell into the brunette's lap, almost pulling her dress hard.

"Alexis Marie Russo get off the floor now," my mom called as I raised my eyes above the table to stare at her. She was tapping the cloth with her index finger before I turned to Mitchie who had a small grin on her face with her bottom lip in her mouth. Ii crawled back onto the chair and began turning my dress back to its right position. The waiter boy was smiling at me before walking away.

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After breakfast me and my mom parted from Mitchie and her mom to get dressed into out swimming suits.

"Alex you have got to stop being so clumsy," my mom said from the bathroom. We were back in me and Mitchie's room, I was changing in the front room and my mom was putting on her things in the bathroom. I pulled on my bikini bottoms before I pulled on the top. The thing came over my stomach and wrapped around my neck, both pieces sat in a bright orange color, I never would of picked something like this out but just take a wild guess at who got it for me? Yeah Mitchie. I already knew that she'd be in her white bikini, that looked like underwear and a bra, it had different colored striped running down the entire thing. I smiled at the thought of seeing her in it as my mom came out with the same suit she had on the day before.

"So we still didn't get a tour of the ship," I called out as my mom walked over to me.

"Yeah, but we were too busy doing grown up things"

"Right leaving me and Mitchie alone"

"You're right, we shouldn't do that," my mom raised her eyebrow at me and I knew something was going on. I scratched my head.

"What are you talking about?"

"What do you think I'm talking about?"

"I don't know"

"Sure you do Alex"

"I do?"

"Yes, and all I have to say is…."

"Mom you knew?"

"Knew what?"

"Nothing"

"Alex?!"

"What were you about to say?"

"I was going to say be careful"

"Why should I be careful? Of what?"

"Calm down…," my mom stared at me as I swallowed hard. " I just meant just because we're on a cruise doesn't mean there aren't weirdoes on here you know, and you and Mitchie should never leave each others side."

"Oh," I said relieved letting sweat beads form on my forehead.

"Okay lets go," my mom said walking to the door opening it, I brushed my hair all the way back with my hand before passing by my mom.

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The pool area was huge. There was one large pool at the top of the ship that basically took up the entire deck, with the exception of the chair space. The thing was at least ten stories wide. Mitchie and her mom was sitting on the opposite side of the pool to where me and my mom entered. I mean I could spot the girl from anywhere, she was the one that pulled on my heart. My mom and I walked around the entire thing to the other side, I suggested swimming over but my mom refused, she didn't want to get wet, sun bathing was her thing.

"Okay girls we can hold you passes," my mom said as I handed her mine and Mitchie gave her mom hers. I did that might I add without turning away from Mitchie. Her legs seemed to be way much longer in her bikini then in a skirt. It was weird because it looked like she had a tan, I mean I'm sure I looked like it but she never tanned. How come she looked different in a bikini then in a skirt? My mom prepped herself for tanning by rubbing stuff on her arms and legs before crawling onto her stomach. Ms. Torres did the same, breathing into her towel trying to block her face from the sun. I turned to Mitchie but she wasn't near me anymore. I turned in circles a few times before I spotted her at the juice bar. I ran over to her before stopping at a nearby chair.

"Why did you leave me?"

"I didn't, I had to get a towel"

"Oh, why?"

"I thought I'd sun bath"

"Why?"

"Well…I don't want to get in the water right now, besides its not that chilly or hot so, why not"

"Oh, well…."

"What?"

"I don't know, I thought you wanted to go scuba-diving"

"That's not for another two hours," Mitchie said walking back to our parents. I grabbed her arm and made her face me.

"Mitch what was that at breakfast?"

"What was what?"

"You know the whole, holding onto Alex thing, and making me go crazy thing"

"I was just having fun," she said before looking at my hand. "Can you let go?" I did as she said before watching her head over to our moms. She placed her towel down and I just watched her from a distance before she waved at me. I being the love struck girl I am went over to see what she wanted.

"I guess we could get in the water for like thirty minutes, the game of water-back polo is about to start," Mitchie pointed to the large screen over the pool. I crossed my arms and stared at her.

"I'm suppose to jump when you say so?"

"No, or I could just play with them"

"Ugh, fine," I called out reaching for her hand and dragging her to the pool.

