where the water meets the moon | e.d.

seventeen

addison

turns out, the tourist resort that takes up the majority of the island's income works closely with the lab. apparently there's frequent explorations in these waters. they offered us rooms for one night on one of the lower floors, but free food and use of facilities.

"alright, evan and ethan in one room and addy will have to share with another girl," avery notes, scanning his eyes over the crowd of soaking wet interns.

i brush my fingers through my damp, tangly hair and frown. "can't i be with evan?"

"no, sorry. rules."

"so i can live on a boat with three guys but can't share a room with one of them? okay, makes sense," i remark sarcastically.

he points his pen at me in a jokingly warning manner, but still doesn't let me have my way.

a frazzled looking blonde parts her way through the crowd, and avery's face lights up at the sight of her. "hey! you! have a roommate?"

"no, i'm on an all guy ship."

i give her a pity look. "i feel you."

"this is addy." captain avery nudges me towards the girl. "and you are?"

"oh, i'm cressida," she replies quietly, blushing a little and offering a nervous wave to evan and ethan.

"what boat?" i ask.

she sighs and motions her head back to two obnoxious guys i vaguely recognize from the first couple of day, and a female captain trying to control them. "boat 3."

all of us share a look of understanding.
i may be the only girl, but at least my shipmates are tolerable.

"well, wanna room with me?" i offer to cressida.

she widens her eyes and nods gratefully. "thank you so much. i was so scared i would have to be with my captain. she's so scary."

all of us turn back to the group, and sure enough her captain looks like she could bench 300 pounds easily.

"great," avery claps his hand together. "go get your room cards and get settled in."

we all brought a backpack of the overnight necessities. i just have a change of clothes, pajamas, a swimsuit, and toiletries.

cressida and i get our room cards and compare the number to the guys'.

"bottom floor, room 12," ethan reads off his card.

"bottom floor, room 15," cressida replies.

evan's eyes light up. "we should go to the indoor pool. i mean, while we're here we might as well treat it as a vacation? the next time we'll be here is in july when we get our break."

in mid july, every intern gets a week break at the island resort to unwind before continuing with the second half of the exploration, which is a lot more intense.

it also played a big part in my decision to come on this trip.

"i'm down," cressida agrees, and i nod my head as well.