Chapter five Titanic

BPOV

Years later

Years went by we where finally moving to America, I had to admit. I was excited I had never been to America and ever since I was little I wanted to. We had decided to take the Titanic over to America and today was the day we went aboard.

"Come on Bella!" Thomas called from the top of the boat entrance. I took one look at the fabulous boat – it's clean circled windows, white painted with a navy line all around it. It was beautiful. I rushed onto the boat with and followed the others to the first-class boat.

We settled in our rooms, putting our clothes away. Vanessa and I started painting, she painted the beach of Tenby on her honeymoon. While I drew a painting of the Titanic.

We painted until we where told dinner was ready by our butler. We all walked down to the dinner hall and sat at a table given to us with the captain, the maker of the boat, and duchesses and dukes.

"Ah... You must be the Cullen's am I correct?" a man said opposite me.

"Yes, my name is Isabella but you may call me Bella. My sister Vanessa and older brothers Thomas and Nicholas." I smiled as I sipped on the soup on the table facing me.

"Where are you all from may I ask?" a woman asked next to him obviously his wife.

"Well, we were all born in London. But Thomas and Nicholas grew up in a boarding school in Northern Ireland and my sister and I where at a boarding school in Manchester."

"Northern Ireland is a beautiful place" the lady smiled "My name is Charlotte Merrington and this is my husband Samuel Merrington" she smiled.

"Nice to meet you Mr and Mrs Merrington" Nicholas smiled using his usual politeness.

"I think we shall get along well" Vanessa giggled.

"I am sure we will" Charlotte laughed along with us.

"How old are you all?" Samuel asked.

"Well my sister Bella is seventeen, Vanessa is sixteen, Nicholas is 20 and I am 21" Thomas explained putting his knife into the steak.

"You are all very young to be travelling alone without parents" Charlotte noted her motherly features worried.

"That is all right. We are travelling to America to live with our Uncle and Aunt so we can go to University." Nicholas shrugged.

"That's lovely of your family to let you in" Samuel smiled at her wife "We are travelling with our three children Peter, Annie and Caroline to New York for a new start, aren't we Charlotte?" putting an arm around her shoulders.

"Yes, England has got rather plain now" she laughed slightly.

"Well, we hope the best for you." I smiled.

"Thank you, you too"

We carried on with our meal then walked off to our rooms yet again.

4 days later

The Titanic was the best thing I had ever been on, their was lots to do. I was having the time of my life. Their was balls nearly every night, we meet lots of new people making lots of new friends. Vanessa and I would paint while the boys would read. It was midnight on the fourth night when I was on the docks my hands on the hand bars watching the boat move around the Atlantic ocean letting the cool breeze rush through my hair, I just stood their for minutes relaxing. Everything was quiet when I heard silent yelling.

"Move, move move! Starboard! Oh no, we are going to crash! STOP THE BOAT!" a man yelled. I ran to the side and my eyes widened in horror a ice burg was coming faster towards us. I moved away from the side and waited for the damage. A loud scrap along the side of the boat, Oh no we have hit it. I opened my eyes and went back to side, along the side was ... NO! A large hole – the boat wouldn't last, it was going to sink. I had to tell the others. I ran quickly down the docks at human speed into our compartment.

"Guys!" everyone was their in a instant "We hit a ice burg. The ship is sinking!" their eyes wide with horror "Come on!" I ran back out the door knocking on peoples doors as I went out shouting "GET OUT! EVERYONE GET OUT AND GRAB A LIFE JACKET!"

"Bella! What is going on?" the voice of Samuel called, I turned to look at him and Charlotte with their children by their sides, I rushed to their side and whispered his ear.

"The boat is sinking. Grab a life jacket and get on a lifeboat. Promise me you wont do anything else. Save your children and wife, the boat isn't going to last. It will sink in about in a few hours max" I turned and carried on calling everyone out "COME ON EVERYONE GET OUT! GET OUT! GRAB YOUR LIFEJACKETS! GET ONTO THE DOCKS! COME ON!" I screamed at the top of my lungs, people came out looking confused but still obeyed.

40 minutes later.

The boat was sinking. I was scared. Not for me, but for the humans. They had no chance on lasting through this. We all on the docks waiting for lifeboats, woman and children being lifted into the boats. I stood with my family watching the crying families and screaming love partners. It was killing me and my family.

Thomas and Nicholas pushed me and Vanessa onto a boat with the women and children – we where to look after them and then Nicholas and Thomas would swim to America and meet us at New York. I was sat next to a family a woman, her children- a toddler boy and a baby girl. They would never see their father again.

The mother was crying I put an arm around her and she leant her head on my shoulder.

"Shh... you and your children are going to get out of this OK? I promise... think of your children" I whispered into her ear as we where lowered into the water. I put one hand in Vanessa's and smiled weakly at her.

I continued to hold the woman shoving her as her children cried from the cold. Me and Vanessa had to fake we where cold which was easy with our pale skin but we shuddered rapidly.

"What's your name?" I asked the woman next to me.

"Georgette-D-Dean" she said through sobs.

"And your children?"

"B-Bert-ram a-an-d Mill-vi-vina" she answered keeping her children close to her chest.

"Well Georgette Dean, You are going to get out of this. You are going to live a life with your children and watch them grow up! Keep thinking of that and get through this. They are going to have a happy life: marriage, children, jobs..."

We sat in silence as we saw the boat sink through under the sea.

"Right woman and children! We are going to put you on other boats so we can return to find survivors!" a crew man called from the other boat.

1 day later.

We arrived at New York and waited to get our names checked. I made up an excuse to the doctors that we have already been checked and they didn't bother again. We waited for Thomas and Nicholas to arrive which they did in the end by boat as they where picked up as survivors. The news reporters interviewed us as we got off the boat.

I felt a small tap on my shoulder, I turned round to see the Merrington's – all of them alive.

Charlotte pulled me into a embarrass.

"Thank you, so much. If you didn't tell us we wouldn't of been able to get on the boat. Thank you." she sobbed.

"Any thing to see you and your family safe" I whispered in her ear, stroking her red hair "Now go, live your life and don't look back" I chuckled she pulled off me and gave me a kiss on the cheek then the same to my brothers and sister.

"I will want to write to you. This is my address" she put an piece of paper in my hand then waved goodbye leading her family out of the harbour.

"Lets go Bella." Vanessa whispered pulling me gently "We need to hunt"

I took one more look at the survivors all huddled together, hugging, crying. I couldn't think all this could happen in just one nights worth; I suppose I was wrong.

1 month later.

After what happened we bought a house in New York, which Vanessa decorated beautifully. We where all shaken from the intendant we hardly spoke about it. The story was all over newspapers, front pages, radio, letters etc... I gave a charity a large amount of money to support the families who where left homeless with no money.

We changed our name to Swan later after the accident, then I started work in the hospital as Nicholas went to Law as a lawyer, Thomas as a cop (which he passed straight away) then Vanessa stayed at home but some times decorated peoples houses for good money. Living in New York was wonderful – the lights, views, places to go all so amazing.