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i press the button to the basketball court level, the doors sliding closed. "have you ever been on a cruise before?" y/n asks. "yeah, but only when i was little. i don't remember much of it so it's kind of a first." i respond. "so... yes but no." i chuckle, nodding in agreement.

y/n's pov , 5:12pm
i unhook my jacket from the coat hanger, wearing it on. "hurry up y/n," madelyn stretched out each word, laying on her back on the bed. "i haven't even done my makeup! i say, taking out my makeup bag. as i sit on the table and i move the small mirror in front of me. madelyn lets out an irritated groan, and i turn to face her. "just go without me, i'll meet you guys there!" i say, madelyn standing up. "okay, you have your restaurant card right?" she asks. "yeah, i've got it." madelyn walks to the door, opening it as she holds her phone. "okay, meet you there. love you!" she says. "love you too, see you!" i reply as the door shuts. i pick up my cleanser, applying it to my face as i rub it in.

after i finish applying makeup, i check the time. almost 5:30, dinner's at 5:45. i stand up, spraying perfume on me, then walking to my bag. i get out the brown glasses i brought, wearing them on as i stand in front of the mirror.

(what we're wearing!!)

olivia's pov

i sit at the round restaurant table, the seats having 9 seats going around it. i sit on the end as conan sits next to me, gracie then madison on the end. "hey wouldn't y/n and her friends be on the same restaurant as us since they're on the same level?" conan asks to me. "uh... does it work like that?" i reply back. "yeah, they won't make the people on level 3 go all the way up to level 11 to have dinner," conan reasons as i shrug.

"huh, speak of the devils." conan says chuckling as i look up from my phone. i see harry, madelyn and timothee walk in together, no sign of y/n. "hey guys! come sit!" gracie calls them over, grabbing their attention. they start to walk towards us, waving. they all sit down, leaving 2 seats next to me and madison on the end. "wonder where your girlfriend is, can't believe you guys held hands!" conan whispers in my ear. "shut up, she didn't mean it like that. like i said in the room, she was just making sure i didn't get lost- or squashed." i say, making conan snicker. "where's y/n?" madison asks curiously. "she's getting ready, she should be down here soon." madelyn says, taking out her phone as she types on it.

y/n's pov

i enter the elevator as my phone vibrates. i take it out, reading the message from madelyn. 'hurry up, we're sitting on a table with the others' it reads. i type back 'in the elevator, be there soon', turning off my phone as i leave the elevator.

olivia's pov

i laugh at the comment timothee said, looking up as i see a figure walk in. i smile as i see y/n with her hands in her pocket, my eyes examining her outfit. my gaze stops at her abs showing under her tube top. her head was slightly down, brown sunglasses to match the color of the jacket perfectly. 

harry waves her over here, calling her name quietly. she looks up, smiling as she looks at the table. she slows her walk down, looking at the available seats as she takes off her sunglasses, pulling them up as she leaves it on her head. she starts to walk to my direction, my heart skipping a beat as i realize she's going to sit next to me. or maybe she just chose the seat nearest to her in the first place. she stands behind the seat, speaking. "mind if i sit here?" she asks, tapping the seat next to me. "yeah," i blurt out before i can think of what i said. "oh sorry," y/n says, slightly disappointed, as she starts to walk to the other side of the table. "wait no! i mean- yeah as in you can sit here," i panic, making y/n shake her head as she chuckles. "it's cool, i'll sit here." she says, pulling out the seat in between madison and timothee. fuck fuck fuck!

as y/n gets distracted talking to timothee and conan shoves me to the side, almost making me fall. "you blew it, dumbass!" he says quietly, making my face flush red. "you don't say." i whisper back, resting my elbows on the table as i lean my face in them.

the soft band a few feet away from us start to play, a woman singing smoothly. my eyes keep going back to y/n, seeing her look at something on timothee's phone. "she's cute." i hear her say. "yeah, she's on our cruise too with her family as a holiday." he replies turning off her phone. "looks like you've got competition," conan says beside me. 

