We were still stood on the railing, looking over the ocean into the horizon, the dolphins had been gone a few minutes but the view was spectacular, so it was nice to just look out onto the sea. I could feel the breeze and sea salt on my face, mine and jack's hair blew a bit in the wind. The sun was still making diamonds on the water. Today was perfect; I don't think anything can spoil it. Even if I hadn't got to see the dolphins, talking with Jack was really good, we know more about each other now, and cos of that, I somehow like him more, even though I thought that that was impossible... I guess today's full of surprises.

"That was amazing, all the dolphins." I said, it truly was breathtaking

"I've never seen anything like that, n I've seen a lotta stuff." That made me laugh

"Hey, a, you see dolphins no?" Both me and Jack turned and saw Fabrizio standing next to us on our left, he must have just gotten over here

"Yeah, we saw lot's, didn't we Cora." Fabrizio turned to look at me, Jack and him were smiling at me

"Yeah, we saw six, they were all jumping, it looked amazing." When I'd finished speaking Fabrizio looked down into the water, I think he was hoping to see them, but they'd all gone now, he looked a bit disappointed

"Ah, they all gone now." Me and Jack laughed, I like Fabrizio, he's funny. I felt Jack's grip on me tighten, to make sure I didn't fall. It makes me happy, to know that he cares about me, and I care about him.

"I'm not gonna fall in!" I said while laughing

"Well let me hold you up like this, just in case, it'll put my mind at rest." He laughed a bit while he was talking. Fabrizio had gotten up on the railing to now, he had one hand on a rope nearby, to steady himself. When the dolphins came Jack wasn't holding onto anything, I think he wanted to make sure I was okay, he thought that was more important. The fact that he thought that made me glow inside. I looked up at him, he saw Fabrizo holding onto the rope, I think he only just noticed it. He left one hand firmly on me, and held onto the other with the rope, he looked down at me and smiled, like we shared a secret.

"I can see the statue of liberty already, very small of course..." Me and Jack laughed, Fabrizo was really looking forward to going to America, we could both tell that he was excited. I moved myself slightly, Jack could tell I wanted to move and let go of me. I stepped down onto the third railing bar and put my legs through there, so I could sit down, I could still see the ocean, and feel the breeze. I tilted my head up towards the sun and felt it on my face, I could see shades of red behind my eyes, like you can when you close them and look up near the sun. This was perfect. After a few seconds I opened them, I looked to Jack, he looked really happy. All of a sudden he stepped up even higher on the railing, he put both his arms out...

"I'M THE KING OF THE WORLD! WOAHHHH!" He cried out, me and Fabrizio laughed hard, eventually we were all going "WOAH!!" It was really funny, I think anyone watching would have thought we were crazy. I don't care, I'm with Jack and Fabrizio and I'm happy, and that's all I care about right now.

A few minutes later we went back to where Daddy and Tommy were, when daddy saw me he opened his arms, so I could sit on his lap

"Did you see any more dolphins Cora?" He asked as I sat down on him

"Yeah, we saw lots, they were all jumping."

"That's good then." Tommy said, he was smiling too. Then we all went back to talking.

It's 5 o'clock now, Tommy just checked his watch when I asked. It's weird how me and Jack have gotten so close in only an hour. I guess we're just meant to go well together. Maybe when I'm older, I'll marry him...I'm not sure, but we'll always be friends, I know that. Jack's drawing me now, I'm leaning over the railing, daddy's holding me up, I think Jack's drawing daddy too. Daddy's talking to me about the sharks we've not seen yet. Apparently there's one that swims underneath the ship, to make the propellers spin, I'm not sure I believe that, but it's a funny story, it's making me giggle. I can see Jack out of the corner of my eye, he's concentrating really hard, he must want the picture to be really good then, so it can be one of his best ones. I can hear Tommy and Fabrizio talking.

"The ship is nice eh?" I hear Fabrizo say, I like his Italian accent

"Yeah it's an Irish ship." Tommy replies, I love Irish accents.

"It's English no?"

"No it was built in Ireland, fifteen thousand Irish men built this ship, solid as a rock, big Irish hands." I thought that the ship was built in England too, you really do learn something new every day then. Just then I could see two ship officers with dogs that the rich people had.

"Ah, that's typical, first class dogs come down here to take a sh-" I didn't hear the rest, daddy put his hands over my ears, I giggled, I knew what bad words were, people swore a LOT in England, but daddy says just cos I know them, doesn't mean I should hear them. I guess that's true. He put his hands back on my arms, so I'm guessing Tommy's not swearing anymore. Jack had turned to talk to Tommy, he's nearly finished the drawing anyway, I can see a bit of it from here, it looks really good, and I've not even seen all of it yet.

"Ah lets us know where we rank in the scheme of things." Jack joked

"Like we could forget." Jack laughed at that, it was true, people did treat third class people lower than the other classes. It annoys me, just cos we're poorer, doesn't mean we're any less a person. Things will be better in America, for me anyway, cos I'll be with mommy and daddy in Santa Monica. I hope it will be a better life for everyone else, especially for Jack. That's what everyone's hoping for when we get into America, a better life. That's why there are so many people aboard. I think we'll all get better lives, like titanic is meant to be "The ship of dreams." People say that America is "City of freedom." I used to live there before, so America's not that big a deal, but for people from different countries, like Fabrizo, I guess it is. I hope he gets a good life too, and Tommy, they've had to come a long way to get here, from Italy and Ireland. I hear Tommy and Jack introduced themselves, they haven't really got to know each other yet.

