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Chapter 2: New York In April Part 2

Two days later, after 48 hours of staying inside, under the covers, and eating hot soup and hot tea, Jack was beginning to regain his strength and was back to looking like his old self again. He was no longer eternally cold, his skin was now a healthy tan, and he could stand up without leaning against Rose for support.

Unfortunately, Rose was not very happy with Jack at the moment, despite the upturn to his health. The night before, Jack was talking in his sleep and he had whimpered two names, both of them women and neither name was Rose. He had been tossing and turning in the grip of a nightmare. At first, Rose thought it was about Titanic. He would say "Never leave…cold…water…" Then the names came. "Janie…Cecily…."

She wanted to demand who they were and why Jack was dreaming about girls that weren't her. She wanted to demand the truth, but she had always lost her nerve when he woke up and looked at her with the brightest blue eyes that seemed to only see her. From there, Jack hadn't mentioned the nightmare nor the girls he had been mumbling in his sleep about and it angered Rose. Jack knew everything there was to know about her and her past, yet she knew next to nothing about Jack's. She just knew that he was a wandering artist who's been to Paris and Santa Monica. An artist that she was hopelessly in love with. Not knowing anything else…like ex-girlfriends…it scared her. What if those girlfriends showed up, wanting him back. Heck, if she was his ex-girlfriend, and had made the mistake of losing him, she would definitely work to get him back.

Jack of course, was not blind to Rose's unhappiness. She usually was so talkative, but now she had fallen silent and wouldn't look at him. This dismayed him since this was the first day that he didn't feel like he was stuck in a freezer and felt like himself again. For the life of him though, he couldn't think of what he had done to make her upset with him. Had she changed her mind and didn't want him after all? Had she realized her mistake and blamed him for encouraging her? Was she thinking of how she could get back to her mother and Cal this minute? If that was the case…it broke his heart. He was in love with her and wanted to make a life with her, but if she wanted to go back to the lifestyle she had before…there was nothing that he could do to stop her It would be another broken heart that it'll take another five years to recover from.

Finally, Jack reached his breaking point on the third day, when he tried to broach plans for the future.

Rose was standing at the window, looking down at the people below, her mind still pondering who Janie and Cecily were and why Jack never told her about them. It didn't occur to her to just ask. She was lost in her own world until she felt two strong arms wrap around her waist. Instead of relaxing into his embrace, she tensed up, not wanting to get used to their warmth and safety.

"I guess we should figure out where we're going to go from here. Is there any place in particular Rose?" Jack asked, wanting to just push through all this tension between them and get back to the way they were before the sinking when they were happy and in love and had plans for the future…when it had been them against everyone else.

Her voice was void of emotion, even though she was filled with worry, fear, and on some level, despair. She was certain that she was going to lose him to some woman that could make him a better wife…someone that he didn't have to take care of…someone named Janie or Cecily. "Anywhere is fine."

Jack sighed, having had enough. He couldn't take the tension anymore. Something had to give. "Rose…what's wrong? You've been…standoffish for a while now and I can't think of what I may have done to cause it. Will you please talk to me? At least give me a clue…"

Rose sighed and turned around to face him. Might as well get this over with. Hopefully by the end of the evening, she'll know where she stood. "You talked in your sleep the other night. Who's Janie and Cecily? Ex-girlfriends?"

Jack cursed himself. Of course he was going to tell her about Janie, she was going to know about her eventually anyway…but what in the world made him bring up Cecily? Why now? He was in no way prepared to tell Rose about Cecily…he wasn't even ready to think about her…in fact, she was the reason that he was rethinking his decision of taking Rose to Chippewa Falls. "Rose…they're no one that you have to worry about…"

"Well then tell me who they are?"

Jack sighed, knowing that there was no getting out of the coming conversation. He took Rose's hand and led her to the bed, where he had her sit down with him sitting right next to her. "Ok…fine, I'll tell you…about Janie. I should have told you about her already…I should have told you a lot of things already…but haven't yet. Do you remember me telling you that I had no close family in Chippewa Falls?"

Rose nodded and frowned. "Yeah. That's why you lit on out of there and haven't been back since…"

Jack sighed and bowed his head, not looking at Rose, ashamed . He shouldn't have lied like he had…but at the time…the thought of his family…it hurt too much…especially when he thought of the reason why he had left so quickly. Plus, he really hadn't expected things with Rose to go so far…for her to become so important to him.

"I…I lied. I did have family there…very close family. My parents aren't dead…and Janie…she's…she's my twin sister…"

"What? You lied to me? Why Jack?" the hurt was clear in her voice. Lying had been something that she expected from her mother and Cal. Not from Jack.

"Because…I guess I was busy lying to myself. The way I had left…the reason I had left…it was easier to think of my family as dead. That way I wouldn't be tempted to go back…"

Rose tried to understand him. In a way, she guess she did. She had done enough lying to herself to avoid painful truths and situations before. But that had ended on Titanic…when Jack wouldn't let her continue to live the lie she had concocted for herself…that she would be fine living in her mother's world…under Cal's thumb…he had cut down to the truth of the situation so she couldn't ignore it anymore. Little had she known that Jack was hiding from his own truth at the time. "Why didn't you want to be tempted to go back?"

Jack sighed, feeling the pain from all those years ago come back again. "Because…it was for the best that I didn't go back…the circumstances that made me leave…well it was the best for them that I was gone...despite how much it hurt not to be with them…"

"So you haven't been in contact with them at all since you left?"

Jack shook his head. "They probably think that I'm dead by now…"

Her heart went out to him then. From the sadness in his voice, it was obvious that this was a painful topic for him…that he had loved his family very much and probably hadn't wanted to leave them like he had. She wrapped her arms around him and rested her head against his shoulder. "Well…maybe it's time to rectify that…I mean…I would like to meet the parents of the man I love and his twin sister…"

Jack looked at Rose with a small frown. "What are you getting at here?"

Rose sighed and got up to retrieve Cal's coat. "You asked me where I wanted to go…and I told you anywhere…well I changed my mind about anywhere. I know where I want to go. I want to go to Chippewa Falls…I want to meet your family…see the town where you grew up…see that lake that you used to talk me back over the rail of Titanic."

"Rose…"

"And I know just how we'll get there. Cal, that coward…he left stacks of money in his coat and the heart of the ocean," She took the money and the necklace out of the coat and carefully placed them on the table.

Jack's eyes widened at the sight of the money and the necklace. "Holy shit…no matter what he was chasing after us…"

"We're going to go do some shopping Jack…maybe even buy some gifts…then we're going to go to use the money to go to Chippewa Falls…together…as for the rest of it and the necklace…I don't know…"

Jack sighed. It was back to Chippewa Falls. "Rose…I can't…I don't know if it's a good idea to go back there…you don't know the circumstances…"

"Well then tell me. Please, Jack. You know everything about me and I hardly know anything about you. The fact that you lied about having no family proves that…why did you leave really? And why isn't it a good idea to go back? Does this Cecily have anything to do with it?"

Jack opened his mouth to tell her the exact reason…the truth…but it just wouldn't come out. He just wasn't ready.

Seeing his hesitation, she went to him and cupped his face with gentle hands. "Jack…what is it? What happened? Please tell me? Why don't you want to go home and see your family?"

"I…I…I can't Rose…I can't talk about this…not now…," He pulled her hands away from his face, his eyes full of sad regret. "I'm sorry…"

"Jack…"

He dropped her hands and without looking at her, walked away and went into the bathroom, closing the door behind him, signaling that he needed to be alone.