10K on Deck
|the next day|
Bailey comes into her and London's room, carrying a small case with some clothes she's gonna keep over in London's cabin.
"What are you doing?" She asks London who is currently trying to push something into a closet in the room.
"These closets are way to small." London complains.
"I believe that should be my closet and if you take it I'd only have that hook." Bailey tells her.
"Oh, I'm gonna need that." London tells her putting up a picture of herself with her dog on the hook.
"I hate to be pushy, but even if I'm not here all the time I'm gonna need some space to keep my clothes. So please make some room for my stuff somewhere in the room." Bailey tells her, putting down her suitcase on the bed and goes back to hers and 10Ks room.
"That was fast." 10K greets her as Bailey comes back in the room, barely 10 minutes later.
"Yeah well London already occupied every inch of the room, so I asked her to make some room for my stuff and am giving her some time to do it." Bailey informs him.
"Bad idea." 10K mumbles.
"What was that?" Bailey asks.
"I said it's a bad idea. I know London only a bit but once you go back in that room, believe me you will have even less space then before." 10K tells her.
"That can't be right, yesterday she was really supportive of me I don't think she'd be that mean." Bailey says.
"Oh, no it's not about being mean but as you've probably noticed London has the attention span of a chihuahua and is self-absorbed. She won't even notice that it's an inconvenience for you." 10K replies.
"We'll see. Wanna come with me later to see if you were right?" Bailey offers.
"Sure, I'm in." 10K agrees and gets back to browsing through a survival store magazine.
|a few hours later|
Bailey and 10K walk into London's room.
"What the feathers happened to our room?" Bailey asks barely able to open the door because a closet was in the way.
"You said you needed some space, so I made some, the top space is yours the bottom is mine." London explains.
"You mean the air?" Bailey asks sarcastically.
"No silly, I build you a custom-made loft." London says excited.
"How in the hay stack am I supposed to get up there?" Bailey asks.
"On your custom-made ladder. Now get on up there and give it a ride cowgirl." London says putting a metal ladder at the entrance to the top floor.
"Believe me you are going to love it. You'll have a balcony and a great view." London tells her while Bailey makes her way up the ladder.
"Of what?" Bailey asks annoyed.
"Of me!" London says cheerfully.
"Oww." Bailey curses when she reaches the top and hits her head on the ceiling.
10K follows her up and lies down on the floor while Bailey is sitting on her bed.
"Told you." 10K says smirking a bit.
"Yes, you did. Any ideas on how to explain that this isn't going to work?" Bailey asks quietly while London starts to meditate on her bed again repeating "Ohm-oney "over and over.
"I don't know I'd just try to explain that you want a normal bed and closet but I', not sure that would work with Mrs. Sparkly airhead." 10K says thoughtfully making Bailey chuckle at his joke.
"Anyways I'm gonna get something to eat and then head to bed. I'm guessing I'll see you later since you can't really sleep like this." 10K tells her poking the ceiling from his now sitting position and makes his way down the ladder.
While all this is going on Zack is burning through both his and Cody's student allowance like nothing until they are broke and have to take jobs from Moseby as a towelboy and busboy.
|that night|
"Oww, this is torture it's so stuffy up here. Oww." Bailey says and hits her head on the ceiling.
"could you please keep it down with the oww's I'm trying to sleep." London tells her, turning on the lights by clapping twice.
"I'm sorry if my cries of pain are keeping you awake." Bailey retorts.
"Hey, it's no better for us down here either. Well actually it is, my bed is stuffed with Rose petals. Smell?" London tells her bouncing up and down on her bed.
"OK that is it, this isn't easy for me to say cause I don't like to complain and I really want us to be friends, oh dammit I'm just gonna say it." Bailey says while she's pacing hunched over on her small platform until she realizes that London has fallen asleep again.
"Great can't even finish a sentence with her." Bailey curses and gets her slippers before she climbs down the ladder and puts them on. She zips up her sweater and leaves the room heading towards 10K's cabin.
Once she arrives in front of it she knocks faintly but gets no response since it's already 2 in the morning and just opens the door, slipping in quietly.
Once inside she uses a small flashlight she brought to find her way to her bed only to see that it's been made and there is a small note lying on it saying 'Here, I thought you might not want to make your bed in the middle of the night, so I prepared it for you.'
She takes the note, putting it on her bedside table and slips under the covers sneaking a glance at the sleeping 10K before she turns off her flashlight mumbling a quiet "Thank you." To her sleeping roommate.
|the next morning|
10K is already awake and in the shower when Bailey wakes up.
