Chapter 4

Rose decided to let Cora sleep for awhile before waking her up for dinner, so she carried her to Cora's bedroom and laid her on her bed. She put the twins on a couch in the living room so they could sit and play with their dolls. Rose sat down on a chair and watched her 5 month old daughters play for a bit and then decided to read. She was just started to read a book when she heard a knock on the door. She got up to answer and saw someone she hoped she wouldn't have to see again.

Rose was speechless when she opened the door. Finally, she choked out, "Mother?"

"Rose! Oh, how I have missed you!"

"What do you care Mother? You got your wish! Jack died on Titanic! Oh, and just so you know, he died saving me. But he is still dead Mother. Dead! So why can't you just leave me alone to be free and live my life?", Rose yelled at her mother, letting tears fall down her face.

"Rose, I'm so sorry. I am sorry for making you get engaged to Cal and making your life miserable. I was only thinking about how rich we could be. I am sorry for not letting you be with Jack. I am sorry he died and I really wish he could be with you. I finally can see why you love him"

Rose went up and hugged her mother so tight that she couldn't breathe. "Mother, even though you made my life miserable, you are still my mother, and I love you. I forgive you, but why can you see that I love him now?"

"I finally realized that he saved you from that first class life that you hated and let you be free. He gave you love, and Cal could never give you that"

"Mother, thank you for letting my live the way I want to now, even though Jack is gone. I love you Mother, but why can you finally see that Cal can't give me love?"

"He beat up his wife last week and is in jail in New York City"

"Oh, I see"

"Rose, you are my only daughter, and after I thought you had died, it made me realize how much I really do love you", Ruth paused before getting to the question she had to ask about, "But I have to ask, why were you carrying a little girl the other day?"

"That's Cora. Jack met her aboard the ship and introduced me to her at the steerage party. Her dad put her in a lifeboat, but he didn't survive the sinking, and her mother died after she was born, so I took her in. I found her when she was trying to escape an orphanage and adopted her. She is six years old"

"Oh how sweet. I would love to meet my granddaughter. Where is she?"

"She's asleep, but I can show you my apartment if you'd like"

"I'd love to"

Rose showed her mother the kitchen, dining room, balcony, her bedroom and bathroom, Cora's room, the guest room and the other bathroom. She never showed her the twin's room or the living room because the twins were in the living room and her mother didn't know she had other kids. As if on cue, a loud cry came from the living room.

"What's that?", Ruth asked her daughter.

"Come on Mother. I will show you." Rose led her mother to the living room to see the two twins on the couch. Jacqueline was playing with a rag doll and Josephine was crying. Rose picked Josephine up and she stopped crying.

"Did you find someone else?" Ruth asked, confused.

"No Mother", Rose paused knowing that her mother would never expect her to get pregnant with Jack's kids, "These are Jack's daughters. Now before you say anything, I knew it would be hard to have three kids, but I had to keep them. It's all I had left of Jack. This is Josephine and that's Jacqueline. They were born on January 16 and are now five months old."

Her mother was surprised, but not upset at all. "You really loved him didn't you?"

Rose nodded and started crying on her mother's shoulder.

"I'm so sorry I tried to prevent you from being with him"

"It's okay. That was the past. I just wish Jack was here to know that you accept him"

"Rose, he watches over you and his daughters everyday. He will always watch over you. Always"

"Thank you Mother. For changing and for being here for me now"

"You're welcome. I love you, Rose"

"I love you too, Mom"

"You haven't called me that in years"

"That's because I never realized that you could really be my mother", Rose whispered and the two embraced each other and were interrupted when Cora came out of her bedroom, still in her blue dress, with her hair everywhere and rubbing her eyes.

"Mummy? Who's that?"

"Cora, this is your grandmother Ruth"

"Hi, Grandma!" Cora said sweetly and she ran up to hug Ruth.

"Hello, Cora. It's so good to meet you"

"Mom, would you like to stay for dinner? I was going to make some pasta", Rose asked Ruth, picking up Jacqueline and Josephine from the couch and balancing them in her two arms.

"I would love to"

Later, the five were at the dinner table. Rose, Cora, and Ruth were all eating pasta, but Jackie and Josephine were just sucking on their bottles of milk in their highchairs. After dinner, Ruth went back to her apartment, which was on the second floor. Then there was a knock on the door and Rose got up to answer it. She saw a woman about her age with blonde, straight hair and an emerald green dress with a little girl about Cora's age with blonde, wavy hair and a light pink dress with ruffles on it.

