I feel myself being shaken and I groan, I don't remember falling asleep at my desk. I look up and see the Titanic model completed before me. All the little details I'd had planned, all done! I smiled proudly at my little ship, admiring the little lifeboats and all the little people I'd made. I can't exactly recall where I got the material from, but everything is all on there!
The ruffian shoves me, she must be the one who woke me up "Come on you, get dressed. Your fangirls are waiting for you" she tells me teasingly. I sigh, I don't want to deal with people right now. I want to build another ship! She leaves and I stand up, stretching. My shoulder hurts terribly this morning and I'm very stiff from the way I slept last night. Maybe Jack's right, maybe I am getting older. Nah, since when has he been right about anything in the future? I'm in the prime of my life!
Getting dressed and stepping out into the sitting room, I notice Jack looking at himself in the mirror. He's wearing his Marconi jacket, but he has something in his hands that he's toying with. He turns around and smiles brightly at me "Look what they gave me!" he says, holding up the mystery object in his hands. It's a hat, but not just any hat, it's the hat that went along with his uniform! It's easy to tell it's a Marconi hat because it has the M on it. He chuckles and looks down at it, fiddling with it some more "I thought I'd lost it when the ship went down. But look! This morning they gave me another one just like it!".
He turns back to the mirror, putting the hat carefully on his head. The both of us stand there in awe, he looks exactly the way he did on the real Titanic. Every detail, exactly the same! I come to stand next to him, I'm wearing the same clothes I wore on the Titanic as well. It seems so unreal that we could be standing here, the shipbuilder and one of the Marconi operators, together again on the same ship 100 years later. He grins widely "I still look dashing for being 125 years old eh?" he asks, nudging me. I chuckle "Yes Jack, you look fine" I tell him. He begins heading towards the door "You know there's going to be some sort of ball tomorrow?" he asks me.
A ball? Really? They still have those in 2016? That comes as a surprise to me, and I'm actually rather excited! I just hope, no, I pray that it's nothing like that horrible night club the ruffian took us to before setting sail! Well I haven't heard any of that horrible music so far on this trip, actually they have a group of musicians much like Mr. Hartley's group. They play the same songs and everything! Jack and I finish preparing ourselves and step out into the hallway, there's nobody around here. That's strange, didn't the delinquent tell me there were a bunch of fangirls or something?
We begin heading towards the grand staircase so we can go up to the deck. The moment I push open the door I know it's a mistake, a horrible horrible mistake! We're met by dozens of screeches and screams, from girls young and old. They immediately move in on us, an entire pack of them! Jack looks scared, and frankly so am I! I've never been confronted by such a thing before! I think back to the first voyage, the delinquent did this to the officers didn't she? But hers was innocent, these girls look hungry! There's one thing I remember clearly, I told Mr. Murdoch to run, and it was sound advice! I hope I have the same luck!
I grab Jack by the arm and make a break for it, dashing up the grand staircase and out onto the deck. The wild hoard of girls follows behind us, let the chase begin! Once on the deck I let go of Jack's arm and he keeps up with me as we run down the deck. We can't afford to slow down, actually some of these girls are incredibly fast and are gaining! It only motivates us to run faster, faster than we've ever run in our entire lives! I feel like an Olympic athlete!
People watch us curiously as we race down the deck, some people even snap pictures and record video as we run by. But I'm not slowing down for that, we've got to get away from these crazy people! I can hear some of them screaming "MR. ANDREWS! MARRY ME! I LOVE YOU!". The answer is absolutely no! I'm a married man, and I don't even know any of these people! I'm not about to stop and let them know that, I don't want to cause a bunch of sobbing females all over me! They're supposed to have a good time on this ship!
When we reach the stern Jack begins to panic, but I pull him into a door and we begin running down stairs. I reach a random door and push it open, running down the empty hallway. I think we're on E deck! I can hear the girls screams and gaining on us, Jack begins looking around frantically "There must be a place to hide around here!" he says. Indeed, where to hide? I drag him a little ways until I find the musicians room. It's still exactly the same as before! Thank God! I push my way into the room, there are instrument cases, and a piano. Shoot, nowhere to hide in here!
