Chapter 3: Cherbourg-Octeville, France & Cobh, Ireland

Once again, I don't own HSM or Titanic. Their rightful owners do.

Before the Angelic II made it to New York City, it had to make two stops. The first stop was to Cherbourg-Octeville later that Tuesday night, where 985 passengers boarded the ship. Two of those passengers included Debra Jean Baylor and her son Ezekiel (or Zeke for short). Her husband Curtis owns the successful Big Mama Baylor's Restaurant with locations all throughout the South. Zeke was in Paris on an internship for the past year and his dream is to run the family business one day as a chef. His mother was on vacation in Paris and decided to return to the States on the Angelic II once they heard that the ship was stopping in Fance.

Unlike Taylor's family, Zeke's family wasn't always rich. It wasn't until 10 years ago when Zeke's parents' restaurant took off and they became very wealthy with their line of sauces. To most of the upper class, the Baylors are considered 'new money'.

"Mrs. Baylor! Hi, there!" Toni said once she spotted her walking to their rooms with their servants, Jason & Martha, behind them carrying their luggage.

"Hello, Miss Antonia." Mrs. Baylor said with a big Southern accent. She walked to the short woman gave her a great big hug. "I haven't seen you in a long time. How's your sister Taylor?"

"She's fine. She's at the gym right now. How is your husband & son?"

They're fine, too. Curtis is back in Houston, but he's coming to New York to pick us up when we dock next week. Zeke's done with his internship in Paris. He'll be along soon. What are you two young ladies doing here?"

"We're just leaving England after a two-week vacation with her fiancée."

"Wait. Did you say fiancée?" Mrs. Baylor asks and Toni nodded her head. "That's great news. Whose the lucky guy?"

"Shelton Anthony Jones of the Jones & Jones bank fortune." Toni said.

OH MY LORD!! She is so lucky; she got a good one. She'll never have to work a day in her life." A large thud came from the ground that made both women turn around and it made Mrs. Baylor angry. Her eyes turned red as she was looking at Jason's direction.

"JASON!! You better pick up my things and get a move on to our rooms. I ain't sleeping in no hallway floor. Keep messing up, and it's gonna be you." She yelled as her eyes were moving to a frightened Martha. "And you too, Martha. Help Jason with the my stuff and move along, now. Holding up traffic with your fat ass. What the hell is wrong with you?"

"Sorry, Mrs. Baylor." Jason and Martha apologized. They pick up her stuff and ran staight to her room.

"Zeke wasn't as bad as these dumbass White folks. Those two knuckleheads should be thankful that they have a job." Mrs. Baylor sighs.

Toni nodded her head in agreement. "They're just as bad as those dirty immigrants. At least most of the White people speak English."

"Mm-Hmm. Anyway, let me go go my room and lay down. I'll catch you later. Bye and say hi to Taylor for me."

"Bye, Mrs. Baylor. Tell Zeke I said hi as well." Toni waves goodbye and heads in the opposite direction. Once she saw the heavyset woman turn the corner, Toni shuddered and whispered to herself, "God, I can't stand that woman."


Another passenger who boarded at Cherbourg-Octeville was a young girl named Kelsi Nielsen. She grew up poor in a small village just outside of Moscow. She left home after her parents and brother were killed in war two years ago. She is moving to the United States to pursue her dream as a music composer. She is not good in English and knows she has to be fluent in it in order to suceed in America.

Troy and Chad saw the petite girl looking lost. She couldn't find her room.

"Hey, Troy look. Hot nerdy chick at 3:00." Chad pointed at her.

"She's hot, but she looks lost. Let's go help her out." Troy said. They walked over to the girl and tapped her on her shoulder. "Excuse me, ma'am. Are you lost?"

Kelsi was startled at the two strange men. She waved her finger and said in her thick Russian accent, "No speak English."

"Oh, we don't care." Troy said to the blue-eyed girl and Chad nodded her head. "We just want to help a fellow traveler out." Kelsi nodded her head and gave him her directions to her room.

"Let's see. Oh, look. You're in Rm. 147, that's across from us." Troy said. "My friend and I were just heading back there. Wanna follow us?"

"OK." Kelsi nodded and she walked with them to her room. When they got there, Kelsi turned around and thanked the boys for helping her. "Thank you for helping me. I am so lost. This place is maze to me."

Troy said, "You're welcome. This is our room 148. If you need anything, don't be afraid to knock on our door. Before we go, what is your name?"

"My name is Kelsi. I am from Russia. What is your name?"

"My name is Troy, and this is my Jamaican friend Chad."

"Nice to meet you both. I will see you around." Kelsi said as she walked inside her room and closed the door.

