The loud noise Louise's family, woke the sleeping Louise. Instead of being upset about being interrupted in her sleep like always, she woke cheerfully. She smiled happily which made her family confused.
"What is happening here?" Gene asked squinting his eyes at Louise, jumping on his bunk standing on his knees.
"Is Louise sick?" Tina asked Bob.
"Oh my gosh Louise is dying!" Gene yelled.
"Gene, shut up!" Bob hissed at his son.
"Can't I just be happy?" Louise smiled.
"No," Gene answered.
"Ok, I'm going to go shower," Linda said grabbing her rose red towel, matching rag, and liquid soap that makes you smell like the ocean breeze and left the room.
Bob soon followed with his grey towel and rag.
As soon as the kids were alone, they started talking.
"So why are you actually happy?" Gene asked suspicious.
"Gene, I'm just happy," she answered.
"I've seen this look before… she's in love!" Tina popped out.
"Shut up! I am not!" Louise hissed at Tina.
"Yeah, T you may be love struck by every guy, but Louise isn't a loving girl, "Gene said then hopped off the bed.
Louise smirked in agreement, lying without using words. She was sort of in love. Louise isn't a person who loves love like Tina. This is the first time she's ever felt a liking to any boy without using them for something, excluding Gene. Last night she danced with Logan, remembering every second of it. How her curls were losing loop with each spin, how he smelled like sweet fresh cut watermelon, and how Logan bit his bottom lip every time she stepped on his foot. Sometimes she did it on purpose.
She shook her head as she began daydreaming about Logan, stopping herself. "Stop it!" she hissed in her head, still smiling a lie.
Louise has never felt like this. She couldn't stop thinking about Logan since he walked her to her room last night, leaving her alone all silly from their night. The rest of the family was out enjoying the night. Part of her was disgusted by her girly love feelings, the other is Logan! Logan! Logan! She learned from her crush on boo boo and the help of Tina that you can't fight your heart and that it knows what it wants and won't give up.
Logan was on her my mind all day and all night, now. She jumped at an idea. She needed to see him now. Right now! Louise rushed to the door of the room, only to be stopped by Linda.
"Hey, where are you going?" Linda blocked her from escape.
"Out," Louise snapped.
"Oh no way Missy, you haven't spent time with your family this whole trip, now we're going to meet the captain and see the captain area. So get dress."
Louise groaned, grabbing her suitcase then leaving to the gross coed bathroom for lower class.
The bathroom was a very large room with twenty toilets, fifteen showers, ten tubs, and twelve sinks randomly placed like the designers were drunk and didn't care. The walls were brown, like two shades lighter than shit. The ugly sand style glass flower tiles chilled Louise as she stepped her bare feet on the half water floor. Really it wasn't just water, it was mud. The nasty dirt from the guest hitting the tile turning the pure water into mud. Mud wasn't the only thing on the floor touching Louise's feet. There was wet toilet paper that someone used to wipe and missed the toilet taking the floor's space. Also including snot, spit, ear wax, dust balls, and dirty clothes the owner lost to the crowd of disgust. And the look wasn't even what keep Louise wanting to throw up her spit. The smell! Gosh it can kill a horse! It smelled worse than the look with the ability to make a blind man cry. The smell, it's like fish, the fish smell of a woman, in the wrong time of the month. Louise learned that smell when she turned twelve and all the girls in her grade joined the moody party. But this smell was a mix. There was more. She sniffed, trying to learn more. It was fish, poop that has stain the room for days, and something hard to place. It was like wet dog, but worse. She walked pass a very hairy man showering. That answered that question. So the smell was different. She sniffed again. Then she cringed her face from the smell. Louise remember this smell from the time she and Gene went to the woods while Tina was on her first double date with Jimmy Jr., Darryl, and Rosa. There they found a dead grey cat. The smell, yes it was death. Louise looked to find the source. Nothing.
There was a very long line that to Louise looked like it was endless of dirty nude guest waiting for showers. She knew the numbers, don't let Louise's I don't care cool girl attitude. She's smart just lazy. She knew that the line was full with more than 300 people in this line for fifteen showers. Now that would take the whole day. The designers would do this. Create a sickening bathroom too small and dirty for them. Oh they knew what they were doing.
