Link Six (completed)

Chapter 31 - Island mentality

The kids enjoy their day on the boat, spending most of their time between hanging at the pool or chilling in the suite, along with occasionally raiding the buffet a few times while their parents thought they were headed to the bathroom. They almost forget about the possible threat the photographer poses by the time Wednesday comes along.

In the morning, while the families are having a nice breakfast in the main dining hall, an announcement sounds over the loudspeaker.

"Attention all passengers, we are now anchored in front of the beautiful island chain of the Bahamas. The weather is warm, hot and sunny. Don't forget your sun screen! Tendering will begin within the hour. If you have a scheduled tour, please meet in the auditorium, if you do not, feel free to get on one of the regularly departing boats. Thank you. All aboard is 4:00 pm, which means if you are not on board at that time, you'll need to catch another ship. Enjoy your time on the islands!"  The captain says.

"He's very energetic," Colton comments.

"Too energetic," Howie adds.

"Are you guys ready for today?" Mrs Mayes asks, with a little laugh.

"I am," Rhea says. "I've always wanted to be a model."

"You have?" Mrs Mayes asks her.

"Well, since I was offered the job I've wanted to," Rhea laughs a little and the parents do, too.

"I'm just glad that being twins is good for something other than people always struggling to tell you apart," Gerald jokes.

"Oh yeah, and our parents putting us in matching outfits," Emma adds. It was only a little while ago that their mother stopped matching their clothing.

"We didn't have to worry about that, happily," Colton says.

"We kind of did, but our outfits were more based on colors then exact copies," Rhea points out.

"True," Colton agrees. Their parents used to love wearing coordinated outfits to events with everyone wearing different variations of the same outfit. Now that he thinks about it, that's exactly how one would expect families in magazines to look.

"So how's this photo shoot going to work?" Howie changes the subject, not wanting to think about how his closet is pretty much a carbon copy of his brother's.

"Well, the photographer says that he has a line of generic summer clothing waiting for you on the island, and you guys will take a few photos with those on while trying out different products the company will be selling," Ms. Lawrence explains.

"How long will it take?" Leeanna asks.

"Maybe two hours," Mr. Parkerson answers. "We'll still have plenty of time after to enjoy ourselves on the island."

"Not to say that you guys won't enjoy yourselves during the photo shoot, of course," Mrs. Parkerson adds quickly.

"Okay," Rhea nods. 

"Let's get to the boat; we have to meet the photographer at the beach in two hours and we have to leave time to find the place," Ms. Lawrence stands up and collects her things. "We'll do whatever else needs to be done when we get there."

"Yes, Mom," Gerald says. The other parents allow Ms. Lawrence to take the lead as they head to the place the boats would be leaving from.