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"The Rules of this game is on the big-screen check it out," a life guard said as I stared at them.

No pushing

No diving during the game

Don't let go of your partner

No switching teams

HAVE FUN!!

"So, who's going to be the water person?" I asked already knowing that it was more than likely to be me.

"Mount up," the guy said. That only sent bad thoughts through my head, I mean really naughty ones. I turned to Mitchie before I climbed into the water and she sat on the granite. When the guy said go Mitchie was suppose to jump on my back and I'm suppose to close my eyes and follow her instructions to get to the lifeguard who was Marco. We also weren't suppose to forget to yell "Polo."

"GO, MARCO," the man called out as splashes surrounded me. I closed my eyes before I felt Mitchie's hands slide over my shoulder. Her hand caressed my skin as she pulled me backwards. Her legs made their way across my waist before I rose my hands to grab them, holding her into place. My breathing was getting screwed up, because the stupid cool water was turning warm around me. Mitchie leaned down towards my ear before whispering.

"Go straight," her breath rubbed against my ear making me shake before I took my first step. I swear this game was dangerous. All I could think about was Mitchie, her legs were so smooth and now slippery from the water. I slid my hands more up her leg, I mean it wasn't like I was trying to, but she would of fell and we would have been out.

"POLO," I yelled before taking another step. The water began getting deeper, staring at my waist and making it up to my chest. Mitchie's nails rubbed across my chest a few times, I'm not sure if she knew it but I swear her touches were enough to make me fall.

"Okay stop, now stand here, he's coming this way," Mitchie said as I shook my head, swallowing hard. I could feel her shift her body weight forward, I tried my best to hold onto her without falling myself.

"PO..loooooo," I fell into the water, Mitchie slipping through my grip and me opening my eyes shooting up to the top.

"We won Alex," she said as I stared at her holding onto the lifeguard. He was smiling holding onto Mitchie before I watched him call the game to a quit. I reached for Mitchie's waist plucking her off of him, although he seemed to mind when I did this. I slid my hand between hers under the water as we made it back to the side of the pool.

"Here's your prize, a five hundred dollar shopping gift card for the shops that we'll see when we land on our private island tomorrow," I grabbed the thing and stared at it before Mitchie pulled it from my fingers.

"Thanks," she smiled brightly at the guy, he smiled back. I hated when other flirted with her, but then again she herself was a big flirt.

"Time to tan," I said pulling Mitchie away. We were both soaking wet, me a bit more than she was.

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We were sitting on the deck for hours, after I got dry I stood up and tapped my mom to turn over before she turned brown. She did so and that's when Mitchie opened her eyes to look at me.

"Mom we're going scuba-diving," I said before grabbing Mitchie's arm. She seemed tired but I didn't care as I pulled her along with me down the steps.

"We don't even know where we're going"

"So, I mean its in the back of the boat, how hard could it be to find?"

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So after me and Mitchie tried walking to the back of the boat for at least forty minutes we gave up and went back onto the surface. Our moms were gone and I could see a island in sight.

"Wow, Maui looks beautiful," Mitchie said before I nodded and followed her over to the railing. I couldn't believe she actually came over, the boat stopped a bit off shore as the sun began setting, or dimming, whatever.

"So, about that dancing thing tomorrow"

"Yeah!"

"Are we partners?"

"Did I say we were partners?"

"I don't know, I think so," I was confused from everything today.

"We could couples dance at the contest"

"What does that mean?"

"…you know Alex sometimes I wonder about you," Mitchie smiled before I nudged her shoulder. More people began crowding around us to stare at the island so we decided to sit on the deck chairs and tan until the sun went down.

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We were sitting off the coast of Maui so everyone piled on deck to see the fireworks the main Landers were going to do for us. Stars were bright in the sky and the fresh ocean smell crept around us. I laid on a pool chair, the one that reclines far back sitting next to Mitchie who had her arms on her shoulders.

"Cold?" I ask as she turned to me before nodding. "I am too, hey mom where did everyone get those blankets from?" I asked my mom who was sitting to the left of me. Mitchie's mom was gone somewhere as my mom sat up and looked around.