"Uhh." Bailey moans trying to sit up in the bed but is hunched over because she spent most of the night in London's room cramped under the ceiling.
"Oh hi, you're up." 10K greets her coming out of the bathroom toweling off his shirtless body and hair.
"Yeah, hi. And thanks for letting me stay here." Bailey replies with a blush once she sees 10K's fit body, never really haven seen so much of a boy.
"No problem, I hope the bed was OK, I used my spare set." 10K says as he puts on a shirt.
"Yeah thanks it was great, but apparently the damage was already done." Bailey replies trying to walk hunched over, groaning with every other step.
"Yeah looks like it. Want me to take you to the nurse?" 10K offers.
"No thanks, I hope my back will get back to normal on its own." Bailey replies.
"Alright, well I was gonna head over to the smoothie bar to see what the twins are up to, want to come?" 10K asks.
"Sure, let me take a shower first though, hopefully it'll relax my back a bit." Bailey agrees.
"Alright, take your time I'm gonna try to catch up in some subjects." 10K tells her and gets out a schoolbook from his bag pack, flopping down on the bed.
|half an hour later - on the sky deck|
"Hey guys." 10K and Bailey greet Zack and Cody almost simultaneously while 10K is supporting Bailey as she walks.
"What happened to you?" Zack asks rudely.
"What happened? I'm sleeping on a shelf and it's turned me into a human question mark." Bailey complains.
"Here, let me help ya." Cody says and gets behind her, cracking her back two times.
"Thanks." Bailey says excited that she can stand again.
"You're welcome." Cody says before he gets hit in the face with a towel.
"Hey, hey, hey not the face." Cody tells the guy who threw it only to get another one thrown at his stomach.
"Hey, what's up with you two working? Aren't you supposed to have student allowances?" 10K asks the twins.
"Yeah we had until Zack spend all of it in 1 day." Cody complains angrily as he storms off to take care of the towels while Zack is wiping the counter.
"Anyways I tried reasoning with London but it's like talking to a tractor." Bailey says pouting while 10K helps her sit down on a stool.
"That's offensive to tractors everywhere." Zack tells her as he comes out from behind the counter and stands next to her suggesting, "What you need to do is to scheme her into what you want her to do."
"Oh no, that would be lying. I don't lie, well except that time I told our turkey everything would be OK right before thanks giving. Oh, cobblers I'm so sorry." Bailey tells him guiltily.
"The good thing is London will be easier to fool." Zack replies and walks over to his brother who is complaining about the towel usage of the people on deck.
"He isn't wrong about that." 10K agrees.
"So, you think I should trick her?" Bailey asks uncertain.
"Well, I didn't say that. That's something you'll have to decide for yourself, I only meant that London will believe anything you tell her." 10K replies.
"I don't know, it doesn't feel right to lie." Bailey says thoughtfully.
"Yeah, I know, sorry I'm not more helpful but people are not my strong suit. I pretty much only ever had me and my dad to worry about." 10K tells her.
"Don't be modest, up till now you've been the best friend to me anyone could wish for." Bailey praises him.
"Thanks." 10K says happily.
|later that day|
Bailey is hanging out in London's room, sitting on her bed cramped under the ceiling.
"London what are you doing?" She asks the girl sitting on the bed below her.
"My toes. This little piggy went to the stock market, this little piggy stayed home, and this little piggy ate roast beef and this little piggy had none, because she is a vegetarian." London says playing with her toes while Bailey sneaks an audio recorder under London's bed with a cord.
"Uhh London do you hear that?" Bailey asks alerting her to the sound she is playing on the audio recorder.
"What is that?" London asks weary.
"Could be sea snarks." Bailey tells her.
"What's a sea snark?" London asks.
"They're sea creatures that eat through the bulk heads of ships." Bailey lies.
"You know I've been on hundreds of cruises and I've never heard of sea snarks." London tells her.
"Uhh, that's because snarks only get in on the lower decks. You usually stay on the upper decks." Bailey says coming up with a bogus explanation.
"You're right, I've never been this low. What do snarks do?" London says terrified.
"mostly munch on purses and matching belts. They are also attracted to red nail polish." Bailey says.
"I have those and I'm wearing red nail polish." London realizes scared.
"Thank goodness I'm save, sea snarks can't climb." Bailey tells her.
"I'll switch beds, just for fun." London tells her quickly, making her way up the ladder with her hands full of purses.
|later that evening|
Bailey comes into hers and 10Ks room.
"Huh, you're standing up straight. Decided to trick London or did you steer clear of her room?" 10K asks her seeing her walk in.
