Titanic; What If Jack Lived? (Completed)

(3) How Will We Make It?

               At around noon, Rose, Jack and Fabrizio make their way back up on deck. Allowing Rose to go first, she begins walking up a set of stairs. Jack and Fabrizio follow behind her. Her right foot steps on deck just as she notices a faded copper, more so greenish, statue. She gasps and smiles "Look Jack!" she shouts excitedly. "I'm home!" Jack cheerfully responds. He rushes up beside Rose and grabs her hand. "Are you ready for a new beginning, Rose?" he asked her with a wide smile. She smiled back at him. "Let's go to the end where they let people off so we can be the first ones off!" Jack says. Jack, still holding Rose's hand, leads her and Fabrizio to the end of the ship that is letting passengers off. The ship docks and Rose and Jack stood at the front of the exit, Fabrizio behind them. "Alright now, we are going to start by letting the passengers of Titanic off first, right this way." A crew member announces. Jack puts Rose in front of him, both hands on her waist as they make their way over to the exit.

Once the two get off the ship, they make their way over to a less crowded area on deck. Fabrizio follows after them since they are the only people getting off the ship that he knows. In the distance, a miserable Cal and Ruth can be seen making their exit towards the holding area for passengers. Luckily, they keep walking without noticing Rose or Jack. Jack wraps Rose up with the blanket making sure she stays warm. "What do we do now Jack?" a worried Rose asks Jack. "We'll make it Rose, we didn't make it this far to just give up" Jack encouraged. "Well, I know my mother told me if I had married Cal he'd be giving me a share of his own money through the bank, and he did that before we went on to the Titanic. I have access to it Jack, but he does to and it's only a matter of time until he remembers this and empties it out." Rose says in a saddened tone. "Well then Rose, let's get to a bank." Jack says while grabbing her hand and walking to a curb.

Jack threw his hand up and waved at a man with a horse carriage. "You've got fair?" Rose asked Jack. "I've got a couple coins in my pocket that stuck around throughout the tragedy; it should be more than enough." Jack replied as a horse carriage pulled up next to them. "Go on Rose." Jack said as he opened the door for her to get in. Jack and Fabrizio followed in after Rose did. "Where am I taking you?" the taxi man asked. "We'd like to go to the Bank of New York please?" Jack politely asked. The taxi man took us there within the amount of about 10 minutes. "That'll be two dollar coins" the taxi man said. Jack reached into his pocket and pulled out only two coins. He looked down into his hand at the coins, "That's all I've got." He quietly mumbled, while half regretting having to hand it to the man. "Thank you, sir!" Jack said as all three of them took their exit out of the carriage. They all stood in front of a large building when they got out. "So this is the bank, let's go get the money." Rose said, hoping the money was even there."

They walk inside the building to find individual stations, and a seating area. "Why don't you guys just wait here?" Rose said pointing to the seating area. Jack and Fabrizio flashed her a smile and made their way to the seats. Rose began walking over to the stations but before she made it to a specific one she heard a voice. "I can help you over here ma'am" the voice called out. Rose smirked and made her way to the empty window where a man stood. "Hello love, how may I be of your assistance this fine morning?" the man behind the counter asked. "Well, I'd like to take money out of a file that was set up a few weeks ago." Rose told the man. "What is the last name of this person?" the bank man asked. "Hockley" Rose said sounding a bit confused. "Alright, stay put for just a minute while I go to the back and check the files." The bank man said. Rose smiled as the man walked away. She looked down at her hands and nervously began twiddling her thumbs. Five minutes pass and the man returns. "We have quite a few files under that name. We have a few men, but only one woman. I'm assuming your name is Rose Hockley?" the man asked and smiled while holding a few files. Rose, disgusted at the name, answers with a blunt reply, "Yes." She replies. "Can you tell me how much is in the file?" She politely asks. "I can, but I need some form of ID and I need you to give me the eleven digit security number that protects this file first" he replies. Rose looks to the ground and back at the man. "I can't give you ID seeing as though I lost everything I own on a disastrous accident. However, I can provide you with the eleven digit code." Rose assured the man. "I'm so sorry to hear that, may I ask how? Oh, and just the code is fine ma'am." The man replied. "Well, you see, I was aboard the Titanic, and it hit an ice berg and it sank. I didn't make it to a life boat, I was in the water for several hours after the ship had already went down." A tear now falling down Rose's cheek. "I'm so sorry to hear that miss. That disaster has been in the paper since the morning it went down. Such a tragedy." The man replies while placing his hand on top of hers as a sign of comfort. Slightly uncomfortable by this gesture, Rose pulls her hand away as discreetly as possible. "Well, the code is 51975196624" Rose says with hope.

The man smiles and hands her the file with some paper work. "If you can just fill this out quickly, I can give you the cash. Inside the file is the amount of money in the file, plus extra information we need for you to be able to take it out." The man told Rose. "Um, actually, I'd like to just take the money and close down the file. I won't be needing this account anymore after today." Rose tells the man. "Alright, well, fill in the eleven digit code, sign your name on the line, and I will get the cash." The man tells her. "Not to sound rude sir, but if I'm closing the file, what do I need to sign this for?" Rose questioned. "Well, we need to have record of this just in case you come back within a limit of 3 months to reopen the account." The man tells Rose. Rose nods and begins filling out the paper work. She hands the file back to the man in exchange for the money and makes her way over to Jack and Fabrizio. "Have a good day ma'am!" the man says. "You too!" Rose replies and continues making her way to the boys.

"So" Jack pauses. "How much did he leave you?" He continues to ask. Rose looks at Jack, "It's not a lot, but he left me five hundred dollars." Rose replies. "With this we can afford a place to live, and food for a few weeks, but we'll have to look for jobs to keep making money of course." Rose tells Jack. "Well, what are we going to do tonight?" Jack asks. "I guess we can go to a nearest, cheap hotel for the night, in the meantime, we should begin looking for a home between the rest of today and tomorrow." Rose replies. Jack nods and takes Rose by the hand.

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