Chapter 1: Goodbye For Now

Rose's POV

"Jack I can't get into another boat! I refuse to leave you again! I just can't lose you!" I cry out to him as an officer tries to calmly get me into a lifeboat waiting to depart. "Rose listen to me alright? They're's still a couple of boats, and a few of them are letting men on. I can't guarantee you I'll get a spot, but i'm a survivor, remember? I'll find you once we're one the rescue ship, I promise." Jack ensures me before the officer takes it as his cue to usher me into the boat.

Tears begin to fall freely down my face, the cool april air making them freeze on my skin. "I love you Jack." I croak out, barley able to speak. They begin letting the boat down into the atlantic and i hear Jack call down to me. "I love you so much Rose! Just remember, it's goodbye for now."

I watch as Jack's figure grows smaller as i get farther away from him. I can't believe I left him during all this. What happened to you jump, I jump? I have to stop thinking like this! I tell myself, after all, Jack WANTED me to get in the boat! He just wants me safe! He probably has a better chance getting off alive without me in tow anyways.

Jack's POV

Rose is gone. She's in that lifeboat and now I may never even see her again! Get a hold of yourself Dawson! You promised her you'd stay alive! Taking a deep breath, I rush to the other side of the ship hoping that the lifeboat taking men hadn't departed yet. I caught a quick glance, seeing the men's lifeboat almost filled, yet the officers are still calling out for more people to come aboard. I keep sprinting, until I hear a child's cries. Help the kid, Jack.

I look over to see a small girl curled up in a corner, sobbing, probably scared to death. I can't just leave her here, so I walk a few steps through the panicked crowd, 'til I reach the small girl. "Hey, where's your parents?" I ask her calmly, trying not to scare her too much, though she's probably already scared out of her mind, considering she's all alone on a sinking ship.

She looks up at me, and wipes her tear stained cheeks. I immediatly recognize her. Cora. "Cora! Where's your father?" I ask, picking her up into my arms. "Oh Uncle Jack!" She cries out, throwing her arms around my neck, "He said goodbye to me, and then he jump over the railing" She exclaims before beginning to cry again. I can't believe Mr Cartmell could have done such a thing. He committed suicide, leaving his 5 year old daughter alone to die on a sinking ship?

"Come on, let's get you on a boat." I tell her, hoping there's atleast one willing to take us both. "Oh thank you Uncle Jack!" She says, wrapping her arms tighter around my neck. Once I reach the other side of the ship, to my luck, the men's lifeboat was still there, and just getting ready to leave. "Please Sir, wait! I have a child!" The officer turns suddenly to face me. "Just pass over the child, and we'll place her on someone's lap." He instructs me, obviously telling me that he won't let me on the boat.

"Please let me on with her! She just lost her father, and i'm all she has!" I need to stay with Cora. If I let her go with someone else, they'll probably just abandon her on the rescue ship, and I can't let her go to an orphanage. "I want my Uncle Jack to stay with me!" She cries, not wanting to be alone again. A look of sympathy began to grow in the officer's eyes, and he sighed. "Get in the boat." He says, trying to sound stern, but I can see a few tears welling up in the corners of his eyes.

"Oh thank you so much, sir!" I thank him before stepping onto the lifeboat and taking a seat with Cora placed on my lap. "Uncle Jack? What will happen to me? I don't have a daddy anymore to take care of me?" She asked me, looking up into my eyes, letting a few tears slip out of her own. Being 5, she probably didn't understand why her daddy jumped over the railing, she probably didn't know he was dead, she just knew he was gone.

'I'll be your daddy, Cora. I promise i'll take care of you." I whisper to her, placing a soft kiss to the top of her head. I made it out of the sinking 'Ship Of Dreams' alive, I saved Cora, and most importantly, I kept my promise to Rose.

A/N: Okay, yes I know, i'm writing two fanfics at the same time, but I think I can manage! I don't care if I don't get many reads on this one, but Titanic is my all time favourite movie, and I've wanted to write a Jack/Rose/Cora fanfic for a really long time now, and I finally decided to write one! YAY JAIME! I'll probably update 3 Months soon, I'm in the middle of writing the new chapter for it so keep an eye out!~Jaime