Chapter One:
(just to let you know, I had a chapter two here but I took it down because I got a new idea and wrote this one. This is the new chapter two. Just telling ya ;))
Sarah was off in her daydreams again, resting against the rail of the ship, staring down at the water they sailed on, when Aunt Michelle came waddling over to her (she's not the thinnest or tallest person around). Sarah sighed, a little angry with her, hearing her annoying laugh. She didn't pay much attention to the multiple laughs surprising her as she turned around to her aunt.
"Honey? Oh darling, you must come socialize with me, it's terrible fun." Said her aunt when she was five steps away from her. "The people here are wonderful! There's even some coot over there who thinks this ship is going to sink and we'll all drown."
She laughed again, and this time Sarah noticed the extra voiced.
"Yeah, that old coot is our father, no doubt." Said one voice, snickering.
"Must have got our paranoid genes from him." Said another one, and more snickering came from them. Sarah could tell they were male voices.
Sarah turned around, not wanted to admit she was curious to see who these two voices were coming from.
There were two handsome boys standing near her aunt with a taller, uglier woman behind them. Aunt Michelle must have been talking with them, because they already looked like friends- well, the ugly woman and Aunt, at least. The boys looked much more interested in Sarah.
The boys were around her age. One was seventeen, the other looked around eighteen- maybe twenty. One had many freckles, while the other had only a few. The boy who was seventeen (and with the many freckles) had light orange, slightly shaggy hair, while the eighteen or twenty year old had darker, more tamed red hair. One was exactly the same height as Sarah, and their eye level was the same as they looked at each other's eyes. She quickly looked away from his and at her aunt.
"Libby's sons need someone to "play" with." She laughed as she said play. "I mentioned I had a daughter around the same age, and she was delighted. They're rather bored on the ship." Sarah nodded, because she knew where this was going.
The boys tried to look innocent, and the girl could not help thinking it was cute. They had the mischievous look in their eye, and she knew she was going to have a hard time with them. Half of her wanted to go back to her daydreaming, but the other half was longing to go with the two boys. Maybe some new friends would help her.
"Pleased to meet you. I'm John." Said the youngest of the two, bowing down to her. She started to blush, but she quickly hid her face behind her hands so they wouldn't see.
"As with me. I'm Cory." said the older one, who also bowed. They were clearly not going to act this polite when their mother and aunt left. She could see it in their eyes. She could also see them sniggering when the adults weren't looking.
"Hello. I'm Sarah." She managed to say to the two, with a smile too. She brushed her hair behind her ears, wondering what to do next.
"It's so nice for the boys to meet a female around here." Said John and Cory's mother. "Maybe you can keep them out of trouble." She glared at her sons, who stopped sniggering.
"I'll see you at dinner!" said Aunt Michelle, and the two adults left, in deep discussion of the Titanic.
Sarah was suddenly horrified as they left. Many people were still up deck as they were, but they were all on the other side, or at the bow. She felt uncomfortable being with the two boys by herself. She also felt uncomfortable at the fact that she was being so shy.
"You're aunt's nice." Cory said to Sarah, but he was still sniggering.
John was making Sarah even tenser as he stood back, examining her. He made an expression of deep thought, but with a small smirk. Sarah could feel herself shaking at how nervous she was- or maybe it was because of the cold morning wind. She wasn't sure. Finally, John started to snigger again and he muttered someone to Cory behind him.
"Looks like she's going to be an easy one." Then they both started to snigger.
Sarah stared at them in fury as they laughed at her. "What is that supposed to mean?" she piped up.
"She speaks! I thought you were going to be quiet and shy this entire time." Said John.
"And what makes you so sure?" Sarah said, now starting to feel a different emotion.
"Well, the way you were blushing at my brother kind of gave it away." Said Cory, and they both started to laugh again. Sarah started to blush again, but she wished she didn't.
"There she goes again!" said John, leaning over the railing as he laughed. Sarah started to believe this was going to be a bad trip after all. She shoved her diary in her pocket (which she had been reading before her aunt brought the two boys), and tried to face them with the dignity her heroines in her books had.
*
By dinner time the three of them had gotten to know each other pretty well. Sarah learned John was much worse than his older brother, for Cory just said mean things, while John actually did mean things. He stole Sarah's book out of her pocket and was looking through it, running away from her as she tried to get it back. She felt ridicules for running around the ship like children, but another part of her couldn't help it. She liked to watch him run around, sneering and jeering at her.
"He is very childish, isn't he?" said Cory.
"I heard that!" said John as he gently tossed Sarah her book back.
"Come on, it's time for dinner!" he said to her, then he headed down the stars, Cory followed him.
Sarah remained on deck, clutching her book to her chest for a few moments. Looking up at the stars, she kept repeating the look on John's face when he tossed her book back to her in her head. It didn't look mischievous, as it had all day as he toyed around with her. He seemed like a different person when he told her to follow him to dinner as well. She blushed at the thought of him, and decided that, overall, it wasn't such a bad day after all.
"Hey, are you eating or not?" she heard John call to her from the stairs door. He grinned at her, then disappeared.
