Hey guys. Here I am back with a new instalment of LOVE ON DECK. Just a correction on my little chapter previously posted. It said chapter eight, but it's really chapter nine. Oops! My bad. Anyways, what did you guys think of Silent Treatment? Personally, I think it was a really funny episode. I just really want my couple back together though. Anyway on with the chapter...Once again I do not own any of these characters. I only own the characters I make up, and the storyline
Love on Deck Chapter 10:
Orientation
December 30,2010
TIPTON CUISINE: 10:50
Early that Friday morning, Cody entered the restaurant and was overwhelmed. He was so excited to take control of the cooking. He wanted to make sure to impress Chef Domenic. For like Chef Paolo, he really looked up to him.
"Ah Cody Martin welcome." Chef Domenic greeted as he walked out of the kitchen.
"It's very nice to finally meet you Chef Domenic. I heard a lot about you." Cody said shaking his hand.
"And I have heard only great things about you from my dear friend Chef Paolo." Cody smiled.
"Now let us get to work now shall we?" Cody nodded and proceeded to the back of the kitchen.
For the next hour of his day, Cody was introduced to the kitchen to get himself familiar with how it works, he met his staff and all were eager to work with him, he was really impressed at the state of the art cooking equipment the restaurant had. He was sure going to have a lot of fun working here. Cody was amazed by the many varieties of foods on the menu. Cody had offered some suggestions to make the food better, and everyone thought that they were all great ideas, and were willing to work with them.
'Now Chef Cody. I must put you to the ultimate test." Chef Domenic said.
"Ultimate...test?" Cody asked a little worried.
"Yes. I want you to create a dish out of all of the things in front of you." In front of Cody was an entire chicken, carrots, garlic, parsley, celery, and some pasta, and some tomatoes.
"I think this can be fairly easy for me." Cody said smiling.
"Get to it then." Chef Domenic smiling.
Cody began cooking up a storm. He was planning to make his famous stuffed chicken with pasta of course with his homemade tomato sauce. Cody smiled as he finished putting the finishing touches on the meal. He was sure that Chef Domenic would be nothing but impressed with his cooking.
"Cody my friend this is very delicious." Chef Domenic said as the rest of the sous chefs smiled and nodded in agreement.
"Thank you sir. I have been making that meal for quite a while now." Cody said smiling.
"I can tell." Chef Domenic commented. "I look forward to working with you Mr. Martin. I know you will bring your best skills to the table." Cody was pleased with his work.
"Thank you very much sir. You will not be disappointed. I promise you, I will only make this restaurant ten times better with the things I have planned." Cody said as he began clearing the counter.
"Please let the cleaning staff do it. You may go. You have a lot of planning to do Mr. Martin. I entrust that you will have a revised menu by next Monday. Your first day in business." Chef Domenic said.
"You can count on me. Thank you again for this amazing opportunity." Cody said as he ran off to his cabin.
"That boy is going to be huge. I know it." Chef Domenic said as he smiled at Cody who had immediately ran out of the doors. He expected big things from this boy. He was sure that he made the right choice in choosing him to take over this business.
TIPTON CONFERENCE ROOM;11;50 AM
"So London are you ready for your first day of training?" Mr. Mosby asked.
"I think so Mr. Mosby." London said with a smile.
'Good now first things first. You must learn your way around the hotel and the boat. Which you already do."
"Then, next step is to check everyone in and to make sure that they are well taken care of correct?"
"London I am very impressed. You are learning really fast." Mr. Mosby smiled."Now you have practiced those skills in the past, now the next order of business is to explain to you the company motto."
"Tipton Industries has a motto?" London asked curiously.
"Yes. Where the needs of others comes first. You understand that don't you London?"
"Yes Mr. Mosby. It means that the guests needs always come before your own personal needs or any of the employees needs."
"Exactly. Now do you know how many hotels your father has around the world?"
"I don't know. 50?"
"No London. 60. Almost half of the hotel s are located in..."
"Thailand. Mommy and daddy's hometown."
"You are absolutely right London. Can you name any other cities hat have the Tipton present?
"Lets see, Boston, Cancun, New York, Malaysia, Hong Kong, Manila, Toronto (let's just pretend for this story o.k.) Vancouver and Texas?"
"No London. New Orleans. But you got the most of them right."
"Mr. Mosby whatever happened to the Tipton at the New Orleans site?"
"Your father has no idea."
"Don't you think we should check it out?" London asked curiously.
'Here let me see on this laptop." Mr. Mosby typed in the address of the Tipton location in New Orleans. "Oh my. It seems to have been destroyed by hurricane Katrina."
"Then that is our first order of business."
"Huh?" Mr. Mosby asked a little confused.
"Mosby, we rebuild the hotel."
"London? Why?"
"Mosby, people are still homeless there correct?"
"Right..."
"Then that settles it. We rebuild the Tipton at New Orleans come up with a reasonable fair to order the state rooms, and then the people will have a roof over their heads not live in those hideous dumpsters."
"London that is a very smart idea. I am very impressed. Let me contact your father right away."
