Chapter one-Trapped
"Get on the boat Rose!" "No, Jack!" "get on the boat!" "yes, get on the boat Rose!" both Rose and Jack spun around, and to her horror Rose saw Cal. "My god, look at you, you look a fright." He said, his tone soothing, "here, put this on." He ripped off the blanket jack had wrapped around her and chucked it away, putting his jacket on her instead. Franticly Rose pushed herself away from him and Jack moved in front of him. "Rose, get in the boat." He begged. "no, not without you," said Rose, she was almost sobbing, she couldn't bear to leave jack on the doomed liner. "go on, I'll get the next one!" persisted jack, "no, not without you," repeated Rose. "look, I'll be fine!" persuaded Jack. "I'm a survivor all right? Don't worry about me. Now go on, get on" suddenly Cal came between them. "I have an arrangement with an officer on the ship. Jack and I can get off safely . . ." he paused, "both of us." Jack looked at him in amazement, then turned to Rose. "see? I got my own boat to catch." "hurry." Said Cal, trying to smile, "there almost full." Rose stared at Cal hard, trying to figure out if what he was saying was true, when an officer grabbed her. "step aborad miss," he said, tugging her away from Jack, "this way, step Aboard!" numbly, Rose allowed herself to step into the crowded lifeboat. Quickly she turned round to say goodbye to Jack, reaching for his hand, gasping it as tightly as she could, before an officer pushed them apart. "lower away!" yelled the officer directing the lifeboat, signalling with his arms. The lifeboat lowed quickly, and around her there where shouts of surprise, but rose didn't care, she continued to stare at Jack . . . would this be the last time she ever saw him? Up on deck, Jack watched painfully as Rose was lowered away to safety. "you're a good liar Jack." Cal teased quietly, hardly taking his eyes away from Rose, Jack retaliated, "almost as good as you . . . there's no, uh . . there's no arrangement is there?" "oh, there is." Said Cal quietly, and for a fleeting moment jacks heart rose, maybe, just maybe he could get off this ship and be with rose. Then Cal spoke again. "not that you'llbenefit much from it." He smirked at Jack as he turned to look at him. "I always win Jack, one way or another." And Jack knew what he meant by "win" the prize was Rose, Cal would get off the ship and once again claim her as his own, his Rose was going to Cal . . Meanwhile Rose watched as she was slowly lowered away from Jack, she tried to get up and jump back onto the ship, but the passengers where to quick and held her back. "it's alright rose!" Jack shouted down at her. "I'll be alright!" Rose prayed to God that he would be, as she watched him, till he became a speck in the distance. . .
Rose scanned the lifeboats desperately for Jack as they all came together, But she couldn't see him. She caught sight of her mother, half asleep, and Cal, searching for her, and turned away quickly, hoping neither would see her. As she did, she caught Molly Browns eye, but Molly said nothing-she had guessed that Rose wanted to remain undiscovered. One of the officer's in charge of the lifeboats glanced behind him, listening to the screams and cries of everyone who had fallen into the sea. "please," thought Rose desperately, "let Jack not be one of them, let him be in a lifeboat somewhere, please let him be okay . . ." "right! Listen to me men! We have to go back!" yelled the young officer, unable to bear the screams and pleas for help. "I want to transfer all the women and children," he pointed to the boat Rose was in "into that boat, as quick as she can please . . ." Rose stumbled to her feet when her turn came, the boat wobbled dangerously for a moment, then she was helped into the other lifeboat-and came face to face with Cal. "Rose!" he said in surprise, dragging her towards him, "look at you, you must be freezing." He wrapped an arm around her. "Where's Jack!" demanded Rose, trying hard to push herself away from him. "where he is he, you said there was an arrangement!" Cal looked at her with his cold grey eyes, that held none of the love Jack's did when he looked at her. "how would I know Rose dear?" he said Calmly, "you needed to get on the boat-you're my fiancée and I was concerned for you." He tried to hug her closer but Rose refused angrily. "you basted!" she whispered fiercely, then her voice broke into sobs, "you promised. . ." Cal glared at her. "Rose, your making a scene!" he said angrily. "besides you're my fiancée . . ." Rose wasn't Listening, hate like she'd never felt before was rushing through her Cal had lied to her . . . he'd let Jack die . . . he'd killed him . . . suddenly she pulled herself to her feet, all around her there where cries of surprise and Cal hissed "Rose!" angrily from under his breath, but she didn't care. If she stayed here she would be trapped, forced to be with Cal and live the life she always dreaded, she couldn't go back to that . . . she'd die. For a fleeting moment the image of jack came back to her-the first time she' met him . . . "you jump, I jump . . ." the words seemed to echo inside her brain till she couldn't bear it. If she couldn't live with Jack, she wouldn't live at all. "you jump I jump" "I'm jumping now, jack." She thought, as she struggled towards the edge of the boat, she was determined to be with Jack-even if the only way to do that was to die. "somebody grab her!" she heard Cal yell, strong hands pulled her back. "no!" she yelled "no! jack!" but she was overwhelmed by the many people pulling her back towards Cal. As she was forced into her seat-she caught a glance of her mothers shocked face in the next life boat. "what do you think your doing!" cried Cal, shaking her hard, "what where you doing? Answer me Rose!" he looked shocked, "well?" he demanded. Rose tried to pull away, but there where more cries and yells from officers and people pulling and shoving her back into place. She distinctly heard someone yell. "get that woman down! She'll capsize the boat!" "rose!" Cal was still glaring at her, hands holding onto her tightly with a vice like grip. "I'd rather be dead with him than spend my time with you." She said angrily. Cal became furious, his face went a pale white and he dug his fingers into her arms hard. "are you crazy?" he whispered dangerously. Rose struggled, but there was no way out, she was trapped . . .