<span style="font-style: italic">April 8th, 1912</span><br/><br/>Noah sighed as he looked at the calendar. April 8th, another day closer to the voyage on the Titanic. Another day closer to going back to America. Another day closer to having Regina Winters be his ball and chain. He really didn't want to marry her. But he wasn't given a choice. Her family's wealth would recover his family's wealth. Plus, she was physically beautiful. If he refused to marry her, he knew what kind of rumors would be started. Rumors he definitely did not want about him.<br/><br/>He was helping his grandfather sort through his great-grandfather's belongings. Being as they would be travelling quite comfortably in First Class, they could take anything they wanted with them and still have plenty of room. His grandfather seemed to want to keep a lot. Not that Noah blamed him, he knew James Anderson was rather sentimental.<br/><br/>"Noah, my boy, do you like Miss Winters?"<br/><br/>James asked as they sorted and pack. Sure, he could have had servants do it, but James had wanted to go through his father's things himself. Noah paused a moment before answering the question.<br/><br/>"She...She is very beautiful."<br/><br/>But beautiful didn't equal being liked. Many people were beautiful but could also be very awful.<br/><br/>"That she is, Noah, but do you like her?"<br/><br/>"I...I don't know her well enough yet."<br/><br/>"And yet your father wants you to marry her."<br/><br/>James said with a frown on his face. The old man did not agree with the whole thing. Yes, the family had lost money over the years through bad deals and the economy, but he was old fashioned enough to believe marriage should be for love, not money. Noah sighed.<br/><br/>"That he does."<br/><br/>"We could sell some of this stuff off. I'm sure my father would not have minded."<br/><br/>James replied, some of the things could be quite valuable to a collector. Noah shook his head. He didn't want his grandfather to part with things he wanted to keep. Besides, breaking the engagement would not do much good. Not only would Noah's father be angry about it, so would Mister Winters. He'd make things very difficult for their family. Noah was sure of that.<br/><br/>"It's okay, Grandfather. I'm sure once I get to know Regina better, I'll like her very much."<br/><br/>"Maybe...."<br/><br/>James replied, not as certain. Noah squeezed the older man's shoulder.<br/><br/>"Sometimes love is like a flower, it takes time to bloom."<br/><br/>"I suppose. Well, we better finish taking what we want."<br/><br/>Whatever James and Noah didn't take would be donated to charity or trashed if it wasn't usable. Not that the grandfather and grandson would do that. They had hired some local people to clean out the rest of the house. James was only taking things he wanted to keep. He didn't care what happened to the rest.