Author's Note: I don't own Titanic or any of its Characters'. I only own the plot to the story and a few characters which are my own.
Summary: Au for Titanic. Just the events told from point of view from Will Dawson, Jack's older brother and Elizabeth DeWitt-Bukater who is travel on the Titanic with fiancé James Hockley, her younger sister Rose, Rose's fiancé Caledon 'Cal' Hockley and their mother Ruth. Both the DeWitt-Bukater sisters lives are about to change but is it for the best or the worst.
Author's Note: Here's Chapter 3.
Chapter 3
12th April 1912, North Atlantic Ocean
It was just after dawn. I rolled over onto my stomach and groaned when I heard Fabrizio rather loud snoring. I grabbed my old pocket watch and glanced at it. It was just after 5 in the morning. I felt like throwing him overboard. So that the bloody snoring would cease.
I swung my legs over the side of the bed and stood up. I grabbed a somewhat clean shirt. I pulled it on before butting it up. I grabbed my old worn vest and my coat. I headed out towards the Bow of the Titanic to think.
There was a slight breeze when I walked out to the bow. I sat or half leaned against the railing of the bow. I rolled a Cigarette and lit with a match. I took a drag of my cigarette and though back to night before when I had seen that girl no woman again.
The odds of her a First Class girl falling for a Third Class guy like me was almost a million to one. But as I had told Tommy the previous day. Never say never. Nothing was ever impossible to do if you put your mind to it.
An hour or so later I heard what I thought to be the announcement for breakfast down here in third class. I took my one last drag of my cigarette and threw it overboard.
"We thought you'd fallen overboard boyo" Tommy joked as I walked over to where they were seated. I set down my plate and hot cup of coffee on and sat down beside Tommy and across from my brother.
"Not likely Tommy. I have better sea legs then you maybe. Seeing as I spent five years of my life at sea," I said taking a bite of my toast.
"Well anit that interesting" Tommy said with a cigarette hanging from his lips as he took a sip of his cup of whatever it was.
"So Fabrizio have you talked to that Norwegian girl you've been pinning over the last couple of days," I asked pushing my empty plate to the side.
"I ah" Fabrizio strutted to say something.
"He spilt his first cup of coffee over her this morning in the breakfast buffet line this morning" Jack said chuckling.
"Non è divertente bastardi" (It's not funny you bastards) Fabrizio snapped at us in Italian. I chuckled into my half-finished coffee.
"I'm sorry Fabrizio but it is funny" I said rolling myself another cigarette.
"Come uno di voi non hanno fatto un Idoit completa della vostra auto di fronte a una ragazza che ti piace" Fabrizio cursed at us again in Italian (Like either of you haven't made a complete Idoit of yourself in front of a girl you like)
"Yea but we haven't spilt a cup of coffee all over her," Jack said trying to keep a straight face and trying not to laugh
"Perché sono amici con voi mucchio di bastardi" Fabrizio said not all happy we still making fun of him. (Why am I friends with you bunch of bastards)
"Oh come on Fab we're only joking around "I said trying to calm him down.
Up on the First Class Deck a few hours later. Rose and Elizabeth DeWitt-Bukater where walking to the Third Class area of the ship in search of the two men whom had saved Rose's life the night before.
"Why exactly are we headed towards the Third Class area of the ship" Elizabeth asked her younger sister as they walked along the Second Class area of the Titanic.
"The least I can do is thanking them for saving me from falling overboard." Rose said as they reach the gate that lead below to Third Class area of the Titanic.
In the general room of Steerage deck. Tommy was looking over some Jack's drawing he had done. Fabrizio was talking with the girl he had become love struck with Helga I think her name was. Jack was sitting with the young girl Cora who he had been drawing with yesterday when she had been with her father Bert. Tommy commented on Jack's drawing.
"Come on Cora. Say goodbye to Uncle Jack and Will. We have to go now" Bert Cartmell said taking Cora hand.
"Bye Uncle Jack, Bye Uncle Will" Cora said taking her father's hand.
"Bye Cora" We both said at the same time. I rolled myself a cigarette. Something caught my attention at the foot of the stairs that lead up onto the second class deck. It was Rose the girl Jack and I had saved the night before and her friend. I said nothing to Jack.
