Chapter 3. Dinner in style

We make our way through the twisted hallways again. We all decide to follow Alice considering the fact that she has been to the dinning room before and the grand staircase. Hannah is dressed in a dark red dress and has her hair done up. Georgia is in a white dress and Alice is in a nice grey one. I'm just like all the other men on this ship. Black tuxedo,White button shirt and a rose in the front pocket of the shirt. I always have my hair slicked when I'm dressing up formally so that's what I have done.

We arrive at the grand staircase. And when I say grand...it's an understatement. The of bright light shaped like a dome, The beautiful stairs and the floor. We can hear the music being played down at the bottom of the staircase. "Now whitch one of you lovely lady's should I escort down to dinner?" I say with a smile. They all back away ten feet. "Eh worth a shot at least" I say as we walk down to dinner. When we make it to the bottom we are greeted by our waiter.

He was dressed a lot like the guys so he could easily be mistaken for a passenger if he didn't have his name tag. His name was Kyler according to the tag. He was tall, with a curvy but slim figure with black hair that went over one eye. He had a face that could be described as stern or strong but I'm not sure.

I have never seen a waiter look like this before. He looked really younge to be a waiter but somehow he was anyway.
"Good evening lady's and gentleman. You must be the people the captian was expecting to dine with" He says. His voice Definatly sounds like a young adults voice that was for sure. "Follow me I'll show you to your table" He says. He enters the dinning area and we follow.
The area was huge. There was round table after round table after round table. Full of people talking eating and drinking and having a laugh. We see the band entertaining the guest. We follow Kyler until we reach the table. We see the captian. Captian Edward J Smith. He stands up and we shake hands and greet each other. "Good evening" He says. Then one by one he kisses the girls hands. Then we take our seats.

We are all sitting in a huge round table covered with a white table cloth. There are napkins shaped like a fan right in front of us. We have a whole different selection of spoons and knifes and forks in front of us. From what I learnt just start from the outside and work your way in. Kyler takes our napkins one by one. Unfolds them and puts them on our laps. The menu is handed to us and we flip through it. "So being the captian of the ship" Georgia asks. "What's it like seeing everyone walk around it. Seeing what you are in charge of and responsible for. They keep having a conversation. But there is just one person that keeps grabbing my attention. Kyler. It's just so odd. Seeing a waiter like that. "Um captian sir. Um what's with Kyler. I never would have thought the white star line would allow waiters to sort of look the way he does. And he's just so young he dosent look a day over sixteen" the captian looks at me. "Yes I will admit it that he isn't really all that fancy and posh but Kyler was found sneaking into the cargo bay. Stealing food. On top of that he was also a stow away. We have no idea how he got on this ship but we were unexpectedly short on waiters so he is our waiter till New York" he continues. "Once we get there he will be in court" he said. "Hey Tye?" Hannah says. She's sitting on my right. "Why are you interested?" She asks me. I whisper back. "Because it's just odd" I reply back to her.

Kyler comes with a notepad and pen "and what would you lady's and gentlemen care for this evening?" He says. The captian speaks up first. "I think I fancy the grilled mutton chops" he said. Alice goes next. "The mashed, Fried and baked jacket potatoes" she orders. Then Georgia. " ill have the chicken à la Maryland" then he goes to Hannah. "I'll have the chicken à la Maryland as well" then it comes over to me. He looks at me and waits for me to order. I look back at the menu. "Uhh the potted shrimps please" I say. He writes it down. Double checks our orders and takes our menus away.

We all just talk now about how my farther made it rich and how it passed down to me. A while later our food arrives. Kyler puts it on the table and I get my knife and fork. Start on the outside and work my way in. We all loved our dinner. We all had the hot chocolate fudge as desert but after that we were full to the brim. Hannah stands up. "Lady's wanna go retire to the reading room?" She asks. "A place where men aren't alowed" she says as if she was mocking me. "They say goodbye to the captian and leave me there. I smile and stand up. Thank you for a nice evening. I think I might retire to the smoking room for a round of poker. Wanna join?" Edward stands up. "As much as I would love to I can't. I have a ship to run remember?" He says. He leaves and I'm just standing at the table wiping my face for the last time for the the evening and I start to head out. I get my pocket watch and open it. Then all of a sudden I bump into something and there is a big crash and I fall on the floor. I look up and see that I have bumped into Kyler and he dropped food all over the floor. "I'm so sorry let me help you" I say as I start to pick up peices of the shattered plate. He pushes me aside "No it's fine. I got it thank you." He says. I stand up. "Well ok then. See you later" I say and I leave the dining room. Leaving him to pick up the mess as I head to the smoking room. Hoping to have a game of poker with Casper again.

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