(just to let you know, I had a chapter two here but I took it down because I got a new idea and wrote this one. This is the new chapter two. Just telling ya ;))
Sarah was off in her daydreams again, resting against the rail of the ship, staring down at the water they sailed on, when Aunt Michelle came waddling over to her (she's not the thinnest or tallest person around). Sarah sighed, a little angry with her, hearing her annoying laugh. She didn't pay much attention to the multiple laughs surprising her as she turned around to her aunt.
"Honey? Oh darling, you must come socialize with me, it's terrible fun." Said her aunt when she was five steps away from her. "The people here are wonderful! There's even some coot over there who thinks this ship is going to sink and we'll all drown."
She laughed again, and this time Sarah noticed the extra voiced.
"Yeah, that old coot is our father, no doubt." Said one voice, snickering.
"Must have got our paranoid genes from him." Said another one, and more snickering came from them. Sarah could tell they were male voices.
Sarah turned around, not wanted to admit she was curious to see who these two voices were coming from.
There were two handsome boys standing near her aunt with a taller, uglier woman behind them. Aunt Michelle must have been talking with them, because they already looked like friends- well, the ugly woman and Aunt, at least. The boys looked much more interested in Sarah.
The boys were around her age. One was seventeen, the other looked around eighteen- maybe twenty. One had many freckles, while the other had only a few. The boy who was seventeen (and with the many freckles) had light orange, slightly shaggy hair, while the eighteen or twenty year old had darker, more tamed red hair. One was exactly the same height as Sarah, and their eye level was the same as they looked at each other's eyes. She quickly looked away from his and at her aunt.
"Libby's sons need someone to "play" with." She laughed as she said play. "I mentioned I had a daughter around the same age, and she was delighted. They're rather bored on the ship." Sarah nodded, because she knew where this was going.
The boys tried to look innocent, and the girl could not help thinking it was cute. They had the mischievous look in their eye, and she knew she was going to have a hard time with them. Half of her wanted to go back to her daydreaming, but the other half was longing to go with the two boys. Maybe some new friends would help her.
"Pleased to meet you. I'm John." Said the youngest of the two, bowing down to her. She started to blush, but she quickly hid her face behind her hands so they wouldn't see.
"As with me. I'm Cory." said the older one, who also bowed. They were clearly not going to act this polite when their mother and aunt left. She could see it in their eyes. She could also see them sniggering when the adults weren't looking.
"Hello. I'm Sarah." She managed to say to the two, with a smile too. She brushed her hair behind her ears, wondering what to do next.
"It's so nice for the boys to meet a female around here." Said John and Cory's mother. "Maybe you can keep them out of trouble." She glared at her sons, who stopped sniggering.
"I'll see you at dinner!" said Aunt Michelle, and the two adults left, in deep discussion of the Titanic.
Sarah was suddenly horrified as they left. Many people were still up deck as they were, but they were all on the other side, or at the bow. She felt uncomfortable being with the two boys by herself. She also felt uncomfortable at the fact that she was being so shy.
"You're aunt's nice." Cory said to Sarah, but he was still sniggering.
John was making Sarah even tenser as he stood back, examining her. He made an expression of deep thought, but with a small smirk. Sarah could feel herself shaking at how nervous she was- or maybe it was because of the cold morning wind. She wasn't sure. Finally, John started to snigger again and he muttered someone to Cory behind him.
"Looks like she's going to be an easy one." Then they both started to snigger.
Sarah stared at them in fury as they laughed at her. "What is that supposed to mean?" she piped up.
"She speaks! I thought you were going to be quiet and shy this entire time." Said John.
"And what makes you so sure?" Sarah said, now starting to feel a different emotion.
"Well, the way you were blushing at my brother kind of gave it away." Said Cory, and they both started to laugh again. Sarah started to blush again, but she wished she didn't.
"There she goes again!" said John, leaning over the railing as he laughed. Sarah started to believe this was going to be a bad trip after all. She shoved her diary in her pocket (which she had been reading before her aunt brought the two boys), and tried to face them with the dignity her heroines in her books had.
*
By dinner time the three of them had gotten to know each other pretty well. Sarah learned John was much worse than his older brother, for Cory just said mean things, while John actually did mean things. He stole Sarah's book out of her pocket and was looking through it, running away from her as she tried to get it back. She felt ridicules for running around the ship like children, but another part of her couldn't help it. She liked to watch him run around, sneering and jeering at her.
"He is very childish, isn't he?" said Cory.
"I heard that!" said John as he gently tossed Sarah her book back.
"Come on, it's time for dinner!" he said to her, then he headed down the stars, Cory followed him.
Sarah remained on deck, clutching her book to her chest for a few moments. Looking up at the stars, she kept repeating the look on John's face when he tossed her book back to her in her head. It didn't look mischievous, as it had all day as he toyed around with her. He seemed like a different person when he told her to follow him to dinner as well. She blushed at the thought of him, and decided that, overall, it wasn't such a bad day after all.
"Hey, are you eating or not?" she heard John call to her from the stairs door. He grinned at her, then disappeared.