Written by Elin
Wall
Based on some situations originated by James Cameron.
April 10, 1912
It was evening of the first day on the ship
Titanic. It was dark outside the ship and very cold.
Rose DeWitt Bukater sat in front of a mirror.
She brushed her dark red hair and sat up when someone came into the suite. Cal.
Cal was a very rich man, and Rose was his fiancée. She knew that he could be
very angry, but she wasn’t afraid of him.
Cal sat down at the mirror table.
"I am giving you this," he said.
He opened a case, and Rose gasped for breath.
It was a blue diamond, the Heart of the Ocean.
"Oh! Is it…?"
"A diamond? Yes." Cal put the Heart
of the Ocean around her neck, and Rose touched it. It was a splendid thing!
"Why?" Rose asked.
"Because I love you, of course!"
Rose didn't know what she should say. She
could only stare at the Heart of the Ocean.
Cal left, and Rose took it off. She couldn’t
imagine where he had gotten it from.
Ruth DeWitt Bukater, Rose’s mother, a very
respectable red-haired woman, went into Rose’s suite. She smiled and looked at
Rose with her sharp eyes.
"Has he given you the Heart of the Ocean
yet?" she asked.
"Yes, Mother. It's…it's
magnificent."
"I know. Cal spends a lot of money on
you. I'm so glad that you have found a rich man, Rose."
Rose stared in the mirror. She took a deep
breath.
"You know," Ruth said. "When I
was young and lived in London, I met a man named Edward, your father. He fell
in love with me, but I…I didn’t love him. He played around a lot, and when I
birthed you was I very unhappy. I couldn’t love him, and to bear his child...it
was very bad for me. Edward played with our money, and now, it is gone. So it
would be good if you were a little bit kinder to Cal, Rose."
Rose became angry, but she didn’t say
anything. Ruth left, and Rose went to bed to sleep.
Next Day
April 11, 1912
Rose went out on deck. She had a white and
blue dress on and a big, fashionable hat on her head.
Suddenly, she saw Cal with a young woman. He
smiled at her and said something that made the woman blush. Cal gave the woman
a fast kiss on her cheek and took her hand. He held it a long time, and looked
into the woman’s eyes.
Rose became angry, very angry. He couldn’t do
this! Cal was in love with that woman. She saw it, and she could feel it. She
rushed to her mother and told her.
"Oh, my God!" Ruth said. "Now
everything is ruined!" She thought for a moment. "Rose, I have an
idea. You will pretend that a man is in love with you. You will pretend that
you are in love with him, too!"
Rose stared at Ruth. "But…that would be
a lie!"
"Rose, that's an order!" Ruth said,
very sharply.
Rose went up on the deck again to look for a
man. It would be a lie if she didn’t.
Suddenly, she ran into a young man. He fell
to the deck.
"Oh, sir!" Rose said. "I'm so
sorry. I didn’t see you!"
The man looked up and saw Rose. He gasped for
breath. She was so beautiful!
"Um…I'm fine," he said, and got on
his feet again.
Rose smiled, happy that he wasn’t angry. He
could be a perfect match. But he was poor. Rose saw that he was from third
class.
"What's your name, anyway?"
"My name is Jack Dawson. And you?"
"Rose DeWitt Bukater."
Jack smiled, and when Rose looked into his
eyes, she knew that there was something special about this man.
April 13, 1912
Rose had learned about Jack Dawson very well.
He was from Chippewa Falls and was poor. Rose knew that he loved her--she could
see that in his eyes--and she was worried. She had do what Ruth had said, but
Rose thought that she was in love with Jack.
She must tell Jack!
"Jack…I must talk to you."
Jack looked up from the book he was reading
and smiled. "What is it?"
Rose took a deep breath.
"Jack, I love you, but I'm
engaged."
Jack stared at her. "What?
E-engaged?"
"I'm so sorry, Jack. My mother said to
me to find a man who would fall in love with me."
"But why?" Jack whispered.
"Because I saw the man who is to marry me
with another woman. He is in love with her."
"Do you love that guy?" Jack asked.
"Love him? Of course not! I love
you."
"I love you, too, Rose. But what will we
do?"
"I know," Rose said. "When
this ship docks, I’m getting off with you."
Jack stared at Rose. But what about her
mother?
"I'm poor, Rose. You will become tired
of the life I live and want to be rich again."
"No, Jack! I don't care about money! I
love you and will live with you."
Jack saw the love in Rose’s eyes, and he
smiled. "All right."
Rose and Jack kissed fiercely, and she was
happy. Very happy.
When Rose came into her suite, she saw Ruth.
Ruth came to Rose and hugged her.
"Rose, I'm so sorry if I have made you
to lie. I was so…so unhappy that I didn’t know what I told you." Ruth had
tears in her eyes.
Rose saw that Ruth spoke the truth.
"Because of you, I have met a wonderful man."
Ruth looked up, happier.
"Who is it?"
"His name is Jack Dawson. He's poor, but
I will marry him when this ship docks."
Ruth smiled. "I hope you will be happy
with him, Rose."
"I will be, Mother. Don't worry. But
what about you?" Rose looked at her mother.
"I have met a man, too. His name is
Nicholas, or Nick, Watson. He is rich, and I am marrying him soon."
"Are you marrying him for money?"
Rose asked.
"No. I think I love him," Ruth
said, and blushed.
June 18, 1913
Rose Dawson looked at the baby she held in
her arms. She was in the hospital with her mother, Ruth. Jack Dawson, her
husband, came in and saw the blonde-haired boy with the blue eyes.
"Hello, Jack. Say hi to Nick
Dawson."
Jack could only smile, too happy for words.
The End.