I had stayed in my cabin almost the whole first day of this two week cruise, until about 3:00 when Athena dragged me out of bed and told me to meet her at the pool in a half an hour so she didn't have to drag me out in my PJ's. This was the second cruise I'd ever been on. The first one was 8 years earlier when I was 12. I'd met Athena on that trip, and we'd pool our money so we could go on this one. Back to my story. I was dizy from the rocking of my cabin on V-Deck, but I forced myself to get up and put on a swim-suit. I checked my purse to make sure that I had my "Coke Card" and Dramamine(c). Then I opened the door, and tripped, falling on a tall blonde dude. "Sorry," I muttered and headed out to the pool. Athena had saved us seats next to 5 chairs with reserved signs taped to them. I didn't feel like swiming in the saltwater pools, so I took out my disk-man and BSB fan fiction story that I was working on at the time, and started reading through it. (A.N. hint... hint... Even though this story is totally fake, I did do all of this same stuff, not counting the disc-man part cuz the battery died on the flight to Tampa) I'd been a BSB fan for a while but never gone to a concert. The damn scalpers always got to the tickets first.
All of a sudden, a group of screaming girls went running past me. 'I wonder whats going on?' Then a blue haired man stuck his head out a door and looked around. Then he came out followed by 3 other men and the blonde dude I'd run into earlier. They all sat down next to me, in the reserved chairs, but I didn't really notice them. Then the one closest to me tapped me on the shoulder. I looked at him. He Was Brian Littrell!!! "Whatcha listening to?" I shrugged. He chuckled. "You don't know what your listening to? Then can I hear it? Maybe I'll recognize them." I handed him the headphones and after he had listened for a couple seconds, he smiled. "I do recognize them. The Rear-End Guys or something like that. The other guys looked at him like he was crazy. He handed me the headphones and I put them away, embarassed. A few minutes later, he tapped me on the shoulder again. "Whatcha readin'?" This time I was able to speak. "A story I'm writing." "Whats it about?" "The Rear-End Guys" "Can I read it?" "No." "Why not?" "Cuz I said so." "Please?" "No." "Pretty please?" "No.: :Pretty pretty please?" With sugar and cherries and sprinkles, and peanutbutter sauce and clam sauce on top?" "Eww! no!" "I'll be your best friend!" "No!" "Fine!" He pulled the notebook out of my hands. "Hey!" After he read it, he passed it down to the rest of the guys. After Nick read it, he blushed. Then Athena came back from the pool. "Hey Katie! Guess what I just heard from Jenny-Marie Sandra-Lee Mary-Jo-Beth Guadalupei-Paris Levi-Jean Lucia-Margaret Jessica-Michelle Rose-Violet Daisy-Ireland Shamrock-Samantha Alexandra-Janine Josephine-Amy Chyna-Krysten Aurelia-Burnedette Petrie Iris-Raina Ocean-Faith Stephanie-Noelle Kathryn-Deborah Azalia-Sally Athena-Helena Judith-Patricia Kimberly-Annaleise Kelly-Auburn Bette-Caddie Dawn-Christie Jill-Sabrina Melissa-Rilla Jane-Francis Suzanne-Amanda Celine-Britney Ruby-Cher Jasmine-Jenna Aretha-Cindy Sarah-Larissa Shana-Angela Theresa- Ashley Miranda- Belinda Theodora-Cleopatra Rachael-Liberty Katelyn-Dorothy Elizabeth-Briggit Jayne-Louise Martha-Carolina Xena-Cara Melanie-Rebecca Erin-Liza Darlene-Ananda Tatiana-Joellie Trinity-Tulip Brianna-JoAnne Trudy-Megan Jennifer-Claudia Cheryl-Lynn Wendy-Dahlia Roxana-Kieran Vanessa-Nina Fran-Toby Tara-Dianne Jeanette-Janet Amber-Liesa Laura-Julie Lyssa-Sara Raleigh-Georgia Allie-Sandra Kylie- Amy Jenni-Annie Betty-Sue Afrika-Lucy Nicole-Heather Devonny-Nellie Victoria-Ariel Charity- Eunice Constanza-Muriel Gertrude-Flossie Maud-Grace Fern- Chechnya Ester-Ehthyl Florence-Ruth Tashi-Leanna Gerolyn-Lily Naomi-ArLynn Kate-Adele Alison-Isabella Dina-Nancy Susanna-Erika Lauren-Natalie Malory-Kerry Kaia-Carly Mary-Cherie MacIntyre , and yes that is all one person. She was named after all her parents friends, and all of her parents favorite vacation sites, and her mothers favorite flowers. Anyway, she told me that BSB are on THIS SHIP!!! Hey, maybe I'll see AJ. He is soooooooo FINE! And Maybe you'll see Nick, I read your diary, so u can't hide it. You think he's got a hot ass-oh... my...god. He's here. They're all here." Then Nick looked foreward and said "Did someone say my name? Did someone say my name and 'ass' in the same sentence? Who's talking about my ass? Are there fans around? Hide me, Brian! Mommy!" Then he jumped behind a chair and put a towel over his head. All the other guys just laughed. Then Athena said "Uh, oh. You guys may want to like leave or uh something, cuz like uh like uh like uh like uh" "Spit it out, 'Theen" "There's a really big group of fans headed this way!!!!! I invited them over!" Nick and AJ ran with Brian close behind them, leaving Howie and Kevin to get their stuff. "Do you guys need any help? I'd do anything to get back inside" I said. "Well, we're not all on the same deck. Which one are u on?" [A.N. The decks on this ship went, from bottom to top, 3, R, M, U, E, A, P, D, V, S] "V-Deck." "Nicky and AJ are on V. Do you want to take their stuff?" "Hell yeah." Kevin handed me the key and told me to go to room V-002. Then he handed me 2 backpacks and I got my stuff and left.
