A/N: WOW! Thank you to EVERYONE for all the reviews, I'm glad you all like the story, keep reviewing, it gets better—sadder for someone in this story…not saying who….lol
Theme Song: "Moonlight Sonata" ~ Beethoven
Rose sat beside Jack, talking to him, hoping he was hearing her.
Rose: (low tearful voice) Ya know, I left a note at Cal and Cecily's before the doctor and I brought you here. I hope they get it and come to the hospital. I could use some support right now. I—I got scared when the doctor said you were sick so—(stops and looks down and tries to keep from breaking into tears) (laughs as she wipes tears away) its funny we haven't heard or seen from Cal and Cecily in days. Knowing him, he's probably taken her off to Europe or some place- (looks seriously at Jack and kisses him on the forehead) Anyway, please get better Jack, please.
Theme Song: "A Promise Kept" ~ Titanic Soundtrack
In Jack's Mental traveling:
Jack looked at Andrews with a frown.
Jack: What do you mean, take the place of the one the light is meant for? Do you mean Rose?
Andrews's smile faded into a sad expression.
Andrews: Its not for me to say right now, young Jack, you'll see, but you must decide what you must do in a short while. Either you'll go into the light to save someone else or you'll return back to life and let that person replace you in the light.
Jack looked down with a frown. He didn't quite understand what Andrews was saying but he did know he didn't want to leave Rose and the child they were having together. She and their unborn child needed him and he needed them.
Theme Song: "The Gift" ~ Christophe Beck
Rose kissed Jack on the lips softly and walked out the room, she needed some coffee, something to help her stay sane and awake during this horrible time. As she walked down the hall and passed so many people, lying in beds—coughing, gagging—suffering from the horrible symptoms of the Spanish Flu, she passed one room and stopped and looked in the room as she recognized who was in there. It was Cal—lying in a bed—unconscious—looking exactly like Jack did—weak, pale—wrapped with the illness of the Spanish flu. However, Cecily wasn't with him—only the six year old daughter, Cal and Cecily had together—Natalia. Natalia was sitting next to Cal's bed in a chair, as she held his hand, her small, brown teddy bear sitting in her lap. Rose walked into the room and kneeled down beside Natalia and touched her shoulder and looked confused.
Rose: Natalia, sweetie, where's Cecily? What happened to Cal?
Natalia looked at Rose with tearful eyes and a sad expression.
Natalia: {tearful child voice} Mommy died yesterday.
Rose's eyes widened with shock.
Rose: Wha—what? How?
Natalia: (tearful child voice} Mommy had the flu, she died and now—now papa has the flu too!
Natalia lays her head on Cal's leg and breaks into tears. Rose looks shocked as tears cloud her eyes. Rose picks a crying Natalia up in her arms and sits down in the chair with Natalia on her lap and hugs her as tears stream from Rose's eyes. Rose pats Natalia on the back softly, trying to console her.
Rose: {tearful voice} Shh, don't cry, sweetie, its ok, alright? It's—it's going to be alright.
Natalia: (between tears} Please don't let papa die! I can't lose papa too!
Rose: (tearful voice) Shh, shh, sweetie, he won't die, I promise, alright? Ok?
Natalia nods her head and rests her head on Rose's shoulder and Rose pushed Natalia back from her slightly.
Rose: (tearful voice) I tell you what, how about we go get you some hot chocolate? It would help you, help daddy by keeping your strength up, alright?
Natalia nods and Rose puts Natalia down on the floor and takes her hand and walks with her out the hospital room. They walk down the hall, as a million thoughts flood through Rose's mind. Now she knew why she and Jack hadn't seen Cal and Cecily in days, because they were both battling this deadly flu. How long had Cal and Cecily been at the hospital? Rose wondered. When Rose saw the doctor talking to one of the nurses in the hallway, the doctor and the nurses were in white biohazard suits, she stopped and tapped him on the shoulder and quickly wiped tears away. The doctor turned and looked at her.
Rose: Um, doctor, Mr. Caledon Hockley and his wife, Cecily, when did they arrive at the hospital with flu symptoms, do you know?
The doctor looked at Rose with an eyebrow raised.
Doctor: Do you know them, Mrs. Dawson?
Rose: (nods as her eyes filled with light tears) They are good friends of ours.
Doctor: Well they arrived last Monday, Cal was fine at first, showing no symptoms, but his wife Cecily was very sick with the flu, then Cal began to get sick with the symptoms Friday and we tried to do everything we could but yesterday, Cecily succumbed to her symptoms. It was such a tragedy for them both.
