Please consider the Preamble for Day 1 as an integral part of this episode.
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Title: Lust on the High Seas: Day 2 - At Sea.
When we awoke the ship was rocking slightly. "I thought you said these modern ships were rock steady in the water?" I asked of no-one in particular.
"Don't look at me," my mam replied. "Ask your dad."
He turned to me and said, "Well you always get a bit of movement over the Bay of Biscay. Give it a couple of hours and we'll be past it."
"I hope so," I told him.
"You're not feeling queasy are ye?"
"No. Just a bit difficult to walk in a straight line," I told him, "and it felt a bit weird in the bathroom and the shower. What are you planning to do today?" I asked.
"We thought we'd go and watch the Port Review on La Caruna," mam told me, "We'll be there tomorrow. Then there's a Karaoke competition and a quiz and bingo after lunch, followed by afternoon tea. How does all that sound?" She didn't look too happy when I told her how it sounded. "Well what would you like to do?" She asked, with a sigh.
"Well... I thought I could have a look around to see if I can find some other people more like my own age? There are the pools, there's Quoits and Table Tennis and a Driving tent; there's a Climbing Wall, an..."
"Driving?" my dad queried.
"Golf dad. Golf driving."
"Oh, you mean those little carts?" he said, sniggering.
Now I 'knew' he was teasing. I ignored him. "There's an Amusement Arcade and even a Casino," I told them.
"You're not going gambling young lady," he declared sternly.
"Dad!" I exclaimed. "I'm stuck on this ship because you two wanted to come and you wouldn't leave me behind with my friends. Have you not noticed I'm an adult now?" I looked at him with a challenging stare and he knew exactly what I meant. He knew precisely what he was guilty of, and even though I would never do or say anything to upset my mam, he had to back down for fear that she might find out he'd been fucking me.
"You could at least give me credit for having a little common sense..." I added more calmly, "and accept that I'm old enough to waste a few coppers on a fruit machine now and then." That always seemed a strange expression to me. I'd always thought that coppers were policemen. I'd picked it up from them and although I knew what it meant, I wasn't quite sure where it came from.
"Oh Michael," my mam declared. "I'm sure she'll be fine. Do stop worrying now." She turned to me, adding, "How about if we give you a budget honey? Say, $10 a day?" she asked.
"Oh Mammy. I wouldn't need anything like that much," I told her, with a triumphant smile to him.
That seemed to clinch it for my dad. "Oh... Alright," he said begrudgingly, but he knew better than to challenge me again. I'm not a spiteful or vengeful person, not in the least, but it did feel strangely empowering to know that the result of his rash lusty indiscretion shortly after my 18th birthday, had given me a bargaining edge over him.
So, after breakfast, they went off to play some trivia quiz or other crap, leaving me free to go wandering around the ship. My first stop was the Jacuzzi of course, but there was no sign of Georgia or Clarita. I confess I was really disappointed and I waited there for quite a few minutes in case they might show, but with the ship out in the open sea it was far too cold there and I quickly came to the conclusion that they probably wouldn't turn up anyway.
During my travels I passed the pool area where I thought I spotted the two Asian looking women that I had seen with them yesterday, but I couldn't be sure it was them. They were sitting at a table out of the wind, having drinks. As I looked across, one of them spotted me watching and she smiled. I smiled back, but I didn't acknowledge them further.
I had a quick look in the amusement arcade, but it seemed to be mostly boxing, fighting, racing or war and shooting games. Very little to interest a sex hungry 18 year old lesbian, but I did get a few lusty looks from a couple of the boys in there, one of them nudging his friend indiscreetly and making 'phwor' noises as I walked through. In all honesty though, if I had taken any interest in them, I would probably have been guilty of some weird sort of paedophilia.
I began a systematic sweep, wandering through the public areas of the lower decks, as much from idle curiosity than persisting with my search for the Puerto-Rican women. I came to an area where there were a number of shops selling alcohol, tobacco, perfumes, jewellery, and all manner of gifts and memorabilia.
I was looking at the perfumes when I was approached by an unusually tall, slender, Oriental looking young female official who singled me out by bending forward and saying, "Hello there."
She wasn't really all that tall, just much taller than me, and her heels made her appear unusually tall for an Oriental woman. Her hair was beautiful, long, straight, black and shiny and as she bent forward I managed a discreet peek down the front of her tunic. She was distractingly shapely, and I had to concentrate hard to return my gaze to her lovely deep, dark eyes. I remember thinking that if she were to stand up straight and I wrapped my arms around her waist, I could probably pinch her nipples between my lips without bending at all.
"Hello," I replied politely, looking at her curiously.
"Can I help you?" she asked.
"I'm not sure. Depends on what you want to help me with," I replied with a giggle and a smirk. I could feel a familiar tingling between my thighs and I hoped and prayed it might be that which she wanted to help me with. She just stared at me, clearly un-amused. "Oh. No thanks," I said, correcting myself while giving her one of my 'little cutie' smiles. "I'm just looking."
"Would you like to join the Children's club?" she asked me.
'Oh! Of course!' I thought. 'She thinks I'm a child'. Not surprising really as I was dressed in a cute 'college' style light blouse top and tight jeans, and I had my hair in bunches. I decided to tease her for a while. "What happens at the Children's club?" I asked.
She smiled. "Well..." she began in a forced 'babyish' sort of voice, "there are drawing competitions and games. We sometimes watch cartoons and..."
"What sort of games do you play?" I interrupted her. I looked up at her with big doe eyes and an innocent, butter-wouldn't-melt-in-the-mouth expression.