Lux thought she knew exactly how this cruise would go: two weeks of awkward family dinners, no cell service, and way too much time to overthink the silence from the boy who stopped choosing her. She planned to keep her head down, her heart guarded...
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As expected, my parents are still pissed at each other. My mom stayed in Lacey's room last night, which I'll bet wasn't something that Lacey liked. Considering the fact that she's had her little fling in her room almost every night since she decided, I bet it ruined her plans for last night.
I told my mom this morning that I felt sick when she came to wake me up. She didn't second guess it, thankfully, and pretty much the moment that they had left the boat, Colt and I got to work.
The plan is to set up a little romantic date for my parents, on a private part of the ship. I wasn't sure how well it would work out, considering no part of this ship is private except for the rooms. However, after Colt paid off some of the employees to help us out, it all worked out.
We had about three hours before everyone came back on the boat, which meant that we had three hours to make sure everything was perfect.
From rose petals, to wine, to a fancy meal. Add in the perfect view of the ocean and sunset - when it came time to grab them at least - it was romantic as hell. I don't know how anyone could argue when this is set up just for them. Although, that little part of me feels like they would still find a way.
The rose petals were shaped into a heart on the table, the expensive wine bottle sat in the middle of the table, two wine glasses sat at each end of the table. All that's left is my parents and the fancy meal - oh, and the sunset.
We had finished just in time. Colt was in charge of finding my mom, and I was in charge of finding my dad. Considering the fact that my dad didn't seem to care for Colt, I felt as if it would've been a better idea for him to grab my mom.
It was relatively easy to find my dad. Every time he and my mom argue, he turns to drinking. It's not a big deal, he doesn't get plastered, he just drinks enough to get a buzz. Regardless, I found him at the bar, where he had just been handed a glass of beer by the man who almost caught me and Colt stealing that bottle of tequila that first day.
Seeing as I wouldn't want him to tell my dad about that, I waited until my dad started walking away before I caught up to him. He noticed me before I even got close to him, and he stopped walking when he realized that I was going to him. How sweet and nice of him.
"You and mom still arguing?" I question when I reach him, just to see him roll his eyes as soon as I bring it up. That gives me my answer, even if the beer didn't. "Sorry, I didn't mean to—"
"It's alright." He stops me from apologizing. I can hear in his voice that this argument is taking its toll on him. I've heard it multiple times before, which means that setting up this private spot for him and my mom was a good idea. Hopefully it'll be something that helps them through this. "Why aren't you with that boy? You get tired of him?" He sips his beer after questioning me.
"I wanted to talk to you about something." His eyebrow slightly raises, as if it were a signal for me to continue. "Walk with me." He takes in a deep breath before sighing heavily. Clearly he didn't want to, but he does what I want.
