Cora Cartmell and TITANIC

Chapter 5~ Sparkling Stars

"I'll meet you and your parents at supper." Jack said.
   "Alright." Cora said.
She left Jack, and went to her own room.
     Cora stood at the sink and washed her hands, and then her face. She put on her apron, afraid of getting her dress dirty while she ate, and fixed her stockings and shined her shoes. She was all ready, sitting on her daddy's bed, and playing with her dolly, when Mama said they could go.
   Cora skipped down the hall, eager to get something to eat, her dolly swinging in her other hand. She paused for a moment when she had reached the dining room, to wait for her mother and father.
   As soon as her parents had caught up, she ran to the table Jack was sitting at. She waved at him
   "Hi uncle Jack!" She giggled.
"Hi, Cora!" He laughed. So did Fabrizio and Tommy.
Mama and daddy sat down, and so did Cora, right next to Jack. She showed him her doll, and he smiled.
    "She's very pretty. She looks like you!" Jack said.
"Thank you." Cora said.
      Mama and Daddy talked with Jack, Fabrizio and Tommy. In no time they were all laughing and talking loudly. Cora felt happy. Her new best friends were friends with her Mama and Daddy too! That meant they could spend even more time together!
   Jack continued to tell Mama and Daddy where he was from, so did Fabrizio and Tommy. Then finally Jack said;
   "Cora is an exceptional artist." He pulled out the sketchbook they had drawn in. Cora smiled.
"We drew god, and a rainbow." He said.
Mama and daddy looked surprised at the well drawn picture. Jack didn't tell them that he had drawn god, but Cora thought that they knew.
   "This is excellent." Mama said. She smiled at Cora and Jack.
"Thank you." Cora said again. She blushed. She wasn't used to being complimented so much.
"Daddy, can I go draw with Jack again after supper, please!" Cora begged.
"Not anymore today." Daddy said. "Jack is tired after his long day. We'll eat breakfast together tomorrow."
Cora felt discouraged. She was looking forward to drawing some more.
"What are you doing after supper, Jack?" Cora asked Jack.
   "I was just going to go up on deck and draw the sky." Jack said. Then he looked at daddy. "Cora can come along, if she'd like. It's no trouble at all." Jack smiled.
Daddy smiled too. He looked at Cora, and Cora said;
"Yes please. I'd like that".
So as soon as all the dishes had been collected by the waiter, Tommy, Fabrizio, Mama and Daddy went back to their rooms, but Cora took Jack's hand, and went up with him to the deck.
  The stars seemed to sparkle at her. Cora smiled and ran to the railing. Her doll being pulled by an arm, Cora looked over to see the water. She couldn't see much, she was too short.
   "Want to see the water?" Jack asked her. Cora nodded, and he lifted her up. Now, she could see the glistening water. It twinkled in the light from the ship, the sun and the moon. She looked up at the stars. They seemed to be whispering to her;
"Your on the Titanic Cora! Your special! No one else besides you has this chance!" Cora wanted to scream and laugh happily, but all she could do was smile, smile as wide as she could. She never wanted  her Titanic journey to end!
   Jack put her down, after a while and they walked to a bench, sitting by the railing. Cora sat on his lap, and they began to draw the sky together.
    Cora scribbled the pencil all around the paper, to make it black. Then she left a little bit of room to draw the moon, which Jack then added detail to. Then she and Jack both drew the stars, floating right under the moon. Cora smiled. Her eyes could barely be kept open anymore.
   The last thing Cora remembered was Jack tucking her in her bed, while she thought about the gleaming stars.