Written by Sara Rachelle
Based on some situations originated by James Cameron.

Dear White Star Line Officials,

First of all, I want to tell you that the Titanic was a beautiful ship. However, it would have been a lot better if it had had enough lifeboats! Because all of you thought that the ship was unsinkable, you didn’t put enough lifeboats on it, and then it sank! It took fifteen hundred people down with it, including the love of my life. You should have known that the ship could sink, but you were too interested in having plenty of deck space and making money! Also, why did you keep the steerage people locked behind gates? Just because they don’t have much money doesn’t mean that they aren’t good people with feelings! But you had to keep them locked away, even the women and children, so you could put the rich and famous in the lifeboats! At least the steerage people weren’t all about themselves and money! If you had had enough lifeboats, you wouldn’t have been responsible for all those deaths! And now my love is gone. It’s all your fault! If I had enough money, there would be a lawsuit against you right now! Everything I had went down with the ship, including the only person who I could trust to protect me. I hope you know that I am not the only one who will not be sailing with the White Star Line again!

Sincerely,
Rose Dawson

Rose wrote her letter and put it in an envelope. She put it in the pocket of Cal’s coat, which she had had on since the sinking, and went to the bow of the ship. She planned on sending the letter when she got to New York. The Carpathia was getting closer to New York, and Rose could see the Statue of Liberty in the distance. It was then that she lost control. She didn’t just cry for Jack. She cried for everyone who had died, for everyone who had wanted to see that statue.

An officer came towards her.

"Can I take your name, please, love?"

"Dawson. Rose Dawson."

"Thank you."

The officer left, and Rose stopped crying for a moment. She looked down at the water that had taken Jack away from her, and whispered, "I love you, Jack. I will always love you, Jack, and I promise I will never let go. I will live my life just I would have with you. I will go on for you."

She walked away, back down to the third class dining area. She sat down and ate a little bit of food for lunch. She didn’t have much of an appetite, but the nurse on the Carpathia had told her that she had to eat something. She looked out the window and saw a man with blond hair walking around on deck who looked exactly like...Jack! But how?

She wasn’t sure if it was him, so she went out to him and tapped him on the shoulder. "Jack?"

The man turned around and looked at her. He knew that voice. When he saw her, he knew exactly who it was.

"Rose!" he cried, going up and hugging her, just like he had when she had jumped off the lifeboat. He kissed her passionately, and she kissed him back until she figured out the question that she wanted to ask and broke apart from him.

"Jack, how did you survive?"

"Well, I remember the water pressure on my head, so I woke up and swam up. I heard a whistle blowing, but I didn’t know who was blowing it. I saw a lifeboat, and an officer pulled me in, and then, apparently, I passed out."

"Oh, Jack! I was blowing the whistle after I let you go in the water because I thought you were dead! I’m so sorry, Jack! I could have let you die!" Rose exclaimed through her tears.

"Rose, you didn’t do anything wrong! It’s not your fault. I have never been easy to wake up, and your voice was probably weak from the cold, so you couldn’t shout to get me to wake up. Rose, I understand, and if I were dead, it would never be your fault. I would have died for you, not because of you. I love you, Rose."

Rose kissed him. When they broke apart, she said, "Jack...I love you, too."

They sat on a bench near the bow together until the ship finally docked. They walked off the ship hand-in-hand, avoiding the reporters and walking into their new life...together.

*****

After the sinking, Jack and Rose never saw Ruth or Cal again. Rose found about five thousand dollars and the Heart of the Ocean in Cal’s coat, which she had been wearing since the sinking, so they got an apartment in New York.

Jack and Rose got married on April 28, 1912, and invited a few people from their apartment building to their wedding, and, of course, Molly Brown. On May 1, 1912, the couple moved to Santa Monica, where Jack sold many of his drawings and Rose got roles in a few plays before getting a job as a play director.

They had six children. Their first child was conceived on the night of the Titanic sinking and was born on January 16, 1913. It was a girl, whom the couple named Cora Josephine Dawson.

On August 3, 1914, they had their second child, another girl, named Hannah Marie Dawson. Then, on June 28, 1916, they had twin boys named William Nathaniel and Thomas Andrew Dawson.

They had another baby girl on March 11, 1918, named Cassandra Elizabeth Dawson, who was nicknamed Cassie. Then, finally, on December 24, 1919, they had their final child, a daughter, who they named Margaret Christine Dawson and nicknamed Molly, after Molly Brown.

Rose, Jack, and their six children went to Europe during the depression, and during the ship’s voyage from America to Europe, Rose threw the Heart of the Ocean back where it belonged, at the bottom of the sea. Their family was not greatly affected by the depression.

Jack died in 1992, and his whole family was filled with grief. Rose wanted to die with him, but Jack told her to go on and tell their story.

One day in 1996, Rose was watching TV while making pottery in her granddaughter Lizzy’s house. There was a news broadcast about a picture that was found in a safe amongst the debris of the Titanic. When she looked closely at the picture, she realized that it was the picture that Jack had drawn of her on April 14, 1912. She called Brock Lovett and his crew and she went on board another ship, called the Keldysh, and told Brock and his staff the story of when she was on the Titanic. At the end of her story, she told them that she threw the Heart of the Ocean back into the sea, where it belonged.

The night after Rose told her story, she died in her sleep. She was reunited with Jack, and everyone who went down with the ship. After Jack and Rose were reunited, they were never separated again.

The End.

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