Serendipity

Chapter 2

Caterina glanced over at her friends and stood up from her chair.

"I'm thirsty, anyone want anything?" She asked.

"I would like an iced tea." Ashlyn replied.

"Me too!" Rosalie chirped.

Caterina nodded and walked over to the food stand, where her mystery man was eagerly waiting for her.

"Hi, I'm Gabe." He smiled.

"I'm Caterina." She replied, teaching out to shake his hand.

"So, who are you here with?" Gabe asked, lifting his cup to his lips.

"I'm with my friends, it's kind of a girls trip."

"Yeah, my friends and I are here on a guys trip." He chuckled.

The vendor placed a tray in front of Caterina with three drinks on it.

"Speaking of friends, I should get these drinks over to mine." She laughed as she grabbed the tray and turned around.

Gabe gently laid a hand on her shoulder. "Wait, will I see you again?"

Caterina smiled softly. "Maybe." She then continued on to the girls.

When Caterina arrived, Ashlyn say up.

"Jeez, what took so long?" She groaned while reaching for her drink.

Caterina shrugged her shoulders. "Long line."

She craned her neck to see if Gabe was still at the drink stand, but he wasn't, earning a sigh of disappointment.

Gabe went back over to his two friends, who were exchanging high fives.

"What's going on?" He asked.

"Dana and I just scored 3 phone numbers." Cole grinned.

"They were some real hotties with bodies." Dana sang. "Hey man, saw you sweet talking that girl, did you score?"

"I mean, she said I would see her again." Gabe shrugged.

"C'mon, you totally chickened out." Cole teased.

"Hey, don't be hard on him. There's plenty of other girls on this ship for him. That's the whole point. We'll never see any of these girls again so why not just have fun?" Dana spoke.

Cole laughed. "That's true man, there's hella hotties here. You can get as many as you want. That's why we took this trip. To get away from the bullshit with the girls from back home."

"Yeah, you guys are right." Gabe said, exchanging fistbumps with his friends.

Still, in the back of his mind, Gabe couldn't help but think of Caterina. He knew he had to go find her.