Sara opened her eyes hearing a coughing sound coming from the bunk bed across from her. She sat up as the sun was just beginning to light up the small room. Sara looked across from her and saw her daughter tossing and turning in her sleep as if she was having a bad dream.
�No Mama, don�t go back, come with me into the lifeboat� Sara heard her daughter moan in her sleep.
Sara panicked and removed Greg�s arm that was draped across her causing him to wake up. She jumped down on to the cement floor and walked over to her distraught daughter and shook her gently.
�Sasha, wake up Sasha� Sara said seeing that her daughter was still tossing and turning.
Sasha could hear mothers soothing voice from a distance. She slowly opened her eyes in the dimly lit room she saw the face of her mother over top of her smiling.
�Mama?� Sasha asked as she slowly sat up in her bunk.
�I�m right here darling, I promise you I�m not going anywhere� Sara said giving her a kiss on her forehead.
�I had a nightmare Mama, the ship was sinking and you put me, Neleh, and August on a lifeboat but there wasn�t enough room for you. I was so scared,� Sasha said beginning to whimper.
�It�s all right sweetheart, it was just a dream remember� Sara said trying to calm her daughter down.
�What�s the matter over here?� Greg�s voice came from behind Sara making her jump.
�Sasha just had a nightmare that�s all, I�m sorry if I woke you up� Sara said giving Greg a good morning kiss.
�It�s alright, I just hope that my little angel is alright?� Greg asked giving Sasha a kiss on the cheek.
�I�m better now that I know mama�s here,� Sasha said giving her mother a smile.
�We better get a little more sleep. We don�t want to be falling asleep in the service there having up in first class now do we?� Greg said and Sasha smiled broadly thinking about her new idol, Catherine.
�Yes, now no more nightmares promise?� Sara said before heading back to her bunk with Greg.
�I promise mama, I�m going to think about meeting that first class lady until it�s time to wake up� Sasha said and laid back down on her pillow and a few seconds later she was back asleep.
Greg hoisted Sara up on to their bunk and waited until she was comfortable and then hoped into the nice warm bunk beside her. They snuggled up together and gave each other one last kiss before drifting off to sleep once again.
Back up on B-deck Catherine opened her eyes to the sunlight coming in through the curtains covering the open portholes. She reached down and felt a hand on her flat stomach. She knew that it was Gil�s and it was making its way up to her body.
She grabbed his hands before they got to high and kissed them causing Gil to open up his eyes. He saw the face of an angel smiling back at him. He knew that Catherine wasn�t in the mood to play at the moment but to just lay there and not want to get up for the rest of her life.
�Good morning princess� Gil said reaching over and giving Catherine a kiss on the cheek.
�Good morning Prince Charming, I don�t feel like getting up this morning, I just want to lay here and let this day just pass by� Catherine said and smiled.
�I would want to do that as well but we have a service to attend which is going to begin in a half an hour,� Gil said as he pulled the covers off of them.
�I know the Sunday service, I wonder what I should wear today� Catherine said as she sat up in the bed.
�It doesn�t really matter because anything that you wear you look like an angel in� Gil complimented causing Catherine to blush.
She grabbed her dress off of the chair and disappeared into the bathroom. Exactly twenty minutes later Catherine came out with her dress on and her hair pinned back into a bun. Gil was buttoning up the last button on his tuxedo when he spotted Catherine.
�Ready darling?� Catherine said picking up her satchel off of the vanity.
�Are you ready to confront your mother again?� Gil asked as they headed down the hallway. Catherine shuddered at hearing the word mother.
�I�m planning on keeping as much distance as possible between the two of us. All we need is to cause a scene in the service� Catherine replied and laughed.
Sara, Sasha, Neleh, August, Greg and David where all walking down one of the long hallways trying to find the way to the first class reception area. They accidentally bumped into Catherine and Gil who where heading in that direction.
�Sorry� Catherine said with a smile as she looked at the group of third class passengers she just bumped into.
�You where that lady that was down in the general room yesterday right?� Neleh asked holding August�s hand.
�Yes, and if I remember correctly you were the two girls that where up on the platform dancing with me right?� Catherine replied.
�Yes, we really did enjoy the show you put on for us. My names Sasha and this is my mama Sara and her boyfriend Greg. These are our friends Neleh, August and her boyfriend David.� Sasha said introducing everyone to the rich couple.
�Nice to meet you all, I�m Gil Grissom and this is Catherine Willows.� Gil smiled at the little girl and she smiled back.
�We saw that other man chasing after you, why was he doing that?� Sasha asked becoming noisy again.
�Sasha, now be nice, maybe the lady doesn�t want to talk about it� Sara scolded her daughter.
�It�s alright, he was chasing after me because he was a very mean man. He chased us all the way to my stateroom where the master of arms took him away, now he won�t be a problem for me for the rest of the voyage� Catherine explained.
�That�s great news, could you please direct us towards the first class dinning room, the service is starting� August said and smiled towards Catherine. She decided that Catherine and Gil were not like the other rich people. They actually cared about them and not just money.
�Sure, just follow us,� Gil said and the small group began to go down the hallway
When they reached the double doors leading towards the first class dinning room they heard singing inside knowing that the service had already begun. The men at the doors said that they were not allowed into the service after it had already begun.
Catherine looked through the doors and saw her mother�s face staring back at her. She knew that her mother wasn�t very happy about her being with a group of third class passengers but Catherine wasn�t too happy with her mother at the moment anyway.
Her mother turned back towards the Captain and began to sing along with the other passengers; she was planning on dealing with her daughter later when she wasn�t in such a horrible mood.
�Why don�t you come down below with us and Greg can play his bagpipes, it will be like our own little party.� Sara suggested.
Catherine turned back to the group and smiled. �Sounds like fun� she said and grabbed a hold of Gil�s hand.
�Was that lady your mother?� August asked.
�Yes, her and I aren�t getting along very well right now.� Catherine sighed.
�I�m so sorry to hear that� Sara chimed in.
�Yes, well it�s nothing new really. All we ever do is fight�
�Come on let�s go down below decks� Sasha and Neleh whined at the same time tugging on Catherine and Gil�s hands.
Catherine and Grissom followed their newfound friends down to the cabins on E deck. It wasn�t very far away from the general room where Gil and Cath were at not to long ago.
Neleh opened up the door and Catherine and Grissom followed them into the small cabin. It was quite different from the staterooms on the above decks but they didn�t expect to have a very luxurious room. It was cozy though and it was better than any of the third class cabins Catherine had seen aboard other ships.
Greg took out his bagpipes that where in the case beside him while everyone took a seat on one of the bunk beds that where on the opposite sides of the room. He put the pipe to his lips and then began to play tapping his foot to the beat.
Catherine and Gil had never heard bagpipe music and it was a lot better than listening to the first class band play classical music during their dinners in the dinning room. It was a nice change from the music they where custom to.
Catherine leaned in on Gil�s shoulder resting her head there closing her eyes listening to the beat of the music and getting lost in her own world. One that was perfect and one that included Gil.
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