"I bet the upper class is so much better!" Louise hissed quietly.
Louise groaned walking toward the changing area, which was just curtains creating little changing rooms. She went in an empty one on the end and changed.
When she came out, a few minutes later with her pulling her suitcase behind her, she was wearing a knee length green and black plaid short sleeve dress with black flats and hair down to her mid back with a green thick headband pushing her hair back from her face.
Louise walked through the crowd of people, dodging each dirty person, each one dirtier than the last. She finally escaped after three minutes of dodging.
The rest of the Belchers were waiting outside the bathroom for Louise, fully dressed.
"What?" Louise asked confused at their stares.
"What took you so long?!" Linda barked.
"Have you been in there?"
"Ugh! Just come on before we're late to meet the captain!" Linda snapped and walked off into the long hallway and crowd with everyone else behind. Louise almost didn't follow, but Linda would kill her so she joined.
Their relationship was never as good as Louise and Bob's, but now it was worse. They just couldn't deal with each other. Louise was soo close to saying she hated her mother, but something was stopping her. It was a rule to her, she wanted to say it soo bad, but wouldn't let herself. It's just a rule to never hate you parents that very few would break, but Louise would never do something unspeakable like that. She just loves her mother less. But what child doesn't?
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Logan's family were on the decks, planning to take the tour with the captain. Logan standing next to Charlotte looking at the ocean feeling Charlotte staring at him not the ocean. He didn't speak.
Dodie walked up to the couple.
"Hello," Dodie smiled.
Charlotte turned to Dodie, smiling.
"Dodie, well hello."
"I hear of a diamond you received."
"Of yes Logan got me the heart of the ocean, took my breath away," she told.
Logan was staring into space not hearing a word, but the ocean's screams.
"You're not wearing it?" Dodie continued.
"Well it's a very special diamond so I only wear it on special occasions… like on her wedding," she looked to Logan.
He didn't notice.
"Logan!" she hissed pulling him back to reality.
"Huh?" he asked confused with a dumb look on his face.
"I said our wedding."
"What is it not happening?"
Charlotte's face turned pink in anger.
"No!" she hissed. "I am wearing the diamond on our wedding!"
"Logan!" Cynthia snapped rushing up to her son. She grabbed his ear, pulling him with her.
"Awe!" he yelled.
Cynthia pulled him to the side, alone.
"What the fuck?!" Logan snapped once she let go.
Cynthia slapped him.
"Don't talk like that!" she barked.
"Damn that hurt!"
She slapped him again.
"Stop that trash talk! Just stop everything! What hell do you think you're doing?!"
"Oh but you can talk like that!" he interrupted.
"Shut the fuck up. Now what are you doing?!"
"Dying," he muttered.
"You're ruining everything that's what you're doing!"
"How?! I told you I'll stop talking to that girl what else do you want from me?!"
"Act like you want to be here!"
"But I don't..."
"Logan!"
"What do expect?! You drag me on this prison ship surrounded by people I hate. Yes mom I hate them. Every single one of them. So why would you think I'd be happy!"
"Logan this is your family!"
"Mom, I don't want any of this and you know it!" She opened her mouth to speak but he went on. "Don't give me the family cares for family shit! When I get off this ship I'm getting married to a woman who-"
"Don't you dare finish that sentence!" she cut him off before it came out. "You think I love your father and his dumb choices?! No! Marriage isn't about love! What does that girl have that Charlotte doesn't?!"
Logan didn't answer.
"They're both pretty. Charlotte prettier, so why would you be fond of the other?"
"You don't understand!"
"Oh I never understand with you! You need to understand the plan! Marry Charlotte and be happy! Don't fuck stuff up like you always do! You don't even have to do anything! Charlotte is crazy about you! Just smile and shut the hell up! This is the only thing I need from you! So do it!" she hissed and then stormed off.
Charlotte turned to Dodie.
"We're getting married," she said.
"Oh..." she tried to smile, but she wouldn't win a Oscar.
"Yes, it's happening."
"I'm sorry to say this, but I can't make it."
"Oh, I never said the date," she gave an evil eye.
"I'll be out of town."
"Oh really, out of town? Where you going?"
