Unable to Stay, Unwilling to Leave
Note: I do not own any of the characters belonging to "Titanic". Also, for this story I am making Cal a little younger than he was in the movie. I'm making him 24.
Chapter One
Music to Drown By
Josephine Campbell had been driving for 3 hours straight. She was exhausted, but her destination kept her going. That destination was Princeton. She didn't go to Princeton. She was still in high school, a senior to be exact, but even if she was in college, Josephine would certainly never be able to go to Princeton. She lacked the knowledge and the fortune. Josephine would be going to community college after graduation.
The reason for the drive to Princeton was simple. Josephine's boyfriend, Calvin Hopkins went there. Calvin was not lacking in knowledge or fortune. Actually, Calvin wasn't really her boyfriend. Josephine had broken it off 3 weeks ago. She was getting tired of Calvin's arrogant and snobbish was. He was always acting better than everyone else. However, in spite of Calvin's idiosyncrasies, Josephine realized that she still loved him. Sure, Calvin's pride got annoying, but his caring and loving nature greatly eclipsed his arrogance.
When Josephine broke up with him, she could tell it took him by surprise. She felt like a doctor delivering bad news to a patient. Calvin tried to hide his pain, but Josephine could tell his heart was breaking, and she was the reason why. They had been dating for two years, and Josephine threw it all away because of her own stupidity. It was through careful thought and deliberation that Josephine realized she didn't break up with Calvin because of him but because of her. Josephine had thought that she wasn't good enough for Calvin. That he would eventually dump her for some Princeton girl. How silly she had been! Calvin loved her, and she left him because of her stupid insecurities.
This insecure behavior wasn't like Josephine. She was usually so sure of herself. It was her fiery nature that had first drawn Calvin to her. A lot of people sucked up to Calvin because of his money, but Josephine wasn't impressed by his fortune. She treated him like everyone else, probably worse, and that fascinated Calvin. That fascination eventually grew to love. Before she knew it, Josephine grew to love him too.
So, Josephine was driving to Princeton to see Calvin and win him back, if he would still have her. She knew Calvin would still love her, but his stupid pride might convince him otherwise. Josephine was praying it wouldn't. She missed him so much it hurt.
Josephine was taking advantage of the weekend to make the long drive to Princeton. She had told her parents she was spending the weekend with her best friend Brooke. She had to lie because her parents would never allow her to make the four hour drive to Princeton.
Josephine was beginning to feel sleepy.
'Maybe some music will help wake me up,' she thought.
She popped in the "Titanic" soundtrack. To anyone else, it would seem like a weird choice of music, but Josephine was obsessed with the movie "Titanic'. She had first seen it when she was in the fourth grade and since then had probably seen it at least a hundred times. When everyone else got over "Titanic-mania", Josephine was still in love with it. Brooke questioned her fondness saying, "How can you still be enamored with that silly movie?" Josephine replied with her usual conviction, "Because I love Titanic, and true love lasts a lifetime," and that settled that.
Normally, Josephine was embarrassed to tell people about her "Titanic" fixation. When she first told Brooke about it she said, "It was a good movie when I first saw it, but I'm kind of over it now." Josephine didn't mind that Brooke didn't care about her favorite movie. She and Brooke had been friends since elementary school, and they were always extremely honest with each other. Josephine recalled another one of these honest conversations. It was when Josephine had told Brooke that she reminded her of a female version of Jack Dawson.
"You both love to draw," she had said. "And you both take life as it comes at you."
Brooke rolled her eyes and said, "Josephine, I want to be with Jack Dawson, not be him." That was one thing they could agree on, Jack Dawson would make a great boyfriend.
The reply Josephine got when she told Calvin about her love for "Titanic" was different. He had said it was an excellent movie. He even confessed that he had cried the first time he saw it! That was one of the things Josephine loved about Calvin. Outwardly, he seemed impassive, but on the inside, he was sensitive enough to cry over a movie. He was her Mr. Darcy to her Elizabeth Bennet, and Josephine hoped that just like in the Jane Austen classic, she and Calvin would live happily ever after.
Josephine was getting closer to Princeton and closer to Calvin, but she was still no closer to feeling less sleepy. She turned up the music and willed herself to keep her sea-blue eyes open. Suddenly, there was a bright light and then…nothing.
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Loneliness. What did I do wrong?
Well that's the first chapter! I hope you enjoyed! More to come, but please R&R! I won't continue without any reviews!
