A promise so hard to keep
A promise so hard to keep.
Rose stepped of the ship, she turned and looked at the ship, she laughed manically, how bizarre she hadn't wanted to come to America, she hadn't wanted to go aboard Titanic, and she was she'd arrived in America starting a new life, and aboard the Carpathia, but she was different changed somehow, gone was the first class girl being forced through her life, and here on the dock was a shell of a woman, she was wearing her first class gown, but after the sinking and being in and out of icy water her gown had become dishevelled and shapeless, the mans jacket she wore smelt of salt and a little bit of jack, she felt her skin in the places he had last touched, her face devoid of emotion as she was trying to be back on the ship, to be with him.
The staff from the dock had roped of a area and had the daunting task of herding the passengers from titanic into the cordoned off area, Rose felt scared at the prospect as she was being practically dragged there, she kept her head down and listened to the speech, she looked out from the corner of her eyes, she froze she saw them, her mother was looking around her hair in disarray and Cal, well he was supporting her, both were crying, she let out a little chuckle, Cal crying my he must of loved her, the man that had been dragging her to this area looked at her, saw the first class gown, but saw the knotted hair and wondered if she was first class why was she such a mess.
Rose was left standing there, she kept her head trained on her feet she looked at her gorgeous shoes, ruined and she wondered if anyone could see that her heart was in very much the same state. Rose started walking, with no sense of where she was going to end up, she heard people sobbing and asking for names of a list, and she walked into someone, she looked up "Watch where you're going young lady." A well turned out man said
"Oh my, I am so sorry"
"Rose? Rose Dewitt Bukater" Rose froze at the mans mention of her old name. She saw a man pushing his way through the crowd as the man that had just blown her secret held onto her arm.
"No sorry you must be mistaken." Rose garbled trying to pull away
"Caledon, this is your Rose isn't it?" the unknown man was addressing the man that had just arrived out of the crowd.
"Why yes it is, Rose, Rose come here your mother and I so worried, I told you that I had another boat to get me to safety, come to your mother and I." he thanked the man and gave him some money and he hurried Rose to the car and told one of the stewards taking names that Rose Dewitt Bukater was safe."
Sitting in the car Rose took herself away she listened to the endless chatter of cal and her mother, both complaining of how they were going to write a letter of complaint to the white star line and the fact that they were claiming there money back for the belongings lost. Rose felt the tears streaming down her face silently, as she thought of jack.