Okay! One-Shot number 3! Yay! Hope you're enjoying these so far! Please review because reviews make me happy:)! And remeber, if you have any ideas for one-shots, please, just tell me and I shall see what I can do! So, here goes one-shot numerio 3!
I was sitting in the sand, letting the waves crash over my feet, feeling the sun beat down on me, listening to the waves break right before me, as I stared off into the vast ocean; it's amazing how something so wonderful and vast and endless can also be something so horrible… something that takes thousands of innocent lives away.
"You're not good at hiding them." An all too familiar voice whispered in my ear. I turned around excepting to see Jack standing there behind me, but no one was there. I thought I was just hearing things until I heard it again. "I can see them perfectly."
"Hiding what? What can you see perfectly?" I asked staring out at the ocean.
"Your scars." I whipped my head back to see Jack standing there in front of me, he held out his hand and I pulled myself up.
"What scars?"
"Rose, you have none visible but they're there. I can see them. They've been there ever since I died. You try to hide them but you can't and each day those scars get bigger and one day Rose, those scars are gonna take over." He took a pause so he that we were staring into each other's eyes, "Look, I'm not saying I want you to forget me, and let go of my promise, what I'm saying is that you have to get over my lost, you have to move on. I can't bear to see you covered in scars on the inside. You need to let those scars heal by moving on."
"Jack I, I can't. I can't move on because to me, moving on is letting go. And I don't want to let go of you! You saved me, thought me how to be free, how to live my life, to actually trust someone! And I don't want to let go. I don't want to let go because I love you too much to let go!" I cried feeling tears stream down my face.
"Rose. Moving on is not letting go, its being able to go on with your life and stop mourning me every day. Please. I can't go another day watching you like this. Please. Do it for me." I stayed silent, I didn't want to move on, I'm not ready to. "Rose?"
"Jack, I-I, I don't know….will I ever see you again?" I asked in a whisper with tears sliding down my face.
"I… No."
"Oh." I said feeling my heart break, "Then this is goodbye. Until we met in heaven; right?"
"If you chose to come back to me. Yes." He said as he wiped a tear away from my cheek.
"Then I guess I'll see you then." I say, giving him a weak smile; I don't want to live another day without him.
"I guess so," he says, returning the smile, "I love you Rose." he said leaning in and kissing me passionately. "Goodbye."
"I love you."
He gives me another kiss before he backs away from me, "Wait! Jack, how is this possible?"
"What? You seeing and hearing me?" I nod, "Well, I'm your guardian angel; I'll be watching you your whole life, you won't see or feel me, but you will be able to hear me at times."
"What times?"
"Times when you feel like giving up and times when I think you need help and comfort. See, since I saved you and we're soul mates, I became your guardian angel, so because of that, I got one chance for you to see and feel me." He said as he rubbed his hand across my cheek.
"Wh-why did you choose now?"
"Because, your scars were getting bigger and they needed to stop growing and start healing. ….And I also get a glimpse at your death and I couldn't let it happen." He said trailing off at the last sentence.
"What, what was it?" I asked as I watch tears fall down his cheeks.
"You, uh, you got tired of living and, you, well you, you jumped off the pier. See, you were walking and you saw an artist drawing his wife and kids and you just snapped, you broke down and started crying, you were screaming my name, then you just ran for the pier. Before you jumped you said that you were sorry for breaking your promise to me but you couldn't go on without me. I couldn't let that happen, so I came here now because it was supposed to happen, well, tomorrow."
"But, I want it to happen." I said, breaking the silence. He just stared at me with a blank expression, "I know I told you I would go on without you and have kids and watch them grow but I don't want to go on without you, I want to have kids with you and watch them grow with you and grow old with you. I know you came here to help me and you did but, but seeing you in front of me, seeing your beautiful face, your hair fall in front of your piercing blue eyes, being in your strong arms and being able to hold your artist hands in mine , it makes me want to be with you forever. And I want forever to start now. I don't want to live another day, no, another minute without you Jack, the past year has been hard enough without you, let alone another seventy or eighty odd years! Jack, I just can't." I say with tears flowing down my cheeks like a waterfall.
"Rose, I, I." he says before looking into my eyes, "I honestly want forever to start now too, but I also want you to go on and live your life. You're only 18-"
"And you were only 20 Jack." I say staring into his eyes that were glistening with unshed tears, "Now. I'm going to jump off the pier now. It's your choice whether I'm in your arms when I go, or if I'm alone." I say before I start running towards the pier. I get to the edge of the pier and turn around to see Jack standing behind me. He wraps his arms around me and whispers in my ear, "Since I can't stop you I'll guess you'll die in my arms." I look back at him smiling, I know this isn't what he wants me to do but he knows this is what I'm going to do.
"Thank you." I say kissing him, "Don't let go of me."
"I won't, I promise. Are you sure?"
"Yes. I know this isn't what you want, but it's what I want. But, you won't hate me for doing this, will you?"
"Rose, I could never hate you. Yes, I wish you would go on and live a long life, but if this is what you want, I can't stop you. As your guardian angel, I was told that if you decided to do this then I have to let you. I have to let you do what you wish to do with your life. But if you want to back out just kick for the surface and keep kicking. We're going jump in on the count of three. I love you."
"I love you too." I say kissing him one last time.
"Okay, one, two, thr-"
"Wait Jack!" I scream before we jump in.
"What is it? Do you want to back out?"
"No, it's just, I'm sorry. I don't want you to hate me for doing this but it feels like I need to do this."
"Rose, I could never hate you. And I know if you want to do something, you're gonna do it, you got that fire inside you." He says with a laugh, "So, are you ready now Rosebud?" I chuckle at his nickname for me before nodding. "Okay, here we go. One, two, three!"
We jump in the water, I let myself sink down, I'm not going to struggle; I know this is what I want. Jack has his arms wrapped around me holding me as close as possible. I open my eyes one last time to see Jack smiling at me, I know it's a sad smile, but I can tell that he wants this too, it's just he would never admit it, then my eyes shut. Forever.
My eyes open and I see that I'm going back to Titanic. I look over and see Jack holding my hand. I'm wearing a white dress that I've never seen before but I like it, it reminds me of a wedding dress; Jack is wearing the clothes he wore the day we meet, and he has the biggest grin possible. We get closer and closer to the ship, it feels as though we're flying across the water; we then enter one of the many hallways. As we continue, the ship is coming back to life with every step, it's not in a horrible shape but it's not the same as it was before either, but it is pretty beaten up and there's some moss on this sides. We finally come to a door with a steward, he opens the door and we step inside, we're in The Grand Staircase, I see all of the people that died that night; Tommy, JJ, Trudy, The band with their instruments, Cora waving at us with her parents, Fabrizio with Helga holding on to him, Murdoch, and at the bottom of the stairs, I see Mr. Andrews. He nods at us and we walk up the stairs. When we finally stop at the top, I notice the time on the clock is 2:20, the same time when "The Ship of Dreams" sank beneath the waves. We face each other, I smile before I lean in for the most passionate kiss we've ever had and everyone starts clapping. We finally break away after what seems like forever. "So much for dying an old lady warm in her bed." Jack says laughing.
"Oh stop it! How old was I supposed to be anyway?"
"Uh, a hundred. Why?"
"Because think of it this way, our forever has an extra..." I pause to do the math in my head, "eighty-three years." I say before I lean in and kiss him again. "And don't act like you don't want this."
"I never said that." He said with a laugh. "We can do anything we want now, go anywhere we want. This is heaven after all, badness doesn't exist here. There's no limits."
"The stars sound like a great place to start." I whisper in his ear.
"Then let's go."