"Jack" Fabrizio said noticing Rose and her friend. Jack looked over to his right to see Rose and her friend walking towards us. Jack stood up and I did to.
"Hello Mr Dawson. Mr" Rose said not knowing that Jack and I where brothers.
"Will Dawson Miss. I'm Jack's older brother" I explained.
"Hello Again" Jack said. I looked over my shoulder at Fabrizio, Helga and Tommy whom looked shocked that these two First Class girls had come down here to the Third Class area to talk to both me and Jack.
"May I speak with you and your brother" Rose asked. I looked at her friend more closely. There seemed to be some similar facial features between her and Rose. It was possible that these two where related somehow.
"Yeah" Jack answered not bother to move from where he was standing. Elizabeth glanced at the oldest of the Dawson brother. He was slightly taller than his brother and more muscular. His hair was darker than his younger brother. While Jack was clean shaven Will had a scruffy full beard.
"In Private" Rose prompted. I glanced over at Tommy, Fabrizio and Helga who were still in shock that these First Class girls no woman had come down to Third Class to talk to both Jack and I.
"Yeah Sure" Jack said as we began to walk away. Tommy shot Jack a mischievous look. Jack wacked Tommy for his troubles.
An hour later up on the First Class Deck of the Titanic. Jack and Rose where talking of Jack's childhood in Chippewa Falls as they walked along the deck in the mid-morning sun.
"Well I've been on own since I was fifteen. Mine and Will's ma died when I was eleven and Will was twelve giving birth to our younger brother and sister. About six months after she died our father remarried to this woman. Will left Chippewa Falls when he was thirteen after having a falling out with our father.
After our father died three years later. I had no close kin in that part of the country so I lit out of there. And I haven't been back since. You can call me a tumbleweed blowing in the wind. "Jack said explaining some of his past and childhood.
"Well Rose. We've walked about a mile around this boat deck. We've chewed about how great how the weather is and how me and Will grew up. And I don't think that's why you came to talk to me and Will is it" Jack said maybe after a minute of silence.
"Mr Dawson I"
"Jack "Jack correcting her. The only one that had been called Mr Dawson had been his and Will's father Benjamin
"Jack I wanted to thank you and your brother for what you both did. Not just for pulling back but for both of your and Will's discretion" Rose said grateful that both Jack and Will had gone along with her lie last night.
"Well your welcome" Jack said truthfully.
"Look I know what you must be thinking. Poor Little Rich Girl was does she know about misery" Rose said berating herself.
"No that's not what I was thinking at all. I was thinking what could have possible happened to this girl to think that she had no way out" Jack stated genuinely wanting to know what had happened to Rose to think she had no other choice besides killing herself.
"Oh it was everything. My whole world and all the people in it. And the inertia of my life plunging ahead of me, powerless to stop it" Rose explained a little of what had made her try to kill herself last night. Rose held up her engagement ring to show Jack.
"God look at that thing. You woulda gone straight to the bottom" Jack said examine the ring for a few brief seconds. A ring like that most have cost a fortune to buy.
"Five hundred invitations have gone out. All of Philadelphia society will be there. And all the while I feel I'm standing in a crowded room, screaming at the top of my lungs and no one even looks up" Rose said putting down her guard to Jack for a moment or two.
"Do you love him" Jack asked.
"Pardon Me" Rose said her guard going back up at the question that Jack had asked. Whether or not she loved Cal.
"Do you love him" Jack asked again repeating his question whether or not Rose loved her Fiancé Cal.
"You're being rude. You shouldn't be asking me this" Rose exclaimed with her guard up to him once more.
"It's a simple question. Do you love the guy or not" Jack pressed again to get a straight answer from Rose whether or not she loved this guy Cal who happened to be her Fiancé.
"This is not a suitable conversation" Rose snapped at him. Jack could not contemplate why she was getting so defensive when he asked whether or not she loved this Cal guy or not.
"Why can't you answer the question" Jack pressed for perhaps the third or rather fourth time.
"This is absurd. You don't know me and I don't know you. And we are not having this conversation at all. You are rude, uncouth and presumptuous. And I am leaving now. Jack. Mr Dawson it's been a pleasure. I sought you and your brother out to thank you both and now I have thanked you both" Rose said shaking his hand.
"And you've insulted me" Jack added with a knowing smirk on his lips now.