"Out," Dodie answered.
"Out where?"
"Out of town."
Dodie was one of the friendliest people you'll ever meet. She loved everyone and everything, but this, this was something she couldn't agree with. She knew Cynthia's plan from the beginning. She was Cynthia's best friend. Their children grew up together. Her son, Daniel Lamont Bennett was close with Logan as kids, but Daniel got accepted to a very high rank middle school and Cynthia got bitter about it, but they reconnected when the boys got enrolled in the summer pre college program. Then their friendship came back alive and two months ago Cynthia told her plan. At first it disgusted Dodie, but Dodie had to do something. Cynthia wouldn't change her mind so that went to Logan.
The first day on the cruise, Dodie saw Louise playing and remember that smile from Logan's broom sweeping picture at some dirty restaurant that Cynthia took. She saw the face that smile in the background. She had some connection to Logan. Dodie didn't know what connection, but there was one so she did the riskiest thing she ever did in her life. She very gently pushed Logan in front of Louise's path knowing he would see her. What she didn't know was she would fall. That she didn't mean. Dodie wouldn't let Cynthia ruin these kids' lives. Logan, a child who was trapped. Even Charlotte is a victim, an annoying bitchy victim, but still a victim who was fooled into loving someone who doesn't love her back. Dodie was trying to find someone Logan could really love without notice, but fell short. Logan was more into skateboarding and video games than girls, so it would be hard. No girl caught his eyes. He had no future with the girls she found. So she looked in the past. From four year old baby crush to present. She looked in every photo of Logan, looking. Dodie almost gave up until see saw Louise. She was in another photo. It was a selfie of Logan and a boy. A Gene. And there in the background was that smile, but not happy, an evil smirk. A smirk that almost made Dodie pee herself, that evil. She could never forget that face.
So she risked it all for Logan. And it worked kind of. Dodie really didn't have a full plan. Guess things just worked. Logan connected with Louise somehow. Dodie helped Louise dress to steal eyes, Logan's. There was just something about Louise that Dodie knew love was inside her. Even with only seeing her for a second she knew. Dodie saw the reaction of Louise when Charlotte popped next to Logan, somewhere she didn't need to be.
Dodie won't be going to the wedding, because she didn't agree with it. Marriage needs love, love is the only reason to marry.
"Well you will be missed," Charlotte said turning back to the ocean.
There was as awkward silence as the women stood.
"How's Darry?" Charlotte broke the ice.
"Fine," she nod.
Darren Lee Bennett, another son of Dodie.
"He actually just got engaged to a sweet girl so kind," Dodie shared.
Sadness and hurt fell on Charlotte's face as she tried to smile.
"Wow."
"Yeah, he's so happy. I'm happy for him. Her name's Ashley Green, do you know her?"
Charlotte gasped.
"No, no I don't," she lied.
"Well maybe you can maybe come to the wedding if it wouldn't be weird." Dodie saw Logan coming to them. She leaned to her ear. "I'm so sorry it didn't work with Darren." She left just as Logan came.
"Hey," Logan said making Charlotte jump.
"I need to leave!" she ran off, tears coming down.
Logan shrugged.
The whole group was preparing for the tour.
Dodie, her four boys who came on the cruise, Dicky Landon Bennett, Dewey Laurence, Damon Lamar, and Daniel, her husband, Cynthia and Tom, Logan with his runaway Charlotte, her brothers Clarence and Clifford, Aubrey, Rosemary, Estelle, and Lester. They were a full group.
Three other families including the Belchers. Logan was too busy dealing with his annoying soon to be brother in laws. They were telling lame ass sex jokes, that Logan understood just hated.
Louise saw Charlotte walk up to Logan stopping her from doing the same.
The tour soon begun and they all started walking, following. Louise quietly walked to Dodie without notice.
"Hi," Dodie whispered.
"Hey."
They walked together in the bunch as they went to the crew area. Louise watched Logan the whole time as everyone wandered the room.
"Stop staring," Dodie giggled at Louise.
"Shh!"
Dodie giggled again and walked over to her husband.
Louise couldn't talk to Logan, he was surrounded.
Gene snuck up behind her making her jump.
"Gene stop!" she hissed.
