“Oh my God,” Tom says, throwing his head back. “You can’t give your real name. What if you meet her, and it’s just a weekend thing?” he says with his hands. “Or she’s good enough for the cruise but not good enough for land?”

“Okay, and?” I ask, not getting it.

“Then you’ve got to be the asshole and be all like it’s not you, it’s me, but it’s really her and not you,” Tom says. “It’s just easier if we come up with code names.”

“We should have kick-ass nicknames like in Top Gun,” Nick says. “I’m Maverick.”

“I’m Ice man,” Tom says, raising his hand and then pointing at me. “You’re Goose.”

“Why am I Goose?” I ask him, placing a dress shirt into my luggage. He comes over and tosses the dress shirt back out.

“That is why you’re Goose, always making sure we don’t fuck up or do anything stupid,” Tom says.

“Wait, didn’t Goose die?” I ask them, and they all look around, avoiding the question.

“Listen, the bottom line is you need to let loose for once. Take your hair down, or don’t fix your hair,” Nick says, winking at me. So I like to fix my hair every day and wear nice clothes. There’s nothing wrong with that.

“You mean be an adult? That has consequences,” I counter.

“He’s off the boat,” Tom says, looking at Jason and Nick who both nod their heads. “Sorry, dude, the tribe has spoken.”

“I’m Viper,” Jason finally says, looking up.

“The old guy?” I ask him.

“His name is cool, okay?” he says, slamming the carry-on bag he has. “Now I need to stop at CVS and get all the condoms.”

I shake my head. “We should also get aloe vera in case we get a sunburn.”

They all groan this time. “You know what?” I look at them. “Fuck you all. If you get a sunburn, don’t come crying to me.”

“Deal,” they all say, and we walk downstairs toward the front of the apartment building.

“This time tomorrow, we are going to be on the lido deck hopefully doing body shots,” Nick says, getting into the Uber we ordered. “And if you mention hygiene,” he says, leaning his head forward to look at me, “I’m throwing you overboard.”

I roll my eyes, looking out the window to take in the snow on the ground. I watch the building outside, and I had no idea that, that weekend would change everything. I had no idea that at the end of all this, I would leave half of myself on that boat.

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