"I wouldn't exactly…" Bailey starts to say until London comes running by their cabin door screaming "Ahh, the sea snarks are all over me!"
"Ok, maybe a little trick. Do you think I'm a bad person?" Bailey asks.
"No, the fact that you're worried about it already shows that you're not one." 10K says honestly.
"Then why do I feel so guilty?" Bailey asks.
"Because your lie is obviously affecting London more than you wanted it to." 10K answers.
"I guess you're right. I better tell her the truth, after all even if it doesn't work out I can still just stay here full time right?" Bailey says.
"Yeah, might have to find a way to trick Moseby then but I'm sure someone with your smarts will figure something out." 10K tells her.
"Well I better go tell London the truth." Bailey says and makes her way out of the cabin with 10K who goes to see how Cody will do in the Jo-Jo competition he entered after wishing her good luck.
|In London's cabin|
Bailey walks into London's room and sees her cowering on the upper bed rocking herself back and forth.
"I think the sea snarks are building a nest in my purses." London tells her.
"London, the truth is there is no such thing as sea snarks." Bailey confesses.
"Oh you're just saying that to try and trick me and my piggys' into coming down." London accuses her.
"No, I said that to trick you and your piggy's into going up." Bailey tells her.
"There is that gnawing again make it stop, make it stop." London squeals.
"OK, OK I'll turn it off." Bailey says and gets the recorder from under the bed stopping the recording.
"Ahh, the sea snark has disguised itself as a digital recorder." London yells scared.
"No, sea snarks don't exist. I made it up, look London I want to say I'm really sorry for lying to you." Bailey explains.
"Well you should be sorry, why would you do that to me I mean what did I ever do to you?" London tells her while she's climbing down the ladder.
"Ow, my back." London says once she's on the floor and holds her hunched over back.
"I know, my back still hurts too." Bailey tells her leaning down to London's level.
"You mean I made you feel this bad?" London questions guiltily.
"Yes, I couldn't stand the whole day." Bailey tells her.
"Oh, you poor thing, in pain, hunched over, forced to look at those hideous shoes." London says.
"I guess we haven't been very good roommates to each other.
"I guess not." London agrees with a sigh.
"So, can I put my bed back on the floor?" Bailey asks.
"Well… OK." London agrees reluctantly.
"And we can be real roommates and best friends and maybe even share some clothes and jewelry?" Bailey asks excitedly.
"Hold your plow there farm girl. One ugly shoe step at a time." London tells her before she wobbles out of the room.
After London left Bailey also leaves the room and goes to the sky deck to see how Cody's competition went.
"Hey Thomas, how did it go? Did Cody win?" Bailey asks seeing that the competition is already over and 10K is sitting on the edge of the hot tub, fiddling with a small knife.
"Oh, hey Bailey, yeah he won by default. That Johann Jo was disqualified since the competition excluded professional competitors. How did your talk with London go?"
"Great, it sounded like she really got what the problem is. That her back is now hurting like mine seems to have done the trick, so I'll be out of your hair soon by nighttime." Bailey tells him.
"No rush, it's not like you snore. To be honest you look cute when your asleep." 10K tells her avoiding eye contact by twirling his knife around.
"What do you mean by that?" Bailey asks not sure if she should be offended.
"Hey, calm down, I only meant that when you're asleep your just as beautiful as when you're up and running." 10K tells her looking into her eyes.
"Oh, thank you." Bailey says with flushed cheeks and sits down next to him.
"So, what are you doing with the knife?" Bailey asks.
"Sadly, not much, usually I like to shoot and throw weapons almost daily to get better and stay in shape." 10K tells her sounding disappointed.
"Well I guess you don't have much opportunity for that on the ship huh? Maybe you can try and do that when we dock?" Bailey suggests.
"Maybe, though to be honest I'm thinking about buying one of those disk shooting things you use when you're clay-target-shooting, it's not like I don't have the money for it now." 10K tells her with a smirk.
"Maybe you can convince Moseby to make it an activity, so you won't get into trouble for making so much noise." Bailey suggests.
"Hey, good idea. Would you like to help me out with that?" 10K asks having cheered up at the idea.
"I'm not sure I'd be much help since I've never shot anything but OK." Bailey tells him.
"I was thinking more along the lines of recruiting some people for the activity, I'm sure Moseby will only agree if there is sufficient demand for it." 10K explains.
"Oh sure, I can help with that." Bailey replies confidently.
"Thanks Bailey." 10K says and gives her a long hug.
"Come on lets head to our cabin, you should stay in our room until London rearranged your room." 10K then tells her, leading her to their cabin.