The Mingling

Zack Ravers was talking to his best friend Ashley when he saw his parents approaching, followed by an unfamiliar group of about ten people? Maybe nine? They were a little hard to count moving as they were. His mother was leading the group, walking alongside a very attractive blonde woman who looked to be about the same age as Monica. His father was following behind Monica and the mystery blonde, talking to a blonde guy about Zack’s age.

“Who’re they?” Ashley asked, eyebrows raising.

“I dunno but I hope they’re coming with us.” Hannah said with a smirk, and Zack followed her gaze to the blonde guy, who was grinning at Hannah. Ashley rolled her eyes.

“Don’t you think of anything else?” Ashley asked her big sister wryly.

“If the day comes that I do, I’ll let you know.” Hannah replied just as wryly.

“Girls, girls.” Heather clicked her tongue, coming up with Sharon, Gavin, and Trent. “Let’s play nice on vacation.”

Ashley and Hannah exchanged looks, and Zack had to fight back laughter at the identical wry looks on both Woodsen sisters’ faces.

“Don’t worry, Hannah, there’ll be plenty of time for you to have some fun.” Zack assured the older blonde.

“Hopefully not too much time.” interjected Taylor, making Hannah groan.

“My own little sister and my own best friend want me to remain celibate. This is hell!” Hannah complained dramatically.

“I don’t think you could remain celibate if you tried, Han.” Ashley pointed out.

“We could take bets on how long you’d last.” Heather suggested.

“Whoa, whoa, whoa. That is not happening, let’s shut this down right now.” Hannah said, looking between Heather, Ashley, and Taylor.

“You guys all ready to board?” Monica asked, walking up with the very sexy blonde MILF. This close up, Zack saw she had very unique blue-green eyes, almost a teal kind of color.

“Yeah, we are. Who are these people, Mom?” Heather asked, hands on her curvy hips.

“Oh, this is an old friend of mine, Danielle Fr- Holland. Danielle Holland.” Monica introduced.

“Hi. You must be Robert and Monica’s kids, you look just like them.” Danielle smiled, looking between Heather, Zack, and Taylor. Zack grinned when he saw the woman, Danielle, check him out.

“How do you know our parents?” Heather raised an accusing eyebrow.

“We met back when we were in high school. I took a vacation to Duskville and stayed at your father’s family’s resort.” Danielle explained.

“Have you guys seen each other since then?” Taylor frowned. “I’m pretty good with faces, I think I’d have remembered you.”

“No, we haven’t seen each other since then. We’re connected through a social media or two but we haven’t seen each other in person since then.” Monica smiled at Danielle, who smiled back.

“Danielle and her family and friends are coming on the trip, too.” Robert said, putting his hands on Danielle’s shoulders, and Zack nodded. Exchanging a glance with Heather, he could tell his twin had figured it out, too.

Their father had absolutely fucked Danielle Holland before, probably with their mother joining in.

“I’m Jace Holland, it’s nice to meet you.” said the blonde guy that Robert had been talking to, stepping around Danielle to shake Zack’s hand then he made his way directly to Hannah, who was not the next closest person to him. Ashley looked amused at how Jace and Hannah grinned at each other as they shook hands.

“There’s a lot of us, then, huh? Introductions might take a moment.” Monica realized. “Alright, let’s try and make this simple. This is my son, Zack, and my daughter, Heather. They’re both 18, just like most of your group is, Danielle. That’s my older daughter Taylor, and her best friend, Hannah. That’s Hannah’s little sister Ashley. That’s Heather’s best friend Sharon, that’s one of Zack’s good friends Gavin, and that’s Trent, another of Zack’s friends.”

“That’s a lot of names.” Jace said, trying to remember what Monica had just explained.

“Just stick with me, I’ll make sure you figure it out.” Hannah said, patting Jace’s arm.

“Yeah, I’m sure you will.” Taylor said wryly, and Jace leaned around Hannah to hold out his hand.