Mr. Mosby was chatting to Mr. Tipton for what seemed like hours. Even though it was only five minutes, it felt like an eternity to the hotel heiress. She was proud of herself that she had made a responsible decision by herself. I guess she didn't need smarticle makeup to make herself smart. Mr. Mosby finally hung up the phone.
"What did daddy say? Did he like my plan?"
"He thought it was a brilliant idea. He was very impressed with your decision making skills." Mr. Mosby said.
"Let me hire the workers right away." London announced as she took the laptop from Mr. Mosby.
Over the next two hours, London posted the job opening site on The Tipton website. Within minutes, applications began pouring through her e-mail address. People were sending photos of their families in poverty, people were asking her to kindly provide them with housing. Mr. Mosby was getting the faxes from the fax machine (a fax machine out at sea why not?). The two were busy organizing the pile for who should get housing and who shouldn't.
"London that was very thoughtful of you to place the announcement on the website."
"I was only thinking of the people Mosby. Like the motto." London said proudly. She was busy e-mailing the families who had received their approval to free housing at The Tipton.
"Wow these applicants are really good." London said as she began sorting through all of the applications. "How are we ever going to get through this Mosby."
"Simple. We organize them into different piles according to the jobs. Doorman, cleaning staff, concierge, bell hop, candy counter girl, singer, waiters, and cooks. Whoever applied for cleaning staff, waiters, and cooks will get the job immediately." Mosby said as they began piling the applicants into eight even piles.
"What about the others?" London asked curiously.
"They have to go through an interview and screening process." Mosby said as he began to contact all of the applicants. The two worked late into the afternoon.
'Geez Mosby who knew being in control could be so much fun?" London asked as she began to write the last acceptance e-mail to the applicants.
"It's not all fun and games London. This is just a start." Mr. Mosby said. "And a very good start if you don't mind my opinion."
"I'm glad I'm starting on the right foot. I want to run this business for as long as I could." London said happily.
"I'm sure you will do a fine job young lady. After what I've seen today, I know your father made the right choice in hiring you."
"Well your manager too. Mosby. You play an important role in the business as well as me." London said as she began to pile the accepted applicants into the filing cabinet.
"But you play the important role London. The final decision is always going to be in your hands. No matter what anybody says."
"Mosby can I ask you something?"
"Ask away?"
"Were you nervous your first day as the hotel manager?"
"Yes I was. Why? Are you nervous?"
"it's just that if the final decision is in my hands, there is a very good chance that I could be making the wrong decision and put the company at a risk of failure once again. I can't handle that thought."
"London. I'm very proud of you for admitting you are nervous. I agree, that making the final decision is not the easiest of jobs. I must say, it is a very difficult job, and you will need some guidance. But don't worry young lady, I will be sure to be there to guide you to the right decision."
"Thanks Mosby that really helps a lot." London said with a smile.
"Now go. You've had a very long and productive long day. You deserve your rest." Mr. Mosby smiled.
"See you tomorrow Mosby." London said as she walked out of the conference room.
NEW YORK CITY: JULLIARD UNIVERSITY 1:30 PM
Zack and the rest of the new students who had to undergo orientation that day were busy filing into the school. Their tour had to begin promptly and began filing into the main lobby. Zack wasn't watching where he was going and accidentally tripped one of the students.
"Oh my goodness I'm so sorry. Are you o.k. miss?"
"I'm fine thank you." She said.
"I'm Zack."
"Maya."
"You're in the music program next year?"
"You bet I am. I'm guessing you are too?"
"Yep."
"Hey, why don't we stick around together? I don't know anyone here, and I'm guessing you don't either."
"Of course. But first you may want to get out of the puddle."
"Oh right." Maya quickly got up and walked alongside Zack. She thought he was distinctly cute. Zack thought that Maya was cute as well but shook the thought away from his mind. He was with Maddie for the love of god.
"Where are you from Maya?"
"Oh I was all over the place. Thailand, Malaysia, then my family settled here in New York."
"Oh that's cool." Zack replied.
"Where are you from Zack?"
"Me and my twin were raised in Boston. Now we do school at Seven Seas High."
"On board the S.S. Tipton?"
"Yes. Are you familiar with the ship?"
"Yes! I wanted to enrol but all of the girls spots were filled." Maya said sadly. "How is it? Is it as much fun as it promises to be?"
"Oh it's always an adventure." Zack said laughing."Especially with my best friends."
"It sounds like a great opportunity." Maya said as she slipped into the door kindly held open by Zack.
"Oh it is. It is so much fun. You get to go through so many experiences."
"What was the most scariest experience? Now be honest, you are a guy but there had to be an adventure that totally freaked you out."
"The time we got cast overboard."
"You guys got cast overboard? How?"
"Well one of my friends London Tipton..."
"The London Tipton?"
"Yes"
"Oh my gosh she is the biggest bubble brain ever!"
