I watched him move throw the crowd. I don't know how he always moves without touching anyone. I started moving to the bar when a man moved in front of me.

"Sorry, I just wanted to know if you would dance with me." He asked me.

"Um,"

"Never mind," He turned and walked away.

"Can I get a drink first?" I asked him. He looked back at me. I walked over to the bar.

"What can I get you Ms. Davis?" The bartender asked.

"Club soda please and?" I looked at the guy.

"Same." He nodded and poured us two drinks. "It's nice to meet you Ms. Davis." He held out his hand. I took it and shook it.

"Sam please."

"Taylor, or Mr. Dorsey." I took a drink to hide my smile. When the bartender came back I waved him over.

"Yes?" He asked me.

"The couple Mr. Peterson had pushed up, and send in. Can you find them and send them someone special." I asked him. He smiled and nodded.

"Anything in mind?"

"There here on their honey moon. Something to make them remember there trip?"

"I'll get it done," He walked away. I took a drink and looked up at the guy.

"Sorry, I would have forgotten if I didn't do it now. Do you still want to dance?" I asked him.

"After you answer what that was all about?"

"I pushed a head in the line and felt bad about it." He nodded and led me to the dance floor.

"Can I ask something else?" He asked me.

"Sure?"

"It's not common someone agrees to dance when there on a trip with someone else?" He told me. I stopped and looked up at him. "The guy you've been dancing with."

"It's not what you think. We're not together or anything." He smiled at me and pulled me to him. We danced, throw a few songs. I saw Peter sitting at the bar smiling at me. I waved at him. Taylor stopped us. I looked up at him.

"What's wrong?" I asked him.

"Your, it's not what I thinking about is back."

"Peter," I told him.

"We'll Peter's back, I don't want to step on toes." He said as he was walking me over to Peter. Peter stood up and held out his hand.

"Peter this is Taylor, Taylor this is Peter." Peter nodded, then leaned over and kissed my check.

"Good night Love," He walked around us and left. I watched him and looked up at Taylor.

"I told you it wasn't what you were thinking." I smiled at him.

"It didn't look like nothing." He told me.

"It can look like that but it wasn't. Peter's gay," I told him. I saw his mouth almost drop to the floor. He looked at me, then where Peter disappeared.

"It really wasn't anything I thought. You came on a cruise with a gay man?" He asked me. I laughed at him. He really was having a hard time taking all of this in.

"Mostly we're here on business. We're also trying to fit in some down time because we've been working really hard." I told him.

"You're working on a curies?"

"Yes,"

"Doing what?" He asked me. Two drinks showed up in front of us.

"Making sure everything runs smoothly for the first voyage of Dawn Breaker. Don't ask me about the name, he picked it. I tried for two years to get him to change the name."

"He who?"

"Peter, Peter is Mr. Peterson who owns the ship." Again his mouth dropped opened.

"Can I ask who you are to all that?"

"Personal assistant and best friend to Peter." He looked my face over and smiled.

"You are a very surprising woman. Also the most beautiful. Makes me wonder why you don't have someone already?" He asked me.

"Guys either think the same thing you do, or there crazy. Don't think that's just who I meet. That's just the,"

"Sorry Ms. Davies, there's just a little problem." The bartender said and handed me a phone.

"Hello?"

"Sorry Sam, we're having a little problem down in the main kitchen." Sandy told me.

"I'll be right there." I handed the phone back. "I'm really sorry, but I have to go." I waved, took my purse and walked out.

"Again I'm really sorry Sam, the cook just called me and told me this was happening." She said and waved to the stack ovens.

"What happened?" I asked her.

"It's not working. It won't turn on and work right. I know nothing about kitchens and Marcus isn't answering his phone. This man can't even speck so I can understand him. If we can't get this working there won't be anything to eat tomorrow." She was frisking out. I poured her a glass of wine and sat her down.

I walked over to the stove and looked it over. Then looked behind it and couldn't figure out what was wrong. I grabbed a phone and called Peter.

"Love he's a good man," He said and sounded like he was half asleep.

"That's really nice and all, but I'm in the kitchen and the stoves aren't working." I told him. He asked where I was and told me he would be right there. I kept looked around for a way to fix it while I was waiting.

"Alright fill me in." I looked back and saw Peter walking into the kitchen in his pants and flip flops. Sandy and I shrugged. The cook started going off, specking something I didn't know. Peter asked a few things back, then nodded and walked over to the stove. He opened the doors walked in. We all watched him flip some switches and walked back out. He shut the doors and turned it on.

"How did you do that?"

"It self-cleans itself. But won't work while in that mode." He told me and started talking to that man again. Then took my arm and walked me out.

"Thank you, I'm sorry. Thank you." Sandy said. Peter nodded and just walked us away.

"I woke you up didn't I?"

"Love, stop worrying. I'm still half asleep and don't have much control right now. And yes Taylor is a very nice man." He told me.

"How do you know?"

"I'll tell you tomorrow." He opened our door and walked us in. Took off his pants and got right back into bed. I got ready for bed and moved next to him. He pulled me to him and kissed my head. "He also likes you." He said softly.

"Lots of men like me."

"Not ones who will watch you for three hours dancing with another man and still have the courage to ask you to dance." I looked up at him and saw he was smiling.

"We danced for three hours?"

"Yes love and you were all he could see." He kissed my head. I closed my eyes and fell asleep.

"Peter the door," I said, someone was knocking on the door. He didn't move. I pushed him away. "Door."

