"I can't believe we actually got married," I squeal as Jasper swings the door open to our room in the train, cost a fortune, but so worth it. Looking at the train schedule, we hear the train whistle and we don't move for a few hours and try to make the best of it.
"But I'm so happy we did," Jasper smiles, finishing for me as he twirls me around the room. Catching me in a tiny dip, he brings me back up for a long lingering kiss as we both blush. "You know we have to tell everyone right?" he whispers as I nod, biting my lip.
"They're going to kill us," I mutter, looking deep into his eyes, he nods slowly.
"Someone has to be happy for us right, I mean come on we're cute." He laughs.
"The only person I can really think of is Race and Elsie, Race will probably taunt us even more and Els, well, she can't really keep secrets." I say as he grimaces.
"Hype and Sketch would be happy for us," Jasper testifies.
"I don't know, I mean Sketch and Davey tried to stop us and I don't think Hype really likes us too much." I explain using my hands.
"Hype likes everyone." He states, "Well, except for the police, Snyder, Pulitzer and his men, Race…" he trails off on a never ending list of people Hype O'Malley despises.
"Anyways," Jasper smiles mischievously as he leads me to the foot of the bed as we both know what's coming next, he doesn't even finish his thoughts but we both know what they are. Silence, that's all that happens as we just stare at each other for a few minutes as I see his eyes twinkle and he nods slightly.
"What will it be like?" I ask, reaching to unbutton his shirt. "When we go home?"
"I really don't know," he sighs, snapping of his suspenders and taking his shirt of fully. My eyes widen as he also takes of everything except his undergarments; then he unzips me. "But I know for a fact that it's going to be amazing." He finishes.
"Are you sure because I still live with Elsie and Dad and you live in the Lodging house, when will I ever get to see you when we don't sell, I only see you during the day." I state as he nods his head as he thinks for a second. We both climb in bed and smile at each other before we start anything, we take in the other with our eyes and we like what we see, but I still haven't gotten and answer.
"Once we tell everyone, things will turn out just fine," he whispers into my ear, taking my hand before I slowly close my eyes and await the next few hours to pass.
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I wake up the next morning as the sun filters through the train windows holding Jasper's hand. Not knowing how we did it in our last position, we made it work and we haven't let go yet. We're both freezing now as last night, we kicked off the comforter since it was too hot and the ceiling fan didn't help at all. I turn it off anyways. Hours later, I kiss him awake.
"Good morning Jasper," I smile as I rough you his hair. He kisses me and goes to turn on the fan as we both see the sunrise from the train window.
"Good morning Ella," he laughs as we both realize we can't really do anything out of bed. "Did you enjoy your night?"
"Well, considering I can't really move, yes I did enjoy it, very much." I laugh as he kicks the covers to the foot of the bed, exposing our bare flesh to the cool air. "Did you?"
"Well, it could've been better," he laughs, ticking off all the things I did wrong while I roll my eyes. I start to gaze off until he brings up one thing. "And you kicked me onetime, it hurt."
"That was not my fault," I testify, "It was your idea for that position, sex hurts."
"You don't say?" he laughs as we pull on our clothes for today.
"How long does it take to get from Manhattan to where we were?" I ask as I throw a shirt at him.
"Four maybe five hours, we got on the train really early, so we got to spend the night, we should be home at eight, and once we get to our tree, it will be almost nine, the usual time Race cat calls us." He smiles as he comes and hugs me, still half naked. Hey now, it's easier for a man to dress and undress.
"So what time is it now?" I ask as he loves to look at his silver pocket watch, the one Davey gave him. Must be another Callahan thing; shiny inventions, kid bearing and having sex in places no one probably has ever had sex. One thing I've already learned about them, they're abnormal and I like that. Probably why we're such good friends with Hype and Ike, they're abnormal too.
"Almost seven, we have about one hour." He smiles, he sees me a little upset so he comes to hug me, but I just give him a long kiss, lasting maybe five minutes as he knows going back home will be really challenging.
"We should pack," I say finally as he nods going to his side of the room putting all the things in a bag, all our new stuff and what we brought. Because I can't exactly shove a ten pound wedding dress, maybe more, into a bag that's already half full, I just decide to wear it until we can hide it or something. He sees this and reminds me of the surprise he told me about this week, and apparently it wasn't sex.
"What is it?" I ask curiously as I try to zip myself.
"Let me stick my stuff with yours and you could fit the dress in my trunk." He states as I nod, taking it off again and shoving it into the small thing. We nod at each other and fall back not bed fully clothed, thirty minutes, I think. Then we'll be n Manhattan safe and sound right? What could possibly go wrong?