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

“But!!! The captain, he said the women said to call security and lock that pervert up! So he is in the pokey and will be sent on the plane to go home. He is a bad, bad man to frighten the naked women, and I saw it all. All of them…” Here our steward kind of lost his train of thought as his eyes trailed off into the recent past and all he had seen. “Well,” he added, coming to his senses again. “Too bad the brother is a pervert I guess he will not leave me a tip now.” And he left.


Which was good, because we were dying to laugh and I had to pee before I let it loose.


But we laughed too soon. We were practically rolling on the floor when the steward knocked and came back in. “Oh yes, please to know your free tour is today and be at the tender in one hour, yes? It is a boat tour with feeding and you may swim and snork…snork…snorkulate.” This time he rolled his eyes as he left. He looked adorable in his frustration.


Chapter 17