LOVE IS MORE THAN A FEELING
Chapter One
"Never let go," Jack said as he
looked deeply into Rose's eyes.
"I will never let go, Jack. I'll never
let go," Rose replied as Jack smiled and kissed her hands. Rose tried to smile
back at him, but she couldn't. She knew that they would both die that night.
"Rose, I'm just going to shut my eyes
for just a little while. All right?" Jack asked, waiting for the answer he
wanted to hear.
"All right, Jack," Rose said as she
turned over onto her back. She looked up at the stars and thought of earlier
that day when she and Jack had been on the bow of the ship. She started to sing
their song.
"Come Josephine in my flying machine
and it's up she goes, up she goes. Come Josephine in my flying..."
Rose trailed off as she saw a light shining on her face.
She turned her head and saw it. It was a
boat. Jack had been right. They were coming back for them.
Rose turned slightly and looked at Jack. He
looked so peaceful sleeping, but she had to wake him up as soon as possible.
"Jack. Jack. There's a boat. Jack,"
Rose kept looking at him as the situation played back to her. He couldn't be
dead, not now. Not after all that they had been through together. "Jack!
Jack! There's a boat, Jack. Jack!" She tried again and knew it was no use.
He wasn't going to wake up.
Suddenly, Rose saw Jack's eyes flash open. At
first, she thought it was her imagination, but then he spoke.
"Rose..." was all he could get out.
"Oh, thank God, Jack. You're alive.
There's a boat! Oh, Jack, don't worry. I'll get their attention," Rose
said as she looked around. Then, she saw a whistle in a dead officer's mouth.
"Jack...I'll be right back," she
said as she swam over to the officer.
Rose didn't hear it, but Jack whispered,
"Hurry..."
"Come about!" they heard the
officer of the lifeboat yell. Rose just kept blowing the whistle until the
light shone on her. She wanted to make sure they noticed Jack, but she
couldn't. She passed out.
The next thing Rose knew, she was in a
lifeboat. She started to panic as she thought of Jack. Had they seen him? Was
he alive? She finally got enough strength to sit up and look around the
lifeboat. It was now daylight, and there was a ship close by. Rose looked to
her left side, and there he was. Jack.
Rose let out a sigh of relief as she saw him
lying there, bundled up in blankets. She smiled when she saw that he was
breathing. Then, after knowing Jack was safe, she went back to sleep.
Rose woke up because of a hand that kept
touching her face. She looked up at the man who was doing it to her, and it was
Jack. Rose smiled and said, "Jack? Are you all right?"
Jack paused. "I'm fine, Rose, thanks to
you. How are you doing?" Jack asked.
"All right, I guess. You're so
pale."
"I know. So are you," Jack said as
he felt Rose's face again.
"I love you, Jack."
Jack kissed Rose softly on the mouth. "I
love you, too, Rose."
Once Jack and Rose arrived on the Carpathia,
they sat down on the deck and drank some soup. They cuddled together to stay
warm. They didn't speak. They just sat there, enjoying each other's company.
Finally, Jack decided to speak.
"Rose, thank you."
Rose smiled at him. "For what?"
"For not giving up on me. For believing
in me and not letting me go. Thank you."
"Jack...I'm the one who should be
thanking you. You saved me in every way. Thank you," Rose said with
meaning. "And I want you to know that I'm still getting off of the ship
with you. I love you more than ever."
"I love you, too, Rosie."
After finishing their soup, they cuddled up
and fell asleep, only dreaming of each other.