"I don't know, oh here comes…"

"Hey guys, look what I've got," Ms. Torres held up dark blue fleece blankets proudly that held the initials SC, standing for the cruise name on them. I grabbed one and my mom pulled one over her before Ms. Torres noticed she only had one left. "Oh, well Mitchie you can have mine," her mom said stretching her arm over me getting ready for her daughter to grab it.

"That's okay, we'll share," I offered, I mean come on, what awesome amazingly, tricky girl wouldn't?

"No thanks Alex," Mitchie said.

"Okay then freeze," I said pulling the thing over me before a few fireworks went off. Everyone walked over to the rail, everyone except me and Mitchie and maybe a few teens off to our far left.

"I was the one that was cold"

"I was too, hey come sit in my lap, I'll keep you warm," I said smiling faintly before she pulled her arms from her shoulder and folded them across her chest.

"Like I'm going to fall for that"

"What? I just don't want you to freeze, its enough cover for the both of us," I pull the thing open and expose my legs. Their shinning blue in the moonlight, as a small wind comes over me. "Hurry Mitch, its cold," I call out before she looks into my eyes before nodding and pushing herself from her chair. I can't believe she's falling for it, but then again she could be really cold. I hold my arms open as she climbs into my lap, her legs sticking to my skin before the coolness of her body makes me shake. Her fingers fall over my wrist and she brings them down over her stomach, closing us into a cocoon.

"See this isn't bad," I said before my legs began to tingle…the surge crept up my body and into my fingers before I shifted a bit in the seat with Mitchie's weight on top of me. She was staring at the fireworks, her eyes didn't connect with mine once, but I wanted them to. I couldn't see our parents anywhere so I took that time to make my move. I plucked my hands from hers although it was a bit hard since every time I moved them she would grab them and force them back into her lap. I placed my hand on her thigh and I felt the same tenseness in her body like I did back in the car. I tapped her leg this time with my right index finger before I placed my left hand onto her other thigh. Mitchie didn't move, she just kept her fingers tight against the cover that hid our chest on down. I had a bit of fun rubbing my hands up and down Mitchie's legs feeling her muscles tighten.

"Alex…" she whispered. I didn't say anything, I was surprised she hadn't stopped me yet. Her legs were so smooth, my hands glided across them with ease. I leaned forward a bit only to see Mitchie biting on her bottom lip and the red and blue and green fireworks lights bouncing off of her face. "Stop," she whispered. It sounded awkward, I mean it didn't sound like she wanted me to stop and well, I didn't want to anyway. I ran my fingers up the side of her body, my hand connected with her swimsuit bottoms on the side and I stopped. My hand stayed where they were.

"Girls lets head in," I heard my mom call from somewhere. I couldn't move, I mean, I was basically rubbing all over Mitchie and everything in me was burning and hearing my mom's voice was a mood killer. The deck was clearing and neither one of us moved. A cough from a small boy made me turn my face, my fingers dropped and Mitchie slowly slid off of my lap. I didn't say anything and neither did she, her eyes met mine. I stood up before wrapping the blanket around me and followed Mitchie back to our room. I was a few feet behind her and so when she made it in she closed the door, making me open it.

"What's your problem?" I ask before dropping the blanket onto the floor.

"My problem? Alex you can't do that..this..you have to stop"

"What am I doing"

"Everything"

"I don't know what everything is," I say making my way into the kitchen before sitting on the counter. My swim suit sticks to the thing as I shift to find a good position.

"How would you like it if I started rubbing all over you?"

"I'd like it, no love it"

"Just…and in front of everyone"

"What? No one saw"

"That's not the point"

"Okay Mitchie I get it, I'm sorry..I'll be careful next time"

"I thought we promised to stop doing things like that"

"We did, and I'm sorry that I can't keep it. Mitchie you don't see yourself the way I do, I love everything about you," I hop off the counter and walk a few inches to where she's standing. "I love your smile, your eyes.." I step closer into her as she steps back. "Your awesome hair that I am so jealous of, but most of all I love you for who you are, we both understand each other,….Mitch we were meant to be"

"Says who?" she asks crossing her arms.

"Says fate," I reply before reaching for her waist. She looks away from me, staring at the television while staying in the same spot. "Now tell me you don't love me?"

