I know I didn't update yesterday, but I have an amazing valid excuse. I was throwing up nonstop about an hour after I got home from school, so I couldn't really touch anything and risk getting germs on it or anything. Since I'm staying home from school today, I thought this would be a good time to update and what not.

I'm spending my day watching HGTV...I love houses too much.

One more thing, I'm mother-freaking psyched for Christmas! I'm so excited. I love Christmas, it's my absolute favorite time of year, one of the only times I'm ever actually happy. I love the smells and Christmas carols and the bright lights and wonderful colors. So many amazing things happen around Christmas!

Austin still laid there in his bed, wide awake. He could just barely feel the movement of the ship as it slid across the surface of the water. It gently rocked back and forth, and may be used as a lullaby to some, but a nerve-wracking mess to others. Should I go for it? Would she laugh at me? Reject me? Does she already have someone special? Is she gay? What if she likes Rydel? Is Ally really a man in disguise? Nonsense, you saw her underwear today. There was absolutely no sign that she is or ever was a man. Austin, stop talking to yourself in your head, that's even weirder than talking to yourself out loud.

His brother stirring in the bed beside him jarred him from his worrying. You're worrying too much over nothing, if she wants you, she'll come to you.

...

"Ally!" Rydel called out from the mini-golf course on the ship. "Come here! I wanna hang out!"

"Coming!" Ally giggled. She ran toward her new-found friend. She had her hair up in a high ponytail and she was wearing a bikini top and really short shorts. As she was climbing the stairs, a strong gust of wind knocked her down, but she never hit the ground. When she looked up, Austin was lingering over her, holding her up.

"Smooth..." He said. Austin did not look happy.

"What's wrong, Austin?" Ally asked. He didn't say anything. "Austin, what's wrong?"

Ally's back hit the ground as Austin dropped her and ran away. "Austin! Wait! Come back!"

She tried chasing after him, but she wasn't moving, and he was only getting farther away.

"Come back," She whispered before stopping once again.

Ally jolted up in her bed, beads of sweat covering her forehead. What was that about? She pushed herself out of bed and walked toward the fridge, where she removed a bottle of water. She opened it and downed it in a series of large gulps. Why did I dream about that?

Ally grabbed her room key and exited the room. She wasn't sure where she planned on going, but she just wanted to be out of the room. Nothing will be open at this hour. She closed her eyes and hit a random floor button when she stepped into the elevator.

U Deck, she thought as she opened her eyes. Where have I heard that?

Ally slid down the back wall of the elevator. She sighed and closed her eyes, leaning her head back against the red carpeted wall. She barely heard the ding as she elevator doors opened. Reluctantly, she pushed herself up and out the door. She turned to her right, then left, then right again.

U-92...wonder who stays here? What's their story?

...

Austin finally decided that since he was obviously not getting any sleep tonight, a little more fresh air would do him some good. He grabbed a room key and opened the door, only to come face-to-face with a familiar brunette.

"What are you doing here?" He whisper-yelled.

"I was just going for a walk around the ship! I didn't know this was your room!" Ally whisper-yelled back.

"Then why were you waiting outside of it like a crazy stalker?"

"I don't know! I was wondering who was staying in it!"

"Well, now you know! Don't creep on me now, please!"

Gradually, their conversation was getting louder.

"Like I would ever!" Ally finally started yelling.

"Ally, shh, do you want to wake the entire ship?"

"Sorry."

"Let's go for a walk, yeah?" Austin offered.

"Sure," Ally smiled a little.

On opposite sides of the hall, they walked together to the elevator. When they stepped inside, Austin pressed the button that took them the highest.

They were both drifting off to sleep when the elevator stopped.

"What's going on? Why aren't we moving?" Ally began to panic.

"Relax, I'm sure they're just having a little bit of a technical difficulty. We should be moving in a minute or two." Austin tried to keep Ally calm.

"This isn't good, this isn't good at all," Ally moved her hands up to head and began tugging on her hair. "I don't do well in small spaces!"

"Ally, Ally, calm down. You're going to be okay!" Austin seized her by the shoulders and forced her to look into his eyes.

The lights went out.

"My God! We're going to die in here! We're going to die and no one will ever find us!" Ally slid down against the wall and set her head in between her knees, still tugging on her hair.

"Ally, you need to calm down!" Austin couldn't see her.

"Austin, where are you? I can't see you!" Ally yelled.

"Ally, we're in an elevator, there's only so many places I could be," Her panicing was really getting annoying.

Ally felt around for Austin, but since she didn't move from her spot on the floor, she could feel far. "I'm scared, Austin," she whispered into her legs.

"Don't be, we're in an elevator, nothing will happen," Austin assured her.

"The cables could pop! The light could explode and start a fire! Some firey vortex could open in the floor and suck us down, never to be seen again!" Ally listed all the things that could happen.

"Stop, you're thinking of worst case scenarios," Austin moved over to the other side of the elevator, where he was sure she was. He reached out his arm, and his hand brushed the fabric of her shirt.

"Tell me when you're about to do that, it scared me," She jumped under his touch.

"See? You knew it was me, and not see evil demon from hell or something," Austin scooted a little closer to her. "That's good."

"I'm still scared," She said simply.

"Then come here," Austin got as close to her as he could and put his arms around her waist. He pulled her on top of his stretched out legs, and laid her head against his chest.

"What are you doing?" She asked softly.

"Trying to get you to calm down," He answered.

"Oh."

Ally grabbed his shirt with her fists and quietly sobbed into it. He wrapped his arms around the girl on his lap and pulled her close.

This was going to be a long night.

Sooooo... trapped in an elevator.

Tell me, if you were trapped in an elevator with your crush, would you be happy? How would you feel?

I have to write another story for English, and the rough draft is due by Monday, so you might not get many updates this weekend. Plus, I'm supposed to be going to Charleston tomorrow, but I guess I could get the rough draft of my story done in the car...

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