Chapter 3 - Leaning
When they arrived at Lucas's quarters, he opened the door and she stepped in with no hesitations.
Once she was though the threshold to Lucas's room, she stopped to take in every detail, down to the every millimetre.
She eventually came to the conclusion that Lucas was much like her and had decided that his room was her 2nd Favourite place to be on the ship because it was so homely and comfortable.
She kind of guessed what he was going to say, when what started out to be a hesitation became a total stand still for over 3minutes.
"What's wrong? Is there something wrong?" He said softly.
"Sorry, no, I'm fine"
"Personally you don't seem it to me, but that's just my opinion!"
She didn't answer to the remark, which gave Lucas the idea he was right. She stepped over and took a sit on the edge of his bed.
He walked over and took a sit right next to her and then she knew what was coming next.
"So you wanna tell me what happened at the moon pool?"
"I.Well.I'm.. No" She said starting to blush going slightly pink.
He was slightly taken back by the way she stammered and seemed to be confused.
"I really wish you would, I can tell something upset you. Was it something I said or did?"
"No! No it wasn't you, your great" She cut in so fast, she didn't realise what she had said until she replayed it in her mind, she went from pink to a deep Red.
She felt herself heat up like never before because she had just confessed in a way that she liked him. Lucas started to turn the pink himself after hearing the remark.
"So, something was bothering you then?" He said trying not to notice what she had said, in a way to make her less embarrassed and also to make himself less Pink.
"Yeah, but I really don't want to talk about at least not now, Can I send that e-mail then or was that just a hoax to get me here to talk to you?"
"No! I mean it's nice to talk to you and that, but I meant it when I said you could send the e-mail." He started to turn red like she had done. "Thanks, I really appreciate it"
"Your welcome here anytime, I means that's if you wanna to come!?" The conversation grew from slightly awkward to totally awkward, so she decided to relieve the tension a bit by getting up to use the computer.
"Is this the computer I can use?"
"Yeah, do you know how to use it?"
"Yeah thanks, I'm a wizz with computers"
"I knew that, I remember Ben telling me."
She was on the computer for about 2 minutes when she started to type, so fast Lucas could hardly see her fingers, then after another minute passed she stopped typing, closed the system down and swivelled on her chair to face Lucas and said
"Done!"
Lucas was really impressed by the way she had used one of the most Cerfistecated computer on the boat with such ease.
"Wow, you really are good with computers!"
"Thanks"
Just as she had finished saying that, she got up from the chair, walked across the room and sat even closer to Lucas then before. She placed her right hand on his left leg and said:
"You know what Lucas?"
He got a slight surprise at her actions and the way she had recovered so well after what had happened at the moon pool. They way she touched his leg made him tense and she felt that, but left her hand there because the tension left him as quickly as it had come.
"What?" He said in reply to her question
"I have to say this is my 2nd Favourite place to be on this ship."
He was slightly embarrassed by the remark but he didn't quite know why.
"What's your first? You bed!?"
"I Forgot about my bed, he he, Actually I was gonna say the place with the big pool in, but I suppose my bed's in the top 5" She said laughing.
He was laughing when he said "You mean the moon pool?"
"Yeah that's it"
She turned her head and looked straight in to that pair of sky blue eyes that she couldn't resist. It was if their gazes where locked, they couldn't turn away from each other.
She began to lean towards those sweet lips that drew her in too much; she couldn't resist the urge any longer. Lucas took the hint that he didn't really need, and began to lean in also, he was about to do what he had wanted to since they had entered the room.
Their lips were about a centimetre away when Lucas's door flew open and Ben waltzed in, but halted quite abruptly at the site before him.
His 2 favourite teenagers, both blushing a deep shade of red and sitting with no more than a millimetre gap between them. They had both averted their eyes away from Ben.
Thankfully they had pulled away from each other just in time not to be court kissing or anything near because if they had, they would have never heard the last of it!
Ben gave them a suspisous look, then automatically became sarcastic:
"Ohh Am I interrupting something!?"
"Don't be stupid, Ben" Lucas said getting up and walking across the room. "Tori was only in here." He gave Tori a 'Help-me' Look, so she did:
"I was in here sending that e-mail to my friend and I've only just finished." She said it so calmly, he would have believed her if he were Ben.
"Ohh, I see, is that how you forgot to met me in the mess!?" Tori just looked at Lucas because he'd forgotten and never even mentioned it.
"Awww, I totally forgot, Ben. I'm so sorry"
"You will be," He said sarcastically. "I'll let you off but you two are gonna meet me for all 4 meals tomorrow understand. To make up for it for me being a loner!"
"I thought you were always a loner, Ben" Tori cut in and Lucas couldn't help but Laugh.
"Ha Ha, very funny Tori. Come on anyway, we got some catching up to do and you look tired, but it's probably the time change thing catching up with ya."
"Yeah, I am pretty tired actually. Give me minute to say thanks to Lucas then."
"O.K. I'll cya Luke"
"Night Ben and its Lucas" He called to Ben who was making his way to his quarters, then turned his attention back to Tori.
"Well I'm sure we can finish what we started, tomorrow."
"I hope!" Lucas laughed. But really didn't know if he could last, he had never really liked anyone like her before. He felt he was on the same level as her.
She laughed: "Night Lucas" Leaned forward, gave him a little cheeky wave then headed for the door and down the corridor after Ben.
"Cya in the morning" he said just as she was leaving.
With that Lucas ran to the doorway, just in time to she her round the corner and smile back at him. He shut his door and went and lay flat out on his bed, and drifted off in to a deep sleep, think about Tori and what had just happened.