*~*Inside on V-Deck*~*
When I got to the room, I knocked and no one answered, so I used the key. When I opened the door, I saw a pair of feet sticking out from under one of the beds. "Room Service!" "There's no body here." "So?" "I didn't order anything." "How about your bags?" "Kevin'll get 'em." "He sent me" Nicks head popped out from under the bed. "Hi. Hey! You're not room service." "I know" "Then y did u say u were?" "It was a joke. Where's AJ?" "HE went to get our bags." "He won't find anything but a bunch of screaming fan-chick." Then someone started banging on the door. "Let Me IN!!!!! Hurry!!!" AJ's voice said. I opened the door and AJ came running in. I closed the door just before the first girl came running in. The girls started banging on the door, so I chain- and bold- locked the door and put a chair under the door know and sat down. "Cuz of them," I said gesturing towards the door, "we're trapped." AJ went to the phone and dialed E-021 and started talking to somebody. Then he hung up and said "Call the stweard and tell him that there's a group of girls out side your room making a racket and you want them to be escourted away." I called and soon it got quiet outside. Someone knocked on the door, and Nick and AJ froze. "Who's there?" I asked. "Kitty- Kat" replied the voice on the other side. Nick scribbled something on a paper and I read it outloud. "Position, Belt, Room Number?" "Under cover female protection unit of the boys, AND object of AJ's flirting, 3rd degree Black belt, E-021, NOW LET ME IN!!!" AJ said "Open it." I opened the door and saw a girl about my age with brown hair w/ blonde highlights. She pushed past me and went straight up to AJ. "Who's she?" He shrugged and pointed to Nick. "Why are you looking at me? I was under the bed and she let herself in and said 'Room Service'!" Everyone looked at me. "Kevin gave me the key." I turned and looked at the 'protection unit', known to normal idiots as a body guard. She looked familiar. Was that... couldn't be... could it? "Kat? Kat Jenkins? Kat Jenkins from Budd Lake, NJ?" "Uh... yeah. Are you some kind of psychotic fan who knows body guards past history too?" "No! I went to highschool with you. I'm Katie Simmons!" "Can you prove it?" "Easy way or hard." I stated, positive that I could tell her either. "Both." "Alright. I'll start with your palm. You have two signs of the witch: Your health line on your right hand is perfectly straight, no complications. Your life line has two breaks in it: one by your wrist and one near your thumb. Now tell me if you recognize any of this from Middle School: Michelle 'Rita-Book', Debbie 'Brock', Katelyn 'Don' (She's in the bar on this ship)? Oh, yeah. And there was 'Mr. Littrell, how do you dribble a basket ball?' or 'Mr. MAC-Lane( A.N. Yes, I know AJ's Last name is spelled McLean, but I spelled it the way that u pronounce it in the joke), aren't we supposed to be writing poetry, not writing lists of the best places to get tatoos?' and 'Mr. Richardson, is the seam on this pillow right?' and 'Senor Dorough, Que pasa y tu!? Es Espanol classe!' (AN, I'm not very good with Spanish, but that's supposed to mean "Mr. Dorough! Whats up with you? This is Spanish Class!") hey! There was Also 'Mr. Carter, aren't we supposed to be learning about how they built the Brooklyn Bridge instead of hoe they made your hair highlight color?' and 'Mr. MAC-lane, shouldn't we be studying, not sleeping?' and he says, 'Shut the f**k up and go to sleep! This is my class, not study hall' Then there was-" "OK! I get your point. You don't have to go telling our private joke to the whole world. Wow. Its been a long time since I saw you last." Then Nick said, "Wait! You two know each other?" I continued to answer Kat, semi-sarcastically, "Yeah, two years is a really long time. You you haven't even written for like a year!" Completely ignoring my last statement, Kat said, "Isn't it a coincedence that we ended up on the same ship." "No, it was Michelle messing with fire/ice magic again. Remember in eighth grade she put an 'illusion spell' on you right before your black-belt testing?" "Uh, hel-lo people! We're still here! Can you do your reminicing later?" Nick said sounding very much like a Valley Girl. I looked at my watch and said, "Oh yeah. I gotta jet. Athena's probably worried that I was like thrown off the ship or something. I was supposed to meet her, Katelyn, Mary, and her brother Justin for lunch in the restaurant. Or was it the bistro? Or was it the pizza counter? I Don't Know!!! I'll find them sooner or later. BTW, Kat. I'm in room V-021. Call me later so we can hang out in the disco later when you get a break (AN: Disco = Dance Club). You know, I never did get you to go to a dance. Bye!" "Bye."