A Sea Full of Options

Meeting The Gang

Okay, first of all, I don't know what I was expecting to happen in this cruise, but at the time all I knew was since this was my third cruise, it came with perks. I'll explain later, it's not important now. So, basically when I got on the ship, I rushed out of our room, into the hall, and raced down it, up three flights of stairs, to the new 'teen club' up on the twelfth floor.

As I entered, I slowed down. There was first a big yellow archway with the words 'the Optix' in big letters printed across the top. After that I walked down a big long hallway that was dark and dimly lit by cheesy plastic multicolored lights along the walls. The bathrooms read 'dudes' and 'dudettes' on the doors. I entered the 'club' and found out it kind of did look like a club, from what I could tell. There was a big dance floor with unlit spotlights that covered most of the front of the room. A little door way in the corner of it led to a white room, which was gated off at the moment. In the other front corner was a glass booth, which looked like a cool supplies closet. Next to that was a little bar, which didn't serve drinks, it was just a good place where the security could keep an eye on everyone. It had cups behind the counter, yet being unused. Chairs lined the counter. A soda machine sat at the edge of the bar. Across from the bar was a small, no-door room, smaller than the closet. It was all black, with seats lining it's circular perimeter. Next to that was a fooseball table, which was crowded with laughing and yelling teens. After that was a corner with a window, overlooking the ocean. Low black seats ringed the corner's walls. There was a flat screen tv in the one wall across from it, so a bunch of younger teens were there.

As I sat down with those guys, a guy came over to me, looking sarcastically happy. "The name's Parker, and your sitting in my seat. And for that, I give you a present.", the boy said as his grin turned to a frown. He was Asian, muscley, but I couldn't find more details as he jerked his body inward and punched me hard in the arm. I smiled as I grasped my arm in pain. A girl stood up next to me and started talking to Parker. "Hey, leave him alone, Park! Do you have to punch everyone who bothers you? And hi, I'm Kelsi, Kelsi Cramer." , the girl started at him and ended at me. She was pretty, with cute dimples she was trying hard to hide. "And this is Amarhi, Elizabeth, and Angela." . She pointed to a scrawny black boy, a cute dirty blond haired girl with glasses, and a hot brunette who had a smirk on her face. Angela winked at me and I blushed, but that's only because there was a tall blond guy walking in behind me. Shallow popular girl, I thought. "Hey, we were just about to go to the arcade," Amarhi said. "Would you like to come with?"