Haley Dolan's Story

Haley put her bags down on the dock and looked up at the ship. It was enormous. She had never been on a cruise before, but this one seemed way to nice to be free. A cool breeze came up over the docks and she pulled a black jacket on over her outfit. A tall man wearing some sort of uniform walked up next to her, "Can I help you with these?" he asked.

She smiled and nodded, "thank you very much" she said as he picked them up. Her bags weren't very heavy, but it was always nice to have help. He led her to the reception desk where an older looking woman asked for her name. "Haley, Haley Dolan." She said. The man stood politely next to her, waiting to help bring her bags up to her room.

"Ah yes," the woman said looking up from her brand new computer, "here you are, Ms. Haley Dolan, king room, deck five, room 96. Enjoy your stay." The woman handed her a room key and a beige folder. The man motioned for her to follow and led her into a large elevator.

"Wow, an elevator on a cruise ship?" Haley asked as the doors closed behind them. How on Earth was this ship still afloat? Surely a boat this large would need to be filled with helium or something to keep from sinking.

The doors flew open and Haley followed the man out of the elevator. "A whole lot of physics I don't understand went into building this ship." He said and laughed. The hallways were much nicer, and wider, than Haley expected. "Ah, here we are." He said stopping outside a door about halfway down the hall. She opened the door and held it as he carried the bags in and put them in the center of the over sized room.

"Thank you so much." She said, handing him some money and smiling. He nodded, gave a quick goodbye, and left. Haley plopped down onto the bed and looked around the room. It was nice, really nice. She put her key in her pocket and made her way outside to see the rest of the ship and wait for the ship to cast off.

The cool ocean breeze blew gently over the deck. Haley looked out at the endless ocean, it was beautiful. She loved knowing that the ocean could take her absolutely anywhere. It touched everything, from the north pole to the south pole, and everything in between. Out of the corner of her eye she could see the dock, were a relatively long line of people waiting to get on the boat had formed. Woah, she though, glad I didn't get stuck in that. Haley stood on the deck taking in the scenery, not really thinking about anything.

After a long while, Haley decided to head back to her room. It took a little searching, but eventually she got there and swung the door open. Her bags sat right in the middle of the room where she had left them. "Eh, I'll deal with those later" she said as she walked past her bags to fall back onto the bed. It was unbelievable comfortable. Big too. Probably made for couples on vacation. she thought, then smiled, more room for me.

She was just starting to doze off when her phone rang. "Meg!" She said excitedly as she answered it, "this place is amazing!" Haley talked with her friend for a while before making up an excuse to hang up. She decided to explore the ship, taking random turns here and there.

As Haley roamed the ship, taking everything in. It seemed a little redundant to have a pool on a boat, but she wasn't complaining. There were stairs and balconies and floor upon floor of exciting activities. Most of them weren't really open and working yet though.

Haley's eyes widened as she saw a large sign that read 'buffet'. The door was wide open and she could smell the freshly cooked food within. She hadn't realized just how hungry she was until she saw another cart full of food roll past into the room.

"Well are you just gonna stand there, or are you going to go in?" A girl said in a strong English accent. Haley turned to see the tall blonde girl to her right. Where had she come from, and how long had she been standing there? It didn't really matter, she was entirely right.

"Uh, yeah, I'm going in." Haley said. She hoped she didn't sound too surprised to see the girl. The girl smiled as she walked in and Haley followed. The room was enormous, with endless tables filled with endless amounts of food. The girl disappeared quickly, loading a plate with food and walking out. After eating a few random bits of food, Haley decided to go back to her room.

After some fumbling unlocking the door, she walked on it, closing it behind her.

Greyson shot up, suddenly wide awake, as he heard the door open. Without making a sound he slid off the bed and snuck into the bathroom. This was not how he envisioned his first day of the cruise. He heard the door close as the intruder started to hum a tune, throwing in strands of words here and there. He recognized the song, although he couldn't name it, but more importantly, he recognized the voice. Where had he heard the voice before?

He opened the bathroom door just a crack and peaked through, but all he could see was the reflection of brown hair in a mirror. The humming started to get louder as the intruder moved towards the bathroom, apparently unaware of his presence. He backed up away from the door as it swung open. In the darkness of the bathroom Grey couldn't make out any of the girl's features. She flicked on the light and screamed at the top of her lungs.

"Please" Grey said, gently putting his hand over her mouth, "don't scream." Why was she screaming? She had broken into his room. As his eyes slowly adjusted to the bright light, the girls features slowly came into view.

"Haley?" he said looking down into her soft brown eyes. It couldn't be. It wasn't possible. This girl, who had known him better than he knew himself. This girl who he had left behind. The last thing he expected was to run into her on a cruise.

((Don't worry, me and Dea talked this over before hand))