Chapter 32

"Fabrizio?!"

"Jack!"

They both cried, then ran to each other. They embraced each other for what seemed like eternity. The last time they saw each other was meeting in a crowded hallway, before breaking down a gate with a heavy bench, with Tommy and a random passenger.

"Fabrizio! I can't believe it's you!" Jack says, shocked.

"Our lives have changed!" Fabrizio cries back, as they walk over to the 1910-looking Ford car, then they sat on the running board of the car he had been learning to drive in, and successfully drove the family to the hospital.

"So, what have you been doing since I was gone?" Jack asks, wiping a few tears from his eyes.

Fabrizio told what he had done since he and Jack parted ways as the ship was going down. After Tommy was shot he guilt trip the officer, who had then killed himself afterward. Later on he tried to free a lifeboat after the officers tried to put it on a davit, only the water was coming in at a faster rate, so he had to help cut the ropes to free the boat. Sometime after that he was pushed off, and he had to swim for it. He swam at a good distance when a funnel started to collapse. The tip of the funnel fell on his leg, which dislocated his knee. He thought he died, until he could feel someone pull him onto a boat. It had been overturned in the chaos, so he managed to stay at the tip of the overturned boat, while other people tried to keep it righted, and to keep it from sinking. He couldn't see what was happening, as people were clumped in front of him. He knew it was total darkness when the ship's power had failed; then the ship split in two, just by hearing the breakage over the screams of the people. Soon after, all he could hear was people crying for their loved ones. All they could do at that point was pray, and to hope the boat doesn't sink under their feet, until they were finally pulled aboard another boat, and continued on to the rescue ship.

After he was pulled aboard the rescue ship, he was given morphine, then blacked out, but he knew they were trying to pull his leg back in place. He awoke, the pain was coming back. He was surrounded by other survivors in the doctor's cabin. He had hoped Jack would be among them, but the chances were pretty slim. He had also hoped Jesse is among those rescued as well. He met Eric again, while on board the rescue ship. He brought him and Karl to his older brother's house here in town. He and Karl got their citizenship and are trying to look for employment up until this point. He tested his leg once more. The pain where the funnel had fallen was gone, bit could feel a tinge of pain now and then, though he wasn't limping anymore.

He left out why they were at hospital despite Jack seeing the couple and their kid with the doctor who had treated him.

"Hmm. I think they're here for their kid to get checked on," Fabrizio says, but he knew why he's here.

Jack then told his side of the story. After he parted with Fabrizio, he and Rose went to the boat deck to send off Rose in a lifeboat. She ended up jumping back onto the ship, then he ran into Jesse, and they all embraced at the Grand Staircase. Then a madman named Cal started shooting at them, nearly getting Jesse in the head. He continued shooting at them until they were back in the belly of the ship. There they tried to rescue a kid, until his father took him away. The water broke the doors, drowning the two, but sweeping him and Rose to another gate. They were locked in until a frightened steward tried to open the gate, only losing the key in the process. He managed to get the key in the lock, before they completely drowned. They made their way back on deck, meeting Jesse for the last time before he slid down the deck and into the freezing water.

Jack tried to stifle his sobs before continuing, even as the tears came from his eyes. Fabrizio pats Jack on his back, then consoles him.

He continued with Rose, as he had to carry out his plan to stay on the ship for as long as possible. They fought their way to the stern as the ship was tilting higher and higher, and people were sliding off as well. He knew the situation had fell apart at that point, even when people began to jump from the rear most part of the ship, getting killed as they hit the propellers.

Jack tried to stifle another sob again, then continued.

The lights went out at that point. He and Rose knew they had to be prepared for the worst. The ship broke apart, sending them back to the water, hard. Some people fell off the ship when the stern hit the water. Then the stern lifted back up to the air again. He knew he had act fast. So he told Rose to go over the railing like she did before her suicide, and he would follow. Once the ship was straight in the air, all they had to do was prepare for the moment the ship would pull them down. The ship started to go down again, this time into the icy Atlantic. He told Rose she had better be prepared or they both might be caught in the ship's suction. Once the ship went down, he heard the ship's stern implode, something he was not expecting. As the stern sank faster, the suction almost pulled him under, the result from the implosion, and was nearly separated from Rose. Eventually he made it back to the surface. He put Rose on a wreckage and tried to get on it himself, nearly swamping the two. He ended up telling Rose she had a much better life than dying in this cold sea. That's when he thought he died, until he woke up here at the hospital. He still had his mind on Rose, wondering if she was safe, and hopefully not with Cal.

He also thought of Jesse, if he had survived at all. He thought about going back in the hospital, but he knew there might be other survivors in there, and knew his chances are grim now. He's never going to see Jesse again; his hair always covered his eyes, no matter how much he tried to push it away. His smile always seemed to light up the room, and that face…that smile…Jack sobbed. It was too much for him. Fabrizio embraced him, while Jack continued to cry, as he knew Jesse was resting peacefully now.

Moments later, the young couple steps out of the hospital, with their little kid. Fabrizio walks behind them as he introduces them.

"Jack. This is bella Jessica; she's very bellissimo. She's Jesse's older sister, and this her husband, Jonathon, and this little fella is also Jack. This is the Almstead-Williams family. And I'd like you all to meet my friend Jack Dawson."

Jack became even more nervous at the sight of beautiful Jessica, as the strong resemblance between brother and sister was apparent. Like Jesse, she also had the same soft facial features, and even her hair also fell over her eyes; the same intense eyes. She smiled; the same small smile just like Jesse's. Jack's heart began beating faster, and he felt his mouth go dry a little. Even their young son had a slight resemblance to Jesse. Jack shook the image out of his head, then straightened himself, before greeting the family.

"Pleasure." Jon says, shaking Jack's hand. Jessica embraces, though Jack can tell she was nervous and shaking slightly, while Jessica can also tell Jack was also as nervous as she was.

"You were the man we pass by." Little Jack says, pointing at older Jack.

"Ha-ha. Son, what did we say about pointing? Sorry about that."

Little Jack crosses his arms and pouts, but older Jack laughs, not minding at all. He then asked the family.

"Is it-if it isn't…" Jack began, as he nervously ran his fingers through his blond hair before rubbing the back of his neck.

"If you want to stay you're welcomed to do so," Jon says, patting Jack's firm shoulder, though he noticed he wasn't as firm as Jesse. "If you're a friend of Jesse's, yes."

They knew they have another week to keep it a secret that Jesse was alive, from Jack, for now, until he was ready to go home.