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Rose didn't wake up till late the next day, swaddled in blankets and layers. She squinted gently as she looked round the infirmary of the Carpathia, a young nurse was beside her, checking over the patient in the bed next to hers. Rose only had one thought on her mind, where was her beloved Jack? Last thing she heard was that it wasn't good news for him when they were rescued. Rose looked towards the nurse and blinked a little to get used to the light.

"E-excuse me?" She squeaked out lightly, not used to using her own voice again. Rose cleared her throat a little before trying to get the nurse's attention. "Excuse me?" She asked again, her voice sounding even stronger this time. It was strong enough and loud enough for the nurse to hear her and turn to Rose.

"Are you okay?" The nurse asked Rose as she adjusted her blankets gently before quickly getting a bowl of hot soup for Rose to drink to regain her strength before they get to New York.

"M-my…" Rose began, what was Jack to her? Friend? Boyfriend? Rose knew for certain that she wanted to spend the rest of her life with him and she needed to see him immediately. "My husband, I need to see him, we were rescued together." Rose said quickly when the nurse passes the bowl to her gently.

"He is in safe hands, I wouldn't worry about that for now, we need to get you better first…" The nurse tries to say and calm Rose down.

"No, you don't understand, I need to be with him, please…" Rose begs as tears begin to well up in her eyes, she just needed to see her Jack in the flesh. She looked up at the nurse, tears threatening to fall from her eyes. The nurse sighs softly and nods lightly before going to find a doctor to help her move Rose over to Jack's bed, just to appease the redhead.

Once Rose was sat in a chair next to Jack's bed she let the tears in her eyes finally fall. She took his hand which was still cold but warmer than it was when they were waiting to be rescued. She let the nurse wrap a thick blanket round her shoulders as she held Jack's hand tightly. She was just so relieved that he was still alive, that he was still with her. The steady rising of his chest showed this to her.

She stayed sat with him for hours, refusing to move at all while she waited for him to wake up. She kept drinking the hot drinks and the soup that the nurses brought to her to keep her strength up.

About 4 hours into waiting for Jack to wake up a crew member with a clipboard walked over to Jack's bed, Rose slowly looked up at him from Jack's peaceful face. The crew member smiles politely, with a hint of sadness in his eyes for the tragedy that has befallen the survivors on this ship. Rose shows him a weak smile as he holds the clipboard up. "Names please." He says quietly, to ensure that it was still calm in the infirmary for the patients.

Rose looked at him then at Jack quickly, she couldn't say that she was Rose DeWitt Bukater anymore, that way Cal and her mother would be able to easily find her once they docked at New York. Rose DeWitt Bukater died when the ship sank, and she knew exactly what to say when she opened her mouth to answer the crew member. "Dawson, Jack and Rose Dawson."

The crew member wrote down their names quickly before walking away to the next survivor as Rose raised Jack's hand to her lips and pressed a kiss to his knuckles. "Please wake up Jack, I need you to live." Rose whispers before moving a lock of hair that had fallen into his eyes.

A few moments later after doing this, Jack squeezed her hand gently and slowly began to open his eyes. "R-rose…" He mumbles with a fragile voice. She smiles at him weakly and presses another kiss to his knuckles.

"You're still with me…" Rose whispers as tears threaten to fall from her eyes again as Jack watched her, squeezing her hand lightly.

"Of course, I am, I was never going to leave you…" Jack says, more awake now as the nurse walks over with a bowl of soup for Jack so he can regain his strength before they get to the port in New York. "How long have I been asleep?" Jack asks and looks at Rose as she helps him sip at the warm liquid.

"All day sweetie…" Rose says and strokes his cheek carefully. She smiles at him gently as he looks back at her, slowly reaching over and wiping away her tears softly. "They didn't think that you were going to make it…" She says and sniffs gently, still taking in Jack's features. His healthy glow slowly returning to him the more he warmed up and drank the hot drinks the nurses kept bringing to them. Rose continued to hold her lover's hand as they sat together in the infirmary, just marvelling at the fact that Jack and she were still together and going to leave the ship together when they dock in New York.

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