Chapter 5:MARCO

Second class wasn't bad, compared to third. Poor Jake. He and Ax must be having a hard time sleeping on those cots. I wondered if Ax was even sleeping on a cot.

I couldn't sleep. I was really, really seasick. Really. As in, I'm-gonna- puke-all-over-you-if-you-don't-let-me-to-the-bathroom seasick.

I was walking outside. I was seriously bored, and if I went to sleep, I was sure to puke all over myself.

I bumped into this girl with long brown hair and blue eyes. I kept walking. She turned around. She seemed to stare into my eyes.

"Well?"

"Well what?"

"Isn't this the part where a true gentleman was to say, 'Excuse me?' "

"Um, a true gentleman? I'm not a gentleman."

I didn't know people were so formal. I would never be able to live in this time period.

"Well, I'm not very polite either," She smiled. Then she said,"I'm in second class. I like to pretend that I am fine enough to be in first." She grinned. "This ship is like heaven. I wish to never leave it,"

"Well, sorry to bust your bubble, but this ship is gonna sink," I said. It just slipped out. I hadn't meant to tell anyone, because I didn't want to change history. But like she was gonna believe me?

"Now, don't be silly. This ship is unsinkable." She paused. "What's your name?"

"Marco,"

She grinned. "That's quite an unusual name, Marco. My name is Kristen,"

"Well, howdy, Kristen. How old are you?"

"I'll be turning 23 next month. My, you have absolutely no manners whatsoever. It isn't polite to ask a lady that,"

"But you said you weren't very polite," I protested. "If you don't have to be polite, then neither do I. I'm 24. And I'm in second class, too,"

I said.

"Oh! You are! You must join me for breakfast, then!"

"I don't have to do anything," I replied. "But I will, 'cause I feel like it, and I got nothing better to do on this ship," I said.

Kristen. I wondered if she survived the TITANIC. It was funny, almost.

I was having breakfast tomorrow with a girl who's old enough to be my great- grandmother…



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