I do not own Titanic.
Yes I am back, sorry for the long wait… I've been updating this chapter for like weeks… I's so busy these days with High school… Blah… I've had Softball and Dance and all this other crap… but I'm back and I hope to have the next chapter up by Monday at the latest… well I'll stop rambling and get on with the story…
XoXo…
I walked back inside tears falling down my face, my hair was messed up and I looked a mess. I walked down the corridor and just wanted to scream but instead I slid down the wall and cried. I cried for the first time in a long time.
I don't know how much time passed but I finally decided to get up and go to my cabin. When I walked in I saw Ruth but no Samantha.
"Hi do you know when Sam is?" I asked her politely.
"She went up on deck with an officer looking for you. You might want to check there." She said smiling.
"Thank you." I said getting ready to walk out but Ruth's voice stopped me. I turned around to see tears forming in her eyes.
"Are you okay?" I asked her knowing something was wrong.
"Earlier a steward came by and dropped this off, he told me to give it to you I knew something was up and it wasn't my part to read this but here." She said handing me a letter and as I read the front she started to cry harder. I opened the letter and read.
Miss. Cecilia Edwards,
We are very sorry to inform you that your parents John Edwards and Elizabeth Edwards have perished in an accident yesterday morning.
Best wishes and Condolences.
I put my hand up to my mouth and lightly gasped and felt tears well up in my eyes. My parents. Gone. I have no one, absolutely no one. Ruth walked over and hugged me for a few moments then I excused myself to go walk up on deck.
It was about 9 at night and not many people were out. I felt so lonely I have no one, what am I supposed to do when I get to New York? I walked around thinking for who knows how long, as I looked ahead I saw the shadow of a person walking towards me. When it got closer I noticed it was Harry. When he saw me he waved and walked up to me.
"Hello Cecilia." He said in his thick welsh accent. "Are you okay? It looks like you've been crying."
I shook my head and he put his arm around me and walked me over to a nearby bench. "What's wrong?" he asked.
I took in a shaky deep breath and let it out. "I walked into my cabin after the whole Thomas incident and I saw my roommate's mother sitting on the bed and she looked sad and I asked her what was wrong and s-she handed me t-the letter and it said that m-m-my parents had d-d-died and after I r-read it I came out here." I said not realizing that tears had been streaming down my face the whole time.
Harry put his arm around me and I cried into his shoulder. "Shh it's okay." He tried to calm me.
I looked up at him and tried to smile, for a strong built man he sure was sensitive. "Let's take you up to the bridge and get you some tea." He said taking my arm and pulling me down the deck. When we got to the bridge I saw two officers' that I hadn't seen before.
"Will, Joseph this is Cecilia Edwards." Harry told them.
"Oi, you mean James's girl?" The one mentioned as Joseph said. Harry looked at him and down to me. I looked up at him highly confused. Harry muttered something under his breath and pulled me down a small hallway into another room where there we a few table set up and a small kitchen. I went to sit at a table and wait for Harry to come back with two cups of tea.
"Harry what was that all about back there?" I asked him.
"This isn't my place to say but James was always the boy to never have anyone due to his lower rank so therefore he was always depressed at he wouldn't find anyone that would love him. Then he met you and now you're the only person we hear about, he's a changed man always happy you've opened up his eyes." Harry told me.
"Wow." Was all I could say just then the door opened to revile a very tired looking James but once he saw me his eye's opened up. 'Maybe he does like me.'
"Hello Harry, Cecilia." He said walking into the kitchen to get a drink and then he came and sat down with us.
"Hi James." Harry said I just smiled at him and took a sip of my tea. Harry and James talked for a few minutes and then Harry said he had to go but by the look in his eye's he was trying to leave so it was just me and James.
James turned to me, "Have you been crying?" he asked me.
I felt tears in my eyes as I remembered the letter. "Yes." I said.
"Why? What happened? Is it because of Thomas?" he asked.
"Partially, after I went to my room form the whole Thomas incident my roommate's mother was in there and she looked like she'd just seen a ghost. I asked her what was wrong and she handed me a letter." I started crying. "It said my parents had… died." James got up and sat next to me pulling me into a hug and I cried into his chest.
"Shhh It's going to be okay, here let's go outside maybe you'll feel better." He said pulling me up. When we got outside the air wasn't as cold but I still felt a little chilly. James gave me his Officers jacket and I took it without a protest.
As we walked around I still cried, "Don't worry everything will be okay."
I shook my head. "No it won't James, I have no one. No one." I whispered the ending.
"You have Thomas." He said. Like before I shook my head. "He doesn't even remember me James." I said wiping away some tears. "I have no one."
He looked down at me with sincere eyes, "You have me." He whispered. I looked up at him and gave a small smile. He took my arm and we walked around the deck. Then I heard someone call my name.
"Cecilia." A voice called. A voice I knew too well. A voice I never wanted to hear again.