"So do ya make any money with your drawings?" Tommy asks, gesturing to my portrait, but Jack doesn't reply, I can see him staring at something. What is it? He's not drawing me, so I can turn and see. I turn round, and look at him, he's staring intently at a point, I look to where he's staring. It's... IT'S HER! The lady I saw at Southampton! She still has her hair up, but now she has a green and white dress on. The sleeves are white lace. I take in a breath, she looks beautiful. Her hands are neatly over the railing where the first class people are. She's staring out to see, like she's thinking about something deeply. She looks really sad ... why is she sad? I look to Jack, he's still staring

"Ah, forget it boyle." Tommy says, "You'd likely as angels fly out of your arse at getting next to the likes of her." It was a bad word, but daddy didn't cover my ears, we were all too busy staring at her. Jack especially. She stopped looking out to sea and glanced over at Jack, noticing that he was staring at her, like he broke her train of thought. She glanced at him and then carried on looking out, he was still staring at her... she looked over at him again, her eyes said, "why are you still staring at me?" Just then a man came over to her, he was the guy who she was with at the Southampton docks.

"Do you mind?" I heard her say when he took hold of her arm, he then said something else which I didn't hear. He seemed annoyed with her. When I saw him at Southampton, he seemed nice...now I'm not so sure. She walked away from him, to go back inside, he took his hat off, in a "for god sake!" way and followed her in. Maybe they had a argument. When she left, Tommy and Fabrizio carried on talking as normal, and daddy went back to talking to me, but Jack looked to where she was, and then out to sea... he was been really quiet. After about a minute he picked up his paper and charcoal and carried on drawing me, I didn't say anything while he drew me, I think daddy wondered why I was been quiet. Why was Jack staring at her? Did he like her? It was weird, I liked her, she was really pretty, and I bet she's really nice, but I didn't want Jack to really like her too.

When he was finished drawing me I leapt down to see it, he put one arm round me as I looked at it, it was really good, every detail he put onto paper. He truly was a great artist.

"Thank you, it's really good." I looked up at him, he smiled back, a genuine Jack smile, and it was like none of us had seen the lady, and Jack was back to normal

"Your very welcome, thanks." He smiled back. Daddy said it was really good too, and that mommy will like to see it too. When daddy went to get his wallet, Jack stopped him.

"No no, it's free of charge." Daddy asked him if he was sure, and jack said he was, my daddy thanked him again. I sat with Jack and we talked for a bit, about his art and stuff, he seemed to be okay now, though he was still a little quieter than he was. Daddy started talking to Jack, so I went to see what Fabrzio was saying. He told me about Italy, and his family and how he hoped he'd make money in America so he could send it home to his mommy and sister, and they'd have a better life too. His daddy died five years ago, so it's just been him and his mommy and sister, Isabella. She's fourteen. He's twenty, I found out, so is Tommy.

We stayed out there till it started to just get dark, and the light started to go a blue colour, but it's not quite dark yet.

"We better go now Cora, It'll be dark soon." I looked over at Jack, he said he was gonna go inside too, but he'd probably comeback out later. He was still acting...not like Jack, quieter, like he had something on his mind. It made me a bit upset. I looked down to the floor, Tommy and daddy and Fabrizio were talking.

"Hey Cora, what's the matter?" I shook my head, keeping my eyes on the ground. Maybe it was me, had I done something wrong? He looked more concerned now

"Come on, you can tell me, huh?" I looked up at him, I got closer so I could talk quietly, I didn't want anyone else to hear.

"You're been quieter, not been yourself." I half whispered " Did I do something wrong..." I said even quieter, Jack laughed at that, he looked into my eyes

"Cora, you could never do anything wrong when it comes to me. " He smiled, that made me smile too "I'm sorry I've not been talking much, I just got thinking bout stuff, but I'm fine, don't worry about it, you're still my best girl alright?" He grinned, I grinned too

"I didn't know I was." I laughed, I wrapped my arms around his neck, he laughed and hugged me too

"Well you do now." He laughed. We broke apart, still smiling. Jack liked me best, out of everyone!

"Come on, we're going now." Daddy said

"Okay." I said bye to everyone else, Fabrizio said bye and went ahead with Tommy, he didn't really need to say bye, we were in the same room. Daddy was busy putting his coat on a bench away.

"You gonna be okay now?" Jack asked, he went down to my level, I nodded.

"Good." He smiled, "I'll see you later then."

"See you." He hugged me this time, and then, when we broke away, I dunno why I said it but..

" Love you Jack." I called after him when he walked a few steps away.

He turned round and smiled and laughed, looking surprised

"Love you too Cora." He went up to me and tossed a bit of my hair. We both smiled and then turned away. For about the hundredth time today, I felt like I could explode with happiness. Jack had said bye to daddy before he had said bye to me, so daddy didn't think that it was strange that he left before us. We walked back to our room, maybe we'd go to the dancing later. Whatever we did I'd be just as happy, as I thought of the amazing day I'd had....