Previously:
Lucas smiled Kissing the tickets, then jumps on Nathan's back and rides him around the pub.
Going home.. the land of freedom and the home of the real hot-dogs.. Can you believe it Nate?
On the freaking Titanic.. we're riding in high style now.! we're practically goddamned royalty
Yeah..we're defentily are royalty..god dammit Luke..we're going home..Nathan said.
No mate... Titanic goes to America.. in Five 5 minutes..The pubkeeper said.
Chapter 2: Lucas Scott
Shit..Come on Nate.. Grab your stuff we need to leave...Lucas said grabbing his backpack.
alright..alright..take it easy will you..Nathan said grabbing his stuff.
No..we have 5 minutes..so come on..with that said, both brothers were running to the door.
Lucas and Nathan, carrying everything they own in the world in the kitbags on their shoulders,
running like madman towards the pier. they tear through crowds next to the terminal.
they dodge piles of luggage and weave through groups of people. finally stopping
Lucas comes to a dead stop..staring at the cast wall of the ship's hull, towering
seven stories above the wharf and over an eight of a mile long. the ship called
Titanic is monstrous.
Nathan runs back and grabs Lucas, and they both sprint towards the third class
gangway. they reach the bottom of the ramp just as Sixth Officier James detaches
it at the top. it start to swing down from the gangway doors
Wait..! Lucas yelled..We're passengers pointing at himself and his brother, showing the tickets
at the man..
Have you been through the inspections queue? Officier James asked looking at the two gentlemen
before him.
Of course..Lucas said quickly,ignoring the look of his brother. anyway, we don't have lice, we're american
both of us...
Looking at them for a moment before answering, Right.. Come aboard.
James has Quartermaster Rowe reattach the gangway. James glances at the tickets, then passes Lucas
and Nathan through to Rowe. Rowe looks at the names on the tickets to enter them in the passenger list.
hm...Peterson and...reading Nathan's ticket..Peterson?
He hands the tickets back, eyeing Nathan's look suspiciously,before letting them pass.
Lucas grabbed his brother's arm. let's go...Nate..he said carefully knowing that rowe was still watching.
Of course..Nathan said with a smile, walking slowly till they reached a corner.
We are so lucky...Lucas said grinning from ear to ear. i mean..this is big..its huge..its ..
Unbelievable..Nathan said ..
Yeah..unbelievable..Lucas repeated.
-Lucas and Nathan burst throug a door onto the well deck. running across the deck and up the steel stairs to the poop deck.
they get to the rail and Lucas starts to yell and wave to the crowd on the dock.
Goodbye..Lucas yelled waving at the people on the dock.
I'm so happy..leaving England behind..now going back home..Nathan said looking at the people.
yeah i know what you mean..Lucas said with a frown..thinking about his home..in america.
anyways..we're on the ship and that's all that matters right ?Nathan said looking at Lucas.
I guess you're right.. Lucas said now looking back giving his brother a smile.
Goodbye..! I'll Miss you...They both yelled waving at the people.
They walk down a narrow corridor with doors lining both sides like a college dorm.
Total confusion as people argue over luggage in several different languages, or wander in confusion
in the labyrinth.
They pass emigrants studying the signs over the doors, and looking up the words in phrase books.
finally they find their berth. it is a modest cubicle,painted enamel white, with four bunks.
exposed pips overhead.
The other two guys are already there. Mouth and Jimmy Mcphadden.
Lucas throws his kit on one open bunk, while Nathan takes the other.
Mouth looking at Jimmy in confusion.
Where is Derek?
A room service waiter pours champagne into a tulip glass of orange juice and hands the bucks Fizz to Peyton
she is looking through her new paintings. there is a Monet of water lellies, a Degas of dancers, and a few
other abstract works.
They are all unknown paintings...lost works.
Dan is out on the covered deck,which has potted trees and vines on trellises, talking through
The doorway to Peyton in de sitting room.
those mud puddles were certainly a waste of money..Dan said
You're wrong.. they're extrodinary..and fascinating..like in a dream.. there's truth without logic
What's his name again? reading off the canvas... Picaso...yes Picaso she said.
