stopped at the door directly next to her and Jonathan’s door.
“Oh, shit, they actually have us rooming together, Kevin,” said Sarah, looking down at her ticket.
“That’s lame,” he responded. Then he looked up at Jonathan and Candi. “You guys rooming together too?”
They looked at their tickets, comparing them. Jonathan responded, “Yep, looks like it.”
Kevin and his sister exchanged knowing looks. Sarah shrugged her shoulders. Kevin looked at Jonathan and said, “How ‘bout this Jon … you change tickets with Sarah and come room with me. Then the girls can be roommates next door. That way, we don’t have to deal with hair stuff and makeup all over the bathroom, and we can take a dump with the door open.”
Jonathan just nodded his head, a stunned expression on his face. Candi was pretty certain he was trying to picture a situation where he’d want to go to the bathroom with the door open and another guy in the room.
Candi was grateful that her brother seemed temporarily speechless. “Yeah, that’s fine with me,” she agreed. This way, she could have some more quality time with Sarah. If they roomed together, maybe they could become friends and …
“Well, it’s fine with me, but I’m going to be the first one in the shower every morning, and I call the table inside for my makeup area. You can put your stuff somewhere else,” said Sarah. She held her hand out to Jonathan.
He stood there looking at it, confused as to what she wanted.
“Hello, McFly, key please.”
“Oh, yeah, sorry!” He handed her the plastic card key and took the one she offered.
Candi looked at her brother. “See you later, Jon.”
“Yeah, okay. We’ll come and get you and go to the muster together. We’ll be in the same lifeboat area.”
Candi nodded her acquiescence. Now all she had to do was figure out what she and Sarah could possibly talk about that wouldn’t be humiliating, unlike her super crush on Sarah’s brother or her lack of proper cruise attire.
CHAPTER THREE
Making Waves
Sarah used the key card to open the door. She stood staring at the inside of the cabin. “Holy shit, this sucks. I can’t believe there’s no window in here.” She casually gestured towards Candi. “If I vomit on Sugar Lump here, it’s not going to be my fault.”
Kevin took a quick look inside their cabin while saying absently, “That’s Gumdrop, idiot, not Sugar Lump.”
“Whatever.” Sarah brushed off her brother’s correction and went into the room.
Candi followed, trying not to think about being vomited on by someone who wouldn’t care one bit about doing it. She could probably ask her brother for a seasickness remedy. If she knew him, he had one in his backpack somewhere.
Candi shut the door to the cabin, leaving the guys standing out in the hall. She looked around and realized there wasn’t much room to move around. Candi saw that there was a small table with a mirror in front of it off to the right, opposite the bathroom door, which she guessed was the makeup area that Sarah had claimed for herself. Candi didn’t much care since all she wore for makeup was some occasional eyeliner and mascara, if that. Lots of the time she went without any at all.
There was a knock at the door. Candi turned around to open it expecting Jonathan to be there, but it was a man in a white uniform with their bags. He left them on the bed and then continued on his rounds of bag delivery.
After he left, Candi watched Sarah open up one of her bags and start rummaging around, mumbling under her breath. “Where is that thing? I know I packed it … A-ha! There you are!” She pulled out a small piece of material in a leopard print. She was humming as she reached to open another, smaller bag, pulling out a pair of very high heels from inside.
“What are you doing?” asked Candi. She looked at the material and shoes,
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