[This is a completed six-chapter work that will finish posting before the end of February 2017.] * The shipboard casino had opened an hour earlier, the sun was at its full height above the ninth-deck swimming pool complex, the lunch-service lines had opened at the Windjammer Café, and bingo was in full cry in the Spotlight Lounge. The Glory of the Seas cru...
Jesse felt both out of place and excited when he walked into the men's locker room. To celebrate his 20th birthday, his parents splurged on a cruise for the three of them. Okay, it was heavily discounted and his parents also had wanted to go on a cruise for a while, but the gesture was definitely there. It was his first cruise ever, and he could tell that...
Day 2 of a life changing experience that I didn't know I wanted until it was happening to me. If you want the full back-story please read part 1. So it was the morning I was to start my cruise. I am still in the dark as to what type of cruise I am on. The day was starting off in a really weird way. The dreams I had felt all to real. I don't know if I woul...
At first Chet thought the older man staring at him from across the bar at the top of the cruise ship was Jamaican. The man engaged his attention because he had the most compelling light-gray eyes, which went really well with his silver-gray hair and the black suit with black silky shirt and black tie with a hash pattern of silver strands. But the thought tha...
It was Monday morning, the ship had just nosed up to the pier in Baltimore, and an announcement had sounded that it would be another half hour or so before the vessel cleared customs and the departing passengers could start leaving in an orderly and highly orchestrated manner. This didn't cover the crew and staff, though. Those among the crew and staff who w...
[This is chapter one of a completed seven-chapter novella that will complete posting by the middle of November 2016] ***** "I don't believe it. That must be photo shopped." "I assure you it happened. The Office of Training officer assures me that the two of you rutted around just like that in the woods not far from here." The senior agent who had been at...
"Look, there it is again," Jerrod said, turning his tablet around so that Kyle could see the screen. "It's the same cruise. And, look, it says they are prepared to be very generous, based on performance. I wonder what generous means." "I wonder what performance would mean," Kyle said, unwrapping the cashmere scarf from around his neck, rolling it up, and la...
It was a rainy day on the cruise ship and after a romp with the wife, I decided to go to the sauna. I go up to the spa. Strip down to a towel and head back to the sauna. After a few minutes of relaxing another guy pops his head in and decides to join me. He goes and strips down and returns with a towel. After some small talk we realized that we had shared th...
The final few days before the cruise was hectic. Too many of the little details that come with even a short, four day trip, had been put off until the last minute. But it all gelled together in time. Kyle had been on only two before; once as a high school graduation present that was four days to the Bahamas; and again when his parents had convinced him to...
I needed to get away for a few days, so I decided to book a cruise. I figured that would be a great way to escape the problems of the real world, and I would be able to relax for a fun-filled seven days and get to visit some great destinations and do some things that I hadn't been able to do before. And who knows, I figured, I might be able to meet someone n...