I DO NOT OWN ANYONE OR ANYTHING IN THIS STORY BESIDES THE OC'S.
Tara's Point of View-
I sat on the end of the bed sliding my socks on as Alex was flipping through the channels.
"Why does the ship not have any good channels?" Alex asked finally turning the television off before he sat up.
"We're on a boat, middle of the ocean, its not like we can get cable." I said as I slid my shoes on.
"What about dish network or something?"
"That's still a lot of boxes and cables, I won't know if they'll get signals out here." I said as I grabbed my phone and purse.
"I'm intrigued to find out."
"Test it." I said.
"I may." Alex said as we headed out of the room.
"How would you test it unless if you own your own cruise ship?"
"Then I'll buy a cruise ship…maybe not a cruise ship because those things are expensive so maybe a smaller boat." Alex said.
"You can't go too small." I said.
"But if I buy one, I can take you sailing again to help cure your boat thing." Alex said as he smirked.
"I don't think so…I don't trust you as a captain or engineer of a boat."
"Why not?" Alex asked as I pushed the down button for the elevator.
"You don't even know how to operate a boat." I said.
"How do you know that?"
"Then prove it, let's go to the captain's dock and see if we can stir the boat." I said.
"Let's do that." Alex said.
"I wander if they'll even let us stir it." I said as we both climbed onto the elevator going down to the main floor.
"I don't see why they won't, at least stand next to us in case we royally fuck up."
"Especially with you, you'll be worse than me."
"No I won't." Alex said.
"We'll find out…do you know where it's at?" I asked as we climbed off the elevator.
"We'll find it soon enough, I think it's this way." Alex said as he pointed to the side of the boat I haven't been this whole trip besides twice since I had gotten onto this boat.
"I think it's up." I said pointing up.
"That's where the rooms are so I think we need to either go further up or a different way." Alex said.
"Wouldn't that crew member know?" I asked nodding to the man that was obviously a crew member.
"You know men don't ask for directions." Alex said.
"Fine, I'll go ask." I said leaving Alex's side approaching the crew member stopping him momentarily, "Sorry to bother you but how do you get to the captain's dock?"
"I was heading there now, would you like me to show you?" He asked.
"Please." I said before waving Alex to come, Alex groaned before he caught up to us. "Thanks." I said to the crew member.
"No problem ma'am." The employee said.
"Ooohhh, you got called ma'am." Alex said looking to me.
"Shut up Alex." I said.
"Do you think that we'll be able to stir the ship?" Alex asked as we joined the employee on the elevator.
"Yes sir, you would be able to stir the ship momentarily."
"Momentarily means a few seconds, not a whole trip." I said looking to Alex.
"I bet I can still drive it better than you." Alex said.
"It's more like a car, no one is better than another." The employee said.
"See?" I said trying to prove my point.
"We'll see." Alex said as we climbed off the elevator with the employee, Alex grabbed my hand and he cupped it instead of interlacing our fingers, I looked down at our connecting hands then up to Alex smiling, "I didn't want to lose you…" He said blushing.
"If you wanted to hold my hand, all you had to do was ask." I said as I smirked before making eye contact with him again.
"Okay…" Alex said as we begun heading after the employee, I started to run but Alex wasn't, the connection of our hands pulled me back to look at him.
"Come on…" I said as I was trying to pull him to catch up to the employee.
"We aren't in any rush." Alex said smirking as I rolled my eyes and walked at his pace to the open door that led into the Captains dock seeing men in the same uniform as the man that led us here.
"Good afternoon, I'm Captain Harry…" The Captain said walking up to us shaking our hands.
"That's some sight." I said looking out the large windows that filled the front of the room, I walked up to stand beside the person that was driving at that moment. I felt Alex's presence behind me along with a hand resting on my one hip, I slightly looked over my shoulder seeing him and smiled before I looked back out the window.
"Was that a whale?" Alex asked pointing out to a big water commotion ahead.
"Yep, you will see a lot of whales and dolphins in this area, would you like to stir the ship?" The Captain asked.
"May we?" I asked turning to look at the Captain.
"Absolutely." The Captain said as I slid between Alex and a crew member meeting the Captain at the wheel. "Keep it as still as possible." He said as I put my hands on the wheel holding it still.
"This is awesome….Alex, could you take a picture?" I asked looking to Alex.
"Where is your camera" Alex asked as I pulled it out of my purse without taking at least one hand off the wheel, Alex grabbed it taking a picture for me.
"You want to drive?" I asked looking to Alex smiling.
"Well duh!" Alex said as he handed me my camera and he took control of the wheel, I snapped a photo of him. "I want a copy of that." Alex said.
