Where is your heart tonight

Chapter Three

Live it up

Sail away party
Now it's the day of the cruise and we are standing in the queue getting hotter and hotter because the sun is so hot even in April. The nerves are high. This is what it is all about what we have planned. We have been planning this for months. The day is finally here. Time to party on the boat with 3000 fans and five hottest boys from Boston. We get to the docks and there was our cruise ship, it's huge. I am used to the ferries that go across to France and back but this is huge. We got here with plenty of time but there is still a big queue in front of us. Some of these girls must have been here since last night. They are nuts if that is the case and we still got ages before we embark. My and friends and I are prepared for the sun and heat with water bottles and plenty of sun cream on.

We have been here for hours now, we still got an hour before we embark onto the ship.
It wasn't for us to get on the ship and to our cabins. We split up for a while as we were all in different cabins on different decks. I was staying in a cabin with two other cruisers who were Americans, they weren't with us at the start of our trip. We met them at the hotel. And yes my friends are still teasing me over yesterday at Starbucks.

I look up and there is that smile again. It's so familiar but I can't get my head around it. "I find it cute that a fan can't recognise me".
" Huh".
Pointing to my green t-shirt " That's my sister's work". My so-called friends couldn't hold back a snicker were basically laughing at me. "I get it you're jet-lagged".
" Who are you?".
He lets off a sexy chuckle "I'm not telling but you have to work it out". Both Emma and Susan dancing and singing to Hard. He chuckled but I was still not registering it. " Here this may jog your memory" he puts down a Starbucks cup on the table. And gets a little closer "See you on the boat tomorrow". I shivered as he is that close I could feel his breath on my neck. " Bye ladies". He gives us a wave before walking off.
"Bye".
" Bye Jor..." Both Emma and Susan stopped themselves from saying his name. But I wasn't listening to them anyway. I looked at the cup there was writing on it.
"Oh crap," I just realised who I just met when I saw his name on the cup he gave me.

I still have that cup and I'm not letting go of it. We were getting ready for the sail away party and we were all out on the deck. With 3000 fans it's a little cramped on deck. There are girls everywhere. It feels like you can't move. If this is like it now how are the theme night parties especially when everyone is dancing and is drunk. My friends and I are all decked out in our cruise theme t-shirts with our cruise logo and where we are from on our backs. Somehow we are near the front, don't ask how but we managed too. I am sure both Emma and Susan are up to something. Because they dragged us here. And both of them are looking at me oddly.

We all went through the mandatory emergency boat drill. Now it's the sail away party. They started on the balcony above then slowly moved onto the stage near us once the pledge was called and recited. First down on our side were both Joe and Donnie. While the other 3 came down the other side. All on the stage in front of us fans. We were lucky to be in the front. Which was my downfall of the whole trip? He was looking out to the crowd. 

Then he found me again. He smiles as he recognized me from yesterday, the fan who couldn't remember him. Jordan reached his hand out but I refused but two sneaky friends behind me gave me a friendly nudge towards him. But I lost my footing and nearly faceplanted myself in front of him. He grabs my hand to steady me. There is that spark again.

"Hey, careful there". I look up and there was that smile again. "Hi again. Remember me this time".  Did he just wink at me?. I haven't said anything. " Cat got your tongue or are you shy".

"Thank you," I say barely a squeak.

"No problem" then went off to dance around with Joe.

The eyes were on me again but not from Mr Brown eyes but from my group.

"What?".

" Now you can talk when he's not here". They burst out giggling.

"Well, at least I haven't burst into tears when I met him".

" Yet".

"You just can't talk to the guy".

" You would be the same if all is going through your head is what a certain someone is saying about him as he is standing there in front of you" I moan "It's going to be a long four days".

We are watching him goof around with Joe. Every so often his chocolate brown eyes catch mine. A smile there. A wink there. Then back goofing with Joe. Over the screaming and cheering, you hear Donnie shouting through his loudspeaker. Danny was with Donnie. But Jon had disappeared. We watched Miami's skyline disappear into the distance as the ship sails towards the ocean and towards the Bahamas. With this amount of people on deck, it was getting so hot especially under the direct sunlight. I need a cool drink. I need food and a nap. We have been up early and the day hasn't finished yet. I'm going to be cat napping everywhere. The DJ was playing all their songs plus other one's. I was getting a little hot so I moved back inside out of the sun. Jo, Kristin and Maria followed but the others stayed where they were.

" That's better it's too hot out there".

"We can still hear everything here without being in the direct sun".

" I need a drink and a lie down". I walk off.

"Where are you going?".

" To the cabin" I reply.

"We need to go and find our seats for the game show".

" Got plenty of time". Then I was gone.