"Hello. We just moved into the apartment across the hall. My name is Lillian Carlton and this is my six year old daughter, Elizabeth and my three year old son, Thomas."

"Well it's very nice to meet you. My name is Rose Dawson and I have a six year old daughter too and 5 month old twins. Hold on for a moment" Rose ran to the kitchen and got Jacqueline and Josephine and called Cora from the living room. She went back to the door with her three daughters. "These are my babies Jacqueline and Josephine and my daughter Cora. Cora, why don't you two girls go play in your room"

"Ok mummy!"

Cora and Elizabeth walked to the living room and played with dolls and talked.

"What's your name? My name is Cora"

"My name is Elizabeth"

"That's my middle name!"

"Wow! My middle name is Samantha because my daddy's name was Sam. He died when I was three, right before my little brother was born. He was shot by a guy who tried to take my mommy from our house. I miss my daddy a whole lot and I wish he were here."

"My daddy died too. His name was Jack and he died about a year ago, before my sisters were born, on a big ship", Cora explained, not saying that Rose adopted her and Jack wasn't her real father because she didn't want to go into huge detail and get Elizabeth all confused, "My mummy and I were on it too, but we both were in the little boats but my daddy froze in the water. He could draw really pretty pictures and he drew pictures of me. He even let my draw pictures in his sketchbook and he taught me how to draw. He's gone now and I miss him everyday, but Mummy says he looks over us and makes sure we are safe. Mummy even says that I can draw like him. Do you wanna draw?"

"Okay", Elizabeth agreed but then paused before asking a question that came to her mind, "Wait….were you on Titanic?"

Cora looked down at the floor before talking, "Yeah. That's the ship we were on. The ship my daddy died on"

"My mommy told me about that", Elizabeth said, before changing the subject so Cora wouldn't get too sad, "Let's go get some paper and pencils so we can draw"

Meanwhile, Rose and Lillian were talking. They told each other about their lives and how their husbands died. Rose even told Lillian the whole Titanic story and how she adopted Cora. They both became very good friends. They talked for awhile until Cora and Elizabeth came into the room.

"Mummy, can Elizabeth spend the night? Pleeease?"

"I don't see why not, as long is it's okay with her mother"

"It's fine with me. I need to get Thomas home before he gets cranky. I can pick her up tomorrow around 10 if that's okay with you"

"It's fine. Goodbye, Lillian, it was nice meeting you"

"Goodbye. It was nice meeting you too. I hope we become the best of friends"

"I couldn't agree more. I will see you tomorrow at 10"

"Okay"

With that, Lillian and her three year old son left Rose's apartment.

"Okay girls, you can sleep in the living room, guestroom, or in Cora's room, whichever you choose. Elizabeth, you can borrow one of Cora's nightgowns to wear to bed"

"Ok Mrs. Dawson", Elizabeth said.

"Oh, sweetie you can call me Rose. I will be in the bathroom, giving the twin's their bath, if you need me"

"Ok, bye mummy!", Cora said and the girls ran off to Cora's room.

Rose went to the bathroom and gave Jacqueline and Josephine their baths. After about thirty minutes, she took them out and put on their diapers and nightgowns. She gave them both bottles and put them in the two separate cribs that were in their room. When they wouldn't fall asleep, she sang 'Come Josephine in my Flying Machine' to them, and they fell asleep quickly. Before she left their room she said, "Goodnight, sweeties. Mommy loves you and so does Daddy, even if he can't be here right now". With that said, she went into Cora's room to check on Cora and Elizabeth and found them in two of Cora's nightgowns, sitting on Cora's bed playing with dolls. When Cora saw Rose come in, she jumped off her bed and ran up to her mother.

"Mummy?" Can you do our hair for us? You always make my hair look really pretty", Cora asked sweetly

"Sure. Let's go to my room" Rose led Cora and Elizabeth to her room and they all sat on Rose's bed. Rose went to the bathroom and came out with a hairbrush, a comb, some rubber bands, hair pins, and hair bows. She went on the bed and crossed her legs and pulled Cora onto her lap.

"Okay sweetie. How do you want your hair?"

"Put it in two ponytails, please", Cora responded sweetly.

"Alright, Cora", Rose parted Cora's hair at the center of her head and separated it. She took the comb and brushed one side of her hair and put a rubber band around half of her curly brown hair. Then she took a hair ribbon and put it around the rubber band. She repeated this with the other side of her hair and then looked at Cora's hair.

