Chapter 1: New Beginnings

April 15, 1912 - Aboard the Carpathia

"Jack...Jack wake up!" Rose said as she tapped Jack on the shoulder. Jack wakes up thinking that something was wrong.

"What is it Rose?" Jack asked as he stirred. He then pulled Rose into a hug. "We made it Rose, we're alive." Jack said happily.

"I'm so glad I'm with you Jack. If you wouldn't have made it, I don't think I could have gone on without you. I might as well have jumped back into that freezing water." Rose said as she kissed Jack. Rose heard another familiar voice, and it was one that she never wanted to hear again. Caledon Hockley was pushing his way through the crowd trying to find Rose.

"Rose Adelaide Dewitt Bukater, I know damn good and well you are here and on this ship. If you knew what was best for you, you would come back with you mother and I." Cal yelled loud enough for everyone to hear. This caught the attention of the captain who was in the area. Not long after hearing the man yell the captain came running over to where the disturbance was.

"Sir, this is the third class survivors, none of your people would be over here. Why cause unnecessary commotion?" The captain asked as he escorted Cal back to the first class section of the ship. As Cal was being escorted away he began yelling again.

"Your filthy poor mother is a traitor too. You two don't have any money, you just hide behind a good name. If you weren't so damn pretty I wouldn't bother. I will find you Rose, and when I do, you will be marrying me. I always get what I want Rose." Cal yelled

"Sir, that's enough!" the captain said getting angry. After hearing all of this Rose pulled Jack into a tight hug. He could sense her fear. Jack responded by rubbing her back and trying to comfort her.

"Don't worry, I won't let him put another hand on you, and if he does, he will regret it." Jack said promising to Rose that he would always keep her safe.

"I'll always feel safe as long as I'm with you." Rose said as she kissed Jack. "But Jack, what about my mother, we have to get in touch with her. How am I going to do this without Cal spotting me?" Rose said as tears began to form in her eyes. Rose was worried that Cal was going to harm her if she went back. "Jack, she's all I have left, we have to let her know that we are okay." Rose pleaded knowing that her mother and Cal had treated him badly on the Titanic. Rose was the only one who knew that her mother didn't really hate Jack.

"But Rose, you saw the way she looked at me at the first class dinner." Jack replied with a frown.

"She had a social status to keep Jack." Rose replied back. "She was the one that said I could do whatever I wanted," Rose said as she replayed that day on the Titanic in her head. "That was the day that you and I were standing at the end of the ship. It was the day you truly set me free. It was also the day when I threw Cal's engagement over the side of the ship and into the ocean." Rose said dreamily remembering the good moments on the Titanic. "Do I even have to mention the rest of the good moments on the Titanic?" Rose asked with a mischievous laugh.

"Oh you mean the time when we went to the stars in that Renault." Jack said with a laugh. "Wait up so you are trying to say that your mother didn't have an issue with you calling off your engagement with Cal?" Jack asked.

"No, she said it was completely up to me, and that she was sorry for forcing me to marry that horrible man." Rose said happily as she looked up. She noticed a familiar woman walking in the distance. She thought it might have been Molly Brown. "Hey Jack, is that Molly Brown over there?" Rose asked as she pointed in the direction that the woman was walking.

"Yes it is." Jack replied as he got a closer look at the woman.

"Maybe we can get her to give my mother the message that we are still alive and okay." Rose said thinking out loud. When she looked up she noticed that Molly Brown was walking towards them. Maybe they had a chance to get a message to Ruth without Cal noticing. Molly Brown then approaches the couple.

"Well, I see you both made it out of the ship alive." Molly said happily.

"Yes, we are safe and together again." Rose said happily.

"Your mother hasn't stopped crying since she saw the ship go down into the ocean. She thinks you went down with it Rose." Molly said in a serious tone.

"That's exactly what we wanted to talk to you about." Rose replied. "Tell mother she is in danger Cal is mad at both of us, mostly me though." Rose said with a frown.

"Cal came to this part of the ship looking for Rose. He treated her horribly, so she doesn't want to go back to him. She doesn't want to be his possession anymore." Jack said with a frown.

"He did horrible things to me Molly. I will spare you the details, but mother agreed to let me call off the engagement. That's why he's mad at her too." Rose said. "When you go back to the first class section of the ship, please tell my mother that we are okay and that we should meet up once the ship docks. Please tell her to escape Cal first, if he finds out we are alive it won't be pretty for any of us." Rose pleaded.

"Sure thing Rose." Molly said as she made her way back to the first class section of the ship to give Ruth the message.

"I'm so glad that she came over here." Rose said happily. "Mother is safe now." Rose said with a smile. "Can we go to where you lived as a child as our next destination." Rose asked.

"Yeah, that's a great idea. I'm sure my people would let you and your mother stay with us for the time being." Jack replied.

"Until we get a house of our own." Rose said dreamily thinking about the future. "Just being with you Jack, is a dream come true." Rose said.

"And just having you here beside me is a dream come true." Jack replied as he stole a kiss from his lover.