madelyn taps me on the shoulders and i look over to her, seeing one hand on the empty chair between us, holding her weight on it. "do you want y/n to sit here?" she asks quietly. "uh, i don't really mind." i say, making madelyn shake her head, giggling. "i think you guys would be cute together. so, i'm gonna be your cupid. i'll get y/n to sit over here and you can thank me later," she says, both of us looking at y/n. "after she finishes her conversation with timmy. "

y/n's pov

"how long are she staying on the cruise for?" i ask curiously. "i think... few weeks?" he replies, the waiter coming to our table. "long time for a five year old," i say. "she's actually six. those pictures i just showed you do her no justice, she's very cute in person." timothee persuades. we order our food to the waiter, and i lean back on my chair. 

i look to madelyn as she calls my name, raising my eyebrows. "come sit here!" she says, patting the seat next to her. "why?" i asked, confused. "because i miss you," she says, making me laugh. "i'm serious!" she says, and i stand up, picking up my phone. i walk over to madelyn, pulling the chair out as i sit in between her and olivia. 

olivia's pov

y/n slightly faces towards madelyn as they have their conversation, food being served. she faces forward again, picking up her fork as she cleans it with the napkin under it. "y/n?" i say, getting y/n's attention as she looks at me. "i'm sorry about before. i meant that yeah, i do want you to sit there." i apologize. "it's alright, olivia. i'm sitting next to you now, so everything works out alright, doesn't it?" she says, smiling as she shrugs. i smile back, nodding.

y/n's pov

something about olivia's smile makes my heart warm, even though it might not have been the biggest smile in the world. but it sure made me feel warm, and i'm sure it wasn't just from the heaters around the restaurant room. i look down to my plate as olivia looks away. i smile again to myself, poking my fork through the food after placing my sunglasses on the table.

olivia's pov

i finish my food, looking around to see half of the table done, the rest finishing up. i take out my phone, going on snapchat as i open a snap from lydia that she sent 23 minutes ago. i tap out of the snap as it was just of her, going to the snapchat camera. i tilt the camera, getting half my face in it, to y/n as she laughs, turning her head to me, still smiling. i take the photo, subtly saving it as y/n looks away, chuckling as she joins back with the conversation. i send the photo to lydia, turning off my phone. she replies minutes later, and i open the snap, showing lydia smiling with her mouth open. i look down a little, reading the text. 'OMG IS THAT YOUR CRUISE CRUSH?' it reads. i tap out of the snap, taking a picture of my hand as it does a thumbs up. 'yes it is!! who told you omg' i type, sending it. 'conan lol who else, she's really pretty might have to steal her from u' 'good luck, should've came on the cruise' i reply.

we start to walk back to our rooms, walking in pairs unintentionally. y/n fiddles with her sunglasses as she walks beside me, opening and closing the side of the glasses frame. "you have a nice collection of sunglasses," i compliment, making y/n smile as she looks at me. "thanks, the green one were timothee's though, so i can't take credit for them." she admits as we all turn left. "did you steal them?" i joke. y/n laughs, shaking her head. "no, he gave them to me since i was wearing that sage green bikini to match it." she explains. "sure, y/n!" i say, laughing. we make eye contact as y/n rolls her eyes, smiling as she hands the sunglasses to me. "try them on," she says. i take the sunglasses, putting them on as y/n giggles. "does it look stupid?" i ask, holding the frames as i go to pull them off. y/n stops me as her warm hands go on top of mine, us stopping in front of the elevator as we wait for it. "don't take it off, it doesn't look stupid!" she says, laughing as she takes her hands off mine. "so... how does it look?" i ask again, dropping my hands down as y/n smiles as she looks at me. "it looks cute on you," she compliments. i nervously laugh, walking into the elevator as y/n follows.

gracie presses the button to our level and we wait for the elevator to go up. "everyone look!" harry exclaims. i look up, seeing his arm vertically up with his camera on and phone tilted a little down, getting everyone in the frame as he was the tallest here. i smile widely, throwing up a peace sign as harry takes taps his phone, taking photos.

another a/n - if you've come from my previous books, you'd notice i've been mainly writing from y/n's pov. in this story i like the idea that olivia is the one falling for y/n first, so having olivia's pov more frequently lets me express olivia's feelings for y/n :)