Sara's POV
I woke up fairly early on Saturday morning. The first that I noticed was that before I went to Hadley's room, I needed to shave my legs. The easiest place for me to do that was in the shower, which I needed anyway. Female shaving wasn't actually the easiest thing to do because there were a lot more places that needed to be shaved. The only acceptable place for girls to have hair is on the head and maybe a little in the…on the…below the belt. Anyway…I went to shower and washed myself and also shaved the places that needed to be shaved.
Hadley texted me saying that she was serving breakfast in her room so there was no need to get any.
So the breakfast wasn't exactly top of line. It was bagels but I guess I okay with that. There wasn't any cream cheese though.
"So now that we're all here, let's get started with episode 1." Hadley replied. There was a moment of silence before she turned to Megan who was holding the remote. "Hello, that means start the freaking player."
I couldn't help but giggle before the DVD started to play. I sat back against one of the beds and began to watch.
Having a marathon of a show that consisted of several 45 minute episodes wasn't the easiest thing to do. We had to stop for lunch around 1:00 and we weren't even halfway through the first season yet. I don't think it was feasible that we could make it through both seasons today, probably not even one.
"Attention students and staff, I need all of you to report to the Sky Deck for a special assembly." Mr. Moseby said over the intercom. I groaned. This would probably make us even less likely to finish.
"Can't they just respect that we have other things to do than attend a stupid assembly?" Hadley asked rhetorically.
We went out to the Sky Deck and there was Mr. Moseby. I didn't see anything or any reason for this.
"So it seems we meet again." A voice said from beside me. I turned to my left and saw Devon once again.
"And here I was hoping I would never see you again." I remarked.
"Sorry but no such luck." Devon replied. "I must say that it's a pleasure to see you again. You seem to enjoy being here so much."
I could detect the sarcasm in his voice.
"Okay who are you and what are you doing?" Hadley asked coming to my defense.
"Attention everyone." Mr. Moseby interrupted with the beginning of his speech. I turned to look at him, even though I didn't care. "I would like to introduce to Devon Kroger. He happens to be the heir to the Kroger chain of supermarkets and also Wilfred's Tipton's stepson. He will be joining the ship as our new Assistant Manager."
Okay now that was a bit shocking. Devon then walked over to where Moseby was standing.
"Thank you, Marion, for the introduction." He replied. "I also want to thank all of you for being here. I hope all of you will welcome me with open arms and I hope that we don't have any problems. However, that doesn't mean that I will be lenient if a situation arises."
The ceremony didn't last very long. I then noticed that Devon was talking to various members of the staff.
"How about you girls go back to the room and I'll catch up." I suggested.
"Look I think this guy might be bad news." Hadley warned me. "Something about him seems off."
"I just want to tell him to leave me alone." I replied. "I'm not interested in dating him."
The three of them disappeared and I slowly walked over to where he was standing.
"So how old are you?" I asked him.
"I'm 22." He responded.
"So what are you doing hitting on a girl who's not even 17 yet?" I asked.
"Don't flatter yourself. I wasn't hitting on you." Devon replied. "I can have any girl that I want and clearly don't need some schoolgirl who is probably obsessed with that mediocre boy band called One Direction."
"Hey, lay off 1D." I ordered. "You don't know them. You don't understand them. They worked hard to get where they are, unlike you. You were born rich and your mom married an even richer man."
"Yup, obsessed." He replied with a smirk. I left in a huff and let out an audible groan as I reentered Hadley's room.
"Okay what's going on between you two?" Hadley asked.
"Nothing, he's just an ass." I replied.
"You acted like you knew him before." She pointed out observantly as I took my seat back again. I didn't want to talk about this.
"I met him last night while I was waiting for Holden." I explained.
"He's kind of cute." Giada commented.
"But once again, he's an ass." I reminded them. "He's not my type. You can have him if you want."
"Girls, let's just get back to the marathon." Hadley instructed. "We still have a lot more episodes to go."
By the time that we got to the middle of the season, I noticed something a little odd.
"Hey that girl looks kind of like your sister." Megan commented. She was talking about Rhonda, the girl that Ethan hit with his car. Come to think of it, I don't remember seeing Ethan in the episode that we watched.
"So why wasn't Ethan in the episode that we watched the other night?" I asked.
"He left the show after Season 1." Hadley explained. "There's a new guy coming up that essentially replaced him."
"I see." I remarked.
"You know we should probably carry this over to tomorrow." Hadley suggested.
"Well I probably should work on my project a little more tomorrow." I stated.
"Well we can at least get through Season 1." Hadley assured. "We can watch Season 2 some other time if you want. By the way, what's the progress between you and Holden?"
"Well we talked a little last night and my sister is kind of interested in him too." I explained. "I think she kind of has a lead."
"Okay then you need to go out with him tomorrow." Hadley proposed. "One day was probably enough. I don't want your potential romance to suffer."
"It's really not much of a romance." I pointed out.
"But it can be." She countered.
The next day, I went to see Holden, telling him I wanted to work on our project. I wanted a little more as well...no, not that much. Maybe a kiss.
I wore one of my best dresses. I didn't own anything super-fancy and I didn't want to overdress.
This time, I did not run into Devon which I was thankful for.