"Alright Love I'm getting the door." He got up and went to answer the door.

"What the hell," He said. I rolled over and saw Julia and Ricky standing there.

"It's noon, are you planning on getting up any times today?" She asked us.

"Tell that to the kitchen." He said and shut the door. "Love move over." He said and moved behind me.

"Fine we'll just go have fun without you. We found slides." Julia said.

"I ordered then," Peter said.

"There's slides," I asked Peter.

"Back of the ship," Peter told me. I got up and gave him a push. "I'm sleeping." He said to me.

"No you're not, you're trying to go back to sleep. I know what you look like when you're sleeping, this isn't' it. Come on, I want to check out the slides." He cracked up his eyes and looked at me. Pushed the blankets back and got back up. He opened the door and waved Julia and Ricky out. I already grabbed my suit and was heading to the bathroom.

"I need to sleep sometimes woman." Peter said throw the door.

"I'll make sure your in bed early tonight." I opened the door and kissed his check. He put on his sunglasses and opened the door for me.

After we finely got the sleepy heads out of bed, the day was great. Not that Ricky and I didn't have a great morning without them. But they knew where everything was.

Sam picked a really nice place to have dinner. But half way throw our dessert Peter leaned over kissed Sam on the check, pushed his chair back and walked away. I watched him. Then looked over at Sam. She saw me.

"He'll be back in a few minutes." I watched her take a drink of her drink.

"Where's he going?" I asked her.

"That thing you weren't very happy about. Really it will only take a few minutes." She told me. Ricky leaned over and kissed my check. He also slipped something in my ear.

"Excuse me, I just need to run to the bathroom." I said and walked away from the table. I walked into the bathroom and disappeared in a stall. Then started making my way where Ricky was telling me where I would find Ricky. When I found him, I throw up a field and started pushing him backwards. When I got him in a back hallway, I throw up a field over the cameras.

"Julia I'm working." Chris said in a pissed off voice. I folded my arms and leaned against the wall at the end of the hallway.

"And I told you clearly to stay away from my family. Your job is getting very close to my family." He looked at me.

"Then tell your boyfriend to stay away from my job." I started laughing.

"Ricky, you think I'm keeping you away from Ricky. How do you think I keep finding you? Ricky showed me to where you were." I told him.

"Then who the hell are you keeping me from?" He yelled at me.

"Who the fuck do you think I'm keeping you from. Has being Diesel's lap dog made you stupid?" I asked him. He looked around trying to find me.

"Peter's here?" Chris asked me. I walked over to him and sucker punched him.

"You don't get to say his name. You don't even get to think about him. It's been 10 fucking years Chris. 10 fucking years." I showed myself as I punched him again. He's eyes turned dark and he looked down at me.

"I've been working." I started laughing at him.

"What do you think everyone else does when they get out of school? I've worked for our government and the supers for 10 years and I still make it home. Don't try to tell me you couldn't pick up the phone and call the man you said you loved. 10 fucking years you bastered." He flicked his finger to me and something hit the force field.

"You have powers," I said and I couldn't believe what I just saw.

"Of course I have powers," He said like I lost my mind.

"Why didn't you ever tell me? Why did you hide it?" I asked him.

"Because at the time all I could do was stop time and the man I love didn't have one." He told me.

"Peter has powers. Peter's powers showed themselves before mine did. He didn't say anything because you did and he didn't want anyone to know." I told Chris, he looked at me and was reading my face. "Everyone from that crash got powers. If you had some, why would you ever think he didn't?" I asked him.

"He never told me." Chris sounded hurt.

"You never told him, you the man he thought loved him never told him. Peter didn't say anything to anyone for years. Diesel con it out of him. Your boss is also blackmailing my brother to do his dirty work." I told him.

"He has powers?" Chris asked again.

"I already answered that."

"What are they?" He almost pleased at me to tell him.

"10 years ago Peter could read minds." He looked up at me and I could see the pain. "You have no right to fell back, you brought all of this on yourself." I yelled at him. Something snapped and he flicked his fingers at me again. Something hit my force field. I throw a ball back at him. It was stopped also. I glared and dropped the force field. That started an all-out war.

"You have to be out of your fucking minds." Someone yelled behind me. We both froze. Slowly I turned around and saw Peter standing there and he was really pissed off. He was looking behind me.

"What the fuck do you think you're doing? I'm fucking here to prevent someone finding out about us. Now my fucking sister, my fucking sister is out in the open showing off. You work for the fucking government, out of everyone I would have thought you would have understood what the rules are. Clean this up and make sure no one saw or heard you. Tomorrow make sure you find yourself off my ship and not back on." He yelled at us, turned around and walked away.

"His ship?" Chris asked.

"Peter is Mr. Peterson, he owns the ship." I told him.

"He owns this ship?"

"Peter is a successful business man and just kicked us off his ship. Better inform Diesel you can't do your job any longer." I started walking away.

"He can't," I stopped and shook my head.

"One thing you need to learn is if Peter said something you better do it. Leave willing or he'll make you leave and you won't remember you were ever here and might not remember who you were. I said 10 years ago he could read minds. That's not the same today." I walked away.

"She means it," I looked around and saw Diesel leaning against the back wall.

"How long have you been here?"

"Long enough to find out a lot of things. I also understand a few things, that no one would help me understand. Working for me was always your chose Chris."

"What do you want?" I asked him.

