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Amy couldn't believe what she was doing. In just a few days, on May 30
th
to be exact, she and her boyfriend would be celebrating the anniversary of their fifth year together… apart. She would be sailing the Caribbean on Carnival Cruise Lines' newest floating paradise, the
Quintessent Rainbow
, for seven nights with her best friend Jenny. Chuck would probably be sitting alone in his apartment being lonely all week.
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"Earth to Amy… hello?" Jen gave a nudge, hoping to bring her friend back to reality. "What's the matter? We're on our way to paradise! The big boat… fifteen more minutes to the dock!!"
"Oh.. I'm sorry, Jen. Just thinking… hoping Chuck will be alright," sighed Amy.
"He wouldn't have told you to go ahead if he didn't want you to be here. He understands."
"Yeah… but I know he would have said that regardless of what he wanted," she explained.
"When we get on that boat, you'll forget he even exists," Jenny laughed. "Gorgeous blue skies, crystal clear water, nightclubs, shopping, black sand beaches, and lotsa guys…" she teased.
"I hope you're right… but the guys won't be interested in me. They'll be too busy crawling over you."
Amy had always been a little jealous of all the attention that Jenny got. But she figured that it made sense. Jenny was a little nymph. Short brown hair, ringlet curls, a lopsided sexy grin. Big brown eyes. And she always dressed to show off her petite little body. Short shorts and a spaghetti strap tank top in various pastel shades were practically what Jenny lived in during the summer.
Of course, Jenny's personality always helped, too. When the gal saw what she wanted, she went after it… and consummating a relationship was a given. Even if said relationship only lasted a few hours.
But, Amy had never subscribed to Jenny's theory of life. When Amy had met Chuck it was one year before he saw her undressed, and two more years before they lost their virginity together.
Amy had never been comfortable with her body like Jenny, either. She had always been a little overweight, which she always thought would be ok… if she had been proportioned right. She called herself the "Human Pear," because all of her extra weight went to her hips and butt… which did not complement her small 34A chest. All of this distress about her weight blinded her to what everyone else saw, though-- the beautiful shoulder-length wavy blond hair, huge deep blue eyes set into an angel's smiling face.
In the months prior to the trip, however, she had been dieting and exercising feverishly. She usually covered everything up, though. She was comfortable in her relationship with Chuck, not feeling to need to impress anyone else-- and still a little insecure.
Amy and Jenny could be the oddest of couples, then… one a worldly, free-spirited flirt, the other a quiet, naïve, and committed girlfriend. Somehow they had hit it off during a group project for an education class during their sophomore year in college. Today, nearly three years later and one day removed from college graduation, they exited the shuttle and strolled together up the walkway to the
Quintessent
Rainbow.
"Chuck who?" giggled Amy as she absorbed the sight unfolding before her eyes. Deck after deck rose into the vibrant Florida sky. Hundreds of people were already making themselves at home. Bikini-clad women and men alike were already sprawled on lounges around the Olympic-sized swimming pool, soaking up the just the first of many rays of sun for the trip.
"Looks like they're not wasting any time," said Jenny, "and I don't think we should waste any, either!"
Amy knew what Jenny was after… she saw all of the single guys at the pool bar. Jenny was no doubt anxious to try out her new string bikini. "I guess I could use a little work on my tan," Amy said, interjecting a false tone of exasperation. Then she grinned and grabbed her "hungry" friend by the hand.