"Cora go look in the mirror and tell me if you like it"

"Ok mummy!"

Then, Rose pulled Elizabeth onto her lap and asked "Elizabeth, how do you want your hair?"

"Can you put half of it up in a ponytail?"

"Sure, sweetie"

Rose took the top layer of Elizabeth's wavy blonde hair and brushed it. Then she put a rubber band around it and put a bow around the rubber band.

"Alright sweetie, go look in the mirror and see if you like it"

A few moments later, Cora and Elizabeth both came out of the bathroom and sat on Rose's bed after Rose had put the rest of the hair supplies away.

"Thanks for doing our hair mummy! It's pretty!", Cora said.

"You're welcome, girls. You can stay up for awhile but I want you in bed soon. I'm tired to I am going to bed. Wake me up if you need me, but otherwise help yourselves to anything"

"Okay night mummy. I love you!"

"I love you too Cora. Goodnight"

"Goodnight Rose. Thanks for letting me come over.", Elizabeth said sweetly.

"Anytime, Elizabeth. Goodnight"

With that said, the two girls left Rose's bedroom and Rose laid down on her bed, tired from the day's events. Hell, she had reunited with her mother after a long day at the pier, told her whole Titanic story to a woman who she instantly became best friends with, and her daughter had been running around with her new friend all night. A few minutes later, Rose fell asleep, dreaming of Jack once again.

Rose was walking around an all white room and she saw Jack standing there. She ran up to him and hugged and kissed him like she never had before.

"Jack you have no idea how hard it is to live without you. I love you so much Jack and I miss you so much. I just wish I could bring you back. I want to bring you back!"

"Rose, I love you too, but you can't bring me back to life. I wish you could, I wish I could always be there for you and our daughters. I really do. But I can't Rose, and even though I love you, there is nothing we can do. I promise, I watch over you everyday, and you have no idea how happy I was when you took my last name, and when you took Cora in, and when you had our twin daughters and named them after me and our song. Never let go of the promise you made to me and I promise I will watch over you and our family"

"I will never let go Jack, but it's so hard. It's so hard to look at our daughters when they look so much like you. Even though they have my red hair, everything else about looks just like you. I love you and even though I love our daughters, it is so hard to look at someone that looks so much like you"

"I love you too Rose, but you have to keep that promise and go on. Live your life, even if it's not with me. But just remember, no matter how alone you feel, there is always someone out there who loves you"

"That person is you", Rose replied hugging him as tight as she could.

"Rose, I love you, I have to go now. You are going to wake up soon"

"Jack wait. JACK NO! JACK DON'T LEAVE ME! JACK!"

Rose woke up, panting and sweating. She put her hand on her chest and whispered "It was just a dream. It's okay, it was just a dream"

The next morning, Rose woke up, showered, got dressed, and went to Cora's room, and saw Cora and Elizabeth sleeping on Cora's bed, both clutching dolls to their chests. She watched her daughter sweetly, until a cry from the twin's room brought her back to reality. She rushed over to their room and picked up Jacqueline from her crib, since Josephine was still sleeping. Rose sat down in the rocking chair and rocked her back to sleep. She sang "Come Josephine in my flying machine going up she goes, up she goes. Balance yourself like a bird on a beam. Where she goes? There she goes! Up, up just a little bit higher. Oh my! The moon is on fire". When she noticed Jacqueline was asleep, she stopped singing. Tears started running down her face when she remembered that Jack and her had sang that song after the steerage party. She remembered what she wished for. She wished she could be with Jack, and she was, for two days she got to spend time with him, before that stupid ship sank. She hated that ship. She just sat in the rocking chair, thinking about Jack, as tears streamed down her face. A few minutes later, she remember that she had to make breakfast for Cora and Elizabeth, so she went to the bathroom and washed off her face and dried her tears. She went to the kitchen and made pancakes and eggs. After she made breakfast, Elizabeth and Cora came out of Cora's room, their hair a mess, and their nightgowns were wrinkled.

"Morning girls! I made some breakfast!", Rose said cheerfully and the two tired girls sat down and ate breakfast. After about an hour, Elizabeth's mother came and they went to their own apartment. Then Rose and Cora got ready for the rest of the day.

A/N: I decided I needed to make a long chapter for you guys, so here it is! I hope you like this story. I decided to make Ruth Dewitt-Bukater understand her daughter better and not be the mean lady she was in the movie. I hope you guys liked this! Please review!