Day 1 on the Titanic... or in Matthews case day 1 on the floating death trap.

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When Matthew and Alfred found their Room for the voyage, immediately  Matthew looked around the room to try and find a way off the boat but his brother just pulled him out of the room and back up to the deck to wave people off. Claiming it was on his bucket lists, so the poor frightened Canadian was dragged further on to the boat.

"Isn't this great Mattie! We're on the Titanic!! Iggy is going to be so jealous!" Alfred chripped.

"N-no Al... This is bad!!" Matthew hissed.

But his brother and the other passengers were too focused on waving to those on land to pay attention to the blond. Matthew looked at the people on land and envied them for not being on a ship that is known to be the world's largest ship and unsinkable at that!

The ship lurched causing some people to yelp in surprise before laughing and cheering. Alfred was laughing away while Matthew held his arm for the life of him paling in fear. After when the sight of land vanished from the people's sight, they all went off to explore and enjoy themselves.

Alfred wanted to look around while Matthew followed in fear of the boat sinking suddenly. They saw the swimming pool, the dining room the grand staircase, and many other places that were on the ship.

"This is amazing Mattie!"

"Y-yeah... Amazing.." Matthew stuttered.

"I'm glad that you two men are enjoying this ship's beauty." a voice said behind the two nations.

The twins turned to see a man with black hair slicked back, wearing a black suit and polished shoes. Another man standing next to him had a white beard and a captain's uniform.

"Yes sir we are!" Alfred chriped.

"Yes... l-love the beautiful.. ship." Matthew stuttered.

"Thomas Andrews, I was the one to design this ship." Thomas said.

"I am Captain Smith, you and every passenger on board this ship are in good hands." Captain Smith said.

"I'm Alfred Jones!" Alfred chirped.

"M-Matthew W-Williams... Alfred's twin brother."

The twins got a strange look from the too men and Matthew explained before Alfred could.

"Our parents are divorced, Alfred lived with Dad in America and I lived with Mom in France where she remarried a Frenchman and changed her name to Williams. But Alfred and I want to surprise our father, so I am going to visit him in America. Alfred, being a good brother, had decided to come all the way to Europe and get me so we can travel together... like old times."

Matthew was more focused on coming up with a lie than to focus on the fact that he was on a ship that is destined to sink on the night of April 14th and 15th. The two man looked at the twins with sad eyes.

"How long? If you don't mind me asking." Thomas asked.

"I think about... ten years almost eleven in about four months." Alfred said, catching on to what his brother was doing.

The men looked at the boys with pity and respect for sticking together throughout the years. Captain looked at his watched and excused himself before leaving, Thomas doing the same as well. Leaving the twins to themselves, Alfred turned to look at Matthew with a smile but frowned when his saw his twin looking at the deck.

"Mattie?"

Matthew looked up and looked at Alfred and forced a smile on his face before muttering about 'getting dizzy being in the sun for too long' before walking away from his brother and heading to their shared room. Leaving the American to himself.

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