"Your job is over. You only need to watch your man until Peter could do his job. I also would listen to him, Peter is more powerful than me." He said and pushed off the wall.

"You want me to get off this ship and onto an island I know nothing about."

"Chris I don't care what you do, stay on the ship or get off the ship. I just came to tell you, your job is over." He was gone. I headed to the newest door outside and light up a smoke.

"Sure did make a mess of things didn't you?" I looked over and saw Ricky walking over to me.

"What do you want?"

"At one time we were friends Chris, I came to see how you were. Julia doesn't hold back when she's upset. Then seeing someone you loved for the first time in 10 years can be hard." He told me.

"So he's moved on." He turned and looked at me.

"What?"

"You and Julia both keep on saying loved. I know I still love him, so he must not love me. I asked you if he's moved on?" Chris smiled and looked out at the water.

"You're talking to the wrong guy, Chris. Julia and I are hardly even in state let alone the country. If you want to know if Peter has moved on, you're going to need to talked to him and ask. 10 years is a long time, but hi still works."

"If you weren't informed, I was kicked off the ship tonight." He started laughing.

"Weather he knows or not. The ship won't leave without everyone back on it. All the pushing he could do won't stop that. Being stuck on a ship for the next four days could help you." He pushed off the railing and started walking away. "Oh ya, the woman isn't he's." He said.

"What?"

"The woman you'll see around him, she isn't his. He's still the same man and still is gay." He opened the door and was gone. I stood there trying to take everything in. I pulled out my smokes and light up another one.

I walked away before the tears could fall. I walked to the top desk. Most of these desks were empty. I leaned against the railing and let go.

"Peter?" A worried Sam said and touched my arm. She put her arms around me and hugged me. "What happened?" She asked me.

"Later," I told her, put my arms around her and held her to me. "I kicked my sister off the ship." She pulled back and looked at me. I just started laughing.

"What's so funny?"

"It's against protocol, everyone has to be accounted for before the ship can leave. I'm stuck on this ship for four days, with my sister and the man I've thought I love. What makes things worse, I made up that rule." I just started laughing harder.

"What?"

"After taking care of what I needed to, I got lost and ran into my sister fighting with her powers with the man I thought I've been in love with for the last 10 years. Turns out he had powers all along. There they were in the middle of the hallway fighting. Now I'm stuck with them." I told her.

"That explains where she's been running off to." I looked down at her. She took my hand and waited, I opened my mind to her and let her show me what she wanted. I watched her watch Julia run off a few times. "I didn't think someone needed to go to the bathroom, that many times and that long." She told me.

"She's knew all along?" I couldn't believe it.

"The man you showed me, he's here?" She asked me.

"In the flash. How did you find me?" I asked her.

"As Ricky was leaning he pointed me to where I should go and find you. It took me a while. Are you going to inform them they don't have to leave?" She asked me.

"No, but I'm going to drop their name and not let them off. Do you want me to find you your man?" I asked her?

"No I want to take my friend out to get drinks and to bed. I remember I told you I would put you to bed early." She told me and I let her walk me to the closes bar.

"What will you have?" She asked me.

"Anything Love, you pick." She walked over to the bar and was given a bottle and glasses. She filled our glasses.

"Peter now that you've seen him, do you still love him?" She asked me after a few drinks.

"I can't answer, but if I see him, I'll point him out." She looked at me.

"You're not going to go find him and talk to him?" She asked me.

"Love I waited three years for him to come home and talk to me. I don't have anything to stay to him. If he feels like he has something to say to me, I'll listen. Besides that, that's part of my past." I told her.

"But you love him?"

"I also hate him the same amount for what he did to me. Julia I loved the same person, since I was 12. It's not easy to get over the hurt he cased."

"But what did he do?" She asked me.

"When he was 18 he enlisted in the army. I didn't care, my dad was in the army for years. But he never told me or Julia. A week before school got out he finely told us. We spent a week together and he left. He said he would be back in two years. I waited and he never came back?" She was looking at me.

"Never?"

"Not that I know of. But now here he is and Julia's been hiding him from me. Or maybe she's been hiding me from him. She's a good sister." She nodded and filled our cups up.

"I'll make sure they know they can't leave. Come on," She grabbed my hand and pulled me up. I put my arm over her shoulders and kissed her head.

"Do whatever you want love." She put her arm around me and walked us to our room.

I got us in the room and got his clothes off. He laid down and let me covered him.

"Come to bed love." I didn't say anything and waited a few minutes for him to fall asleep. I changed my clothes, grabbed my purse and walked out of the room. I took a few deep breaths and knocked on the door to Ricky and Julia's room. It took a few minutes then the door opened.

"I'm sorry if I woke you up." I told Ricky.

"No, we haven't went to bed yet." He told me. I saw Julia on the bed crying.

"Peter didn't mean what he said. We'll he did mean it, but really he won't let either of them off the ship. Peter put a protocol on the ship that it won't leave port without everyone accounted for. I'm just warring you that Peter won't let either of them off the ship. Now if you could, could you please point me in the direction of other party?" I asked Ricky.

"What?" Julia asked. She got up off the bed and walked over to us.

"Peter isn't kicking you off the ship, you won't even get past the doors in the morning. What he said, he did when he was upset. It doesn't happen a lot, but when it does you just kind of have to give him it. Now if you'll please point me to where I need to go or give me a name?" I asked them.

"You want to go talk to Chris?" Ricky asked me.

