the year is 1913, Rose Dawson formally known as Rose Dewitt Bukater lives in New York City its been a year since the Rms titanic sank and she's been living with a new identity aswell as a new life alone. 18 years old and in hiding from the past of her life she keeps to herself. Working a small job at a florist to make ends meet she doesn't have many friends only one called Abby daniels ' a lady of the night ' whos 20 and owns the florist shop and took Rose in after the titanic and looks after her and treats her like her younger sister. the past starts to catch up with Rose and she discovers that life is a test within its self being faced with those from her past and the truth about Jack and who he was before.