Chapter 22

Ruthanne's Point Of View. <3>
I wake up well before Kris does, but he embarrasses me by saying. "Stop staring, I can't sleep." I close my eyes and snuggle up to him, wishing I could sleep like a hockey player. Kris rewraps his arm around me and I fall asleep again, waking up yet again, like an hour later. Kris is still snoring, so I roll out of his arms and off the bed, feeling gross despite my shower last night. I go to the bathroom to clean up.
Kris stumbles in a few minutes later, looking for me. "Ruthanne?" He says sleepily.
"Yeah?" I say, stepping out from behind the wall dividing the sink and toilet from the shower and bath, a toothbrush in my mouth and toothpaste foam all over my face.
"There you are," he says, looking more adorable than ever in his sleepy state. He walks over and wraps his arms around me, looking at us in the mirror. "You're so beautiful," he says, kissing my neck. I smile, then lean over and spit out the toothpaste. He releases me to let me rinse and wipe my face off.
When I'm done, I turn to him, "mmmm," I hum into his ear, hugging him. It's still early, around 8:30. There's no way Caitlin's out of bed yet, but we text them anyways. Hey, breakfast time. :)
After a few minutes of no reply, we just leave, glad to have a meal alone anyways. It's kind of annoying to feel obligated to invite them every time we do something. We always have fun and I'm sure they feel the same way, but, I guess that's life.

Breakfast with Kris is fun. It's easier to get to know him when we're alone. He got some sort of crepes piled really high. And they were delicious. I got some waffles, with pineapples and whipped cream. Sounds and tastes more like a dessert, haha, my favorite.
I feel bad for being happy that Caitlin, Sidney, or Max didn't show up. I wonder briefly why Max is on the cruise with us. Looking for a woman perhaps?
"Hey Kris," I say, "why did Max come again?" I add, even though he's never told me.
"I dunno" he says, "probably to pick some woman up. This is the most down I've ever seen him over a girl. Especially one he doesn't know very well. God I just hope he doesn't make an ass out of himself." Kris says, his brows pulling together.
I nod. "I don't want Caitlin to make any bad decisions either." I say. "Why do we talk about this anyways?" I sigh, "it just makes us worry more."
"Exactly." He says, leaving a tip and standing up, grabbing my hand too. I smile at him, trying to forget about that topic once again. We make our way back to the suite, not liking the show we stopped to check out in the theatre.
"ahh," I sigh, plopping down on our bed. "I can't believe I'm done with high school." I sigh. "I mean, I knew it was coming, but I don't think it's sunk in yet."
"It will," He says softly, sitting next to me, smoothing the hair on my head.
I lean on him, sad for the moment, but looking forward to the next. "I know." I say, knowing it's gonna hit me when I go back home and I'm moving into that apartment instead of getting ready for school in my bathroom every day.

Caitlin's Point of View. ;)

I don't wake up til around 10:00, Sidney still curled around me in a weird position. I try to squirm out, but he holds me tighter. "Don't leave," he laughs, kissing the top of my head. I can feel his smile moving the hair on the back of my head. I laugh and try to roll over. He loosens his grip just enough to let me do that.
"Good morning," I say, kissing him happily. He just kisses me back.
"I'm starving." He says pulling me closer.
"Let's go get something then," I say, trying to sit up. He pulls me back down. I pretend to glare at him, but end up laughing. "What?" I ask.
"Were you cold last night?" He looks at me.
"Nooooo."
"Oh. well I was. Now I'm not. You're warm." I laugh at him and get out of bed to go to the bathroom. He can be so silly. I brush my hair and teeth quickly, pulling my hair up into a messy bun. Sidney's still laying in bed when I walk out to get clothes. I pick a cute halter top and denim shorts. He smiles when I come out to get my straight iron after changing. By now he's actually OUT of bed, but still sluggish, walking in and out of the living room/bedroom area and the bathroom.
When I'm all ready I walk out. "How's this?" I ask him, spinning into his arms.
"Beautiful," he says, smiling before he kisses me.
"Alright. Let's go." I say, pulling on his arm. He follows behind me slowly, resisting a little bit. I can hardly move him anyways. Once we're out the door he grabs my hand and we head to get some food.

