A DIFFERENT TALE
Chapter One
I bent over Jack’s shoulder and
looked at the cards he was currently holding. It was a good set, and hopefully
enough to get us the prize. A man put down two tickets for the ship Titanic.
Jack gazed up at me.
"Well, Marie? What do you
say?"
I smiled and looked at his cards
again.
"Put them down."
Jack slammed his cards down on
the table. We had won the tickets!
"You’ve won the tickets, but
the ship leaves in five minutes," a man said, pointing to the clock.
"Oh, shit!" Jack
cursed.
Jack thanked the men for the game
and the two of us raced out the doors and toward the dock. A huge mob of people
were waving good-bye to people on the ship and it was difficult to maneuver
through the crowds.
"We are the luckiest people
in the world!" Jack hollered over the noise of the crowd.
"I know! Just keep
running!" I yelled back, laughing.
We shoved past some people
blocking the stairway, and an officer from the ship was just about to close the
door.
"Wait! Wait! Stop!"
Jack yelled once we reached the door.
We showed the officer our
tickets.
"Have you gone through
inspection queue?" the officer asked.
"Of course we have. Now, can
we come on? We are trying to get to America," I said.
The officer nodded and helped the
two of us into the ship. We zoomed through the hallways, trying to figure out
which cabin was ours.
"I can’t believe that guy
believed us," I said, still laughing.
Jack laughed and he pushed open a
door.
"Hello, folks. My name’s
Jack Dawson, and this is Marie Kelp," Jack said, throwing his bags onto
the bottom bunk.
I tossed my stuff on the top bunk
and climbed up. Jack flopped down on his bunk.
"Jack?" I asked.
"Yeah?"
"You are awesome at
poker."