Working Together

Prologue: A Fight and A Nightmare

Maddy Taylor's POV

I walked to one of the tables on the sky with my guitar in my hands. I sat down at the chair. I looked at the sky dotted with stars. It was a clear, warm night. We were on our way to Japan. I watched one of my new friends storm off. He looked really angry.

"Why can't I do anything right?" he seemed to asked himself. I got up from my chair and leaned my guitar against the table.

"What happened this time boy-o?" I asked in my Irish accent I was born with.

"It's Bailey" he answered. I cocked an eyebrow.

"Ain't ye two together?" I asked.

"She accused me of "cheating"" he said air quoting Cheating.

"With whom?" I asked.

"You" he said looking at me.

"Me?" I asked. I chuckled to myself a bit. "We're only friends, don't she get that?"

"No" he said. "I've been hanging with you a lot lately Maddy and not with her, but she is studying when I want to take her out somewhere, so that leaves me to hang out with you"

"Okay?" I asked cocking an eyebrow.

"Maddy," he said desperately grabbing my shoulders. "Help me"

"How?" I asked.

"Talk to her" he said. "Straighten this mess out"

"Whoa" I asked taking a step backwards, freeing Cody's hands from my shoulder. "Isn't it enough that I helped get her to realize she likes you, now I got to talk to her that you ain't cheatin?"

"Please" Cody begged. I thought for a moment, putting my hand to my chin. "I'll do anything for you"

I put my hand down, coming to an answer.

"You don't need to do anything" I said walking over to my guitar. I looked at the direction where the entrance for the student cabins were. I looked back at Cody. "I'll talk to her"

"Thank you" Cody said relieved.

"But," I began. "You won't make me do this anymore"

"Fine" he agreed.

I walked to where Bailey's cabin was with my guitar in my hand. I shared a room with Bailey and another girl named London. I looked everywhere for my key.

"Pagan" I whispered to myself. "Must have left it inside"

I knocked on the door. The door opened revealing Bailey.

"Hey Bailey" I said. Bailey looked at me.

"Don't you have a key?" she asked in a nagging tone, sort of.

"Left it inside" I answered not looking at her while I walked into the room. I set the guitar down on one of my stands. I looked at Bailey. I noticed her eyes filled with tears. I sighed to myself and rolled my eyes, thinking what I got myself into. I walked over to her and put a hand on her shoulder. "Are ye alright?"

"No," she answered sternly, in the verge of tears. She wiped her eyes with her sleeve and she looked at me. She shot daggers with her eyes. I backed up a bit, a bit scared. Finally I got control over me.

"What is the matter?" I asked in a caring voice.

"Why does it matter?" she asked me.

"Listen Bailey," I said in a stern voice. "I am your friend, you can tell me anything"

She crossed her arms and looked at me. I looked back at her, standing up straight with my hands at my side. I saw her sigh in defeat.

"Tell me," she said. "Tell me if Cody is cheating on me with you"

"What?" I asked in a surprise tone, I had to act surprised. "Cody cheating on ye? Are ye serious?"

She nodded coldly.

"Ye know he loves ye," I said walking towards her. "In fact, I recall him asking me to teach him some tunes, in order to impress you."

She looked at me skeptical. I put a hand on her shoulder again.

"In fact," I began. "He did it just to impress ye, he practiced day and night till he got those tunes right where he wanted them. Then he performed and by the looks of it, ye let him steal your heart, just like how ye stole his heart."

She continued to look at me.

"The boy loves ye" I said. "He loves ye too much that he won't cheat on ye, ye have to know that"

She slapped her forehead.

"What is wrong with me?" she asked me.

"Nothin'" I said. "Just maybe the pressure that ye are in love"

"What?"

"Love can do that to the weary soul"

I soon walked into the bathroom, leaving Bailey standing there.

That night, we were all in bed. I began to have a nightmare as I tossed and turned on my bed thinking of a bad scene taking place.

"Women and children only!" shouted an officer. The officer pushed back a man and motioned a child and her mother to come forward to what seemed to be a lifeboat. They loaded onto the lifeboat as many women and children in the boats cried up to their husbands and fathers. I heard another order give out.

"Lower away!"

The lifeboat began to be lowered by the ropes on the davits. I soon saw the crowd run towards me and they pushed me away. I soon found myself falling down into a dark bottom. I splashed into what was water and I desperately swam to the top. I looked around as I began frantic. I found a piece of wreckage and I swam to it. I clung unto it and looked at where I heard hundreds screaming. For a moment, I thought it was the Titanic plunging to her doom, but I looked at the boat as it looked like the S.S Tipton.

"No" I said. "No, no, no…."

"Maddy," I heard a voice coo. "Maddy wake up"

My eyes shot open as I felt sweat drip down my forehead. My breathing became shallow.

"Ah!" I yelped in surprise. I soon saw Bailey who looked at me with worried eyes. I sat up.

"Calm down" she said putting her hands on my shoulders. "You just had a nightmare"

I calmed down. My breathing became regular as I began to lay back down.

"What was your nightmare about?"

"A sinking ship"

That was all I could say.