Quickly we scamper out of the room and run further down the hallway, we're entering the 2nd class area of this deck! I look around, there must be somewhere? The barber? No, nowhere to hide in there! I take Jack through a maze of hallways until we reach Scotland Road. It's one big, long hallway, the girls will surely catch up to us if they catch us in this hallway. I think they're still navigating the hallways, but I can hear them getting closer and closer! They're not too far away! Jack and I stop and lean against the wall, catching our breath. What a great way to start off the day!
One of the girls comes around the corner and points to us "THERE THEY ARE!" she shouts. Jack and I immediately bolt down the hallway in the opposite direction, the girls in hot pursuit. There must be some way to lose them! Some way! We reach the end of Scotland road and Jack trips over himself, I pull him up "Come on we don't have time for that" I tell him urgently. We scramble around a corner and practically fly down another flight of stairs down to F deck. We're right by where the squash racquet court once was. It's still there, but of course we can't hide in there, it's just a big empty room!
Jack leans against the wall to try and catch his breath again but I quickly push him, last time we did that we were almost caught! We run down the hallways again, passing the pool and the Turkish bath. No matter how much I zig zag through the hallways, I can hear those fangirls' giggles and screeches echoing not too far away! They're relentless! We reach the third class dining saloon and I push Jack under one of the tables, I hide under a table next to his. I pray that they won't find us under these table clothes!
Suddenly their voices are audible, and they call as though their looking for lost dogs "Mr. Andrews! Mr. Phillips?". I swallow and pray they don't find us. They appear to be just passing through "Where are you guys?" they call. I feel myself shaking, like we're going to reveal our hiding places that easy! "Come out come out where ever you are!" they say, never! Actually, I'm slightly enjoying this little game of hide and seek! One of the girls says something that makes my heart stop though "Check under all the tables!".
Not long after that is said I hear Jack yelp from next to me and I shoot out from under my table. There's a girl pinning him to the floor, I pull him up from under her and drag him along behind me, narrowly missing being grabbed myself. The girls all scream in delight as they continue to pursue us. Jack's face is red from all the effort he's putting out. He tries to get them to stop by saying he's engaged, but I don't think they can hear him over all the screaming!
We find some more stairs and go down them, to G deck. All of this is just storage, not even third class cabins come down this low! That means we have the advantage of even more complex hallways and lots of storage areas to hide in! I lead Jack through several hallways, checking each hatch and storage door I come across. They're all locked! I fiddle with the doorknobs of some of them, but I know it's no use. We don't have the time to dawdle anyway.
We're reaching the stern of the ship again, at least I think it's the stern. From all the up and down, back and forth, I don't exactly know which side of the ship we're on. All I know is I've just found a cargo hatch that is open! I pull open the door and push Jack inside, shutting the door behind us. There are boxes, mountains of boxes. Jack immediately dives into one of the piles of boxes, vanishing from sight. I choose a section not too far away from him and hide. From my hiding spot I have perfect view of the door.
I can hear voices just outside the door and I crouch down further into my hiding place. They wouldn't come in here would they? It seems like an eternity, but finally their voices and footsteps begin to fade away and I sigh in relief. Thank goodness that's all over! Slowly we come out of our hiding places and head for the door. I'm going to check and make sure the coast is actually clear first. I put my hand on the doorknob and to my horror, I can't turn it! No, it opened from the outside! Don't tell me we've been locked in here! I jar the knob a few more times but it won't budge, and now my shoulder hurts again! Jack gives it a try but he can't get it either. Great, either we've been locked in here or they installed a broken doorknob on a brand new ship! Brilliant! I'm going to have to have a talk with whoever is responsible for the building of this vessel!
Jack collapses on the floor and stares at the ceiling "We're trapped forever in here!" he moans. I roll my eyes and sit down with my back on the door "No, we're just trapped in here until either someone finds us, or the ship docks" I tell him. He looks over at me "Yea, you know how big this ship is? It'll take forever for them to find us!" he tells me. Yes, I suppose he is right. The delinquent would search this whole ship for us wouldn't she though, she wouldn't rest until she found us no matter what! After all, her fiance is locked in here!
At least we can finally rest after running around the ship though. Jack falls asleep on the floor and I don't blame him for taking a little nap. I would nap too if my shoulder didn't hurt from my fight with the door. The longer I sit in this cargo hold, the more infuriated I become with the builders of this ship. They couldn't even get a door right? What kind of door opens from the outside but is locked on the inside only? Is that even legal? It doesn't sound very safe to me!
