Almost falls asleep, but Lily and/or Rose invite him to do something on the ship

Originally written by Teraton at writing.com

John was just starting to feel his eyelids get heavy when Lily walked over to the bathroom door. John noticed that the sound of running water had stopped a little while ago, and Rose was quick to open the door a crack.

"I'll be done in just-- oh!"

"Hey, Rose, are you feeling up to do something?" Lily asked, "I was thinking about checking out the hot tub, back up by the pool."

Rose hesitated. "I mean, maybe? I just showered..."

"You can just put your suit back on, right? It's not like you'd be getting your hair wet or anything."

Rose seemed to mull it over for a moment, before a grin spread across her face. "Hey, what if we go to the bar instead?"

"Mom's not going to like us drinking this early into the trip..."

"Mom doesn't need to know. Were you going to tell her you were going to the hot tub?"

Lily shrugged. "I mean... I figured she'd probably be tired by now, after all day traveling..."

"Right!" Rose finished, "so we shouldn't disturb her. She get's to sleep, we have a little fun, and she doesn't need to know!" The girls looked satisfied with themselves... and then, simultaneously, seemed to remember that John was still in the room. They both turned their heads to look at him; Rose with most of her body hidden behind the door was smiling at him, her still slightly wet hair falling in front of her face, while Lily was fixing him with a stern look, her arms folded. John gulped.

"H-Hey, look," he said, "I won't say anything, don't worry."

"Hmph. You better not," Lily said.

"No need to be so hostile, Lily," Rose said, a smirk creeping onto her face, "In fact, John, do you want to come too?" She held out an arm to quiet Lily's protest, and looked expectantly at John.

John thought it over. "It seems kind of mean to leave Maggie behind..."

"Yeah, well, it sucks that she's stuck in the room with Mom, but, she's probably beat too," Lily explained.

"Yeah," Rose added, "you saw how tired she still was when we left, and after all that swimming? She's probably out cold!"

"Either way, we can't find out without probably also waking up Mom, so..."

John tried to think up a response, but couldn't. He sighed.

"Look," Lily said, "you'll have plenty of time to hang out with her the rest of the trip.

"Yeah, cheer up! How about this? We'll let you decide what we do!" Rose offered. "If you choose the bar," Rose winked, "I think the ship has sailed far enough down the coast that we've passed the border." When no one reacted, Rose looked to Lily. "18 is the drinking age in South America right?" Lily shrugged. Rose rolled her eyes. "Well, whatever. We'll figure out a way to get you in, if you want!"

"Well...." John gave it a moment's thought, and quickly decided on...