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twelfth grade library fire she’d shown up to douse seconds
after he’d started it… Craig believed her.  For whatever reason, he’d always
insisted that she’d had some kind of psychic flash that day and he held it
against her.  It was another example of people ascribing Lucy with a
specialness she just didn’t have.  Really, she’s just smelled the kerosene.
    “Do
we have time to get the life vests from the rooms?”  Craig sounded nearly
sober.
    “I
don’t think so.  I think we just have to get to the…”
    She
was cut off when the Arden suddenly listed to the left.  Port, she
mentally corrected herself, because nautical precision was important when you
were caught in The Poseidon Adventure .  They were listing to port .
    Lucy
held on as the entire ship rolled to a sickening new angle.  All around her,
she heard people shouting in panic and objects falling.  Metal creaked.  Glass
broke.  Sirens started going off.  She thought she smelled smoke.
    Oh
yeah.  Taffi was definitely going to be giving her a refund for this
“vacation.”
    Using
the decorative bannister of the staircase as a ladder, Lucy pulled herself
upward.  She had to get to the deck or she’d be caught inside when shipwent
down.
    Warren
and Taffi changed their minds about her mental state and frantically climbed
after her, as the ship twisted further onto its side.  Behind them, there was a
reverberating crash.  Lucy turned to see half the steps she’d just climbed fall
away.  Taffi and Warren barely made it to the jagged piece of landing that
remained.  If she hadn’t left the store when she did, they all would’ve been
stranded down there.
    It’s
the Ardin.  
The sinking.
    Rhawn’s
warning had saved her life.
    So
far.
    “Go!” 
She shouted at Craig.
    He
didn’t need the prompting.  He sprinted for the exterior door at the top of the
stairs.  It had swung open when the ship made its ominous roll.  Outside, Lucy
saw lightening flash.  It hadn’t been raining before, but now a storm raged
like something out of a George Clooney film.
    Lucy
hesitated, suddenly more afraid of what lay behind the door than what she’d
face inside.  Wait.  How could the weather have deteriorated into a typhoon in
a matter of minutes?  What was going on?
    “Move!” 
Warren shrieked.  “Move!  Move! ”  He shoved passed her, pushing Lucy
through the door in the process.
    She
stumbled out onto the sharply-angled deck, forgetting about the mysterious hurricane. 
All that mattered was getting to the lifeboats.  On the wall, she spotted an emergency
sign pointing towards the stern and she automatically headed that way.  Just a
few more moments and she’d be safe.  All she needed was a few more…
    The Arden plunged further into the water, the whole ship turning onto its
side.
    Shit.
    Lucy
had time to lock eyes with Craig.  She heard Taffi screech in panic and Warren
bellow for help.  She tried to find a handhold, but the exterior railing gave
way.  It was the end.  Damn it, she’d known she’d never get out of high
school alive.
    The
very last thought in her head was of Rhawn.
    Then,
Lucy was freefalling through the air and into the bottomless blue of a swirling
abyss.

Chapter Two
     
    The
caveman comes up behind her, pulling her against his chest.
    Lucy
tilts her head to stare at him, breathing hard.  She’s never dreamed of the
same person twice before.  It seems like that must mean something.  Lucy tries
to think of what but her mind is buzzing.  She can’t process anything except
wanting him.  He’s the handsomest guy she’s ever seen.  And the biggest.  And the
gentlest.
    He
clearly wasn’t expecting to see her again, either.  His face is dazed and
excited as he stares down at her.  One of his hands comes up to touch her cheek
in something like reverence.  He says something in a strange language. 
Whatever it means, she’s guessing it’s good, because he sure seems happy to see
her