6. Chapter 6

Ollie

I woke up the next morning wrapped up in pair of strong arms, and trust me, I wasn't complaining. Well, except for the fact that I had to pee, and that meant I had to leave the warm cocoon of Adam's arms. That was something worth complaining over. I moved to get up, but he wrapped his arm tighter around me and pulled me back.

"Where are you going?" he asked.

"Just the bathroom."

"Okay, but you come right back. I'm not finished cuddling you."

I nodded and rushed to take care of business. I wished I had a toothbrush here I could use cause morning breath is not exactly sexy, but I settled for swishing my mouth out with the mouthwash on the counter. I returned to the bed, and he opened his arms for me to crawl back into. I slid into his arms and snuggled in close.

He brushed a kiss across my temple and released a contented-sounding sigh. "So, do you and your friend, Carey, have plans for how you're going to spend the day?"

"No, we really don't. I mean, I hope I get to spend some time with him at some point on the trip, but that isn't really why we're here, you know?"

He nodded. "Right, well then, did you look at any of the things the group has to offer? I know they have a couple of different activities planned on the ship since we'll be a sea all day."

"I didn't. I know Carey did, though. He's more of a planner. I thought I'd just kind of play it by ear."

"Well, I have a better idea. At least I think it is, anyway."

"Oh, and what's that?"

"Well, you came here looking to spend a week with a Daddy, and I came here hoping to spend the week with a boy. So what if we skip all the speed dating sessions, get-togethers, and games they have planned to help us find someone, and instead, we just spend the day together? Then, if that goes well, we can see how the rest of the week goes." He reached over and ran his hand down my hip. "What do you say?

"Really? You want to spend the whole week with me? As my Daddy, I mean?"

He chuckled. "If, at the end of today, that's what you want, then yeah, let's spend the week together."

"Hmm," I said with a grin. "Then maybe we better spend the whole day in bed, you know, just to be safe."

"Just to be safe, huh?"

"Yep," I said, nodding enthusiastically.

"Well, we did get along pretty good in bed last night, but I'm thinking maybe I should at least feed you first. How about if we go get some breakfast, and then we can figure out what to do from there?"

"I guess that'll work. I need to go to my room and get changed, though."

"Sounds good. You go get changed and then meet me up on the lido deck. We can get something to eat off the buffet."

Adam

I purposefully chose the breakfast buffet because I knew my sister wouldn't be up there. Not that I wanted to avoid her the whole cruise, but just for today, I wanted the day to be about me and Ollie. I wanted a chance to really get to know him, and to do that, I didn't need Harper butting into our business.

I took my time in the shower before choosing an outfit and heading up to the lido deck. Ollie and I should have traded numbers to make it easier to find each other, but I didn't think of it until I was standing near the buffet with what looked like half of the ship's passengers.

I was starting to get concerned and kicking myself for making such a silly mistake when I spotted him coming across the deck towards me. Then I was kicking myself for not taking him up on his suggestion that we just stay in bed all day because, damn, my boy was gorgeous. He was wearing a pair of swim trunks with a bag tossed over his shoulder and nothing else.

He spotted me and waved, then hurried over to where I waited. "I thought maybe I would take a swim after we eat. I would have texted you to tell you to wear your suit, but we didn't exchange numbers."

"I was just thinking we should have done that myself. Why don't we do that now and then after we eat, I'll watch you swim."

"Are you sure? I can wait while you go get changed."

"No, I'll just watch this morning. We can go for a swim together later if we want to."

We traded numbers and got in line for our food. Once we both had our plates full, we found a table and took a seat.

"I can't believe I'm sitting here eating breakfast on a cruise ship."

"Well, it sounds to me like you earned it."

He sat up straight and smiled at me. "You know what? I did."

"So what do you want to do today? There are tons of things to do on the ship."

"There's actually so much to do I'm not even sure what to choose. There's mini-golf, an arcade, an art exhibit, good heavens, there's even a place to make a stuffed animal. How are you supposed to choose between all that?"

"How about if we just wander around and see what we find? I'd be up for doing any of the things you listed."

"Really?"

"Sure, any of those sound fun to me. Or we could just hang out by the pool, whatever you want to do. I can see if one of the cabanas is open, and we could have a place to chill all day."

"Do you think you can get one?"

"I don't know. I can try and see if one's available."

"Let's do that."

I found someone who could check for me, and she was able to find me a cabana for the day. When I told Ollie, he acted like he'd won the lottery, and I decided right then that I was going to do anything I could for the rest of the week to keep that smile on his face.