Shipmates Chapter Four

Well, here's the story folks! Enjoy!:)

Andrew and Rita went to the elevator, drunk.

"O-okay, so,(burp) what do you think they're doing now?" Andrew asked, wobbling.

Rita laughed. "You know, you look like Santa Claus. You have big rosy cheecks."

"You too." Andrew laughed.

Rita pressed the button to the elevator. She then became serious.

"What's wrong with the button?" she asked.

"Didn't ye hear?" a voice asked.

Andrew and Rita turned around. There was a man in a uniform. He must've been one of workers on the cruise.

"Didn't hear what?" Andrew asked.

"The elevator stopped. Now we have to use the stairs while the janitors fix it." he replied. Then he walked away.

Rita and Andrew stared at each other horrified. Serena and Darien were trapped in there!


"Goldfish." Serena groaned.

Darien took a card from a deck.

"Oh, man, we've been playing this game for an hour!" Serena complained.

"No, it's only a half an hour." Darien replied, looking at his watch.

"I don't need a reality check," Serena snapped.

"Well, you did ask for the time," Darien replied, calm, as usual.

"Fine. Then I won't ask you anything then got it?" Serena snapped again.

"You just did." Darien pointed out.

"Ugh!" Serena shrieked. When was this torture going to end?


Andrew and Rita told the janitor that Serena and Darien were stuck in the elevator.

"Relax," he told them "There's just power outage. We can fix that..."

But those words spun in Rita's mind for an hour.

"This is all my fault," Rita blamed. Andrew put an arm around her shoulder.

"Relax, Rita, they'll be out in no time."

"That's what I'm afraid of," Rita replied. 'They'll be firing questions at me and Serena won't talk to me ever again. She's the one who introduced Andrew and me. I promised to do her a favor. And I did, only, it ended up in a cloud of smoke, or elevator, I should say!' Rita thought. She put her head on Andrew shoulder and thought about them, Serena and Darien blaming her for everything.


"Help! We're trapped in the elevator!" Serena banged her hands on the elevator. She stopped, then slid down to the floor. "Oh, I'll never get home, or say 'bye to mom, dad or Sam, meet my destiny, see my friends, instead, I get stuck with you."

"Remember about our deal...and besides, we're stuck here. We're not dead. We're not being--"Darien was interrupted because Serena put her hand over his mouth. "Shut up!" Darien removed her hand.

"No, you shut up. You're the one who's screaming." Darien snapped back.

"Oh, you want to snap back? Sure, I'll give you one to snap back on..." Serena pulled up her sleeves and stood up, posing as a boxer. "Come on, let's go. You, and me. Come on."

"I am not fighting a girl." Darien replied calmly.

"What are you, chicken? Buwk-buwk-bawk! Buwk-buwk-bawk!" Serena made chicken noises, which definitely distracted him.

"Although I'll make you the exception." Darien stood up and pulled his sleeves.

"Come on." Serena got up her courage.

"You're asking for it," Darien prepared to punch.

"Yup, let's see what you got, snob!" Serena laughed.

"I'm the snob, eh? Then what are you? Sucker!" Darien teased.

"Jerk!"

"Meatball head!"

"Oh, that hurts, baka (stupid *I think*)!"

"Freak!"

"Dork!"

"Dummy!"

"Smart-ass!"

"Wuss!"

"insensitive!" Serena breathed. She ran out of things to say. So did Darien.

"I've had enough!" Darien said.

"Me too! ANd remember about our promise," Serena said.

"Well you started it."

"Did not!"

"Did too!"

"Did --" Serena saw Darien's hand cover her mouth.

"Shh. Did you hear something?"

"Hear what?" Serena replied, pushing away Darien's hand.
Then Serena heard it. Voices!

"HHHEEELLLPPP!!!!! We're down here!" Serena shouted.

But then they heard a door close.

'Man, MY LIFE IS RUINED FOREVER!' Serena thought.


"I'm sorry ma'am, but there's no one down there." a crewman said.

"Are you sure? Did you check?" Rita kept firing questions at the crewman.

"We'll have to check tomorrow. It's 11:00 and my shift is over." the crewman said, and excused himself.

"Oh, How am I going to explain this to Mr. and Mrs. Tsukino?" Rita asked and imagined Serena's parents crying and blaming her for everything. And it pretty much was her fault.

"Next week, on ANGEL..." Oh! Sorry! Just watching Angel while writing this. I wonder if Angel sees his son again...so sad...Anyway, stay tuned to Shipmates Chapter Five. Who knows? Maybe the lovebirds will make it out 'alive'! Ciao for now!