“Jace Holland.” he said to Taylor with his most charming grin on. Taylor’s lips curled up at the corners in a wry smile, but she took Jace’s hand and shook it.

“Taylor Ravers.” she said.

“Right, I’ll try and walk you through my group.” Danielle clapped her hands together, and Zack tried to peer around Danielle and his parents to see the people she was pointing at.

“This is my son, Jace, that’s his twin sister Dana, and my oldest right there is Daisy. Her best friend there is Ariel. That’s Amy, Jace’s best friend, and that’s Dana’s best friend David. That’s my neighbor’s son Evan, and lastly is the benefactor of this trip, and my son’s very close friend Skylar.” Danielle pointed everyone out. It was the very busty ginger girl Amy who caught Zack’s eye, and from the way Gavin straightened up a few feet to Zack’s right, he could tell Gavin was also very focused on the redhead.

Amy saw Zack looking at her, and she gave him a sweet smile and a polite wave. She was adorable frankly, yet also sexy as hell. Not many girls had that balance, but Amy had it nailed.

“So how close are our rooms on this cruise?” Hannah piped up, and Jace nodded in agreement. Monica gave Hannah a very knowing look, but the blonde gave her best friend’s mom her most innocent look. Monica was thoroughly unimpressed with Hannah’s attempt at innocence, which made Zack snicker. Hannah swatted his shoulder without even looking at him, which then made Heather snicker.

Danielle pulled out her tickets and compared them with Monica’s, who made a sound of disappointment.

“We’re on different decks, but we can still spend plenty of time together.” Monica said.

“Let’s get on this boat, then. We don’t want it to leave without us.” Heather said, “I checked out the map of the cruise ship, so I can give a tour if you guys want.”

Zack shook his head.

“No thanks, I don’t think we really need a tour.” Zack said, cutting off his tour loving twin. Heather frowned as Zack’s refusal was seconded by Monica, and the suddenly doubled in size group made their way towards the cruise ship.

———

There was a bit of a line on the ramp leading into the lower levels of the boat, and from there it was even more of a line to get to the upper decks, which gave the groups plenty of time to intermingle.

Zack found himself standing with Heather, Jace, and Skylar. Skylar was a tall, beautiful blonde girl with green eyes, some round and shapely medium-to-large sized breasts, and these smooth legs that went on for miles. She was leaning against Jace’s shoulder as the slow moving line crawled up the stairs.

“So, you two go to Violet River?” Zack asked the two Amethyst Shore natives, who nodded.

“Yep. Jace here is our star quarterback, and I’m the cheerleader captain.” Skylar said, and Jace raised an eyebrow, but he nodded along.

“Yeah, yeah, I’m on the football team. I don’t know about ‘star’ quarterback, but I am the quarterback. Yup.” he nodded.

“Got yourself a personal cheerleader, there?” Heather asked, and Zack noticed how Jace’s eyes (which were nearly teal just like his mom’s) raked Heather’s curvy body before nodding.

“Yeah, more or less. She has her benefits.” Jace grinned, and Skylar elbowed him in the ribs, making Jace laugh.

“No, Skylar’s amazing, really. She’s the reason we’re on this cruise at all, actually.” Jace said, wrapping his arm around Skylar’s waist and squeezing her in a one-armed hug.

“Mhm, and don’t you forget it.” Skylar winked at him.

“So you’re the reason they’re on the cruise? Did you win some kind of contest or something?” Heather asked, with an almost mocking hint to her voice. Zack gave his twin sister a surprised look which she ignored.

“Oh? A contest? No, I guess that’s how some people make it on here, but I paid. My family’s quite rich, actually. I’m Skylar Wayne. My mom runs Wayne Incorporated.” Skylar shot back. Jace also seemed confused by the hostility, and he caught Zack’s eye. The two boys gave each other identical ‘What is going on?’ looks.

“Oh, I’ve heard of that.” Heather said plainly, sounding remarkably unimpressed.

