Half an hour later
So te cruiser already had took off from the bay starting what would be a hell of a trip for the girls who were still talking on the deck…..
Shane: (knowing what to do and looking intensly at Tina so she would follow her) I think I’m gonna go to my suite to unpack a couple of things and I’ll meet you guys here for the opening ceremony….
Tina: (catching up inmediately with the double entry of Shane’s words) Yeah…. you’re right Shane I think I’ll go to my suite as well (damn I’m getting good at this I thought)
Alice: (knowing exactly why the girls were leaving and looking with an "I owe you one" face) Ok girls…. don’t worry for me…. I’ll stay here with Dana (looking at Dana now) If that’s ok with you…….
Dana: Ohhhh…. yes…. we’ll stay here (looking at Shane) Shane… can I ask you a favor?
Shane: (looking surprised) Yeahh…. what is it?
Dana: Would you please tell Bette that I’ll go to the bar with Alice and then I’ll catch up with her later? (looking now at Alice) If that’s ok with you…..
Alice: Yeah…. no problem here….
Shane: (grinning) Ok…. don’t worry…. I’ll tell her…..
Dana: (looking exited) Ok, thanks Shane….
Tina: (thinking "why didn’t you ask me?") Ok…. (looking at Shane) Shall we?
Shane: Yeah…. (smiling in her eyes if that’s at all possible) Let’s go….
Once they were on their way to their suites……
Tina: Shane…. can I go with you to see Bette? (saying without thinking it first)
Shane: (stoping frozen on her tracks) What?! Mmmm…. ahhhh….. (not knowing exactly what to say)….. Well why don’t you just let me go in first? I mean you’ll meet her at the opening ceremony in like… two hours….. besides there’s something I need to talk about with her….
Tina: (locking eyes intensly with Shane) Don’t you dare Shane….
Shane: (trying to look inocent) What?! No Tina….. look I live by two simple rules…. the first one is go with the flow and the second one is don’t interfere in people’s life….
Tina: (not entirely convinced) Well I hope you stick to those rules….. but I still need to talk to you…. meet me on the main deck in one hour?
Shane: Ok, see you then….
Knocking on Bette’s door…..
Bette: (opening the door) Hello lady!!!!!
Shane: Legend!!!! (giving Bette a big hug and a kiss on the cheek) How are you?
Bette: Please don’t call me that…..
Shane: I’ll try not to but I can’t make any promises…..
Bette: (inside her suite now) So… What’s up Shane?
Shane: Well there’s something I need to talk to you about (looking at Bette’s face and seeing something she never saw before) Bette…. are you ok?
Bette: (with a weird expression) In fact…. there’s something I need to tell you too….
Shane: Ok…. you go first (fearing Bette’s next words)
Bette: I….. I don’t know how to say this…. specially to you….. well…. hell I’ll just say it….. I haven’t been able to stop thinking about you friend Tina since Alice told me she’d be coming here….. did she come? Does she have a partner? How old is she? How do I….
Shane: (looking half surprised and half relieved and interrupting Bette’s next question) Well all I’m going to say to you is…. (remembering the second rule she just told Tina moments ago) that she is here….. (and now thinking to herself that the one thing that confirms the existance of a rule is the one thing that breaks it)…. Oh shit! Legend I forgot…. (trying not to look suspecious) I told Alice I would take her suitcase to her suite and she’ll kill me if she finds out I haven’t done it yet….. (hoping this excuse would work)
Bette: (not understanding Shane’s sudden change of mood) Speaking of the devil…. where is she?
Shane: Aparently she got caught up with your friend Dana….. who said by the way that she’ll catch up with you later…. that was a good one Bette…. I’m still surprised you pulled that one out on the last minute…. Alice was freaking out…..
Bette: Actually don’t say this to anyone but I freaked out on the last minute…. so I told Dana everything about this girl and how I was feeling…. so she volunteered to go instead of me….
Shane: (now completely decided to break her own rules) Ok, I have to go…. but Bette (with a grin forming in her mind) would you meet me on the main deck in fourty minutes so we can finish talking about this?
Bette: Ok, I’ll see you then….. (thinking what the hell is wrong here?)