Jasmine POV
After Anthony settled our things in a tiny compartment of the boat, I dragged him over to the top deck.
When the ship took sail, Anthony gently put his arm around my waist.
The strong winds started blowing my hair behind me, most likely hitting Anthony in the face.
"Your hair is slapping me" he protested.
I smiled and said, "Good."
"Hey!"
We laughed, and then he said, "I'm pulling your hair into a ponytail"
"Go ahead"
He ran his fingers through my hair a few times, and then put it in a ponytail. (I'm supposing he had a hair tie because of his own hair. I wondered if he lost hair ties, too.)
"Do you want to eat something?" he asked.
"Sure. But I'm paying" I replied.
"If you say so.."
He gently took my hand and led me downstairs, where all the food was.
And goodness, it smelled delicious.
There were many small booths, each one with a different food selection, like American or Italian food.
A few even had Spanish food, like Sancocho and Flan. (Which Anthony told me was really good)
"What do you want to eat?" he asked, smiling at the wide selection.
I laughed and said, "Actually, I don't know! There's so much to choose from!"
"I kind of want to eat Arroz con Gandules. You?"
I squealed, then replied, "I've been dying to try that"
"Arroz con Gandules it is"
We went to the first booth that sold it and ordered it.
After we were settled in our seats, I said, "You still have to teach me Spanish"
"I know, princesa. I'll teach you some now"
We were sitting across from each other, and as I wailed my legs around in excitement, I accidentally kicked Anthony's leg.
"Ow!"
"Sorry! I'm excited!"
He laughed, picked up my right hand, and kissed it.
"Okay... well I'll teach you food first"
Out of all things, he chose to teach me food first? Very funny, Anthony.
Still love him.
He taught me a few vegetables, fruits, and animals before our food came.
After a second of the plate being on the table, I immediately plucked my fork into the rice and ate some.
"Well someone's hungry today..."
"Shut up, Anthony" I mumbled, trying not to laugh.
We laughed, and then I said, "This is so good!"
"I knew you'd like it"
He lifted his hand to rub my cheek, and then we continued eating.
I picked up some rice with the fork and said, "Hmm... arroz?"
"Yes"
I picked up a small red pepper and frowned. "Papa?"
"No, that's potato. And remember what I told you about accidentally calling your father a potato"
I laughed and said, "Pimiento, then?"
"Yes"
I picked up one more item, a small piece of pork.
"Chancho? Pig?"
"Yes"
I smiled, and Anthony smiled back.
We ate in silence afterwards, and when we finished, I paid and then dragged Anthony back to the top deck of the ship.
We still had about an hour left before we arrived to Key West.
After a few minutes, he asked, "What do you want to do?"
Then I remembered there was a game room on the opposite side of the bottom deck.
"There's a game room downstairs" I said, looking up at him.
"I challenge you to basketball"
I smiled and replied, "You're on"
We speed walked down to the bottom deck and entered the game room, that had loud music and bright neon signs.
We got a playing card, and the first game we went to was basketball, since Anthony had challenged me to it.
Just before the game started, he said, "Ready, Sunshine?"
I kissed his cheek in response.
The game started, and I got a ball in the hoop first.
"Hey!"
I laughed and continued shooting balls.
When Anthony finally got a ball in the hoop, I already had 3.
A few minutes later, I won Anthony 6-3.
I laughed as Anthony attacked me with kisses on my cheek, saying, "My princess cheated!"
"I did not!"
Then we moved on to the ski-ball, where I won again.
"Really?!" he exclaimed, waving his arms around in defeat.
He looked so silly doing that, I started snorting.
Next we went to the air-hockey, where it got very competitive, ending in a tie of 4-4.
Anthony scored first, but only because I got distracted watching someone eat a chocolate chip cookie.
I got him back when I made a silly face, making him laugh and not pay attention.
We distracted each other back and forth, ending with the tie.
When the game finished, he held his arms out and I hugged him.
He played around with the curls in my ponytail and held me close to him.
Our last game was Connect 4.
And I beat Anthony, somehow!
Before the game started, I blew Anthony a kiss.
He rolled his eyes, laughed, and tried to focus, because he was going to go first.
Both of us had unintended close calls to getting beaten, and the only reason I won is because we filled up the entire board.
Once Anthony realized I was going to win, he covered his face with his hands and exclaimed, "JASMINE, WHY?!"
I started laughing so hard my stomach hurt, and it didn't help that Anthony started tickling me.
"I beat Anthony Ramos in Connect 4!" I said between giggles.
"Shut up, Sunshine!" he responded.
"I'll give you credit for alliteration!"
"What's alliteration?!"
"Never mind!"
A loud announcement came over the loud speaker:
"ARRIVING TO KEY WEST. ARRIVING TO KEY WEST"
Anthony let me go gently, and then he went to retrieve our things from the tiny compartment.
We went back to the top deck and took a picture.
On the picture, you could see a beautiful blue sea and large palm trees.
We had arrived to Key West.
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This chapter was interesting to write 😂
And by the way, I've never been on a ship sailing to a different place. I've only been on a whale watching ship and a fishing ship, so I don't know what normal ones are like.
However, I do ship too much.
Until the next chapter 💙