When they arrived at Lucas's quarters, he opened the door and she stepped in with no hesitations.
Once she was though the threshold to Lucas's room, she stopped to take in every detail, down to the every millimetre.
She eventually came to the conclusion that Lucas was much like her and had decided that his room was her 2nd Favourite place to be on the ship because it was so homely and comfortable.
She kind of guessed what he was going to say, when what started out to be a hesitation became a total stand still for over 3minutes.
"What's wrong? Is there something wrong?" He said softly.
"Sorry, no, I'm fine"
"Personally you don't seem it to me, but that's just my opinion!"
She didn't answer to the remark, which gave Lucas the idea he was right. She stepped over and took a sit on the edge of his bed.
He walked over and took a sit right next to her and then she knew what was coming next.
"So you wanna tell me what happened at the moon pool?"
"I.Well.I'm.. No" She said starting to blush going slightly pink.
He was slightly taken back by the way she stammered and seemed to be confused.
"I really wish you would, I can tell something upset you. Was it something I said or did?"
"No! No it wasn't you, your great" She cut in so fast, she didn't realise what she had said until she replayed it in her mind, she went from pink to a deep Red.
She felt herself heat up like never before because she had just confessed in a way that she liked him. Lucas started to turn the pink himself after hearing the remark.
"So, something was bothering you then?" He said trying not to notice what she had said, in a way to make her less embarrassed and also to make himself less Pink.
"Yeah, but I really don't want to talk about at least not now, Can I send that e-mail then or was that just a hoax to get me here to talk to you?"
"No! I mean it's nice to talk to you and that, but I meant it when I said you could send the e-mail." He started to turn red like she had done. "Thanks, I really appreciate it"
"Your welcome here anytime, I means that's if you wanna to come!?" The conversation grew from slightly awkward to totally awkward, so she decided to relieve the tension a bit by getting up to use the computer.
"Is this the computer I can use?"
"Yeah, do you know how to use it?"
"Yeah thanks, I'm a wizz with computers"
"I knew that, I remember Ben telling me."
She was on the computer for about 2 minutes when she started to type, so fast Lucas could hardly see her fingers, then after another minute passed she stopped typing, closed the system down and swivelled on her chair to face Lucas and said
"Done!"
Lucas was really impressed by the way she had used one of the most Cerfistecated computer on the boat with such ease.
"Wow, you really are good with computers!"
"Thanks"
Just as she had finished saying that, she got up from the chair, walked across the room and sat even closer to Lucas then before. She placed her right hand on his left leg and said:
"You know what Lucas?"
He got a slight surprise at her actions and the way she had recovered so well after what had happened at the moon pool. They way she touched his leg made him tense and she felt that, but left her hand there because the tension left him as quickly as it had come.
"What?" He said in reply to her question
"I have to say this is my 2nd Favourite place to be on this ship."
He was slightly embarrassed by the remark but he didn't quite know why.
"What's your first? You bed!?"
"I Forgot about my bed, he he, Actually I was gonna say the place with the big pool in, but I suppose my bed's in the top 5" She said laughing.
He was laughing when he said "You mean the moon pool?"
"Yeah that's it"
She turned her head and looked straight in to that pair of sky blue eyes that she couldn't resist. It was if their gazes where locked, they couldn't turn away from each other.
She began to lean towards those sweet lips that drew her in too much; she couldn't resist the urge any longer. Lucas took the hint that he didn't really need, and began to lean in also, he was about to do what he had wanted to since they had entered the room.
Their lips were about a centimetre away when Lucas's door flew open and Ben waltzed in, but halted quite abruptly at the site before him.
His 2 favourite teenagers, both blushing a deep shade of red and sitting with no more than a millimetre gap between them. They had both averted their eyes away from Ben.
Thankfully they had pulled away from each other just in time not to be court kissing or anything near because if they had, they would have never heard the last of it!
Ben gave them a suspisous look, then automatically became sarcastic:
"Ohh Am I interrupting something!?"
"Don't be stupid, Ben" Lucas said getting up and walking across the room. "Tori was only in here." He gave Tori a 'Help-me' Look, so she did:
"I was in here sending that e-mail to my friend and I've only just finished." She said it so calmly, he would have believed her if he were Ben.
"Ohh, I see, is that how you forgot to met me in the mess!?" Tori just looked at Lucas because he'd forgotten and never even mentioned it.
"Awww, I totally forgot, Ben. I'm so sorry"
"You will be," He said sarcastically. "I'll let you off but you two are gonna meet me for all 4 meals tomorrow understand. To make up for it for me being a loner!"
"I thought you were always a loner, Ben" Tori cut in and Lucas couldn't help but Laugh.
"Ha Ha, very funny Tori. Come on anyway, we got some catching up to do and you look tired, but it's probably the time change thing catching up with ya."
"Yeah, I am pretty tired actually. Give me minute to say thanks to Lucas then."
"O.K. I'll cya Luke"
"Night Ben and its Lucas" He called to Ben who was making his way to his quarters, then turned his attention back to Tori.
"Well I'm sure we can finish what we started, tomorrow."
"I hope!" Lucas laughed. But really didn't know if he could last, he had never really liked anyone like her before. He felt he was on the same level as her.
She laughed: "Night Lucas" Leaned forward, gave him a little cheeky wave then headed for the door and down the corridor after Ben.
"Cya in the morning" he said just as she was leaving.
With that Lucas ran to the doorway, just in time to she her round the corner and smile back at him. He shut his door and went and lay flat out on his bed, and drifted off in to a deep sleep, think about Tori and what had just happened.
