DISCLAIMER: I do not own Jack, Rose, or the rest of the characters used from James Cameron's TITANIC. Unheard of characters are made up by me.

As she held tightly to his hands on that cold April night, Rose tried to keep her mind off of her freezing body which was now numb, and what had just happened. Closing her eyes she prayed a silent prayer, and had hoped with all her might that the sinking of the R.M.S. Titanic was all just a nightmare. She was warm in her bed, safe at home in Phillidelphia. The distant sound of a mans voice broke her thoughts, she opened her eyes and looked and saw a light flashing in her direction. "They've come back! They haven't forgotten about us!" she thought. With all the strength she had in her, she rolled over and whispered to Jack there was a boat. When he didn't respond she shook him, thinking he was just in a deep sleep. The realization hit her hard, Jack was dead, he had froze to death. Rose rested her head on the ice cold peice of wood, as tears began to stream down her lonely cheeks. The man who saved her, in everyway a person can be saved, sacrificed that simple peice of wood so that she would be a survivor. Remebering her promise she took one last look at him and said her goodbyes, then as heartaching as it was, she broke the grasps of their hands and let go. Down he went into the North Atlantic Ocean, never to be seen again.

Before Rose knew it, she was in a lifeboat with a blanket wrapped around her soaked and shivering body. The rocking of the boat quickly made her fall asleep. Peaceful for once, growing a bit more warm without a worry in the world. Rose had awoken to the sun shining on her pale face. She lay there still peaceful, before the sound of the water crashing reminded her of what happened just a few short hours ago. "Jack..Ja.."she was interrupted by a rower of the lifeboat. "Are you alright miss? Don't worry you'll be fine, the Carpathia is up ahead. We should be there in about 15 minutes, just relax miss." Rose was laying in a lifeboat and Jack Dawson was at the bottom of the ocean, along with her heart that he had taken down with him. The man she loved was gone, gone for ever and never to return. "There's no reason to live anymore" she thought to herself, the water sprinkling her face every now and then with the rowing of the paddles. "NO!" she thought. "No I must go on, I promised Jack. I refuse for to break a promise especially to him...I don't want him to be dissapointed in me." Rose closed her eyes when tears started to form. How could she go on without him, what was the reason? She would never love again, nor did she want to.

Waiting to board the Carpathia seemed to take forever, and when hearing officers say there was a lifeboat on it's way to the ship after the one she was already on, she sighed. She was excited they had found more survivors, but she just wanted to go home, and forget all of what happened. When she finally boarded, she saw her fellow 1st Class passengers go up to a higher level on the ship, then she looked and saw the 3rd class stay where she was currently at. She saw alot of them crying asking where their husbands or fathers were, asking if they could possibly be on another ship close by. It was heartbreaking to hear, but more heartbreaking to think she herself was one of them. She had just lost her soulmate, and had nothing to live for. As she looked around she saw a few who had survived as a family or as a couple and gave a simple yet grateful smile. The only thing these people had were each other. No money, no luxeries, just their family. It seemed to be more dazzeling than the society she was born into seventeen years ago. She thought of Jack and how fascinating his stories were of how he had lived, and how he had traveled. Nothing fancy, but simple and he seemed content with it. As crazy as it sounds, she wanted this life more than anything in the world, with the exception of having Jack at her side at least.

Rose jumped when feeling something being put on her shoulders. She turned her head to see a woman who was part of the crew of the Carpathia put a fresh warm blanket around her. With all the comotion she hadn't noticed the one given to her on the lifeboat was wet. "This should keep you a bit warmer miss. Shall I bring you some soup, you must be hungry by now?" Rose noticed an Irish accent and smiled at her. "No thanks, I'm not all that hungry but maybe in a little while." The woman nodded and walked off to another passenger. Rose walked around for a bit trying to get her body warm but grew a bit tired and looked for a place to sit and rest for a while. She took in a deep breath then let it out while closing her eyes. Just then she remembered that her mother had gotten on a lifeboat. "Oh god what if mother finds me?" she thought quickly her eyes opening once more. "What if what Cal had said is true, then he is here as well!" Her heart began to race and a nauseous feeling took over her. Jack is gone, making Cal able to freely get her back and with her mother on Cal's side, she was sure to be a slave to him for the rest of her life! As soon as the thought of him filled her mind she heard foot steps come near her. She hesitantly turned and saw the man whom she feared yet hated at the same time. She turned her head back and while putting her head down she closed her eyes praying she wouldn't be found. The footsteps began to go off in the distance and Rose gave a sigh of relief, and swore to herself she would never be back in Cal's possession ever again.