Author's note: This is an adaptation of the movie with the characters of GMW, I do hope you like it.
Part 1
Riley POV
It was April, 1912 when we arrived to the dock… it was a sunny day… there was a lot of people going from here and there… I got down from the car just like my mother had told me I had to… I didn't wanted to get this new dress dirty that fast… but when I saw the enormous ship before me it was breathtaking… I could hear mother telling the service where and how to load our luggage into the first class suite that we had… if you think I was happy or thrilled… sorry to disappoint you… I'm not… as a matter of fact this whole trip is not for fun and games… its for
-Riley Marguerite! We need to board dear! Come on!
Mother is calling… when I got to our suite I was finally able to rest for a while… guess the best thing is to get accustomed to the what the future holds…
Maya POV
I love how one day you can be in one place and the next you can be someplace entirely different, yesterday I was eating a piece of bread I got after helping cleaning the front of a store… now, I'm here with my friend Zay and we got a couple of guys to play poker with us, if we win maybe we can get money to eat for a couple of days…
-wait… what are those? - Zay ask upon seen two yellow papers one of the guys put on the center of the table.
-Two tickets to Titanic. Third class. - one of the guys replied
I glared at Zay… could it be real? But then one of them passed his hand on my leg.
-Against a couple of hours with your pretty little friend here - he added
-OF COURSE NOT! - Zay replied upset
I glared at the cards in my hand… I'm 16… okay no… 15… I'll be 16 in three months… and no… I haven't… you know… I took a deep breath.
-OK.
-Maya…
-I take the bet… if we lose, I'll do it
-With me and my friend before we leave to America.
-Maya no…
-OK… let's play.
Seconds that felt like minutes and minutes that felt like hours, I gulped when Zay said he had no game, then one of the guys got out… it was between me and the guy who made the bet… I took one more card, then he presented his game and caressed my face.
-Two pairs… don't worry… you'll like it…
I lowered my face when I saw my game…
-Maya… I…
-It's fine Zay… I'm going…
The other guy smiled broadly
-...TO AMERICA! ROYAL FLUSH YOU PERVERT PRICK!
Zay hugged me almost crying and we both started to cry and jump and yell, until we heard someone pass running beside us yelling that the Titanic was about to leave, we took the tickets and the money and ran as fast as we could with the little things we had in our backpacks. As we arrived to the dock, we saw that they were taking away the platforms so we ran in the last one we saw and made it to the ship. We got to the room we won, it had two bunk beds, a closet, and it was the best room I had in a very long time. I couldn't believe I was going to have a room to sleep every night for two whole weeks, I took the top bunk and crying of joy I fell asleep.
Riley POV
Mom helped me get ready for dinner… yay… another of those fancy boring dinners… I don't know how long will I take this… as far as I know she's looking to arrange for me to marry the son of some california guy who just found gold… it's not fair… I'm 16… and mother wants me to marry…
-Riley sit correctly. You're a lady.
-Yes mother…
Technically we were served salmon and finely cooked vegetables, for me all of it tasted like ashes… hearing my mother talk about how I was going to be the wife of this guy… as if it was a game… I couldn't take it… I got up and walked out… I ran as fast as I could with no direction…
Maya POV
I took me a while to sink it in again… I woke up in the coziest bed I have ever slept (I usually sleep on sacks or whenever I can) and it was a dream, Zay was still sleeping so I walked out, then I got a reality check… my stomach reminded me I hadn't had but a piece of cold bread for breakfast, but as I walked into what seemed to be the common room of the third class deck I was invited to sit with some girls, what I didn't knew until then was that food was somewhat included in the ticket, I almost cried of joy, normally steerage (that's what third class was called) passengers had to bring their food but somehow here it was included… I was given a bowl of soup, bread, butter, some coffee… for someone who barely ate every now and then, the fact that I was going to have three meals for the next three weeks was something incredible. Suddenly someone spoke behind me.
-You couldn't wait for me could you?
-Hey Zay, can you believe it? They will give us food too!
We talked and ate and then we went to the outside to see the sea, I sat on a chair and glared at all the people moving around. It was the first time I saw her. It was a somewhat tall brunette girl.
-Probably the daughter of a wealthy man, heir to a big fortune. -said Zay
-How can you tell?
-Look at her dress, that's silk and the shoes, man, those cost a fortune… each.
Yet she seemed sad… and what I didn't knew was that in just a few hours, our lives were going to get intermingled.
Riley POV
I can't take this anymore… I can't… I don't want to get married… least of all to someone I have never met… I see the end of the ship… I heard the impact alone would kill you if you jump from this height… so it would be fast…
Maya POV
The stars are beautiful… such peace and calm… I can't believe we had meatloaf for dinner… it was heavenly… I better get back to the room, it's too cold to sleep out… and then I saw her… or more importantly hear her crying… wait… she's going over the railing… no no no no… I have to stop her…
To be continued…