The last bell for the day rang at Seven Seas High, meaning the students were done with their classes. Max Baker approached Bailey Pickett and London Tipton.
"So what do you have planned for this 'girl time'" Max asked Bailey.
"Well I was thinking that the three of us could head down to the pool." Bailey suggested. "You did bring a bathing suit, right?"
"Actually no, I didn't expect there to be a pool on the boat." Max said.
"Well that's a bit of a pickle." Bailey said.
"Who said anything about pickles?" London asked, not getting the metaphor.
"Never mind, London" Bailey said before turning back to Max. "Well luckily I brought two so you can borrow one."
"Are you sure about that?" Max asked.
"Yeah, we're about the same size." Bailey said as she began to walk towards her room. The other two girls followed.
In a few minutes, London was standing a pink bikini with a matching bathing cap and Bailey was in a flowery pink one. The bathroom door was closed with Max inside.
"Come on, Max." Bailey said. "It can't be that bad."
"I just don't feel comfortable in one of these." Max said from behind the door. "I've never worn one before."
"Well you said you wanted to be treated like a girl." Bailey pointed out. "A lot of girls wear bikinis."
"Fine I'll come out." Max relented as she opened the door. She was wearing a black bikini. "How do I look?"
"You look amazing." Bailey said. "I kind of wished I had worn that one."
"You can wear it if you want." Max suggested.
"Oh no" Bailey said. "We've already spent enough time getting ready. We don't have much time. I have a date to prepare for."
"Good, Cody wanted to me to check to see if you were still doing that." Max said.
"It's not that I don't want to spend time with you but I've been waiting for Cody to ask me out for months." Bailey said as she opened the door and started to walk toward the pool.
The other two girls followed: London happily and Max nervously and reluctantly.
They arrived at the pool, which already had a few people in it. Woody was working as the towel boy since Cody had the day off.
"Hey Girls." He said. "You all look pretty, especially you, London."
"Thanks but I already knew that." London said not understanding that Woody was flirting with her.
"Is she always this shallow?" Max whispered to Bailey.
"Yup" Bailey whispered back. "You get used to it."
"Well I'm going to get in." Max said. If there was one thing that she liked to do other than dance and play basketball, it was swimming. She had never done so at the Tipton because the pool was for paying guests, employees, and residents only. She was followed by Bailey. London decided to just sunbathe.
"So do you do this often?" Max asked.
"Actually this is the first time I've ever come here." Bailey said.
"Seems silly to have this pool and not use it. Is there anywhere that I can buy a swimsuit?" Max questioned.
"You'd probably have to wait until we stop somewhere." Bailey commented.
"And when is that going to be?" Max asked.
"Well we're going to be stopping in Australia in three days." Bailey said.
"Wow that sounds cool. I've never been to another country." Max said as she got out of the pool. She walked toward the juice bar and sat down.
"Can I get a grape smoothie?" She said without looking at the bartender.
"Coming right up." Zack said as he turned around.
Max blushed. She hadn't expected Zack to be working at the bar. And she hadn't expected to be there in nothing but a bikini.
"You look really hot in that." Zack said which made her blush even more.
"Uh thanks. Bailey made me wear it." Max said.
"Well then tell her I think she has great taste." Zack said as he handed Max her smoothie.
"So you still wanna hang out tonight?" Max asked, hoping he say yes.
"That depends, will you be wearing that?" Zack asked. Max just sat there with a look of shock on her face. "I mean sure. Violet doesn't arrive till eight."
Max left when she heard him talk about Violet again. She drank down her smoothie before returning to the pool. Bailey had her back turned. "Hey Bailey?"
Bailey turned around. Instead of words, she was met with a face-full of water. "So that's how you wanna play, eh?" Bailey said as she splashed Max back.
The two continued to mess around until 5:00.
"Fiddlesticks, I gotta get ready" Bailey said as she got out of the pool. London had fallen asleep. "London, it's time to get up."
"How many times have I told you I don't want your worms?" London said, grouchily.
Max had no idea what London was talking about but decided to head back to her own room. Her roommate wasn't there so she began to get changed.
At 6:00, Cody Martin arrived at Bailey's room. He knocked on the door. Bailey came out of the room where the yellow dress that she had worn to the dance.
"You look beautiful." Cody said holding his hand out.
"Thanks" Bailey said as she took his hand and he led her to dinner.
Max entered the game room. She was wearing a green knee-length dress with a ruffled hem. She decided to do whatever she needed to do to keep Zack away from Violet without being forceful. She had learned from her mistakes when she had forcefully kissed him before. She wanted Zack to be the one to kiss her, not the only way around.
Zack looked over to make. "I never thought I would see you in a dress again." He said
"Well I decided to start dressing more like a girl." Max said "So what do you wanna do?"
"How about Air Hockey?" Zack suggested.
"Okay" Max said.
"Too bad that's not a basketball hoop on this boat." Zack said.
"Well duh." Max said. "If you missed, the ball would go to into the ocean."
"I hadn't thought of that." Zack said as he started the air hockey machine.
The game was tied at 6-6. The next to person to score would
"You're going down." Zack said.
"You wish." Max said as she the puck into his goal. "Best 2 out 3?"
Max had not so obviously let Zack win the second game so they would have to play a third. She planned to keep him playing so he would lose track of time. Unfortunately Zack had set his watch to go off at eight. Before they could finish the third game, his watch began beeping.
"Looks like I've gotta go. Time to meet Violet." The boy said, slyly.
"Are you sure?" Max asked, trying to talk him out of it. "You seem to be having a lot of fun."
"Well I do love to play games but I love to hang with the ladies more." Zack commented.
'And what am I?' Max thought to herself before she said. "Zack, she's probably only going to be here for a few days."
"Well then I'll just have to cherish the days that I have." Zack said as he exited the game room. She couldn't believe how persistent Zack was. Too bad he couldn't put that much effort towards school.
About ten minutes later, Max walked out to the Sky Deck to stare at the ocean.
"I guess I'm not the only one who had this idea." She heard a male voice say a few seconds later. She turned to see a tall young man wearing a polo shirt, jeans and a baseball cap walk over to her. He seemed familiar to her, like she had seen him somewhere before.
"Yeah just watched someone I liked go after another girl" Max said. She had no idea why she was telling a stranger that.
"You remind me a lot of my ex-girlfriend, Miley." The boy said.
Max realized that she had only heard the name Miley once before. It was on TV when she watching a premiere. She suddenly realized who the person was.
"Wait a minute. You're Jake Ryan." She said.
I would like to point out that this takes place before Jake Another Little Piece of My Heart.