Toby, a good friend of Jack, lived a few streets away from where they slept that night, he was 25 years old, and was living with his girlfriend. Toby woke up, hearing knocking on the door, "alright alright, hold your horses, im coming!" Toby said, walking down the stairs in his pyjamas, reaching the front door, he opened the door and spotted a stranger, a stranger he recognised, it was Jack! "Jack? Jack! it is you! How you been?" he said, giving his long-lost friend a big manly hug, " Hey Toby, i've been great thanx, and yourself?" he said, smiling, "ive been great too thanx!" Toby paused, and noticed a raven haired beauty standing next to Jack, holding his hand, "My my, who is this young beauty?" he asked, with a cheeky grin on his face, Rose answered " Im Rose, nice to meet you""Im Toby, great to meet you too" he said holding out his hand, they shook hands and they started shivering "you two better come in, you'll freeze, Toby said, holding the door open for the two lovers to walk in.
"Well Jack, i haven't seen you in how long? 2 years? What you been up to? Still drawing?", Toby had so many questions, he asked them all at the same time,while handing them both a hot cup of tea, "well, it has been 2 years, and alot has happened since i last saw you! Yes i am still drawing, but i lost all of them in a recent accident!" He mentioned the loss of his drawings and both Jack and Rose looked at eachother with sad faces. "Why, what happened?..." Toby asked, "Well, about 2 weeks ago, I ..." Until they heard someone walking into the room, it was Toby's girlfriend, she was young, and had long brown hair, wearing a long black dress, holding a cup of tea, "Oh, Jack, Rose, i would like you two to meet my girlfriend, Rebecca Daniels, Becky, this is Jack Dawson and Rose...?" he said not being able to say her second name, as he didn't know it, "DeWitt Bukater" Rose hated the fact she had said that, she didn't want to be known as Rose DeWitt Bukater, she would prefer to be Rose Dawson, but it would never happen.
"Hello, nice to meet you both" Rebecca said politely, holding out her hand, they all shook hands, and settled down on the sofa, about to hear Jack's story, "Anyway, as i was saying, about 2 weeks ago, I was in a pub with my best friend, Fabrizio, and we won a game of poker, which involved tickets to go on the 'Titanic' and...", Rose was sitting in Jack's arms, with watery eyes, thinking about her past experiance, but as Jack was talking, Toby cut him off, "... Woah! Wait a minute here, you were on Titanic?" he asked, "Yeah, we both were, and I got on, and i met Rose on there" he explained, with Toby and Rebecca on the edge of their seats, sitting next to eachother on the brown sofa, full of many more questions, "So, how did you two survive the sinking?" Toby asked, Jack was about to reply, but he noticed Rose was looking uneasy, "Rose, you okay? Shall we stop talking about it?" Jack asked, lovingly, "No, you don't have to, its just it reminds me of how i thought you were dead, and the memories of all the deaths and Cal" She mentioned, looking down into her mug of tea, half-drunk. " are you sure, because we can tell them another time?" Jack said, "No, its fine, it will help me get over what has happened" Rose said in a confident voice, then Jack continued " ok,but if you ever feel uneasy, you can just leave the room, anyway, how we survived? It wasn't easy, well, when the ship hit the iceburg, we..."Jack was explaining the whole story about the sinking and about the near-death, until Rose got up and ran out the room, sobbing.
After Rose ran out of the room, crying, Jack ran out after her saying to Toby and Rebecca, "excuse me", said Jack, half-way out the door, running after Rose, he continued searching for her, until he heard her crying from a bedroom, so he walked towards the bedroom, and saw her, sitting on the bed with her back to the door, crying.
"Rose, are you okay?" he asked, sitting next to her, putting his arm around her, hugging her, she replied saying, "I just can't take it all in, it was all too sudden, im sorry,they both probably think im really strange now don't they?" Jack, came out of the hug, still with his arm around her, "Don't be sorry, it is alot to take in, and they don't think you are strange! No one thinks you are strange! You are a smart, funny and beautiful woman, and no one would ever think other!"Rose smiled at his response, she was so lucky, she had such a fantastic man with her, Jack smiled at her back, "You are too good to be true you are!" she said, "I love you" Jack said, with a handsome smile on his face, "I love you too, Jack" Rose said, with their lips getting closer, until they were kissing passionatly.
They broke from the kiss and smiled at eachother, " Do you want to go back downstairs?Or do you want to stay in here?"he asked her, "Im going to stay here, and jsut, gather my thoughts, ill be down in afew minutes" she said, holding Jacks hand, Jack smiled "okay, ill see you in a few minutes", they kissed, and Jack left the room.
