The rest of the way home was quiet and Rose had never felt herself so safe,
only when Jack had held her in his arms.
The very thought of it, made Rose warm inside but her heart became ice old.
The building looked the same as when she left it and as usual everyone was already asleep and Rose tried not to make too much noise.
The door creaked like hell and Rose was scared it had woken someone up.
The light of the stars shone through the window and drew beautiful pictures on the wall.
Suddenly taken by a fatigue, Rose changed and slipped between the sheets.
For minutes she twisted and turned a thousand times and finally decided to give up her struggle.
She lay on her side and stared at the stars.
They always had something special to Rose, ever since she was a little girl.
As she thought back to the hundreds of times she spent the night in a drafty tent in the middle of the garden, just to be able to stare at the stars at night drew a swift smile on her lips.
"Remember Daddy, how you used to smuggle cookies and milk to me and we watched the stars together."
Rose stroke her finger over the sheet and thought back.
You taught me everything I should know about them: where the polar star is, the different planets, the signs of the zodiac.
You taught me so much I should be thankful for. And I am, I really am. It's because of you that I know what the word 'love' means. Otherwise, I never would have known.
It seemed as if the stars shined even brighter than before.
"Jack, I miss you but I know you're with me. I can feel it. Sometimes I wonder if you were an angel, descended to earth to save me. I don't know. All I know is that I love you and that I'll keep my promise."
Tears were streaming uncontrollably but it released the pain that had been locked in her throat for so long.
"Jack, I wish we would have had more time together. There are so many little things I don't know about you but when you touched me and looked into my eyes, I felt I knew it all. I don't understand, isn't our purpose in life to find our true love?
That if you find that love and lose it again, what's left then? I read a beautiful old Greek story once: In the beginning of time, man had done the Gods wrong and so the Gods had drawn a sword and cut the people in two equal parts and spread them over the world with but one goal in life: to find that other part of them and be whole again. I feel that's what happened to us too.
When you held me in your arms, I felt safe and whole.
One with you. Then fate broke my happiness again, by taking you away.
What's left for me here? All I was, died with you and what's left is an empty shell. I just want one answer: WHY?
I wanted a life with you, I'd make you happy, we would have beautiful children, we would grow old together."
Silently she stared out the window, into the grand world of the stars.
"I know you're there."
A shooting star drew a golden ray in the sky.
"Do you remember that shooting star we saw on Titanic? I wished for you that night. I never expected that love could fill someone so sudden and complete.
To me, our love is that star.
Warm, true and forever. My love for you will never flare out, it's locked inside my heart and it will stay there forever. As perfect as it is..."
She closed her eyes and quickly drifted into a deep sleep.
By the beautiful smile on her face, you could see where she was and who was there.
She was in their stars, they were together...
The very thought of it, made Rose warm inside but her heart became ice old.
The building looked the same as when she left it and as usual everyone was already asleep and Rose tried not to make too much noise.
The door creaked like hell and Rose was scared it had woken someone up.
The light of the stars shone through the window and drew beautiful pictures on the wall.
Suddenly taken by a fatigue, Rose changed and slipped between the sheets.
For minutes she twisted and turned a thousand times and finally decided to give up her struggle.
She lay on her side and stared at the stars.
They always had something special to Rose, ever since she was a little girl.
As she thought back to the hundreds of times she spent the night in a drafty tent in the middle of the garden, just to be able to stare at the stars at night drew a swift smile on her lips.
"Remember Daddy, how you used to smuggle cookies and milk to me and we watched the stars together."
Rose stroke her finger over the sheet and thought back.
You taught me everything I should know about them: where the polar star is, the different planets, the signs of the zodiac.
You taught me so much I should be thankful for. And I am, I really am. It's because of you that I know what the word 'love' means. Otherwise, I never would have known.
It seemed as if the stars shined even brighter than before.
"Jack, I miss you but I know you're with me. I can feel it. Sometimes I wonder if you were an angel, descended to earth to save me. I don't know. All I know is that I love you and that I'll keep my promise."
Tears were streaming uncontrollably but it released the pain that had been locked in her throat for so long.
"Jack, I wish we would have had more time together. There are so many little things I don't know about you but when you touched me and looked into my eyes, I felt I knew it all. I don't understand, isn't our purpose in life to find our true love?
That if you find that love and lose it again, what's left then? I read a beautiful old Greek story once: In the beginning of time, man had done the Gods wrong and so the Gods had drawn a sword and cut the people in two equal parts and spread them over the world with but one goal in life: to find that other part of them and be whole again. I feel that's what happened to us too.
When you held me in your arms, I felt safe and whole.
One with you. Then fate broke my happiness again, by taking you away.
What's left for me here? All I was, died with you and what's left is an empty shell. I just want one answer: WHY?
I wanted a life with you, I'd make you happy, we would have beautiful children, we would grow old together."
Silently she stared out the window, into the grand world of the stars.
"I know you're there."
A shooting star drew a golden ray in the sky.
"Do you remember that shooting star we saw on Titanic? I wished for you that night. I never expected that love could fill someone so sudden and complete.
To me, our love is that star.
Warm, true and forever. My love for you will never flare out, it's locked inside my heart and it will stay there forever. As perfect as it is..."
She closed her eyes and quickly drifted into a deep sleep.
By the beautiful smile on her face, you could see where she was and who was there.
She was in their stars, they were together...
