Chapter 1: Love At First Sight
Fabrizio and Jack were trying to find their cabin, they had just gotten extremely lucky in a poker game and won tickets on the most luxurious of the White Star Line ships going to America, the RMS Titanic. They were going steerage but still considered themselves lucky. "G-60, G-60…" Jack was reading their tickets, they were rounding several corridors, Jack kept accidentally bumping into people. Jack was speed walking and Fabrizio jogged behind him. There was a small Norwegian family approaching them to round the corridor they had just came from, a man with a gray mustache, a woman with a shawl or scarf around her head and face, and a younger girl with wavy, blond hair pulled into a tight bun, she looked about their age or a year younger. She sparked Fabrizio's interest immediately, Jack wasn't paying attention.
As the Norwegians rounded the corner the girl turned to look at Fabrizio, he had been staring at her, their eyes locked and they smiled at eachother. Then she rounded the corner and followed her family, Fabrizio felt as if he had just gotten the wind out of him. He had seen many different girls, he thought this girl looked Nordic, perhaps Swedish or Norwegian because of her traditional Northern European looking outfit, and her hair and eye color. From her outfit she looked like perhaps she had grown up on a farm. He liked the way her wavy, blond hair was pulled back and he felt as though he could get lost in her deep, blue eyes. Finally Jack said "Ah here it is G-60!" They went inside to find two, very confused looking Swedish men. The Swedes looked at eachother "Var är Sven?" one asked the other, the other one shrugged.
They must have been related to the Swedish man named Sven that they had beat in poker, they won Sven and his poker partner Olaf's tickets. Jack went over and shook one of the men's hands "Jack, Jack Dawson, nice to meet you." Then he introduced himself to the other man, the first Swede Jack had talked to was Bjorn Gunderson, the other man was his cousin Olaus.
Meanwhile Fabrizio had claimed the top bunk. When Jack turned around he tickled Fabrizio "Who says you get top bunk eh?" He laughed, Fabrizio chuckled. After they had settled in Fabrizio told Jack to follow him onto the deck, he was hoping to find the Nordic girl again. Fabrizio told Jack about how their eyes had locked in the hall, "Jack. This is pazzo but I think I a' love her and I don't even know her name!" They both laughed.
When they got out onto the deck, she was sitting on a bench doing needlepoint with her mother. Fabrizio and Jack sat down on a bench where they could watch them. Fabrizio let out a low whistle, just audible enough that the girl would look up, she did. She looked at Fabrizio and smiled shyly, Fabrizio gave her a small wave and she let out a slight giggle. Jack nudged Fabrizio "Oooh, Fabri, I think she likes you too!" Jack whispered. Fabrizio nodded, she had gone back to her needlepoint. Jack said "Fabri, go talk to her!" Fabrizio blushed and slunk back, "I a' don't know Jack….I a' don't wanna startle her….I" Jack laughed, he knew Fabrizio was shy.
