Fight or Flight?

Chapter 4

Roses Pov

I awoke to see Jack staring at my window looking up at the stars as the breeze rustled his blonde locks that I knew all to well. I walked over to him as he wore the jacket he took as well as the clothes that he died in.

"Give me your hand", he said giving me his hand, "now step up to the rail", he told me to do so. I knew what we were going to do. Go flying. I stood up on the rail overlooking the ocean as the breeze twirled about in my curls. With our arms stretched outwards I felt me and Jacks breath go spiralling off into the wind behind us.

"We're flying Jack!", I exclaimed. As I looked over the vast majority of he ocean with the beautiful sunset off in the background. Jack sniffed my neck with me getting a whiff of his scent and hair. We were about to kiss when a knock at the door sounded.

"We've got to go. Now Rose", Jack took my hand and lead me running off decks to a door. We then ran down corridor together. Running crazily about laughing and having fun. Then we went into the elevator. As it went down water started to flood it.

"JACK!", i yelled before we went under water. There was nothing around me other than the screams I heard from the surface. I swam. I kicked as hard as I could only to see hundreds of people in the water screaming and scrambling, "JACK!", I screamed out again knowing that he is somewhere amongst this chaos, "JACK! JACK!", I kept my head above the water trying to swim past people, "JACK WHERE ARE YOU?!", I screamed as the noise and pressure started to build, "JACK COME SAVE ME PLEASE!", I put my hands over my ears and went under water. Trying to forgot what I was hearing. Closing my eyes so I couldn't see the dead bodies sink. I could only hear bubbles before I was grabbed by the collar to the surface, "Jack", I said his name as he got me on the wooden door.

"Just stay on for me Rose", he told me as he clung onto the edge hanging off clutching my hand.

"No Jack. Get on with me", I spoke to him. But he didn't move or say anything, "Jack?", I looked at him, "Jack!", I began violently shaking his hand knowing what's happening, "No Jack. Jack don't do this to me please PLEASE!", I begged for him to come back, "Jack don't. Don't do this!", I kept trying to revive him. "Don't do this to me Jack. Don't you dare do this!", Then a boat came by and scooped me up, "NOOO!!!", I screamed at the top of my lungs kicking and squirming about, "JACK!", I called out to him as we drifted further away, "NO! I've got to go back and save him!", I told the officer trying to escape his arms falling into the water swimming to save Jack, "please. please!", I begged him starting to cry, "Jaaaccckkk", I began to wail his name as I outstretched my arm to him, "Jaccckkkk. Please. PLEASE!", I began screaming banging his arms so he would release me, "JACCCCKKKK!!!", I squealed his name as loud as I could, "JACK come back to me! PLEASE! JACCCKKKK", I wailed calling out to him as he slowly became the only figure in the distance. I was then placed on the floor with blankets covering me, "I don't know how to live without you", I wept as I rolled around in the blanket I was given crying, "Jack", I called his name knowing that I would never see him again, "Jack", I clutched the blanket as tears fell from my eyes for my true love.

Ruths Pov

Me and Cal returned home from our 'small' party. I was in my room preparing myself for bed while I heard nosies about in the halls. Laughter. Could that be Rose? No it couldn't. Rose is asleep and so is your grandchild. Then I heard a thud and screams.

"JACK!", I heard it as clear as day like a caged bird in a house.

"Rose?!", I called out to her.

"No Jack. Jack don't do this to me please PLEASE!", she yelled begging him. I then ran down stairs in my night gown as well as a few other servants and Cal who heard Roses little racket, "Jack don't. Don't do this! Don't do this to me Jack. Don't you dare do this!", we ran down stairs to the kitchen to see Rose on the ground in tears talking to herself. We just watched as screamed and yelled in tears for that boy Jack Dawson to come back and save her. It came to point when it got out of hand so Cal picked her up, "NOOO!!!", she screamed at the top of her lungs kicking and squirming about in Cals arms, "JACK!", she said again, "NO! I've got to go back and save him!", she tried to escape Cals arms wanting to crawl to the floor to whatever she's seeing in her head, "please. PLEASE!", she beat his arms, "JACCKKKK!", she screamed, "Jack come back to me PLEASE! JACCCKKK", she wailed. We then entered  her bedroom and laid her down in bed. I tucked her in so she would be warm hoping to wake her up from her nightmare, "I don't know how to live without you", she tried to whisper but didn't. She then began to break down in tears, "Jack", she said his name again rolling around in the sheets, "Jack", she clutched them tightly as she cried.

We all continued to watch as she did the same thing rolling around in the sheets crying out his name. Cal stood standing over her watching her every move of what the Dawson boy had done to her head. I then came in closer to her stroking her hair, "Rose", I said her name as she rolled back over to my side, "Rose", she then woke up and sprung to life suddenly. She was shocked as she looked around with the most palest face I've ever seen. She struggled to catch some air and hyperventilate, "Rose breathe. Breathe deeply for me", I told her as she followed my instructions becoming clam again. She then laid back taking it all in and focusing more. Then she opened her eyes and looked at her heavily bloated stomach, "Rose?", I looked to see if she was alright. She didn't move. Instead her hands slowly moved all over belly finding where the baby was kicking. She then started to break down in tears as her and Cals child kicked, "it's ok", I rubbed her back. She then began to start sobbing so she grabbed onto me hugging me. She held me as tight as she could while she cried on my shoulder.

I don't know much else to do. I just wrapped my arms around and patted her on the back. She has never done this before. It's not in her character. This is all new to me.

"There. There", I said hoping it will ease her a bit more.

"It was awful mother", she said.

"Oh I know sweetheart I know", I stroked her hair and kissed it. She then settled down with her hand upon her stomach feeling the baby move. She then shut her eyes trying to bring her heart rate down. As she slowly did that I slid out and put a pillow as my replacement for her head to rest. I then tip toed outside and talked to Cal.

"What was that?!", he demanded to know.

"What? Roses Titanic nightmare?"

"No. That was no nightmare. That was an episode", he pointed his finger sternly at me, "you saw the way she was on the floor screaming out to him. And what? Her running all the way down these halls into the kitchen. That's no nightmare or sleep walk or sleep talk! What ever it's called! I don't want my child hurt at any cost!", he started to become high pitched, "otherwise she will be the one to blame and as will you", he then walked out away in a puff and slammed his door shut so he could get some rest. I then peeped in through Roses door to see her still crying over Jack Dawson. She then rolled over. I can't deal with this. Then went into my room and had mental breakdown as well.

Roses Pov

I wepted, cried, sobbed. But nothing could bring Jack to me. I kept saying his name closing my eyes hoping to see that bright shimmering handsome face of his. But I couldn't. I put a hand on my stomach hoping for it to kick to bring back a memory to see his face and hear is voice again. But I couldn't. No matter how hard I tried no matter how many tears have fallen. They couldn't bring me back Jack. Only his child could.