The Cruise, the rooms and storm reports

Author's note: Hey everyone! Here is the second chapter of my story…please read and review or else you won't get the third chapter…thanks!

Chapter summary: The East High gang all arrives onto their own private cruise and are instantly amazed at the rooms, the food and how beautiful the water looks. But what they happy and excited teens don't know, are that there may be a few problems lying ahead…

The four winning teens arrived to the docks in a taxi at six in the morning. According to their tickets, it said that the cruise leaves at seven thirty and they were required to be at the docks an hour ahead of time. Neither one of them liked it; they enjoyed sleeping in too much. As they walked out of the taxi, they all stared at the cruise in awe, making them really wake up.

They had never once in their whole lives had seen a cruise that big. They would've said it was as big as the Mauritania, but they knew that it was at least a hundred feet smaller than it. But it was big enough for just four teens to go on for to weeks. Based on the outside, the cruise looked luxurious and like it was a ship of dreams. And they had it all to themselves.

"Dude that is by far the coolest cruise I have ever seen in my life." Chad said excitedly as he began to run to the cruise. Taylor followed her boyfriend and was laughing joyously.

"Chad, wait up! I want to go on too!" Taylor said happily as she and Chad with no hesitation ran onto the cruise and was amazed at how big it was.

"This is bigger on the inside!" Chad's loud and excited voice exclaimed. Taylor's laugh was heard loudly from outside the ship.

"Everything is just big!" The two began to laugh and it wasn't long before their laugh died down and they looked around at everything else.

Troy began to slowly walk to the cruise, but Gabriella stood by the taxi and continued to stare at the cruise in awe and astonishment. She couldn't explain her feelings, but they were there and she couldn't move or look away from the cruise. Troy stopped walking when she realized Gabriella wasn't following. He turned behind and saw that she was just staring at the cruise. Troy walked back to her and stood by her side.

"Hey…are you coming?" Troy asked her casually. Gabriella didn't answer at first; she just shrugged her shoulders.

"I just don't know if this is real. You know? And I don't know why I deserve this so much. That's what's really got me thinking." Gabriella told him in thought. Troy blinked as he stared at her. There was something that she wasn't telling him. He could tell just by her eyes and the way she spoke that there was something wrong. Troy put a hand on her shoulder.

"Gabriella, is everything okay?" Gabriella broke out of her gaze from the cruise and looked into Troy's cerulean eyes. She would've told him…but then again, she didn't know if he liked her that way and it would've been awkward for her to tell him about her personal life. Gabriella forced a smile and she nodded her head.

"Yeah I'm okay." Troy tightened his grip on her shoulder without hurting her.

"Are you sure? Because I've noticed that you've looked very down a bit and I just want to know why. I'm always here if you want to talk." Gabriella continued to stare into those beautiful blue eyes and saw how worried and concerned they were. Gabriella let a small smile grow on her face.

"You're always there if I want to talk?" Troy nodded his head.

"Yeah I always am Gabriella." Gabriella nodded her head and she kept her small smile on her face.

"Good…because we can talk later." Gabriella winked at him and she walked towards the cruise, leaving Troy dumbfounded. Troy didn't know if she was serious about talking about it later or if she was just being flirty. Maybe she was just trying to cover it all up. Troy looked down at his feet and he followed Gabriella onto the cruise and met up with Chad and Taylor.

The four walked up onto the main deck and saw that Ryan and Sharpay were sitting on a few chairs waiting for them. Sharpay smiled at the four of them and Ryan waved at them casually. Sharpay saw Troy walk in last and her smile grew wider. Oh if I could get my hands on that hunk, Sharpay thought to her self as she tried to make herself look as flirtatious as possible.

"Hello everyone…hello Troy." Troy waved at her uncomfortably. Sharpay got out of her seat and she walked towards the four friends.

"I'm guessing that you're all very excited about this cruise, am I right?" They all nodded in agreement. Sharpay looked straight at Troy and smiled flirtatiously.

"That's awesome…before I introduce you to our captain…Ryan will give you all your room numbers and your keys. I arranged all the rooms, so everyone is close to someone they like." Ryan nodded as he stood forward and grabbed the first set of keys.

"Going in room fourteen is Troy Bolton." Troy smiled weakly and he took the key from Ryan.

"Thanks Ryan." Ryan then grabbed another set of keys.

"And right beside your room in room thirteen is…Sharpay?" Sharpay giggled loudly and she grabbed the keys from her brother and she winked at Troy.

"Now you and I can always hang out Troy." Troy rolled his eyes.

"Yeah, it'll be awesome." Troy mumbled sarcastically. He really didn't want his room to be next to Sharpay's; Sharpay would try to sneak in his room and she would try and make out with him; it wouldn't have been a good feeling. Ryan laughed and grabbed two more sets of keys.

