A/N – I'm hoping I'll also get chapter 8 posted today as well. And jackdawson-love, to answer your question, i'm not going to tell you if either of them die haha. To be honest, not because I don't want to but because I haven't decided lol.

Chapter 7

The rest of the night, Rose and Molly caught up on old times. Jack sat quietly sipping his beer watching them talk. He was pleased that they had been able to get together again and it was nice to see Rose enjoying herself. Although he hadn't known her for too long, every time he saw her here or in his dreams, she never seemed happy. But now, something had changed. Jack realised that not everything in Rose's old life was bad. She did have some friends but clearly not enough. He wanted to change that, he wanted to take care of her.

"You've barely said a word all night Jack." Molly laughed.

"It's hard to get a word in edgeways with you two." Jack smiled, taking another drink.

Molly smiled. "Well I should be heading back now, I'm sure it's getting late."

Jack looked at his watch. "It's past midnight. Rose, let me escort you back to your cabin."

Rose looked at Molly. "Shouldn't you take Molly back?"

Molly shook her head. "Don't you worry about me dear. Jack, you take Rose back to her cabin and I'll see you tomorrow." Jack leaned forward and kissed her hand and they both watched Molly disappear back up the stairs.

"Can I walk you to your room?" Jack held out his hand for her. Rose smiled and took his hand, standing from her chair. She led the way for them towards her cabin, walking down the long corridor. They walked down a set of stairs before they finally stopped outside a brown door.

"This is me." Rose turned to face him. "Listen I'm sorry about earlier. I shouldn't have run away from you when you said those wonderful things. I just thought you were joking."

"I was being serious Rose. I've had dreams about you for months. I don't know how and I can't explain it. Then I see you at the river and now you're here. Heading in the same direction as me. I've got to take that as a sign." Jack explained. She stared up at him, unsure of what to say. "Well, I had a really good night tonight Rose." Jack smiled; he took her other hand and rubbed her knuckles with his thumbs.

Rose smiled. She looked up at him, trying to read his face. Jack leaned forward and lifted his hand, brushing a curl behind her ear. As he did so he ran his finger down her cheek, suddenly reminding him of his dream that he had before he saw her standing next to the river. She closed her eyes and turned her face into his hand, enjoying his soft touch. Jack stepped closer to her so they were only inches apart and leaned forward, gently pressing his lips against hers. Taken aback, Rose stepped away from him, her hand flew up to her mouth.

"I'm sorry." Jack quickly said. He wasn't sure what she was going to do.

Rose looked him over and before she knew it, she stepped back towards him and kissed him again. Jack wrapped his arms around her waist, pulling her tightly to him. She lost herself completely in his kiss, not wanting it to end. Jack ran his fingers through her hair, feeling the softness of it. Finally they let each other go, almost panting with desire. Rose stared at him.

"What does this mean Jack?" Rose asked. She wasn't sure where this was going.

"I want to keep seeing you Rose. There's something about you, I can't put my finger on it. The fact I had seen you before I actually physically seen you, if you know what I mean?"

Rose nodded. She believed him but she couldn't see how they would have a future together. Jack was where she used to be and she couldn't see his family being happy about this. Was she just going to be someone that he picked up and dropped whenever he felt like it? As much as she liked him and was attracted to him, she wasn't willing to do that.

"I need to keep seeing you. If it means me leaving my family then I will." Jack clung onto her hands.

"Jack." Rose started. "Please think about this. You'd be throwing your life away. You'd end up like I am now."

"I don't care." Jack almost shouted. "I want to be with you."

Rose let go of his hands and back towards the door. "I want you to think about this Jack. If you still feel this way by the time we dock then I will go with you. But please consider what you're doing." She leaned forward and kissed his cheek before opening the cabin door and going inside, closing it behind her.

Jack stared at it for a few seconds before leaning his back against it. He stared up at the ceiling before taking a deep breath and walking away. He knew what he had to do.

On the other side of the door, Rose was doing the same thing. She had pressed herself up against it and slid down until she was sitting on the floor. She brought her knees up and leaned her head against them, tears sliding down her face. She was happy and sad all at the same time. Happy because this amazing beautiful man had asked her to go away with him but sad because she couldn't believe she didn't have the good fortune to meet him before she had left her old life. Her mother would have accepted Jack and his family would have accepted her. But she had made a decision now and she had too much pride to go back to her mother. The only way they could be together was if Jack left his family and she couldn't ask him to do that. It was too much for him to do and she couldn't live with herself if they ended up homeless and unable to eat because of something she had made him do. Rose wiped her cheeks as more tears fell. She had to make a decision.