Adrift

Mary Anne-

Mary Anne sighed, taking in a deep gulp of fresh air. Man I don't know what I'd do if I couldn't be outdoors! she thought to herself. Oh well, better get back to work. Sighing once more, she turned and headed back into her suite. Sitting down at her desk, she glanced at the plants strewn across the desktop. You know what she thought ot herself I'm feeling very hungry. Might as well go down adn get a snack. Shrugging, she got up and grabbed her key, he rpurse, and walked out the door.

A few minutes later she arrived in the lobby of the cruise ship. Slowly, she headed toward the kitchen then remembered she had forgottin her wallet, after taking it out of her purse earlier today. She suddenly turned around and ran smack into a tall adn hansome guy with very beautiful eyes.

Standing up, she smoothed her skirt adn blouse. "I'm very sorry about that." She gasped, not liking the way her voice sounded. She could already feel the heat in her cheeks.

"That's fine. A little unexpected, but fine." He replied.

Realizing she was just standing there, she turned to go. "Excuse me....." She said breathlessly.

"Wait." He called. "I didn't get your name."

"Mary Anne. Mary Anne Nicholes." She said.

"Well, Mary Anne. It's nice to meet you. I'm Ryder." He said.

"Nice to meet you too. Umm if you dont mind, I have to be somewhere." She replied, heat building in her cheeks.

"Then allow me to escort you." He said, already taking her by the arm.

"Ok." Was all she could say.

*hope this will do*

Moe-

She headed to the all day open bafee(?). Moe needed a hamburger, and badly. As she looked into the distance she saw storm clouds.

"Hmm, that doesn't look too good." She whispered.

Lorna Jones

"We have a deadline to keep Phillip!" She exclaimed into the mobile, making her way down the second deck stairs, her firey hair streaming along behind her along with her purple skirt.

"I know that Lorna," the voice on the other end stated, calmly, "and I also know that you're on holiday. Take it easy for a while, we'll be fine here."

Lorna struggled to keep in her desperation as she pictured the sites at the office, staff lounging around behind their desks. Maybe some of them hadn't even come into work? The thought nearly left her wanting to jump over-board.

"Look, just make sure it's finished, okay?" She breathed, snapping the phone shut and glancing around the main deck, the sun beating down on her shoulders. Where should she go? She heard their was a sauna room here, but the bored her and the idea of a massage set her muscles on edge.

After a couple of minutes, she wandered to the edge of the deck, peering over the side at the crashing waves. It was a long way down, she thought as she swung around to explore the rest of the boat, only to bump slap bang into someone's chest.

Fianna Areal Owens-

"Beep beep beep!" screamed Fianna's cell phone alarm. Rolling over she covered her head with the pillow, "Five more minutes..." she yawned out tiredly. She had just been taking a nap after getting seasick.

"What are you doing? Shouldn't you be up? This is our cruise sis," her brother walked into her suite without so much as a knock. Approaching her bead he quickly picked her up and hoisted her over his shoulder.

"Ah! Let me down!" she screamed kicking her feet against his body.

"Alright..." he dropped her flat on her butt.

"Ow!" she shouted all of a sudden she burst into laughter, "Your crazy you know that?"

Smirking he replied, "Yup, now come on we need to get some food in your stomach."

Nodding Fianna followed him out to the deck.

Naomi Jade~

Naomi hung over the side of the ship, her band trying to calm her down. "Can't believe you brought me on," she moaned and puked over board.

"Just give it a few more days and you'll get used to it," her fiancee, Trey caressed her cheek and kissed her in the same spot. She smiled again but soon threw up. Her band laughed and left her and Trey alone.

Moe-

"Ughhh... why does the ocean hate me?" Moe moaned.

She dizzily walked towards the sied of the ship- so she could puke over bourd.

"Not feeling well baby?" a female voice asked.

Moe turned to see her mother. SHe moaned a 'no'. Moe's mother rubbed her back." You know baby you shouldn't puke in the ocean, its mean." Mother added.

" Shut up, mom." Moe growled.

"Fine!" Moe's mother yelled.

She walked away leaving her daughter to continue puking.

Lorna Jones

She apologised profusely to the hulk of a man stood before her and scurried off, rubbing her forehead sorely. What strange eyes, she thought as she peered out at the water, boredly.

Who's idea was it to come on this hunk of junk by herself? Who's idea was it to come here in the first place?

She sighed and rested her back against the barrier of the deck, watching people swimming in the aquamarine pool as she ruffled her hair over her shoulders. Give it five minutes, then she'd ring the office again.

