Then when it was Simon's turn to bat, he hit the ball to the outfield then the outfielder threw the ball to second base where Simon was sliding and made it. Lucy, the twins and friends of the players cheered them on then Simon was tagged out then they changed sides. Lucy, Sam and David drank water then Sam gave Simon the bottled juice that he had then she told Simon she was going to leave so she could make lunch and asked if she wanted him to have one, he ask if she can make it and he would eat it after the game. She told him okay then she and the twins went home for lunch then Lucy studied when they took a nap. Simon came home, took a shower then ate lunch then went upstairs to read then fell asleep. An hour later Simon is woken up by Happy licking his face then he saw the twins were up and took them downstairs where Ruthie and Yasmine was in the living room and told Lucy that the boys were up and playing in the living room. Yasmine went home after dinner then everyone went to bed. The next day Simon went play ball, Ruthie went to the park with the twins, Lucy went to do her final since her class was five weeks then when everyone came home they ate and went to bed.

Wednesday, July 16th ...

Lucy picked up the phone since it rang the Simon and Ruthie were brought home after watching the news about the cruise ship in trouble off the coast of San Diego. Lucy then hung up to see Simon and Ruthie were home watching the news as she was just sitting on the couch.

"There have been some Breaking News since last night!! Off the coast of San Diego, a Carnival Cruise liner has exploded and it has partially sunk just as the sun was about to set last night. We have been getting our first pictures of the scene in San Diego and are going back to San Diego with the San Diego affliate station reporter from KGTV, Steve Fironia. Steve, what can you tell us?" Laura Tuck a newswoman reports as Lucy starts to freak.

"Well, the cruise was in it's way to Ensenda Mexico when it left San Francisco then just came from GlenOak. There appears to be countless survivors since I see them on the decks and in the water being brought in by the civilian boats.." Steve Fironia reported.

"How many vessels do you see on the water and how was this known about? This area looks like an area that normal boat riders would not venture out to." Laura Tuck asked.

"Well, I can see like 30 civilian boats and a few seem to have survivors who seem to need medical attention are leaving the scene and I see a coast guard chopper that is waiting and maybe they are waiting for that boat with the injured. You are right, this is an area where boaters wouldn't venture out to. My pilot and I were just getting in the air to see what is going on in town and just happened to see this then called it in." Steve Fironia said.

"Wow. If you hadn't been there just maybe they would have been stranded." Laura Tuck said.

"Well, I have seen other stations' helicopters fly through here." Steve Fironia said.

"Oh no." Ruthie says as she is hugged by Simon.

"Okay, Let's just try to remain calm, have any of you called the cruise liner?" Hank says after he, Julie and the kids came over after hearing about the cruise liner.

"Okay, I got the number." Simon says.

"Okay. I'll call it." Lucy says.

"It might be busy." Julie says.

"But it looks really bad." Ruthie says as Simon consoles her.

"I know. But we gotta remain calm." Hank says with tears in his eyes as he puts his arm around Julie to console her while Lucy hangs up and says it was busy.

"It appears the cruise liner has partially sunk but their appears to be a good possibility of survivors since the boats have been pulling people out of the ocean. I can count at least 60 boats and Coast Guard boats out there with possible survivors." Steve Fironia says, "It appears that this ship had an explosion at the back of the boat which is where the engine is."

"I have a really bad feeling about this." Lucy says as she calls again but it is busy.

"We gotta call Grandpa, Grandmom, Colonel, Mary and Matt." Simon says.

"What are you going to tell them?" Ruthie asks with tears and a quivering voice.

"Just say that mom and dad went on the cruise and their ship is in trouble." Lucy suggests.

"I'm going to call the Colonel and Ruth." Simon says as he dials for his grandparents, then he continues, "hello? Hi, is the Colonel or my grandma there. This is Simon. They are out of town. Thanks, bye."

"Who was it?" Lucy asks.

"A friend of the Colonel, they are out of town."

"Hi Grandpa, it's Lucy. I would like you to please call me back. I'll talk to you later. Bye." Lucy says then she hung up then told everyone he wasn't home.

"I'm going to call Matt." Ruthie says as she dials, "Hi, is Matt there? This is Ruthie. Okay, I'll hold. A friend of Matt has picked it up."

"Hey, Ruthie." Matt says.

"Hey Matt."

"How are you doing?"

"Um.I was doing okay this morning but now I.I'm really upset."

"What's wrong?"

"Well um.It's.It's..Mom and Dad." Ruthie says as she cries and Lucy consoles her.

"It's going to be alright. Look, let's hope that mom and dad are alright." Lucy says as Simon talks to Matt.

"Hey Matt, this is Simon. Um.Mom and Dad went on the cruise on Sunday afternoon and now they are showing that ship is starting to sink It was on it's way to Ensenada Mexico and now it is just off the coast of San Diego, and it looks really bad."

"Oh man, I'm looking at it. Are you sure?" Matt asks.

"Yes, it was going to Ensenada." Simon says.

"Okay. Do you have the number?" Matt asks.

"Yeah, here it is." Simon gives him the number.

"Who is at the house." Matt asks.

"Julie, Hank, their kids."

"Just hang in there, okay. Let's just pray that mom and dad are alright. I love you guys." Matt says.

"I love you too. Bye. " Simon says as he starts to cry when he hangs up as Julie consoles him.

A few minutes later the phone rings and Julie picks it up as everyone looks at her hoping it was Eric or Annie.