THE TIME SAVER
Chapter Six
The next day, Jack was worried. Worried about
if Rose got into her room safely without anyone noticing her. This kept him
awake all night. Altogether, Jack only had two hours of sleep last night. He
was upset at Franklin for not telling explaining why he wouldn't escort Rose
back to her cabin. He just wanted Franklin to leave him alone.
Franklin came in the room without knocking
and said, "Get up, Dawson, and get your clothes on."
Jack got out from the covers and said,
"Franklin, I want to know why in the hell you are acting like such a pain
in the ass!"
Franklin stared at Jack. "Get your
clothes on," Franklin said, and left.
Jack let out a sigh and started to get
dressed. He stepped out, and Franklin was waiting. "Why didn't you let me
escort Rose back to her cabin?" Jack asked, as they walked down the
corridor.
Franklin turned around, facing Jack.
"Jack, are you honestly attracted to this woman?" Franklin asked.
Jack nodded his head and said,
"Yeah." Franklin turned around and started walking. "What is
that supposed to mean, Franklin?" Jack asked.
"It means that if you don't stop this
ship from sinking, Rose will go down with the ship," Franklin said, and he
turned back around.
Jack was in shock. He didn't know that it
would be this horrible. "What happens if I do?" Jack asked.
"Then she will live. Now come on!"
Franklin said.
It was tempting for Jack as they passed by
Rose's cabin. Rose came out and she smiled. Jack stopped and smiled.
"Rose, did you make it safely
back?" Jack asked.
Rose nodded her head, and said,
"Yes."
"All right. Well, I can't talk for long.
Meet me at the same place tonight, all right?" Jack asked. Rose nodded her
head and smiled. Jack walked off, and followed Franklin. "Why didn't you
tell me earlier?" Jack asked.
"Because I thought that maybe you
weren't actually interested in her. Yet, now I know that you are, and I bet
right now that you are going to do everything to keep this ship a ship and not
a ruin in the ocean," Franklin snapped.
"Yeah, I am," Jack said, nodding
his head.
"Good. Now, let's get to work,"
Franklin said. "Come on. We are going to church. Then, we are going to the
bridge," Franklin said.
After church, they went towards the bridge
and they saw a man handing the captain a yellow sheet of paper. "Is their
something wrong, Captain?" Franklin asked.
"No, it's just another ice warning.
Nothing to worry about," the captain said.
"Well, I've heard that there are
icebergs as big as ships. Like the Mauritania and the Carpathia," Franklin
said.
"The Mauritania, eh?" the captain
said.
Franklin nodded, and said, "Well, if you
will not take my word for it, then you should ask my nephew, Jack. He was just
through these waters two weeks ago."
"Is this true, sir?" the captain
asked.
"Yes, it is. In fact, we almost ran into
one," Jack said.
The captain looked worried. "Excuse me,
gentlemen. I need to go, and tell the engine room to slow speed," the
captain said.
Franklin smiled at Jack. "Excellent
work, Dawson."
Jack smiled, and said, "Thank you. What
next?"
"Well, now we are going to talk to the
ship builder," Franklin said.
"Andrews?" Jack asked.
"Yes," Franklin said. "There
he is." They walked over to the lifeboats, where the ship builder was
standing. "Mr. Andrews, I presume," Franklin said.
"Yes, and you would be?" the ship
builder asked.
"Franklin Roy, and this is my nephew,
Jack Dawson."
"Pleased to meet you both," Mr.
Andrews said.
"So, I see that you are examining the
lifeboats," Franklin said.
"Why yes, I am," Mr. Andrews said.
"This might seem as an odd question to
you, but what if there happens to be a collision with an iceberg? Do you think
that you would have enough lifeboats? Including the men after the women are
safely off?" Franklin asked.
"Well, I certainly hope so. But let's
not get our hopes up for an iceberg. I actually wanted to put add more
lifeboats, but I was over ruled on that matter. Yet, we do have
collapsibles," Mr. Andrews said.
"If we do have a collision, would you
make sure that the lifeboats were filled in an eligible manner?" Franklin
asked.
"I would try. You must understand, Mr.
Roy, that there are lifeboats on the starboard and port side. I cannot multiply
myself," Mr. Andrews said.
Franklin nodded. "I see. Well, thank
you. Have a wonderful day," Franklin said, and they walked away.
"That's all the questions you're going
to ask him?" Jack asked.
"Well, what else did you want me to ask
him?" Franklin asked.
"Well, how about why he didn't examine
the ship more? Like the propeller. Half of the reason why this ship sank was
because the propeller was to big with a small rudder," Jack said.
"A what?" Franklin asked.
"A rudder. It's what makes the ship
turn," Jack said.
"Oh, right," Franklin said.
Jack rolled his eyes.