"Hi." I greeted Holden.
"Wow you look pretty dressed up for just doing a project." He commented.
"Well I was hoping that we could get a little lunch." I suggested.
"Yeah I guess lunch is okay." He agreed. "We wouldn't want to work on an empty stomach."
"Yes, it's definitely not something that I would want to do and I would also like to eat with you." I replied. Wait, what did I just say?
"What?" He asked.
"Never mind. Let's just get something to eat." I suggested quickly.
After we were seated, I decided to speak up.
"So I like that we're on a date." I said.
"This isn't really a date and I'm kind of dating your sister." He replied.
"But do your consider her your girlfriend?" I asked. "I like you two and until you're ready to be exclusive, you can date other people. I just want you to give me a chance before you decide."
We ended up having a good time. By the time we were done studying, I noticed he leaned in for a kiss. I know this would be my first kiss with a guy but I had been a girl for a few weeks, so I ready. I locked lips with him.
"So am I better kisser than Claire?" I asked.
"I don't know. We haven't kissed yet." He remarked. I smiled, knowing that I seemed to have the lead now.
Claire's POV
I was in my room, working on the project with Maxine.
"No I'm not going to do a project on the honey badger." She replied. "It's scary and probably smells funny."
"Okay then what do you want to do?" I asked.
"How about a liger?" She questioned.
"That's not really an actual species because lions and tigers don't get it on in the wild. They don't even really live near each other." I explained.
"Okay now I just got the bizarre image of two animals having sex with each other." Maxine stated. "Maybe we can just do Bengal tigers."
"Okay I guess that would work." I agreed. "But you do know that Bengal is in India and also a breed of housecat?"
"Did I need to?" She asked.
"Well the first part is more important than the second." I explained.
"So do you think you can take me shopping?" Maxine requested. "I need to get a few dresses."
I couldn't help but giggle. I so wanted to say 'I told you so' but refrained from doing so. Before we could leave the room, there was a knock on the door. I opened it to see Bailey.
"Hey what are you girls doing?" She asked.
"We were about to go shopping." I replied. I should probably ask if she wants to come.
"Can I come?" She asked before I could. "We could do a girls' night out thing."
Well I was interested on girls' nights out were like.
"Sure you can come." I agreed. "Maxine here wanted to buy some dresses. You know she used to be a tomboy before we came here."
Maxine rolled her eyes at that.
"You two must be really good friends if you can make fun of each other like that." Bailey commented.
"That's what knowing someone for 5 years can do for you." I replied. "Anyway, if we're going to have a girls' night out, we should probably get going."
Because there weren't really any major areas near, we decided to go shopping on the ship. It had a boutique from London's fashion line. It was a good place to get dresses because London sure had a lot of dresses. I imagined she knew how to sell them or at least had someone who could sell them for her.
I watched as Maxine tried on a few dresses and then Bailey started to try on a few dresses. I decided what the hell and chose to try on a few dresses as well. I don't know if I would get any I think it was supposed to be fun. A few weeks ago, I probably wouldn't have thought that even watching girls try on dresses would be. I remember one time Bailey asked for my advice picking a dress for homecoming. I was bored out of my mind. This was fun and I was glad that I was having a good time.
"We should go dancing." Bailey suggested. I know that definitely caused Maxine's face to light up like a kid on Christmas morning that just got the toy that everyone was talking about. "What did I say to make you so happy?"
"Maxine is probably the greatest dancer ever." I beamed.
"I wouldn't say that I'm the best ever." Maxine replied, showing modesty. "But yeah dancing is my passion. I also love dancing movies if you ever want to get me any. I've seen everything from Dirty Dancing to Dance Flick, which actually was a little bit funny."
"We will need some hot new outfits for dancing, though." Bailey recommended. I guess I could get into this. "You know maybe Holden will be there to see you dancing, Claire and maybe you could even dance with him."
"I'm really not very good." I responded. I didn't know how to dance in a girl's body and having to be led, seemed a little inconvenient. "And I don't know if I want to dance with him at this point."
"Well you should because I kind of saw him kissing your sister." Bailey replied. I cringed a little. Sara's had like one date and they've already kissed?
"Well we're not exactly exclusive yet and I told Sara that she can have a chance and it should be his decision who he wants to date." I explained.
"I really don't think that's a very good idea." Maxine commented. "You know that she has a lot more experience at this type of thing than you do."
"What are you saying?" Bailey asked.
"You don't need to confuse her." I responded. "Sara's been out on quite a few dates. But she's not really loose or anything. She only has had sex a few times with a few different people. I also know that she won't try to claim him like that because she did it before and she knows how much it would upset me. I didn't talk to her for a whole week because of that."
"Wow I've never known what it was like to have a sister steal your boyfriend." Bailey remarked.
"We have fights sometimes just like other siblings." I replied. "But we should go dancing. This conversation is actually a little bit depressing."
The three of us walked into the club and I couldn't help but notice how good Bailey looked.
So Claire is trying her best to be civil about the whole thing. I actually will say now that Sara won't end up having sex with Holden. Also I forgot to say in the last chapter that Devon is played by Christian Alexander from the Lying Game. He definitely adds something but he won't really be acting like London. Please don't forget to review.