Chapter 1: The Ship of Dreams
"Rory!" I heard my mother call as I exited my sister's fiancées car.
"What mother!?" I retorted back. Ever since I turned fifteen she nagged and nagged about me being proper and acting like a first class woman should, but the truth was, it just wasn't me. I didn't want to be like my sister, forced into a marriage to someone I didn't even love-for money, I might add. I sure didn't want to be like my mother, trying to use my daughter to make sure I had money-it's sickening, really.
"Proper women do not rush out of cars! You almost knocked Cal over." It was true. I had just about knocked my sister's fiancée to the ground while exiting his expensive car. Did I care? Absolutely not. Cal is the epitome of jerk. He treats my seventeen sister, Rose, horribly.
"Now apologize!" my mother added.
"Mother!" I groaned. Why did I have to apologize to someone I loathed?
"It's quite alright Ruth, I'm sure she's sorry." Cal said. He smiled this awful fake smile of his. I almost puked.
"No, It's not, Cal. I'm terribly sorry about her behavior. Rory Elizabeth Dewitt Bukator apologize now!" my mother said sternly. Oh god. The dreaded middle name. I really hated my mother at that moment.
"I'm sorry Cal." I said coldly. That's all he was getting.
"It's fine Rory." Cal replied. He smiled that smile again. Who did he think he was?
I was so busy thinking about how much I hated Cal I didn't even notice the large ship in front of me. When I saw it I was mesmerized. It looked amazing, so luxurious and grand. I stared at the ship and totally spaced out until I heard Cal talking to my mother and sister.
"It is unsinkable! God himself could not sink this ship!" he told them.
"Sounds like White Star Line is a little too sure of their machinery." I said.
"Rory!" My mother exclaimed. She was annoyed. I could tell. I wondered how I always managed to never be good enough for her.
"What? It sounds a little arrogant to me is all I'm saying. I mean, they need to stop advertising this ship as 'Unsinkable' because karma is going to come back and bite these people in the-" my sister stopped me.
"It's not worth the fight Rory." she said.
Little did I know, my karma remark just might be true…