"Come on what are you doing talking to strangers? It's a family vacation!" he cheered.
"Ugh, you're right come on." She walked with Gene to the rest of the family. Forget this whole crush thing. She's still herself, no boy changing that.
They walked up to the captain, who remembered Louise.
"Hello Miss Louise," he tipped his hat.
"Hi Captain."
"Wait, how do you know my daughter?" Linda cut in.
"Well I met her at-" Louise quickly cut him off.
"I met him around the deck," she quickly made something up. "So show us the boat."
Linda gave a suspicious look.
"Well ok," the Captain weirdly laughed. "Follow me." He walked them to the save boats as everyone else looked around the Captain's area with the crew watching them. There was a whole line of large safe boats all the way down each side of the boat.
Louise mental counted the boats and came to a conclusion.
"Captain, it seems like there is not enough boats for everyone aboard," Louise said.
"Shh!" Linda hissed.
"What makes you think that?" the captain asked.
"Well I did the math and the numbers never lie."
"Well in this case they did, because we -" a mustached man cut him off.
"She's right," he said.
"Why Mr. Rupert Seymour, creator of the Seaic. Hello Sir."
"Captain, you're doing amazing with her," he smiled talking about the boat. He walked up to Louise. "What's your name?" he asked.
"Louise."
"Well Louise you are correct. There isn't enough boats for everyone. Not even half."
"Who needs them?! This is unsinkable!" Linda said. "It's just a waste of wooden," she laughed.
"I agree, me and my men are doing great!" The captain said.
The rest of the group then join the group.
Louise accidentally caught Logan's eyes when she looked back. She quickly turned back. What was she doing? Louise walked away the group. She couldn't deal with this. Louise couldn't handle this stupid feeling.
Charlotte walked up with her brothers leaving Logan in the back.
Louise only thought about her plan for only a second. She needed to tell Logan!
When no one was looking, she grabbed Logan by the arm pulling Logan into a empty room that was used as a gym.
"Louise?" Logan asked surprised.
"I need to talk to you!" she shot out.
"I can't talk to you!"
"Please," she begged.
"What?" he sighed.
"I hate you!"
He gave a confused look on his face.
"What?"
"I hate you and these dumb feelings you make me feel!"
"You really haven't changed," he smirked.
"I hate you!" Louise laughed.
"Yeah I have you too."
"What?" Louise whined. She was beginning to cry.
"What?! No don't cry. I was joking!"
"Oh, I hate these feelings!"
Logan smiled.
"I just wanna tell you how I feel and these feelings keep stopping me!" Louise said looking into his blue eyes.
"You hate me."
"I hate that I love you… I just love you!"
Logan didn't response.
"Ok, no response. It's scaring me," Louise nervously said.
"I love Charlotte."
"That's not my name."
"I'm marrying Charlotte."
"Yeah, guess I forgot that," Louise sighed.
"I'm-"
Louise walked out before he could finish his sentence. She left everyone to the tour, walking to the front of the ship.
They day was soon ending and the sun was slowly going down on them with the sky turning a beautiful light orange. It was the orange of a cantaloupe shining on Louise. She stepped to the front white metal railing right at the pointed front of the ship. The wind blowing in her hair, ruining it, but she didn't care. She sat on the railing looking down at the ocean. She silently looked at the blue, thinking about the animals in the water, probably swimming with the ship. It's like they're on the cruise. It was all peaceful until she heard something coming behind her. Footsteps. Maybe it was a crew member, with her record she wouldn't be surprised if someone assigned a crew member to watch her around the railings. She turned and gasped.
"Logan?!"
A/N: Wow. This chapter was rough! I've been procrastinating this all day. I actually wanted to do more, but then it's getting late and this is a good cliffhanger soo works out. I've just been crazy busy dealing with some shit so this chapter wasn't as good as it could be and I'm sorry guys. I'll really try with the next chapter it's just life. But anyways DRAMA. If I were you I'd be wondering about Charlotte and Darren's old relationship. And what does the Bennett Brothers have to do with this story? Not enough lifeboats? Things unfolding. Can't wait for Chapter 6! Titanic Thursday! Woo! See you next Thursday, now I gotta go deal with life… Ugh! Thank you for reading. Please Review.