Cruises are often taken for special occasions, and in this case, Lane and Roger are celebrating their divorce. Actually, they just didn't want to lose the deposit made in happier times. They agree not to get in each other's way if presented with any romantic or sexual opportunity.<br><br>Roger goes right out looking for sex, but Lane isn't in a rush. With the unasked for help of a loose cat and an overly-precocious young lad, Lane bumps into Steve. After a few shared meals, shore tours, and a life-threatening storm that leaves the ship stranded in darkness, bumping turns to humping, and their relationship grows.<br><br>Shipboard romances are iffy, though. Can theirs survive a pirate invasion, a disabled ship, and a slam-the-door argument?

Romance on the Sea

Steve reached the fallen before I did, as I had to stuff the pastries into my pockets. That was going to be messy, too, but that’s what happens when you’re a greedy pig. Someone was shouting instructions over the speakers and there were some trails of emergency green lights near the floor, but there was no other power, anywhere, now. The only movement the ship made was that due to the waves and howling wind. Below me, people were crying.


Chapter 13