It was now day four aboard Titanic. Will and Allison had spent most of yesterday spending every waking moment together before Will had to on his night shift with Boxhall. When she woke up the next morning, she felt as if time had gotten slower. She just couldn't wait to be with Will again. She wouldn't see him until lunch time as he was resting at the moment. He would be taking breakfast with her grandfather and Molly. Molly had quickly become her best friend and so it should come as no surprise that she told Molly the good news first. After getting dressed and fixing her hair and makeup, with some help from Anna, her grandfather came to escort her to breakfast. Molly was already there talking to JJ Astor and Madeline. They all ate breakfast while enjoying a steady stream of conversation. Once everyone had finished eating, the men excused themselves. JJ had offered to escort Madeline back to their suite but she wanted to stay and speak with Allison and Molly for a little while longer. He bid the ladies farewell before following the Captain out of the dining area. Once JJ and the Captain were gone, the girls got to have a proper girly chat. Madeline turns to Allison. "So Allison, Molly told me the good news. Congratulations. I have to say the pair of you make a lovely couple."
Allison smiles at Madeline, "Thank you Madeline. I can honestly say I have never felt as happy in my life as I feel right now. I love him so much." She was smiling brightly at the end of this statement causing Molly and Madeline to smile also. They were both very happy for their friend.
"So Allison do you think that you and Will might get married in the future." Molly asked.
Allison thought about it for a moment before replying, "Yes I do. Will is a loving, honourable man and I would feel like the luckiest girl in the world to become his wife one day. I also believe, were we to have children, that he would be the best father he could possibly be."
"So when do you next see Will." Madeline asks.
"Lunch time till dinner because he has the night shift again. You both must join us for lunch."
"I'd love that. Well I must be going back to my room. I need to get some rest before lunch." Madeline announces getting up from her seat.
"We'll make sure you get back ok." Molly says rising from her seat at the same time as Allison. They escort Madeline back to her room, bid goodbye to her, before heading back the way they came.
On their way back, Allison turns to Molly. "I was thinking about taking a leisurely stroll around the deck. Would you like to join me?"
Molly notices Will approaching from behind Allison. She is about to tell Allison Will is behind her but he holds a finger to his lips to indicate to her not to say anything. Molly gives a slight nod before responding to Allison. "I would love to but I think it should just be the two of you."
"What do you mean Molly?" Allison asks. Confusion evident upon her face.
"You'll know what I mean in a few seconds." She says with a slight smirk and walks back into the first class entrance.
Allison is left standing there for only about two seconds before a pair of leather gloved hands cover her eyes. A voice close to her ear speaks, "Guess who?"
Allison chuckles before responding, "William Murdoch." He removes his hands from her eyes turning her round and taking her into his arms and giving her a loving, passionate kiss, not bothering about the other people walking about the deck noticing. Since the Captain had given them his blessing, it was like a massive weight had been lifted from his shoulders. He loved Allison and Allison loved him. When they were together it was like the whole world had vanished and they were the only two remaining. They broke the kiss and looked deeply into each other's eyes.
"I assume you're happy to see me." Allison said smiling brightly.
"Of course I am, my love." Will replies giving Allison another quick kiss on the lips. Once the kiss was broken, Will invited Allison to the officer's mess for a cup of tea, which she graciously accepted. So she walked arm in arm with Will to the officer's mess. When they reached the officer's mess, the only people in there were Chief Officer Henry Wilde and Sixth Officer James Moody. Both officers rose from their seats upon the couple entering.
"Will, Allison, it's wonderful to see you both." Wilde pipes up, shaking Will's hand and kissing Allison's. Moody copies Wilde and they all sit down while Will goes to fetch tea for everyone.
"So Allison you and Will are now officially a couple." Moody says to Allison.
Allison turns to face Moody. "Yes we are but how did you know."
"You're grandfather informed us what had happened." Wilde said. "I have to tell you Allison, your grandfather was beaming with pride when he told James and myself what happened."
"Really." Allison was a little surprised by Wilde's statement.
"Yes he was. He's happy that you've finally found the one man to spend the rest of your life with."
At this moment, Will returned with tea for everyone and poured them a cup each. They all had a nice, relaxing conversation whilst slurping their tea. Shortly after though, Wilde and Moody had to leave to do their shift, leaving Will and Allison completely alone. Putting their tea cups down, Will took Allison into his arms and held her close.
"I feel extremely blessed to have you in my life Will." Allison said with her eyes closed, her head resting on Will's chest.
"Not as blessed as I feel Allison." He kisses the top of Allison's head.
"Oh before I…." The couple said at the same time.
"You go first Will."
"Ladies first, Allison."
"Ok then. I've invited Molly Brown and The Astors to join us for lunch. Is that ok?"
"Of course it is dear. As a matter of fact, I was going to tell you that I've invited Charles and Harold to have lunch with us as well and before I forget, your grandfather told me he'll be joining us for lunch also along with Mr Andrews and Mr Ismay."
"Perfect, the more the merrier." Allison said with a smile upon her face. Will and Allison share another quick kiss before falling into a comfortable silence, perfectly content just relaxing in the other's embrace. A couple hours later, Will was still wide awake with Allison sleeping, resting her head against his chest. All of a sudden, the bugle sounded announcing it was lunch time. Allison awoke with a start, almost headbutting Will in the process.
"What's going on." Allison asks looking around the room, panic evident upon her face.
