Flashback*
I was on my way back to my room after a fun night of dancing. I couldn't walk straight, all my attention was focused on remove ring the girl I just spent hours with. I couldn't get her smile outta my head. She had a tied up t-shirt, blue cut off jeans and especially a cowgirl hat that finished it all of. She had that long brown hair with a tint of red. I came out of my day dream right as I landed on my bed.
After an hour of sleeping I didn't feel the greatest but hey no one sleeps good on their first cruise. I got to the bathroom just in time. Now I won't explain the next part, as I can imagine you already know. Needless to say I fell asleep head on the toilet. I was awaken earlier than I had expected when the lights in my room where blinking red. Not sure of what was happening I got up and went to the hallway. Everyone was running in a panic."To the life boats", I heard a woman on the other end of the hall yell. I unlatched my door and began sprinting towards the side of the ship. With the jolt from hitting the reef I was thrown into one of the rooms that were open. I flew in at great speed and hit my head on the wall.
End flashback*
(Alice)" Are you ok?"
(Jason)" I should be ok." I said with a little confusion. Who was this little girl and why had she stayed behind instead of leaving. "How long was I out?"
(Alice)" About eight hours I think. Everyone left about six hours ago." Her eyes studied me and I could feel them fixate on my uncut beard." Do you ever shave that?"
(Jason)" Yes", I said kind of snapping at her." Wait you said we've been by ourselves on this boat and you didn't leave?" It was weird, this girl was only about fourteen and she had left her family. Why, because she saw me get knocked out?
(Alice)" I don't really have a reason to leave, plus I kinda like the peace and quiet." Her eyes had now shifted to my I groomed hair." Do you never comb your hair?"
(Jason) " Do you always ask this many questions?" My hair was still messy from the night before, but even then I rarely touched it. I was only sixteen, didn't have a girlfriend, and my parents kicked me out. As you can see combing it was the least of my worries." Well anyways I'm hungry. There might still be some food left from one of the buffets. You hungry?"
(Alice)" A little." She got up from her knees and started walking to the door." My name's Alice."
(Jason)" I'm Jason." Seeing that she was waiting for me I got up and started walking to the door. We walked up the five flights of stairs until we reached the fifteenth floor, or as I call it Buffet County. There were three buffets on this deck ranging from breakfast to dinner to dessert. Thinking about the night I just had and that it was almost dark again I sat down at the dessert buffet. I raided the place for all the brownies and jello. I then went and took a seat out by the pool that didn't think so much like a pool anymore.
(Alice)" Kinda depressing huh?" She said as walked up. She had a plate full of small sandwich's that I could only assume was filled with cheese and ham that had been long overdue. "The pool doesn't even have water in it."
(Jason)" Hey back in the room you said you didn't really have a reason to leave. What did you mean by that?"
(Alice)" Its kinda a long story. Yeah... So anyways what's our plan to get off this boat?"
(Jason)" That's a good question. I think we should start by making sure we have clean clothes."
(Alice)" Okay I found this room earlier that had some nice clothes in it."
(Jason)" Why not just pack up your own clothes?" The question kinda bugged me because why would she want to scavenge through other peoples clothes.
(Alice)" Well I don't really have any other clothes, so unless you want me walking around in my birthday suit I'm gonna go get some." She wouldn't look up at me. I couldn't help but feel she was binding something from me. What ever it was, it was her problem so I didn't ask any questions.
After we ate it started to get dark so we looked for a flash light. Once we found one that had batteries, we went to my room so I could pack up for the journey that was about to happen. I finished packing and started done the hall to where Alice was looking through some girls suitcase. This is the first time I was really looking at who she was she wore a tattered shirt, and shorts that looked more ripped off then cut off.
(Alice)" Like the view?"
(Jason)" Um..." I quickly turned towards the door." You almost done. Cause I was thinking we should stay a couple of days incase a helicopter comes."
(Alice)" Here take this." She tossed over a hair clipper." If we are staying I'm not looking at you until you cut that mop you call hair."she let out a quick giggle, then went back to going through bags.
(Jason) I had never given myself a haircut before so I choose the shortest attachment and just let it glide across my skull. I left the front a little longer as I didn't want a military cut. Once that task was done I pulled out my razor and shaved off my whole beard. A new beginning might as well start clean. I walked back into the room Alice was in and her jaw dropped. "What do I look different?" That's when I looked in the closest mirror and my clean cut made me look slimmer. For once in my life I felt strong. I made few quick flexes in the mirror admiring how it looked.
(Alice)" Haha see you can look good with out the mop", she said sarcastically.
(Jason)" Ok, well if we are staying then I'm gonna go take a shower then probably go get something to eat? Wanna join me?"
(Alice) For the fist time she had looked up from searching." Sure! I'm gonna try a few more rooms while you shower."
I took a good fifteen minute shower. I needed the time to think. First I need to figure out where we are then I have to form a plan incase no one shows up. After my shower I walked out and just threw on some shorts and a sweatshirt. Dinner consisted of some pizza and french fries washed down with a piña colada smoothie.
(Alice)" Can I have one of those?"
(Jason)" How old are you?"
(Alice)" Fourteen."
(Jason)" No it has vodka in it."
(Alice)" But you get one you are only like a year older."
(Jason)" Try two and I was knocked out for eight hours after the cruise crashed. I think I can afford to have one."
(Alice)" It wouldn't be my first drink you know. On the streets sometimes that's all you get."
(Jason)" What do you mean on the streets?"
(Alice)" I mean for the last year I've lived on the streets of Florida ok. Now I'm gonna go make one whether u let me or not." She disappeared behind the counter and went to work. She quickly wiped on up took a sip and spit it out.
(Jason)" Here just let me make it for you. You're putting in way to much vodka it's supposed to be just a splash." I had seen many bartenders make it over the years but what made mine different was I added the juices of a strawberry.
(Alice)" Thanks." She took a sip and I could see she enjoyed it cause she closed her eyes and was speechless for about five minutes.
(Jason)" Hey the theater might still work. Wanna go find a movie to watch."
We ended up watching Crazy, Stupid Love her pick, because I felt like I had been an ass earlier. She fell asleep halfway through it so I carried her back to her room. She wasn't heavy at all, not that I was expecting her to be heavy. Se was probably only about 5'2 and eighty pounds. When I got back to my original room I placed her on one bed and took the other one for myself.
