"Jack. Jack. I promise that I will never let go" Rose said breathlessly in her sleep.
"Miss? Miss? Are you awake?" asked a nearby nurse.
"What?" asked Rose sitting up.
"Oh. Your awake. I am a Carpathian nurse my name is Kathleen."
"I'm Rose De Wi----Dawson" she replied.
"How are you feeling?"
"Like I want to die. But I made a promise."
"Would you like to talk about it?"
"No, I just want to start a new life and keep one person from my past in my future."
"Well. We'll be docking soon."
"Great." Rose said standing up.
"Your coat miss?" Kathleen said handing Rose her coat.
"Thank you" Rose said leaving. She headed for the head of the ship. She stepped up on the railing and spread out her arms, like when Jack had shown her how to fly. She closed her eyes and reran the night in her mind. Jack's breath down her back and his fingers entwining with hers. And him kissing her with such passion she felt as if the world had stopped turning. She felt that wind in her face from that night.
She covered her face with her hands and cried out for Jack. She tried to stay strong for Jack and not cry. She felt the ship dock under her feet and heard someone stop in front of her. She looked up and saw Cal.
"Rose" he said lovingly.
Rose got up and slapped him. She ran off the ship thought the throngs of people. She dogged reporters and slipped through what seemed like miles of people. She finally stopped t an abandoned shop and sat on its stoop. She felt something hard under her butt so she got un and found the Heart of the Ocean in her pocket. She immediately new it was Cal's coat so she checked the other pocket. There was a wad of 50 dollar bills. She opened the door to the shop and found an old furniture shop. She decided then and there to make this her home.
Rose new she didn't need one but she wanted the company. She hired a maid. She found out she was pregnant and could only think it was Jack's child for it was about 3 months ago when as and Jack made love in the old car. She and the maid Danielle sold the old furniture to pay for the taxes and to raise the new child. When the time came Rose gave birth to a healthy baby girl. She was asked what the girls name would be. Her answer was:" In honor of my late husband her name will be Josephine."
Josephine was now 5 and started to question Rose about her father. Rose took her in her arms and told her.
"Josephine, your father and I were in a big boat called Titanic. Have you ever heard of it." Rose asked as her daughter shook her head. " Well the ship split in two pieces and he died" Rose concluded putting it bluntly.
"What was he like" Josephine asked.
"Well his name was Jack and he was much like you. He had blond hair and blue eyes. He loved to draw and loved me very much that he was willing to risk his own life to save mine."
"Oh" replied Josephine.
"Why don't we go for ice cream with Danielle.?" Rose asked brushing away her tears.
"YAY" yelled Josephine going to get Danielle.
"Jack help me to be strong" Rose said tilting her head up to the ceiling with her eyes closed.
While in front of the ice-cream stand Rose spotted Molly Brown in a crowd and told Josephine to stay in line while she went to talk with Molly Brown. Rose took Danielle with her.
"Mummy!" Josephine yelled.
"One second dear." Rose said turning away.
"But I want ice-cream" yelled Josephine once again. She started to cry as a man walked up to her.
"Could I help you?" he asked sinking down to eye level.
"Yes please sir"
"What would you like?" he asked in a soothing tone.
"Just vanilla." she answered.
"He stood up and repeated her order. He handed her the ice-cream.
"Where are you parents.?" he asked
"My mums over there" she said pointing to Rose. The man could never mistake that red hair." And my daddy died in Titic.' she said pronouncing Titanic wrong. He wrote something on a piece of paper and handed it to her.
"Can you give this to your mom?" he asked.
"Sure. Thank you for the ice-cream sir." Josephine said as she skipped of to Rose.
"Hi Josephine" said Rose.
"Mummy the man over there said to give you this." she said handing Rose the paper.
Rose took it and read it:
"Make it count. Meet me at the clock" ( or in our case the ice cream stand)