"You will." I said as I put it back up, I looked back out to the ocean and the view from front of the room.
"You want another go?" Alex asked as I looked to him smiling.
"Yeah." I said as I went to the wheel trying to hold it as still as I could and looked out into the beautiful ocean. I didn't notice Alex taking photos with his phone and handing it off to a crew member. Alex stepped close behind me putting his hands on top of mine.
"You okay?" Alex whispered into my left ear, I turned to that side to look at him and I could see the concern look in his eyes.
"Yeah, it's just so beautiful, look at all those dolphins…just feel so free up here." I said as I looked back ahead at the ocean ahead of us.
"Your more beautiful." I heard Alex mumble under his breath.
"Thanks sir, I think we are going to explore more of the boat." I said as I stepped out from in front of Alex.
"Your very welcome." The Captain said as Alex grabbed my hand as we headed out of the room after he got his phone from the one crew member.
"How was that?" Alex asked as we walked out of the room and he closed the door behind us.
"I loved it…I wonder if they have a viewing deck to look out of." I said wanting to try to see more whales and dolphins.
"You want to whale watch more, don't you?" Alex asked as we headed back down the hall that we came down earlier.
"I've always wanted to but never got around to it…maybe that's why I want to watch more." I said walking slower and he went slower as well, and begun swinging our hands between us.
"I'll take you whale watching." Alex said.
"That'll be fun…worried I'll have worse sea sickness."
"Not if you take your medicine like a patient instead of a nurse."
"Have you been?"
"Once in 7th grade, well it wasn't really whale watching though." Alex said as we got to the elevators.
"What was the trip then?" I asked.
"We all went ice fishing…it sucked because we couldn't go onto Mackinaw Island until everyone had caught one fish."
"How many people were in your class?" I asked as the elevator tinged as the doors opened allowing us to climb onto the elevator, I pushed the right button before Alex pulled me to stand in front of him as he leant back against the railing holding both my hands.
"That went…um…I want to say at least 100 of us." Alex said.
"Where'd you all put that many fish? And if you were ice fishing, were you even able to take a boat?"
"We used a boat, it wasn't completely iced over and I don't exactly remember where our fish went, that was when I was in 7th grade and I could care less about the fish."
"Who would want that many fish? I won't even eat that much fish in a lifetime."
"What kind of fish do you eat?" Alex asked.
"Fish sticks and tuna fish." I said as the elevator doors opened and we walked off.
"No sushi?"
"I can barely stand the taste of tuna without overusing the mayo." I said as I let him lead us, our hands were still connected which I didn't mind, I actually enjoyed it.
"I guess I'm just used to fish due to living in Michigan."
"I should be used to it since I have lived in Florida my whole live but it's an acquire taste." I said.
"Very true, fish is very different from anything else."
"To each their own." I said shrugging when we found the pool.
"They had a pool this whole time." Alex said as we stood at the entrance to the room with the pool.
"I've never been on a cruise ship before but I think everyone has one." I said.
"You want to dip your feet in?"
"Why not?" I asked as we walked to the edge rolling our pant legs up, I took my socks and shoes off putting my phone in my purse putting them far from the edge. We both slowly sat down putting out feet into the water. "I should push you into the water to make it up for pushing Chris in." I said smiling.
"You know what would happen if you do that?" Alex asked as I looked up to him from staring at my feet that was swaying in the water below.
"What?" I asked curiously.
"You'll going with me."
"You won't do that." I said.
"Try it."
"I will." I said as I pushed him in, he grabbed my hand pulling me with him getting us to both fall under the water laughing at each other and resurfaced at our own times.
"Told you!" Alex said as we were kicking our feet to stay a float in the deep end.
"You did…it was worth a shot." I said smiling as I went to reach for the side and he grabbed my waist pulling me back.
"Where do you think your going?" Alex asked holding me back far enough so I couldn't grab the edge, I begun kicking and trying to pry his arms off me.
"Let me go!" I said laughing as he tossed me towards the shallow end. I resurfaced spitting out water and pushing hair out of my face, "Thanks for that." I said sarcastically.
"Sh!" He said reaching out putting a finger to my lips to make me go quiet, I looked at him as I was trying to listen to what he was trying to hear, and I heard footsteps and chatter. "Someone is coming, duck." Alex said.
"Why? You scared of being seen?" I said.
"No, but I know that voice and I don't want to get in trouble."
"Who is it?" I asked smiling.
"My boss and I don't want to get in trouble." Alex said.
