Chapter 4...enjoy.

April 10th

I honestly don't even know where to begin. I got up extra early, and changed into my best dress. I did my hair up really nice and everything. At 11:00 I walked down to the quay. Erik had left sometime earlier, seeing as he is a steward.

There was a mass of people standing on the dock. It seemed like all of South Hampton was there; nobody wanted to miss out on seeing the departure of this wonderful ship on her maiden voyage. There were people laughing, and dancing, singing and waving good-bye, wishing well on our voyage. Some looked sad, and other overwhelmed with joy. It was hard to distinguish who was going, and who was just there to take part in the fun.

"First Class Passengers please begin boarding now, Third Class Passengers please go threw the health inspection!" a booming voice said over the noise of the people, and the blaring of Titanic's four funnels.

I was still in a little daze when I was slightly jostled by a women who was moving up to the ramp leading up to the ship. I followed her. I was smiling my whole way up to the ship. It seemed everywhere around me, people were beaming.

"Your name please, miss?"

I didn't realize that the young man standing at the end of the gangway was talking to me.

"Oh, Hannah Dugan, sir." I said politely. His eyes darted through the list of names.

"Right, Miss Dugan. Your stateroom is on B deck. Your room Steward should help you find it."

I smiled and said "Thank you, sir", and began walking fully into the ship.

I cannot even begin to start to tell you how magnificent Titanic is. It's like a floating hotel. It doesn't even seem real, more like a place you read about, and you think about it, but you would never imagine it to be real. Everything is new, and shiny. I truly believe what the girl I saw on the quay last night said, about Titanic's third class being just as well as the first class of some ships; first class on the Titanic is truly magical beyond my expectation. There is a grand staircase, with a glass dome overhead, and an amazing dining room, and so much more!

I walked along until I found 'B' deck.

"Hello Miss" said a very familiar voice once I located the right deck (there are so many!) "My name is Erik Dugan, and I am your room steward" he was smiling a fantastic smile. "would you like me to escort you to your room?"

"Sure" I said, smiling as well.

"Would you be requiring anything special on our trip?" he asked, as we turned a beautifully carpeted corner.

"No" I said, shaking my head, laughing a little at the thought of somebody waiting on me, especially the person being my brother.

He showed me my stateroom, and than advised me to head up to the boat deck to see the ship depart. I thanked him gratefully.

I walked up to the boat deck to see the departure. Everyone was lined along the rails, waving good-bye. The people down on the quay where still laughing, and dancing. I felt so excited.

"It's almost time to leave" a voice next to me said, "five to noon." I turned. The owner of the voice was a young man, no older than me. He had dark brown hair and sparkling green eyes. Was he talking to me? He was looking at me, and he was smiling.

"My name's Daniel, and I'm going back to America. My family lives there. This seems like a pretty nice ship, huh?" he said in an American accent.

"Um, pretty nice ship, yeah" I said sweetly, think 'pretty nice ship' was quite an understatement. "My name's Hannah, by the way" I added as an afterthought. He nodded. "Pleasure to meet you, Hann..." his voice was cut off by a loud bellow from the funnels behind us. The crew were untying us from the quay. The volume level, if possible, seemed to rise. But some of the laughing and good-bye call was soon replaced my small screams and intakes of breath. It seemed a smaller ship had broken free and was veering in our direction. Some people where still waving; it didn't seem as though they had noticed. I thought we would crash, but a tugboat pulled the other ship, the New York, out of our way. We we're slightly delayed while they were safely tying up the New York. After a couple of minutes people started to return back inside. I didn't. I wanted to stay out on the deck and look around. Apparently Daniel did, too, and he started talking to me again. Not that I minded. I found that he was very easy to talk to, and we shared some of the same interests, like reading. I also found out that he is 17, a year older than me.

Suddenly a bugle sounded, announcing that it was lunch. "Well" I told him, pushing away from the railing that I was leaning against. "I think I might go inside." I actually wanted to stay out here and talk to him, I found him very likable, but I also wanted to explore the inside of the ship, and see my stateroom fully, and, I had just realized it, I was quite hungry.

"Would you mind if I escort you back?" he asked quietly.

"Not at all" I said smiling. He walked be back to my stateroom, said good-bye, than turned and walked down the other hall. I shut the door gingerly thinking this trip just got even a little bit better. I went down to lunch, in the dining saloon. Oh, what wonderful food they have! I will probably be much heavier when this voyage is over! And so many courses! It was all so delicious! I sat at a table with an older lady and a younger girl who was accompanying her, and an older man who liked to tell us how much money he had. Well, I think I will go look around the ship.

Hannah.

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