Titanic: the ending that everybody wanted

By Marina Alustiza

The water was extremely cold and Rose almost couldn’t move. She had found a piece of wood floating among the dead bodies. She didn’t have much energy left to look for Jack, but her love for him was strong and didn´t let her give up.

She shouted his name and could only hear her own echo as an answer, but she didn’t give up. Suddenly, Rose could see Jack very near from her, floating thanks to the life preserver that he was wearing. She swam as fast as she could and found him unconscious. She tried to wake him up several times, and when she was about to go away and look for help, he opened his eyes.

Both were frozen and desperate, and it seemed useless to try to move or go anywhere. Being in the middle of the Atlantic alone leaves no space for any kind of hope.

When they were about to resign, they could listen to someone coming. Together with that miraculous sound of voices calling for survivors, they saw a light. Someone was looking for them. Their hearts restarted beating and their hope was back. 

Fortunately, they were rescued and a couple of hours later they were resting safe and warm in the only ship that came to help them.

There were no more survivors. Even the people in the little boats died frozen while waiting for help. They still couldn’t realize how tremendous the tragedy had been.

Rose and Jack spent two days sleeping and recovering from the catastrophe. When they felt better, they had a meeting with the captain. They didn’t know what to say; there was such a confusion in their minds. They were still shocked and couldn’t believe what had happened. Rose burst into tears before pronouncing a single word, so the captain decided to let her rest a bit more. Jack asked the man to stay with her, because he wasn’t either ready to face the situation.

After one week, they had agreed what they were going to say and also what they were going to do with their lives from that moment on. They needed to start again; a new life was the solution to their problems. No one would stop or separate them if they were in a completely different place from where they came from and were completely different people.

They were going to change their names, and as they had no identification papers, it would be easier to lie. And so they did. Now they were called Emerald and Ryan.

They went to talk to the captain and told him that they had been travelling to America to start a new life, to look for a good job and to form a family. After all, almost everything was true.

No objections were made, and when they finally reached land, they were called by their new names and no one suspected anything.

Rose still had something very valuable and expensive hanging on her neck, something that could help them to make a fresh start: the Heart of the Ocean. That precious stone could give them the key to their future.

Rose hadn’t told Jack about it till they arrived in America, and when that happened, both agreed in selling it as soon as possible. And so they did.

When they got to the jewelry store they were so nervous that they couldn’t listen to any of the things that the man in charge told them. They just took the money and went away, without even realizing how much it was.

When they found a safe place, they stopped and looked at what they had been paid. They estimated that there were at least five hundred thousand dollars. They were millionaires!

After such a surprise, they left and looked for a Hotel. They booked a room and stayed there to think what they were going to do with the money.

The following day, they started looking for a house, and could get one very near from the center of the city. It was a big and beautiful apartment, full of big windows and delicate furniture.

After two months, they were completely settled in the house, and Rose had great news which made their happiness complete: she was pregnant!

They knew they had a glowing future waiting for them. Every wish they had made was now fulfilled. Nothing could be better than what they were living.

Nine months later, the little Marine was born, and the new Emerald and Ryan, feeling their hearts exploding with love, were finally able to leave behind the Rose and Jack that had disappeared with the Titanic.