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A Spring Fling Chapter Two: Day Two, He's Not Over 18!
Lily woke on Tuesday morning, to an empty dark room. She checked her watch, and saw that it was 10:00 in the morning! There was no window in her room, and so when the lights were out, it was almost impossible to guess the time from the daylight, as there was none. Lily related it to a deep cave.
Remembering that her parents were at the island, Lily excitedly pushed herself out of bed and got her clothes on. Showers were taken at night in her eyes. After putting on her make-up and fixing her hair, Lily grabbed her wallet and headed out the door and to the buffet for breakfast.
When she got there, she piled her plate with French toast, bacon, sausage, and eggs, and then poured syrup over the lot of it. She then headed down the walkway to a quiet, small table, and set her food down. As she ate, Lily thought about what her parents were doing, and was wondering if maybe she should have gone with them. A lady was about to sit down by herself at the table next to Lily's, and so Lily invited her over.
The lady came, and was a real talker. It turned out that she had already eaten her breakfast, and was making a sandwich out of bread and turkey to take with her onto Catalina, and she was expected to go in a couple of minutes, and so she hurried off. "Thanks for talking!" Lily called after her. She finished up her food and walked to the main hall. She figured that she had a few hours to explore, so Lily did just that.
After walking around the halls for a while and checking out the shops that were open, Lily was completely bored, so she walked back to the buffet. When she was bored, as most girls would think, there was nothing else to do but eat. She got an ice cream cone and saw a boy sitting by himself eating. Being a friendly person, Lily walked up to him. "Mind if I sit down?" she asked. "No problem." The boy replied. Lily sat down, and started talking to the boy. "Let me guess." She said, "You got up late and are eating breakfast by yourself because your parents got up early and already ate." The boy nodded. "I did the same thing earlier." Lily sighed. After a while, she asked, "Did you go on shore yet?" "No." said the boy, "We were going to go at 12:00." The boy checked his watch. "Gosh!" he exclaimed, "I have to go!" He got up, and after saying "See you later", he rushed off. Lily smiled to herself and checked her watch. It was almost 12:00.
Everyone she met so far had had something to do and was almost late! Having nothing better to do, Lily went back to her room and turned on the TV. There was a movie that was playing all day, but she was uninterested. Lily lie on her bed and read her book for a while, until her mom came in.
"Oh!" exclaimed Lily's mom, "You're still here?"
Lily smirked. "No, I just came back from walking around."
Lily's mom nodded. "We're all going to go eat lunch. Want to join us?"
Lily shrugged. "I guess."
Before they ate, Lily's dad asked if she would like to play a couple rounds of Ping-Pong with him. Lily agreed readily. Lily absolutely loved Ping- Pong, even though she didn't get to play it that often and wasn't that good. She and her dad went up on the game deck, which held a few Ping-Pong tables, and warmed up a little before playing a full-on game. After the first game, which Lily's dad won, Lily looked over the edge of the deck to where the outer main deck was, where the pool and two hot tubs were, and saw what she thought was a boy in the hot tub nearest to her.
She couldn't see him very well from where she was, a little above him, but from her view she saw that he had messy black hair, very nice muscles that she could see clearly with his shirt off, and was reading a book. Lily automatically thought that he was hot, but wanted him to get out of the hot tub so she could see him better. Her dad came over and looked down over the edge to see what was so interesting.
Lily's pointed out the boy to her dad. "Dad, there's a sign on both the hot tubs that say that you have to be over 18 to be in a hot tub, and I don't think HE'S 18!"
It was true, but Lily knew she was just making excuses. Lily and her dad went back to play two more games, in which Lily won one and her dad won the other. All the while, Lily kept peeking over the edge of the deck, seeing if the boy had left the hot tub or not. The last time she looked over, Lily disappointedly saw that the boy was gone.
"I wanted to get a better look at him and see if he looked over 18." She told her dad.
She then went with her dad, and met her mom and grandma back at the buffet, and sat at the table with them. Not being very hungry because she had eaten just a little earlier, Lily got a glass of apple juice and just sat and listened to their conversation.
She gathered that Petunia was still sleeping. Figures. That girl was the most. impossible sister imaginable!