"I don't want to talk to him, I just need to inform him that he isn't allowed to leave." Julia just looked at me. I watched Ricky look over my head. I didn't understand what was going on.

"Has Peter told you anything about Chris?" Julia asked me and wiped her eyes.

"I know most the story, didn't know what his name was." She nodded and leaned against Ricky.

"Room 2014," Ricky told me.

"Thank you, I'll see you in the morning. With most the people getting off, there will be a lot we can do." I told them.

"He'll still be mad at me."

"You're his sister," I told her and walked away. It took me a few minutes to find the right floor and room. Again I took a few deep breaths and knocked on the door. I looked at my watch and knocked again. It was late, but I started tapping my foot.

"Can I help you?" I looked over and saw a man leaning against the wall down the hall from me. I looked at him closely and folded my arms.

"Just because you're different doesn't mean you can be rude. Anyways I'm here to give you a friendly worrying that your name will be at the door and you will not be allowed to leave the ship tomorrow. Try and you will be confined to your room." I turned and started walking away. "And the sign you're leaning against, read it." I told him. I turned the corner and almost ran into someone.

"Oh god." I said and put my hand on my chest.

"Who are you?" He asked me. I looked back around the corner and saw he wasn't there. How did he get here? I held out my hand for him.

"Samantha Davis,"

"Who are you?" He asked me again, I folded my arms and thought about telling him.

"I'm sure I just told you who I was." I told him and walked around him.

"You told me your name, not who you are." I turned and headed outside. For some reason I know he would follow me all the way back to my room.

"Why do you need to know who I am so bad?" I asked him.

"You just gave me a worrying against the one I was given earlier. Who should I believe?" He asked me.

"You don't have to believe me. Try and you will be confined to your room. I said that so you would know what would happen. Ok maybe you won't be confined to your room if you try to see if you could leave. But if you did try to leave you would. Maybe not your room, that would be hard for someone to watch you in your room. It also would be up to the captain where you would be. It's his ship, but then he would have to know what's going on. So maybe you would be confined in your room. I really haven't worked all that out. I just came to tell you that you can leave." He was just looking at me.

"You remind me of someone?" He told me. I looked up at him and saw he was trying to figure it out.

"Are you going to try to leave?" I asked him.

"No," I nodded.

"Good, because I really don't know how I would explain all of this to the captain. He's a nice guy but a stick in the mud. Hey how did you move so fast?" I asked him. I looked up at him and he was gone, he tapped my should and I looked over at him.

"That?" He asked.

"I didn't think you should openly do that." I told him.

"You were the one who said I was different. Who told you?" I thought about it.

"No one had to tell me, ok someone told me you were in a fight with Julia. How did you do that?" I asked him.

"By freezing time, you?" I started laughing.

"I'm just me, nothing extract. I have enough on my plate without having to deal with extract. How do all of you do it?" I said. I've watched Peter go throw it so many times throw the years.

"Not something you have a chose on." I looked up at him and watched him pull out a smoke. He flicked his finger and it light. But there was hurt in his eyes.

"I'm about to ask questions and know I shouldn't. So I'm not going to. But whatever you're thinking right now. Maybe there's someone who should know what you're thinking." He gave me a look. "I don't like to pair, I suck at it really. I like to stick to what I know and what I'm good at and this isn't what I'm good at. I'm really good at specking my mind and I know I shouldn't. I really shouldn't even be here, but here I am and I know I should. I like Julia and she's fun to be around. If she left, I would, I don't know. But it wasn't my chose to, whatever. Do leave." I nodded and started walking away.

"Sara,"

"Sam, it's Sam." I huffed at him.

"No that's who you reminded me of." I looked back at him. He was smiling at me.

"Mix that with a little of all the woman and that's who I will remind me of." He looked my face over. I opened the door and walked inside.

When I got to our room. I got dressed in my PJ's and moved next to Peter. He put his arm around me and pulled me to him. I fell asleep, smiling. I liked Chris.

I woke up slowly, Sam was laying half way over me and dreaming very loudly. I kissed her head and moved out from under her. I pulled on some shorts and running shoes. Then left for a run. I shut the door and turned around. Ricky was standing there looking at me.

"Joining me?" I asked him. He smiled and followed me onto the deck. We started running.

"How long?" I asked him. He slowed down, I matched his pace.

"She saw him at the first dinner." I thought about it. When she went to the bathroom, Sam picked up on it right away. "He didn't know you were here, was here working for Diesel, the guy you pushed last night was the guy he was watching." He told me.

"So she was hiding me from him?" I asked him.

"Yes," We picked up speed and he ran with me till I was done. I stopped and leaned against the railing.

"Sam came and talked to us last night." He told me. I smiled and wiped my face off. "She also went and talked to Chris." I looked over at him.

"Explain?"

"She came to tell us that we cannot leave the ship. We shouldn't even try to leave the ship and she has things planned because everyone should be leaving the ship. When she was done she asked for me to point her where she could find Chris to say mostly the same thing."

"She takes things into her own hands, balls of steal." I shook my head.

"She does things like this a lot?"

"Yes, drives me mad most the time. But in the end she's always in the right. I was mad that they would pull some shit like that and yelled. When I remember what I said, I couldn't stop laughing. I was the one who made the rule that everyone has to be accountable." I smiled at the thought.

"Are you mad that we didn't say anything to you?"