Once the door was closed, Chad turned to Troy and said, "I always thought Russian girls were hot."

"Chad, all girls are hot, no matter what nationality." Troy said as they closed the door to their rooms.

"What? They're up there with Caribbean girls, especially Jamaican queens. Unlike your American girls; they're so snobby and stuck-up." Chad shot at Troy.

"Man, not all of them. It's mostly the rich ones that are like that." Troy said as he was lying down on his bed. "I'm calling it a night, man. Goodnight."

"Goodnight, my man." Chad said from the top of his bunk.


The next day, the Angelic II made its second stop in the town of Cobh, Ireland. At that stop, just over 400 passengers got on the ship. Two of them were fraternal twins Ryan & Sharpay Evans. They grew up in Dublin with their Welsh father's job as an engineer; their Irish mother was a homemaker. His job paid good money and the family was able to live a middle-class life. Their father died in a car accident when they were 14. After his death, the family became poor and homeless. They have a huge love for theater and singing and always loved perfroming to people. They would often play in local pubs & theatres around Dublin for extra money. Encouraged by their mother to pursue performing in America, the twins left Dublin and are headed for America in hopes of making it on Broadway.

"This is a nice ship, Ryan." Sharpay said to her brother as they were looking for their room. "Have you found it yet?"

"Aye, I found it. Rm. 147." Ryan said as he inserted the key to open the door. When they entered the room, they saw a pale-skinned girl and two boys (one White & one Black) talking to each other. The White boy stood up and walked to them.

"Hi. My name is Troy Bolton. This is Chad Danforth and Kelsi Nielsen." Troy said while introducing themselves to the duo. "What are your names?"

"Are you our roommates?" Sharpay asked.

"No, Chad and I aren't. But Kelsi is. We stay across the hall from you guys. By the way, what are your names?"

Lost in his thoughts, Ryan shook his head and got back in reality. "Oh, sorry. My name is Ryan Evans and this is my twin sister, Sharpay." Ryan stuck out his hand and shook Troy, Chad, and Kelsi's hands. Sharpay did the same thing after him.

"Nice to meet you guys. Please sit down." Chad said as he got up off the bed so Sharpay can sit down. Ryan remained standing near the door. "Where are you from?"

"We are from Ireland. We are going to America to become famous actors & singers. Where are you guys from?

Kelsi answered first. "I am sorry if my English is no good. I am from Russia. I want to write music in America. There are little to no opportunities for women in Russia to write music."

Chad was second to answer. "I am from London by way of Kinston, Jamaica. I want to be a dancer and singer in America so I can support my father and sisters back in Jamaica."

Troy was the last to answer. "I'm American. I'm from a small city called Alberquerque, New Mexico. I;m just sight seeing all over the world. I also love photography."

The twins nodded their heads in response to their answers. Ryan added, "I think my sister and I are going to enjoy ourselves on this ship. Let's go out and see what else is going on on this ship."

Everybody agreed to the suggestion and headed out of the room. The made their way towards the main 3rd class stairwell that lead straight to the front of the ship.

When the five reached the front, they each took a side (Troy taking the tip) and saw all of the dolphins jumping out of the water. Kelsi started to cry as she has never seen a dolphin before in her life.

"I've never seen anything so beautiful in my life." Kelsi cries as she wipes the tears from her eyes. Chad and Sharpay gave her a hug and comforted her.

"Hey, I can see the Statue of Liberty already. Can you?" Ryan pointed out to the group.

Sharpay replied, "Not really, but I know it is there."

Chad adds, "The closer we get to America, it will get bigger."

Troy got everybody in front of the bow and took a picture of them with his camera (one of the few material items he owns). He steps on two of the railings behind them and shouts out,

"I'M THE KING OF THE WORLD!"

All five young people started to cheer and holler in joy and excitement. At that monent, they felt like they were on cloud nine.


Well, that was Chapter 3. I hope you all enjoyed it. I was gonna put this with chapter 2, but it would've been way to long. So I split the chapter up into two small ones.

I hope you all like the introduction of the new characters and their backgrounds. I know Zeke didn't say anything in this chapter, but he will in later chapters. I also didn't want to forget about Jason & Martha, even though they are the least popular characters out of the Wildcats. Kelsi & the twins are people Troy & Chad meet on the ship and they become friends.

Just like with Shelton in the last chapter, Zeke's mom & Toni are a bit racists. Their attitudes towards non-Blacks and poor people are about the same as Shelton's attitude.

Also, Cherbourg-Octeville & Cobh are actual stops the real Titanic made back in 1912 (when the towns were called Cherbourg & Queenstown, respectively.) I don't own those towns.

Yes, I got the line "I'M THE KING OF THE WORLD!" line from the movie. I don't own it.

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