THE BOTANIC

The start of a new friendship

After Joshua had taken down the girls names and their cabins in his small vintage lined notepad with his royal gold fountain pen, Joshua and Kora bid goodbye to Adeline as they had planned to go up on deck together and begin their friendship.
"This boat is simply beautiful!"exclaimed Kora Joshua responded to her by saying, "That's one way to describe it."
Kora looked at Joshua in awe as his gold tanned skin shimmered through the setting sun. Joshua gave Kora a slight smile before cheekily responding to her saying, "Come on, you don't want to be late for dinner on the first night don't you? I heard that tonight's menu would be a fresh spring chicken."
Kora gave Joshua a frantic nod before running as fast as a cheetah back to Adeline to get ready for the first grand meal on this simply divide boat."

"He's handsome as hell and his muscles, I can't even describe them to you their so well defined and his eyes! Their so mysterious yet kind at the same time! He may look bored at times but in reality he just does not like to show his emotions as he's afraid that others might judge him!" Kora excitedly told Adeline.
"Well you sure learned a lot from Jos-
Before Adeline could finish her sentence,Kora began talking about Joshua yet again but this time his past!
"He told me he used to be a captain of a ice skating team! How romantic is that?"
Adeline stared at Kora in shock before laughing and said, "My dear Kora, you are so in love with this man that I don't think anyone else would be better for you than him! I also heard that The Botanic has a huge ice skating rink down below! You should ask Joshua to go there with you one of these days!"

Kora gave Adeline a sheepish smile before her eyes lit up and exclaimed , "Your right! Thanks for the dating advice, or should I say "Love advice" ." Adeline gave Kora a cheeky grin before putting her arm over her friends shoulder and said , "Let's go! You don't want the seat next to Joshua to be taken by another lucky woman or man!"Kora's cheeks reddened as she climbed onto Adelines arm and dashed off to the Botanic's banquet hall that looked fit for a queen. Oh so they saw in the brochure