ANYTHING AND EVERYTHING
Chapter Two
"Hey, everyone, guess what!"
Rose said, running towards her friends when she got to school. She had a huge
smile on her face.
"You met Leonardo
DiCaprio?" asked Autumn.
"No!"
"Well, you said guess!"
Autumn said sarcastically, rolling her eyes.
"Well, for an early present
for my eighteenth birthday, my mom got me eight tickets for a Caribbean cruise.
That means you guys can come with me, and my mom said she has to chaperone!
It’s two weeks from now, so you all have to go home and ask your parents, and
us girls have to go shopping for new clothes!"
"Oh, my God, Rose! Are you
serious?" asked Jack.
"No, Jack. I’m just joking.
Of course I’m serious!" she said. Everyone laughed except Jack, who had a
confused look on his face.
"Oh, you guys are such airheads
sometimes!" said Adrienne.
"Of course they are, but
Jack, you know I love you anyway!" Rose said, kissing him on the cheek.
"Goddammit! Will you two
ever stop?" asked Tommy, looking very annoyed, as did Fabrizio.
"No, but I happen to know
some people who told me that you and Autumn were making out in the janitor’s
closet yesterday!"
Autumn and Tommy turned bright
red at the comment. Everyone else was laughing.
"And how, exactly, do you
know that piece of my private life?" Autumn asked, obviously annoyed.
Rose turned bright red, and
Autumn gasped.
"Rose, you weren’t supposed
to tell anyone that!"
"Sorry," she said
sheepishly. "I only told Jack, Fabri, and Adrienne."
"Well, we weren’t doing
anything besides kissing, and at least we weren’t in public, like some of
us," mentioned Tommy.
"Whatever. Let’s change the
subject," said Fabrizio, who was getting confused by the conversation.
"So, everyone, ask your
parents tonight about the cruise and everyone get on MSN at 8:30 tonight and we
can talk about it," said Rose.
"Okay!" they all said.
That Night
Rose was watching TV and sitting
in her computer chair, waiting for her friends to come online, when a message
box popped up on her screen from Jack.
"Hey, babe! What’s up?"
"Not much. Just waiting for
everyone else to come online."
"Same here."
"So, what did your mom
say?"
"She said yes, as long as we
are chaperoned and the guys and girls are in separate rooms."
"Great! Anyway, that’s how
my mom ordered the tickets, after making that rule very clear to me, saying
that anything can happen. You know what I mean."
"Yeah. My parents are the
same way."
"Well, everyone else is
online. Let’s invite them to the conversation."
"Okay!"
"Hey, peeps!" said
Rose. "What did your parents say?"
"Yes, as long as we are
chaperoned!" Adrienne and Fabri said.
"Same here," said Tommy
and Autumn.
"Awesome!" said Rose.
"So, girls, how ‘bout we meet after school tomorrow for shopping?"
"Cool!" said Autumn and
Adrienne.
"Bye, people! I have to go
help my parents with some shit!" said Rose.
"C-ya, Rose! Love ya!"
said Jack.
"Love ya, too, Jack!"
"Aw…" said everyone
else after Rose left the chat.
"Oh, God! Shut your asses,
will ya?"
Two Weeks Later
Everyone was at Rose’s house,
doing last minute packing and talking about the upcoming trip. It would be
great, and they got to skip school for their ten day vacation! They would be
taking a plane to Florida to board the ship in four hours, so they had to leave
soon.
"Okay. Is everyone
ready?" asked William Bukater, Rose’s stepfather, as he walked into Rose’s
room.
"Yes, Dad, we are
ready!" responded Rose.
All eight of them--Rose, Jack,
Autumn, Tommy, Adrienne, Fabrizio, and Rose’s parents--piled into the Jeep, even
though they had to squeeze six kids into a back seat built for three. Rose was
practically sitting on Jack’s lap, despite the teasing of all of their friends
in the car. Rose’s parents just sighed at the wonder of the younger generation.
When they arrived at the airport,
they went through security, checked their bags, and walked over to where their
plane would take off from.
"Flight 2794 to Miami,
Florida will board in approximately one hour," announced the lady behind
the desk.
"Jack, let’s go get frozen
cappuccinos from Starbucks," Rose said, pointing to the coffee shop across
from where they were waiting for the plane and taking his hand.
One Hour Later
"Flight 2794 to Miami,
Florida is boarding now," said the lady behind the desk. Rose, Jack,
Autumn, Tommy, Adrienne, Fabrizio, and Rose’s parents all got in line and gave
them their tickets. Rose’s parents were in first class, but the kids were in
coach.
"All right, kids, we will
leave you to your own devices, but we expect you to behave," said Ruth, a serious
look on her face.
"Mom, we will be fine. Trust
me."
"Okay."
All six kids sat in one row of
seats, and the guys all sat next to their girlfriends. And then Autumn and
Tommy started making out until Jack threw his pretzel bag at them and a flight
attendant suggested strongly that they stop for the sake of everyone else on
the plane. Then Jack and Rose started making out, and their friends started
teasing them.
"Didn’t they just throw a
pretzel bag at Autumn and Tommy for doing the exact same thing?" asked
Adrienne.
"Yeah, I think they
did!" said Fabrizio.
They were all laughing
hysterically, until Jack and Rose broke apart, looking at them like they were
crazy.
"Okay. Here’s the thing. You
guys throw stuff at me and Tommy for making out, and then, like, five minutes
later, you guys are doing the exact same thing!" said Autumn.
Rose and Jack both turned red at
this comment and didn’t say anything. Rose fell asleep on Jack’s shoulder until
three hours later, when they were finally in Florida.
"Wake up, angel," Jack
whispered in her ear.
"Jack, where am I?"
asked Rose when she woke up.
"We are still on the plane,
remember?"
"Oh, yeah. Right."
They disembarked the plane, got
their luggage, and drove to the port where the Carnival Triumph was docked.