Jack walked into the living room, where Rebecca and Toby was sitting, drinking tea, talking quietly, "Is Rose alright?" asked Rebecca, "Yeah, she's okay now, she is just in one of the bedrooms, she'll be down soon, she just wants a little time to herself" he said, picking up the mug, taking a sip. "Anyway, Are we going to be hearing wedding bells soon?" asked Toby jokily, with a funny smile on his face, "I don't know really, we only met over a week ago, so i don't know, I do love Rose, but it might be too soon for her, i mean, she wouldn't have her family there" Jack said, with a sad face, "Why not, did they die on the Titanic?" asked an intrested Rebecca, "No, but they don't like me very much, Rose was engaged when she met me, and when she broke off her engagement, they didn't take it very well!" Jack mentioned, "Oh, so she chose you over her fiancee?" asked Toby, "Well, yeah" he said, as he started smiling, "Awwww! She must really love you then, was it love at first sight?" asked Rebecca, who was a soppy romantic, "it was for me, yeah, they first time i saw Rose, i instantly fell in love with her!" he said, in his own world, thinking of the first time he set eyes on Rose, "How Romantic!" Rebecca said, "Thats what it was like for me, when i first saw Rebecca", Toby said, trying to be a romantic too, "really? where did you two first meet?" asked Jack, "Well, we were both at a party, and I first saw Toby, he was drinking with his friends, and didn't notice me, until i walked over to a table near him, and he walked over to me, and tried to be a Romeo, and started giving me these old pick-up lines and ..." Toby interupted, "they weren't pick up lines, its how i really felt!""Im sorry" Rebecca felt bad, she apologised, and gave him a kiss, Toby and Rebecca were now kissing passionatly.
Jack felt a little awkward, so Jack said nervously "I'm going to go check on Rose", and he left the room.
Rose was laying on the bed, on her side, away from the door, and she was thinking about Titanic, Cal, her mother and Jack. What was the future going to be like? What if Cal finds me! So many questions kept filling up in Rose's head, until she heard a noise, she turned over to see Jack at the door, with a concerned face, "Hey Rose" he asked her "Hey Jack, you okay?" "Well, I've come to see if your okay, and Toby and Rebecca started making out, so i just left them to it!" Jack said, chuckling, but what Jack said made Rose giggle aswell, and they were both giggling and Jack sat next to her on the bed, until Rose said something a little off-topic, "Jack, what do you think will happen in the future? What if we see Cal? Or mother? Or what if I lose you again? I wont be able to live without you!" Rose mentioned, looking into Jack's eyes, he could feel her pain, and fear, and wanted to do something about it, "I really don't know, and what do you mean 'lose me'?" he asked, " I mean if you leave me, ill be alone!" Rose started sobbing in Jack's arms, "I wont leave you Rose! Never! I love you too much to ever leave you! What made you think i'd ever leave you?" Jack asked, worried about Rose, "I don't know, i just might be a pain to you! Or you'll get sick of me!""I never will! I love you Rose!" Jack answered, in a loving voice, "I love you too, Jack! And i always will!" Rose said, Jack and Rose kissed, then broke apart, they were knackered, they did sleep rough, and they also had no luggage, which means, no change of clothing, so they had to sleep in the same clothes they wore when Titanic sunk, unless they borrow Toby and Rebecca's clothes. "Jack, what are we going to do about clothes? and money? and shelter, I mean, we can't live here, they will get sick of us!" Rose asked Jack, "Well, ill get a job, to support us, and when we have enough, we can save up for a place of our own, and get more clothes, but we can borrow their clothes for a while, im sure they wont mind!" . Jack gave Rose a small kiss on the lips, he really wanted to look after Rose, he'd do anything for Rose, so he was determined to earn money, and keep Rose safe, "Jack, i can't let just you get a job! Ill get one too!" Rose said, "No Rose, its okay, you don't have to, unless you really want one?" asked Jack, "Yeah, i really would, i would like to be an actress!" Jack smiled at her reponse, he was glad she was back to her normal self, she had dreams, and he was proud of her that she was actually going to follow them, and she had no one to get in her way! "Thats great! Maybe we could go out today and go job hunting together!" Jack said, with his arm around Rose, "That would be great, lets go!" Rose was vey determined to be an actress and like Jack, do anything for him! They would do anything for eachother!
"Toby, Rebecca, Were going out, we'll see you later!" Jack shouted, holding Rose's hand, "Okay! See you two later!" shouted Rebecca from another room, where were they? Oh well, there were more important things to think about, getting money!
"Lets go, Rose" Jack said, looking at Rose with a smile, and they both walked out of the door, and walked down the cold streets of New York city, hand in hand, happy to be in eachothers company!
35 Minutes later...
"Look Jack!" Rose pointed out, excitedly! "Their looking for someone to be in the local play! Maybe I should be a part of it?" She shouted, maybe this is her big break, she started jumping about, Jack smiled, he never saw her so excited, " well, maybe you should go for it, im happy for you, Rose",He told her, supporting her, "Thanx Jack,but wait! There is a job open for someone to help out with the play! Why don't you apply for that?" Rose said, excited, as then Jack would be working by Rose! " Yeah, that would be good, then im near you,I'll do it! Lets go!",They both walked into the building, to talk to the people incharge, and they walked out with jobs!
"Wow, i can't believe we now have jobs! And nearly the same one's" Rose shouted, hugging Jack, they were so happy, but who knew how long it would last?