Rose looked down at Natalia who clutched her small teddy bear tighter in her arms and looked down at the floor in sadness. Rose tried her best to hold back tears for Natalia's sake.
Rose: FINE—Um-um—does—does Cal know that Cecily's gone?
Doctor: (shakes his head and looks with sadness) Yes, he was—(stops and lets out a breath) horribly devastated by it, we had to give him a sedative to control his emotions when he found out.
Rose looked away from the doctor and nodded as tears streamed.
Rose: (tearful low voice) Thank you doctor for the information.
Rose and Natalia walked away quickly and went inside the cafeteria. Rose ordered a black coffee for her and a hot chocolate for Natalia and they sat down at a table in the cafeteria. Rose watched as Natalia held her teddy bear to her tightly.
Rose: Did daddy give you that teddy?
Natalia: (child voice) Yes, papa gave it to me for my fifth birthday, he said was small and precious just like me. (smiles) I love papa.
Rose smiled faintly as tears filled her eyes. Rose touched the side of Natalia's face gently.
Rose: I know you do, sweetheart.
Theme Song: "Walking On Broken Glass" ~ Annie Lennox
Cal's Unconscious Mental dream:
Despite Cal lying unconscious in a bed, wrapped with the deadly flu virus, his mind had traveled back to:
~flashback~
~November 1917~
Cal and Jack were at Cal's house, Cal and Jack had said they'd cook Thanksgiving dinner for Cecily and Rose and a five year old Natalia. It was all Rose's idea. Cal was cooking the mashed potatoes and Jack was cooking the sweet potatoes, half of most of the dishes were already cooked but Cal—over did it and cooked more than what any of them needed.
Cal: (looks at Jack adding sugar into the sweet potatoes that were in a huge white bowl. Cal laughs) Dawson, you DON'T add sugar in the sweet potatoes until AFTER they're ready and cooked. I thought you'd at least know about cooking with you being from third class and all. (shakes his head and smirks)
Jack: (smiles) Hey, I KNOW how to cook, I'm not the one who cooks food that tastes like watered down coal—from what Cecily says. (laughs)
Cal: Oh Cecily told you that? What does she know about REAL cooking? Rose cooked better than her.
Jack: (laughs) Like you let Rose cook ANYTHING when she was with you.
Cal: (looks guilty knowing Jack was right) HEY Dawson! I did—at—times—sort of.
Cal and Jack laughed and Cal stopped and looked at Jack and threw a big lump of mashed potatoes his way and it landed in his hair. Cal laughed heartily.
Jack looked up at Cal and smiled.
Jack: NO you didn't.
Cal: (smirks) What's the matter, Dawson? Afraid the potatoes will get lost in those blond strands you call hair? (laughs)
Jack laughs and nods.
Jack: Alright, you want to play it that way.
Jack took a big lump of his sweet potatoes and threw it in Cal's direction, and Cal laughed and this started a big food fight between the two with them throwing whatever food was in their eye sights, at each other and them laughing during it all. Rose walked in the kitchen hearing the loud laughter and food being thrown everywhere. She looked with wide eyes at them throwing food back at each other and laughing with surprise.
Rose: Cecily fell asleep in the living room so I thought—(stops and raises an eyebrow) WHAT are you two doing?
Jack and Cal stopped and looked at Rose, both of them (Jack and Cal) covered in thrown food. Jack laughs and throws some food at Rose, hitting her in the face. Cal and Jack laughs.
Cal: Good throw, Dawson, I'm impressed. (laughs)
Jack: Yeah I know right?
Cal and Jack exchanged handshakes. Rose looked shocked and gasped loudly.
Rose: Jack!
Cal and Jack laughed and Rose picked up an apple pie that was sitting on a table nearby and threw it at Jack and Jack laughed loudly and the food fight continued with now all three of them—laughing at it all…
~End of Flashback~
Theme Song: "The Gift" ~ Christophe Beck
Rose had sat with Natalia in the waiting room of the hospital. She didn't want to go back in the room with neither Jack nor Cal with Natalia. Both rooms were enough to make Rose break down emotionally and permanently. However, when Natalia fell asleep in Rose's arms, Rose left Natalia there to go to Cal's room to see if he was up. She wanted to hear more about what happened with Cecily. She took the biohazard suit and put it on and walked to Cal's room. When she walked to Cal's room, she saw he was awake—sitting up and looking down at his hands in some sort of depressed thought.
