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I've been talking to? His name is Jason and he owns a yacht! He and his friends are going out tonight, inviting some people out for a party on the boat. I signed up the three of us. He's totally adorable. He said he works in California, in business. He's the one from last night. Stop looking at me like that Char, at least he didn't say he's an actor."
                  "So I guess the plan is to get on a big boat with people we don't know and travel out to sea so we can get raped and murdered," Charlotte said.
                  "He's totally not like that," Adrian said, annoyed.
                  "Oh well I'm glad in the thirty seconds you've known him you have figured out he's a real gem."
                  "If it's sketchy, we won't go. Ok?"
                  "Fine." Charlotte finally succumbed to Adrian's pleading.
                  I understood Charlotte's point, but at the same time we were on vacation. It wasn't time to do what we'd do at home. Adrian was right, if it looked sketchy, we'd leave. Besides, there might be a chance Cole was going to be there and that was enough to take a risk. I thought for a minute and realized this thought was the opposite of everything I usually believed. I was he cautious one. I was the one who often tried to talk other people out of doing things because I thought it was too dangerous. Here I was willing to get on a strange boat with a man I literally had never met just for the chance to glimpse a guy I had talked to for an hour or two last night? Apparently Mexico was messing with my brain.
                 
                  The rest of the day went slowly for me. I was excited when it was finally time to go upstairs and get ready so we could have dinner before we left. I knew I shouldn't have been excited given the possibilities of death and destruction on a party boat of strangers, but I still had butterflies at the thought of possibly seeing him. I assured myself this was just to make sure he was not something I had imagined.
                  Dinner was exquisite. We had seafood at a small tiki bar/restaurant next door to our condo. After some drinks and a delicious meal we were all quite excited. The only time I had been on a boat was with these two girls, on one of Charlotte's dad's boats.
                  I was stunned when we walked down to the docks and saw a boat that literally was the size of a big house. Lights were shining all over and I could already hear the music aboard. Jason came jogging up to us, hugging Adrian on his way.
                  "I'm so glad you ladies came. Adrian you look lovely. Ladies, I'm Jason. Thank you for coming." His tone was gentle and he was extremely personable and polite. He was a little on the short side but by no means would I call him short. He had sandy hair and light eyes. He looked genuinely nice. If nice had a look, that is. We introduced ourselves and he led us up onto the ship.
                  "Bar is to the left, sitting area too. Restrooms are to the right. Food is downstairs inside. Have fun!" Jason waved and smiled and Adrian followed after him, her arm linked with his. I watched them both walk away happily.
                  Charlotte and I just looked at each other for a moment before heading toward the bar. The bar was on a huge deck. There was a DJ playing music there as well as  large dance floor. It looked much like the beach party at the condo except this was all housed on a impossibly large boat.
                  "This is pretty crazy," I said to Charlotte as we both sipped our drinks.
                  "I can't believe how many people are here. It seems like last night." Charlotte said almost reading my mind.
                  As I was gazing around the huge boat I noticed Cole, walking over toward us. My palms immediately got sweaty and my heart started