What If: Titanic Role Reversal

The Dinner And The After Party

3rd POV:

Entering the Dining Hall you could hear the clinking of the china, the bustle of the waiters, and the murmurs of polite conversation.

Jack and Rose enter arm in arm and head straight over to their dinner table. When they arrive Jack asks the waiter to set and extra seat for Rose. Only a minute later everything is elegantly set up for Rose to sit. Leading Rose over to her chair he pulls it out and gestures for her to sit. Nodding her head to thanks him he heads to his seat Caroline. Casting a glance at Caroline you can see her piercing glare as she alternates it between him and Rose. 

Once everyone is seated they begin to notice Rose's unusual presence at the table and send questioning looks her way. After picking up on the looks Jack introduces Rose to everyone and explains that she is here as a guest of his. Everyone seems to understand after that. 

Then the inappropriate questions begin to role in. Ruth starts off by asking class she was in which she answered with the Third Class cabin. Even with everyone sending shocked looks her way she held her head high and waited for the next question. 

The awful questions ranged from how the accommodations in third class were to if she was okay with living on two dollars a day. Each one she answered with a witty and respectful response. Jack stared shocked as she continued on without even faltering once. Then the rudest question yet was asked and everyone looked as though the question was in polite enough to be asked at all. 

"Did you steal the dress that you wore tonight because it looks as though you it was to good for you to wear."

Everyone looked over to Caroline inn utter shock as she asked the question and then sat back with a smug look on her face. 

Rose was not phased and responded with, "No Mrs. Brown was nice enough to lend it to me but it is to nice to be kept so I am simply borrowing it for the night." 

Caroline's look faltered and she stayed silent for the rest of dinner. Dinner continued on in a tense silence before the men got up to take a smoke. While Rose slipped Molly's pen back into her bag Jack walked to the other side of the dinner and shook her hand.

Feeling the paper with in it he slipped it into his coat pocket before she stood up and politely dismissed herself saying she had to get back. Glancing one last look back at him she swiftly made her way out the Dining Hall. 

Once she was gone Jack carefully opened the piece of paper without the knowledge of anyone and read the seven words written inside. 

'Make It Count. Meet Me At The Clock'

Jack's Pov:

Looking at the paper one last time I knew what I wanted to do. Silently excusing myself I made my way swiftly through the crowd of people before finding Rose waiting at the top of the staircase looking just as beautiful as ever. 

Seeing me she grins and say's "so you wanna go to a real party?"Only being able to nod she grabs my wrist and begins dragging me down under deck to the third class area. 

Thirty minutes later I'm Sitting on a stool clapping my hands watching Rose dance with a little girl. Smiling she points to me and gives Cora a kiss of the nose before she motions me over. Fifteen minutes later and we are still dancing and I'm having the time of my life. soon after we stop for a break where I watch astonished as she chugs down a beer not even looking a little flushed. 

Sending me a smug look we continue to have a great time for the rest of the night. 

After what I believe to be the most fun night of my life we skip up around the deck singing 'Come Josephine My Flying Machine.'

Both lying down on benches once again we watch the stars for the remainder of the night. Getting up later on I thank Rose for the amazing night where she responses with a big grin and a head nod. 

Parting ways I head back to my bedroom singing 'Come Josephine My Flying Machine.' Again for the second night in a row I drift off to sleep with a grin on my face and my spirit lighter than before. 

3rd POV: 

Neither one of the two saw LoveJoy watching Jack at the party or keeping an eye on them while they were on the deck. Reporting back to Hockley immediately after Rose and Jack parted ways. When Hockley was told you could see the steam coming out of his ears in anger. 

Coming up with a plan to keep Jack away from the girl he went to bed with a evil smirk on his face knowing just how to keep the two apart. 

Jack and Rose not knowing any better went to bed thinking about what the next day together would bring not knowing their fantasy's were about to be brought to a crashing end.