After food--it kind of a brunch-- we get our swimsuits and towels from the suite. I felt like swimming. Surprisingly, the first pool we go to isn't full of people so we just stay there. Sidney throws me into the deep end, surprising me and making me scream. I worked hard to straighten my hair too.
"Sidney!" I yell at him when he jumps in after me, splashing me again.
He swims over to me. "What?" He asks, trying to sound innocent and using that pouty face on me.
We mess around in the pool for a while before he makes me get out to try the wave pool. I've never been in a wave pool, so I'm nervous. Sidney goes before me, making everything look so easy. When he comes out I shake my head. "No way." I say.
"Come on. There's like nobody here!"
"I'm still gonna make a fool out of myself!" I complain.
"I'll go with you!" He says, grabbing my hand. "Please!" He begs, which I have to admit, is cute.
I finally give in.
"Ok." I say. He hands me one of those boards.
I cringe when he says "just jump in on the board," he commands.
"I'm scared!" I yelp back.
"Get in the water!" He demands, making me think of The Notebook. I finally just plunge in, holding on for dear life. Once I'm in the water, it's surprisingly fun, and not scary at all. Sidney and I mess around, doing stupid spins and what not for a few minutes. People start to form a line after a while so we just get out and leave.
"That was fun." I say, leaning on him.
"It took you long enough to get in!" He says. "It's really fun at night, if I can convince you to do that." He says, wrapping his arm around my waist as we head back to the room. I put back on my clothes and pull my hair back into the messy bun I had earlier.
I sigh and lay on the couch, already ready for a nap. Sidney lays beside me, or tries to. He falls off a couple of times before giving up and just sitting by me. Of course I'm laughing and he's embarrassed, which makes it even funnier.
"Oh Sidney," I say, laughing again. "You never fail to make me happy." I say smiling down at him. He looks back at me, his smile not quite reaching his eyes.
Picking up my phone, I read the text Ruthanne sent quite a while ago. I reply. Yeah, been there done that. we went swimming, then to the wave pool. eek eek eek!
I set the phone down, not planning on getting her reply so quickly. They must be doing something in their room, or else she would be busy. ahaha, I can see you on that. How'd it go?
I laugh and so does Sidney, reading over my shoulder. Scary. I wiped out a zillion times.
Sidney laughs even more. Right now I'm feeling it though. I can feel bruises developing on my shoulder and on my thighs.
Ruthanne's reply says. even better. see you at dinner. We're gonna go on a walk.
seeya. I type and turn back to Sidney.
"What's Max doing?" I ask him, curious as to why he's on the boat alone, with a suite all to himself.
"I don't know." Sidney says, averting his eyes from mine. "Probably trying to hook up or just enjoying the alcohol. He's been in a crappy mood lately." He says. I press my lips, nervous. I can't help but think I'm the reason why Max is so upset.
"Oh." I say, "Well, we should invite him to do stuff with us, get his spirits up." I say, even though I really don't mean it. I don't want him around really, well I do, I like him a lot, but I always feel bad around him. Especially when Sidney's acting romantic.
Sidney shrugs, "he probably wants time to himself. It's not often we get to escape the team you know."
I laugh and hug him. "yeah." I say, still feeling bad.
Sidney wraps his arms around me. "he'll be ok." He says, looking me in the eye.
I feel bad for Sidney's obliviousness. He's totally got the wrong idea, but, I play along. I yawn quietly, laying my head on his arm.
"I'm gonna take a nap. If you don't mind." I say.
"Go right ahead. I'll join you, even." Sidney says, laying down behind me on the couch in a more comfortable position.
"Remember, we have dinner with Kris and Ruthanne tonight, we can't sleep through that." I say yawning again. I didn't realize I was this tired. My eyes close and I'm asleep almost instantly.