Come Hell or Highwater

Megan walked to one side of the ship, looking out over the ocean. She always did have little thoughts about her own death, now it was going to actually happen. She sighed, took a sparkling red barrette from the back of her hair and threw it in the ocean. One part of her hair, now unsupported, cascaded down to her shoulder. Suddenly, something got Megan's attention. The sound of heels clapping loudly as they hit against the deck. She ran by Megan and made her look back, recognizing Rose instantly.

Megan chased after her, finding Rose climbing over the railing and hanging off the back of the ship. Megan walked closer to her cautiously, putting her hands up infront of her

"Kate?" Megan immediately took it back "I mean, Rose?"

She turned around.

"Stay back! Don't come any closer!" Rose said as she scooted a little further down the railing. Megan put her arms up again.

"Don't worry, Rose." She decided to use an old trick one of the psychiatrists tried to use on her "I know how you feel."

Rose choked back a laugh.

"How could you? You don't know all the things I've been through. This is the only way out." Rose began to look over her shoulder at Megan.

Megan simply sighed. "Then I guess you have to just trust me." Megan took off her heels and climbed over the side of the railing. One thought screamed through her head: Where was Jack? The hero of the hour was supposed to be lying on the bench she ran by. But he wasn't there now. Where was he?

"What are you doing? You're crazy!" Rose said as she scooted directly above the propellers.

"Well, I've tried this a bunch of times and trust me, I'm more afraid of the water than I am of the propellers. See, the propellers chop you up in itty bitty pieces really quickly. The water, however, is really really cold. You'll die in less than 32 minutes. An hour if you're lucky." Megan leaned further to the water. "Which is why I really don't want to go in after you, but you obviously are making the choices here."

Rose looked back at the ship's inviting glow, compared to the icy blue of the water. Megan looked at her. A mix of pity and sadness overcame her. She was a privileged girl and she was throwing it all away. Like this. Not that it much mattered; it would actually be for the better anyway. Rose looked over at Megan.

"You jump, I jump." Megan assured her. Rose shook her head.

"Alright." Megan climbed back over the railing and took Rose's hand. Rose pulled herself half-way over and slipped. She screamed and held to Megan's for dear life.

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I stepped outside after dinner. There was a chill in the air that made me shiver. I listened to the sound of the ocean for a moment. I loved it. So peaceful. That was interrupted by screaming.

I looked around frantically, then began to run down to the back of the ship. At least I knew for sure she was alive. Hopefully, Jack would be pulling her over by the time I got there. But, when I finally did, I was completely shocked. There was Megan pulling Rose over the side, back onto the ship. Shit. I ran over and grabbed Rose's other hand.

"Where the hell is Jack?" I yelled at Megan as we both made an effort to pull Rose over. She wasn't the lightest thing in the world.

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Elizabeth had had a little too much to drink and found herself in steerage. Shavai had trailed her down there. Her hair had fallen down and she surprised us all by picking quite a few fights with other men and women who were simply in the wrong place at the wrong time. Shavai was left to deal with all the mayhem she had created.

Meanwhile, Elizabeth found a man making his way to the upper deck. She knew exactly who that was, simply because she had a crush on him since Romeo Juliet came out. She practically had all but threatened him if he didn't kiss her. She also backed him in a corner, making it impossible for an escape. It continued that way for a few moments before Shavai dragged the then passed out Elizabeth back to her room.

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"Damn! She sure weighs alot!" I remarked as I tried my hardest to pull her over. Suddenly without warning a man came up behind us and helped. He looked to have been working, then heard the screaming and things changed drastically over the next few moments. Rose didn't really say anything and before I knew it, we were being interrogated about Ms. Beaucater's being over the railing.

"Ladies, I'm sorry but I'm afraid I have no choice. Just because you have a catfight doesn't mean you can go ahead and throw people over the railing." The master of arms began putting a pair of handcuffs on me.

"What the hell! God! Everytime I do something wrong, nothing happens, then suddenly when I help someone I get arrested!" I yelled at anyone that looked at me. "You people sure have one hell of a way of showing gratitude." I muttered as I watched them start to put them on Megan.

Cal looked disapprovingly at me, as though he had been hurt. All I could think was what an asshole he was being...and how a good job he was doing at it. He took his arms and put them around Rose making sure her dear shoulders didn't freeze.

To be honest, at that moment, I admit I did have thoughts about throwing her over the railing.

Rose finally spoke up, "Cal, it wasn't their fault. I was leaning over the side to see the uh uh, the uh-"

Cal butted in "Propellers?"

"Yes the propellers! And I would've gone over, but they both rushed over and saved me." Rose finished her story.

Oh, shit. I thought again. We fucked this story up already. Megan just did Jack's job of saving her. What the hell else could go wrong?

Spoke too soon.

At that moment, over came Shavai, leading a passed out Elizabeth, being carried by Jack Dawson.

I walked over to Shavai, handcuffs still on. I couldn't believe my eyes.

"Shavai, what the hell happened to Elizabeth, why wasn't Jack on the bench and where is everybody else?" I asked her.

Shavai walked a few steps backwards, hands infront of her blocking my attacks, if any were made. "Okay. Elizabeth was drunk, trusted her instincts, stopped Jack from coming up here, and passed out."

Everyone stared at us strangely. I bet the one thing on Jack's mind was "How'd they know my name?"

Oh, god. Elizabeth may have just ruined their meeting. Oh well, it was true love. Nothing could mess that up right? Right? I looked over at Megan.

"She had better be thankful I have these cuffs on, if I didn't I swear to God, I would kill her!" I stated through clenched teeth in her passed out direction.

I should've seen what happened next coming.

Darcie and Katie walked over with Whitney. They suddenly exclaimed,

"Look who we bumped into!"

Me, Shavai, the workers, Cal, Rose, Jack, and everyone who was conscious on that part of the boat looked over.

"Oh my god..." I muttered as I stared wide-eyed at Whitney.

A very wise person once said "Anything bad that can happen, will." I should've guessed at what everything that was going on. I looked enraged at Elizabeth's sleeping body.

"I'm gonna kill her!" I shouted as I lounged at her.

The workers grabbed me from behind and Shavai and Megan stood infront of me, pushing me back as Jack pulled Elizabeth to a bench.