"Ricky I have nothing to say to him. He's the one who left and never came back. The fact that he's here, doesn't change anything. I'm not mad at Julia for anything besides showing herself in the open."

"You'll need to tell her that, she was pretty upset last night." I looked over at him.

"I'll talk to her. Come on let's get back." We walked back and went into our own rooms. I went over and kissed Sam on the head. She rolled towards me.

"Why are you waking me up?" She asked me.

"I'm going to take a shower, are you ready to wake up?" I asked her.

"Why?" She asked me.

"Brunch, then fun." She picked up at me. "Or you can take Julia to the spa?"

"We made plans to do that tomorrow. Can we just do nothing for a little while?"

"You can take a nap on me in the wave pool?" She nodded and held out her hand for me. I helped her up. She walked right around me and into the bathroom.

I let her take a shower and walked out on the deck. I watched the waves.

"Your turn," She told me. I walked inside and went to take my shower. "Peter?"

"Yes love?"

"I talked to Julia last night," I turned off the water and wrapped on a towel. I kissed her head as I past.

"I know love," She followed me out after turning off the light.

"What?"

"I know you went and talked to her and Chris last night. Don't worry about it." When I was done getting dressed I looked over at her and saw she had her back to me. "Love?"

"I hate that you know everything." She said.

"Ricky told me, I don't know everything." I hugged her. She hugged me back. When she pulled back she looked up at me.

"Alright feed me." I grabbed everything and pulled on my sun glasses as she opened the door. She knocked on their door. "Where are we going to eat?" She asked me.

"We'll order on the desk." She knocked again and leaned against me. "When did you come to bed?"

"I drank too much."

"You can nap soon, I think we should just leave."

"We're coming, hold on." Julia yelled out. I got a peck at her mind and shocked my head. They opened the door and walked out. We headed to the deck and ordered something to eat.

"What are we going to do now."

"Pool," Sam took off her skirt and pulled me with her. I pulled her to a stop and pulled off my shirt. Took everything out of my pockets and pulled her shirt off also. Then walked with her over to the pool. When I was sitting I pulled her on me and turned her so she was laying down.

"It's just like she disappeared?" Ricky said as he helped Julia onto him. She put her feet onto me and we started moving.

"Julia, I'm not mad at you." She looked away and I could see her eye teared up.

"You should be," I grabbed her feet and rubbed them.

"Why, you were being my sister."

"Because he didn't just hurt you. Because if you did what I did I would be mad. He just left and never came back or even said anything. Then I found out we've been working for the same person almost. I really don't work for Diesel all that much. I'm pissed Peter." Ricky put his arms around her.

"I noticed that last night. I'm sorry Julia."

"I just want to hurt him, I want him to know how much he's hurt me. My best friend left without much of a goodbye and didn't say anything for 10 years. He acts like he didn't even know me."

"I could help with that?" She wiped off her face and gave me a look.

"No, is she asleep?" I looked down and saw Sam was already out.

"We were drinking last night, she never has a hangover, but sleeps most the next day." They laughed at that.

We waited around, when Sam woke up she rolled over and fell off me. As she stood up, she spit out the water that was in her mouth.

"Awake love?" I asked her with a smile. I helped her back on me and put my arm behind her.

"Where still here?" She asked and looked around.

"It was nice, just sitting here and not having to do anything. Plus you were sleeping."

"You didn't have to stay here." Sam told her.

"It was fine, anyways you were sleeping on Peter. What should we do now?" Julia asked.

"Eating sounds good," And that was that. The girls got off us and got out of the pool. I watched them, then looked over to Ricky.

"I'm good here, you?" I nodded and we just waited around. When we got to the steps, we got out and went over to the table. Food was already there waiting for us.

"We're going rock climbing after this, are you coming?" Sam asked me.

"Do you need us?" Ricky asked.

"Your nice to look at, we'll wait for you." Julia said. After we eat, they went to get changed and meet them by the back climbing wall. We all went, and then Ricky and I sat down and watched them.

"I don't think we're needed anymore." He told me.

"How could you tell? What are we going to do with ourselves tomorrow while there at the spa?"

"What's there to do for men?" He asked me. I thought about it as I watched the woman climb up.

"We'll look around, I'll," I stopped when I saw Sam froze. I got up and walked over to the wall. I stepped over the rope. Everyone started making a fuss.

"Sam," I called up to her.

"Why did you let me do this?" She asked me.

"I'll catch you if you fall, come down." She shook her head no. "Sam just let go," She shook her head again and wouldn't move.

"Help," She said softly.

"Sam I promise I'll catch you, just let go and come down." She looked down at me. Then shocked her head no. I waved the guy over and took the rope. I put the end under my foot and started pulling on it. I pulled her off the wall and started lowering her down. When she was in front of me, I put my arm around her and put her on her feet.

"Your safe," She nodded and still wouldn't move. I smiled and helped her out of her harness, picked her up and walked back over to the table.

"Something to drink?" I asked and handed her my drink. She took it. Ricky was watching and wanted to know what was going on? I shocked my head no. I would tell him later. I turned Sam's face to mine and waited for her to look at me.

Slowly I pushed her thoughts into the back of her mind. When I was done, I watched her waiting.

"I'm hungry,"

"Where to?" Julia asked Sam. They got up and took off. Slowly we got up and followed them.

"What was that about?"

"Heights bring up bad memories. I've learned to push thoughts in the back of the mind. That memory is a vital part of her life. I can't make her forget it without changing her." We followed the girls into a restaurant and sat down at a table. We ordered our food and drinks.

