This is going to sound crazy, but I'm bored out of my mind on this ship! I don't know how many more days of this I can take! Today's the 14th, so that means only 3 more days until we land in America! I want to get to America right now though! I've done everything there is for me to do on this ship! I've walked along the deck, I've drank enough tea to last me a lifetime, I've talked to what feels like every first class lady on this boat! I've even gone down to third class and had a party with the them! So now what is there left for me to do?

For most passangers, they're still touring the ship. I don't think most of them have seen half of it. But I, I know this ship down to the last rivet, and as much as I love Titanic, I'm getting tired of looking at her. I want something new to look at! It doesn't even need to be grand, nothing is grander than the Titanic anyway, but I need something! Anything! Even Dinner was exactly the same!

The only difference for dinner was that I was only allowed to have one course, so I picked to have some chicken. Even the conversations at the table were boring me out of my mind! I think my father noticed me getting fidgety after a while because he excused both of us, and we've been in our stateroom ever since. I changed into my nightgown and planned to go to sleep, but I couldn't sleep, so I'm sitting on the couch looking at pictures in the horse book again. Mr. Andrews is concentrating on something on his desk, occationally taking a sip of wine as he studies blueprints.

A glance at the clock shows it'll be midnight in about 20 minutes. How did it get so late so fast? My thoughts are broken by the ground beginning to shake, actually everything is trembling! I look up at the chandelier to see the little crystals clattering. And as quickly as all the trembling started, it stopped! That was odd, I don't think ships are supposed to tremble like that. I'm sure it was nothing though, my father looks at me with a strange look on his face "Alice, I know you're tired, but do your daddy a favor and stay awake for now alright? Just until we find out what that was". He looks worried, I'm sure it was nothing!

We wait a few minutes, but nothing happens. I guess it really was nothing! I begin looking at the pictures in my book again. Suddenly there's a knock at the door "Mr. Andrews!" a voice calls behind the door. My father stands and opens the door to find an officer standing there "The captain requests you report to the bridge immediately" he tells him. My father nods and the officer disappears from the doorway, Mr. Andrews walks over to his desk, rolling up his blueprints. "Daddy?" I ask him, approaching him, where's he going? Maybe I should come too and help him! He looks up at me once he has all the blueprints under his arm "Just stay here darling" he says, and then he's gone.

Stay here? Something is definately not right! I'm not going to just stay here! What happened to this ship? I step out into the hallway and look both ways, many of the passangers are out in the hallway like I am, asking questions. My father is absolutely nowhere in sight, which will make it easier for me to find out what's going on for myself! Wandering out and down the hallway, I turn around a corner and nearly smack right into Madeleine Astor "Alice!" she says, sounding happy to see me "Do you have any idea what has happened?" she asks. I shake my head "My father just went up to the bridge" I tell her, Mr. Astor comes up behind her "The engines have stopped, I don't think it's anything serious, I'm sure we'll be on our way again soon".

Just then someone comes down the hallway, yelling "Put your lifebelts on! Get up to the deck! Put your lifebelts on!". I look up at Astor and he shrugs "Well, best do as we're told". He disappears into his stateroom for a moment before returning with two lifebelts, one for him and one for his wife. Madeleine looks at me as her husband puts it on her "Alice, you should go get a lifebelt too!" she tells me. I shrug "I'll get one later, when my father returns" I reply. That seems logical enough, I'm not going to do anything until he returns and tells me so himself.

Mr. Astor takes Madeleine on one arm and offers the other to me "Well, how about you come with us Miss Andrews, for the meantime?". I take his arm and we begin walking down the hallway. Oh my goodness! If only mother could see me right now! I'm on the arm of the richest man on the ship! When we get to the deck they are readying the lifeboats. That's a bit odd, is this some kind of drill? At nearly midnight? And my goodness it's freezing out here! "Come on, we'll wait inside" Mr. Astor tells us. Alright, sounds fair enough.

He takes us into the gym, where many other people are gathered. This is all happening so fast, at least it feels like it is. We're all standing around here dressed up in our pajamas, wondering what on earth is going on. I'd rather be going to sleep right now! On the bright side, I've never been in this room of the ship before! It has so many interesting things in it, like mechanical horses and a rowing thingy! And a bicycle that doesn't move no matter how fast you petal it! I think I'd be good at that, I never learned how to ride one of those, and I'm sure I'd fall over or run into something if I tried a real one. Or these skirts would get caught in the wheels!

