Chapter 3:
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The stateroom that I now occupied was beautiful, but utterly void of feeling. It seemed to me, that it should belong to some snobbish young woman, being courted by a rich man, who had her life planned for her and she always did as she was told. This did not seem a room fitting to me. It was too cold, not in temperature, but in feeling. My room at home was covered in paintings that I had found in stores, they varied in color and style, yet somehow, they all seemed to be, well, me. But this room, elegant as it was, was lonely. I pulled out "The Three Musketeers" and set it on my pillow; the familiarity of it eased my loneliness slightly. I sighed sadly, wishing that Taylor were here.
"Stop it Lissie! You're too sad," Taylor would tell me, if he were here, "Stop being sad and smile! It lights up that pretty little face of yours." That's what Taylor would say. But he can't.
I walked over to my closet, frowning as I set to work unpacking the dozens of dresses that I know had.
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I sighed, finishing putting the new gowns in my closet, and hiding the corsets under the bed, so hopefully, Mother would not find them, so that I would not have to where them. I smirked at the thought. Sure, Mother would yell at me for losing the corsets, but at least I wouldn't have to wear them. I finally remembered Jack's note and I went to go find him up on deck.
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As I raised my hand to knock on the door of the Marconi office, it opened abruptly. I stepped back, seeing a man that I did not recognize. "Um, hello?" The man laughed,
"Oh, I have women coming to see me already? Ha! I told you that I would Jack!" I leaned around the man to see Jack sitting at the telegraph.
"Oh, hello Jack!" I called happily. Jack looked up at me,
"Elissa! How are you?" I smiled,
"Hiding from my, oh so lovely parents, so I'm good." He smirked,
"Well Bride, you were wrong, the first woman here came to see me." I laughed quietly, receiving a mock-stern look from Bride, before he grinned and bowed low, grabbing my hand. "And to what do I owe this pleasure Miss...?" I giggled,
"Elissa."
"Ah, I see, Miss Elissa," he kissed my hand, causing me to laugh louder, "I am Harold Bride, but everyone," he winked, "who I see fit to, calls me Harry." I smirked,
"Well then Harry, it's a pleasure to meet you." He smirked as well,
"I know it." I laughed before turning back to Jack, who had just stood,
"Well hello then Jack! Relieved of your duties?" Jack smiled, ignoring the last part,
"Elissa!" I gave him a hug. Harry laughed,
"Isn't that improper?" I looked over my shoulder at him,
"No, Jack is my brother." Harry's eyebrows raised,
"Jack, you did not say that you had a sister." Jack was about to answer when I interrupted,
"No, Jack is not my real brother. My brother died a year ago, Jack is my 'brother' in the meantime." Harry looked taken back,
"Oh, I'm so sorry, I didn't mean to-" I smiled gently,
"It's fine Harry, you did not know." Jack looked up at me,
"Did you receive my 'You're going to have bloody awful day and I'm so sorry so I wanted to send you something nice to make you smile' present?" I nodded,
"I did, thank you." I frowned slightly, angry that my grip on it had not been strong enough to keep hold of the rose when Mother jerked me. Jack smiled, "So what do you think?"
"Of what?" Jack smirked at me,
"The ship, silly."
"Oh, the ship. It's marvelous. I'm really proud of Taylor." He nodded sadly,
"Taylor was brilliant." I smiled, trying to make the unhappy conversation flip,
"I just have to avoid Mr. Andrews now."
"Why?" Jack and Harry asked.
"Oh, because Mr. Andrews apparently believes that Taylor's death is his own fault and he needs to apologize every single time he sees me. He's a nice man, truly he is, but I don't know how much more I can take of his apologizes." Jack nodded,
"He told me that he wanted to show you something that Taylor had been working on though, so you might want to meet him at some point." I nodded,
"Jack what time is it?" Jack pulled out a gold pocket watch,
"Um, quarter past four, why?" I gasped,
"Oh my lord! I'm going to miss it! mother's gonna kill me!" Jack looked confused,
"Miss what Elissa?" I frowned,
"I don't know yet!" With that I bid Jack and Harry farewell and rushed out on the deck.
Uh oh. What does Elissa have to do? You'll find out soon ;)