"Where to next?" I asked when we were done eating. The girls looked at each other.

"Dancing." They got up and ran out. I left a tip and walked out with Ricky.

"I don't think I'm going to have time alone with Julia." I told me.

"Sam?" I called after the girls. They stopped and looked back at us.

"No dancing?" She asked and walked back at me.

"Go get ready and I'll catch up." She bounced back to Julia. I nodded Ricky to follow me. We walked up to the offices, I knocked on Sandy's door and walked in.

"Mr. Peterson?" She asked.

"I need you to block off section A and put together a romantic dinner for two, wine and dancing." She started making notes and nodding at me.

"I'll get it done, what would you and Sam like to eat?"

"It's not for me," She looked up at me.

"So the rumors are true?"

"What rumors?" I asked her. She looked at Ricky, and then looked back at me.

"That Sam was checking on you." Ricky started laughing.

"Sandy Sam and I are not an item. I'm gay, we just work together. The dinner is for my sister and Ricky. Just put together a really nice dinner, or wait and let them order something. If you have questions, come find me later." I got up and walked out with Ricky.

"Her face was priceless. What are you and Sam going to do while we're at dinner?" He wanted to know.

"I'm sure we can find something to do, I'll give you the box before you leave with her. After being pampered all day should put her in a good mood."

"Thanks man," I nodded. We walked into our own rooms. Sam was getting ready. I got in the shower and washed off.

"Where did you guys run off to?" She asked when I got out.

"Set up a dinner for Ricky and Julia. That will give us time to take care of my last person. I kissed her head and walked out. I was buttoning up my shirt when she walked out. She put on a sexy black dress.

I zipped up the back and tied it for her. She turned around and fixed what she thought should be fixed. Then she opened the door and walked out. I grabbed what I needed and watched her knock on the door.

"Sandy thinks were together." I told her.

"I've told her a million times we just work together." She rolled her eyes at me.

"There's also a rumor going around that your checking on me." She rolled her eyes at me again.

"Now why would anyone who was with you want to do? You're the prefect person. Why are people always so noises? Thank you for earlier." I pulled her to me and put my arms around her. She moved so I wouldn't mess up her hair. I kissed her forehead.

"Any time love. You're the one who lets me in." She kissed my check.

"No one can keep you out."

"Your right, but you openly let me." She put her arms around me and kissed my check. "You haven't asked me about your dance partner yet?"

"Things have came up, I'm waiting for you to tell me." I smiled and saw her thoughts. She was thinking about him.

"He's a good guy, Love."

"Why's he on this curies." She asked me.

"He's here on business. A travel magazine sent him to get the dirt." She pulled back and looked at me.

"What?"

"He's done a piece for the other two ships, they were very good pieces and so far this one should be also. That has nothing to do with him liking you." She didn't believe me.

"This sucks,"

"When did he find out who you were?" I asked him.

"Right before I had to run out of there because Sandy needed helps. What does that have to do with anything?"

"Samantha he watched you dance with me for three hours before coming up to you and asking you to dance. After you danced, you told him who you were. That's what it has to do with anything. If I thought he was using you I wouldn't have left. He really is a nice guy Love."

"I hate dating and guys." I smiled at her.

"I don't think anyone likes them." Julia said.

"How did you do it? You have the prefect boyfriend." Sam turned around and asked.

"I was con into it. Ready?" Julia asked, Sam nodded and pulled me along with her. She took us to another club. I let her talk to the man behind the rope. It didn't take as long and we were let in. Sam led us onto the dance floor and pulled me to her. After the third dance I saw Taylor, he was sitting at a table in the back and he was watching Sam closely.

"Love, are you ready to rethink hating guys?" I asked her. She looked up at me. I turned her around and pointed out Taylor to her.

"What?"

"He really likes you Love, give him a chance." I kissed her head and walked over to the bar.

"What can I get you Mr. Peterson?" There were three bartenders, but without making herself really known the woman fought to help me.

"Scotch," I asked her. She smiled at me as she got what I asked for. Then added ice and some mint. I took it and gave the glass a look.

"Just try it," I gave the glass a look and thought about it.

"You put mint in it," I told her.

"Just try it," She told me and was waiting. This is why I hate having to order my own drinks. Sam always makes sure I don't have to drink stuff like this. I picked up the glass and took a drink. I hated the mint at once. The glass was taking out of my hand. I looked over and saw Sam. She sat it down, shaking her head. I watched her lean over the bar, grabbed another glass, put ice in it and poured Scotch in it. Hand it back and walked away. I gave the woman a tip, sat down and turned around.

"It was just mint," The woman said in a huff. I smiled and took a drink.

"Sorry about her, Mr. Peterson, want a refill?" I nodded and gave him my glass.

"Its fine, Peter please." He nodded and filled up my glass.

"Luke," He said and shook my hand. "you must get that a lot?" He said and nodded to the woman.

"Not normal, do you like your job so far?" He nodded right away. "This isn't a test."

"The job is great and the tips are even better. I worked on the Midnight breeze, before I was transferred here. This is over the top." He said and looked around.

"Thank you, now let me hear the but." I told him.

"Some people are a little over achievers. Working hard is great, I would never say no to that. But you could tell with the drink, you don't doctor something up. Unless someone wants it." He told me.

"You do know you have full control over you staff." He just looked at me. "You're there supervisor, not the other way around. Yes you're all new to the job, but you know how things work around here already. How did you know who I was?" I asked him.

