Authors note: Hey, I know this update's late but I've been busy with school work, unfortunately it takes up a lot of my time. Thanks for reading so far, and the next update will be Friday or Sunday. Hope you enjoy, and please read and review! Any feedback is useful and helps me to carry on writing. Xxx

I opened my eyes sleepily to the sunlight streaming in from our window. The sea gulls were calling to each other again, like they were yesterday morning. Slowly I sat up and looked around. I hadn't had any more nightmares since I woke up last night, only one good dream. I smiled sleepily then, when I thought about the dream I had about me and Jack, seeing the dolphins at sunset. I wonder what he dreams, maybe it'll be about me too...I can here Tommy and daddy talking, my eyes are getting more focused now, until I can see clearly. I look to my left and see Alec. He's putting on his shoes, I like him, he's nice, even though I can't say much, I think he would do if he could speak better English. He looked up at me then.

"Good morning, Cora." He smiled, I smiled back.

"Morning." If he knew more English, I'd talk to him, but he doesn't know much, and I don't wanna embarrass him if he can't understand me, so I just smile back. I think he understands.

"Hey Cora, you alright?" Daddy said from his bunk below, I could tell he was worried that I might have had another bad dream.

"I'm fine, don't worry." I said happily and smiled, I was still thinking about the dream. I'd put the other one out of my head, it was just a nightmare, nothing bad is really gonna happen. Daddy smiled at me, he looked relieved.

"That's good, I was worrying about you." Daddy said, I told him he didn't need too, I was fine.

" No more bad dreams then I take it." Tommy winked at me, I giggled.

"Nope." I swung my legs over the bed and Jumped off the first step of the ladder to the ground. Everyone else was dressed by now. I looked up at the clock, 9:10 it said.

"Are you planning on going around in your night things all day?" Tommy joked with me.

"No!" I laughed and stuck my tongue out, making myself and everyone else laugh too. Daddy and Tommy went back to talking, Alec said bye to us and went out, I think he was going to see his Swedish friends, where he could actually talk to them. I bet he finds it a bit difficult, sharing a room with people who don't speak much of the same language as you. Maybe it helps him been here, so he can pick up more English. I opened the wardrobe door, I took out a different dress this time, it was like the other one but with white and brown checked sleeves, tights, my shoes, knickers and I got my tooth brush and towel. Hang on... I didn't brush my teeth yesterday, or have a wash. I was so tired I forgot.

"Bathroom's down the right on the first left door." Daddy told me as I walked to go out.

"Okay, see you later." I said and turned the handle.

"Don't get lost!" Tommy called, I laughed and shut the door.

I shivered as soon as I got into the corridor, it was colder out here, with the sea breeze blowing in from the doors leading to the deck. Everyone else who passed me was dressed, I felt silly walking around in my night dress, please let me find the bathroom soon...

"Haha, Bella Cora, you not dressed yet, no?" I looked up and saw Fabrizio laughing and smiling at me, I laughed too. I looked on the door we were at, "G60." Their room. He was just leaving his room, about to shut the door, until he saw me, so it was a bit open. I looked in, Jack wasn't there, Just their two room-mates, and... Alec was in there too, talking in rapid Swedish to them, they must be his friends! He seemed happy with them, I was glad he has them to talk to here. But Jack wasn't there...

"I'm getting ready now, where's Jack?"

"Ah, he got back to our room very late, I ask him why but he won't tell me. He's on deck now, he said, you never know with Jack sometimes." He smiled, I smiled back, but I was confused.

