Later:

Rose walked into her room with Missy and stopped and looked with surprise when she saw Cal in the room, sitting on the edge of the bed, he looked troubled. Missy's relaxed face immediately was replaced with coldness.

Missy: Caledon Hockley.

Cal looked up at Missy and managed to briefly smile. He got up and walked over to her and extended his hand to her.

Cal: Hello, you must be Missy. Rose has told me so much about you.

Missy hesitantly shook his hand and smiled briefly.

Missy: Yes, she told me about—YOU as well.

Cal looked away briefly with a perplexed look.

Missy: She also told me you two were going to work at courting again. I just want you to know if you hurt her again in ANY way, I'll kill you. You understand?

Cal looked down and laughed briefly and immediately frowned with sadness. It was a look that Rose caught, Rose looked confusingly at Cal. She wanted to ask him what was wrong, but not in front of Missy.

Cal: (looked up at Missy and nodded) I won't. I promise. I—I love Rose. Um—do you mind if I talk to Rose alone for a while, please? Here.

Cal handed Missy his room key.

Cal: You can sit in my room for about thirty minutes or so, if you'd like.

Missy: (looked at Cal suspiciously) You two aren't about to—(Rose cut in)

Rose: Missy! (laughed)

Missy laughed.

Cal: No, I—I just want to talk with her. It won't be long, I promise.

Missy smiled and took the room key from him.

Missy: Alright, thanks Cal. See you later Rose.

Rose waved at Missy as Missy left the room. Rose smiled and wrapped her arms around Cal, but Cal looked at Rose with a saddened look and he lightly pushed her away and blinked a bit heavily. Rose's smile faded.

Rose: Cal, what's wrong?

Cal: (low voice) Um, um, Rose I—I don't think we should do this—with each other.

Rose quickly frowned.

Rose: What? Why?

Cal: (looked down and frowned a bit and then blinked heavily) Rose, you—you don't love me. I—I know it. You loved Jack, you still do. There's a fire you had with him that you'll never have with me. I—I can't do this to you again, I can't—keep you from being happy. (paused and said through a lightly tearful voice) I—I'm sorry Rose. I love you.

Cal quickly went to her and kissed her on the lips gently as tears streamed from his eyes and he quickly walked past her to leave, but she grabbed his arm and pulled him to her.

Rose: Cal NO. (scoffed and frowned more) You—you've been talking to Jack haven't you?

Cal refused to look at Rose. He scoffed and shook his head.

Cal: (low voice) No, no I haven't.

Rose: Cal, YES you have. A fire I had with him? That's what Jack said he loved about me when we were on the Titanic, when he asked me to be with him. You've been talking to him. He was the reason you're deciding to break things off, isn't he?

Cal sighed and looked down and frowned.

Cal: I don't want you to hate me later on, because you didn't want to be with me in the first place, Rose. I couldn't take it, if you hated me later on. I—I love you too much and I'd just die if that happened. You were the only woman I truly, really loved.

Rose looked at him and smiled warmly. Him opening up to her in this way, made her feel for him even more. Caledon Hockley had never, ever opened up to her like this. He also never would have stepped aside and let her go on without him either. These were big things Cal was doing and it GREATLY touched Rose's heart. Rose took both Cal's hands into hers and looked into his eyes.

Rose: Cal, I am not going to hate you later on, I promise. Look, I—I don't—I can't say I love you yet, no, but eventually, if you keep being the way you were earlier today and this morning and last night, then I will. But what I had with Jack is over—alright? Its over, he's married now. I did love him but its over now. I'm with you, because I WANT to be. As long as you treat me right, I'll continue to be with you, today, tomorrow, the next day, and the day after that and so on, and so on. (he scoffed and smiled briefly and she smiled)

Rose hugged him warmly.

Cal: I love you, Rose.

Rose: I know, I believe you this time. And even though I don't mean it—yet, but—I love you too Cal.

Cal lightly pushed her away and smiled and gasped a bit with surprise. She laughed.

Cal passionately kissed her and felt a calm within him. He didn't want to lose her, he didn't want to say goodbye to her, he loved her. He needed her, yes Caledon Hockley wasn't ashamed to admit, he needed her, he needed her to feel what true love felt like….

~Later~

Cal was lying in bed beside Rose, both of them sound asleep on the ship, they were sleeping peacefully, but outside of their stateroom, in other areas of the ship, things were falling apart, things were horrifically falling apart, in about an hour, déjà vu was about to hit the both of them again—but in a more horrific and terror-filled way….

TO BE CONTINUED….

Tomorrow