Come Hell or Highwater

I turned the doorknob and walked through the door into my room. I couldn't take it all, everything was going too fast, then suddenly I heard laughter. I was a little tipsy when I came back from dinner, and I really didn't know who was in my room. The laughter grew closer as I walked further into the room, suddenly in I saw some feathery objects shaking like crazy. As I pulled myself into the room, that's when I saw them.

Darcie, Whitney, Shavai, Megan, Elizabeth and Katie were wearing corsets and some really skimpy garters.

"What the hell are you doing!" I demanded to know "This isn't the Moulin Rouge incase you haven't noticed!"

Shavai looked disappointed. I think I may have ruined the mood. Instantly, everyone just looked at me for a second before breaking out into song

"REAL LADY MARMALADDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDE!" Everyone started shaking their corsets. I simply sat down, chin in hands.

"You people are nuts." I simply stated. Megan looked at me.

"Yeah, says the girl who started a catfight with the assistant principal, who by the way was a male. Also, who pole-dances at school with a support beam. And also this coming from the girl who-"

I cut Megan off. "Okay! I get the point. But now we have to think of some way to get them together. Now think everyone..." I trailed off as everyone sat down. Katie went to the bathroom and washed her make up off. Darcie spoke up "Maybe we can have her drown again."

We all laughed.

"Oh yeah. We're gonna go up to Rose 'I'm sorry, but we're from the future and you're supposed to meet this boy Jack, now could you please pretend to jump off the ship again?" Megan looked at Darcie. We all stared for a moment.

"Hey, I don't hear you coming up with any ideas." Darcie muttered as she joined Katie in getting her make up off her face.

Before I knew it, I found myself knocking on Rose's door. It was 10:00 at night. I hoped Cal didn't answer. Though God knows how bad I wanted to catch him going commando...

Rose answered the door much to my relief.

"Um, hello Rose. I was wondering if you would like to accompany me and my friends on a nice walk around the ship's deck tomorrow." I offered her a fake agenda, hopefully she wouldn't say no. But I knew she was going to turn it down. So before she got one word in, I continued. "Lord knows it's not easy for a woman these days to keep a trim figure."

That made her eyes widen up as though she realized I wasn't joking around. I could see her considering how much she had eaten totally in her first day on board. She shook her head yes and gave a yawn, and proceeded to close the door. Immediately, I walked to the place they kept the 3rd class people.

People from all walks of life stared at me. Walking aboard the ship in a silk blue and yellow kimono, with my hair down. I didn't care. As I descended lower and lower, a bunch of workers and normal people asked me if I was lost. I replied no, not even stopping to engage in conversation. I finally found Jack and Fabrizio's room. I knocked, then entered, aware there were four men in the room. I brought Jack outside for a moment.

"Jack, I'm aware you must find this a bit out of the ordinary, but I thought it would be a good idea to get reintroduced properly." I simply stated as though I didn't care if he came or not. Appearantly, he needed a reason. "I received word from a friend you were a very good artist."

He looked a little modest and directed his gaze down to the floor. I got him.

"Sure. Got nothin' to lose." He stated. He couldn't take his eyes off me. For some odd reason. I really wasn't much to look at. Just a simple rock that was a little polished compared to the other diamonds. I couldn't possibly attract the pretty boy type. No one even remote to my age range was attracted to me. I was 15 and was always getting asked how old I was by men that were in their 30s.

I smiled a little at him. "Yeah. Anyways, I would love it if you came with me and a few of my good friends and showed us your drawings."

Jack threw me a smile back. What a pretty boy. If he had anymore feminenity to him, he'd be known as feminem the rapper.

"A poor boy like me wondering around up on the deck with the other members of the rich and famous getting asked by about everyone if I'm lost?" He paused for a moment to look at me. "Sure, why not?"

He bid me goodnight and went back to his room. I could hear Fabrizio talking about me, but I really didn't care. I looked behind me and infront of me and didn't see anyone, so now that my plan was slowly being set into motion, I skipped down the hall. Humming Courtney Love's song "Mono" all the way.

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The next morning, I must've lost my mind. I was awake. In the MORNING for one. They didn't have alarm clocks so, I had to get myself up at the time. I went over to Katie and Darcie's room and shook them. They didn't move.

So I got up in my pajamas and jumped on the bed, singing "Rock stars pop stars, Everybody dies! All the world's parties they've happened tonight!"

They simply stared at me for a moment, before plugging their ears.

"Well now that you're up, get dressed. We're going walkies." I treated them both like little children when in fact, they were 13. They groaned as they got up and stretched.

"Can't we have breakfast first?" Katie asked before yawning. Darcie agreed. Appearantly now, I was becoming a mother-like figure to everybody, keeping things in order and such.

"After the walk." I stated and left. As I was walking down the hall, I stopped a worker and requested 4 hammers be delivered to my room for a plan.

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A short while later, everyone was awake and walking with us. It was me, Megan, Shavai, Elizabeth, Rose and Jack. Katie, Darcie, and Whitney went to find breakfest and make fun of old people. I told them they were gonna get in so much trouble, but they convinced me how much better it was to make fun of old people in this time simply because the older they were- the less they believed in make up. Or what's worse, what if they had a field day with an old woman obsessed with the idea you're as young as you feel...even though she has her face painted up like a clown with too much blush scaring all the children asking for kisses like a grandmother.

As we walked a little further, Shavai and Megan thought it would be a good idea to get into a finger fight where they used their fore fingers as swords. I finally just let them go off by themselves.

"So, uh, Jack, this is Rose. Rose DuWitt Bukater. Rose, this is Jack Dawson." I introduced them and they shook hands. When it was finished with, Rose rubbed her fingers together.

"Do you ever wash your hands?" Rose said in disgust as she tried to walk ahead of Jack. Oh shit. They were going to go at it. What the hell else could go wrong? Please don't retort Jack. Please don't retor-

"Well, I would miss but us rats, don't get alot of oppertunities to use expensive soaps." Damn. I knew he wouldn't resist. I had to think of something to smooth things over. Fast.

"Well," I interjected. "Not very refined way for an introduction is it?" I questioned them both like two kids involved in a "He started it" way.

"You're right." He said as he looked at his leather case that held his drawings. "Besides you know us scum of the earth don't have manners anyways." Rose looked insulted beyond belief.

"Wait just a damn minute! I never said that!" Rose stood in his way. "I'm leaving now. Thank you for the wonderful time, Sydney. Jack, you- you have no manners at all." She said as she shook his hand. He gave a smartass smile to her.

"I thought you were leaving." Jack said, still baring the smile.

"I am." She smiled back at him not believing his audacity.

I stood beside Jack as we watched her walk away then turn back to us and walk back.

"Wait a moment, this is our part of the ship, I shouldn't have to leave, you leave." She gestured to the lower deck.

"Woah. Not who's being rude." Jack stated back. I knew right away, Rose liked him. She couldn't hide it. She grabbed his case.

"What is this silly thing you carry around with you?" She looked through the drawings, each one carefully. I slowly backed off to find the others. I knew what that speech was going to. He explained to her about the drawings and immediately, I heard Rose say "You have a gift Jack. You see people."

I stood off in the distance. It made me feel all warm and fuzzy inside to see them being all lovey dovey. Then I remembered Cal and got to thinking. Did Cal actually love Rose, or did he reguard her as another piece of jewelery to add to his collection that he could show off to his friends?