Rose walked in the room and Cal looked at her with an eyebrow raised, his eyes red from suffering from the flu, his skin still weak and pale.
Cal: (low voice) Rose, what are you doing here? How did you know we were here? Where's Natalia? Did the doctor take her?
Rose: (low voice) Um, no she's sleeping in the waiting room and um—Jack—he contracted this flu virus, he—(tearful voice) he's sick—severely sick, Cal. He's in a room down the hall.
Cal: I see they have you in one of those god-awful biohazard suits. I suppose its for the best, this virus is painful, Rose.
Cal looked away from Rose with a sad expression and he shook his head slowly.
Rose: I—I guess. I heard about—about Cecily.
Cal swallowed hard as tears filled his eyes.
Cal: (low tearful voice) Cecily….my sweet Cecily. (covers his face with his hands and talks between severe tears) She's gone, Rose.
Rose sits in front of him on the bed and hugs him as he cries loudly. She could feel his emotion generating through her.
Rose: (tearful voice) I know, I'm so sorry Cal.
Cal lightly pushed her away and forced himself to stop crying and wiped his tears away with his trembling hand.
Cal: (tearful voice) Natalia was so heartbroken and—and—(stops and starts coughing severely)
Rose looked at him with a frown as he continued coughing—not stopping at all, each time, the coughing getting worse and worse. Rose got up and walked over to a small table in the room and poured some water in a glass and walked over to him and gave it to him. He grabbed the glass with his trembling hand and took some sips of it and it only made him cough up even more, spitting up small bits of the water. He took more sips and finally stopped coughing.
Cal: (weak hoarse voice) My—my lungs hurt, Rose. They—they feel inflamed. My eyes, my body—(stops and sighs and Rose could hear severe wheezing coming from inside his chest) I'm going to die just like Cecily, Rose, I know it.
Rose: Cal—NO! Don't say that. Neither you nor Jack are dying! (tearful voice) You two are going to make it through this ok? I—I promise.
Cal nodded and lied back further in his bed as tears streamed from his eyes.
Cal: (tearful voice) Why did God take Cecily from me, Rose? Why? (breaks into tears again and Rose hugged him)
Rose: (tearful voice) I—I don't know, Cal. I don't know Cal.
As Rose lied her head on Cal's chest, she didn't realize Cal had slipped back into unconsciousness again…..
Theme Song: "Best Friend" ~ Brandy
Jack's Mental State
Jack lied in the hospital room, still unconscious from the deadly flu virus, but elsewhere his mind went back to:
May 1918:
~Flashback~
Jack and Rose and Cal and Cecily were sitting in the living room of Jack and Rose's house one night, talking over coffee. Jack and Rose were discussing all of them taking a cruise on a ship that was coming into New York in a few weeks.
Jack: I think it would be a great idea, we need some vacation time since I'm doing good with my drawings, Rose is a month away from being cast in a Broadway play, Cal you're doing good with your business here in New York, Cecily—(Cal cuts in)
Cal: (laughs) Dawson, no. I REFUSE to get back on another ship. No, the Titanic was enough.
Rose and Cecily laugh.
Rose: Aww, Cal is scared! (Cecily and Jack and Rose laugh)
Cal: I am NOT! (smiles and takes a sip of his coffee) I just know when luck will run out and if we all get on another ship, I can assure you, our good luck will NOT be with us this time. No, you and Dawson should go though. It would give Cecily and I some quiet time away from you two annoyances. (laughs)
Cecily: Oh Cal, be nice.
Jack: (smiles) No, I know Cal, he knows he loves us, so stop trying to hide it with your rudeness, Cal. (Rose and Cecily laughs)
Cal: (smiles) Well, yes, sometimes, I do, other times—you two are pains in the asses.
Cecily: Oh and like you're a picnic? (Cecily and Rose and Jack laugh)
Cal: Oh hey, I—(Cal is cut off by Natalia walking out of a bedroom in her sleeper, with her teddy bear in hand, half asleep)
Natalia: (child voice) Papa, Jack, Rose, mommy, I can't sleep, you all are too loud. Now shut up or I'll throw my teddy bear at you all, do I make myself clear!
Natalia stomps back in the room and slams her door shut. Cal frowns and scoffed and shook his head.
Cal: That kid's attitude and temper—Jesus.
Jack: (smiles) What? That kid has YOUR attitude and temper, Cal. (Jack and Cecily and Rose laugh)
Cal: (smiles) What? Please, I don't have an attitude or a temper.