"Mr. Astor, do you have the time?" I ask curiously, he pulls out his pocket watch, it's solid gold "Quarter past midnight Miss Andrews" he replies. Wow, time is going by really fast! It's been over half an hour already! I wonder where my father is, I hope he's not panicking that I'm not in our room. Suddenly Madeleine looks at her lifebelt "John, are you sure this will float?" she asks, a little nervously. Does she think we'll end up in the water? There's nothing wrong though, it's just a drill! At least, I think it's just a drill!

He smiles at her "Of course! They're perfectly safe Madeleine!" he tells her, she doesn't look convinced "What are they made of?". He looks around, seeing a discarded lifebelt on one of the machines, he picks it up and pulls out a small thing I can't identify. Carefully he begins cutting, Madeleine leaning over to get a good look "Look here Madeleine, it's made of cork! It's plenty boyant enough to hold you above the water" he shows her. She nods slowly "Yes, I suppose you're right", she still looks so frightened. I take her hand, sitting next to her "Madeleine, it's probably just a drill, nothing to worry about. Whatever happened, I'm sure my father will have it fixed and we'll be on our way in no time!".

She smiles a little at this "Thank you Alice, I'd feel much better if you'd go find your father though. Hopefully we'll all get to go to sleep soon" she tells me. I laugh softly "I hope so too. Will I see you tomorrow at breakfast then?" I ask, she nods "Yes, hopefully I won't be too tired from all this". I stand up "Well, goodbye Madeleine, goodbye Mr. Astor!" I say, they both nod to me "Goodbye Miss Andrews" Mr. Astor calls as I turn and push my way out of the gym.

Alright, now I just have to find my father. I begin walking and end up at the grand staircase, where Molly Brown is asking one of the stewards why we're all standing around. I'd like to know the same thing, but I don't think the answer is going to come from some random steward! Suddenly I see him! Walking up the staircase! I don't think he noticed me, so I run up behind him and practically tackle him "Daddy! What's going on?" I ask.

He spins around, immediately I can tell something is horribly wrong, I see it in his eyes. I swallow "Is it, bad?" I ask timidly. Maybe he's just upset over something small, like me not being in our room like he told me to. He takes my hand and begins pulling me after him, not saying a word. Am I in trouble? I know I shouldn't have left the room but I didn't think anything was seriously wrong. Nothing is seriously wrong, is it?

Finally we reach our stateroom and he closes the door behind us, looking at me "Alice" he finally manages to say "We're sinking!". Sinking? Is this a cruel joke? The look on his face though, oh, I think we, but this ship isn't supposed to sink! My father's words from yesterday play in my mind, about the pressed calling the ships unsinkable, but it wasn't true. I look him in the eye "S... sinking?" I finally manage to ask. He nods "Yes, in an hour or so, all this will be underwater. Alice listen to me" he approaches me quickly, placing his hands on my arms "You have to get in a lifeboat, don't wait for me! You know there, there aren't enough for everyone. You need to get to one" he pauses, taking a deep breath to steady himself "Before they're gone".

I nod "I'll get in a boat Daddy. I'll get in one with you, because you're coming with me. Right?". He's coming to New York with me, he promised to take me to see the horse races! Is he about to cry? I've never seen him look like this before "Alice, go get your warmest coat, it's cold outside" he tells me. He's avoiding the question! I shake my head "You have to come with me!" I tell him. He walks into my bedroom, and I hear him shuffle through the closet before coming out with one of my blue coats. Before he gives it to me though, he goes to the closet, pulling out a lifebelt and putting it on me. Once it's on, he puts my coat on over it "You be a good girl for me and get on the boat, alright?" he asks.

There's nothing more for me to say than nod. I feel a lump in my throat, he isn't staying on the ship while it sinks, is he? He can't be! Before I can say anything though he has left the room, and I hear him going along the hallway telling people to put their lifebelts on. The ship is sinking? Before I leave the room though, I see the horse book sitting on the couch. Without thinking I pick it up, flipping through the pages until I find the thoroughbred page. Grabbing the page, I rip it out in a quick movement, stuffing it into my coat pocket. I want to show my mother something good out of this ship! And I don't think anyone will care about this book missing a page when it's at the bottom of the ocean.

Leaving the stateroom, I begin heading towards the deck. I have to be a good girl, and do what my father told me to. I have to be a good girl like he asked me to be! As I walk suddenly I stop in my tracks, what about Joey? And the third class? Are they underwater? I have to go make sure they get on a lifeboat too! I break into a run, trying to retrace my steps from the day I almost jumped off the back of the ship. When I get outside I am met by a burst of cold air, and crowds of people! They're starting to lower the lifeboats already? I have to hurry!

