The next morning I awoke with a smile on my face. I rolled over and saw that Austin was already out of bed and in the shower. I reached over the bed and grabbed my purse that I had on the floor. I pulled out the folded up piece of paper that Chris left inside and decided to send him a message, saving his number in my phone. Hey Chris it's Vanessa, I just wanted to thank you for last night.

I was surprised to see that he responded right away, and looked to see what he had to say: You're welcome, hopefully you got some good sleep.

I did thank you.

That's good, hope to see you later. Have a good day. I smiled at his response and set my phone down.

"Let's go grab some breakfast." Austin said as he came out after his shower.

I got out of bed, threw on shorts and a tank top and pulled my hair up into a high messy bun.

"I really could use a coffee." I say as we headed out.

We headed down to the buffet and grabbed some food. When we sat down I could see in Austin's eyes that he had something that he wanted to say but doesn't say anything. I took a sip of the hot coffee while looking at him wondering what was on his mind.

"Something you want to tell me?" I ask setting my coffee back down. Nervous to hear what he had to say.

He looked at me and sat back, rubbing his goatee "Well. when we port today, I have to take care of some business at one of the banks, and I'm not sure how long it will take."

"What?!"

He looked around at everyone after I raised my voice "Nessa, calm down." He says reaching his hand out towards me. "I didn't even want to say anything, I didn't know how to tell you without you flipping out, and here you are flipping out."

Nessa? I think to myself, he hasn't called me that in months. "For one, why wouldn't I flip out? Two, I'm always asking that you to talk to me, asking for you to talk to me about your job, but you refuse to!" I yell.

"Please calm down." He says quietly, tightening his lips as he leaned forward.

"Why should I? Is this why Kenna keeps calling you, I thought that you did this vacation for us?!"

"If I told you that I had to leave for two weeks, and that I was going to these islands you would have freaked out. I figured that I would bring you along, so you could enjoy the cruise itself."

"I figured you would enjoy going on the cruise, and yes I wasn't happy at first when I seen Drake and Lexi were coming, but then I thought about it and figured it was a good thing to keep you busy while I was working."

I put my head in my hands as tears started to form "I can't believe this, how could you?."

"Nessa... I'm sorry but I have to work, I just wanted you to enjoy yourself as well."

I looked up at him, I wanted to slap him across the face "How the hell will I enjoy myself when we get to an island, and I can't even fucking explore it with you?"

"Well Lexi is here, hang out with them." He said nonchalantly.

"What the fuck.. seriously? Do you know, I saw the look on your face when you saw that they were going to be on the cruise with us, you didn't want them here. You were going to do your work and leave me all alone, how could you do this to me? Besides I'm sure Lexi and Drake want to be by themselves, I don't need to be in their way."

"Vanessa...." He says, the look in his eyes I could see he felt guilty. But does he really fell guilty?

"Your fucking unbelievable!" I yell standing up throwing my napkin on my plate. I ran off in tears, and headed for the elevators, as one opened up I was covering my face trying to wipe away the tears and ran right into someone's chest, I looked up and saw that it was Chris. I didn't want to see him either so I turned around and took off. I could hear him calling my name, and I didn't even care that he was trying to get me to stop, I just kept on going.

Austin POV:

I sit at the table shaking my head I fucking knew this was going to happen. Fuck.. I mumbled slamming my fist down on the table. I picked up my phone and tried to call Vanessa hoping that she would answer, and she doesn't. I then called Drake.

Hello? He answered.

"Hi Drake, Vanessa and I got into an argument a little bit ago and she ran off, she wouldn't happen to be there with you two would she?" I sighed.

No, we haven't seen her, is everything alright?

"No not really, I told her that I had to go to the bank and work when we port, she got upset, took off, and now she won't answer her phone."

I'll let Lexi know, we will keep an eye out for her.

"Thanks." I say hanging up.

Drake POV:

"Vanessa took off." I say to Lexi as I entered the bathroom while she was showering.

She peaked her head out of the shower wiping shampoo away from her eyes "What do you mean she took off, there's nowhere that she can go, we're on a damn ship."

"I don't know, apparently they got into an argument, Austin told her that when we port he had to go to one of the banks to work, she got upset and took off." I say leaning against the door frame.

"Well she can't be too far, she's obviously on the ship somewhere, I'll give her a call when I'm done with my shower."

"OK." I let her finish her shower and tried to call Vanessa myself, which she never answered.

Lexi got out of the shower, came out in just a towel still dripping with water and tried calling her. "She's not answering my call either, what the hell?"

"She must be pretty pissed, especially to not answer your call." I say scratching my head.

Vanessa POV:

I ran off to have some alone time, I found a Spa and felt that it was exactly what I needed so I walked in. I go to turn my phone off and saw that I have five missed calls from Austin, twelve missed calls from Lexi, two missed call from Chris, and multiple text messages from all of them. I didn't feel like reading any of them, but figured that I better let Lexi know that I am OK, so I sent her a text message:

Do not worry about me I'll be fine, you and Drake go have fun, enjoy St. Maarten and take lots of pictures! I just want to be by myself today. I hit the send button and then shut my phone off.

I started off in the relaxation lounge, I have an ocean view located in a private and very calming atmosphere. They gave me some herbal tea to help relax, I start thinking about how the last couple months with Austin have been, how he has been acting towards me and how he's been a completely different person. Austin has me so upset and embarrassed right now, that I don't even want to think about it. I tried blocking it off and wanted to think of other things, like the kiss from Chris and how wonderful it felt, the feeling of actually being wanted. I smile crept across my face as I hadn't felt wanted like that in a long time.

I was then ready for the next part of the spa, and decided that I wanted to go into the Caldarium next, as I entered I saw that it's in a nice warm light steam chamber with infusions of herbal aromas, warming seats, and that the floors and walls were for detoxing. It felt amazing in here, and felt that I could be in here all day.

Lastly I went into the treatment room and started with a whirlpool bath along with some relaxing music playing in the background. After I was finished with the whirlpool bath I finished off the spa treatment with a full body massage, and boy did that feel wonderful. I felt like a new person as I left the spa. I turned my phone back on and I was bombarded with new text messages, and more voicemails from Austin, Lexi and Chris.

I read and listened to all my messages, and I first respond back to Lexi;
Lexi, I'm sorry that I got you worried, I am fine I just needed some alone time. I am very hurt and confused by Austin right now. I'll explain later. I hope your enjoying the island and quit worrying about me. Love you. Maybe tonight we can go dancing or something. :)

Next I respond to Austin;
After what you pulled I am so hurt by you right now, I cannot believe you actually thought I would enjoy this cruise by myself, if Lexi and Drake had not shown up, I would have gotten off this cruise and went to the airport and flown home. I'm glad Lexi and Drake took time off from work to spend time with me, something that I thought you had planned from the beginning. Apparently I mean nothing to you. Goodbye.

Lastly I responded back to Chris;
I'm sorry I ran off from you earlier, I was really upset and didn't want to talk to anybody. I had some much needed me time for the last few hours and I feel like I'm doing a lot better. Sorry that I had you worried.

Where are you? Chris asked responding quickly.

I'm in my cabin right now. I responded back, as I sat out on the balcony.

Are you hungry?

I don't know, I kinda lost my appetite this morning.

Come and meet me by the main exit, I know a place here that has excellent food, that is if you would like to try and eat something? Or can't you leave?

I guess I'll try and eat something, let me change quick. See you in a few minutes.

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