A/N: WOW! Thanks SO much for ALL the reviews! I never thought this story would generate so much but I am truly appreciative. This story came to me when I was reading a Victor Garber interview weeks ago and it made me say "hmm…." Lol anyway I know there may not be some parts that are not exactly lined up with the EXACT clock time of events on Titanic, but hey, this is Fanfiction….if I knew the exact time stuff started happening on the ship, I would have been a survivor of the ship, which I'm not, lol anyway, on with the story:
As Leo, Victor, Kathy, Kate and Billy ran around the ship trying to find a boat, Leo sighed with relief when he found one. It also made Kate and Victor gasp with shock when they saw who was escorting people onto the boat that was to sail people away onto the ocean, away from Titanic. Standing in front of them was William Murdoch—the REAL William Murdoch.
"Holy shit, is that—" Leo started as he stared at Murdoch, before Victor cut in.
"Officer Murdoch," Victor said with a nod and a look of seriousness. "The real Murdoch too."
Billy smiled briefly, scoffed and shook his head.
"Well, how about that?" Billy said lightly. "Wow, and he even looks just like Ewan too. Well if Ewan could see this?"
Kate laughed and then smiled. Officer Murdoch turned and looked at the actors with a frantic expression.
"Are you ladies going to get onto the boat." Murdoch said in his Scottish accent with urgency. "Hurry, its filling—QUICKLY."
Kate and Kathy nodded quickly, and Murdoch took Kathy's arm and helped her on the boat. Kathy looked back at Leo, Victor and Billy.
"Ok, you three, hurry up and get your asses onto a boat pronto!" Kathy said which garnered laughter from Victor, Leo and Billy. "I want to make sure you two are alright." Kathy added as her voice started to choke up with emotion.
Billy in the spur of the moment, quickly reached out and hugged Kathy tightly. The hug took Kathy aback and she let out a single laugh of surprise as she hugged him back.
"When we get back to 2012, lets all make a promise to kick Cameron's ass, ok?" Billy said which made Kathy laugh.
"You're damn right about that honey." Kathy said.
Billy let him go as Murdoch seemed anxious to get her in the boat. Before Kate went in the boat, she looked at Leo and stared at him with fearful eyes, not fearful eyes for her, but for him. She wasn't sure if he'd make it off Titanic and she didn't want to get on that boat not knowing, but she knew she had to. Leo wanted her to. She looked down and frowned slightly and then looked back up at him. She quickly reached over and kissed him on the lips briefly.
Billy sighed with a relieved smile, while Leo looked at her with such surprise.
"FINALLY!" Billy yelled out. "I thought you two would never do that already. Maybe you two will finally get married now. Hey, if we get back and you two do get married, do NOT register at Tiffany's on Melrose, they put out discount jewelry and try to sell it for more than its worth."
Leo and Kate laughed.
"Hey would you get on the boat miss! HURRY!" Murdoch yelled.
Kate looked at Murdoch with anger.
"Hold on just a damn minute ok!" Kate yelled at him which made Victor chuckle a bit.
"Wow, um, what was that for, Kate?" Leo asked with surprise in his voice.
Kate smiled.
"Just my way of saying, please make it back ok, Leo." Kate said warmly.
Leo looked at her with warmth and smiled briefly and nodded.
"I promise." Leo said strongly.
"LADY! BLOODY COME ON ALREADY!" Murdoch yelled louder in anger.
Kate sighed and as she did, Murdoch quickly and forcefully picked her up in his arms and forcefully put her down into the boat with the other women. It was with enough force to make Kate gasp loudly.
"Damn, there's something Ewan didn't do in the movie." Billy said at which Leo laughed at.
As the boat filled with women, including Kate and Kathy began to lower away, Kate kept her eyes on the three men standing on the deck of Titanic, staring down at her. Her heart was filled with anxiety, and FEAR. Fear for not knowing truly if all three men would make it ok, but she had to believe, she had to believe Leo when he said they would all be fine, including Ewan and Frances. She had to believe it for her sake and for Kathy's. Belief was all she had at that moment.