"Room twelve goes to Chad and room eleven will go to Taylor." The couple grabbed their keys with smiles. Ryan then grabbed the last two keys.

"Finally, room one goes to Gabriella and I get room fifteen." Gabriella grabbed the keys and saw what Sharpay had planned; she wanted to be close to Troy and made sure Gabriella was far from them. Sharpay then walked beside her twin brother and looked at everyone again.

"Now that you have been assigned to your rooms, I will introduce you to our captain. Lenny! Lenny, come out now!" Moments after, a man walked out beside Sharpay. Sharpay smiled and she put her arm around him.

"This is Lenny Jackson. He's going to be the one who will steer the cruise and make sure we'll have the best cruise of our lives!" Lenny smiled and he waved at the four.

"Hello, it's nice to meet all of you. I'm sure you're all very anxious to go and see your rooms, but before you all do, I would just like to tell you about the welcome party that will take place tonight. The party starts at eight tonight and you don't have to dress up, but you can if you would like to. And if you need anything, please don't be afraid to come by. You may go to your rooms now and I hope that you enjoy your time here." Everyone nodded as Lenny walked back to his cabinet.

Gabriella just stood in front of her door as all the others walked down the hall and turned to the right, going to their rooms. She felt so alone and secluded from everything that they would be doing. But she guessed that maybe she needed to gain some independence and learn to be by herself for a bit; maybe it was time to stop depending on Troy and Taylor to always help her get through everything. She sighed loudly and she opened her door and she closed it. She dropped her suitcase and she dropped down on her bed.

The bed was very soft and fluffy. It felt like she was resting on a cloud. Gabriella smiled to herself as she looked around at her room. It was huge. That pretty much summed it up. She sat up on her bed and she saw that there was a window with the view of the ocean. She got up and she looked out the window. It was beautiful. She'd never seen anything like it. She smiled happily.

"This is beautiful." She said just above a whisper. Gabriella ran out of her room and she ran onto the deck. The sun hit her gently and the cool air blew through her hair. She walked along the deck and she saw a few chefs come out and place food onto large and long tables. Gabriella walked over to see what they were serving.

"Excuse me, what are you serving?" Gabriella asked one woman. The woman looked at Gabriella and had a confused look in her eyes.

"Qué dijiste?" Gabriella blinked in surprise. This woman spoke Spanish. Being Spanish herself, Gabriella was able to speak Spanish fluently.

"Apesadumbrado, no significo molestarte, pero cuál eres que sirve?" Gabriella asked the woman what she was serving in Spanish. The woman smiled and held up the plate.

"¡Intentarlo, por favor!" The woman urged her to try what was on the platter. Cautiously, Gabriella grabbed a biscuit of some sort and she tried it. The taste was exquisite. Gabriella smiled at the woman happily when she realized that she was eating chocolate Danish.

"Delicioso!" Gabriella praised the woman. The woman smiled as she put the platter down on the table.

"Gracias Niño… que mi nombre es Maria." The woman introduced herself as Gabriella shook her hand. Gabriella noticed that the cruise was beginning to sail off and she wanted to be at the stern and feel like she was flying.

"Que mi nombre Gabriella. Apesadumbrado tengo que ahora ir… él era agradable metting Te! Adiós." Maria smiled at Gabriella as she waved goodbye.

"Adiós Gabriella." Gabriella smiled as she ran to the stern of the ship. She looked down and saw the ship sailing off and the water hitting the ship. Gabriella smiled happily. She couldn't remember a time when she felt so free. She smiled and let the ocean spray her face. This was it. This was freedom and happiness to her. No one was there to hold her back. Gabriella smiled as she closed her eyes.

"Could this be anymore perfect?" She asked herself. The only thing that would've made everything perfect was if she was with someone…

"Gabriella!" Almost on cue, Troy's voice called her from behind. Gabriella turned and she smiled at the sight of him.

"Hey Troy." Gabriella called out. Troy began to move in closer to her and the stern and he smiled at her.

"Have you tried any of those chocolate Danishes? They're amazing!" Gabriella nodded her head with a smile.

"Yes I have. They're amazing." The two just stared at each other as Troy walked in closer to her. Troy sighed loudly.

"Listen, Gabriella, I feel awful that our rooms aren't close to each other. I don't like the idea that Sharpay is right beside my room and you're down another hall, so far away from us. Is there anything I can do to make this up to you?" Gabriella smiled at him and she nodded her head.

"Just come by and visit me a lot." Troy smiled at her and he nodded his head.

"I think I'll be visiting you so much that you'll ask me to stop coming." Gabriella smiled and she shook her head.

"I'll never ask you to leave Troy." The two stared into each other's eyes and then Troy pointed out past the stern.

"I'm guessing that the view is beautiful right?" Gabriella nodded and she walked back to the rail and she looked down at the ocean below her.

