Ok I changed the beginning for those of you that have already read it just so you know. I changed it a little bit just so it is easier to understand what's going on I think it's better, but you know that's just me.

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18-year-old Jamie Parker carried her two large suitcases to the dock where she would meet her longtime friend Nancy Drew and her friends Frank and Joe Hardy. She has only spoken briefly on the phone with Frank and Joe, so she doesn't know them very well. Nancy invited her to take a 12-day trip with her on The Mystic, a very popular cruise ship.

"I wonder where they are?" Jamie muttered. "This stuff is heavy." "Jamie over here!" a voice called from behind her.

Jamie turned around and spotted Nancy with two young men whom she assumed to be Frank and Joe. "Hi everybody." Jamie shyly walked up to them. "Hey, Jamie this is Frank and Joe Hardy our cruise buddies." Nancy said. "Cool." Jamie set her suitcases down and shook their hands and gave Nancy a hug. "I feel so out of place" Jamie thought "I only know Nancy and they all know each other. Oh well, I'll just have to deal with it."

She scrutinized first Frank and then Joe. Frank was the better looking of the two or so Jamie thought. "So this is Jamie."thought Joe Hardy as he shook her hand, "The one I talked to on the phone yesterday. Nancy said she was pretty, hell she's fucking gorgeous!!! I wonder if I could get her to go out with me. I hope she doesn't think that I'm-"

"Hey Joe are you coming!" Frank called ruining his train of thought. Jamie, Nancy and Frank had continued onto the ship without him. They had stopped and waited for him to catch up. "Huh? Hey guys wait for me!"

Jamie giggled. They went onto the deck and looked at the scene that lay before them that led away from land, shortly after that the ship launched and they were on their way. "Goodbye Mexico, Hello Hawaii!" Nancy said

Jamie's long wavy brown hair was down and blowing in the wind as the ship glided across the bay into the open sea. "So, Nan what have you been up to these past few weeks?" You know Jamie solving mysteries and hanging out with Bess and George".

Nancy was referring to her two best friends Bess Marvin and George Fayne back in her hometown River Heights, whom always helped her out with certain mysteries that have crossed her path down the road. They couldn't come on the cruise due to a family reunion that they had to go to in Chicago. They are both cousins, but total opposites.

Nancy was wearing a light blue shirt with khaki pants that matched her sky blue eyes perfectly, her strawberry blonde hair tied up in a high ponytail on the top of her head. Frank and Joe are brothers who Nancy invited to go on the cruise since Bess and George could not make the trip. Frank is 18 years old and has brown hair, while Joe is a year younger than his brother with blonde hair.

"Where do you want to meet after we put our things in our room? "Nancy asked. "How about we meet by the pool and then we can get something to eat for lunch," replied Frank. It turns out that their cabins were right next to each other. The girls were staying in cabin 53 and the boys were staying in cabin 54.

Frank and Joe unpacked their bags, which took them about 30 minutes. As they headed back to the deck Frank asked Joe what he thought about Jamie." She seems nice, but she kind of acts a little shy," Joe told Frank. "Yeah, but we don't know her enough to judge her so don't do anything that might upset her and remember first impressions aren't everything," Frank said. "Yeah, yeah I'll try and remember that, but she's still gorgeous," mumbled Joe. "Joe you think every girl you see is gorgeous." "No, I think their pretty, but Jamie is beyond that."

"So Jamie what do you think about Frank and Joe?" Nancy quizzed as she hung her clothes up in the closet that they shared. I like them both so far especially Frank. "I hope we all have a fun time on this cruise. "Jamie said. She placed some folded clothes in a drawer and closed it. Nancy tried to hide her irritation from Jamie as she tuned out of the conversation as she walked to the window to look at the view they had from their room. Even though Nancy and Frank have only solved a few mysteries together they had this thing for each other every time they were together on a case, but they didn't try to see were it would lead them because she had a boyfriend back home. Frank also had a girlfriend back in Bayport where he and Joe lived. So the sparks between Frank and Nancy could not go any farther than being friends.

"Nancy hello, anybody in there?" Jamie waved her hand back and forth in front of Nancy's face. "Huh! Oh, sorry Jamie I do a lot of thinking sometimes and forget where I am," said Nancy shaking her head to clear it. That's okay Nancy I do that sometimes too".

Are you ready to head up to the deck now the boys are probably waiting for us?" suggested Jamie. Yes, lets go." I hope the boys won't mind that we're a little late." Nancy replied." I'm sure they won't mind,"said Jamie. They linked their arms together and strode toward the stairway.

"I wonder what's taking them so long? How about you stay here and wait for them while I go save us a seat at the restaurant, "Joe offered. "Fine I'll stay here and wait for them while you go stuff your face Joe, but don't forget to save some food for us," Frank said in joking manner." Okay then, see you at the restaurant, "Joe yelled as he took off for the restaurant." "I wonder what happened to them," Frank thought," they should have been here by now."

He stared at the deep blue ocean while deep in thought when he heard a voice behind him say "Well, well well look at what we have here," mocked an awfully familiar voice. "Oh, no it can't be can it?" Frank said to himself. He slowly turned to see none other than Callie Shaw his ex-girlfriend herself. With her hands on her hip she said "What are you doing on a cruise all by yourself or are you here with someone?" she demanded.

"Why should I tell you who I'm with, What's more important right now is who are you with?" Frank said as he glared at her with hatred. "I'm not going to tell you whom I am with because it's none of your business," Callie said with her brown eyes flashing and stalked off, her blonde hair blowing in the wind.

Just as Jamie and Nancy walked on deck they saw Frank glaring at a girl who was walking off with a triumphant smile on her face." "Who's that," Jamie asked when they reached Frank. "No one important just my-" Frank started to say, but Nancy cut him off in mid sentence, "That's Callie Shaw Frank's girlfriend." "Ex-girlfriend" Frank corrected her." What!" Nancy cried. "Sorry, Nan I forgot to tell you about our break up last month," Oh, now your sorry, I had to find out like this, I can't believe you Frank," she yelled as she stormed off.

"What's her problem?" asked Jamie. But Frank had run after Nancy before she even got the words out of her mouth. "Fine nobody tell me what's going I don't care!!" she hollered after Frank. Jamie decided to go to the restaurant and eat by herself since she didn't know where Joe had been during this 'dilemma'.

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HHhhhhhhhmmmm interesting...