There was chaos all over the harbour as people boarded the R.M.S. Titanic.

"Big boat huh?" Peter said to his daughter, Cora.

"Daddy it's a ship." Cora replied.

"Your right." He said.

Cora turned around as the Dewitt Bukaters and Caledon Hockley arrived in their car, everyone made way as it piped obnoxiously. As the driver opened the door a seventeen year old Rose Dewitt Bukater held out her hand for the driver to take. When Cal stepped out behind her she said, "I don't see what all the fuss is about; it doesn't look any bigger than the Mauritania."

"You can be blasé about some things Rose but not about Titanic. It's over a hundred feet longer than the Mauritania and far more luxurious." Cal replied. "Your daughter is far too difficult to impress Ruth." He said as he helped Rose's mother out of the car.

"So this is the ship they say is unsinkable." Ruth said walking forward to stand by Rose.

"It is unsinkable! God himself could not sink this ship." Cal said.

"Sir! Sir! You must take your luggage round to the main terminal; it's round that way sir." An officer interrupted him.

"I put my faith in you good sir." Cal said as he handed him some money to take the bags.

"Oh yes, Sir. My pleasure, Sir, if I can do anything at all." He said as Lovejoy, Cal's assistant grabbed him by the shoulder to tell him where to take the bags.

"All the trunks from that cart there, twelve from here and the safe to the parlour suite, rooms B 52, 54, 56." Lovejoy told him, pointing out the entire luggage.

"It was the ship of dreams, to everyone else. To me, it was a slave ship, taking me back to America in chains. Outwardly, I was everything a well brought up girl should be. Inside, I was screaming."

Meanwhile, on the edge of the harbour, a poker game was being played, a poker game which had the means to change somebody's life. Four of the players were Swedish men and the other four were made up of two American men, one Italian man and an American girl. The Swedish players were Sven, Olaf, Alrik and Greger. The Americans were Jack, James and Anna. The Italian man was Fabrizio. Jack, James and Fabrizio were best friends and all aged eighteen. Anna was Jack's little sister, she was sixteen. Jack had sandy blonde hair and blue eyes. James was tall had mousy brown hair and green eyes. Anna was about five foot four, had long, wavy, dark blonde hair, green eyes and was very pretty.

"You moron, I can't believe you bet our tickets." Olaf said to Sven in Swedish.

"Sven?" Jack asked. He and Sven then swapped cards.

Anna then put down one of her cards and picked one up off the pack. "Alright, moment of truth, somebody's life's about to change." She said.

"Well, I got nothing." Jack said putting down his cards. "James?" He asked.

"I'm out." James said.

"Fabrizio?" Jack asked. Fabrizio put down his cards. "Niente?"

"Niente."

"Alrik?" Alrik put down his cards.

"Gregor?" Gregor put down his cards.

"Olaf?" Olaf put down his cards.

"Sven?" Sven then put down a two pair, everyone looked at Anna, and she was the only other player left.

"Uh oh," she said, "Two pair. I'm sorry, guys"

"Sorry? Anna, Jack bet all our money!" Fabrizio started.

"I'm sorry, Fabrizio. You're not gonna see your Momma again for a long time, coz' we're going to America! Full house boys!" Anna shouted throwing her cards down on the table.

All the boys jumped up off their chairs laughing and shouting while Anna just sat back in her chair casually. Jack started taking the money off the table and Olaf got up and grabbed his shirt and raised his fist.

"Hey! Hey! We played a fair game, blame your buddy for what we won." Anna said putting herself in between them, and then Olaf punched Sven. They all started laughing.

"We're going home!" Anna shouted when Jack picked her up and hugged her.

"Well played, Anna." James said and hugged her.

"Thank you, Jamie." She replied, sweetly but smug.

"I go to America!" Fabrizio said and kissed her on the cheek.

"No mate! Titanic goes to America in five minutes." The barman said.

"Oh shit!" Jack said as he, James and Fabrizio scraped the money into their bags. Anna grabbed the tickets and her bag then they ran for the door, Anna in the lead.

"We're high style now!" Jack shouted as they ran. "We were just a couple of regular swells! We're practically god damn royalty!"

"You see it's my destino!" Fabrizio replied. "I go to America to be millionaro!"

"Watch it!" James shouted as they nearly ran into a couple of horses. Anna just laughed.

"You're pazzo!" Fabrizio shouted.

"Maybe, but I've got the tickets!" She shouted back. "Come on I thought you were fast! Wait! Hey, hey, hey, wait!" She and Jack shouted as they got on the bridge.

"We're passengers! We're passengers!" She shouted, handing the officer the tickets.

"Have you been through the inspection queue?" The officer asked.

"Of course!" She lied." Anyway we don't have lice; we're Americans, all of us." She lied again, gesturing to the three boys behind her.

"Right. Come aboard." The officer said, taking her hand while she jumped the small gap. Jack, Fabrizio and James followed. As they ran through the corridors Jack shouted, "We're the luckiest sons of bitches in the world! You know that!"

They all ran up on deck and climbed on the railing.

"Goodbye!" Jack shouted.

"We'll miss you!" Anna added.

"You know somebody?" Fabrizio asked.

"That's not the point." James told him.

Fabrizio joined in then, "goodbye! I will never forget you!"

Then the ship began to sail away.