The three of them begin kicking once they hit the water, they are struggling since there is a force pulling them down by the suction of the ship
After about a minute and a half, which is a very long time holding your breath, they finally reached the surface, the little boy was coughing and sputtering then began crying
" Shh, it's ok, we made it" Bella cooed, " Edward ask him what his name is"
Edward asked and said, " His name is Alexander"
Bella sighed, " At least it's a common name"
" Come on, we got to get you two out of the water, you will have a better chance at survival" Edward said, " Give him to me"
Edward took Alexander from Bella and swam with him
The three were trying to ignore all of the chaos of screaming, thrashing people... there were over a thousand people floating where the ship went down, some stunned, some gasping for breath, some crying, praying moaning, shouting and screaming
Before Bella could get very far and follow Edward, she was pushed down into the water by a man trying to get on top of her
Bella tried fighting her way but the man was strong and scared
Bella screamed for Edward and Edward came to her rescue and punched the man who was on her, the little boy was on his back hanging on for dear life
Edward took Bella's hand and led her away from a bunch of the crowd
" Got to keep swimming, keep moving, we'll be warmer that way" Edward said
Bella nodded
Once they got out of the crowd, they began looking for anything to float on, preferably the door from the movie
After about a minute, they finally find what they were looking for
" Get Alexander on it first" Bella said
Edward nodded and lifted Alexander onto the door then he helped Bella on to it too
They were glad that it didn't tilt and submerge like it did in the movie, Edward knew though that there wasn't enough room for him
" We'll switch off every half hour" Bella said
" No, you stay on there Bella, I will be fine" Edward said
Bella gave him a look, " Jack wasn't fine in the movie"
" I'm not Jack" Edward said
" But you're in his body" Bella said
" Hey I promised I won't leave you again and I'm keeping that promise, now trust me and please stay on there" Edward said
Bella sighed in defeat and nodded
Edward began humming Bella's lullaby just to do something, he knew there was nothing he could say to comfort Bella the way Jack could do for Rose
After a while, Alexander asked something in Russian and Edward answered back
" What did he say?" Bella asked
" He wondered if the boats are coming back, I told him yes" Edward said
" Edward" Bella chided
" He has to keep his hopes up, he can live through this as we will" Edward said
Bella sighed and nodded, " Keep telling him things like that, it will get him through it, just don't let him fall asleep"
" I won't" Edward said
They were all shivering uncontrollably, their lips were blue and there teeth were chattering
" Keep humming Edward" Bella said
Edward nodded and began humming the lullaby again
They kept singing and making sure Alexander was awake, three times they had to wake him up and talk to him
Alexander always asked when they were going to be saved and Edward's response was always, " Soon"
Bella tried to warm Alexander up by rubbing up and down on his arms to produce friction, it worked some
Bella sighed, " It's getting quiet"
Edward nodded but didn't say anything
" I love you Edward" Bella said touching Edward's face
" I love you too Bella... we're going to make it" Edward said firmly
" I... I can't feel my body" Bella said
" Listen, listen Bella, we've been through worse things than this" Edward said
Bella gave him a look
" James coming after you, I thought you were dead, you rushing to save me from exposing myself and getting killed, we lived through all of that, we will live through this" Edward said, " Meeting you was the best thing that has ever happened to me and we are going to have many many years together... just hold on Bella"
Bella nodded
Alexander yawned and almost went to sleep again but Bella woke him up again which made Alexander cry
" Don't cry Alexander" Bella cooed trying to calm him down, he shouldn't be wasting his energy like that, " Edward we need to trade places, you need to get out of the water for a while"
" I'm fine" Edward said
" No you're not, I am getting down and I want you to climb up" Bella said
" Bella, seriously, I'm fine" Edward said, " I have been kicking my legs this whole time keeping my blood flowing, just stay up there where it's safe"
" I don't want you to die Edward" Bella said sadly
" I'm not going to Bella, trust me" Edward said
" Always" Bella whispered
Alexander was trying to fall asleep again, he was very tired
" Um, ask Alexander to sing a song" Bella said
Edward did and Alexander started singing a Russian song, well he sang some of the words, it was a very long song Edward knew the song as well and was helping him sing
Sleep, good boy, my beautiful,
Bayushki bayu*,
Quietly the moon is looking
Into your cradle.
I will tell you fairy tales
And sing you little songs,
But you must slumber, with your little eyes closed,
Bayushki bayu.
The time will come, then you will learn
The pugnacious life,
Boldly you'll stem your foot into the stirrup
And take the gun.
The saddle-cloth for your battle horse
I will sew you from silk.
Sleep now, my dear little child,
Bayushki bayu.
You will look like a hero
And be a Cossack deep in your heart.
I will hurry to accompany you,
You will just wave your hand
How many secret bitter tears
Will I shed that night!