Will chuckles at the sight then grabs Allison by the shoulders and pulls her in for a hug. "It's ok Allison. It was just the bugle. It seems it is lunch time." He releases Allison from his embrace.
"Oh." Allison's face grows red from embarrassment. She stands up and straightens out her dress and fixes her hair in an attempt to tidy herself up. Once finished with that task, Will offers her his arm as they go to meet their family and friends for lunch.
Once in the dining room, everybody greeted each other and ordered lunch. Allison was seated in between her grandfather and Will. Molly was sat next to Will. The Astors across from her. Ismay next to her grandfather. Mr Andrews next to him. Charles next to Molly and Harold next to him. The Captain summoned a waiter to them and ordered everyone a glass of champagne and a glass of freshly squeezed orange juice for Madeline. Once everyone had their drinks, Ismay chose this moment to speak up.
"So EJ what's the special occasion. You don't usually have champagne unless it's a special occasion."
"Well Bruce, everyone. I would like to make a toast." He raises his glass and everyone follows. "To Will and Allison. Two young people who have found each other. May your love last a lifetime. Will and Allison."
"Will and Allison." Everyone repeated and drank from their glass. The only people who were surprised by The Captain's speech was Bruce Ismay, Thomas Andrews and JJ Astor. Will and Allison would have shared a kiss but thought it inappropriate as they had company at the moment and being in the company of Allison's grandfather it would be a little awkward. All the way through lunch, Will and Allison were asked numerous questions about their relationship such as was it really love at first sight and many other questions. When everyone left they gave Will and Allison a quick congratulations individually. Allison and Will spent the remainder of their time, strolling around the deck, arm in arm of course and talking. Allison had revealed to Will that she was due to inherit her parent's motor company when she turned twenty, which wouldn't be until next year. She also told him a great deal about her parents and her grandmother.
"After my parents died, my grandparents took me in and raised me and I am very grateful for the life they have given me. I have a picture of my parents in my locket. Here let me show you." She opens up her locket to reveal a picture of her parents. Allison's father, Brian, had dark brown hair and brown eyes. He looked exactly like the Captain did in his younger days. Will then looked to the woman who was sitting next to Allison's father, who was obviously Allison's mother, Anne. Allison was the spitting image of her mother. She had her mother's blonde hair and shared most of her facial features except for her eyes. Allison had her father's chocolate brown eyes. Allison's mother was holding baby Allison in the picture. Seeing that picture made Will think about his future with Allison. He could see himself marrying her, having children with her but he wanted to wait until he was sure Allison was ready before he made that next step. Allison closed her locket and tucks in away. "So Will, now that you know my life story, tell me more about you."
"Ok then. I was born in Dalbeattie on February 28 as you already know. My parents are Jane and Samuel Murdoch. Most of the men in my family are sailors. I have been in the seafaring business for about 16 years now. I have been on a variety of ships including the Adriatic and the Olympic." Will continued to tell Allison everything there was to know about him. Time had flown and before they knew it, the bugle had sounded announcing dinner would be served shortly. They rose from their bench and Will escorted Allison back to her suite. "Now I'm afraid I won't see you until tomorrow morning but I have the whole day off tomorrow."
"Wonderful I can't wait." Allison says leaning up to give Will a kiss on the lips. Once the kiss was over, Allison walked into her room while Will left to grab a quick meal before going on his shift.
"Anna could you help me get ready for dinner please." Allison calls out once inside her room.
"Of course Miss." Anna then helps Allison out of her clothes and into a beautiful lilac dress with a cream sash around the waist. While Anna was fixing Allison's hair and make up, the maid struck up a conversation. "So Miss how was your day?"
"It was wonderful. I spent lunch with my grandfather, Will, Molly, The Astors and few other people. I then spent the rest of my day with Will."
"Forgive me if I'm speaking out of turn miss. But yourself and Mr Murdoch do make a lovely couple." The maid smiled at her.
"Thank you Anna. That was very nice of you to say so."
"Will Mr Murdoch be joining you for dinner?"
"No I'm afraid he's working the night shift. I will be dining with Molly Brown and The Astors."
"There you go Miss. All done."
Allison looked at her reflection in the mirror and she thought she didn't look half bad. "Thank you Anna. You've done a wonderful job." Allison says getting up from her seat.
"You're quite welcome, Miss."
"Right then I'm off to dinner. I will see you when I return."
"Very well Miss." Anna opens the door for Allison and Allison makes her way to dinner to meet with Molly and The Astors.
While dinner was going on, Will was on his watch with Moody. Everything was eerily quiet. It was pitch black and extremely cold. Not a sound was heard until the lookout bell sounded and Will turned around quickly and squinted his eyes to see what the trouble was. He heard the phone go off in the cabin. James answers it. He then comes running out shouting to Will, "Iceberg right ahead!"
I want to say a big huge thank you to all who have reviewed. It makes me so happy to know that you guys are enjoying the story as much as I enjoy writing it. I was going to wait until the story was finished to put up the trailer but I'm going to start work on it now and hopefully it will be up sometime this week. I was going to post this chapter yesterday but there is major weather problems over here and my internet was down for almost all of yesterday. Uh oh, the dreaded iceberg has finally made it's long awaited appearance. The next few chapters will be more dramatic, It will still have some romance but not as much as previous chapters. While I was writing this story, it occurred to me that I never once described what Allison looked like, so I've put that in. Anyway please let me know what you thought, whether it's good or bad. Happy reading.
Lady Wesker xxxxx