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RMS Titanic, 10 April 1912

Titanic had crossed the English Channel and had arrived at Cherbourg and was receiving more of her passengers by tenders as Cherbourg lacked docking facilities for a ship the size of Titanic. Lights thanked God that he was stationed on the bridge and not the gangways as he couldn't stand there being ignored twice in one day.

Lights not only had his watch to do but he also had to cover for Murdoch whilst he was at dinner. The thought of Murdoch being surrounded by first class passengers still amused him, how he wished he could be a fly on the wall. He turned to his left and saw Third Officer Pitman approach him.

"Here you are, Lights" Pitman said as he handed Lights a cup of tea.

"Thanks Herbert" Lights said appreciatively, he took a sip as there was a cold breeze in the air "Have you seen William's mystery lady?" Lights asked curiously.

"What mystery lady?" Pitman asked confusingly.

"The one who's accompanying William to dinner" Lights explained.

Pitman shook his head "What's her name?"

Lights shrugged "He didn't say" Lights said as he continued with his watch, though he couldn't entirely see the point as Titanic was still.

After a process which took ninety minutes, the passengers were finally onboard and Titanic was on her way to Queenstown. Lights drank his tea within a few minutes as the weather continued to be cold and windy, he could feel the hot liquid warm his insides right down to his toes.

After, what seemed like hours, Wilde relieved Lights so he could have his dinner. As Lights entered the mess hall he noticed Fourth Officer Boxhall and Fifth Officer Lowe sitting at a table together.

"Evening, boys" Lights greeted.

"Evening Lights" the two men greeted back

"Hey Lights, did you hear about Will's girl?" Boxhall asked.

"Yeah, he told me about it this morning" Lights informed the two men as he got a bowl of soup "I suppose you haven't seen her per chance"

"I'm afraid not, Lights. But what a lucky git, here we are eating this gruel and he's in first class enjoying a top nosh meal" Boxhall said.

Lights laughed as he joined the other two officers "Yeah, you've got to feel sorry for him"

"So, how's your watch going?" Lowe asked out of interest.

"Peachy as always, though I also have to cover some of William's shift. I tell you, that Scotsman owes me big time" Lights chuckled as he ate his soup "I'd better hurry, Wilde's covering for me and you know how grumpy he gets"

Lowe and Boxhall nodded their heads in agreement; Lights quickly finished his soup and walked towards the door.

"Cheerio, boys" Lights said pleasantly, both the other men grumbled a farewell back.

As Lights walked back to the bridge, he checked his pocket watch and noticed it was 10 o'clock; he should have been relieved by Murdoch. He put the watch back in his pocket and sighed, he knew tonight would drag, he was already feeling tired and it was only the first day of the voyage.

"Anything amiss, Henry?" Lights asked as he approached Wilde.

"Not until you showed up, Charles" Wilde said bluntly.

Lights just rolled his eyes, if Murdoch had said that he would have found it funny even if Murdoch meant it but coming from Wilde, Lights knew it meant something totally different. He couldn't understand why Wilde didn't like him, maybe it was because Wilde was really professional in his work, and Lights thought Murdoch was over professional but Wilde took his job way too seriously. The two officers stood there in silence, Lights almost felt awkward in Wilde's company, he felt as though he had to watch what he said and act in case Wilde sent him to the brig and it wouldn't have been the first time either.

"Well, I think you can manage on your own" Wilde said confidently, Lights nodded a goodbye as Wilde walked away.

Finally Lights could breathe without fear of being punished; he hoped Murdoch would be back soon so he could go to bed. Lights once again brought out his pocket watch, this time the face showed 11 o'clock.

"Alright, now he's taking the pi..."

"Lights"

Lights immediately turned around upon hearing his name "Ah, William. Just the man I was talking to myself about"

"You better get off to bed" Murdoch said miserably.

Lights noticed Murdoch's mood "What's the matter with you?"

"Nothing" Murdoch said quickly wanting to drop the subject.

"You sure?"

"Just go to bed, Lights" Murdoch said, quickly getting frustrated with Lights.

"Excuse me for caring" Lights said before walking away to his cabin.

Poor Lights, he has no fun all evening because Murdoch's away, then when Murdoch comes back he has a pop at Lights. So a small quick chapter mentioning Cherbourg and I think we've been introduced to all Titanic's officers now. Hoped you enjoyed. Cheerio

P.S does anyone know what the lyric 'Love is when I loved you' from Celine Deon, My heart will go on, means. I've always wondered. It probably means nothing and it's just a groovy lyric that I've never understood.