Serendipity

Chapter 3

The girls were back in their room, getting ready for their first night on the ship.

"Alright, what's on the agenda?" Rosalie asked, sitting on the edge of Caterina's bed.

"There's a movie on the deck, it's The Emperor's New Groove." Ashlyn said, reading from the pamphlet.

"Nah..." Caterina sighed.

"Excuse me!" Rosalie screeched. "The Emperor's New Groove is a cinematic masterpiece!"

Caterina threw a pillow at her. "I'm aware but I don't want to watch it." She laughed. "There's nothing else?"

"There's mini golf. The course is open until midnight." Ashlyn read.

"Let's do it!" Rosalie jumped up and began slipping on her sneakers.

The girls were on the sports deck, golf clubs in tow.

"Rosalie, it's safe to say you're terrible at this." Ashlyn laughed as Rosalie took a shot, her purple ball landing in the hole.

"Stroke 13 and you're finally in." Caterina giggled, writing on the scorecard.

"I'm trying." Rosalie whined, which turned into her laughing.

The girls moved through the course. Ashlyn won with a score of 45, Caterina with 48, and Rosalie with 72.

The girls went back to return their clubs and decided that they would go eat some pizza.

Gabe and his friends were walking up to play golf.

"Hey." Gabe smiled at Caterina.

She wanted to say hi, but she feared that he would start a conversation and as far as she knew, boys were off limits for this trip. She gave Gabe a small smile and continued on.

"Stone cold." Cole joked when the girls were out of sight.

Gabe sighed.

"Man, what did we tell you? There's hella hotties. Don't get worked up over one. You know how that turned out." Dana mused.

Gabe shrugged. "I don't know. I don't even think I want to meet other girls. Especially here."

"You don't have to stick with one," Cole stated. "But you do need to get one to bring along just so you're not the 5th wheel with whoever we find."

"It's a vacation, bro. Live a little." Dana smiled.

The girls were eating at the ship's pizza place, enjoying each other.

"I'm really glad we are on this trip. It's going to suck when it's over." Caterina sighed.

"We have to make the most of it. Especially when we finally get to the Bahamas." Ashlyn grinned.

"Totally." Caterina and Rosalie agreed.

Caterina finished her slice of pizza and began cleaning up the area. She looked out the window to the ice cream shop straight across the promenade. There he was.

"Ready for a swim?" Rosalie questioned.

"Actually, I'm feeling kinda queasy, I'm going back to the room to lay down." Caterina fibbed.

"You want us to go with you?" Ashlyn worried.

"No, I'll be okay. You guys swim. I'll see you later." Caterina smiled as she parted ways with her friends.

When they were far enough, Caterina just happened to stumble into the ice cream shop...