He'll never will be famous..Dan said now coming in to the room... trust me.., it's a good thing that
Those paintings or whatever you call it were cheap.
Excuse me sir? a man said..
Dan turned around seeing a porter standing there with his private safe.
Oh yes..put that in the wardrobe..Dan said.
The porter nodded his head and left the room.
Well if you excuse me..Peyton whispered now walking to her bedroom.
Peyton enteres with the large Degas of dancers. she sets it on the dresser, near the canopy bed.
Her mother..Ellie was already in there, hanging up some of Peyton's clothes.
It smells so brand new. Like they built it all just for us. Peyton rolled her eyes at her mother's statement.
I mean.. just to think that tonight, when i crawl between the sheets, i'll be the firs..Ellie said happily
Well..we are royalty Ellie..Dan said leaning against the doorway looking at Peyton.
There is a first for everything..like tonight when i crawl between the sheets, i'll
Still be the first Dan said with a creepy smirk, making Peyton shiver and not in a good way.
Oh my..Ellie muttered blushing at the comment Dan made.
Well i guess i'll leave you two alone...ok..Ellie said nervously.
You don't have to leave..Mother..Peyton says quickly not wanting to be in the same room as Dan.
No i don't have to..i know that sweetie but i need to unpack my stuff.. so i'll see you in the morning.
kissing her daughter on the cheek before leaving the room quietly as possible.
Dan comes up behind Peyton and puts his hands on her shoulders. An act of possession, not intimacy.
The first and only..forever Dan whispered in her ear.
Peyton froze, her expression shows how bleak a prospect this is for her, now.
Entering the first class reception room from the tender are a number of prominent passengers.
A broad-shouldered woman in an enormous feathered hat comes up the gangway, carrying a suitcase in each hand,
a spindly porter running to catch up with her to take the bags.
Looking at the porter.. well i wasn't about to wait all day for you,sonny.
Take em the rest of the way if you think you can manage.
Present time
At cherbourgh a woman came on aboard named Debb Scott , but we called her Debra for some reason,
I always believed that she loved the name Debra because of her late husband. for some reason my mother
didn't talked to her at all.. maybe a few words. maybe she was jealous becaus Debra or maybe she didn't
liked her at all without a reason.. i never asked. The old Peyton said remembering her mother.
Sarah continued to listen to her grandma, eating chips in between.
By the next morning we had made our final stop and we were steaming west from the coast of
Ireland, with nothing out ahead of us but ocean.
End present time
-The ship glows with the warm creamy light of late afternoon.
Lucas and Nathan stand right at the bow gripping the curving railing so familiar from images of the wreck.
He (Lucas) leans over, looking down fifty feet to where the prow cuts the surface like a knife,
sending up two glassy sheets of water.
Captain Smith steps out of the enclosed bridge onto the wing.
He stands with his hands on the rail, looking every bit the storybook picture of a Captain... a great patriarch of the sea.
Twenty one knots, sir..Officer William said
She is got a bone in her teeth now..eh mr William.
Smith accepts a cup of tea from fifth Officer Lowe.
He contentedly watches the white V of water hurled outward from the bows like an
expression of his own personal power. they are invulnerable, towering over the sea.
Both Scotts leans far over, looking down.
In the glassy bow-wave two dolphins appear, under the water, running fast just in front of the steel
blade of the prow.
They do it for the sheer of joy and exultation of motion.
Lucas watches the dolphins and grins.
They breach, jumping clear of the water and then dive back, crisscrossing in front of the bow.
dancing ahead of the juggernaut.
Nathan looks forward across the Atlantic staring into the sun sparkles.
I can see..my home already... he said with a grin..very small of course...
It's beautiful ...Lucas said suddenly..Nathan looked confused..em..what?
The sun...it's beautiful...looking at the sun before looking back at Nathan.
Seriously dude? come on..don't act like a chick...Nathan said teasingly, laughing at his brother.
Anyways..Lucas said ..let's not ruin the moment here..Nate..
You ruined the moment when you said that lousy line..Luke.
So...as silence filled the air...
So what? please finish your line Nathan said looking down at the dolphins.
Do you miss her?Lucas said seriously, following the dolpins as well