Reunited

Chapter One

"I love you Jack." I whispered. Jack shivered and looked up at me and squeezed my hand tightly whilst trying to catch his breath.

"No, don't say your goodbyes, Rose. Don't you give up. Don't do it." He said with a scared tone in his voice. He tried to wiggle himself up a bit more so he wouldn't fall off. 

"I'm so cold..." I replied but oblivious to what he had just said.

"Listen, you're going to get out of this, you're going to go on and you're going to make lots of babies and watch 'em grow, and you're gonna die an old lady warm in your bed. Not here. Not this night. Do you understand me?" He said with tears in his eyes, and his voice cracking with every word he spoke. I nodded.

"I can't feel my body..." He took a heavy sigh and carried on.

"Rose, listen to me. Winning that ticket was the best - thing, that ever happened - to me..." He sighed again, his voice became more weak, "It brought me to you - and I'm thankful for that Rose." I stared into his eyes, he meant this so much, and he was freezing, I could tell the coldness of the water was going through his body sharply. I nodded and kissed his hand repeatedly.

"You must do me this honour...promise me you will survive, that you will never give up...no matter what happens..." He paused and shivered, "No matter how...hopeless. Promise me now? And never let go of that promise."

"I promise." I replied.

"Never let go..." He added whilst struggling to catch his breath.

"I promise, I'll never let go Jack. I'll never let go." I shivered and felt the tears building up in my eyes. I squeezed his hand and looked up at him. I kissed his forehead.

"Jack. Get on here with me." He looked up, his lips a horrid blue and frost in his golden hair, his blue eyes still shone like they did when I first laid my eyes on him though.

"You're...crazy. It...won't work, Rose." I shook my head and looked at him.

"Jack listen to me, I love you...no matter what happens, please, try and get on here with me?" He engaged into my eyes, the tears rolled down his cheeks, slowly, he nodded his head. I grabbed his arms and pulled him up slowly, trying to make sure the plank didn't topple over. He winced every time he moved, as the coldness had made him numb and he couldn't feel his body. Finally I got him up and I cuddled him tightly, kissing his forehead multiple times, trying my best to warm him up.

"I, love you." He said as he looked up at me, managing to smile, he hugged me tightly back and we both closed our eyes and hoped for the best, sitting close together in each others arms. It then all went white.

I woke up, still shivering, but lying on a hospital like bed in a white room. I slowly moved my arm and pushed my hair back with my hand. My hair was knotty and felt grubby. Everything was a blur, but I soon realised that I was alive. I looked around and noticed that I was on a ship again. Was that all a dream? The sinking? Sighing heavily I climbed out of the bed, I was still in my dress, and I was still wearing Cal's jacket. Curiously I looked around and then someone walked in, I think they were a crew member.

"Miss, you're finally awake!" The man spoke, "Here are some fresh clothes, shoes, and a brush to brush your hair. If you need anything else, just let me know!"

"Food and drink?" I interrupted him, he looked at his watch.

"Yes, it's 11:40am, lunch is served at 12! Welcome to RMS Carpathia!" I nodded my head,

"Thank you. Erm, what did you do with the man I was with?"

"Man? Miss, I'll have to go and check my files, wait here and I'll come back with more information." The crew member walked out of the door. My eyes grew wide, and the tears started to build up.

"What. Jack. No." I muttered to myself. In a panic I opened the door and ran around the ship looking for any crew member I could find. I noticed that I was on steerage again and that if Jack was alive he would be down here with me. He had to be alive, I couldn't bear it without him! I rested my head up against a wall and cried.

"Rose?" Someone then called. I looked up, and sniffed.

"Rose?" It then called again. I looked around to notice a man standing there. My vision was blurred for a second but then I paused and stopped crying. I put my hands over my mouth. It was Jack.

"Jack!" I cried, my voice breaking again. He flicked his hair and smiled at me. He was wearing hospital robes and was balanced by crutches. I ran over to him and hugged him tightly. He smelled all mucky and he was still quite blue in the face.

"How are you baby?" He asked. I looked up at him and he wiped my tears.

"I'm, I'm okay." I managed to say. He nodded and kissed my forehead. "But why have you got crutches, what happened?" I asked curiously.

"The water was so cold, that it made my legs numb, just like my legs went numb when I went ice fishing with my father. So I can't really balance properly because they are still numb. It must have been colder than the water in Wisconsin." I laughed.

"Yeah. Definitely. C'mon lets get you back to bed." I said, he nodded and smiled. He held me tightly as I walked him back to his bed. It was nice to be held by him again. I walked him into an infirmary and helped him over to his bed. I took his crutches and he sat down on the bed. I knelt down in front of him and smiled. 

"So, here we are." I said. He took my hand and kissed it. He took a strand of my hair and played with it. 

"Your hair, it's all knotty..." He said. I nodded. 

"Yeah, I haven't brushed it yet." He chuckled.

"Listen, it shouldn't be long until we get to New York, so help me get into some new clothes and we can explore the ship?" I shook my head. 

"But Jack, it could be dangerous, you need to rest. You swallowed alot of water and was close to dying of hypothermia. Don't risk it!" I demanded. He looked into my eyes and smiled. 

"It's our only chance." I gave in and searched for some clothes, I looked around the room when I noticed Jack's clothes that he wore yesterday drying on a rack. I walked over to see if they were dry, they was, so I took them off and handed them to Jack. He smiled at me as I did this. 

"I need to get clean. I smell of sea water."

Sorry the first chapter is short, I wanna see what you think! Tell me what you think by leaving a review and if I should carry on with it !