Thanks for the reviews, I hope you guys like this chapter. I have tried to break up the scenes with a line break; hopefully this makes it easier to read:]
Jack's body may have been in a coma but his mind wasn't. His mind was full of tricks and nightmares. He wanted to go back to Rose but his mind wouldn't let him. As soon as it seemed like he was coming closer to her he would suddenly be pulled back by an invisible force.
He could hear everyone around him though, it was the only thing that kept him realising that he was still alive. He heard the doctor and the nurse arguing over what to do, he heard the sound of the water crashing against the side of the ship but most importantly he heard Rose. Her voice was like sweet honey but the sounds of her tears were like a knife jabbing him in the heart. He wanted to reach out and grab her in a hug and tell her everything would be alright but he couldn't. He loved her so much. He was going to propose to her when they reached America. He had to hold on for her. He was in so much pain but he was willing to hold on for her, he wasn't going to take the easy way out. He would suffer for her as long as it meant that in the end they would be together.
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Rose entered Jack's room. Her hair was dirty and unwashed and she looked like she hadn't slept in days, the truth was she hadn't. Every time she tried to close her eyes she would be haunted by the scenes of Jack lying in bed in his coma. She woke up screaming every time. She wanted desperately to be with him but nothing could get her there. If he had just died then it was easy but he was in a coma and she didn't know how to get herself into one.
She lay down next to Jack like she did everyday and told him stories about their future together. She wasn't sure if he could hear her but it helped her get through the day. Today was the story about how they go to the beach together as a family, Jack and herself and their children. She had told the story numerous times but it was the one she loved the most. She went on for hours, making sure she never forgot a detail. She even described what ice-cream they all ate.
When she was finished she put her hand through his and put her head on his chest and tried to sleep. Again it was no use. So she just lay there, daydreaming. Little did she know that Jack had heard the story and wanted so much to wake up and tell her that it would all come true.
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The doctor entered the room. He saw that Rose lay there with Jack. He had no idea how to break the news to her.
"Rose."
She looked up. "Yes Doctor. Do you have some good news?"
The doctor tried to smile back at her but couldn't. "Rose I'm so sorry."
She shook her head.
"Rose it is unlikely he will wake up."
Rose shook her head again, tears flowing down her cheeks.
"You must be lying. Stop lying!" She screamed at him.
"Rose it's the truth."
"No stop lying! You can't be telling the truth! He has to wake up! He promised he would stay with me forever!"
The doctor came over and tried to calm her down but she just pushed him away. So he left her alone with Jack.
"Jack." Rose whispered between sobs. "Jack his lying isn't he? Oh Jack, wake up! Jack tell me his lying!" But she was only answered by silence.
"Jack!" She sobbed loudly. "Jack!" Still no answer. "No! No!" She tried hard to control herself but it was no use. "NO!" She tugged at her hair then let out a scream. "NO!"
She wasn't going to let it happen. She wasn't going to let him leave her. She searched around the room but there was nothing. So she left the room in search of a guard and his gun.
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Jack awoke with a start.
"Rose!" He tried to say but the words didn't come out. "Rose!" He finally mumbled. He looked frantically around the room. "Rose!" He tried to get up but his legs were weak. He tried again and again. He had to find her. He finally managed to lift himself off the bed and stumble to the door.
"Rose!"
He looked around but there was still no sign of her. He tried to walk out onto the deck but he was intercepted by a surprised looking doctor.
"Jack? But you're meant to be in a coma!" He looked Jack up and down.
"Looks like I got better. Where's Rose I need to find her?" He tried to rush past the doctor but the doctor held him back.
"You should be in bed! You can't go wandering around! We will send a nurse to find her."
"No, that's not good enough!"
The doctor looked taken back by the outburst but gave Jack a slight shove back towards the direction of his room.
"Look you didn't hear her! It's all your fault anyway, telling her I wouldn't wake up! She thinks I'm dead so she is going to try and kill herself."
The doctor eyed Jack but soon saw that what he was saying was true. "We will find her. You must go back to bed!"
"No! I will find her myself!" He pushed past the doctor and onto the deck. He looked up and down but saw no sign of her. Then he heard it. The sounds of a struggle upstairs and Rose's voice.
"You don't understand! I need that gun!"
Jack ran up the stairs and saw her struggling with a guard, trying hard to get the gun off him.
"Miss, you can't do that!" But it was too late she had wrestled the gun out of his hands.
"Rose! Don't do it Rose!"
The sound of the gun shoot echoed through the empty ship.
"Rose!"
To be continued...
