"Alright, here you go." The announcer said handing Nate the microphone and a guitar
"Thank you, this song is called 'Please be mine.'" Nate stated nervously, strumming his guitar slowly, as he began to sing
They come and go but they don't know
That you are my beautiful
I try to come closer with you
But they all say we won't make it through
But I'll be there forever
You will see that it's better
All our hopes and our dreams will come true
I will not disappoint you
I'll be right there for you 'til the end
The end of time
Please be mine
I'm in and out of love with you
Trying to find if it's really true
oh no no no no
How can I prove my love
If they all think I'm not good enough
But I'll be there forever
You will see that it's better
All our hopes and our dreams will come true
I will not disappoint you
I will be right there for you 'til the end
The end of time
Please be mine
I can't stop the rain from falling
Can't stop my heart from calling you
It's calling you
I can't stop the rain from falling
Can't stop my heart from calling you
It's calling you
I can't stop the rain from falling
Can't stop my heart from calling you
It's calling you
But I'll be there forever
You will see that it's better
All our hopes and our dreams will come true
I will not disappoint you
I will be right there for you 'til the end
The end of time
Please be mine
The audience cheered loudly as Nate finished the song. Caitlyn just sat there shocked and curious to find out who the mystery girl that Nate wrote this song to is. Nate looked at her with a loving smile and she returned the smile.
"Well that was just fantastic, Nate. Whoever the girl is, she's very lucky."The announcer congratulated Nate who stood there with a huge smile on his face
"Thank you." Nate replied, shaking hands with the announcer, before walking off the stage and back to his seat next to Caitlyn
"So what did you think?" Nate asked sitting next to her
"Wow that was amazing. That girl you wrote it about is very lucky."Caitlyn told him trying to hide how sad she really was
'If only you knew it was about you.' Nate thinks but instead replies "Yeah, well she's pretty amazing" his eyes filling with love
"Really?" she asks sad but a bit angry at the same time
"She has gorgeous eyes, her hair is beautiful and she's very talented."
"That's great. I'm happy for you." Caitlyn says faking a smile
"Thanks, Caitlyn. So you ready to go find Mitchie and Shane?" he asks standing up, offering her his hand
"Sure." Caitlyn replies, with a smile, taking his hand and walking out of the room
During Dinner
Nate and Caitlyn sat at the table, where they all promised to meet each other. Apparently Shane and Mitchie haven't shown up yet, and neither has Jason.
"What is taking them so long? We were supposed to meet 20 minutes ago. I can't take it anymore, I'm hungry" Nate complained, frustrated
"Nate, will you calm down. They'll be here. Have some patience."Caitlyn answered laughing at his impatience
"But when?" Nate whined as Caitlyn laughed harder
"My guess is now." She replied seeing Shane and Mitchie coming towards them, holding hands
"I guess he asked her already."Nate whispered to Caitlyn seeing them
"Hey guys, sorry we're late, Shane insisted on going to the casino before" Mitchie explained looking at Shane
"I just wanted to see if today was my lucky day." Shane said kissing Mitchie's cheek sweetly, "And it was" he added
"Aw you guys are adorable and judging by the hand-holding, I'm guessing you guys are together." Caitlyn questioned already knowing the answer
"Yep. Can you believe I'm dating the Shane Gray?" Mitchie gushed, letting go of Shane's hand, sitting next to Caitlyn
"Well believe it. You are very lucky; do you know how many would love to be Shane Gray's girlfriend?" Shane informed cockingly, sitting down next to Mitchie
"You are so full of yourself." Mitchie replied rolling her eyes
"Well it's all part of being a rock star, babe." He told her, winking
"Last time I checked, having the ego the size of Texas in not part of being a rock star."Mitchie said and Shane pouted.
"Good one, Mitch." Caitlyn told her friend laughing
"Aw is Shane sad?"She asked and he nodded. "Here let me make it better. "She added before kissing him
"Okay, okay, enough of this. Nobody wants to see you too make out." Nate cried teasingly
"He's right. We'll continue this later." Shane said, pulling away from the kiss, looking at Mitchie
"Hey, where's Jason?" Caitlyn asked changing the subject
"I don't know, let me call him." Nate replied, taking his phone out from his pocket, dialing Jason's number, putting it on speaker
"Hello?"
"Jase, where are you?"
"On the ship, duh."
"Not what I meant. I know you're on the ship. I meant where on the ship are you?"
"Well you should have said that before."
"Jason, just tell me where you are."
"I'm here. I see you. Bye "Jason said before hanging up.
Seconds later Jason appeared but not alone, but with a girl. She had long, dark, hair, dark brown eyes and just plain gorgeous.
