Chapter 2:
Charlie was upset that his mother had such a firm grasp on his arm. It was like she was treating him like a 5 year old instead of the almost adult, 15 year old, he was. He could walk through crowds by himself! They pushed through the crowd as they neared the big white boat that is said to not be able to sink. They loaded the boarding deck as the tickets man took the tickets from the young and old passengers.
Charlie ran through the sea of people excited to be on a ship for the first time. Then, he saw the most beautiful thing he had ever seen. It was a girl about his age with streaming dirty blond hair and the body of an angel. She was wearing a dress that looked like something out of Harper's Weekly, a very fancy magazine.
Charlie believed it to be love at first sight. He saw himself in a decent sized home sitting confortable on a couch with the angel like girl. He saw himself dancing in a fancy ball room, twirling like never before in a suit that he hasn't even dreamed to wear. He imagined that they would go to a wedding but not any wedding- their wedding. Everyone would staire in awe as they got married, and had many kids.
He starred at her for about five seconds, and then she disappeared in the waves. Charlie became upset when she disappeared but quickly got over it because he knew he had no chance with her. I'm black and poor. She is rich and white. It is just not a match. He thought. He still had hopes deep inside, done in his soul, because someone had once told him, "Opposites attract in relationships!"
Charlie walked through the halls to his 3rd class room. He had to go up many flights of stairs to final get to his room. He could hardly breathe when he got there. He was in shape but he was not used to going up stairs at his old town. His old town was very old, and there was not many rich people living in it. It was mostly black colored people, with a couple of whites here and there. There was nothing really bad about that, but he knew most whites hated blacks.
He opened the door and saw the most wonderful room ever. It was big compared to his old room. He couldn't believe how big the room was, but he knew that there had to be bigger ones for the first class.
He was also pretty sure the other rooms were nicer then this one. He still loved his room though. There was a big closet! His room at his old place was not really anything. He slept with a bunch of his extended family, and there no closets in the whole house, or dresses for that matter. They put there clothes in corners. Each one of the children had a special place to put there clothes. The whole house was a mess thanks to the clothing issue.
Just then out of the corner of his eye he saw a woman of about the age of thirty. She had long black hair, a semi-overweight body, and had shocking pale green eyes. She was wearing a scappy dark green dress that made her eyes look amazing. She had some brown flats on that worked with her because she was already at a tall height. Charlie said cheerfully, "Hello Mama!"
The woman called Mama turned around and said, "Hello Charlie! Enjoying the sights, I see. I mean look at this place. It is so fancy! I love it so much!"
"I love the room! It has a CLOSET!" Charlie answered excitingly.
Charlie's mom laughed a good, hardy laugh. "I am going to go explore the boat some more.
"I think I will get something to eat." Charlie and Charlie's mom walked off into the unknown places of the boat.