Who knows how much times passes, but Jack eventually wakes up from his nap. We're still stranded here! Wait a moment, don't I have my pocket watch? I reach into my pocket and growl at myself, I left it in my other vest pocket! Great, just great! Jack sniffles "I wanted to go to the ball Mr. Andrews!" he tells me. I sigh "Please, after everything we've been through call me Thomas" I tell him. He nods "Ok Thomas, well I really did want to go. I was gonna take Gabby dancin, you know, since I haven't really gotten to do anything romantic with her. I thought that'd be the perfect opportunity! But now I'm not going to be able to!" he tells me sadly. I chuckle "Oh Jack, we'll get out of here soon" I tell him. Yes, we'll get out of here soon, I'm sure they're already looking for us!
The two of us talk about all sorts of things locked in that room. The more I talk to Jack, the more I think two things. One, I think Jack is a love struck fool, and two, I really miss Nellie and Elba. I'd take Nellie dancing with me at that ball if she were here, and Elba too! She would have loved this ship so much I'm sure of it! And I would have let her play with my little model Titanic, or better yet, I would have built her her very own Titanic to play with! Yes, you know, when we get out of here I'm going to that gift ship Jack and the ruffian went to and I'm going to get another ship to build. Maybe I can built the Olympic, or the Britannic. OR, I can make an entirely new line of ships!
Suddenly the door bursts open and James Cameron is standing there, the delinquent behind him along with some of the ship officers. Tears come to Jack's eyes and he runs to his fiance, picking her up and spinning her around "WE'RE SAVED!" he says excitedly. I stand and shake James' hand, thanking him for finding us. He tells me it was no trouble at all. The ruffian kisses Jack all over his face "You had me so worried! Don't you go running around the ship again Jack!" she tells him. He laughs at her and kisses her back "I won't I won't, but you have to protect me from those crazy people next time ok?". She nods "I won't let em have you! You're mine!" she says.
We walk back up to our stateroom, the officers reporting back to the bridge. I take the opportunity to show James Cameron my ship. I explain to him all my little additions and every detail. I've never really had anyone that I could really talk ships with, especially Titanic. Mr. Ismay only cared about the fact she was big, fast, and luxurious. He didn't care about all the little details like James does. He laughs at me "You're going to have to build it again so I can see you in action! This is incredible!" he tells me. I thank him and tell him I plan on doing another one of these models before the voyage ends. He nods "Tomorrow afternoon I'm not doing anything, would you do me the honor of letting me help you build one of these models?" he asks. I shake his hand and nod "Of course!". Now I'm really excited for tomorrow!
Before James leaves he informs us of some very important things. First off, tomorrow evening the ship will be stopped over the exact spot where the original lies in pieces, and the press wants Jack and I to be there for a special ceremony their going to hold. And another thing, that ball that Jack has been talking about, is going to be held tomorrow night. With a final farewell, he leaves us and I flop on the couch, turning on the Cupcake Wars show. In my mind I'm already planning the ship I'm going to build with Mr. Cameron tomorrow, it's going to be another Titanic. Not as detailed as the model I built last night, but she's going to be able to sail! And I'm going to sail her over my ship!
Sorry this update took me so long! All of the previous chapters have been redone, go check em out! Some changes you might notice, some you might not. A lot of it was just sorta changing the order of words. For example, I changed a lot of 'me and Jack' to 'Jack and I'. I actually finished editing those chapters a few days ago, but I've been so busy that I just couldn't get to writing up this chapter! I was showing my model horse collection at the fair, and I sold my pony (Not Rocky, a different pony I had that was a little devil!). So yep, that's what I've been up to.
In the Titanic gift shop today, I'm actually out of stock. Mostly because you know, I've been too busy to restock my shelves. So instead, I'm leaving you with a video! Here are you instructions, it's real simple. Go to youtube, type in 'Thomas Andrews's explanations', click the top video. Finally, laugh your head off. Seriously, I love that video so much! I can watch it a million times and never get over it XD So there's your thingy for reviewing!
THANK YOU for your patience, thanks for reading and reviewing. I love all ya people! Next chapter shall be comin soon!