MY HEART WILL GO ON
Chapter Five
Rose took her suitcases and put them in
Jack's room. She placed her hat on the bed, and opened the suitcase to get an
apron out of it. Rose looked around to find a broom, and found one in a kitchen
corner. Rose picked it up, and started in the kitchen sweeping, and then the
living room. Then she started dusting. She dusted the kitchen, and then the
living room. In the living room, she noticed pictures. Pictures that looked
like Jack's mom and dad, and then his friends. Rose sat down on the couch with
the most recent picture of Jack, and stared at it until a tear fell on the
frame, and she wiped it off. Rose then caught the cobwebs, and then started to
wash the windows. After she got done, Rose felt a slight chill come over her,
and started a fire in the fireplace. Rose was making some dinner when she heard
a knock on the door. Rose wondered who could it be, and opened the door to find
two men leaning against each side. Both of the men's eyes grew larger at the
sight of Rose's long wild hair that was half pulled back with her apron on.
"Can I help you, gentlemen?" Rose
asked, clearing her throat.
"We saw that the chimney was burning,
and we thought that Jack was home. Is he?" one of the men asked.
Rose looked down at the ground and shook her
head. "No, I'm sorry, but he's not," Rose said, trying not to cry on
their shoulders.
"Well, then, may we ask who you might be
in Jack's house?" the other man asked.
"I'm Jack's loved one right now,"
Rose said.
The men nodded, and said, "Where is
Jack?"
Rose looked down at the ground again, and
said, "Why don't you come in?" Rose stepped aside from the door.
The men nodded their heads, and entered,
while Rose closed the door behind them.
As the men sat down on the couch, and as Rose
sat down on the chair next to the couch, she said, "Oh, I'm sorry, you
must think I'm very rude. I'm Rose DeWitt Bukater." Rose held out her hand
for them to shake.
"I'm Kevin McFadden," one of them
said, shaking her hand.
The other said, "Theodore Johnson,"
also shaking Rose's hand.
"Nice to meet you both," Rose said,
smiling. "Jack and I met on the ship Titanic, and when the ship sank, he
put me on a lifeboat, and gave me a piece of paper that said where to meet him
at--here. I haven't seen him since." Rose put the back of her hand on her
face and began to cry. "I'm sorry, it's just that I love him so
much." She looked at them through her tears.
Kevin came over to Rose, and kneeled beside
Rose. "Rose, if you ever need anything, Theodore and I will be here for
you," Kevin said, looking up at Rose.
"You must think I'm something
strange," Rose said, again drying her tears with her handkerchief.
"No, but you are very beautiful. Aren't
you that actress--" Theodore started to say, but Rose interrupted him.
"Yes, that's me. I really don't like to
speak about it right now, if you don't mind." Rose gave a slight smile.
"Rose, we know that you are upset about
Jack's death, and we are, too, so why don't tomorrow we place a gravestone in
the cemetery. He always wanted to be right beside his mom and pop," Kevin
said.
"I know, he mentioned that to me,"
Rose said, but she couldn't believe that this was actually happening. But it
might only be temporary, Rose thought to herself. "Sure," she said.
When the agreement was made, Rose invited
Kevin and Theodore to supper.