"You know I can't"

"So? What's the problem?" I ask as she faces me. Her eyes burning into me, but I don't mind it at all.

"What about this friendship"

"What about it?"

"Are you really willing to risk everything"

"For love? I'm willing to risk my life," I remove her hands from around her chest and step into her more, out hands sitting on the side of us before stepping into her and pressing my lips onto hers. I don't even give her time to protest, but soon she pulls back, our lips popping and our hands parting.

"Ugh, how do you keep doing this?" Mitchie asks, her hand going into the air before she walks towards the sofa.

"What am I doing now?"

"I don't want to rush into anything, and I hope you understand that"

"What would you rush into?"

"If this is how we, mainly you act when we're just friends then how is it going to be if we're something more?"

"Well for one, I'd be a much happier girl," I smile making my way to where Mitchie is before sitting next to her. She pulls her knees into her chest and placed her chin on them.

"Look, Alex you know how much I want to be with you"

"I do? Okay I'll play along, so, what's holding us from happening?"

"All of this, I mean sometimes I can't even stop myself when I'm with you, and you can't stop yourself, I'm not looking to fall too fast"

"But Mitchie, we've both already fallen too fast. We spend almost every waking moment together, we know everything about each other, and the last time I checked we made out like a billion times, and we're still not dating," I say before she folds her legs Indian style. She turns inward to me as I stare at her.

"There's one thing to fall too fast, but there's another when you give someone your heart, mind, body, and soul," I hear her and look down at my fingers. She's really been thinking, and well I haven't.

"Mitch, I would never hurt you"

"Yeah but you'd scare the crap out of me"

"Okay that was once," I said before she raised her eyebrow. "Okay maybe a few times, but that was all for fun, I would never really hurt you"

"….Just….if you can stop….and I mean really stop all of this over the top touchy feely, non-friend type stuff..then I can really think, you know clear my head"

"Clear your head as to what?"

"If I can trust that you can control yourself, then…I'll consider us…going out," I don't know why but when she said that I thought my heart stopped, but then I heard the beat in my ears.

"Wait…so I have to like, not touch you?"

"Yeah"

"Friends touch each other"

"But friends don't feel each other up"

"Its what makes our friendship special," I say creating a heart.

"I mean it, because who know where us acting like that is going to take us"

"…You don't want to say sex do you?" I ask before Mitchie bites her bottom lip and studies my face. Her eyes shifts around me a while before she speaks.

"Yes Alex, before it leads to sex"

"But I wouldn't mi…"

"Alex"

"Huh, Mitchie this is me, I don't know how to be someone else"

"I want you to act the way you did before you told me you were in love with me, and before I told you…the same thing"

"So you want me to oogle you from a distance?"

"What? I want you to be you…and not trying so hard to make "you" into "us."

"We'll see"

"No, that's my condition"

"Well can I have a condition also?"

"Okay"

"If this whole me not being this close to you….I say that you have to allow at least a kiss a day"

"What?"

"Oh come on," I whined.

"Fine"

"Wait that was too easy, I meant two"

"Nope, we should get ready for bed:

"Wait, are you saying I can sleep in the bed with you?"

"..Yeah that's what I'm saying"

"And let me get this clear, I can't touch you?"

"Nope"

"Okay I think I'll sleep out here"

"Why?"

"Oh Mitchie….you don't want to know why, goodnight," I said leaning back until I met the opposite end of the couch. I felt a small shift near my feet before I saw Mitchie above me. She was actually hovering above me, her arms holding her up. She leaned into me, pressing her lips hard against mine. They were warm, it made me tingle and as I raised my hand to hold onto her she pulled back.

"That's your only kiss for today," she smiled before climbing off of me. I watched her make her way over to the room, I could feel a change in the air, the tables turned, Mitchie was going to be playing hard to get, damn it, what did I get myself into.

First off I hate when I type fast and our = out, it gets on my nerves, just like when I type fast and dressed = dresses. Seriously I need to invent a new keyboard where "S" and "D" although it stands for Demi and Selena won't be together…they confuse me too much. PLEASE REVIEW. Also with the short pieces in the middle, I wrote the end last night and the rest this morning and I was like, this is Hella long, so I shortened it.