AU: The song at the end does not come out until the sixties, but I read somewhere that the inspirations for the lyrics came from a book published in the late 1800's. I hope we can just pretend it was out in the early 1900's. Thanks

I do not own Titanic and the lyrics to the song at the bottom

Chapter 1

Summer 1907

Harry and James walked into their apartment building at 3 in the morning. They both knew they'd only sleep for three hours before heading off to the academy, but that didn't stop them from going to the pub. Usually they would not stay out too late on a week day, but when harry was upset, they spent two hours or more extra. Today, Harry was upset. James watched his drunken cousin as he struggled with the bunch of keys in his hands. He knew better than to take it from him; Harry always thought he was never too drunk, so he could do things by himself. So James just stood behind whistling the same tune he always did. After a few minutes of going through each key in the bunch, Harry got fed up and realized he was way too drunk to open the door and James's whistling was not helping.

"Can you give a man a break and shut up" He yelled frustrated

James laughed taking the keys from his cousin. For the last ten years they had been together, they did everything together. Since they always had love for the sea, both had worked as ship's boys for a little while before moving on and working to earn their second mates certificate, now they were working for their first mate certificate hoping to start on bigger ships soon. Harry thought being in the water was just plain fun while James had high hopes of becoming a captain someday

"Harry, I think we left the key at the pub, it's not here" James said looking through all the keys in the bunch. Harry was already sitting on the floor using every curse word under the sun

"Not to worry" James began "I have a small paper clip in my pocket"

"Since when did you know how to pick locks" Harry grumbled as James found the small paper clip

"I don't"

"So, how would you open it" Harry yelled frustrated as James stuck the open clip inside the key hole

"We'll make it work" was all he said. That had become his slogan, and he was right, some way or another they made it this far without much trouble, but not all the time though, James's calm words still put the youngsters in trouble a couple of times. Harry stared at his cousin as he kept trying to pick the lock. Open. He thought and soon enough there was a clicking sound. James's eyes shined with pride and Harry smiled for the first time that night.

As they entered their small apartment Harry took off his coat and hat and lay on the couch. What was the point of getting comfortable in bed when he'll have to get up in two and a half hours

"You know you have to stop that" James voice caused Harry to open his eyes

"Stop what?" Harry asked yawning

James took the seat across from him

"Falling in love so fast" James said and Harry was quiet "I feel like you fall in love with every girl you have a thing or two in common with. You fall in love so fast Harry you don't know what hit you"

"I thought she was the one" Harry said quietly. His heart heavy as it had been since he found out

"Gloria Hopspur was not worth your time cuz"

"How was I to know she'll leave me for Daniel baits" Harry said getting annoyed again

"You mean, Daniel 'Money bags' Baits. Everyone saw it coming, but you were too much in love to see it" James said

Harry closed his eyes and the memories of the different times James and a few of his other friends trying to warn him about Gloria came back to his mind. He wished he had listened. He could be so stubborn some times.

"I'm done with women" Harry said bitterly

"No, you're not" James said laughing a bit

"This is the third time I've gotten my heart smashed up against the wall" James felt bad

"That's why you've got to stop falling in love so fast" With that he got up "Good night Harry, and don't worry, the right girl would come someday" Harry didn't reply, he just smiled weakly at his cousin. James gave his cousin a pat on the shoulder before heading to his room, whistling his favorite tune.

Harry looked up at the ceiling. James was right; he had to stop wearing his heart on his sleeve. He took a deep breath and let it out as a relaxing feeling swept over him. He couldn't think of anything now, but that song James got stuck in his head. Well if you can't beat them, join them. He thought. So he began to sing quietly.

"We're beggars and blighters and ne'er do-well cads,
Drink up me 'earties, yo ho.
Aye, but we're loved by our mommies and dads,
Drink up me 'earties, yo ho.
Yo ho, yo ho, a pirate's life for me"

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