I quietly leave the cabin in tears, hurt and confused. I walk down the hall, and started thinking about everything. I end up down at the casino, I walked around until I found a machine to sit at and put in $20, hitting the button a few times.

When nothing hit, I stood up and headed to another machine and hit $200 right away and cashed out. After cashing out I wandered around watching other people play.

I felt like I was going to break down so I left and headed to the upper level by the pool, I stood there looking over the rails watching us glide through the waves, thinking about what I was going to do with Austin. So many things were running through my mind, and wondered even more if he was cheating on me with Kenna.

All the signs were leaning towards that he was and started to cry a little. The more I thought about how the last month or two have been and how he has treated me, I'm now more convinced that he is.

Chris POV:

Before heading to my room to finally get some sleep, I take a walk around the ship making sure that everything is cleaned up. While picking up trash on the floor I looked up and noticed Vanessa playing on a slot machine, she looked upset and in a daze. I know it's late, and that she's by herself but I noticed how she wasn't her smiley self.

I watched her get up and walk over to another machine, playing on the machine for about a minute when I finally see her smile and clap her hands. I stood there watching her, watching her actions and knew something was definitely wrong. She got up and started walking around, stopping to watch other people play.

When I saw her leave I looked around to see if she was there with anyone else, when I saw that nobody followed behind her I went after her to see if she was OK.

She walked up the steps to the upper level and stood by the railings looking over. I felt like a stalker for a moment, and didn't want her thinking that I was. I was about to leave and let her be, but what I noticed back in the casino that she was upset about something, and felt that I should make sure that she was OK.

She looked really beautiful standing there, especially when the wind blew her long dark hair around. I walked up to her taking my jacket off and through it over my shoulder.

"Nice night isn't it?" I asked as I placed my hand on her shoulder. "Can't sleep?"

Vanessa POV:

My heart stopped when I felt someone put their hand on my shoulder "Nice night isn't it?" I heard being said to me "Can't sleep?"

I turned around quick to see who it was and saw that it was Chris. "It is a nice night, and yes I cannot sleep..." I say quietly fighting back tears, I then turned back around not wanting him to see my tears.

"Are you OK?" He asked concerned.

"I really don't know.." I whispered, looking up at the stars.

He then started rubbing my shoulders and I started feeling uncomfortable, even though it felt good "Anything you would like to talk about?" He asked leaning close to my ear, causing my breathing to hitch when I felt his hot breath on my skin.

I shrugged my shoulders and turned around, my heart raced when I saw his bright green eyes looking back at me with a concerned look. I took a deep breath then sighed as I looked away from him.

I felt a finger curl my chin and turned my face to look at him, he then shocked me when he pecked my lips with his. I quickly pulled back, my heart was pounding and gave him a questioning look. "What was that for?" I asked confused as I traced my bottom lip with my thumb.

"You looked like you needed it, I shouldn't have done that though, luckily you pulled back otherwise I would have given you a bigger kiss." He said with a smirk, sliding my hair out of my face.

I then did something that I shocked myself with, just that little kiss he did sent a jolt through me, it woke me up. It felt sincere, I felt alive for a moment but yet confused. I wrapped my arms around his neck and kissed him back, this time a little longer. I then parted my lips and granted his tongue access, as his tongue hit mine I felt as if I was melting and couldn't believe what i was doing, especially with a stranger.

His hands trailed down my back and when he got down to my waist he pulled me tighter against him, kissing me with so much passion that had my inner core starting to throb.

I pulled away from him looking for air, the kiss felt amazing, but yet I felt disgusted with myself for allowing it to happen.

"Wow." He said softly, leaning his forehead against mine.

"That was amazing, and it felt wonderful.. but it shouldn't have happened. It was wrong on my part." I whisper taking a deep breath.

"Whatever was bothering you, I hope that I helped you forget whatever it was that was on your mind, If only for a second.." He said looking at me sincerely.

"I needed that, I really did." I said feeling guilty. "I just don't know what to do anymore, I guess I thought by Austin taking me on this cruise that he was finally going to propose to me. But he hasn't been himself, and he has been acting different. The six years that we've been together he's never acted this way.. ever. He's been so distant lately and it seems like he's been hiding a lot more from me." I then stopped talking to breathe in, I felt as if I was going to cry, and looked away from him "This girl that he works with calls and texts him all the time, he used to only go out of town for work at least once maybe twice a month, but for a couple months he's been gone basically every weekend. Claiming it's for work, it just doesn't make any sense to me anymore."

"Have you talked to him about any of this?"

"I have tried asking him about work and about this girl Kenna that he works with, but he won't discuss anything about work at all, he never has. Whenever I ask questions about her, he gets upset and says it's only about work."

"So let me ask you this, what do you think?"

I sigh "I-I don't know" I say quietly. "When I first came on this cruise, I was so sure that his intentions were to propose to me, but now I'm not so sure. I feel stupid for assuming."

"Why would you assume? He asked.

"Well.. we've been together for so long, the longest out of all our friends. They all have either gotten married or are about to get married. So I just figured that he was finally going to." I say fighting back tears.

"Well maybe he still is, he could be just nervous about it."

"Now you sound like my best friend Lexi." I say looking down. "I just don't think that he is, even if he did I'm not so sure that I would say yes anymore, all because of this Kenna."

He turned me towards him putting his finger under my chin, lifting my head up "I'm sure that everything will be ok, maybe you're thinking the worst." He says softly.

"I don't think so."

He then gave me the most warmest hug I have ever had, well maybe one that I haven't had in a long time. For him being a stranger, he seems awfully sincere about everything. I started feeling weird being in his arms and took a step away from him "I better get back to my room, and get some rest."

"Would you like me to walk you back to your room?" He asked cupping the side of my face, the way he looked into my eyes, made me want to kiss him one more time. What the fuck am I thinking? I can't do that, it's already bad enough that I already kissed him.

"No, I think I can walk back by myself. But thank you for offering." I say quietly.

"OK, well you know where to find me if you need anything." He says.

"I know, thank you for talking with me." I say to him as I started walking away. I then felt him grab my hand pulling me to him.

"Your not leaving yet."

"What?" I question, looking at him confused.

He cupped the side of my face and stared into my eyes "I can't let you leave until I do this-" He says leaning down kissing me. I couldn't believe myself for kissing him back, his lips felt so good against mine that it was making me want to melt in his arms. "I have to go." I said quickly, pulling away from him.

"Have a good night." I heard him say as I took off.

I couldn't believe it,why did I kiss him? Oh God, what have I done? I kept asking myself while on the way back to my cabin. What is wrong with me? I felt like I was on cloud nine, something that I honestly haven't felt in a long time, but now pissed at myself for allowing Chris to kiss me.

I sneaked back into the room, and quietly crawled into bed trying not to wake Austin, I laid my head on the pillow staring at the ceiling, thinking about what had just happened, and why? Chris kissing me felt so right, but so wrong at the same time, I hated myself at the moment. I turned my head to look at Austin, he was sleeping hard and I felt so guilty. I took a deep breath and closed my eyes, hoping that I could just sleep and forget about what had just happened.

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