EPILOGUE
Three months later…
Jack stands outside of Rose’s room along with his sister Caitlin and best friend Cory. It’s been Ten hours since Rose’s first contraction, and Jack was going crazy with worry. Was it supposed to take this long?
"Calm down Jack. Everything’s going to be fine," Cory tries to calm his friend who’s pacing the floor.
"Yeah. Molly’s in there with her right now. She’s going to be fine," Caitlin reassures her brother.
"Mr. Dawson?" The doctor comes out of the room, wiping his brow with a handkerchief.
"Yes?" Jack comes to attention, "Is it Rose? Is she okay?"
"Mrs. Dawson is fine and so is your daughter," The doctor grinned. "Congratulations. You may go in and see them now."
"A daughter! I have a daughter!" Jack hugs both Cory and Caitlin happily before dashing into the room, where Rose is holding her daughter and Molly is straightening out the blankets in the tiny crib that Rose and Jack had set up a week ago.
"Well there’s the new father," Molly looks up. "Come on in Jack. Meet your daughter."
"She’s beautiful," Jack sets down next to Rose and lightly touches the baby’s head, brushing back her blond curls. "She’s the most beautiful thing I’ve seen next to her mother."
"She looks like her father," Rose smiled lovingly up at her husband. "Just how I dreamed she’d look."
"What are you two gonna name her?" Molly asked, moving to the door to leave the two new parents alone with their baby.
"Josephine," Rose smiled. "Josephine Margaret Dawson."
"Good name for her," Molly smiled. "I’ll go out and tell the others."
Once alone, Jack kisses Rose passionately and returns to gazing at his tiny daughter. If anyone had told him nine months ago how his trip on the Titanic would change his life, he would have laughed at them. He had never imagined feeling so much love as he felt for the two people in his arms right now.
As baby Josephine fell asleep, both Jack and Rose knew that their future was bright and that for now on nothing on earth…not even death would separate them. They were forever a part of each other’s lives now and forever.
THE END