Chapter 6

There was so much to do in so little time...yet it was the simplest of tasks. As Cati did her best to dart and shove through the throng of people that were desperate to get themselves and their families off the boat she held her breath, without even realizing she was doing so. This was going to be the first time she ever met her father, the first time she'd ever get to see if she really did look like him. But was she allowed to say she was his child? Cati wasn't sure if that was part of the rules. Letting out the breath as she saw her father and her mother she darted forward as quickly as the people would allow. Her mother was crying out for her father, he was getting ready to reach. Their hands were almost connecting and as they were going to Cati jumped forward, slipping her hand into Jack Dawson's as if she'd been doing it forever, and pulled him as hard as she could; away from her mother. His eyes were wide, everything was tilting again. But their hands did not come apart. Staring into her father's eyes she smiled lightly, a lopsided grin if you will. "I'm my father's child." She said quietly as the world began to spin quickly around them and the next leg of the strange quest she'd been sent on began.

"You...You can't be." Cal Hockley was at a loss for words as he stared at the spitting image of Rose, only smaller. He knew that the woman was on a lifeboat...and he wondered who the girl was that had interferred with the reunion of Jack and Rose once more. I'll thank her later. He wrote on a sticky not and pasted to the corner of his thought process, his eyes still locked with the young woman in front of him.
"You're cruel, you're sick, and I guarantee you're going to be living a long, sad life...or you'll off yourself." Paige said, every bit of fire and anger she'd always held for Cati being spat at Cal. There was so much to the story of her and her sister...and their parents, that it was hard for her to honestly understand what in the hell she was supposed to do next. Reaching forward she shoved Cal as hard as he could. His legs began to hook against the bars behind him, the only thing preventing him from falling. Rather than helping him up Paige brought her leg back and swung it forward, smacking his knee caps as hard as she could. This sent the greedy man falling into the freezing waters of the Atlantic while Paige's world began to spin and go dark.

Opening her eyes Cati looked around her. The room she was in was completely unfamiliar. In fact...she'd never seen a room like this outside of a museum. Realizing she was in someone's bed she jumped out immediatly as a larger than life woman entered. "It's about time you woke up child, there's much to talk about." Rubbing the sleep from her eyes while this woman flung curtains opened and made a bustle about cleaning things up so that Cati felt comfortable, her thoughts whirred. Where was she now? The woman walked towards her and put her hand on her chin. "You did perfectly..." She said quietly, earnesty in her eyes. Watching the woman hurry out of the room, saying something about coming down for breakfast, Cati tried to place the timing of where she was. She had been on the Titanic...the famous ship...staring at her father who was supposed to be dead. Rubbing her head Cati thought about it logically...and then quit. There was no way she could make sense of what could only be called craziness. She'd done it right though...the woman had said...well at least she had that reassurance. This had to be...around the time her father was her age. Scratching the nape of her neck Cati checked herself. Wincing she looke down.
Pulling down the side of her jeans she saw the heart shaped scar that had been caused by the necklace at the beginning of...whatever this was. Her eyes widened, what was the meaning of all this? All she knew in her heart was that this was going to get her the family she'd missed her whole life...and take away the family she'd always known. Which was more worth it? Shaking her head and whiping away a stray tear Cati walked out of the room and downstairs.

Exiting the room Paige looked around her, only to see Cati looking straight at her from across the hall. Despite her disdain for the older girl...she was familiar in this...new world that she was stuck in for awhile. What had she begun? Paige raked her fingers through her burgundy curls and walked towards Cati. "Any idea what's..." Cati just stared at her so Paige stopped, not bothering to finish her sentence. It was almost embarrasing to be standing next to Cati...and yet so comforting she could maul her sister with the biggest hug in the world. "Do you have on of these?" Paige dared ask, pulling her jeans down to reveal an identical heart shaped scar as Cati's. As her sister's eyes widened Paige knew that part of the bridge that they'd burned had been rebuilt.
"Girls, breakfast is ready...as well as some answers to your questions." The woman yelled up the narrow staircase. Cati reached forward and latched onto Paige's wrist, her eyes wide.
"What have you done?" She asked her sister, whose eyes were as wide as saucers...because for the first time Paige hadn't done this intentionally. It was the last thing she'd wanted to do. While they stared at each other for the first real time in their lives a door near them shut quickly.
Looking up the two looked towards the noise only to see what could be Cati's twin brother. "Well hi, I'm Jack." He said, a lopsided grin on his face. Paige managed to find Cati's gaze at the same time. Silence hovering around them as they stared at their father...who was still a teenager...who had no idea who they were.

I hope you guys all liked this, I apologize for my longer than life hiatus. But I'm back for the long haul now. So expect better chapters, more interesting themes, and A LOT of new stuff. Review!
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