Chapter 2

Its a few days into the storm. You walk into the dining room for dinner and you see Keith talking to Eric about something that you cant hear. When you sit down at the table, Keith sits down and Eric looks at you with a disappointed look on his face.

Its after dinner now and Eric walks up to you. "Keith told me what happened. Its no big deal,"he says. "though next time when you want a drink of wine, don't be afraid to ask some of the others if they want one, too." He smiles, pats you on the shoulder and goes on deck. Later that night, after everyone went to bed, you're walking down the hall when you see light coming from under Kats door.

As you pass by, you walk up to the door and poke your head in. 'That's odd.' you think. You look around the room and see Eric gathering some of Kat's stuff. He turns around and stops and looks at you for a moment, then says "Daniel, what are you doing in here?"

"What are you doing in Kathrin's room?." He replies "The storm outside is getting worse and Kat's getting scared, so she'll be sleeping in my cabin until the storm passes by. What are you doing out at night anyway? Are you getting a drink or something?"

"This storm is kinda loud and I can't sleep, so I just thought of getting up and taking a walk. Then, I saw the light under the door and thought that Kathrin might have gotten hurt or something."

Eric says "I think its keeping the others up too, and Kathrin is ok, even after that 'party' you two had." He chuckles a little. "I do realize you can't control yourself, but like I said earlier, if you're gonna have a party, invite some of the rest of us. I was also a little disappointed that you and Kathrin drank a whole bottle of my wine, but thats no matter. She's Ok, and you'll be able to see her tomorrow." "Oh, sorry for that wine," You say nervousley. "But I really need to see Kathrin. I couldn't sleep if I don't make sure that she's ok."

"Ok, if you insist. Ill warn you though. She's a little on edge because of the storm, or something. She seems to freak out at the littlest things. Just let me finish getting some of her stuff."

As Eric finishes up gathering Kats clothes, you notice a crumpled-up piece of paper on the dresser. You pick it up and smooth it out. On it, it says: 'I love him' "Hm..." you wonder. "Who is this 'him' she wrote about?" Eric finishes packing. As he turns around to leave, you stuff the note into your pocket and follow him to his cabin, where he unlocks the door and motions you to follow. He goes over to a smaller door on the right wall of his cabin. He knocks on it and says "Kathrin, there's someone here to see you. I think that you'd like to see him."

You hear a click as the door is unlocked from the inside, and the door slowly opens. You hear Kat say in a small voice, "Who is it?" "Its Daniel. He's concerned about how you're feeling because of the storm." Eric says. The door opens a little more and she steppes out. "Daniel!" She gasps. She runs up to you, gives you a hug and says "I'm so happy to see you! I haven't been feeling all that well since the storm hit, but I feel much better now that I've seen you again!" You blush a little and Eric chuckles a bit and says "Ill let you two catch up a little. Just have Kat back in here if she gets tired, ok?" "Ok, Eric." You say, as you and Kat make your way to the dining room.

"So, why are you hiding in this... closet?" You ask. "It's because of this storm? There's nothing to fear." "It's not a closet, well, it was one until Eric made it into a small bedroom for me in case of stuff like this happening." She says, peering down at the glass of water you set down for her. "I get scared by storms that are big and the waves pushing the ship around make me sick." She gets a sleepy look on her face, and says "Now that I know someone on here besides Eric cares for me, I can finally sleep. Its been almost 4, loooong, boring.." she yawns wide "days..." She rests her head on the table and falls asleep.

You smile a little, stand up, take her in your arms and carry her to her back to her cabin.

As you take her back to her room, you open the door, and Eric walks out of his and comes up to you. "What are you doing! I said back in my room, not to hers where she could get even more scared!" You say back to him "I think she has calmed down now. She will probably be more comfortable in here anyway, instead of being in that little room." "Alright then," He says with a little smirk. "its not my fault when she wakes up in the morning and won't let anyone near her."

When Eric goes back to his room, you silently go around to your room and place her in your bed under the blanket. As you stand next to her, you pull the note out of your pocket and realize that its a larger piece of paper folded up. You unfold it and it has written all over it 'I cant live with out him, I cant stop thinking about him, hes all I need to be happy, I need sleep and hes my bed"

You read over the scribbled writing again and again. You yawn.

You check that everything is okay with her, pull up a chair next to the bed and sit down on its nice, soft seat as the clock in the kitchen strikes one, two, three, with every hit, four, five, you doze off into a deeper sleep, six, seven, eight, nine... ten...

That night, or is it the next day? You would have the craziest time of your life...

End Chapter 2