AN UNEXPECTED TURN
Epilogue

Gwen spent the rest of her days in the house. She returned to Scotland to see Will's mother shortly before Jane died. Gwen stayed in correspondence with Will's sister and the two became great friends. Gwen never married and kept her promise by raising her brothers and sister. The only thing that Gwen regretted later on in life was never having children, but then again...she never could imagine being with anyone other than Will. Gwen donated a large portion of her money to all of the funds and charities that were going for the victims families who died that horrible night. She tried to go on a boat again once later on in life but then at once got off. She sight of water and the memories of stepping on that ship with Officer Moody that sunny day in April came rushing back to her. During both World Wars she volunteered as a nurse. Gwen died in her home in Liverpool at the age of ninety one. Her last words were reported to of been 'Will' as she tried to tell the story to Colette of how Will shot himself that night, but she couldn't muster the strength to finish telling. She died in her sleep, and suffered no pain. She is buried next to her little brothers, her mother, and the tomb stone she later had erected for her father.

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When Gwen woke up she noticed something was not right about her surroundings. She was relaxed in a chair in what seemed to be a dining room. She was quite confused about her surroundings, everything seemed a bit familiar, like something out of a dream. When she went to stand, not thinking about her wheel chair she found she could walk. She also found herself in a beautiful gown, a gown that she had not had in about sixty-three years. She looked at her hands and they had been restored to their softness, the softness that she had not felt since before she nursed during the war. As she studied her surroundings she realized where she was. She was in the first class dining saloon of the Titanic.

"Oh my word," she whispered.

She walked towards the exit that she knew would take her to the grand stair case. By the door was an officer. The same officer that had escorted her to her room the day they had boarded the Titanic on the tenth of April, 1912.

"Miss, you need to come through here," he said, with a warm kind smile.

Gwen looked confused but obeyed, when she walked through the door she was speechless. Hundreds of people were in this room. People she had not seen in years, the people who had either died in the sinking or she just lost contact with after she left the city. The first person she saw was Molly Brown, she ran to the woman and hugged her.

"Oh my gosh Molly!" she said.

"Hi there Gwen darling," Molly said with a warm smile.

Gwen looked and saw the one officer that had been at lunch that day with Will and Bruce. Harold Lowe, the fifth officer. He went back to look for survivors after the ship had sunk. She also saw the other officers, Thomas Andrews, but out of the officers she at first didn't even notice that Will was not amongst the group standing at the foot of the stairs. But there on the third step was her father. When she saw him she felt the big fat tears welling up in her eyes.

"Daddy," she whispered.

Her father smiled down at her and she ran to his arms which were outstretched, as if he was waiting for her.

"Oh daddy," she cried into his arms.

They pulled apart and her dad wiped the tears away from her eyes.

"I've missed you love...but there is someone here who I think has missed you even more," her dad said.

Gwen looked up, there by the clock was him...Will.

"But daddy I thought you disapproved," she said.

"Gwen I have had sixty-three years to see the error of my ways. Now go to him...before I change my mind," her father said.

Gwen smiled and hugged her dad before going to him.

"Thank you daddy," she whispered before pulling away and walking with so much more grace and dignity than she had done when she first saw Molly.

At the sounds of her footsteps Will turned around and smiled down at her. When she reached him she was totally speechless. He simply smiled and pulled her into a tight embrace. At the feeling of his arms she began to cry silently.

When she pulled away a moment later Will wiped her eyes and smiled at her.

"Hi," he said.

"Hi," she said back.

Then the two were kissing and everyone seemed to be clapping. Her dad was the one who was clapping the loudest. When they stopped kissing about two minutes later they smiled a loving smile at each other.

"I love you Will," she said.

"I love you too, Gwen," he replied.

The End.

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