A/N An interesting crossover combining both Titanic and The Great Gatsby. A sequel to A Fresh Start (contains spoilers).
All rights go to James Cameron for Jack, Rose and Fabrizio, and Baz Luhrmann (F. Scott Fitzgerald) for Jay Gatsby and Nick Carraway. This is more of a prologue, if anything, to get things going.
April 15, 1922
Ten years had passed since the sinking of the Titanic, as Jack Dawson wakes up. World War I vet, and Titanic survivor, he was content, with two children he was blessed, and a third was on the way. He had heard Caledon Hockley had remarried sometime during the war, while he was in a bar before the Prohibition began. He heard the front door being knocked. Jack carefully walks down the stairs, hopeful he doesn't kick over his table. He opened his door, just as the delivery truck drove off to deliver mail and other packages to homes in Chippewa Falls. Jack looked down, to see a lone envelope on his porch. He picked it up, and turned it over. It had no return address, just his name and address was on the front, and postage, nothing more. He had hoped Jesse would write sometime, especially since his near death on the battlefield in France nearly four years prior, and had hoped Jesse didn't die from his injuries. Jack ripped the envelope, and a paper fell out. He picked the paper, and read the contents quietly. It turned out this was from a long-lost relative he had barely even heard of, much less known. Rose came down the stairs, after hearing a slight commotion, and had thought Tommy and James were at it again, both of whom were only born a year apart.
"What is it, honey?" Rose asked, after giving Jack a good-morning kiss.
"I just got a letter. From my long-lost cousin. This is a strange coincidence." Jack ran both his hands through his hair. "He invited both of us, and our children, to go to New York. He's throwing these extravagant parties every weekend, in the hopes to find Daisy, and he wants us to help him find her."
"Oh, Jack. Let's go. This is your family you've never met. I knew you're truly not alone on this earth. Please, Jack. Let's go and meet your cousin." Before Rose could lean in to kiss her husband, their rambunctious boys ran down the stairs. Tommy pushes James down the stairs, nearly making him lose his balance and fall.
"Tommy. Be nice to your brother." Rose scolded her eldest.
"He started it!" Tommy points to his younger brother, then crossed his arms. He stuck his tongue out to his brother.
"He ate my hamburger last night." James shot back.
"Boys. Boys! Enough! Now go wash up and get ready for school. Your nana will be here to look after you when you boys come back from school." Their father broke the two up, before a fight could ensue.
"But she's mean! And she won't let us stay up past 7." James complained.
"I know, I know. But it's for the good of you boys. Now, be fair to her, and I'm sure things will go right for you two. Now, off, you two." Jack gave a gentle shove to Tommy, and ran after his brother up the stairs, with Jack following behind.
Rose looked at her oldest, as he was already beginning to look a lot like his father. Rose gave forth two beautiful sons, James came into this world in September of 1914, while Tommy was in January of 1913, and she was soon expecting her third child. Soon, Jack came downstairs, who slid down the handle to meet Rose. He wrapped his arms around her, then carefully rubbed Rose's baby bump, before gently kissed her.
"Okay, let's do it."
A/N Sorry if this was short. Let me know what you think.