"Okay, see you later." I said bye to Fabrizio and carried on walking, I hope he didn't think I was been rude, saying bye quickly, but I had to figure out what Fabrizio had said. Why was he back late? Fabrizio is his best friend, and if he wouldn't even tell him, then it must be really important. A few seconds later I found the bathroom door. It was cool inside, someone had left the window open. It was quite small, with a shower, toilet, bin and Sink. The tiles were a bit wet from where someone else had used the shower. I walked carefully, trying not to slip over and looked out of the window, maybe I'll see jack from out here. I leaned out as far as I could, but it only let me see part of the deck, and I couldn't see him. I sighed and leaned back inside and shut the window. Was Jack okay? Was he upset, had something bad happened to him? I really, really hoped he was okay. I thought about him and asked God to watch over him, and make him okay and happy. I always ask god to help people if there not well or upset. I ask god to look after mommy every day. He must be doing that, cos she's better now. Now I hope he can help me take care of another person. I prayed and asked while I brushed my teeth and spat into the sink filled with water. I love doing that and then watching the patterns form on the water. Today one bit of toothpaste looked like a star, and another like a bird, I think it was a sea gull. The star means that everything's going to be good today, I think and drain the water, and then refill it to wash my face. I try to get dressed quickly, so we can see Jack sooner. "Ow!" I slipped over on the tiles trying to put my tights on to quickly, I banged my knee. It hurts, but only for a few minutes. The pain quickly goes, I sigh and sit on the toilet seat while putting them on this time. The floors slippy from the water, I'm glad I brought my shoes so my tights don't get too wet. I put them on and then go out the bathroom door into the corridor. Now we can go see Jack! Somehow, I don't know how but I know he's okay now, I can feel it. I feel warm inside whenever I think about him, which is weird, I mean, I've only known him one day, but it seems like I've known him forever, cos we get on so well. I skip along the corridor, feeling like I have butterflies inside me, I feel so happy. The weathers perfect again, it's getting warmer now and the sun's raising more. I look over to outside, people are out on deck, talking and laughing, everyone's happy here, it seems impossible not to be. But wait... hang on...what about... I slow down my skipping pace, and gasp, it all makes sense!

It's her! It's gotta be her! She's why Jack was out late! He couldn't stop staring at her yesterday, and then he went all quiet...maybe he was thinking about her, why she was so sad... and then he went back out, Fabrizio said... to think about her. It makes sense now, she has to be the reason. The warm feeling I had faded out, and the butterflies weren't the same, they weren't flying happily now, they were buzzing around, panicking, worried. Why was he thinking about her so much? Didn't he like me as much as her.

"Cora, you could never do anything wrong when it comes to me." I remember him saying

"You're still my best girl alright?" I smile now, the warm feeling coming back to me. He did say that, and I could tell he meant it. I can picture him saying it to me, his smile, and genuine eyes. I skipped again, happy now, I was his best girl, and he liked me lots, like I liked him. A few seconds later I turned the door handle to our room.

"You didn't take long did you?" Tommy said, looking surprised that I was back so quick. 9:17 the clock said, I giggled, daddy took my hand.

"Shall we go get breakfast then?" I nodded

"Yep." And then we all went down to the food hall again. It's as busy as it was at dinner yesterday. I look for Jack but he's not there, nither's Fabrizio, they must have already gotten something. When we were done we go out onto the deck. Brilliant sunshine again, but the wind was still as breezy. As we walked across I couldn't see Jack anywhere. Where was he? Fabrizio said he'd be here. I looked in the window as we walked, into the seating area. Lots of people were in there. I cross my fingers behind my back "Please let him be there." I whisper. I open my eyes quickly...nothing yet, just an old couple-wait...is that...yes! He's there! He's sitting on the end of the bench with his sketch pad. I have to go see him.

"Daddy, can I go in there?" I tugged on his coat in pointed to the seating area. He looked in and saw Jack; he smiled, knowing Jack's the reason why I wanna go in.

"Yeah, you go ahead, I'll get you in a bit." Daddy said to me, I smiled

"Okay, bye!" I called as I ran inside to the nearest entrance. I walked into the corridor, and then down it so I could get to the seating area. I could hear a piano been played faintly, and as I got nearer the sound got louder. It reminded me of mommy, she used to play this tune. She will play it again, and all the others. Now I can hear the piano loud and I'm there. I walk through the double doors looking around. Lots of people are hear, it sounds as if they've took people from every country and put them all together. There's every age in here to, from babies to old people. It feels like we're all together, a group. Just then a boy with a shoe he's banging on the floor crawls past me, whys he... eww...he trying to hit a rat! I don't like rats, but even so, it shouldn't get hurt, it probably just wants to run away, not to him. I watch him go around the corner of another bench and then look forward walking. I smile as I walk, he's not noticed me yet, he's looking at something he's drawn. Then he looks up, taking a few seconds to register I'm here, the way you sometimes do when you un-expectedly see someone. He grinned at me, I beamed back and ran to him. This is what I've wanted to do since I woke up.

"Hey Cora." He said brightly while hugging me.

"Hey!" Then we break away, he's still smiling at me.

"Sit right here, you alright?" He asked me while moving his art stuff so I can sit down.

"Yeah, I had a bad dream though, the whole ship was flooded, you were in it too. " I told him about it."Jack listened without interrupting while I talked. After I finished Jack spoke.

"Nah, don't worry that'll never happen here, not unless someone leaves the water running." He grinned, making a joke out of it,, we both laughed.

"Why were you out really late, you won't even tell Fabrizio, did something bad happen?" I hoped he'd tell me. He smiled, the way he had when I asked him again why he's going to America, and he said "You don't miss a trick do you."

