20. Telling Larc
Vanessa walked to her room in the morning and got a suitcase for clothes for that week. (They could get off the ship and stay in a ritzy hotel, or stay on the ship) "I dumped Patrick last night." Vanessa told Larc as she threw her clothes in. "That's nice." Larc said while flipping a page of one of her Japanese magazines with Joey Wheeler ((Skye: "OR Katsuya Jounouchi. Or Jounouchi Katsuya. Whichever.")) on the cover. "Wait a minute, you did what!" Larc looked Vanessa in confusion. "I dumped Patrick." Vanessa said as she sat on her suitcase to close it. "No stinkin' way! You did not dump the single movie star that when we got on this ship said you would fly to the moon just to see! I can't believe it! Why?" Vanessa looked at Larc, "Because, I'm a minor and I love Alex. It's fairly simple." Larc's jaw dropped. "Oh Vanessa! Patrick is going to think I convinced you to! And he's going to owe me five bucks!"
Vanessa raised an eyebrow, careful to not let her mask of causality slip. "I bet him five bucks that you'd break up with him in two days. You weren't even together and you broke up. Oh man!" Larc sighed. "I was kidding! I didn't mean it! Vanessa! You loved him! What am I saying? Ew. You're a minor. Good choice." Larc stood and walked out of the room, Vanessa staring at her. "Stop talking to yourself!" she called.