"Hey guys. This is Ella, I met her a few hours ago, and I hope you don't mind that I invited her to dinner with us." Jason explained looking at his friends nervously
"No, Jase, we don't mind. Hi I'm Nate." Nate said offering his hand to shake
"I'm Ella. Jason told me about you guys."Ella told him, shaking his hand. "Let me guess, you're Caitlyn. "She added smiling at Caitlyn, who nodded and smiled back. "And I'm guessing that's Mitchie and Shane?" she asked looking at the couple who were obviously in the middle of making out, ignoring everything around them
"Yeah, don't mind them, they just started dating today."Caitlyn explained to Ella, chuckling slightly
"Got it. How long have you and Nate been together?" Ella asked curiously and both Nate and Caitlyn's cheeks flushed
"We're not exactly dating." Nate answered looking down
"Oh, I'm sorry. I just thought,I'm sorry." Ella said feeling bad and embarrassed
"It's okay, you didn't know."Caitlyn reassured Ella. "So how did you and Jason meet?" she asked trying hard to change the subject
"I bumped into her when I was on my way to our room." Jason explained, a wide grin appearing on his face
"And then he asked me to join him for dinner with you guys." Ella continued, grinning as well
"Well we're glad you came." Caitlyn said looking adoringly at them
"Oh when did you get here?" Shane asked Jason, suddenly speaking up
Nate rolled his eyes and answered. "10 minutes and if you weren't so busy making out with Mitchie, you would know that."
"I can't help it if my girlfriend is hot and I can't get my hands off of her." Shane replied looking at Mitchie, putting his arm around her
"Or your lips." Nate muttered and everyone laughed while Mitchie blushed furiously
"Anyways this is Ella, my friend." Jason explained and Ella shook hands with Mitchie and then Shane
"Nice to meet you, I'm Mitchie." Mitchie said, "And this is Shane." She added smiling towards Shane
"I know, Caitlyn introduced you guys while you were, you know, making out." Ella said uncomfortably, "But It's nice to meet you again."
"You too." Mitchie replied slightly embarrassed. "Shane, what are you doing?"She asked looking at her boyfriend who was sitting there annoyed, playing "Play My Music" from his phone.
"I'm hungry and the waiter is talking too long so I'm trying to get his attention. Maybe if he hears the song, he'll look towards us and we can finally order." Shane explained sighing in annoyance
"You're weird." Mitchie said laughing at her boyfriend. Seeing the waiter finally come over to their table, she added "But it worked, somehow."
"Yeah, surprisingly it did." Caitlyn agreed as the waiter came over
"Hi, I'm Cody, and I'll be your waiter today, what can I get for you?" a guy in his early 20's with blonde hair and hazel eyes asked, smiling at Caitlyn
"I'll get the rice with the shrimp." Mitchie replied
"Can I get the ravioli?"
"I want the chicken with the pasta."
"I'll have the fish with the rice."
"Alright and what can I get for you two?" the waiter asked Nate and Caitlyn, finishing writing the others' order, looking at them
"Steak." They both answered and then looked at each other surprisingly, smiling
"Okay, I'll be right be right back with your food."Cody finished winking at Caitlyn
"Thank you."Caitlyn replied smiling back shyly
"What was that?" Nate asked Caitlyn
"What?" she questioned
"You were just flirting with him." Nate explained a bit angry
"I was not."
"Yes you were."
"I was not flirting with him."
"Than what do you call that?"
"What?"
"Thank you."Nate mimicked Caitlyn
"I do not talk like that." Caitlyn argued, "And why do you care?"
"Because I just do." Nate answered
"Are you jealous?" Caitlyn asked suddenly realized the reason he was so offensive
"I am not jealous." He scoffed
"Sure, you're not." She told him sarcastically
"I'm not." He shot back defensively
"Whatever." Caitlyn replied looking at Mitchie, Ella, Shane and Jason who were staring at them laughing
"What are you laughing at?" Nate asked irritated
"You're acting like a couple." Shane replied smirking while Nate and Caitlyn blush slightly
"Shane, stop embarrassing them." Mitchie cried, slapping her boyfriend's arm
"Ow, Mitch. That hurt." Shane said rubbing his arm
"Well you deserved it." Mitchie replied smiling
"Why? All I did was say they look like a couple, since when is that a crime?" Shane questioned while Mitchie just rolled her eyes
"So I want to know how you all met."Ella said suddenly speaking up
"Well you know that Shane, Jason and I are brothers, right?" Nate asked sipping on his drink
"Yeah, but I want to know how you, Caitlyn, Jason, Shane and Mitchie, met." Ella explained chuckling yet curious
"Oh, well Shane and I met through Nate and Caitlyn." Mitchie answered looking at the two
"Really? How?" Ella asked excitingly
"Well it's a very funny story, actually."Nate chuckled looking at Caitlyn
"Tell me, I want to hear it." Ella said impatiently
"You want to tell her or should I?" Nate asked Caitlyn
"Let me." Caitlyn answered and told Ella the whole story
"Wow, that's adorable. What are the chances of you guys meeting again? It must be fate." Ella gushed
'Control your fate or somebody else will' Nate thought as he finally realized what that woman meant
"Nate, are you okay?" Caitlyn asked seeing him space out for a second
"Yeah, sorry. I was just thinking." Nate answered smiling
"About what?" Caitlyn wondered
'You' he thought but said "When we can finally get our food "instead
"Oh, well here it comes." Caitlyn said seeing the waiter come back with their food
After dinner
"So what do you guys want to do now?" Shane asked exiting the dinner
"Well I heard there is some show on deck 3, you guys want to go?" Mitchie asked and everyone nodded and started walking towards the elevator
Within minutes, the six arrived at the room where the show was. They all sat down and waited for the show to begin. About 10 minutes later, a man in his middle 30s appeared on stage.
