"Are you sure you'll be okay?" your mom asked.
"Yes, I'm one hundred percent sure! Stop worrying." You replied. You were about to go on a cruise. By yourself. For a whole month. You had been saving up for this trip for a while, and now you finally had enough money to go on this trip. You were actually really happy, because you didn't really have any friends to hang out with over the summer, so getting away like this was a real treat.
"So you have your toiletries, clothes, shoes-" You cut your mom off.
"YES! My god mom. I'm 17 years old. I've also gone on plenty of trips. I think I've got this." You replied starting to get quite annoyed. You appreciated what your mom was doing, but honestly, you were going to e going to college in a few years, and the fact she was still babying you wasn't exactly something you were very happy about.
"Facial cleansers, your retainer, pads, tampons?" She had continued on.
"MOM!" You were blushing a bright red. "I can't believe you sad that out loud." You said exasperated.
"I'm sorry. I just can't believe you'll be gone for a whole month by yourself. My baby's growing up." Your mom started to tear up.
"Oh god mom, please don't cry! Don't worry I'll be back." You replied with a soft smile, trying to calm her down.
"That's what your father said." Now the water works started. However the mentioning of your father kind of put you into a bad mood.
"Please don't bring that up. Now I have to board the cruise, but don't worry I'll call, email, or text you good night every day. Love you." You kissed her and hugged her goodbye.
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"May I see your passport?" Asked the man who was letting everyone aboard.
"Here" You said as you handed him your passport.
The man whistled. "Dang little lady. You've been all over the world. Why were you in Bolivia?"
"School trip." You replied.
"What about Croatia?" The man asked skeptically.
"Dad was relocated. He was in the army." You answered calmly. You were actually very used to being asked this question. Whenever you would go anywhere and they needed to see your passport, you were always asked the same thing. The reason why you went most places was because your father used to be in the army, so your family had to be relocated quite a bit. Your father had ended up dying in the war however, so when people asked about him you would get a little...snippy to say the least.
"Well, welcome aboard. Enjoy your stay." The man replied, handing you your passport back. You nodded and went aboard.
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The ship was amazing! The ceiling was so high! The foyer when you came in was INCREDIBLE! You did a 360 to take all of it in.
"Wow how amazing!" you muttered to yourself. You were so busy taking it all in that you hadn't noticed someone come up behind you, until he started talking.
"So I take it you like it?" The man said with a chuckle. You had jumped a little, so you guessed that might've been why he was laughing.
"Um...yes. Do I know you?" You asked him. You were a bit curious as to why a complete stranger would come up and start talking to you. Also this guy was giving off kind of a dangerous vibe.
"No, but girls as pretty as you tend to catch my attention." He replied. This was starting to creep you out.
"Well...I go to go now." You replied before taking off. Jeez, you were hoping that wouldn't be happening to you a lot this trip. All you wanted was to relax and enjoy being by yourself. While thinking this you had been heading to your room, and little did you notice you had arrived at your destination.
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Your luggage had already arrived at your room. Putting the key into the door you walked into your room.
The room had one king sized bed in it, a kitchenette, a door to the toilet, and a door that led to the shower. 'Not bad.' you thought with a nod of approval.
After you had finished unpacking all of your things, you decided that you would go hang out by the pool. You grabbed a black two piece bathing suit, put your hair into a high ponytail, put some shorts on and were out the door.
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Since you were a girl, not to mention single, you were keeping yourself occupied by scoping the guys out. Man had you chosen the best cruise to go on. Almost all the guys you saw looked to be about your age maybe a year or two older. And they were all cute, with the exception of a few.
You had arrived at the pool and you had to keep yourself from drooling. Almost everywhere you looked was really cute guys. Shirtless.
'I. Fucking. Love. This. Cruise.' You said to yourself.
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After taking in the scene around you for a few more minutes you found a place to lay out in the sun.
"Hey, um, miss?" Someone said from your left.
You opened your eyes and lifted your sunglasses. "Yeah?"
"You might want to put some sunscreen on. You're starting to look a little red." The guy next to you replied. The guy had blonde spiky hair and blue eyes. He was actually really cute.
"Oh! Thanks!" You replied grabbing your bag to get the sunscreen. After digging around for a few minutes, you came to the conclusion that you had forgotten sun block. "Um, hey." You said tapping the guy that was laying down next to you.
"Yeah?" He asked sounding a little groggy. You guessed you had just woke him up.
"Um...I seem to have forgotten my sunscreen in my room. Do you have any that I could use?" You asked feeling kind of embarrassed.
"Yeah sure." He dug around in his bag and handed you the sun block.
"Thanks." You started to spray the sunscreen on your back. You handed the guy his sunscreen back. "Can you spray my back, please?" You asked.
"U-uh, sure." He replied, and started to spray your back.
"So what's your name?" You asked.
"Roxas, what about you?" He replied seeming to relax a bit.
"[Name]." You replied back. "So did you come on the cruise with anyone?"
"Nah. This cruise was mainly for me to get away from my home and just relax a bit." He answered you.
"Yeah me too. My mom was being really annoying though when she was walking me to the boarding station. I love her but she can just be so annoying sometimes." You said starting to feel more comfortable talking to him now (he had stopped spraying your back by now).
"Hey look! The ships leaving the docks!" Roxas exclaimed. You both headed over to the railing to watch.
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"You wanna go grab some lunch?" Roxas asked after you had left the railing.
"Yeah sure. I'm starving." You said. "Wanna get pizza?"
"Sure." He replied. You both headed off to grab some pizza.
When you had finished, you both started to head back to the pool side. You were almost to your seats when the guy from earlier grabbed your arm.
"Hey. Why'd you leave me?" He asked.
"Fucking creeper. Stay away from me." You said yanking your arm out of his grasp. Roxas had returned once he noticed you had stopped following him.
"No girl has ever turned me down before, and a little girl like you won't be the first." He replied, by now he had started to scare you. What if this guy was a rapist?
"Leave her alone." Roxas said frowning.
"Oh yeah and what you gonna do about it if I don't?" The dude said with a sneer. That must've been the last straw for Roxas, because the next thing you knew he had kicked the guy in the face.
"Come on [Name]." And you two walked back to your seats.
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