"Well you deserved it "
"Right" Jack said agreeing with her. The smirk that had been on his face earlier was still there as plain as day.
"Right"
"I thought you were leaving" Jack prompted after a minutes. Seeing as Rose had not left and was still shaking his hand.
"I am. You are so annoying" Rose snapped at him as she turned leave. Jack simply just laughed at her.
"Wait. I don't have to leave. This is my part of the ship. You leave" Rose snapped at him again in matter of minutes.
"Whoa, ho, ho. Well, well, well. Now who's being rude" Jack said grinning not in at all in a mocking way.
"What is this stupid thing you're carrying around?" Rose said as she grabbed Jack's portfolio form him
"What are you an artist or somethin? Well these are rather good. Their very good actually. Jack this is exquisite work" Rose said as she looked through the sketches/drawings in the portfolio in front of her.
"Ah. They didn't think much of em in Ol' Paree" Jack said, it was the truth of course. Back in Paris they hadn't though much of his drawing/sketches.
"Paris. You do get around for a por. Well uh a person of limited means" Rose said quickly correcting herself from insulting him.
"Go on. For a poor guy you can say it" Jack said not the least bit offended that Rose almost insulted him about his class.
"Well, well, well. And these where drawn from life" Rose asked referring to the naked French Girl drawings he had done in Paris for the six weeks that he, Will and Fabrizio had stayed there before coming to England or rather Southampton.
"Well that's one of the good things about Paris. Lots of girls willing to take their clothes off." Jack simply stated as Rose continued to look at the nude drawings he had done in Paris.
"You like this woman. You used her several times" Rose said referring to Viollette the one legged prostitute Jack had befriended in Paris.
"Well she had beautiful hand. You see" Jack tried to point out. Viollette had been a beautiful woman but Jack had not been interested in her in a romantic sense at all.
"I think you must of have had a love affair with her" Rose said somewhat teasingly. Her guard had once again come down around Jack.
"No, no, no. Just with her hands. She was a one legged prostitute see" Jack pointed out to her that Viollette had been a one legged prostitute
"Oh" Rose said having looked closer at the drawing of Viollette a little closer.
"Ah. She had a good sense of humour though. Oh and this lady. She used to come sit at this bar every night. Wearing every piece of jewellery she owed just waiting for her long lost love. I called her Madame Bijoux. See how her clothes are all moth eaten" Jack pointed out the life of the drawing.
"You have a gift Jack. You do. You see people" Rose said closing the portfolio.
"I see you" Jack said truthfully. Jack didn't know how or why but he was starting to fall in love with Rose. No scratch that. He had started to fall in love with her when he had seen her yesterday for the first time. When he had not even known her name.
"And" Rose asked curious as to what Jack was going to say about what he saw in her.
"You wouldn't a jumped" Jack stated simply.
On the other side of the deck Elizabeth and I were discussing our childhoods. She was an easy person to talk to. I had told her of mine and Jack's childhood in Chippewa Falls before I had left home at thirteen and had found work on a merchant ship or rather a tramp steamer.
"So you spent five years at sea before you met up with Jack in Italy two years ago" Elizabeth asked me as I rolled myself a cigarette.
"Yea pretty much. I had been ship wrecked for the second time. I was pretty luck to survive or so I was told." I said as I struck a match and lit my cigarette before shaking out the lit match.
"Don't be surprised tonight at dinner if Cal and my mother treat you with hostility." Elizabeth said as I took a drag from my cigarette.
"That wouldn't surprise me. Cal seems like an up jumped pompous snotty rich bastard to me" I simply stated as I took another drag of my cigarette.
"You're not even wrong about that Will. James is so much more different from Cal it is hard to imagine that they are even related let alone brothers." Elizabeth explained.
"So James is your fiancé" I asked, I was just curious as to whether James was her fiancé or not.
"Yes he is. He is much kinder and much more pleasant to be around then his older brother. Nor does he treat woman like a china doll like Cal does with Rose. She is slowly suffocating thanks to our mother and Cal" Elizabeth simply stated. So that must have been the reason why Rose had tried to kill herself the night before.
"So that explains why Rose tried to kill herself last night" I muttered under my breath. I turned my head slightly to see the shocked look on Elizabeth's face at what I had just said.