"She may be dumb, but she has her moments. Anyways, she was convinced that the ships life boat was her closet. So my twin Cody and his girlfriend Bailey had to help her since she got a shoe stuck to her butt or something, and I wanted to kill my friend Woody, so we ended up all in the life boat. London pushed Woody a little too hard and he accidentally pressed the release buttons sending us overboard."
"Oh my gosh. That does sound scary."
"But we made it out alive thanks to my brothers brains." Zack said laughing.
"Ladies and gentlemen welcome to Julliard University for the Arts. My name is Mrs. King. The admissions director here. You are all here because you are very special people with the ability to play music." The tour had officially began. Zack and Maya were very interested in the facility. They could see it right now. Standing on the stage, people screaming their name after every single performance, and so on and so forth.
"Throughout the course of the orientation for the next months, you will be acquainted with the facility, you will be able to meet the other peers who have made it successfully into the program, and as well you will get to showcase your talent." Everyone was so excited for the big showdown. Where everyone would put on a performance, and blow the directors of the school, and possibly managers away. "I have big plans for you guys. So please don't ruin them!"
"Well that's a change of attitude." Maya whispered to Zack and the both of them just laughed.
The next few hours were spent going through the University, visiting the building where they would be studying, going over some of the things that were happening over the next two months, and basically telling them what to expect come October when classes would begin once again. The students were once again overwhelmed with how much information they were getting. Finally the day was over and the students were free to return to their dorms or their apartments.
'Hey Zack do you want to go out to have a bite or something?' Maya asked as they were making their way out of the facility.
"That might not be such a bad idea." Zack said clutching his stomach. He had only eaten a light breakfast that day so he was pretty hungry.
"Come. I know this amazing pizza place." Maya said as the two friends both made their way to the pizza place.
The two friends were enjoying the warmth of the restaurant while chatting up a storm. Maya told Zack her many adventures from moving from country to country. Zack learned that Maya was moving all the time since her parents got separated, and her mom was a talent agent for Hollywood Records. They were really learning quite a lot about each other. Zack had grown to liking Maya, and Maya well lets just say she was past the friendship stage. She always had this urge of comfort when she was talking to zack. But she always shook it away. Thinking that it isn't right, and nobody would fall for her. She was smaller than most eighteen year old girls.
'Hey Zack it was really nice meeting you." Maya said as they were standing outside their doors.
"It was nice to meet you too Maya. I have a feeling that we are going to be the best of friends." Zack said hugging his new found friend.
"See you tomorrow?"
"Sure." Zack said kissing her on the cheek. Zack blushed as soon as she walked into her dorm. He had grown attached to that chick. And he had just met her six hours ago.
Zack made his way into his building. It turned out to have a nice design. The couches were new, the building seemed like it was built last year or so. Zack found his bags at the front and claimed them. He told the front desk his name and they told him he was on the fifth floor. Zack slowly made his way up the stars, wishing he hadn't packed so much stuff. As soon as he opened the door boy was he surprised.
"Zack?" Zack just stood there in total shock. He couldn't believe his eyes.
SKY DECK 8:30 PM
Cody was slowly placing the finished menu for Tipton Cuisine in a plastic holder he had made. He had worked so hard on making it the best menu ever. He didn't even notice that someone had pulled up a chair beside him.
"Oh hey Maddie." Cody said looking up from the revised menu.
"Hey Cody. Rough day at orientation?"
"Nah just a lot of work." Cody replied with a smile. "How are you doing? Missing Zack a lot?"
"Yeah. But I can't imagine how much you miss him."
"I miss him a lot too." Cody said as he looked at the menus he finished. "But this work kept me occupied for the day."
"Hey guys." London said approaching the group.
"What's new London? You seem quite happy today." Cody said putting the work away.
"I just made a big business decision! Yay me!" London said clapping her hands.
"Like what weather or not to buy designer clothes or regular clothes?" Maddie said laughing.
"No. I decided to rebuild the Tipton Hotel in New Orleans."
"That's a good idea London." Cody said. "Considering people are still homeless now they will have a roof over their heads."
"Exactly." London said as she drank a smoothie that was given to her. They were still in Mexico so it was pretty hot.
"Hey Cody." Bailey said as Cody got up from his seat to hug her.
"I haven't seen you all day where were you?"
"Just making some last minute New Years plans?"
"Like what?" London asked.
"Attention passengers. We will be docking in New York City in the next 12 hours." The Captain said on the speakers.
"You didn't" Maddie said hugging her friends.
"Yep. I did. I knew that New Years wasn't going to be the same without Zack, so I decided if he can't come see us we go to see him."
"How did you manage to pull this off?" Cody asked.
"The captains wife was going into labour in New York City anyways so I managed to ask him to port there just for three nights."
"You are really amazing Bailey." Cody said hugging her tightly.
"O.k. Who's hungry? I could sure use some food right now." London said.
"The pizza place is still open." Bailey said.
"Let's go then." Cody said as the four friends took off.
This is the end of Chapter 10. Once again sorry for the misunderstanding for my previous chapter. I labelled it chapter eight instead. Oh well. Hope this makes it up to you guys. And please review my story. I haven't been getting any new reviews recently. Reviews always make the story so much better.