The Callahan family stood on the bow of the ship as it prepared to take off. All of the other passengers that were leaving family members behind waved and shouted goodbye. Muriel was more interested in the sights the ship gave. They could see the top of the buildings in the town.

"Muriel, look!" Margaret said pointing ahead of them.

Muriel turned her head and watched with a wide smile as she noticed the ship was getting ready to leave. Its whistles sounded loudly making Muriel cover her ears. She took the twins and ran to the railing, to get a good look at the waiting sea.

"Children, watch out!" Cormick yelled.

The girls turned to see what he was talking about. Everyone else on the ship shouted continued shouting their goodbyes, they never even saw another ship coming toward them. No one could tell if the girls were screaming in fear or excitement. Muriel wrapped her arms around the twins as it came dangerously close to the Titanic. They shut their eyes in fear that the ship was going to crash into them. What a way to start a maiden voyage.

Muriel opened her eyes when she noticed the crash never came. Cormick pulled the girls away from the railing as they watched the other ship stop a few feet away from the Titanic. They looked down below them to see a couple of tugboats that stopped the two ships from crashing.

"What happened, Papa?" Edith asked as she looked up scared.

"I don't know", Cormick answered. "Let's just get away from this spot."

He took the twins' hands and led the family to the other side of the ship, away from the other ship. Ita looked at the other ship worried and saw the name of the ship on the stern. The SS City of New York. New York was where the Titanic was heading. That seemed pretty bad. Was it some kind of sign?

"Cormick", she said. "Are you sure this is a good idea?"

"You want a better life for our children, don't you?" he asked. "America will be a better place for them. Us as well."

Ita looked back as the ship started being towed back to the docks. She hoped nothing bad would come of this.

Tommy walked up the third class deck as he waited for the ship to leave. He had no family on the docks to be waving and shouting goodbye to. He already found his cabin down in the F deck at the bottom of the ship. Sure it was cramped with three other people, but it was better than staying down with the workers at the boilers.

Tommy pulled his watch from his pocket and sighed. Why wasn't the Titanic leaving Southampton yet? The tickets said the ship would leave at 9:00 AM on April 10th. It was past 9:00 and no one seemed to mind that they were leaving late. Tommy sighed as he looked up and down the deck. He smiled slightly as he saw that girl from the inspection line. She looked a little shook up as he watched her try to calm down. Tommy didn't know what could've happened to her, but she sure did seem pretty cute.

The Callahans walked past Tommy, not even noticing he was there. He looked over his shoulder and watched the girl walk with her family, walking toward the starboard side of the ship.

"Such a beautiful girl", he said to himself as he watched her.

It took an hour for the City of New York to be towed back to the docks. Only when that ship was out of the way, did the Titanic finally set out for its maiden voyage.