Authoress Note: Welcome to Chapter 12 of Go That Far. I want to thank those who have left reviews for this story. It really does mean a lot to me that you guys are enjoying this story. I know I have a lot of things going on with this story, but I hope that you guys enjoy each installment of this story. Without further ado Chapter 12. ENJOY!

Chapter 12

In the first class dining room, Thomas Andrews was very aware of the girls' absence, namely

Beatrice. Concerned for her, he quickly excused himself from the table. He easily remembered which cabin she was in and began walking there as fast as he dared. "Miss Chevalier," he called as he knocked on the door. "Beatrice, Melinda, are you girls there?"

The door opened a moment later revealing Beatrice still just wearing her nightgown. "Mr. Andrews," she looked at him with wide eyes and quickly moved so most of her body was hidden behind the door and she was just peeking out at him. "What are you doing here?"

"I was worried when you and your sister didn't show up at dinner, I just came to see that everything was all right," he answered, looking embarrassed at having caught her in her nightgown.

"Yes I'm fine – wait, what do you mean to me and my sister? Melinda told me she was going to dinner, she said she'd tell everyone I wasn't going to be there."

"Well where could she have gone?" Thomas asked, worried again.

Beatrice let out a sigh. "I know where she went, but I'll need your help to get there. Can you wait here for a moment while I get dressed?"

Thomas nodded and Beatrice shut the door, changing quickly so she wouldn't keep him waiting too long.

A few minutes later she stepped back into the hall. She hadn't redone her hair or make up and had really just changed from her nightgown into a dress and put some shoes on. It was a simple burgundy gown, but it was still something that a first class woman would wear when she didn't want to be real fashionable. Her strawberry blond hair hung loosely over her shoulders. But Thomas still thought she was more beautiful than any other woman on the ship. "Alright, my guess is she's either in the third class dining room, or the general room," Beatrice said and

gestured for him to lead the way. The shyness she usually felt around him vanished with how angry she was with Melinda.

"What on earth would she be doing down there?" Thomas asked in confusion as he began walking.

"She has a friend down there, but she told me she wasn't going to see him until after dinner. God, I could strangle her right now!" Beatrice raged.

"It's all right, Miss Beatrice, we'll find her," Thomas replied calmly as they approached the elevators. "F Deck, please," he told the operator when they stepped inside.

The operator looked surprised for a moment but complied, shutting the grates and setting the elevator in motion.

Beatrice knew that Thomas was right that it would be fine, but she wasn't one that liked being lied to. It was bad enough that she was pulling lies out of a big hat of lies.

They got out of the elevator and went to see if they could find Melinda.

Beatrice held her skirts of her gown up as she walked with Thomas.

"Are you sure that your sister would be down here with her friend?" Thomas asked, looking at her out of the corner of his eyes.

"I am pretty sure." She said as she looked at him.

Thomas opened the door to the third class dining room. "After you." He said allowing Beatrice to go in first.

Beatrice walked into the room and Thomas followed right behind her.

Some of the third class passengers stopped when they saw a second first class lady in their presence again.

Beatrice scanned the room looking around for Melinda and saw her sitting with Tommy chattering with him like there was something between them. They acted like a couple. Beatrice raised her light colored eyebrow as she watched them. She let out a sigh and began to walk towards them.

Thomas followed behind her to make sure that she wasn't going to yell at Melinda. He truly did fall for her fairly hard and wasn't prepared to see her even more fiery than she was at lunch earlier in the day.

Beatrice tapped Melinda on the shoulder.

Melinda jumped and turned and looked at Beatrice. "Bea... What are you doing down here? I thought you would be relaxing in our room..."

Beatrice crossed her arms. Her necklace that she still wore around her neck sparkled in the light a little bit when she moved. "Oh I would have still been relaxing if you didn't tell me a white lie by saying that you were going to be going to dinner and then changed your mind to meet your friend." She said quirking her eyebrow some. "I didn't know this until after Mr. Andrews told me that you weren't there at dinner."

Melinda chewed the inside of her lip, but knew that if Thomas had stopped by the room that he had seen her in her nightgown. She began to laugh.

"Melinda..."

Melinda's eyes said it all as she laughed.

Beatrice's face flushed. She knew that Melinda figured it out that indeed Thomas Andrews saw her scantily clad in her nightgown. All the anger that she felt towards Melinda had disappeared. She knew that she wouldn't be able to live it down. "Melinda... this isn't a laughing matter." She stuttered out. She shifted uncomfortably as she looked at Melinda.

"Oh, but it is." She said laughing lightly.

Beatrice's face flushed even more. She shook her head and went to leave. Her foot got caught on the hem of her dress and she went flying forward into Thomas's arms.

Melinda grimaced, feeling guilty that she had made Beatrice flustered enough to fall, and in front of Thomas no less. But she quickly put a grin back on her face as she turned back to Tommy, making sure no one could tell she was bothered by the situation. "I guess I'll see you tomorrow," she said before getting up. When she went to stand by Beatrice, Thomas had already helped to set her back on her feet.

He was looking between the two girls with concern, while Beatrice looked a combination of humiliation and rage.

Melinda just shrugged and looked at Beatrice apologetically. She was afraid that no matter what she said right now, she'd be in for it once they were back in their room, so she decided to just not say anything.

Thomas escorted the girls back to the room, none of them speaking.

Beatrice was working hard to avoid looking at either of them – if she looked at Thomas she knew she would just feel embarrassed again and if she looked at Melinda she would most likely fly into a rage.

Melinda was mainly occupied with picking at her fingernails (something she often did when worried) as she thought about what Beatrice might say, and also about the fact that she deserved it. She really had done a bang up job of humiliating Beatrice, so she figured whatever Beatrice was about to say she had earned.

Thomas stayed silent mostly because he could feel the tension between the two girls and didn't want to set either of them off.

They stopped out in front of the girl's room.

Beatrice opened the door and gave Melinda the look to get inside.

Melinda quickly slipped into the room.

Beatrice looked down at the floor. "Thank you Mr. Andrews for the help." She said shyly.

"You're welcome Miss Chevalier. Have a good evening." He said, bowing his head a little bit.

"You too Mr. Andrews." She said, as she walked into her room. She closed the door and turned to Melinda. "Why the hell did you lie to me? You said you were going to tell them that I wasn't going to be there at dinner. Why the hell did you change your story... You know what, never mind." She said storming into her own private bathroom. She changed into her nightgown once again. "Don't talk to me until morning." She said as she tied her hair back.

Melinda bit her lip knowing that it was better to allow Beatrice to sleep it off. She slipped into her own room and into her own bathroom to change her clothes. She changed into her white night gown as well. Melinda poked her head into Beatrice's room. "Bea... I'm sorry."

Beatrice held up her hand. "In the morning." She said as she shut her light off to go to sleep.

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This is the end of Chapter 12. I hope that you guys enjoyed this chapter. I tried my best with it to make sure that it was long enough and enjoyable enough for the read. Hopefully I didn't fail with writing it since it does take a lot of time to write each chapter out to make sure that it turned out well. Please leave a review and let me know what you think. Reviews help me keep going when it comes to writing. I hope that I will be able to update next week with the next chapter. Until next time.