"I saw one of those girls you were hanging out with last night somewhere in here." Said Lily's mom. "You should go see if she wants to do something with you."
"Okay." Said Lily. After looking around for a while, she spotted Ray sitting with who Lily guessed must be her mom at a table near one of the windows. She said bye to her parents, and walked over to say hi to Ray.
"Hi!" Lily exclaimed.
Ray looked up from her food and smiled. "Hi Lily. Oh. This is my mom." She motioned to the lady sitting by her. "This is Lily, mom, I met her yesterday."
She told her mom. Ray's mom smiled and said hi.
"Do you want to go do something?" asked Lily.
"Sure." Said Ray. She asked her mom, and it was fine with her, so they went walking.
"Did you feel the pool yet?" asked Lily as they walked past it.
"No." replied Ray.
"Feel it." Prompted Lily.
Ray obliged and touched the water with her foot, and quickly pulled it back. Lily burst out laughing.
"Isn't that just the coldest thing you have ever felt?" she asked.
Ray was still recovering from the shock, so she didn't say anything. In Lily's opinion, the water felt like melted ice!
"Do you want to go in the hot tub?"
"Is it allowed?" asked Ray, "I thought it said that you can't be under 18 and go in."
"I'm sure they don't enforce it." Objected Lily, "I saw a boy in there earlier that must have been 17 at the most."
Ray relented, and they went to get their swimsuits on, agreeing to meet at the hot tub when they were done.
Lily quickly rushed to her room, threw on her swimsuit, and went back to the deck where the hot tubs were. She saw that the tub she wanted to get in had a sign that said "Must be 18 yr. or older to enter Jacuzzi". Lily disregarded the sign, and slipped in beside an older couple, and listened to their conversation. A man came in and told them that he used to work on this cruise line and he started talking about the pool. "Yes," he said, "The pool is very cold. The water's brought in every morning from the ocean."
Lily stared. Ocean water? And it must not even be heated! Lily was disgusted. Especially on a fancy ship like this, the water should at least be heated!
Ray came out, saw the sign, and was a little more cautious. "But it says that no one under 18 can go in!" she whispered to Lily.
"It doesn't matter." Said Lily, "They won't kick us out. Plus, we both look older than we really are."
Ray finally agreed and slipped in next to Lily. When they had gotten tired of the water, Lily and Ray got out of the hot tub and lay out in the sun for a while, having nothing better to do.
"Where's your sister?" asked Lily.
"Oh," Ray replied, "She's with my dad on the island kayaking."
Lily suddenly got an idea. "Do you know where the gym is?" she asked, "Because if you did, we could go mess around with the equipment! You know, treadmills and stuff."
Ray thought this was a wonderful idea, but unfortunately, "I don't know where it is. Sorry."
"Lily! Ray!" Lily looked up and saw Bella looking over the two. "I'm bored! Let's go for a walk." she exclaimed.
Lily and Ray agreed, and threw their clothes on over their bathing suits.
"So what's going on with you?" Lily asked Bella.
"I went on to shore with my mom for a little," Bella replied, "but I got really bored and thought I'd try to find you."
Lily described her day so far, and so did Ray. They walked around for a good hour or more, before Lily got hopelessly bored and wandered back to her room.
Dinner was in just a little bit, so Lily changed into her very nice yellow dress with flower print, hoping that tonight more people would be dressed up.
"I don't even know why I get so embarrassed about it though." Lily thought to herself, "It's not like I'm gonna see any of these people again, so why not embarrass myself horribly?"
She had convinced herself exactly the opposite of what she wanted. The way she put things was so negative when she was by herself. Sighing, she did her hair, reapplied her makeup, and then flopped on a bed and watched a little of what was on the TV until her mom and grandma came in the room to change also. At dinner, Lily was relived to see that everyone else was in fact, dressed up.
"I guess yesterday you didn't have to dress up because you were supposed to still be getting used to the ship." Tried to explain Lily's mom.
They made their way over to the table that they were at before, and the other family joined them in just a couple minutes. Lily found out that there was a show that both families were going to that night. It was a dancing show that was supposed to be the best show on the cruise. Lily made up her mind to go to this show, and maybe sit with Remus and his family.
Sorry, no James (that you know of) yet. He will be introduced in the next chapter though! There's something to look forward to!
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