"You and Sam came on the midnight breeze to check up on things. Sam pulled me aside and sternly told me how to make your drinks. For about 10 minutes I thought I was going to be fired, she watched me make them. Thanked me and just walked away. Something like that you don't forget."

"Sorry, she comes off like that a lot."

"Don't be, when she left she gave me a raise and promotion." I looked up at him. What the hell would she do that for?

"She did all that because you could make a neat scotch?" I asked him.

"That was just the start. She didn't just hand me thought things. By the end of the week she give them to me because I earned them."

"Did you sleep with her?" I asked him. He took a step back and stood up straight.

"No sir I wouldn't do that sir."

"Then you must have eared it, she wouldn't have given you a raise without case. Now you can doctor my drink." He was already on top of it. He gave me my glass back with line in it.

"Why does he get to do something to your drink?" The woman asked.

"Mr. Peterson this is April." I nodded and looked back at Sam. She was happy. I heard Luke talk to her quietly. She huffed off.

"April isn't going to work out," I told him.

"Sorry again, she had really good resume. Worked in clubs for a few years." He told me looking over to her.

"Then move her to a younger club where she would fit in, if she sticks her breasts out to another married man. She's going to get herself in to a lot of trouble." I pointed out what was going on.

"Sorry again,"

"Keep saying sorry and I won't think you have anything else to say. I'm going to take that look as you've already talked to her about that?" I asked him.

"Last night someone throw a drink in her face." I laughed at that.

"Get ahold of Sandy and have her moved and maybe a bar." Luke tried not to laugh. He started making two drinks and put them next to me. I looked at him, he nodded behind me. I turned and saw Sam and Taylor walking over to me.

"How's Barbie?" Sam asked and sat down. She took the drink. "Thanks."

"Be nice," She looked down the bar at the woman.

"Who's Barbie?" Taylor asked.

"The woman who is sticking her fake boobs at everyone." Sam told him and kept glaring at April. "Oh, Taylor this is Luke." Luke and Taylor shook hands.

"Her name is April, stopped getting upset she'll be moved somewhere where she'll fit in. It was just mint." She gave me a look.

"Did you like it?" Taylor was watching us and smiling.

"I tried it didn't I?"

"You shouldn't have had to try it, did you ask for it. No, I know that because who the hell would want it." I smiled and moved out of the way for her to see what was about to happen. There was some yelling, then a drink was throw in Aprils face.

"Feel better now?" I asked her.

"Yes, thank you." She kissed my check.

"Anytime love, have a good evening." I kissed her forehead, grabbed my full glass and walked out. As I walked around the deck, I rolled up my sleeves. When I got to the front deck, I leaned against the railing watching the water.

I heard someone walking over to me and heard there thoughts. It didn't take me long to know who it was. I listened for a few minutes, then pulled back and closed down that part of my mind. I just waited.

"She's beautiful." He said to me.

"Yes she is," I took a drink. I smiled and knew he like everyone else thought we were together.

"Oh thank god I finely found you. We need a system or you need a phone. Though it wouldn't work out here. Maybe if it was a ships phone," I looked back and saw Sandy stop to think about it.

"What can I do for you Sandy?"

"Sorry Mr. Peterson," She shook her head and waved her hand. "Dinner, I suck at picking what people should eat. I started putting everything together and remember that. I did it once, that's how I lost my last boyfriend. Or it could do with me moving onto the ship without talking to him."

"Sandy?" She shook her head again.

"I would have asked Sam, but I didn't know if she should know about the dinner. So here I am, what would you like the dinner to be." She asked and opened her folded. She looked up at me and gave me time to think about it.

"Lemon chicken," I told her. She wrote it down and looked up at me.

"I should ask Sam?" She asked me. I nodded at her, she closed her folder.

"Whatever club Luke works in, she'll be there. She knows about the dinner and well help."

"Thank you," She turned and walked away. I turned back around and took another drink.

"Peter,"

"Chris?" I said back to him. Again he just stood there.

"Peter really, why am I planning the date?" I looked back and saw Sam walking over to me. Sandy was behind her trying to keep up.

"Where's Taylor?"

"Twice, I've had to leave twice." She took my empty glass and gave me a full one.

"Thank you love, you're planning it because I have no idea what should be served." She put her hands on her hips. I smiled at her.

"Twice," She pointed out again.

"Would you like me to go explain to him why I pulled you away?" She throw her hands up. Turned on her heals and walked away. Sandy looked back and forth trying to freighters out what to do.

"Follow her," She turned and hurried away. I looked over at Chris and started reading his mind. One second something was there, the next nothing was there. I closed down my mind and turned back around. I took a drink. If he wasn't going to talk or let me read his mind, them he wasn't there.

"You never told me?" He said softly.

"What?" I asked him. What the hell was he talking about?

"You had gifts all along and never told me." I gave a laugh and shook my head.

"Ask yourself, you have gifts all along and never said a damn word. I keep them to myself because people always act and think differently around me. Your good friend Diesel was the one who out me to my family. Took him around three years to find out what I could do, couldn't leave it alone till he did." I told him. "In coming." I said.

"For the love of god Peter, why the hell am I planning a romantic dinner?" Sam yelled at me.

"Because,"

"I will push you over if you're about to say woman. Just because I'm a woman does not mean I know how to plan a romantic dinner. Now on top of that, what if I just messed up everything for the proposal." She yelled at me.

