Rose's POV
(Taking place once they're rescued by the Carpathia)
I'm assisted by 2 kind crewman from the rescue ship, The Carpathia, seeing as I'm struggling to climb up the rope ladder. Once I'm aboard the ship, another crewman places a fleecy blanket around my shoulders, and offers me a warm cup of tea. I graciously take the tea, thanking him for his generousity. As I turn a corner, furthering myself onto the deck of this unfamiliar boat, I notice a swarm of people, all 0passengers on The Carpathia, all wanting the first glimpse of the Titanic surviours.
I push my way through the crowd, trying to find my way down to steerage, knowing that if Jack were to be anywhere, it'd be here. I fight my way through the crowd, taking notice of the many crying figures, most of them women and children. I figure, if any men would have survived, the majority would be first class, which makes my heart ache. Jack, please, please be alive.
Seeing mothers embracing their children, crying together, over the loss of there fathers, it really breaks my heart. There's even some girls my age, crying to themselves, with no one to comfort them. They probably lost their true love, just as I probably did. Oh Rose, quit thinking like that! Just because you don't see him at the moment, doesn't mean he isn't alive! He could be elsewere on the ship!
I roam around a bit longer, occasionally stopping to ask the more stable survivours, and even passengers on the Carpathia, if they had seen a man that matches the description I gave to them of Jack, only to be given the same answer everything. One big, fat No.
Finally, I come across a crew member walking around the 3rd class deck, with a clip board in hand. I run over to him as fast as I can, hoping he can help me. "Sir! Sir! Excuse me!" I yell running across the deck, hoping to catch his attention. Luckily, I did, and he looks up from his clipboard as I halt in front of him.
"Yes ma'am, how many I help you?" He asks, flashing me a kind smile. "I really need your help! Do you happen to have a list of the Titanic survivours yet?" I ask him in a hurry. He looks at me sympathetically, before sighing, "I happen to have one right here, but the captain gave me orders. He said no one is to see the list until all the names have been taken down." He says, looking at me sadly.
"Oh it's quite alright, I understand. Say when do you think the list will be posted?" I ask him, trying to hold back the tears that threaten to fall. You can't cry Rose, he may not even be dead, you can't cry yet. "I believe it may be up around mid afternoon tomorrow, considering we've already gotten down all of first class, and half of second." He informs me, and I nod, thanking him for his help, and just as I turn around to walk away, he stops me.
"I forgot to ask, may I take down your name, love?" He asks, pulling the pen from behind his ear, and flipping to a new page on his clipboard. "Oh yes, for sure." I say, coming back closer to him. I can't give him the name 'Rose Dewitt Bukator' no, that'd be stupid. Cal or mother might find me, and thats the last thing I want at this point. "It's Dawson, Rose Dawson." I tell him, and he writes it down before thanking me and taking off to go get the names of more passengers.
Night begins to fall, and the cold april air begins to come into full swing, though its nothing compared to the frigid tempuratures of the Atlantic Ocean. I wrap the blanket around my sholuders toghtly, and find a spare bench to lie on as I prepare myself for a nice sleep, hoping to wake up tomorrow to find Jack.
Oh Jack, please be safe.
A/N: Okay so yay the second chapter! I'm sorry if i'm making the Carpathia scenes drag on, but there will probably be 2-3 more chapters set on the ship before they dock in NYC. I'm trying not to make it boring by just writing out the same exact thing that happened with the film, so bear with me here! Oh and one last big thank you to my first reviewer Lady Rin!~Jaime