"Great, does that mean I can tell him that I am having issues with you and that you just ruined my whole outfit?" I asked smiling and trying to tease him, he rolled his eyes pushing me down with him holding my breath as much as I could; Alex and I were making faces trying to stay hidden when we didn't hear them anymore. I pointed up to symbolize I was going up, I went up not hearing or seeing anyone, I looked over at Alex waving for Alex to resurface and I pulled myself out of the water and sat on the new edge of the pool. "I guess now will be the time to head back to our rooms." I said smirking, Alex rested his arms on the edge and rested his head on his arms.
"Why? We still have time to spare don't we?" Alex said.
"Yeah but we are both soaked head to toe, I don't see us being allowed to do much like this."
"You may be wrong." Alex said as he pulled himself up plopping down beside me.
"I'm never wrong." I said jokingly.
"I'm sure you are at some point."
"Like I was wrong about you." I said as I got up heading to my socks and shoes, I pulled out my socks putting them on before sliding my shoes on grabbing my purse, I pulled my phone out checking to make sure I didn't miss anything before putting it back into my purse. I looked over to Alex who was still sitting there and he looked like he was deep in thought about what I said.
"How were you wrong about me?" Alex asked finally.
"Honestly, when we first met I wasn't sure how this weekend would be and thought I would have an annoying neighbor, but you proved me wrong."
"In the good way right?" Alex asked looking up to me.
"Oh no, it's totally in the bad way." I said sarcastically, Alex jumped up from where he was sitting running towards me, "No running near the pool!" I exclaimed as he chased me out of the pool room.
"Ow! I just stubbed my toe." Alex said jumping on his one foot as we just turned a corner.
"That's what you get for running near the pool and for being stupid not putting your shoes on." I said.
"No because you deserved to be chased." He said as I followed him back into the pool area so he could put his socks and shoes on, he grabbed my hand as we walked back out of the pool area to get weird looks from everyone, "Why is everyone looking at us?" Alex asked.
"I don't know…it could be that we are dripping wet for no apparent reason." I said sarcastically. Alex and I went up to our room trying so hard not to drip as much as we could. We tried not to walk along the uncarpeted areas so we won't slip but the challenge would be getting to the 4th floor and the 4th floor alone. We got to a part of the area that was not carpeted, we held onto each other as we were slipping along the hard ground below us and we couldn't help but to laugh as we were slipping and sliding as we got to the elevators pushing the up button leaning against the wall for support as we waited for the elevator to arrive which didn't take that long and we climbed onto the elevator that was carpeted heading up, I looked over to see Alex wincing out his shirt by twisting a piece of the bottom of his shirt and I just giggled, he looked up at me smirking.
"What? I'm just helping it dry…" Alex said.
"Nothing, won't you get in trouble?"
"Why would I get in trouble?" Alex asked as I nodded up to the mini ball in the corner that was obviously a security camera, "Psh, what are the odds that they will be able to find me in one night, we dock tomorrow afternoon and where are they going to kick me off at, we are in the middle of the ocean?"
"Very true, but I don't need you to be in jail for the remainder of this trip."
"Why do you care?" Alex asked smirking wanting me to say it.
"I don't care…I just don't want you ruin the rest of the trip."
"If this is the one thing that gets me in trouble, then I haven't been as bad as I thought I was." Alex said smirking as the elevator doors dinged as they opened at the 4th floor, we climbed off the elevator and he reached over grasping my hand, "What do you have planned for rest of the day?"
"Nothing besides game night tonight with you and Chris."
"Maybe we will go do something else after we change."
"That doesn't include in ending in the pool again does it?"
"Not ending in the pool, I promise." Alex said as he gave a confident smile.
"When does the games begin tonight?"
"5 PM I believe."
"What is there to do for that long on a boat?" I asked as we got to my room, I turned to face Alex and he grasped my other hand holding both hands between us, I couldn't help but to smile.
"I don't know…maybe we'll catch a movie on the television or -" Alex begun to think of things to do when his phone begun to chime, "Or I could get a match that will ruin all of our plans." Alex said as I just let out a couple chuckles, he let go of my one hand pulling out his phone answering it before it went to his voicemail, "Uh-huh…yeah that's fine…may I bring a friend?...yeah I'll be there." Alex said as he hung up.
"Got a match?"
"Nope, I have to go be a part of the Family Feud team and your volunteered to come with."
"Am I really going with?"
"Yes…" Alex said smirking.
"If I don't go?"
"Then I guess I'll have to throw you back into that pool."
"I guess then I'll go so that won't happen." I said smiling as we went into our rooms, I changed out of the wet clothes into a dry outfit and I was lucky I had packed a couple extra outfits.