As the plane landed on the runway, I could see the palm trees and the sun shining. I really was in Miami. I had gathered my luggage and I looked around to see if I could see Ryan and his family. Instead I saw a man in a suit holding up my name in a piece of paper. I walked over towards him.

"Are you Ms. Rizzoli?" The man in the suit asked.

"Yes." I nodded while answering his question. We got into his shiny black car and we left the airport. When we arrived near the water, I could see the large cruise docked next to the boardwalk. I saw Ryan and his parents.

"Here you are" The man in the suit said while handing me my suitcase and waving to Ryan's family.

"Thank you." I smiled and walked over to Ryan. He walked towards me out of earshot of his parents.

"Hey Jane! I am happy to see you! Sorry that we didn't pick you up. It was kind of a last minute decision." He smiled inviting me to walked with his towards his parents.

"Hi, it is so nice to finally meet you! We've heard so much about you from Ryan." Ryan's mother said while leaning in to give me a hug. I learned that her name was Miranda and her husband's name was Jeffery. We boarded the cruise ship and Ryan began to show me around.

"The pre-wedding reception is tonight and that is when you will see a lot of my family." I nodded, trying to take in everything that was happening. I had grown up living comfortably, but I had never been friends with someone who had enough money to rent out a cruise ship for a long period of time. Ryan kept telling me different things about his family, but I was having a hard time listening to him while the cruise ship staff kept offering us food and drinks.

"Ryan, this is crazy! I have never been on this kind of boat before. I knew you had money, but not this kind of money." I said hoping that he wasn't embarrassed by what I had just said.

"Well, I don't have the money. My parents do. Yeah, I can see how this can seem a little strange if you haven't grown up with this kind of thing. This is the kind of life that I've always known, so sometimes its hard to show people this until I know that they care about me as a person first". He showed me to my room and opened the door. We walked in and the room was enormous. It even had its own private balcony overlooking the water. My face must have given it away because Ryan laughed and began to speak.

"Yeah, I'm guessing it's not quite what you imagined." We walked into the room.

"This is amazing. Thank you for inviting me on this trip and to be able to meet your family. It really means a lot to me." I give him a hug and he starts to move towards the door.

"Are you not staying?" I ask him.

"My parents put me in another room. They thought it would be better even though I said that it was fine to be in the same room as you. I am just going to put my stuff down and I'll meet up with you in a bit? Sound okay?" I nodded, and he waved and left the room.

I was left alone. I imagined what it would be like to grow up with this kind of money. I thought it would be nice, but sometimes having too much money can be overwhelming. I decided to explore more of the ship. I grabbed my bag and the room key and I locked the door. I walked up the stairs and came upon what looked like a giant study room. No, this was more like a giant library with books covering all the shelves. I decided to look around to see if I could find any interesting books to read while I was here. I saw that there was an outdoor area with an area over looking the pools. I walked through the aisles of books and out the door. It was a nice area with seats and a little bar at the end. I would make sure to come back to this spot when we have a break between festivities. Right then my phone buzzed.

"Hey, where are you? I'm back at your room."

I had forgot to tell Ryan that I was checking out the ship. I texted him back.

"I forgot to text you! I wanted to look around and see what was on this ship. I am at the library. Or at least I think it is a library." I sent the message and sat down on one of the day beds. Another text came in.

"Yeah it's a library. Are you in the inside part of it or the outside?"

I sent him back a quick reply.

"I am in the outside patio." I sent it and waited for him to come meet me. A few minutes passed and I heard the door open. I looked around to see Ryan.

"I see you found one of my favorite places." He said. I smiled and nodded. I stood up and looked over the balcony railing and I saw people swimming in the pools below. Ryan and I watched from above. I looked around and saw so many people. And then I saw a familiar face talking to someone. She glanced over and I quickly ducked out of sight.

"Shit!" I said. Ryan ducked down with me, confused.

"What? What just happened?" He asked. I took a deep breath in and began to speak.

"Remember when I was telling you about when I figured out I was gay?" He nodded. "Well, that person is here." He looked even more confused.

"What do you mean? That teacher that you liked?" I nodded.

"Maura freaking Isles is on this ship." At that exact moment we both looked at one another, not knowing what to do.