Rose: (raises an eyebrow) You don't? (laughs)
Cal: (smiles) Well—Ok—a LITTLE temper but—(Cal is cut off by Jack and Rose and Cecily laughing loudly)
Jack switches in his mental flashback to:
Theme Song: "Only Hope" ~ Mandy Moore
February 1918:
Rose had came home early that Thursday, it was Valentine's day and she walked in the house, only to see roses and candy sitting on the living room table, the floor sprinkled with rose petals, candles lit everywhere. She picked up the roses and smiled. She smelled them and read the card that was attached, it read:
"Love is patient, love is kind.
It does not envy, it does not boast,
it is not proud.
It is not rude, it is not self-seeking,
it is not easily angered,
it keeps no record of wrongs.
Love does not delight in evil
but rejoices with the truth.
It always protects, always trusts,
always hopes, always perseveres.
Love never fails.
You remind me of such beautiful love every time I see you, Rose.
Love, Jack"
Rose pressed the card to her heart as tears filled her eyes. She smelled the scent of sweet cologne behind her. She turned around and saw Jack standing behind her in a tux—looking the same way he did when she saw him in a tux for the first time at dinner on the Titanic. She smiled.
Jack: (took her hand into his and kissed her hand and smiled) That's the second time I did that and I STILL love doing it.
Jack and Rose laugh.
Jack pulled Rose into his arms and wrapped his arms around her and smiled and kissed her on the lips.
Jack: Happy Valentine's day, Mrs. Dawson.
Rose smiled and hugged him.
Rose: And you wonder why I love you. I can't believe you did all this for me.
Jack pushed her away lightly and smiled.
Jack: Of course I did. I love you, Rose. That's why—(he stopped and got on one knee and pulled a black, small velvet box out of his pocket and opened it.)
Inside was a small but sparkling diamond. Rose looked at it and smiled and gasped.
Rose: (tearful voice) Jack!
Jack: Rose Dawson, my life changed the day I first saw you on the R.M.S. Titanic. I knew from that moment on, my life would never be the same. You are my motivation for life and I'd be the LUCKIEST man in the world if you did me the honor of marrying you.
Rose felt tears streaming, she broke into light tears and nodded as she covered her mouth with her hand and gasped.
Rose: (between tears) Yes Jack, I—I'll marry you.
Jack smiled.
Jack: You will?
Rose nodded through tears. Jack took the ring out the box and put it on her finger and stood up and hugged her and he laughed happily.
Jack: (smiles) Oh, I'm so happy Rose, I love you.
Rose: (kissed him repeatedly & said through tears) I love you too Jack—forever…
~end of flashback~
Theme Song: "The Gift" ~ Christophe Beck
Jack's Mental State:
Jack looked up at Andrews and frowned and walked into the white light and disappeared into it. The white light took him to a endless green valley, with endless beautiful green grass and a beautiful blue sky and a bright sun. It was SPECTACULAR there. Jack looked all around him as he saw the light disappear from behind him. Jack frowned.
Jack: Mr. Andrews! Mr. Andrews, where are you!
Jack looks all around him even more and frowns even more.
Jack: Am—am I dead! Mr. Andrews!
Suddenly Jack heard a voice from afar off, but he saw no one. The voice was of Andrews.
Andrews: No Jack, you're in transition of where you could be, should you decide not to return to Earth…this is your future. Review your future so it can help you make your decision.
Jack raised an eyebrow and looked even more confused.
Jack: Death—heaven, is this what this is?
~End of Flashback~
As Rose was walking back to Jack's room, she saw several doctors rushing past her in the direction of Jack's room. She frowned with worry. Where were the doctors headed? Rose walked with faster speed to Jack's room and went in. She saw doctors were saying that Jack was dead, and she saw that doctors were working on him. Rose gasped with shock as tears filled her eyes. She ran over to Jack's bed but a doctor held her back.
Rose: (between severe tears) No! That's my husband! Let me go to him! He's dying! Jack! Jack!
The doctors held her back as she fell to the floor in severe tears and while the other doctors were continuously working to revive Jack.
Rose: (between severe tears) Jack! Jack!
Rose cried loudly as the doctor who was holding her back, hugged her in his arms….Rose was overcome with uncontrollable emotion. She couldn't lose Jack—not the way Cal lost Cecily, no, not now….She cried loudly outwardly but was inwardly praying that God would touch Jack and revive him—for her—for their unborn child…
TO BE CONTINUED…
Later this week, I promise!