"Welcome, ladies and gentlemen. My name is Chuck and we are going to play a little game here on the cruise. So we are going to need volunteers. Can we get 3 couples out here please?" the man announced looking around the room
"You want to do it?" Mitchie whispered to Shane and he shrugged
"I don't know, sure." Shane replied as he and Mitchie raised their hands
"Looks like we found our first couple. Come on up, you too." Chuck said smiling at Shane and Mitchie as they made their way to the stage
"Well this should be fun." Nate muttered to himself but Caitlyn heard him and giggled softly
Nate turned to her and whispered "I bet you 20 dollars they'll lose because of Shane."
"You're on." Nate answered shaking her hand
"So what are your names?" the announcer asked Shane and Mitchie
"I'm Mitchie and this is Shane." Mitchie said smiling
"Fabulous, now we are going to need 4 more volunteers." Chuck said turning to look at the crowd again. Then he saw two hands in the air, so he motioned for them to come on stage and they did. "Alright, we have our second couple, here. Introduce yourselves."
"I'm Chris and this is my wife Ava." The man in his early 40s said with a smile.
"Great, now all we need is one more couple." Chuck said smiling. "How about you two?" he pointed at a couple who were waving their hands
"Sure." The guy said, grabbing the girl's hand, walking towards the stage.
"Great, now what are your names?" Chuck asked as the couple got on stage
"I'm Emma and this is my fiancé Ethan." The girl answered, smiling
"Wonderful, now here is what we're going to do, we're going to need the girls to go in that room."Chuck said pointing to a room behind the stage and the girls did as told
"Okay now guys, I'm going to ask you questions about the ladies and then I'm going to ask the ladies what they think your answers were and then we'll compare them and see who got the most right." He explained and the boys nodded. "First question, Shane what is Mitchie's favorite food?"
"Um…shrimp?" Shane guessed
"Okay, Chris?"
"Caesar Salad."
"Ethan?'
"I think its chicken alfredo."
20 minutes later, the girls came back and sat next to the boys, and Chuck began talking. "Alright, girls, we asked the boys questions about you and now we will ask you those same questions and you will tell us what you think they answered. The couple with the most points at the end wins and gets a dinner for two in Spark Woodfire Grill Restaurant. Now let's begin, everyone ready?" he asked and everyone nodded. "First question, we asked the boys what your favorite food was, let's see what they said. Mitchie what do you think Shane said?"
"I'm hoping he said fish" Mitchie answered unsure and Chuck told Shane to hold up the card with the answer on it.
"Shrimp? I told you today, I love fish." Mitchie said to Shane who looked at her a little frightened
"Well since Shane said shrimp and you said fish, we'll give you a point for that." Chuck told them and they both smiled and the game went on.
Thirty minutes passed and it was now the end of the game. The scores were close; Mitchie and Shane had matched about 7 answers out of ten. Chris and Ava had 8 answers right and Emma and Ethan had 7 as well.
"I cannot believe you. We lost because of you." Mitchie groaned, looking at Shane as her, Nate, Caitlyn, and Shane walked out of the room. Jason and Ella left sometime during the game, wanting to go for a walk.
"Come on, it was just a game, Mitch." Shane whined not in the mood to argue
"I know, but how could you miss such an easy thing as my favorite color, isn't it obvious it's green?" Mitchie argued, groaning in frustration
"I'm sorry." Shane said looking at her with the best puppy dog face he could
"It's okay, I forgive you."Mitchie told him and suddenly they were happy again, meanwhile Nate and Caitlyn were having their own conversation
"I win, I win, I told you so." Nate teased Caitlyn jumping up and down excitingly
"Okay, fine, you win. Here you go." She said handing him a 20 dollar bill
"Thank you." Nate replied, taking the bill from her.
"Why did you just give him 20 dollars?" Mitchie asked looking at them suspiciously
Caitlyn looked at Nate and then answered "Because we made a bet."
"You did? About what?" Shane questioned looking at them
"You and Mitchie. I bet her 20 dollars you guys would lose because of you and I was right." Nate explained laughing, while Caitlyn shot him a glare
"Okay, whatever. I'm going to our room, I'm tired. "Mitchie stated and then turned to Shane and asked " Walk me there?"
Shane nodded and the two walked away, leaving Nate and Caitlyn alone
"Nate?" Caitlyn asked once they were out of sight
Nate turned to her and asked "Yeah?"
"That song you sang earlier, who was it about?" Caitlyn asked and Nate froze, not knowing what to say.