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Just a friendly reminder, it is 16 April 1912!
- Elizabeth -
- 10.50 am -
Elizabeth slowly awoke from her sleep. She didn't notice before but the room had a single window which was the main source of light in the cabin. She sat up in the bed and rubbed her eyes tiredly. The door suddenly swung open and in walked a very flustered Rose with a nervous Jack who followed behind her.
"Is something the matter, Rose?" Elizabeth asked anxiously. Rose's head snapped to her. "Oh good, you're awake." The redhead went over to sit next to her on the edge of the bed as she held her hands. "I bumped into your maid in the hallway and she was very upset! She asked about you frantically and she looked as if she hadn't slept at all!" Rose said hastily, furrowing her brows.
Elizabeth bit her bottom lip. No matter how much she envied Clara and was angry at her, she was still very much concerned about her well-being. Nevertheless, she managed to compose herself a little. "Did...did you tell her where I was?" She continued, a little guilty.
Rose shook her head. "Why are you hiding from her anyway?" She asked. Elizabeth sighed. She'd have to tell Rose the truth. And Jack as well, since he was already seated opposite them on the couch he had claimed the previous night.
"My father and the man I fell in love with on the Titanic," Elizabeth started. "Officer James Moody." Rose added, eyes wide in eagerness. "Officer James Moody," The brunette nodded. "died in the sinking. I guess I am just really envious that...while James died, the man she loved survived. It's just that...she has everything! And I'm...reduced to nothing." Tears started to stream down Elizabeth's cheeks. She was not normally this emotional, but after all those depressing events, tears seemed to come so naturally.
Rose leaned forward and gave Elizabeth a big and tight hug, letting the older girl cry on her shoulder. "I am so, so sorry Elizabeth. No one deserves to go through what you have." She stroked her hair in a bid to comfort her. "You know, I saw Mr. Andrews a little before the ship sank."
"You did?" Elizabeth's head shot up, momentarily stopping her crying. "Well...yes. Jack and I saw him standing in the first-class smoking room, looking up at the painting hung on top of the fireplace with his pocket watch in his hands." Rose explained. Elizabeth nodded, a signal for her to continue. "I asked him if he was planning to make a try for it. But...he sent us away with his good luck and his lifebelt."
Elizabeth smiled to herself and briefly closed her eyes. "So like him." She muttered to herself. "So, are you planning to leave this cabin, anytime before we reach New York?" Jack asked. Elizabeth looked at him sadly and shook her head. "Most probably not. I hope you two don't mind..."
"Of course we don't. I'm sure everything will work themselves out." Rose tried to give her a comforting smile but it didn't really work. "Oh yes! You must be hungry. I'll go get a steward to bring you something to eat." Rose patted her shoulder lightly before leaving the room.
It was quiet until Jack spoke. "You do know you can't hide from them forever, right? I mean, it is a ship." He said, as a matter of fact. "I know. But it's a few more days. Hopefully I'll be able to avoid them, at least until the Carpathia docks." Elizabeth said with a certain extent of resolute. Jack nodded his head slowly and they remained silent until Rose returned.
- Harry -
- 1.10 pm -
Harry had been wandering around the Carpathia for almost half an hour, not just searching for Elizabeth but trying to find Clara to get her to take a break. She barely had any sleep the previous night and had been looking high and low for Elizabeth. They even enlisted the help of the Carpathia officers and of course, the Titanic officers, to keep an eye out for Elizabeth.
He was up on deck walking about when he saw someone sleeping on one of the benches. He smiled as he recognised her immediately. He quickly but calmly walked over to her and leaned down. He shook her shoulder lightly. "Clary dear? Dear, please wake up." He said in a soft voice.
Clara slowly opened her eyes to see Harry smiling at her. "W...what? Oh. I fell asleep again." He helped her up onto her feet. "Come on now, let's get you back to the room."
"W...wait! I haven't found Liz yet." She was groggy but used up all her energy to speak. "Dear, you can barely stand still without leaning on me and you haven't even had anything to eat since dinner last night." Harry tried to reason with her. "Just let me...lean against you for a little while." Clara moved so that now she was in his embrace as she quickly drifted off to sleep, her head on his chest and her hands on his shoulders.
Harry chuckled to himself before he lifted her up bridal style. She stirred a little before going back to sleep, snuggling up against the officer. He ignored the weird looks people threw at him and walked back to the room. After fumbling with the keys for quite a while, he finally got them in as he laid Clara down on the bed and gave her a kiss on the forehead before he left again to get her something to eat.