David continued eating the food.
"MMhhhhh..." David sighed and looked at the diners, they all looked so happy.
" Now this is the life I want, going to Asia, all expenses paid by your old peace corps, and lady's that are more hot then mermaids." David sighed down into the leather seat and felt his tux go with him.
He then heard a crack of thunder.

Ryder-

Ryder didn't understand what had gotten into him to ask a total stranger if he could escort her, but at least it was a very beautiful total stranger. He mentally kicked himself for the thought.

"So, Mary Anne, are you enjoying the cruise so far?" He asked smiling down at her, she had the prettiest eyes. He didn't want to look away, but to stare would be rude.

"Yes, it is very uneventful." She laughed, he had to nod in agreement.

"You can say taht again. If anyone from back home knew I brought some work along and was doing some of it I'd be butchered and grilled up for dinner." He laughed, "But it is nice."



***Sorry all I had, and your post was fine.****

Mary Anne-

Just then, a sudden crack of thunder struck. Mary Anne jumped.

"Did you here that?" She asked, a little worried.

"Yeah. It's suppose to be a clear sky today. Wonder why......" He was cut off by a loud rumbling then a flash of lightning. Mary Anne could hear the pounding of the rain on the roof of the ship.

"Oh God, I thought this was going otbe a pleasant cruise..." Mary Anne mumbled.

"Did you say something?" He asked.

"No, I was just talking to myself." She quipped.

Another loud rumble, followed by a crack of lightning.

"I've got to hurry up and get back to my room, I've got all my work set up and the window was left wide open."

"Really, what type of work do you do?" He asked as tehy hurried to her room.

"I'm a Forest Ranger in Colorado. I mostly look after the environment and study plants species and animals. What about you?" She asked as they reached her door.

*sorry all i had*

Ryder-

"I run a ranch in Texas." He replied,

"Really?" Her eyes widended a little, "You can come in while I shut the window." He stepped in the door and closed it a little but not all the way in hopes to keep her at ease that he wasn't going to try anything.

"Yup, we work mostly with horses, but there is about two thousand head of cattle. Twice as many horses though." He grinned with pride.

"Do you bred them?" She asked as she closed the window.

"Well, kinda, we just leave the stallions in the same pen as the mares we want them to bred with and let nature take it's course." He replied,

Moe-

After she was done being sick. Moe headed towards the libary.( Yes this ship has its own libary! When I went to a cruise it had one). SHe was a book worm and the books taught her so much.



*All I got*

Lorna Jones

She gasped as she watched the lighting strike the once clam blue seas. Surely it wsn't supposed to do that. The deck gave a light lurch that felt like an earthquake to her, as she composed herself, wandering and almost running into the nearby ship restaurant. She sat herself down shakily into a chair, and blinked at the man sat in front of her.

"Oh, sorry. I uhh... Just needed to sit down a minute. Enjoy your meal." She apologised, politely.

"No, please. Why not sit for some coffee? Looks likes there's gonna be some sorta storm, huh?" He said cheerily enough, although a look of anguish had settled into his eyes. "My name's David. How about you?"

"Oh. I'm Lorna. I'll take a shot of whiskey in that coffee I think." She added in a second thought, to the waiter.

Moe-

THe ship shook as the ocean became more unsettling. Moe had left the library earlie and headed for her cabin. She worried about where her mother was. So she pulled out her cell phone and hit her mother's #.

"Hello?" Moe's mother asked.

"Hey, mom where are you?" She asked.

"Oh I'm the cabin about to order room service. Would you like anything?"

"No I'm fine with what you get. I'll be there in a few minutes." Moe added.

"Alright bye."

"Bye." Moe finished closing her cellphone.

Valerie~

Valerie lurched, doing her best to reel across the deck without dropping her notebook or her pen. If she lost either, why, she'd have to jump right in after them, hang the sharks! She stopped at the railing, looked out at the pitching silver clouds, winked the hair out of her eyes, and after a moment's observation, began to jot random lines onto the paper. It took two hands and an elbow to keep it from flapping in the rising wind.

A sentence of beautiful poetry flowed obligingly from her pen, followed by another, and then Val was stuck. Another bolt of lightning cut across the darkening sky. She watched the clouds boiling, and began to lose her breath. This just wouldn't do. She turned around, dashed to the nearest bystander, and in a very concerned voice, asked them if perhaps they knew a word that rhymed with 'Silver'?