Dear Aunt Molly,

I'm sending you this telegram to let you know that Josephine, Jack, and I will be home in a few days. Keep a look out for us.

Love Rose

Rose chewed on her bottom lip as she gave the clerk her telegraph to send to her Aunt. Normally she would talk to Molly on the telephone, but there was so much to do before they boarded the train, she felt it was best to send a telegraph. If she called, Molly would want to talk and have a conversation and there simply wasn't any time. Their train was going to be leaving in a few hours.

"I can't believe that you are leaving us," Kathy followed Jack and Thomas as they walked towards the exit of the store. They had accompanied Jack, Rose, and Josephine into town, knowing that they won't be back to the house. Their bags were packed and and ready to go and now they were just tying up loose ends in town.

"It's for the best. You see how everyone is looking at us. Like we did something wrong," Jack sighed, hating to leave his sister, yet at the same time, he couldn't wait to leave this town behind and start his life with Rose. "I am not going to put Rose through any more of it. It's too much already. Besides, we always planned to leave."

"I am going to miss you," Rose hugged Kathy tight. During the past several months, Kathy had become her best friend, something that she had never really had before. It was fun to have another woman around to talk to and be on her side. She was definitely going to miss that.

"You just take care of my brother and my niece," Kathy hugged Rose back. "Thank you. Thank you for coming here to look for him. It does my heart good to see him actually happy and in love."

"Take care of my sister," Jack shook Thomas's hand.

"You know I will," Thomas chuckled.

"So where are you two off to now?" Kathy asked, curiously.

"We're going to visit mom and dad's graves and then we're out of here for good," Jack explained, already feeling restless. The road was calling him for the first time in two years and he couldn't wait to get on that train.

Kathy took Josephine from Jack's arms and hugged her one last time. "Good-bye Josephine. Don't forget your Auntie Kathy!"

Rose smiled, feeling sad that she was taking Josephine away from family, but she knew that there will be plenty of visits and phone calls. This wasn't goodbye forever by any means.

"We better get going," Jack took his daughter back, a sad smile on his face. "See you later, sis."

"It better not be another five years. You hear me, Jack?" Kathy lectured.

Jack just laughed and took Rose's hand in his. "It won't be. I promise."

"Bye," Rose waved, following Jack as he headed for the door. She watched as Thomas and Kathy waved good-bye with tears in their eyes. She felt their sadness as well, but like Jack had said, leaving now was for the best. They wanted to enjoy their new found freedom, not be made to feel guilty for it. In order for that to happen, they had to leave Chippewa Falls behind.

…..

Jack and Rose stood at his parents graves, hand in hand, with Josephine sitting in the grass, cuddling the doll Jack had brought her that morning. It's the first time Jack had visited their graves since his returned to Chippewa Falls. He didn't really know why he hadn't visited before now. Maybe it was shame for how he had let his life be completely overtaken by Caroline. How he had let his parents down by not making it count and live life to the fullest after he had lost the love of his life. But he couldn't put it off any longer. Not when this was good-bye for good to the town where they were put to rest.

"Do you need to be alone?" Rose asked, ready to give Jack his privacy if he needed it.

"No. There's nothing I'm going to say that you can't hear," Jack smiled, touched by the gesture. "But thanks anyway."

Rose just smiled and squeezed his hand, letting him know that she was there whenever he needed her. Not just in this situation, but for the rest of their lives. "I love you."

"I love you, too," Jack leaned in and kissed her before turning back to his parent's headstones, which was worn with age now. It's been seven years since their loss and it still pained him as if the fire had happened yesterday. "Hello mom and dad. Sorry that I haven't visited since I came back to town. You probably know why. You also probably knew what a big mistake I had made as well. I had let you both down, letting my grief just take over. Allowing that woman to take over my life. I also know that it was you who sent Rose to me...who made sure that we were reunited. I promise to take good care of her and never leave her or Josephine's sides ever again. I also promise to keep honoring you by making each day count until we see each other again. I won't be back here, but I'll be carrying you both in my heart and I'll tell your grandchildren, Josephine included, all about you. I'll make sure that your spirits live on in them.

"This is good-bye for now. I love you."

They stood there for a few moments, just letting it all sink in. Committing it to memory, knowing this was the only time they'll see this place.

Rose found it appropriate how peaceful the cemetery was. After all, this was where people found their final rest. She closed her eyes and pictured the grave of her own father, back in Philadelphia. She also silently sent a thanks to him for his part in sending her Jack and sending her here to Chippewa Falls to find him alive and well, for making sure that they'd be reunited and have the family that they dreamed of.

"Are you ready?"

Rose smiled up at her lover and smiled. "As ready as I'm ever going to be."

…..

Jack watched the town of Chippewa Falls fall back behind them as the train left the station. It had been the town he was born in. Where he had grown up. His parents graves were there. His sister's home was there. But he was sure never to see it again. The town and all that happened there was now part of the past. The woman and the child in her arms, they were his future. It was with them that he had always belonged, where he had always wanted to be.

The two years with Caroline, they now seemed to be a distant nightmare. A part of his past that he can now forget. He now had a future that he looked forward to and he was going to make the most of it, starting now.

He smiled at Rose, running his fingers through her red curls that fell free down her back and shoulders. "Marry me."

Rose blinked in surprise and looked at Jack, her eyes wide. "What did you say?"

"I love you. You love me. We love our daughter. We're a family. Let's make it official as soon as we can. Marry me. Be my wife. Become Mrs. Dawson officially," Jack grinned, loving the surprise that lit up her face. Obviously, Rose had not been expecting him to ask this, not so soon after becoming widowed. He could understand that if he had loved Caroline. But he hadn't, and now he was free to be with the woman that he did love, more than life itself.

Rose laughed. She couldn't believe it. This was really happening! Ever since discovering him alive and well, she had dreamed of them getting married. Giving Josephine a real family, and here he was proposing!

"Like there could ever be any other answer than yes!" Rose grinned, laughing against his lips when he leaned down to kiss her deeply.

He pulled away, his blue eyes full of love and adoration. "I love you. I'll get you a proper ring, I promise."

"I don't need a ring. I just need you," Rose smiled, her green eyes shining with warmth and love. "You were all I ever needed."

As the train carried them to Denver, Rose sat back in total bliss. These past three years had been something else. She had started out as an unloved, unwanted girl living in world of luxury and privilege. Then she had boarded Titanic and met this boy from another world, but whose soul matched hers perfectly. After so much separation and strife, they could finally make their two worlds one. No longer were they caught between two worlds. Now there was only one world. One of their own making and that was the way it will always be.

Finis

(A/N: This is it. The end of the rewrite of Caught Between Two Worlds. I had thought the story would be over long before now, but it was a fun revisit and I think the added chapters enhanced the story and gave Jack and Rose more drama other than Titanic:) A big thank you to all of you who have replied, faved, followed and read this story:) It meant a whole lot to me and kept inspiration going:) Of course, I have other stories in progress and hope that you all tune in for them:) I am by no means finished with Jack and Rose just yet.)