- Elizabeth -
- 3.30 pm -
Elizabeth and Rose were in their room, chatting while Jack was out, most probably leaving them alone to spend some 'girl time' together, as he said earlier.
"...speaking of which, I need another favour." Elizabeth said to Rose, now serious. "Anything." Rose gave her one of her charming smiles. "I need to get my purse and coat from my stateroom. Only problem is-" "is that your maid and the officer are there so you can't go undetected." The redhead finished.
Elizabeth nodded. "Even if I was able to get them away, you don't have the keys to get into the room." Rose said, frowning. "Let me worry about the keys." She smiled, thinking of an idea.
- Rose -
- 5.30 pm -
"Come on, walk faster!" Rose whispered sharply to Jack, who she was pulling by the wrist as the couple made their way to Elizabeth's former stateroom. "Uh, remind me again why we are doing this?" Jack said, completely clueless. When he came back from his walk, he was immediately pulled back out by Rose. Something about dinner.
"We're giving Elizabeth enough time to go in and get her belongings. SHUSH! There they are." Rose said quickly before picking up the pace, almost making Jack fall down. "Clara?" She said in a totally different tone of voice. "Miss Rose!" The blonde maid slowly remembered. "Oh, it is you." She hugged the confused maid who just hugged her back. "Thank God you made it out alive." Rose sighed.
"You too. And...Jack." Clara half-heartedly smiled. Harry just stood behind her, smiling politely. "How about the four of us go to dinner together?" Rose suggested enthusiastically. Clara opened her mouth to reject the offer but Harry beat her to it. "Dinner, sounds lovely. Lead the way." He moved aside to let Jack and Rose go in front, as Clara elbowed him in the gut, frowning at him as she followed behind them. Harry knew that if Clara were to pass this dinner offer up, he could forget about coaxing her to eat for the next few meals that followed.
- Jasper -
- 5.30 pm -
"How did I let you talk me into this..." He mumbled to himself. Elizabeth shushed him as she watched cautiously from a corner, waiting for Jack and Rose to bring Clara and Harry away. About half an hour earlier, Elizabeth had sought Jasper out. She eventually managed to persuade him to follow her and retrieve her things. When he asked her why she could not do it herself, she claimed that she needed the keys to the stateroom. Jasper knew he couldn't say no to her.
So there he was, crouching behind Elizabeth, waiting for Clara and Harry to leave the room. At every single sound he maid, she smacked him on the shoulder. And for a girl, she hit him really hard.
"They're going!" She hissed. 'Finally.' He thought to himself as Elizabeth stood up straight, so quickly that the top of her head hit his chin. "Oww..." She whispered, not wanting to attract attention. Jasper was in pain as well but he sucked it up ( A/N : is this considered vulgar? ) and cared first about her well-being. "Are you all right?" He asked softly, gently rubbing her head.
"Fine, thanks." Elizabeth gave him a quick smile before she waved her hand, gesturing for Jasper to follow her as she made her way out into the hallway, stopping in front of the stateroom. "Hurry." The steward took out his bunch of keys and his nimble fingers got to work, trying each key, but failing every time. Elizabeth kept watch and tried to be patient, but the tapping of her feet on the ground was unnerving, especially to Jasper.
Eventually, after close to ten minutes of experimenting, he finally got the door open and Elizabeth ran in, heading straight for the bedroom. Jasper waited at the entrance, keeping watch until Elizabeth was ready with her things.
- Rose -
- 5.40 pm -
Rose had been keeping the conversation going for roughly about ten minutes and was tired after a while, seeing as she didn't know Clara and Harry well, she had nothing much to say. She turned around once more to try and facilitate conversation but only saw Harry. "Harold ( she learnt his name during conversation ) , where's Clara?" She was a little flustered but hid it very well.
"Oh, she went back to the stateroom. She forgot to bring out her coat." He answered, giving the couple in front of him an innocent smile. "O...oh. Should we wait for her?" Jack asked. "No, it's all right. I'm sure she can find her way." Harry gestured for them to continue walking, which they did, but they were worried. Worried that Elizabeth would get caught.
- Jasper -
- 5.45 pm -
Jasper was getting very anxious. 'Why is she taking so long?' He kept asking himself. He looked to both sides of the corridor and he gulped when he saw Clara, her gaze downcast. He almost jumped into the room and quietly shut the door, remembering to lock it and he ran into the bedroom.
"You're supposed to be keeping watch, Jasper." Elizabeth sighed, as she gathered her belongings together. "She's walking here." He blurted out. Their heads both shot to the door as they heard the sound of a key unlocking it. They both gasped.
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