I do not own Titanic
April 14, 1912
11:35pm
"What do you see?"
"Ice Berge right ahead"
"Thank you" James hung up the phone and paused for a second taking a big gulp before running off to yell the message to the first officer Murdoch.
Murdoch ran past James making him spill his tea on the ground.
"Hard to starboard" Murdoch yelled and James carelessly left the tea cup on a flat surface as he ran in after the first officer, repeating every order that was given
"Hard over sir" He confirmed. Murdoch soon ran out to the deck to check on the progress of the ship as it turned away from the iceberg.
James stood not far behind and his eyes widened at the sight of the ice. "Oh God" He breathed. Immediately a crew man yelled
"It's gonna hit"
James held on to the door frame waiting for what ever happened
Within a second a slight rumbling was felt and James looked at the hand that held on to the door frame to find it shaking violently. He held his breath as he looked up and saw Murdoch look back at him in disbelieve.
Once the rumbling stopped. Murdoch ran in to close the water tight doors. James just looked at him not sure what to do. He did not even understand what had just happened.
"Note the time. Enter it into the log" Murdoch said. James did not respond, he just did as he just walked to the log and did as he was told. His heart was still beating fast and he found as he was writing his hands were shaking.
Before he was done, the captain appeared on the bridge
"What was that Mr. Murdoch" He asked worry written on his face
"An Iceberg sir" Murdoch replied nervously "I put her hard to starboard and her engine full astern, but it was too close and she hit" He finished looking ashamed
"Close the water tight doors" the captain ordered
"They are closed sir" Murdoch said
The captain immediately ordered for the carpenter and he asked James to go get Thomas Andrews
Howhowhowhow
James walked briskly towards the master ship builder's room. Something told him he should go wake Harry up, but he ignored the feeling. There was no reason to panic yet. Maybe nothing really bad has gone wrong.
In his hast James did not notice Mr. Johnson stop in his path allowing James bump into him
"Sorry sir" He mumbled about to walk off, but Mr. Johnson held his arm
"Where is she" His voice was cold
"Sir?" James asked like he had no clue what he was talking about, but that didn't work. Mr. Johnson's personal assistant, a man James really had not noticed before held him by the collar and shoved him against the wall.
"Don't be stupid. Tell me where she is or else I swear once this ship docks I'll have you and that bloody prick you call a cousin arrested and locked up for as long as I wish" James swallowed hard
"I'd love to help you search for her, but right now I'm on an important run for the Captain"
James said
"I don't bloody care about the captain!" He said trying to keep his voice from disturbing others in their rooms "Now, Where is she"
"With all due respect sir, Riley is not a child. if she wanted to be found, I think you would have found her by now, you must accept the fact that she does not want to marry Daniel" James said a little bit more passionate than he'd planned on because the next thing he knew he was hunched over after receiving a punch in the gut. Luckily some people were walking by, so Johnson's goon let James go
"Take me to her now" Mr. Johnson said quietly with gritted teeth
"Like I said, I have been ordered by the captain to do something. If you don't mind" James said as he walked past them, his hand resting on the place where he had been punched
Upon getting to Mr. Andrews room, James had to tell a few people nothing was wrong and they should go back to bed. He didn't quite believe it, but at the same time, he really didn't know what was wrong.
After he knocked on the door, James waited a few seconds before it was opened by Thomas himself
"What happened? Why have we stopped" He asked. James assumed he was getting ready to come on the bridge as he saw, he was fully dressed and had gathered his scrolls together
"A bit of trouble sir. The captain asks if you could join him on the bridge"
"Trouble you say?" Thomas asked looking at him as if saying he needed to know more
"We've stuck and iceberg sir" James said. Thomas Andrews had a hard look in his eyes and he turned away to pick up his scrolls before walking out the door, James following close behind
YAYAYAYAYAYAYA
As riley slept that night, she knew she had never been this peaceful for as long as she could remember. The thought that she was to be married to the man she loved very soon, got her all flustered and happy that she couldn't stop smiling. In her hand was the pocket watch she had received from James. She held it close as if it was him she held. She missed him already. She opened the watch and saw the time was eleven thirty. Soon James would come check on her. She smiled as she closed the watch and ran her fingers through the letters J.M engraved on it. She could not wait until she saw James, it was not long since she last saw him, but all of a sudden she just had this sudden urge to be close to him.
No more than a minute passed and there was a slight rumbling. Riley held on tightly to the blanket around her until the rumbling stopped, then the engine stopped. Very confused and scared, she got out of bed and put a on a coat. She walked slowly to the door and pressed her ear against it to hear if people were in the hall. When she heard no one she opened it slowly, peeking through the space—nobody- she then let herself out and went to the room beside James and Knocked softly a couple of times. When there was no answer she knocked a bit harder until she heard movement. Harry opened the door, sleep still in his eyes. He wore his night pants and an unbuttoned night shirt. He wasn't excepting a girl knocking on his door at this hour
"Riley?" He asked surprised and he began to close his shirt. Riley blushed slightly, very slightly, she had more important issues on her mind
"Did you feel the shake" She asked
"What, no I didn't feel anything, I was sleep" He answered as he yawned to confirm it. Then he looked distracted for a second and then he stepped out of his room and looked around the hallway
"Have we stopped?" He asked mostly himself
"Yes, right after the shake" Riley said
Harry knew something was up.
"Go back in James room. I think he's still on the bridge I'll go ask him what has happened" Harry said and Riley nodded before going back into her room. And Harry went into his to change.
YAYAYAYAYAYAYA
"Water 14 feet above the keel in ten minutes In the four peek , in all tree holds and in boiler room six" Thomas Andrews said as he the captain, Mr. Ismay, Officer Murdoch and the carpenter talked about the damage of the ship in the ship. James stayed in the threshold of the captain's office as he listened and watched them all closely. His nerves rising.
"That's right sir" The crew man said
"When can we get underway Damn it" Ismay snapped and James frowned at him, but at the same time, he hoped they would be able to resume their journey"
"That's five compartments" Andrews snapped "She can stay afloat with all four compartments breeched, but not five….not five" he said, he was panicking.
"She goes down by the head….." He began to explain, but James wasn't listening.
They were going to sink, this can't be happening. He thought
"Titanic will flounder" Thomas said confirming and putting a stamp on his fears
And so it begins…..
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