"It's so beautiful Troy. Come see." Troy walked towards her and he stood behind her. He grabbed both her hands and lifted them up to make it look like she was flying. Troy put his lips next to her ear.

"Look Rose…you're flying!" Gabriella laughed. That was from her favorite scene from Titanic. She smiled along with it.

"Jack…Jack I'm flying!" The two laughed and they continued to stare at the beautiful view of the water. They remained like that for many moments and then Troy wrapped his big strong arms around her waist and Gabriella held onto those muscular arms with a smile. Troy then remembered something and he brought his lips up to her ear again.

"Is now the best time to talk?" Gabriella was silent. She knew Troy still wanted to know what was bothering her. Gabriella sighed and she shook her head with a weak smile. She wished that Troy would just get over the fact that something was on her mind.

"No it's not…it's the best time to go explore the rest of the ship though. C'mon, let's go; we have this whole ship to ourselves." Gabriella said playfully as she broke free of his strong arms and she began to drag him with her to look at the rest of the cruise. If anything, Gabriella wanted to avoid that subject.

In the captain's cabinet…

Lenny steered the ship coolly and proudly. This was his first time ever being a captain. This was his first voyage. He was proud to have been chosen over all the others who applied to be the captain of the cruise. Lenny looked at his watch and saw that it was quarter to nine. The sun was shining as bright as ever and the water looked beautiful. Lenny turned to his controls and he put the wheel on automatic drive. He smiled and he walked around in his cabinet and he took a sip of his cup of coffee.

"Ah, nothing could ruin this day." Lenny said to himself. Moments later, Ryan walked into his cabinet. Lenny turned to Ryan and smiled.

"Hello Ryan…how are you?" Ryan smiled as he walked in further.

"I'm good thanks, yourself?" Lenny smiled proudly.

"I'm just perfect thank you." Ryan nodded his head and he leaned up against the steering wheel.

"So, you seem pretty happy that you're captain." Lenny smiled proudly and put his cup of coffee down on the counter.

"Yes I am. I worked very hard to get this job. I deserve it more than anyone." Ryan nodded in agreement and looked at all the controls.

"Don't you find it confusing with all these controls here?" Lenny shook his head as he walked past the controls and stood beside Ryan.

"No not really…you get the hang of it." Ryan nodded his head, when all of a sudden they heard a loud ringer. Ryan looked around in alarm.

"What is that?!" Ryan asked panicking. Lenny laughed at his amusement to see him panic and he pointed at the radar sitting in front of him.

"That's the radar. We must be getting a notification from someone." Lenny pressed a button down and spoke into the radar loudly and clearly.

"Hello, this is Captain Lenny speaking." A few seconds after, they heard a static voice from the radar.

"Hello, this is Bob from ocean patrol; we would like to warn you that there will be a pretty big storm tonight and that if it gets really bad, please return to shore. This is a warning." Lenny didn't reply back; he just turned the radar off. He looked out his window and laughed.

"There's not a cloud in the sky and the water is perfectly still. Ocean patrol needs to find something better to do than make up lies and almost give me a heart attack." Ryan looked at Lenny and had a worried expression in his eyes.

"But weather can change, Lenny. Don't you at least want to tell my sister and the rest of our gang; it may freak them out if we actually do get caught in a storm." Lenny rolled his eyes and walked right up to Ryan.

"I'm not telling anyone because the weather is beautiful and I'm not going to let a stupid lie ruin my first job as being captain. And if you tell anyone about what you just heard, I will turn this cruise around and bring you all back and no one will go on this trip. Is that understood?" Ryan stared at Lenny, shocked. Maybe Lenny wasn't as nice as he thought he was.

"Yes captain; I understand." Lenny nodded his head, proud that he had won over Ryan.

"Very well…please leave now; I am going for my morning walk and I don't want to leave…a civilian in here to damage all the controls. Good day Mr. Evans." Lenny quickly walked out of the captain and Ryan rolled his eyes.

"Whatever you say captain." Ryan mumbled as he walked out of the cabinet and tried to ignore what had just happened.

Once Ryan closed the door and walked back to his room, the radar began to get another signal from ocean patrol again. This time, the ocean patrol sounded more frenzied than the first time.

"Hello this is Bob from ocean patrol again! Please return to shore now! There have already been five reports of thunder storms, rain storms and the waves are going to be deadly! Please return to shore now before it hits! Hello?! Is anyone there?! Captain Lenny?!" No one was there; no one would know about the on coming danger of the storm that would hit them. Would the storm end up not being that bad, or would things start to get deadly?

To be continued…

Here I go with my cliffhangers! Ha-ha well read and review and I'll update maybe on Saturday or Sunday…depends on when I'm going up to Wasaga beach with my friends…thanks love you guys!