“What about you? Did you win a contest?” Skylar asked innocently.

“My parents actually run a very successful resort in our town.” Heather shot back. “Makes lots of money.”

“Oh, a resort! How charming.” Skylar replied with a fake smile which Heather returned.

Jace was wide-eyed looking between them, and Zack was just as surprised. Heather wasn’t ordinarily this catty. Especially not when first meeting someone.

———

A little ways down the staircase another group was talking. David stood beside Dana and was talking with a couple of girls with names he was really struggling to remember. The girl Dana was talking to was Avery, David was pretty sure. She was cute with light blonde hair, and she was petite like Dana. Then there was Heather, a really sexy girl with blonde hair, incredible big tits, crystal blue eyes, and a nice tan. And the last girl was Theresa, with dark hair, icy blue eyes, and medium sized breasts. She had a body like a supermodel, tall and lithe.

“So what’s it like in Amethyst Shore?” Avery asked Dana and David. Avery seemed very genuinely nice, David was picking up on.

“Oh, it’s great! It’s pretty warm in the summertime, but it’s also not very cold in the winter, which I love. I hate being cold.” Dana said.

“Oh, me too.” Heather nodded. “I’m glad we’re heading south, for sure. The warmer the better.”

“Gotta keep your tan intact, huh?” Theresa raised an eyebrow looking at Heather, who nodded unabashedly.

“Of course! You know this body doesn’t look the same pale.” Heather said proudly, flaunting her curves, and David mentally agreed with her. She was incredibly sexy.

“Hannah, really? Right in front of these new people? They’re gonna think you’re crazy!” Avery exclaimed. Oh, Hannah, that’s right. Not Heather. David was pretty sure there was a Heather here somewhere, though, so which one was Heather? Was that the slim redhead?

“You don’t think I’m crazy, do you?” Hannah asked Dana and David.

“Oh, my big sister is much crazier.” Dana assured Hannah.

“See, Ashley? They don’t think I’m crazy.” Hannah said triumphantly. Oh, it was Ashley, not Avery. He repeated those names mentally. Right. Ashley was the cute girl who looked a lot like Dana. Hannah was the really fucking sexy tan blonde. He looked at Theresa hoping he’d gotten her name right, or he’d be 0 for 3.

“No, I assure you, they do.” Theresa chimed in, patting her best friend Hannah on the shoulder soothingly.

“Et tu, Taylor?” Hannah asked in shock, and David sighed to himself. Damn. 0 for 3.

———

When they finally made it topside, it became a bit easier to navigate, and the groups ended up splitting up by town to go to their respective decks. The Duskville group was higher up than the Amethyst Shore group, but Jace was still plenty happy with the level they were at. They had a great view, even if it wasn’t the greatest view on the cruise, it was still great.

Jace and Amy were rooming together, but he didn’t expect to walk in on a room with just one bed.

“Just one bed?” Amy asked in surprise, mirroring his thoughts.

“Guess so. I wonder if they had an issue with the room.” Jace shrugged. “It’s not like we don’t sleep in the same bed all the time.”

“I know. I was just hoping for a break from sleeping with you.” Amy said with a playful little smile. Jace laughed and pushed Amy down onto the bed, which had the effect of making her very large tits bounce wildly.

“You liar. You are such a cuddler. Even if we had two beds, I’d still wake up with you wrapped around me.” Jace grinned.

“Would not!” Amy exclaimed, then she broke into giggles. “Ok, ok, maybe.”

Jace shook his head, grumbling about lying best friends, which made Amy laugh. She stood back up and wrapped her arms around Jace, hugging him tight.

“Sorry for lying.” she laughed. “You know me too well.”

“And don’t you forget it.” Jace grinned down at his short and stacked best friend.

———

Dana and David walked into their room and found that this room also had only one bed.

“Just the one bed.” David mentioned, and Dana waved a hand.

“It’ll be fine.” Dana shrugged. “I trust you.”

