Desire 2

Chapter Thirty-Eight

After much convincing from Anna and Matt that the babies wouldn't be here for at least another two or three weeks, I had made the final decision to go on the trip. And after about three hours of continous shopping for this inpromptu trip, I ended up with two new bikinis, three new pairs of shorts, four new tanktops, and a two brand new dresses with a pair of black, studded heels to go along with them. 

I packed my suitcase and threw it in the back of Matt's explorer as Destiny and Amanda did the same. The drive to Tampa was long and seemed to drag on forever but after a few stops at Starbucks and a trip to Taco Bell for lunch, it seemed to take a different turn. 

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After passing through the terminal and going through security, we boarded the boat and made out way to out suite, which Matt said he absolutely couldn't pass up on getting us. We entered the suite, which consisted of a living room, two bathrooms and three bedrooms, and waited until our luggage was delievered. 

After about an hour and a half of waiting, there was a knock on our door. We arranged our suite to our liking before we each threw on a suit and a cover-up and headed out to explore the boat. 

Needless to say, the amount of guys on this boat was ridiculous and for the first time in the past two weeks, I was more than happy to be single. I glanced over towards the pool, where a group of four guys stood arranging their belongings. 

"Holy back muscles," I spoke, dropping my aviators down onto my nose as I observed the group of guys. 

"Oh yum. Look at the one beside him," Amanda spoke about the tall, brown haired guy standing inbetween the one with a crew cut and tan skin and the short one with dark brown hair when I noticed a familiarity from them. 

"Oh my God. No," I whispered, as Zach turned around to face us before throwing up a quick wave. 

The three of us stood, looks of disgust present on our faces. 

"You just checked out your cousin," Destiny spoke to Amanda.

"I just threw up in my mouth," she whispered, running off to a nearby bathroom as Destiny and I watched her disappear in the distance. 

"Hey," Austin spoke, stepping towards us and pulling me into a tight hug before I pulled away. 

"What are you guys doing here?" Destiny asked, eyebrows raised as if this wasn't coincidental. 

"We may or may not have seen on Anna's twitter that she was sending you guys on a cruise and after much inveestigating and bribery and a little bit of using Austin, we got to come too," Robert laughed, attempting to lighten the situation. It wasn't working. 

"You planned this whole thing?!" Destiny almost screamed. 

"It wasn't like that! We all just wanted to keep an eye on you guys especially since one of you is carrying some precious cargo," Austin spoke, nodding towards the bathroom where Amanda was. 

"No offense but we don't really need you to keep an eye on us. We're all adults and I think I've proved that I'm more than capable of taking care of myself," I spoke as a group of guys passed behind Destiny and I smiling at me as I turned my head. 

"Really?" Austin laughed. 

"What?" I smiled, amused at his jealousy. 

"You're gonna flirt with a random guy in front of me? Real nice, Cam," 

"First of all," I spoke, stepping closer to him, "I am VERY single and second, I can do what I want,"

He choked back a laugh as Amanda reappeared behind us and told us that she was going back to the suite to get some rest before the required Mustar drill. 

After Amanda left, Robert and Destiny exchanged words privately while I sat alone at a table, until Zach approached me. 

"Hey," he spoke softly, "Listen, I don't want you to be mad at me. I honestly just came to keep them in line so they couldn't bother you guys that much," 

I laughed, "I'm not mad at YOU. I just wanted to get away, you know? From all the bullshit back home. I wanted to get my head on straight and relax," I paused, "And I wanted to party but that's just a given," 

A smile appeared on his face as I looked up at him. I would've killed for this Zach. A year ago this was what I dreamed of. It was what I wanted and what I thought I needed but now, it wasn't there. I didn't look at him the same way that I once had. I couldn't, not after everything that had happened. Part of me wished that I could but I guess life just works in weird ways.

"Thanks, Zach. For everything," I spoke before standing and heading over to where Destiny stood with Robert before pulling her by the arm towards a flight of stairs leading to another pool. 

"Jeez, what are you doing?" Destiny almost yelled.

"I'm not gonna let them ruin our trip. No way in hell will I let them. So we're gonna get drunk, party with some hella fine guys and we are going to have the time of our lives," I smiled as she did the same. 

We interlocked arms and walked past the groups of people and near an empty set of lawn chairs near two guys, who suddenly focused their attention on us. 

I peeled the cover-up off my body, revealing a blue fringed suit. One of the two guys was wearing a dark blue pair of shorts while the other wore green. Both of them sat, their eyes fixed in our direction before they stood to walk towards us. 

I ran my fingers through my hair, attempting to focus on something beside these guys who seemed to be hotter than the surface of the sun. 

"Hi," the one in blue shorts said to me as I smiled up at him, the sun gleaming in my face. 

"Hi," I laughed, flirtily as he flashed to Destiny. 

"Might I say you two are hot as fu-" the one wearing the green shorts spoke before blue shorts cut him off. 

"You'll have to forgive my friend. He's kind of forward," blue shorts smiled as Destiny and I began to blush, "I'm Toby and this is Colton," 

"It's nice to meet you," I giggled as Toby's eyes remained fixed on mine. 

"It's nicer to meet you," he laughed, stepping closer to me as Destiny and Colton began to talk. 

"So what's your name?" he asked, licking his lips. 

"I'm Cam," I stated. 

"Damn, Cam," he joked as I laughed, feeling his eyes remain on me the entire time I looked away.