"I just told him now. I went out there just to think, you got me thinkin about my future and stuff, just to clear the air y'know?" I know he's telling the truth, but there's something else he's not saying, I keep staring at him, he knows then that I know something else.

"Alright, I'm tellin you this cause I trust you, can you keep a secret?"

He told me everything then, about how she'd ran past him when he was thinking, and how she wanted to kill herself! And then how he persuaded her to come back over. He saved her life. And then how he'd nearly gotten arrested, cause the officers thought that he was gonna hurt her, Jack said. And then how he got invited to dinner today by her fiancée. BY the end my mouth was hanging open.

"Wow... you saved her life... " I wasn't surprised though, Jack would risk his life to help someone else, that's the kind of person he is.

"I would've done that for anyone... but this girl, I mean, she looked really distressed.. And that Cal guy, her fiancé, he's a... nasty piece of work." He tried not to swear at the end, I giggled at that.

"At Southampton, I was so sure he was nice, he looked nice then."

"Yeah, that's what he wants people to think, I can see right through that guy."

"Hopefully so won't marry him then." I say, jack looks like he means the same

"Hopefully not."

Then I remembered, the one thing I wanted to know...

"What's her name? " I asked

"Rose, Dewitt something, it's a long name."

"Rose." I repeated, it was perfect for her, and my doll now. "Like her hair." I meant the colouring of it. Jack just smiled, I think he liked her name too.

After a few minutes we stop talking about it and talk about other things, Jack taught me to draw a bit, its okay, but I'll get better

"Not bad, that's good Cora, get even better with practice." He smiled down at me. Behind us is Fabrizio, I said Hi to him a few minutes ago. He's met someone, she's called Helga, she's from Norway. She can hardly speak any English, but I can tell from her smile that she's really nice. I've been here with Jack for about an hour now.

Tommy's here too, he's looking through Jack's drawings. "Not bad, very good." He comments on one. Just then daddy comes down and sits with us, he talks to Jack for a while. The piano's still playing the familiar tune. I'm concentrating so hard trying to draw better that I almost don't notice when the music stops, and the room turns silent. Realizing that the only sound I can hear is my pencil on the paper I stop and look up.... Oh...my...God....

She comes down the stairs in a yellow and white dress with gold embroidery. Her beautiful red hairs put up, and her skin looks even more porcelain clear in the sunlight. As she walks down the deck, it's almost like she's gliding, like an angel. Some people take her hat off to her as she walks, like they would to a queen or princess. That's what this reminds me of. Suddenly it's not 1912, but back years to somewhere like 1563, where the princess walks down the stone walls of the castle to her royal subjects. She nods at them polity. She looks uncomfortable in all the attention, and like she has an aim to do something. She's coming towards us I realize then. Jack looks at me, confused by my staring into what he must think is space. He turns around and then sees her, his face suddenly changes then, like he can't believe she's here. No of us can, what would a first class lady be doing in steerage. He stands up to greet her. Slowly the atmosphere of the room returns, people start to talk again and the piano begins to play, but it's not quite the same, as everyone's still wondering about the beautiful lady.

"Hello Mr. Dawson." Her melodic voice rang, it made me gasp a little.

"Hello." Jack felt a lil awkward, in front of everyone I think.

"May I speak with you." She seemed like she really needed to talk with him

"Yeah."

"In private.." She felt a bit awkward too.

"Yes of course." He got his art things to go. He looked at me, I smiled, he smiled back... I hope he still likes me best.

"Still my best girl." He winked at me and said quietly. I smiled widely. Tommy looked at Jack gobsmacked, Jack hit him on the shoulder, so he wouldn't laugh. Me, daddy, Fabrizio, Helga and Tommy all watched them leave, until they were out of sight. Tommy looked at Fabrizio and Helga and then me, then he laughed, we all did, they couldn't believe that the girl that Tommy said Jack would never get to meet came down here and met him.

"Blimey, you won't see that happening everyday will ya?" Daddy said. We've never seen a first class person mix with third class. I think it should happen though, I mean, they have money and we don't have as much, but I don't understand why that has to matter. After talking to everyone else me and daddy eventually go to look at the sea. I hope I get to meet her too, and I'm still Jack's best girl, which is very good. I hope I get to talk to her and then we can all be friends. It's twelve now, we'll be going to lunch in a minute. I think Jack we'll still be talking to her. Or maybe he'll bring her down here. I'm leaning over the railing again, gazing into the glittering sea. So far, everything I've wanted to come true has, so maybe us all been friends will too....