Flirting Like Crazy

A lot of things have been going on throughout the last chapters. Our four protagonists went to the Karnak Temple as the first stop of their educational trip.  It was super hot and Mohammed, the tourist guide was trying to make himself heard by all the students who weren't paying any attention at all. Even worse, the teachers interrupted poor Mohammed trying to show off their knowledge every five seconds. Meanwhile, the New Yorkers where filling up the infamous Hottie Chart made by Yo (Salah and Sam's best friend) where everyone gives a score on a scale from one to ten to all of the girls so that they know who the interest of each boy lays. Of course, everyone gave Octavia the "Off the Scale" score except for Salah who had never filled one of those charts since he thought that they were lame. Later that afternoon back in the cruise were they were all staying, Octavia starts telling Rosie that she can't figure out why Salah wasn't noticing all her flirting through the whole day! Rosie just listened without expressing her true feelings for the same guy.  They opened up a bottle of vodka just to take a few sips to relax a bit, but while Rosie was in the bathroom, Octavia took a few mouthfuls.

It was pretty clear that Octavia was wasted once they arrived to the dining room, so the two girls hurried outside to get some air. Sam saw this as a chance to win Octavia over so he rushed to take care of her, leaving Salah and Rosie alone. They went back into the dining room and had a great time taking about all the things that they had in common. Salah even confessed how much he liked Rosie rather than Octavia. It was all perfect until Sam came running with the bad news! Octavia had jumped to another cruise that was sailing next to theirs and she didn't want to come back. Salah decided to go to her rescue. He jumped to the other boat and saw Octavia dancing in the middle of an old group of people who were cheering for her as she danced for them. He carried the drunk girl in his arms and jumped right back to their cruise. Then, the worst thing happened. Before Salah could even let Octavia down, She wrapped her arms around his neck and kissed him right in front of Rosie and Sam! Poor Salah! Both his best friend and the girl she liked were furious at him, and Salah was even more furious at Octavia! Maybe flirting like crazy was not the answer to win Salah after all.

"Usually I'm the very quiet one. Th girl no one notices." -ROSIE (O'Connell, 78)
I felt pretty related to Rosie when she said this. It made me realize how similar this character is to myself. She is really quiet and doesn't like to be in the spotlight of attention but that doesn't mean that she isn't special or talented. Now, I am not as shy as she is but I am still the one who usually doesn't talk too much when holding a group conversation. Once again, this doesn't mean that I don't have anything interesting to say or that I am insecure, but rather that I am just a little different.

Since Rosie feels like Octavia's shadow, I thought that the choir of the song "You Belong With Me" by Taylor Swift, would give you a better understanding of how she feels towards Salah when Octavia interferes. This is the song: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VuNIsY6JdUw

"I pulled away but the damage was done. I looked across the railing at Sam and watched his face go cold." -SALAH (O'Connell, 84)
All I can say is poor Salah! He had confessed his love for Rosie over Octavia earlier in the night and now Rosie just thinks it was a lie. He didn't even want to kiss Octavia in the first place  but it was too late once he pulled away. Not only did he lose the trust of the girl he was in love with but his best friend felt betrayed by him for kissing the girl that he liked. Of course they would understand, but if only they weren't so mad to listen to Salah!

 I really enjoyed this last chapters in True Love, The Sphinx and Other Unsolvable Riddles! Not only was there a lot of drama that made everything way more interesting, but I also had the chance to relate to some of the characters in a deeper way. I m really looking forward to reading what will happen with the "Kiss between Octavia and Salah" situation. Will Rosie and Sam understand the true intentions of poor Salah? Will Octavia finally back off and let Rosie and Salah be happy together? we'll see next time in Scriptum Interpretations!