Sleep, my angel, calmly, sweetly,
Bayushki bayu.
I will die from longing,
I will wait inconsolably,
I will pray the whole day long,
And at night I'll tell fortunes
I will think that you are in trouble
Far away in a foreign land.
Sleep now, as long as you don't know sorrows,
Bayushki bayu.
I will give you on your way
A small holy icon,
And when you pray to God, you'll
Put it right in front of you
When preparing yourself for the dangerous fight
Please remember your mother.
Sleep, good boy, my beautiful,
Bayushki bayu.
Alexander stopped singing and said in Russian that his daddy sang that to him before he went to bed every night
" It's called the Cossack Lullaby" Edward said
Singing that song took a lot of time and it made Alexander forget about his tiredness and the cold for a while
They waited some more, Edward was in a conversation with Alexander who was telling Edward about his family and Bella was just listening to the foreign language
Finally they stopped talking, too tired to talk and they just stayed there making sure the other was alive and awake, they all had frost on their hair and they were getting weak from the cold
Bella was looking at the stars for a while, she couldn't remember how the song went that Rose was humming when she was waiting for the boats
" Edward?" Bella started
" Hmm?" Edward asked with his eyes closed, he was tired
" How does the Josephine song go?" Bella asked
Edward yawned and shook his head to wake himself up, " Oh! Say! Let us fly, dear Where, kid? To the sky, dear Oh you flying machine Jump in, Miss Josephine Ship ahoy! Oh joy, what a feeling Where, boy? In the ceiling Ho, High, Hoopla we fly To the sky so high
Come Josephine in my flying machine Going up she goes! Up she goes! Balance yourself like a bird on a beam In the air she goes! There she goes! Up, up, a little bit higher Oh! My! The moon is on fire Come Josephine in my flying machine Going up, all on, Goodbye!
One, two, now we're off, dear Say you pretty soft, dear Whoa! dear don't hit the moon No, dear, not yet, but soon You for me, Oh Gee! you're a fly kid Not me! I'm a sky kid See I'm up in the air About you for fair
Come Josephine in my flying machine, Going up she goes! Up she goes! Balance yourself like a bird on a beam In the air she goes! There she goes! Up, up, a little bit higher Oh! My! The moon is on fire Come Josephine in my flying machine Going up, all on, Goodbye!
Come Josephine in my flying machine, Going up she goes! Up she goes! Balance yourself like a bird on a beam In the air she goes! There she goes! Up, up, a little bit higher Oh! My! The moon is on fire Come Josephine in my flying machine Going up, all on, Goodbye!
While Edward was singing that song, to Bella's horror, Alexander was asleep and she couldn't wake him up
" Edward, he won't wake up" Bella said scared
" Is he breathing?" Edward asked
Bella checked, " Yes, I think so, it's very shallow though"
" Keep his blood flowing, the boat should be here soon" Edward said
" Come on Alexander, wake up" Bella said trying to rouse the little boy
Edward tried waking him up by speaking Russian but it didn't work
" Rub his legs to get some warmth in them" Edward ordered
Bella did as she was told
All of a sudden there was a light but it was fifty feet away and it was leaving them
" The boat" Edward said
Both of them yelled for the boat to come back, but their throats were very raspy and they weren't very loud
" Rose used a whistle to get their attention" Bella said
Edward nodded and he looked to see where the guy with the whistle was at and he swam towards it and took the whistle from the corpse's mouth and blew as hard as he could on it
After a minute, the boat was returning to the three
Edward kept on blowing the whistle until the boat was to them
" Hurry, quickly, he's breathing but he's not waking up" Bella said as she handed Alexander to somebody in the boat
After Alexander was in the boat, Bella was hoisted up and then Edward
Blankets were thrown on the both of them and people began rubbing their legs and arms to get warmth back into them
Somebody handed Alexander back to Bella once he was warmed up
Bella wrapped Alexander up in her blanket as well and cuddled him keeping him warm
Bella and Edward held hands the whole time they were literally thawing out
Finally it was dawn, everything seems better when it's light out
Everybody has been waiting... for anything
After a while, a ship was spotted and people began burning anything they could spare
It was the Carpathia and all of the boats rowed towards it
" I told you we'd be fine Bella" Edward said sitting up and hugging her
Bella smiled and hugged him back
When their boat got to the ship, Edward took Alexander and climbed the ladder and waited for Bella to do the same
Alexander woke up and yawned and said something in Russian
Edward answered him back and that brought a smile to Alexander's face
" What did you tell him?" Bella asked
" That we were going to be ok and that we were going to America" Edward said
" What are we going to do with him once we get to America?" Bella asked, " We don't belong in this time and how are we supposed to get back?"
" We'll worry about that later" Edward said