"Too late for that," I said, her eyes opened wide. Chris started backing up. She heard and turned towards him.

"Chris," She nodded and looked back at me. "What the hell did you mean by that?" She asked me.

"They've already went throw this," Her face changed.

"What,"

"He asked her already, I don't think she said no. But she didn't give him the answer he was looking for. He's going to try again. Also I offered him your penthouse."

"She said no, why would she say no." I pointed my cup to Chris. She turned and looked at him. "Why would she say no because of him?"

"That love is a long story for another time, or you can ask her tomorrow. Now are you done yelling at me?"

"Yes," She came over kissed my check. "No I have to explain again how were not together. You would think someone would get the gay thing the first time." She winked at me and walked away.

"Why is it my fault?"

"Are you really asking me that?" I asked him. He finely walked over to me.

"Why is it my fault?" He asked again.

"Her best friend disappeared; you never thought that would do something to her?" I asked him.

"I don't see why me leaving has anything to do with her saying yes to Ricky?"

"Leaving and disappearing aren't the same. If you remember 10 years ago you were her best friend. Her one and only best friend. One minute you were there and the next you weren't. Give it some thought, you might understand if you still had a heart."

"I have a heart," I turned and leaned against the railing.

"You might have shown it once in the last 10 years. You know picking up the phone, sending a letter or showing up. Julia and Ricky work all around the world and still have time to show up?" I told him.

"I get it your mad at me." I shook my head and turned to face him.

"This has nothing to do with me. I have nothing to say to you, everything you did was your chose. This has to do with what you did to Julia and how you treated her. Chris I'm a grown man, believe it or not I can take care of myself. What Julia did, was all on her own. But how you treated her was wrong."

"I was working,"

"You were acting like a prick and ass."

"She said that?" He couldn't believe it.

"She didn't have to, Chris I read minds. This morning all she had to do was think about it and I knew everything. Every little thing, that had to do with the hurt you cased her." He took a step away from me.

"I get it," I closed my eyes and tried to calm down.

"I didn't mean to, I'm sorry." He cupped the back of my neck and kissed me. At first it was it was soft, then it turned passion and out of control.

"I'm sorry, I didn't mean for that to happen." He said when he pulled away.

"What did you mean to happen then?"

"I came here to explain myself. I planned to explain myself, and then I saw you today with her and talked myself out of it. Then talked myself back into it when I saw you. But I couldn't get the image out of my mind of you with her, you looked really happy."

"I know," He just looked at me. I tapped my head. "Sam did also, that's why she made the statement that I was gay. People always think we're together." I told him.

"She told me last night she didn't have any gifts?" I took a drink and sat the empty cup next to the other one.

"She doesn't, but after 8 years she's use to people thinking the wrong thing." He looked at me and started thinking the wrong thing. I opened my mouth to tell him the truth, then thought about it and closed my mouth. "What did you want to explain?"

"Why I never came back."

"You don't have to explain anything." I told him.

"I couldn't come back," I couldn't believe he just said that. I shook my head and started walking away. "Peter," Chris called after me.

"You just told me you couldn't come back. You just stood there, and told me you couldn't come back. It's been 10 fucking your and you couldn't come back once?"

"No, that's not what I meant. I was two week before coming home, when my powers advanced. I couldn't come home. I couldn't be around anyone. When I finely got a control over it I knew I blow it and didn't know if I should come back."

"What in god's name are you talking about?" I asked him.

"I don't know what to say to make you understand." I thought about it, and then walked over to him. I framed his face with my hand and let him show me what he was talking about. At first he fought me, and then stopped and let me look throw his thoughts.

"And he wonders why I never work for him." I said when I pulled out of his mind and moved away.

"I couldn't come back, I never would have let myself hurt you." He told me.

"It didn't look like you had a lot of a chose." I told him. He looked at me and didn't understand me. "We're you asked before taken away, or did they just take you." I asked him.

"Maybe a little of both, I'm sorry babe. Really I'm sorry. I couldn't control anything I did, I don't know what I would have done if I ever hurt you." I smiled at him.

"You're stupid you know that?" He looked hurt. "In a blink of an eye I can wipe someone's mind. You really think I would care if you burned me a little. Why couldn't you let me chose what I could have dealt with. I would have given anything for you to come back." He kissed me fast and walked away.

"Chris,"

"Peter I understand. I just came to explain myself. I'm sorry I hurt you." Then he was gone.

"You really are stupid." I shook my head, smiled and pushed off the railing. I centered on Sam's thoughts and went to find her. She was still in the club, but she was alone.

"Where's your partner?" I asked her.

"Where's yours?" She asked me.

"He took off when he thought the wrong thing." Luke put a drink in front of me. I nodded to him. "Yours?" I asked her.

"He went to the restroom. I'm sorry if I got in the way?"

"You didn't love, I'm letting him think I moved on because I'm still mad at him. There are things I understand now, but that hasn't changed the fact that it's been a long time." She smiled up at me.

"Which one is topping now, love or hate?" She asked me.

"Everything is still there. It's like time never passed between us." She turned towards me and waited.

"Explain?" I smiled at her.

"Love,"

"Ah come on, I want to know." She asked me. I covered her hand and showed her. By the end she was breathless and her checks were red. I pulled away and took a drink.

"Wow, find that for me." She said.

"How about you start out with ending a night?" I kissed her head, turned her towards Taylor and walked away.