Authors Note: Hello again! Thanks for all the reviews so far, I hope people are enjoying is as much as I am enjoying writing it! Just to say that I have made Cal slightly younger than he is in the film. Because Scarlett is only sixteen, and things would be a bit odd if he was thirty-something, so I have made him about 24. Enjoy the next chapters. Robyn x

Mr Lovejoy and Cal's room was the grandest room on board a ship I had ever seen. The walls were luxurious, as were the carpets. And the furniture was exquisite. It was the most wonderful room ever. I wondered where I would be sleeping; this detail had not been discussed yet. My questions were soon answered though; I was to sleep in a little room across the corridor from Mr Lovejoy and Cal's. It was a much more basic room, but cosy all the same. I was to share it with Ann, and seeing as there were just two beds, I guessed me and Freddie would be sharing a bed.

Whilst all the belongings were brought up, and we had the onerous task of unpacking it all, there was a knock at the door. I looked to Cal, but he was deep in conversation with Mr Lovejoy, so I went to answer it myself. I was a young porter.

"Mornin', Miss" he said, his voice full of a cockney accent "I hates to be disturbing you, but I needs to know if you'd like any valuables deposited in the safe" He gave me a toothy grin, to which I returned.

"If you should like to come in a moment, I will check with the occupants of this bedroom" I said, laying a snooty accent on a bit thick, but I think the porter took the joke.

I walked over to Cal and Mr Lovejoy, who both looked up as I reached them. I did a ridiculous courtesy I had once seen somebody do, felt so stupid I nearly laughed at myself and said,

"Excuse me, Sirs, but a young porter has come to see if you would like any valuables deposited in the safe" Mr Lovejoy and Cal looked at each other, and then at me. I looked back at them, expectantly.

"Tell him no." Said Cal, eventually "Myself and Mr Lovejoy keep our valuables with us at all times" He smiled smoothly, and returned to conversation with Mr Lovejoy; my cue to go. As I walked away I could have sworn I heard my name, and quickly turned around. Cal looked uneasy as he saw me, but hastily changed his expression and smiled, showing all his white teeth, continuing talk with Mr Lovejoy. I slowly turned again, and went back to the porter.

"Thank you, but Mr's Hockley and Lovejoy will not be requiring the service of the safe today" I said, today, because I didn't want the porter to think us rude, though I very much doubted that Cal or Mr Lovejoy would use the safe at all on our voyage.

"Of course, Miss. Won't you be going up deck now, she's about to depart."

"Oh" I said, very much wanting to go, Freddie would want to see the departure as well, "I think it best if I were to stay here, there is much to do."

"Not at all" said a voice to my left. Cal had appeared at my side. "You go, Scarlett, take your brother with you. You have done enough work for now. In fact..." he paused "...I may join you"

"Oh, um, there's no need..."I began to protest, but Cal was already pushing me out of the door, calling to Mr Lovejoy as he went "I'm just taking the children up deck, Spicer, to see the boat off, we won't be long." He closed the door behind him, and we crossed the corridor to my bedroom. I left the door ajar, while Cal waited outside.

"Come on, Freddie" I said to Freddie, who was sprawled on our bed "We're going up deck to say goodbye to Southampton."

Ann was there, she peered out the door. "And what is Mr Hockley doing, going off out with you?" she said. There was a glint in her eye that I wasn't keen on, so I gave her a dark look.

"He decided to come as well, is there a problem with that?" I said, a bit fiercer then I expected, and I almost was going to apologise, but then Ann spoke again.

"I expect Mr Hockley has developed an interest in you, Scarlett"

"What?!?" I said, incredulously, loud enough that we saw Cal go to peer in the room, I grabbed Ann, and pulled her out of view " Don't be ridiculous, what a thing to say! There will be no more talk of this!"

I decided that settled it, and grabbed Freddie and our new coats, and went out to the corridor.

"Everything all right?" said Cal.

"Yes, fine" I muttered, not looking at him

"Let us go then" he said, smiling. The young porter had disappeared long ago, and I longed for someone else to be there, as Freddie did not count. He was merely swinging on my arm, chanting under his breath, "Big boat, big boat, big boat..."

Everyone else seemed to be having the same idea as us, and many people were making their way along the corridor to the deck.

When we arrived on top, I was overcome with the view, hundreds of people stood below, waving up at us, while people on deck waved back.

"Would you like to move closer?" asked Cal "To the edge, of course" he added, un-necessarily, I thought. Of course I knew he meant to the edge, not to himself!

We moved with the throng of people, until we were right at the edge, and I peered down into the deep green water. I lifted Freddie up for a better look, but my arms began to ache, so I put him back down, and he looked through the railings below.

There was a strong wind, and I was glad of the thick new coat. Cal was merely wearing his suit jacket, and I thought he looked rather cold. I suggested we go inside, but he said it was fine, that we would wait until the boat had set off, at least.

A horn sounded, the sign that the boat was departing, I looked back down at Southampton, at all the people waving, I was overcome by a sudden feeling of sadness. Me and Freddie had come such a long way since our parents had died, and it was the whole reality of leaving on this grand ship, about to make a new life for ourselves. I must have shown my emotions etched in my face, because Cal asked if I was alright. I could tell from his tone that he was genuinely concerned, but I wasn't about to spill my heart out to him, no way! So I said I was fine, and plastered a smile on my face, waving to people below, as the Titanic pulled away from the port.

I wasn't until we were too far away to wave any longer that I realised me and Cal were much closer to each other then when we first entered the deck. In fact, I was sure of it. When we arrived, there was a good metre between us, now, we were practically touching, I could feel his body next to mine, shivering slightly in the cool wind.

I studied his face, briefly. I think he knew I was looking at him, because his features were positioned in an expressionless way. Eventually, I guessed he couldn't stay that way any longer, because he turned to me and said,

"Perhaps we should head inside" I agreed with him, and pulled Freddie up off the floor, where he had been sitting. Cal put his arm round my shoulders to steer me in the right direction, I was surprised to find my stomach dancing around inside me at his touch. I thought about shaking it off, but decided not to. After all, what was the point? I could not deny it now; I was falling head over heels for Caledon Hockley.