That made David smile.

“You didn’t talk much today. Too many new people?” Dana asked, setting her suitcase against the wall and beginning to unpack. David mirrored her movement to have something to do while he considered his answer.

“Yeah, maybe. I’m not exactly Mr. Social Butterfly.” David shrugged.

“Was it the new people? Or the fact that they were all beautiful?” Dana teased, making David flush.

“Aww, you’re blushing!” Dana giggled, and David flushed darker.

“Oh, fine, I’ll stop teasing. But hey, it’s OK to talk to me, David. You know we’re best friends, right?” she raised an eyebrow.

“I may have figured that out at some point.” David deadpanned.

“Ha ha.” Dana said. “But seriously though. If you did want to try to talk to one of them, I am a pretty good wingwoman. Ashley was pretty cute.”

David sighed. Yeah, Ashley was pretty cute, but what David really wanted was a girl more like Hannah. A sexy girl with some incredible tits, but a girl like that didn’t just fall into his lap. Girls like that were used to attention, and only the most handsome, suave guys got girls like that. That’s why Jace Holland dated girls like Skylar Wayne and Gabrielle Barnes and David was stuck single, mooning over his two best friends and any girl with a great rack that walked past.

“I don’t know if you are a good wingwoman.” was what David said instead though. “Your two best friends are both chronically single.”

“Brooklyn’s different. She’s holding out for one specific guy.” Dana rolled her eyes. “Trust me, I’ve tried.”

“What guy?” David raised his eyebrows. Dana mimed locking her lips and throwing away the key.

“Sorry, David. That’s girl code. Supersedes best friend code. But you want me to prove I’m a good wingwoman? Fine. This cruise, I’m getting you a girlfriend.” Dana said firmly.

“I hope you succeed.” David shrugged.

Dana held out her hand.

“Let’s bet on it. Five bucks.” Dana said.

“Ten. Because then at least when you fail I can buy myself some food.”

“Oh, David. Pride goeth before the fall.” Dana clicked her tongue.

“What does that mean?” David asked in confusion. Dana grinned.

“I don’t know, but it sure sounds good, right?”

———

Zack and Heather walked into their room and Heather fist pumped.

“Two beds. Nice! Now I don’t have to have you playing footsie with me while we sleep.” Heather smirked at Zack.

“Oh come on, you love it.” Zack protested, and both twins laughed.

“No, that’s you who loves it. I can do without your feet all over me.” Heather shook her head. “Plus, two beds means that then I don’t have to bother with warning you when I bring guys back.”

“Do not bring guys back to this room.” Zack said in horror. “I do not want to listen to you fuck while I’m two feet away.”

“It’s a different bed though.” Heather pouted.

“That’s a definite no.” Zack shook his head.

“Then you can’t bring any girls back.” Heather pointed a finger at Zack.

“Fine. I don’t plan on having any girls in the room anyway.” Zack shrugged.

“Not even Sharon?” Heather asked disbelievingly.

“Well. Maybe Sharon.” Zack shrugged.

“No! No girls. That’s the rule for me, so it’s the rule for you.” Heather pointed at Zack again.

“Oh, come on. You know Sharon. I would have no clue who you’re bringing in here. Could be some random guy, like that Jace dude.” Zack said. Heather shrugged.

“It might be. Better make friends with him quick so I can use that excuse.” Heather said, and Zack shook his head laughing.

“You might have to hurry, Hannah seemed to want him.” Zack grinned. Heather waved a hand.

“Oh, please. Didn’t you see him checking me out in the staircase? He’s mad into me.” Heather smirked.

“That does not change the fact that you’re not bringing him in this room. Go fuck him in his room.” Zack shook his head.

“Sure. But that means no girls in here for you, either.” Heather challenged.

Zack and Heather looked at each other.

“First person to lose owes the other one a favor.” Zack said, and Heather clapped her hands together delightedly.

“You’re on.”