A/N: Hey everybody! I've finally found a picture that's perfect for this story and I'd like to thank Dahliaaa for letting me use it. I got this picture from her and she gets all the credit for it. Also if anyone is wondering I'm basing the ship off of the Carnival Liberty because it's the only one I've ever been on and I wanted to make it realistic so I obviously don't own that. So if you want to see what anything I'm describing looks like then you can search up the Carnival Liberty. Now anyways I hope you like this chapter!

Chapter 6

Ally's POV

I sat at a table eating away at my third serving of pickles trying not to look out the window at the huge body of water spreading out before me. I mean we were still docked so it wasn't like we were going to sink, yet anyways, but even the sight of the vast ocean freaked me out. I know, weird for someone who lives in Miami.

Either way I just tried to keep my attention focused on the delicious delicacy in front of me. (I'm sure pickles are a delicacy somewhere and if not they SO should be, don't judge!)

I had to admit that the buffet here was amazing! You name it and it was there. There was pizza, burgers, salads, chicken, pastas, to just name a few not to mention a whole section of just desserts. Best of all though, there were pickles! So many pickles! The amount and variety of pickles bumped the death ship up several pegs in my books.

Just as I was finishing up my plate an announcer came on over the intercom system announcing that the rooms were ready. Since we were all finished we cleaned up our mess and headed out to find our room. It was on deck 7, the Empress deck. Our room number was 7294. I watched carefully for it as I walked down the hallway. Eventually we came to the door.

"Here it is," I said stepping aside as my dad moved to open it with his key card. He held the door open as my mom and I walked past him into the room. I stopped in my tracks. It was absolutely nothing like I expected it to be. I thought it would be some tiny little room barely big enough to fit two people let alone three, but this room was huge.

There was a large king sized bed on one wall, and a sitting area with a sofa, coffee table, and armchairs along the opposite wall. There was also a huge entertainment system. I could see large closets and a walk in vanity area. There was even a fridge and mini bar. Off to the side I could see a huge bathroom. There was even a door leading to a big balcony with lounge chairs and a table. I was speechless.

"Nice, don't you think?" my dad said patting me on the back. "One of the nicest suites they have." He looked proud.

"How did you ever afford this? It must have cost a fortune!" I said regaining my composure and walking further into the room. I don't mean this in a bad way but my dad is kind of cheap and I just can't believe he would pay for this. He just laughed though. I even saw my mom giggling a little.

"I didn't pay for this honey," my dad said clutching at his stomach he was laughing so hard. He continued at the confused look on my face. "Some big music director guy came into the store the other day looking to get a bunch of instruments for some big music video thing, and said he had been given some tickets for this new ship in a big stateroom that he couldn't use and asked if I would like them as payment, so of course I said yes! They were worth way more than the instruments he bought and I couldn't say no to a deal! Plus I get a relaxing vacation on a huge new cruise ship! I couldn't resist," he finished with a big smile. That made a lot more sense.

"Not to mention that I told him if he didn't take those tickets he'd be sleeping on the couch for a year," my mom added.

"That too," my dad said. Now it was my turn to laugh.

"So there's only one bed where am I sleeping?" I asked once we'd all settled down again.

"The sofa pulls out into a double bed," my mom said with a smile.

"Alright," I said as I grabbed my stuff which had been brought to our room and went over there. We spent the next little while unpacking everything. When we were finally finished, we headed back up to the lido deck for departure. For the first time ever I thought this trip might actually be okay. I was still terrified of course, but the death ship was turning out to have its perks.

Austin's POV

Dez and I were sat at the buffet pigging out on everything we could get our hands on. Hey, it was free food, we were growing boys, we couldn't just let it go to waste! My parents just sat there watching us and shaking their heads. As I was finishing my fourth plate a voice came on over the intercom.

"Attention passengers, your staterooms are now ready whenever you wish to settle in," it said.

"Wonderful, you boys almost ready to go?" my mom asked.

We both nodded and got up to go as a worker came and cleared away our stuff. I could definitely get used to that. We headed to the elevator and punched the button for the first deck where our room was. It was on the riviera deck. We walked down the hallways looking for room 1442. Eventually we found it. It was an inner room at the very back of the ship. There were only a few more rooms past ours. Our luggage was in a pile outside of the door. We all grabbed it as my dad opened the door with his key card. We all grabbed our luggage and crowded into the very narrow doorway. The rest of the room wasn't much better.

As we moved in I saw that there was a king sized bed which took up most of the room. There was a small armchair off to one side and a little counter with a mirror on the other side. A little TV was mounted next to the mirror above the counter. As I turned and looked back by the doorway there were two other doors. I checked them out. One was for a small closet and the other a small bathroom. I moved back out into the main room where everyone was standing all crowded into the small canals of open space.

"Well... This is a little smaller than I expected," my mom said. We all just nodded in agreement. Well I guess it was just a radio contest. Not like they would've given them free tickets to just give away for the most expensive suite. I didn't really care though. At least I was on this incredible ship and it was loaded with fun things to do. How much time was I going to spend in this room anyway?

"We're only going to be sleeping in here so who cares," I said trying to lighten the moods of everyone that had dropped by like 150 percent since we had entered our room.

"That's true, with everything to do on here I bet we'll barely even see the room," my dad agreed. So with that we began to unpack our stuff, or some of it anyways. We all hung our fancy stuff in the closet and put our toiletries in the bathroom and then left the rest still in our suitcases which we shoved wherever there was space. My parents stuck there's under the counter and Dez and I threw ours along the right side of the bed. As I stood up that's when it occurred to me.

"Umm where are Dez and I going to sleep?" I asked curiously looking at the one bed.

"Well," my mom paused as everyone else noticed our dilemma. "That is a good question." she concluded. Just then there came a knock at the door.

My dad went over and answered it. In the doorway stood a middle aged Asian man dressed in a ship uniform.

"Hello their, my name is Jeremy, and I'll be maintaining your rooms for you," he said. "So how are you guys settling in so far? Do you need anything?" he asked.

"Yes actually, we were wondering, this room was supposed to be for four but there's only one bed," my dad asked him.

"Oh no you see," he said walking into the room past all of us. "These up here," he said pointing to two large panels in the ceiling, "pull down into two loft beds. We'll get them all set up for you while you're out this afternoon," he finished with a smile walking back over to the door.

"Ohhhh," we all said in a chorus. He just giggled.

"Is there anything else?" We shook our heads. "Well then I suggest you guys head up to the lido deck. We'll be leaving in a few minutes and it's always fun to wave goodbye and just watch as the ship pulls out of dock," he told us.

We thanked him as he left before following him out ourselves. We headed up to the lido deck and found it crowded with people. We found ourselves an empty spot along the rail and watched as the boat started to pull away from the dock. I waved at the people on the other boats and back on shore. I felt so lucky to be on such an incredible ship, and couldn't help but smile at all the fun I was going to have. This was going to be an experience of a lifetime.

A/N: This was definitely my longest chapter so far! I hope you liked it. Anyways if you are wondering Ally is staying in a Grand Suite and Austin's in an interior room. When I was on the cruise I stayed in a room like Austin on the interior so I've never actually seen the Grand Suite rooms so Ally's room is based completely off of the description and pictures from carnival. Austin's is an exact explanation of the room I stayed in. It was actually that tiny and crowded. We couldn't even walk past each other it was so cramped. So anyways please feel free to follow, favourite, and review! Until next time! Bon Voyage!