Running as fast as I can, I manage to get to the very back of the boat, but where to go from here? Can I remember the steps down to third class? There were a lot of stairs! I remember that much! There's the door I went through to get down there! Opening the door, I can already hear people yelling down below. Why aren't they just coming up here? I ran down the stairs, and down some more stairs, wow I'm really glad I'm not wearing a corset right now! HEY! My stupid corsets are going to be at the bottom of the ocean! Maybe I won't have to wear one ever again after this!

Finally I make it to a hallway, but it's closed off by a gate. I don't have a key for this gate though! I'm going to have to find another way, turning I ran down the hallway and turn down some other stairs. When I reach this hallway, I have to step in ankle deep water. Oh my god we're really sinking! There should NOT be water down here! "Joey?" I call, he has to be around here somewhere! These third class hallways are even more confusing than the first class! Where do I go? Don't panic, I can't panic!

There are people all over the place, wondering how to get to the deck. I point them all to the way I came, if I was able to come down that way, they should be able to go up that way. Still no sign of Joey, and the further down this hallway I go, the deeper the water gets. It's so cold! Madeleine's problems with being able to float aren't even going to matter, with water this cold she doesn't stand a chance! I hope she made it into a boat. When the water is about to my knees, I suddenly remember something very important. I don't know how to swim!

I wouldn't want to swim in this water anyway! Oh god now it's up to my waist! But I hear voices up ahead! I rush ahead and look up to see a stairwell, with crowds and crowds of people. They're being blocked off by a gate! Hey! It's Joey! "Joey!" I call, he turns "Alice! What are ya doin down here?" he asks, alarmed. I run up to him "I came to make sure you were alright! You know, since you saved me the other night". He smiles for a second then looks up "Well it was my pleasure to save the beautiful lady, but we're trapped down here like animals!" he tells me. I push my way to the front of the group, where someone is yelling for them to go back to the main stairwell. Are you kidding me? The water is coming up the stairs now? How are they supposed to go that way?

Wait a minute, I recognize this worker! He was one of the guys who gave me caviar on my first night! "Hey! You!" what was his name, what was his name? Oh yea! "Walter!". He looks at me "How do you know that?" he asks me, shocked. I roll my eyes "Because you served me dinner! Don't you remember me? From first class? I'm Mr. Andrews' daughter!" I tell him. He studies me for a minute, is he really having that much trouble. Is it because my hair isn't pinned up? Is it because I'm standing here in my pajamas?

Finally when the water begins creeping up and the people at the back of the group scream from the icy waters touching them he seems to recognize me "Oh yes! Miss Alice Andews!" he says. I bang on the gate "Open this gate! Please for god's sake there are women and children down here? I'M down here!" I tell him. He shakes his head "I'm not supposed to open the gate! You have to go back to the main stairwell!" he replies. I turn and point to the water "We would if we could! If you don't hurry we're all going to die! Please!". Now I'm starting to get really scared, it's up to the peoples' waists now!

He seems to realize there's no way for us to go back and he pulls out his keys "You won't tell will you?" he asks, as he unlocks the gates. When they're open I smile brightly at him, shaking his hand "No! Not at all! You jsut saved a lot of lives! Thank you!" I tell him. The people behind me flood the hallway, all heading up towards the deck. They should have a clear way there from here. Joey takes my hand and begins pulling me along "Come on, we have to get in a boat!". I shake my head "No, I have to find my father first. You save yourself Joey!".

Joey doesn't look like he wants to leave me, but I smile reassuringly at him "We'll meet up in New York alright?" I ask him. He nods "Yea! And I'll take you out somewhere for another good time!". I smile "Good luck Joey" I tell him, he nods "You too Lass" he replies before running down the hallway after the others. I turn and head the opposite direction, if I were my father where would I go? Not on the deck, at least I don't think so!

I have to find him! I'm not getting on any lifeboat without him! He told me this was our ship, if he plans to go down with it, then I'm going to go down with it too! How could this happen? Years to build this ship, and it'll all be for nothing in a few hours! And the man who, who saved me. I have to save him! I'm not leaving this ship without Mr. Andrews! I can't, I won't! It's settled then, I'm not leaving without him!


The boat be sinking! Oh Noes!

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