"She what" Elizabeth asked not quite believing what Will had just said.
"Rose was going to throw herself off the stern of the Titanic. She would have done it if Jack hadn't stopped her." I explained to Elizabeth what had happened last night.
"Perhaps we should go and see what our siblings are up to" Elizabeth stated after about five minutes of silence. I merely nodded and followed after her.
On the other side of the deck. Rose and Jack where talking about what Jack had done after he left Chippewa Falls after his father had died when Jack was fifteen.
"Well I worked on a squid boat in Monterrey. Then I went down to the Los Angeles to the pier in Santa Monica. I did portraits selling them ten cents apiece. "Jack explained some of what he had done since he had left Chippewa Falls four years ago.
"Why can't I be like you Jack? Just head out for the horizon. Whenever I feel like it. Say we'll go there sometime. To that pier, even if we only ever talk about it" Rose said. Jack could see the fire that burning within her. The fire that was being held back by rules and social expectation of First Class or rather Upper Class society.
"Nah we'll do it. We'll drink cheap beer. Ride on the rollercoaster till we throw up and we'll ride horses on the beach, right in the surf. Now you'll have to do it like a real cowboy. None of this side-saddle stuff "Jack said. There was a side to Rose that was buried beneath a wall that hid her emotions and her true self from the world.
"You mean one leg each side. Can you show me?"
"Yeah if you like" Jack said like it was nothing. Which it wasn't.
"Teach me to ride like a man."
"Chew tobacco like a man" Jack added in.
"And spit like a man" Rose said in a funny Southern accent.
"What they didn't teach you that in finishing school" Jack said in mock horror tone of voice.
"No" Rose said laughing. It had been a long time since she had felt this carefree.
"Come on I'll show you" Jack said taking her hand.
"NO Jack. No I couldn't possible. Jack." Rose tried to protest.
"Watch closely" Jack said instructing Rose how to spit like a man. Elizabeth and I had been walking towards them.
"What is he doing" Elizabeth asked as Jack spat over the railing of the covered bridge.
"He's teaching her how to spit like a man" I stated as we walked closer to them.
"Oh that's disgusting" I heard Rose remark to Jack spitting over the railing over the covered bridge.
"Alright your turn" Jack prompted. Rose quickly spat over the railing of the covered bridge
"That was pitiful. You've really got to hack it back. Get some leverage to it. Use your arms and your neck" Jack said as spat again, I tried not to laugh as Elizabeth and I watched as Jack taught Rose how to spit like a man.
"Did you see the rang on that thing" Jack stated not that Rose was listening much. A moment later she tried again.
"That was better. You really got to work on it. Really. Really try to hack it up. You know get some body into it" Jack explained.
"Oh shit" I heard Elizabeth curse. I looked at her in surprise at hearing her curse like a man.
"What" I asked not knowing what the problem was.
"My mother is coming this way with the Countess of Ruffed and Molly Brown" Elizabeth explained. We walked over to where they were standing
"You really got to" Jack was interrupted when Rose punched him in the arm to get his attention. Jack turned around to see what the Rose had interrupted him for.
"Mother may I introduce Jack and Will Dawson. They were the men who saved me from falling overboard last night when I slipped looking over railing at the propellers." Rose said introducing Jack and me to their mother.
"Charmed I'm sure" Ruth DeWitt-Bukater said with a fake politeness that reminded me of rattlesnake.
I looked over to Jack as one of the woman mouthed that Jack had a bit of spit on his chin. I held in a chuckle.
"Well it looks like you two are good men to have in sticky situation" The one called Molly Brown said. A loud horn was heard." Why do they always insist on announcing dinner like a dame Calvary charge" Molly commented.
"Shall we go dress for dinner Mother" Rose said to their mother. "See you at dinner Jack, Will" Rose said before they walked away.
"You've got it bad" I laughed as I watched Jack watch as Rose walked away with her and Elizabeth's mother.
"Like you don't" Jack shot back at me.
"Boys. Do you two even have the slightest comprehension of what you're doing" Molly asked.
"No not really "Both Jack and I answered at the same time.
"Well you're both about to go into the snake pit. What are you two planning on wearing" Molly asked. Jack and I both shrugged and gestured to the clothes we were wearing.
"I figured as much" Molly said gesturing for us to follow her.